The seed round was led by Lakestar to accelerate development and international deployment.
"Everything around us is manufactured, from the mug on your desk to the optical cables carrying our Netflix binges. Everyone talks about the glamorous side of manufacturing: generative design, material discovery, digital twins, but few spend time on the factory floor. The hard part isn’t dreaming things up inside a computer; it’s making them work at scale. Manufacturing still runs on human know-how, the kind that lets someone on the line kick a machine just right, or run a finger over a scratch, and say, ‘that’s thirty-four microns wide.’ We’re using AI to capture and scale that tacit knowledge, so engineers can design things that actually work in the real world. It’s time to manufacture the impossible."
Beringea backs premium bike resale platform Cycle Exchange with a £2.4m injection.
"Cycle Exchange has quickly risen to be the UK’s leading resale platform for high-end bikes, driven by an uncompromising approach to ensuring bikes are refurbished to like new condition. This is reflected in their exceptional customer reviews and their partnerships with iconic brands such as Pinarello, Brompton, and British Cycling."
The legal technology startup secured £5m in seed funding to accelerate product development and establish its headquarters in Newcastle.
"This investment gives us the momentum we need as we move towards launch. Our priority is to build a platform that meets the expectations of legal professionals who work with complex UK-specific legislation every day. They want tools that are reliable, trustworthy and ready for real-case use."
The funding was backed by Ufi Ventures and Haatch to support expansion across major British contractors.
"Traditionally, demonstrating your team and subcontractors have the skills they need to meet regulation or mandatory technical competencies relied on manual card checks, managing spreadsheets and fragmented skills matrices. Certchain makes all this centralised, digital and live. What used to take months can be done in minutes, enabling our clients to take a more proactive standards-based approach to skills management and compliance – with continuous monitoring, forecasts, and alerts on emerging risks and issues across your organisation and supply chain"
