The seed round was led by Index Ventures with participation from multiple venture firms and angel investors.
"Our platform dramatically streamlines this process and mountains of documents which slow down research today. But improving efficiency is only the beginning, building AI into the invention process, along with the inventors allows inventors to fundamentally expand the horizons of what we can imagine creating. We believe Ankar is creating the foundation for the next generation of breakthrough technologies."
Vitruvian Partners backed the first equity raise in Dojo history to support growth across the UK and Europe.
"In a short space of time, our game-changing technology and proven customer proposition has enabled us to become the market leader in the UK. Our ambition doesn’t stop here. Dojo has a large and exciting opportunity ahead, and with the support of Vitruvian, we have the investment to deliver on our plans to scale our growth and enable in-person commerce across Europe. The investment is testament to the hard work from our team and the deep support from our partners and customers over the past four years. We are proud to demonstrate that the UK tech sector can attract global investment and look forward to working with Vitruvian to deliver our shared ambition of bringing our technology to more Enterprises and becoming a leader in card payments in Europe."
The out of stealth startup secured backing from Earlybird and Speedinvest to accelerate its three dimensional artificial intelligence prototypes.
"Current AI models generate images pixel by pixel — great for snapshots, but not for immersive, coherent worlds. At SpAItial, we’re building AI that’s grounded in space and time from the start. Our spatial foundation models are a game changer for any application that depends on 3D understanding."
— Matthias Niessner, Co-Founder and Professor at TU Munich
The funding round was led by Mercia Ventures with participation from regional funds and angel investors.
"Cybersecurity is second only to global conflict in terms of factors affecting the economy. Memory safe chips have been shown to prevent 70% of all attacks and would enable organisations to continue using existing software with complete peace of mind. Developing a new generation of chips here in the UK will also help to ensure supply chain security and restore the country’s position as a leader in semiconductor technology."
