The London-based biomaterials startup secured $15m from investors including Alter Equity and JamJar Investments to expand its manufacturing network in the United States and Europe.
"Shellworks represents exactly the kind of innovation we need to see in the materials economy. They’re not just creating a better material, they’re building the infrastructure to make it accessible at scale. That’s what will drive real change and contribute to the plastic-free economy we are supporting at alter equity."
The oversubscribed round was backed by 1818 Ventures and a syndicate led by Sarah Williams-Gardener.
"DataWollet is addressing a huge challenge within financial services. The combination of neurosymbolic (systems that learn from data while reasoning transparently) AI, real-world application, and a strong execution capability makes it a highly compelling proposition."
The fitness tech start-up raised the capital to support the hybrid sport boom.
"Hybrid fitness is the fastest-growing participation sport globally, yet the digital infrastructure supporting athletes has lagged behind. Our ambition is to build the technology layer that helps athletes train with greater precision, understand their performance and prepare effectively for competition."
Seraphim Space led the pre-seed round to help accelerate development of the company decision-layer software.
"Increasingly, the constraint is no longer hardware but human attention. We can deploy more drones than ever before, yet we still ask operators to control them one by one, often in environments where communications are unreliable. True autonomy breaks that one‑to‑one link, allowing humans to supervise and direct teams of systems rather than individual machines. That shift is essential for supporting modern military missions, where scale, speed and resilience matter, and where operators must remain focused on intent and outcomes rather than manual control."
