WAVE Equity Partners led the Series B round, which will fund international expansion and product development.
"Energy-intensive industries and data centers have a crucial role to play in achieving a lowcarbon economy. Our mission is for QiO to be the partner of choice for businesses that want to take decisive action today to accelerate their progress to net zero. With our proven technology, demonstrable track record of delivering energy and GHG emissions savings, and this Series B funding, QiO is well-placed to support energy intensive businesses as they come under greater scrutiny from customers, investors, regulators and governments to deliver on net zero targets."
Octopus Ventures led the Series B financing to support product innovation and marketing growth.
"Our mission was to create a game-changing, personalised skincare brand to democratise dermatology. I’ve now moved on to my next D2C venture and I’m delighted the team is doing such a good job delivering that vision to hundreds of thousands of people,"
The oversubscribed round included backing from Molten Ventures, Morningside, DCVC, Cambridge Consultants, Civilization Ventures and Providence.
"This substantial investment round demonstrates continued confidence in the progress of our technical development and its potential to revolutionise the accessibility of gene synthesis. Evonetix is in a very exciting phase, having recently opened our early access program. This investment will support us as we execute on our commercial strategy to put benchtop gene synthesis in the hands of users."
Quantum Innovation Fund led the Series B round, with participation from IQ Capital and National Grid Partners.
"We believe that the road to net zero presents an opportunity as well as a risk for global enterprises and our unique combination of technology combined with world-class risk science supports our clients to mitigate risks, as well as capitalise on opportunities. With companies under increasing regulatory and shareholder pressure to understand, report and mitigate their potential climate impact, this additional equity funding will help us support them at each stage of their journey."
The Manchester-based psychometric assessment provider has secured Series B backing from Praetura Ventures and Calculus Capital to scale its soft-skills platform across Europe.
"This next phase of investment will help Arctic Shores to realise its mission to help companies see more in people and transform recruitment so that potential will count as much as hard skills or experience."
