Mercia backed the London enterprise with a £3.3m investment to support growth and hiring.
"Global expansion is complex, with confusing local laws, complicated taxes and hefty fines for those who fail to play by the rules. Centuro cuts through the complexity, eradicating the need for expensive consultancy services. We’re disrupting the dominance of the larger players in the market, giving ambitious businesses a simple solution that saves them time and money, reduces compliance risks and helps them win in new markets and in the war for global talent."
The funding was backed by the UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund, Oxford Innovation EIS Growth Fund, Oxford Innovation Finance's Angel Network, and the Defence and Security Accelerator.
"This new investment provides us with the funding to take our game changing technology to commercialisation, helping deliver the UK government’s semiconductor and technology strategy. Our Inertial sensors are already gaining strong industry interest globally with a major aerospace and defence contractor having already placed contracts. Our revolutionary gravity sensor will be commercialised later this year with the industry interest shown by our acceptance on to Europe’s largest infrastructure accelerator program and the award of funding from the Department for Business and Trade railway construction innovation competition. We are very excited for this next stage in SMG’s journey."
— Francis Neill, Chief Executive Officer and Director
The private equity firm backed Cezanne HR to implement a new growth plan and expand its market presence.
"NorthEdge have built an excellent reputation within the technology sector over the last five years so it was exciting for us to work with them on their most recent investment in Cezanne. I look forward to watching the business continue to grow and excel with this new partnership."
The investment round was backed jointly by MOL Drybulk and Scottish Enterprise.
"MOL is committed to decarbonisation within our industry and Scotland is at the forefront of many environmentally friendly solutions, whilst our investment in Smart Green Shipping furthers our commitment to the UK."
— Kazuhiko Kikuchi, President and Representative Director
