The investment from the OION network will support production expansion and team growth as the company prepares for commercial deployment.
"This investment marks an important milestone for Sages as we accelerate towards commercial deployment and bring sustainable colour solutions to market faster. We believe colour should not cost the earth, and our technology enables manufacturers to transition away from harmful synthetic dyes without compromising on performance or scalability."
The funding round was led by Gresham House Ventures with backing from Balderton Capital, Eka Ventures, and Wavemaker360.
"The biggest bottleneck in healthcare isn't cost; it's access. Specialists are concentrated in a handful of postcodes; patients aren't. 32Co and Aerox have already brought expert dental treatments to areas of the UK where such treatments were inaccessible, proving the concept that specialist care could be democratised if the right technology layer existed underneath it,"
The pre-seed round was led by Episode 1 with angel backing from executives at Wise, Revolut, Deliveroo, and Alphabet.
"When I found an error in my own tax return while testing the platform, I was shocked – I’d paid for professional help, I work in finance, and I was still left wondering whether everything had actually been done correctly. That simply shouldn’t still be the case in 2026,"
The funding supports the development of optical networking technology designed to remove electronic switches from data centre cores.
"A year ago, we were proving the physics; today, we’re proving the business. Our collaboration with AMD has moved from concept to deployment to a system an order of magnitude larger, and the data proves this is already driving performance increases at pace,"