The capital will support international growth and two technical projects involving multiomic age assessment and an artificial intelligence health copilot.
"For most of my life, I’ve been obsessed with understanding what makes people perform at their best. Elite athletes have long understood the value of testing, tracking and continually adapting. But that approach shouldn’t be reserved for people competing at the highest level."
Fuel Ventures led the funding round, which included participation from Antler and a grant from Innovate UK.
"Creators are the most underleveraged founders in the world. They have the audience, the trust and the loyalty, but what they have lacked is the infrastructure to turn that into value. Affinity Labs exists to be that infrastructure. We co-found every product with a leading creator and put our AI factory behind it, so each brand launches with the built-in organic distribution that consumer products typically spend years building."
The round included participation from new backer Notion Capital and existing investors such as Atomico and Creandum.
"On each day that safe and effective medical technology is not available, a person’s life takes a different turn. That is why Scarlet was created, said Dewar in the announcement. The company is developing AI-native certification to help its customers bring cutting-edge innovations to patients worldwide."
The Liverpool university spinout raised the capital to drive commercialisation and platform development in materials discovery.
"Materials innovation underpins progress across multiple sectors from energy to manufacturing and electronics. Matter Machine brings together exceptional scientific expertise, unique technology capabilities and a highly scalable commercial opportunity"
— Gordon Sanghera, Head of Commercialisation Strategy
The funding round was led by Odyssey Ventures to accelerate commercialisation and expand US operations.
"The main obstacle holding back neurotechnology today is not a lack of ideas, but hardware. MintNeuro is addressing this gap with a platform on which the entire industry can build. We were convinced to invest by its strong technology team, working chips and first long-term commercial contract"
— Petra Cihlářová, Investment Director of the Venture Capital Sub-Fund