The Bath-based spinout is deploying the capital from the European Structural Fund to build a production plant in Puglia.
"Giovanna and her team are tackling one of the most urgent environmental challenges of our time, and we look forward to supporting Naturbeads through its next, exciting phase of commercialisation,"
The pre_seed round was led by 55 North to support platform expansion and upcoming pharmaceutical pilots.
"Early on in our research, we started looking at ways to get the most out of the quantum devices we had access to. That’s where some of these ideas started to form, which have eventually become what we’re now calling quantum compression,"
The funding round was led by IW Capital with support from existing investors IP Group and Mercia Ventures.
"Electrosurgical tools have transformed modern surgery but also generate surgical smoke that affects the quality and efficiency of surgery and poses risks to operating theatre staff. For years, available solutions have required trade-offs between effectiveness and workflow disruption, slowing adoption across the industry. As awareness grows that smoke management is integral to surgical safety and efficiency, solutions that tackle smoke at its source are becoming increasingly important for supporting the next generation of minimally invasive and robotic procedures."