The seed round was led by Octopus Ventures and GV, with participation from Speedinvest and angel investors.
"Lapse doesn’t let you review, edit, or curate photos in ways that other platforms encourage. The focus is on enjoying the moment, rather than trying to showcase it. People are taking and sharing photos on Lapse of things they never would have otherwise. By removing the pressure for perfection and the mental barrier when we review photos, a whole new world of more ‘real’ photos gets unlocked,"
The Cardiff medtech firm secured the capital from existing shareholders including the Development Bank of Wales and Wealth Club members.
"This has been another important year of growth and development for Bond Digital Health. Now that we have several international customers signed up to our platform, we need to make sure we successfully service their needs 24/7. This funding will help us do that by ensuring we have the right people in the right roles. I’d like to put on record my thanks to the Development Bank of Wales and Wealth Club for helping us get to this point."
The London startup has raised 4m euro from backers including byFounders and Flash Ventures to grow its team and enter new markets.
"We have known and supported Fuzey from the very beginning and are very happy to continue supporting them. We are big believers in the team’s vision to empower small businesses with the digital tools they need. We have been impressed by the rapid traction and positive impact on their users’ businesses."
LocalGlobe has led a seed financing round for Academy to build talent and leadership infrastructure for the technology sector.
"Too many of the most talented individuals are not able to access careers in technology – creating a talent bottleneck for the whole of the tech industry. If we are to build a globally successful tech industry then we need the best people starting their careers in technology at fast-growing companies – the exact talent blueprint that drove THG to its multi-billion dollar success. This funding round will help Academy to create that common talent and leadership infrastructure for the most ambitious companies."
The seed round was led by Bloc Ventures with participation from UKI2S and private backers.
"We started manufacturing DielectriX antennas using state of the art laser/robotics equipment developed in-house, and we are now set to scale up rapidly through partnerships with electronics manufacturing service providers in the UK. Future manufacturing growth plans will roll out our 'factory-in-a-box' to deliver global capability required to meet the expected demands for autonomous vehicles and systems where absolute resilience and precision of location data is essential for safety."
