Symvan Capital led the seed round to support the firm in scaling its team and accelerating product development.
"Symvan Capital and the University of Strathclyde's decision to invest in PropEco underscores the growing importance of integrating environmental and social factors into financial and property decisions."
The seed round was led by Lightspeed Faction with participation from Blockchain Coinvestors and Chris Adelsbach.
"Everything we do at LO:TECH is built on top of great trading infrastructure. This investment from Faction – a team known for backing disruptive, entrepreneurial teams – is validation of our vision and will allow us to push forward building innovative trading technology and services."
The funding will accelerate the commercial launch of the company's personal computing and automotive product ranges.
"Our force sensing and haptic feedback technologies not only make industry-leading haptic trackpads and force-enabled keyboards, but our control firmware and software does something that no other user interface product can: it makes the user interfaces intelligent. We use that intelligence to make PCs fundamentally easier, more engaging and more fun to use for every user type—from novices to professional content creators and gamers. This financial injection is a major endorsement to the success we’ve had in making better user experience platforms on Notebooks PCs and Peripherals and enables us to capitalize on our commercial wins and scale up for market share."
The investment round was led by Soulmates Ventures to support the company's global growth and U.S. presence.
"Our mission has always been to bridge the gap between technology and education, ensuring that every child, regardless of background, has access to quality STEM education"
The recruitment technology scale-up secured backing from investors including Peter Bauer and 1818 Venture Capital.
"This is a significant moment for the team at Willo, and also for the UK tech start-up scene. It’s no secret that the investment landscape has been challenging of late, so to receive this level of backing from investors like Peter Bauer is a massive statement of faith in what we have achieved and where we’re going."