The London-based start-up raised £3m from Octopus Ventures and several prominent founders to develop its stress reduction platform.
"We live in a society that’s created an unsustainable pattern of living where workplace culture is synonymous with burnout and stress is seen as a necessary by-product of success. The past 18 months have put a much-needed spotlight on the terrible impact of stress on our health, and for the first time, employers are taking notice."
The funding round was led by Index Ventures with participation from Ada Ventures and angel investors.
"We built Sproutl to invite a new audience to take up gardening and give them the world-class eCommerce experience that digital natives expect. Our mission is to demystify growing plants and remove the barriers to getting started."
The Liverpool based EdTech firm secured the capital from MSIF's Merseyside Loan and Equity Fund to drive national expansion.
"Our innovations and technology are what allow us to support our teachers and schools. It facilitates and allows us to create an ethical alternative to traditional agencies. SupplyWell is creating something special, and we are serious about the problems that we are solving in education."
The Series B extension combines debt and equity to support nationwide campaigns and expansion into the US market.
"As our customer numbers continue to grow, we’ve taken the decision to raise additional capital to service this phenomenal demand. As Zilch continues to scale at pace, we’re delighted that well-respected institutions such as Goldman Sachs and DMG Ventures share our vision of what credit should be in today’s world and how that can be delivered directly to customers in the most responsible way. By putting our customers first and building direct relationships with each of them, we are doing something no one else in the industry has done before."
The Series A round was co-led by AlbionVC and Oxx to support international expansion and team growth.
"Businesses that can make full use of their data are more successful. So effective API management is becoming a core competence. The challenge for IT teams is to connect the existing data silos, plus emerging streamed data sources, and enable these to be shared in a consistent way, secured in line with best practices and easily governed. Gravitee.io offers the richest open source functionality to make that process effortless for developers and system architects. In AlbionVC and Oxx we have found partners who recognise the value that effortless API control brings to digital enterprises. With their backing, we can accelerate our mission to bring open source control of API ecosystems to the global developer community."