Strange Ventures led the pre-seed round, which was closed in six weeks using the ThatRound platform.
"The ThatRound platform helped us accelerate our raise — we closed £500k of our pre-seed in just under a couple of months. The ability to easily find, compare, and apply to different investor syndicates and angel groups saved us enormous time and energy."
The round was co-led by East X Ventures and Sure Valley Ventures to support the development of hybrid artificial intelligence for high-stakes environments.
Elbow Beach backed the follow-on investment to accelerate commercial launches and robotic harvesting expansion.
"Food manufacturers are facing several significant challenges; together, these issues are creating a challenging environment for food manufacturers, but also opportunities for innovation and growth. We offer food manufacturers a number of ways to respond to these challenges and opportunities, along with the ability to diversify and localise their protein sources."
The seed round was led by Soulmates Ventures with participation from Blackwood Ventures, Unruly Capital and Purple Ventures.
"We’re building the payments infrastructure that will make EV charging effortless for fleets. The home is the quiet giant of electrification. Over 70% of charging already happens there. Accurate, automated payments give businesses confidence to electrify faster, while cutting costs and carbon. Thanks to our investors and our partnership with Octopus, we’re now bringing that capability to fleets across Europe."