Private equity firm NorthEdge backs PebblePad to accelerate growth and US expansion.
"PebblePad is used by 130 higher education institutions worldwide, including 30 of the top-ranked global universities, and our commitment to transforming learning experiences is unwavering, Partnering with NorthEdge allows us to fast-track our growth plans in the United States, introduce new features, enhance our expertise through access to a wider network, and further our mission to deliver exceptional student experiences and outcomes."
Earlybird and LocalGlobe backed the London startup to help businesses build custom operational software.
"stock ordering and inventory management for medication at scale wasn't solved by any off the shelf options. Like all good ops we started with a bunch of spreadsheets and a bit of app script, but it became clear that this wouldn't offer the robustness, security and level of integration we needed. We looked for a platform that we could build upon but it didn't exist, so the only option was to assemble an ops engineering team of backend and frontend developers."
The Electric Car Scheme has raised a Series A round led by 13books Capital to support its electric vehicle salary sacrifice platform.
"This new round of investment is a huge vote of confidence not only in The Electric Car Scheme, but the company’s impact in supporting the wider transition to Net Zero emissions. We are incredibly excited to work together with our brilliant team, and forward-thinking investors to deliver on our mission to make Net Zero simpler and cheaper to become the obvious choice."
The funding round was backed by Evenlode Foundation alongside angel investors and a grant from Innovate UK.
"Siloton has brought together a uniquely qualified team that is able to drive forward technology development at an unprecedented pace. This new support will help us take the next step towards commercialisation by shifting gear from R&D to product development. The population of individuals with retinal disease is growing. New, more affordable and accessible OCT systems like our Akepa technology will be critical to serving patients with precision and efficiency. In turn, this could help reduce preventable blindness, save healthcare providers billions of pounds, and reduce pressure on already stretched eye clinics."
