HumanForest secured £1.3m via Crowdcube from over 520 investors to scale its shared e-bike operations ahead of a Spring launch.
"I would like to offer a warm welcome to HumanForest’s 523 new shareholders. It gives me and the whole team at HumanForest great excitement to know that so many people from all around the world support HumanForest in its mission to reforest the world, one e-bike at a time!"
The MEIF-backed round will support the roll-out of digital tools for car dealerships.
"The shift from car sales to leasing and other market trends are driving the need for efficiencies. Our platform helps dealerships to streamline their processes, allowing them to monitor the performance of their sales and marketing operations and source the right number of vehicles to meet demand. We believe Wayroo could be a key step in building a digital ecosystem which would eventually link suppliers and transform the automotive industry."
The seed round was co-led by BGF and Longwall Venture Partners with participation from seed backers including BioCity, Alderley Park Ventures, and Puffin Point.
"This marks a huge step forward for Kinomica and for KScan™, as we look to the future of cancer treatment. Our pioneering technology offers much-needed support for the development of new precision medicines and represents a new approach to drug trials and treatments that will have a huge impact on patients’ lives."
The Norwich-based diagnostics firm secured £1.3m immediately with up to £2m committed for 2021 from a syndicate of angel and local enterprise investors.
"There’s a vast, global potential in the application of our unique technology. We are using it to tackle Covid now, but it will also produce better vaccines and new diagnostic and therapeutic products in the future. The investment we have secured will enable us to attract new talent to the team at Iceni and maximise the significant opportunities we have in our pipeline."