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The hydrogen truck manufacturer secured the capital to fund upcoming vehicle production lines.
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The latest funding rounds from the UK tech ecosystem. Updated 16 October 2026.
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The hydrogen truck manufacturer secured the capital to fund upcoming vehicle production lines.
Porsche Ventures has backed the bicycle insurance provider as part of an extended funding round.
"The increasing digitization and variety of sustainable mobility offers leads to the need for an innovative and customer-centric offer in the field of digital insurance. With the investment in Laka, we are pleased to support a strong team that is addressing the global insurance market with a unique, highly adaptable and digital business model, which focuses above all on the customer experience."
The seed round was led by 1818 Venture Capital to support product and engineering recruitment.
"We met some fathers in a small town outside Rochdale. Hearing their experience of transport poverty – they were looking for work, there were opportunities just a 15-minute drive away, but they couldn’t drive and there was no viable way to get there by public transport – was mind-blowing."
The company doubled its initial target with backing from Dymond Group and a European real estate operator.
"The opening of Air-One is a momentous occasion – the starting gun for a new age of transport, an age of zero-emission, low-congestion travel between and within cities that will make people healthier, happier and more connected than ever before,"
The pre-seed round was led by British Design Fund with backing from Bethnal Green Ventures and angel investors.
"While working in central London, I discovered my employer had a two-year waiting list for bike parking spaces, which I thought was crazy."