The round was co-led by Vectr7 Investment Partners and The FSE Group to expand production of composite timber.
"We believe that every tonne of plastic that gets incinerated is a missed opportunity to deliver low-carbon materials to a construction sector that desperately needs affordable and long-lasting assets. The backing of Vectr7, the South West Investment Fund, FSE and other investors is an important step; it gives us the resources to scale manufacturing, whilst continuing to develop the systems behind our materials and respond to growing pressure on industry to find better uses for plastic waste."
The financing will support the continued development of the company's agentic AI intelligence capabilities.
"Satorus Group completed their funding round using the FounderCatalyst platform, all for a fixed fee of £1,495. A very exciting phase of growth lies ahead."
Octopus Ventures and CommerzVentures joined the round to support international expansion and product development.
"What we’re building is the agent layer that financial services need to run their customer operations autonomously. It has to work the way they do, connect to the systems they have already built, and handle the long-running work that has stayed manual until now"
The investment was backed by ROKStar Ventures and a group of existing investors to expand the company footprint.
"Operations managers in factories and warehouses have largely been flying blind when it comes to their manual fleets. Slamcore Aware and Slamcore Alert change that from day one, without disruption to existing operations. ROKStar Ventures’ investment tells us that the industry’s most sophisticated players see this as a foundational infrastructure, not just another point solution. As our footprint grows, so does a body of real-world operational data that does not exist anywhere else and that will become the backbone for the next generation of physical AI."
The pre-seed round was backed by angel investors including Alex Chesterman alongside Innovate UK.
"Most AI startups are building better tools. At Atheni, we are building master craftspeople. Organisations can tell you how many people have access to AI, but not whether anyone is using it to think more clearly, challenge an assumption or do work they couldn’t do before. That is the gap. Atheni measures it and shows organisations how to close it."
