The seed round was led by Coterie Holdings and included participation from angels and existing backers SFC Capital and Founders Capital.
"The fine wine investment space has historically been split between wine merchants that are set up to facilitate drinking and collecting rather than investing, and bespoke investment businesses that often operate like merchants with added management fees. We created WineFi to serve investors who view wine primarily through an investment lens, offering them diversified, cost-efficient exposure to a fascinating asset class that has historically remained off-limits to all but specialists. While many of our investors are also wine enthusiasts, WineFi seeks to bridge the cap between the two."
The seed round was co-led by Creator Fund and LocalGlobe to help the biotech startup move its egg-quality treatment toward the clinic.
"Ovo Labs’ mission is to make the dream of parenthood a reality for millions of couples who struggle to conceive. By helping to increase the number of viable eggs, we aim to extend the reproductive window, empowering more couples to have children at a time that feels right to them. Ovo Labs’ technology also offers a potential solution for declining birth rates, which is a trend observed in many countries worldwide."
The London-based software platform secured £2.4m from backers including Somersault Ventures and AltaIR Capital to develop its retail management ecosystem.
"Founders who dare to visualize their product’s global expansion and set realistic milestones ahead are a gem for investors. It was a dealmaker in the case of Cloud Retail."
— Igor Ryabenkiy, Founder and Managing Partner at AltaIR Capital
Notion Capital led the seed financing to help the software-first manufacturing firm scale its operations and technology.
"Manufacturing is the backbone of economic prosperity, national security and our collective purpose as humanity. Yet our industrial base is dying. We’re building a new model, one that decentralises production while driving efficiency through software and automation. With support from top investors who share our vision, we are forging industrial acceleration for the West."
Backed Ventures and Middlegame Ventures led the seed round to support the formal launch of the cloud financial control platform.
"Cloud Capital is shifting the dynamic and giving finance leaders the tools to run cloud like any other major investment. Unlike traditional optimization tools, Cloud Capital takes a “100% FinTech” approach to cloud infrastructure, treating it like a financial asset, not just an engineering cost, precisely quantifying and pricing commitment risk based on our proprietary, free-to-use forecasting platform. Other tools help engineers save money. We help CFOs manage risk. We’re building financial infrastructure – a control layer for cloud that gives companies a new way to finance and optimize cloud like any other major investment."
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