The investment round was led by Nigel Wray alongside existing backer Lord Stanley Fink.
"With hundreds of billions of new beauty dollars up for grabs online over the next five years, brands are looking for a digital advantage. We provide that advantage and we are investing further to help our clients secure more attention and sales online."
The Series A round was provided by Koru and SGN to fund product development and global expansion.
"Given the substantial safety, quality and financial benefits we have already enjoyed, we are delighted to be scaling our involvement through additional funding and are confidently targeting efficiency savings of £13 million per annum over the next 3 years through our new Innovation Partnership with FYLD."
The life sciences software provider raised the capital from Horizons Ventures and Sofinnova Partners to fund commercial growth.
"But to maximize impact, we need to expand access and reach to customers across the globe—at scale. This investment serves as a strong vote of confidence from world-class investors in the biopharmaceutical and innovation technology industries. With their support, we’ll be able to better deploy human and financial capital to help transform scientific dreams into drugs and alternative food sources."
The investment will support expansion in the United States and the ongoing development of the company data platform.
"The whole team is excited to take the next step to further support organisations in driving value from their data, so that they can achieve their business goals. The investment from Octopus Ventures is a fantastic affirmation of the scale of impact we’ve been able to deliver to our customers. We look forward to working with Octopus to further develop our product and expand into new markets."
The seed round was led by Techstart Ventures to bring the firm's autonomous livestock monitoring technology to market.
"Our company’s mission is to ‘turn the tide’ on climate change and CattleEye fits that by reducing dairy cow carbon emission intensity using camera technology that requires no hardware or devices to be attached to a cow."