The London startup raised the funds from British Design Fund and other backers to move from prototype to production.
"The idea for Phare came from my own personal experience with smoke detectors. Our alarm kept going off, so naturally, being an engineer, I took it apart to take a closer look. I realised the technology was really simple and after reading up on the effectiveness of current alarms, I knew there had to be a better solution. With our engineering backgrounds, myself and Arnau felt well suited to take on the challenge!"
LDC has backed the talent analytics platform to accelerate international growth while delivering an exit for Mercia.
"We are really proud of our growth in the last few years, and I’d like to thank Keith Jones, our seed investor, and Mercia not only for funding our early years but also for appointing my most crucial mentor as Chair, Rod Hyde, who helped our brilliant team establish Horsefly as a leading talent analytics platform."
The Swansea-based diagnostics firm secured £1.5m from a syndicate of investors to support product development and clinical trials.
"We’re pleased to have backed CanSense during this investment round with equity support. Their testing technology shows huge potential, with benefits for NHS backlogs if adopted widely, and we’re glad to support the work of this company as it brings its expertise to Wales’ increasingly strong med-tech sector."
The seed round was led by SF500, Zentynel and Time Partners to fund technical validation and US expansion.
"80% of CVD-related deaths could be avoided with updated screening practices, like in cancer, where liquid biopsy is already being used to detect the disease earlier and save lives,"
— Santiago Miruka, Cardiologist, Co-founder and CEO
