Antler led the seed round with participation from notable angel investors to support platform development.
"As one of the world’s most active early-stage investors, we are typically the first money in and continue our support with investments up to Series C. We invest in only 1% of more than 50,000 founders we meet annually and currently have 40+ companies in our UK portfolio. We were impressed early on by the drive of Mast’s co-founders, who instantly stood out. After backing the team with their first investment, we are thrilled to lead this next round as well. The broader participation of other great investors is further validation that there is significant support around applying deep industry experience and new technologies to solve this decades-old problem in lending."
The crowd-funding round was led by Oxford Capital with participation from existing investors including Forward Partners.
"The success of Spoke has always been underpinned by an incredibly engaged community of SPOKEsmen – and for years we’ve been asked about opportunities to invest. We have an unusually personal connection with our customers – so it feels right that they join us on the journey as we build the World’s most personal menswear brand,"
The Web3 advisory joint venture has secured pre-seed backing from Coinbase Ventures, Liberty City Ventures, and Digital Currency Group to scale its operations.
"Digital assets offer huge potential for brands to engage with their communities in a new way, and for talent to realise the true value from their work for the first time. But many brands are just starting to understand this."
The Cambridge-based biotechnology startup has closed a £2.4m round backed by investors from the UK and US.
"We welcome our new investors and thank our existing investors for their continuing confidence in Spirea. With our novel approach to building ADC therapeutics, we aim to radically improve the treatment options for patients with hard-to-treat cancers. Having shown the flexibility and strength of our technology, we look forward to the next exciting stage in the development of Spirea’s ADC pipeline and to building significant strategic partnerships."
NoBa Capital led the pre-Series A round, which will fund product innovation, marketing, and entry into new markets.
"This fundraise means a lot. It is validation that what we are building is solving a genuine and far-reaching problem which, for too long, has been left unaddressed."
