Arete Capital Partners led a multi-million-pound investment to help Vivify scale its operations and increase its network of partner schools.
"It’s exciting for us to work with an entrepreneurial management team who have developed technical differentiation via Vivify’s booking platform to put schools right at the heart of its business model. The social and health benefits sit naturally alongside the economic benefits to schools and the surrounding area. We are looking forward to adding value to Vivify with our existing knowledge of scaling similar types of businesses and helping them to grow the market and all the social and economic benefits that brings."
The seed round was backed by Outward VC and B&Y Partners alongside strategic angel investors.
"The IFG mission is really simple: we want to help bring a quarter of the world’s population back to even keel. For too long Muslims have not had the same access to investing and finance as everyone else, and we are incredibly motivated to change that,"
The funding round was led by GC Angels alongside private angel backers to develop home learning applications.
"Home-schooling during lockdown has taught so many parents how important education is to our children. We know that education doesn’t stop at school, so we are really pleased to receive this investment thanks to GC Angels and the private investors to develop an app that parents can use at home to make extracurricular learning fun. At Emile Education, we’re committed to developing our offering based on extensive research, and we’re looking forward to working with more experts to expand our offering to cover the broader education curriculum."
The seed round was co-led by Oxford Capital and Doehler Ventures to support packaging innovation and product development.
"At Bower we are passionate about creating a transformative sustainable solution within the home and personal care market and are really proud of the exceptional talent that we’ve attracted to build the brand going forwards. This fundraising round will enable us to accelerate the growth of the business, continue driving innovation across product and packaging while taking advantage of the rapid growth of subscription services."
The Edinburgh-based enterprise blockchain provider secured the capital to scale its infrastructure platform.
"Force Over Mass’ focus on B2B software and Signature Ventures’ vision of a decentralized future are complementary and mesh perfectly with our own mission to accelerate the adoption of blockchain technology by enterprises across the board."
