The investment round was led by Ascension with backing from Channel4Ventures, Velocity Capital, and TwoMagnolias.
"Sprive is set to have a huge positive impact on our customer’s finances, as our average user is already on track to slash three years off their mortgage term, collectively saving our users more than £100 million in interest alone. We’re proud to offer the fastest way to financial freedom for the homeowner and we’re determined to help as many as possible achieve it."
The seed round was led by Coterie Holdings and included participation from angels and existing backers SFC Capital and Founders Capital.
"The fine wine investment space has historically been split between wine merchants that are set up to facilitate drinking and collecting rather than investing, and bespoke investment businesses that often operate like merchants with added management fees. We created WineFi to serve investors who view wine primarily through an investment lens, offering them diversified, cost-efficient exposure to a fascinating asset class that has historically remained off-limits to all but specialists. While many of our investors are also wine enthusiasts, WineFi seeks to bridge the cap between the two."
Backed Ventures and Middlegame Ventures led the seed round to support the formal launch of the cloud financial control platform.
"Cloud Capital is shifting the dynamic and giving finance leaders the tools to run cloud like any other major investment. Unlike traditional optimization tools, Cloud Capital takes a “100% FinTech” approach to cloud infrastructure, treating it like a financial asset, not just an engineering cost, precisely quantifying and pricing commitment risk based on our proprietary, free-to-use forecasting platform. Other tools help engineers save money. We help CFOs manage risk. We’re building financial infrastructure – a control layer for cloud that gives companies a new way to finance and optimize cloud like any other major investment."
The seed round was led by Firstminute Capital and saw participation from several institutional backers and angel investors.
"B2B wholesalers are the financial engine of the real economy but most are still managing credit with spreadsheets, phone calls and handwritten notes. We’re giving them modern, automated workflows that save hours every day and unlock serious operational efficiency."
The oversubscribed round was backed by Enterprise Ireland and private investors to accelerate product development.
"Businesses are at a pivotal moment in the application of technology to the provision of professional services. We are only scratching the surface with the value that can be created for business owners from leveraging AI to do more with less. Assiduous is focused on embedding corporate advisory domain expertise at the application layer to unlock the power of foundation models for many more small and medium sized business owners seeking to contemplate, plan and execute high value corporate actions."