The oversubscribed round was backed by Ascension alongside a syndicate of parcel delivery executives and industry experts.
"The era of scaling a parcel delivery operation by throwing people at the problem is over. Manual labour is a tax on every parcel you ship. We are building the autonomous workforce for the future of parcel delivery, where networks run on intelligence, not headcount. This funding from leaders who have lived this pain is the ultimate confirmation of the industry’s urgent need for this change."
The Bristol based biotech startup secured £4.5m from Eos Advisory, Calculus Capital, and HERmesa to expand manufacturing and drive commercial validation.
"The founding team of EnsiliTech is not just a team of collaborators. There is deep respect between all members of the team… created as a result of aligned values, respect for each other’s personalities, diversity of thought and backgrounds…"
Point72 Ventures led the round, which follows an earlier pre-seed investment backed by angel investors associated with DeepMind, Strava, and Sequoia Scout.
"This funding marks a turning point, allowing us to make enterprise-grade behavioral modeling accessible to creators, marketers, and organizations globally. Until now, access to experiment with human behavior at scale has been available only to those with corporate-level market research tools. This investment accelerates our mission of bringing advanced behavioral insights to our users, enabling them to better understand societies, customers and public opinion, and make more informed decisions."
Haatch led the pre-seed round with participation from Cape Capital and angel investors to help scale operations.
"There’s no path to net zero without rapidly scaling clean energy – but today, developers are building blind. They’re making multi-million pound decisions without clear data on where they can connect to the grid. Yottar exists to change that – giving them the visibility to act faster and avoid costly mistakes."
