The seed round was led by Playdemic founders Paul Gouge and Alex Rigby alongside ACF Investors.
"Since Cavalry’s release in August 2020 we’ve been blown away with the variety and quality of work being produced by our global community. This capital will help us further accelerate Cavalry’s development and to explore new ways for us to enable animators, designers and marketers to meet the demands of an ever-expanding media landscape."
The early seed round was led by Fair By Design with participation from GC Angels and Ascension Ventures.
"On top of the obvious grief and shock, I discovered that the end-of-life industry was expensive and difficult to navigate, especially in an intensely emotional time. The industry had been largely untouched by technological innovation and needed to rapidly modernise."
The online cancer recovery platform secured its seed backing from a group of prominent oncologists and surgeons.
"People living with cancer experience a wide range of physical and psychosocial effects. Despite the fantastic treatment traditional healthcare providers offer, they’re not well-equipped to manage these diverse, on-going, personalised needs thereafter – and once the primary cancer treatment has come to an end, many people describe feeling ‘abandoned’."
The Berkshire-focused funding will support platform expansion alongside the appointment of new chair David Grundy.
"OpenBlend has always had a forward-thinking approach to performance management. Placing the employee at the centre of performance conversations is both logical and effective in driving high performance. Whilst the last 15 months has rocked many aspects of our working lives, the silver lining is how its accelerated the mindset in recognising ‘the human’ in high performing workforces. It’s how it should have always been and I’m thrilled with the outcome. Our time is now, the workplace needs OpenBlend and we very much look forward to scaling the business with the support of FSE."