Fuel Ventures leads a £3m investment in 51toCarbonZero to scale operations internationally and upgrade its AI capabilities.
"Our continued investment in 51toCarbonZero underscores our confidence in their mission and the impressive progress they’ve made since our previous investment. The 51toCarbonZero team have developed a platform that not only addresses the urgent need for emissions management but also empowers companies to take actionable steps towards sustainability. We’re excited to support their expansion into new markets and industries."
The seed round was led by Adjuvo and will support global product expansion and team growth.
"I am incredibly proud of what we have achieved in such a short time. Having launched the full product in 2023, seeing some of the world’s biggest brands change how they see candidates has been great. We’re surfacing incredible talent that otherwise would have been missed and saving both time and money for our clients. This latest investment will enable us to scale up as we meet the market demand for the Vizzy platform, supporting candidates and talent teams worldwide."
The seed round was led by Firstminute Capital and saw participation from several institutional backers and angel investors.
"B2B wholesalers are the financial engine of the real economy but most are still managing credit with spreadsheets, phone calls and handwritten notes. We’re giving them modern, automated workflows that save hours every day and unlock serious operational efficiency."
General Catalyst led the seed financing to accelerate the development of Portia AI's open source developer framework and cloud platform.
"AI engineers with deep expertise painstakingly navigate their way through the challenges of deploying reliable agents in production, but we want to democratise the solutions for all developers,"
The oversubscribed round was backed by Enterprise Ireland and private investors to accelerate product development.
"Businesses are at a pivotal moment in the application of technology to the provision of professional services. We are only scratching the surface with the value that can be created for business owners from leveraging AI to do more with less. Assiduous is focused on embedding corporate advisory domain expertise at the application layer to unlock the power of foundation models for many more small and medium sized business owners seeking to contemplate, plan and execute high value corporate actions."
