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The latest funding rounds from the UK tech ecosystem. Updated 16 October 2026.
Announcements
183
Total raised
£4.0B
disclosed amounts
The funding round was led by Downing Ventures with participation from existing investors BGF and Beringea.
"At Firefly, our ambition is to supercharge the school experience, so every student can reach their potential. This investment will enable us to move more quickly towards empowering teachers, students and parents, adding to the hundreds of thousands using the tool every day."
The funding round was led by the Development Bank of Wales with participation from angel investors.
"We want to “Power Up” employees so that they feel confident in the workplace, no matter where they sit. With this new focus and investment, we felt the time was right to re-brand the platform. This latest round of funding will help us to accelerate the growth of the brand and work towards our goal of becoming the Netflix of career development. We are hugely proud of the success that Careercake has had to date and thrilled with the support we have had from the Development Bank of Wales and our investors."
The investment from Henley Business Angels members will support international scale-up and team expansion.
"We are delighted to have backing from the Henley Business Angels as we continue the international scale-up of our OBRIZUM cloud platform. OBRIZUM uses deep proprietary Artificial Intelligence technology to personalise know-how transfer and business intelligence analytics and the backing from Henley Business Angels will support us in adding to our growing team of software engineers and data scientists, so that we can continue to build world class enterprise software."
The funding round was led by Chairman Ashley Cooper and will support the company in scaling its innovation platforms.
"We are now in a world where it is crucial to have a creative and innovative mindset. Our technology is unlocking the entrepreneurial behaviours of individuals, organisations and communities by digitally bringing people together. This opens up access to previously untapped resources, ideas and solutions while seamlessly bridging the gap between industry and academia."
Norwich-based angel investors and partners have backed the educational technology start-up.
"I am delighted with the support and guidance Anglia Capital Group investors are giving. My investors have provided not only the finances needed to help accelerate the growth of the company but also the support, challenge and wisdom years of running successful companies have afforded them. The investment injected into the company provided the cash needed at a critical growth period for the company,"
