The financing round was led by ArcTern Ventures with participation from notable angel investors and Saltwater.
"With leaders set to ratchet up global climate ambition at the upcoming COP26 climate summit, there’s never been more certainty amongst corporates and investors: carbon equals cost and risk. A net zero-aligned model is a proxy for profit, efficiency and resilience and we’re committed to helping firms realise the major economic upsides of the transformation."
The financing round saw participation from figures such as Huda Kattan and Chad Hurley.
"Democratising access to education is something I care deeply about and so does the team at Uptime. I’m excited to be joining them on this journey as an investor and board member to create a truly global edtech platform."
Oxford Sciences Innovation led the seed investment, which will fund commercialisation and technological advancement.
"The world must create 70% more food by 2050 in a sustainable way. We need to double production, improve efficiencies on existing farmland, and avoid destroying more rainforests. At Omega Crop we can monitor and evaluate vast tracts of farmland, diagnosing crop loss events at scale and enable targeted interventions that will help feed our growing world."
The funding round was backed by SFC Capital, British Business Investments, and New World Group to support financial inclusion.
"We are the first Fintech to take a fully values-based approach to serving communities with a truly systemic approach to financial inclusion. Moreover, we are committed to engaging, educating and empowering minorities to close the wealth and social gaps that exist. There are 1.3 billion addressable people on the planet who remain unbanked. If we want to emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic to a better version of our world, we cannot do that without ensuring that everyone can participate in today’s financial system and therefore be included in modern society."