The extended reality software provider raised £1m to support a major Middle East contract and expand its presence in the US.
"Luminous is used by the biggest brands in the industrial and manufacturing sectors who have the highest training standards. Our XR platform is paving the way for the adoption of Extended Reality training, providing a scalable, secure solution with many advanced features. The current funding round will now allow us to grow our sales and marketing as we expand globally."
The seed round was co-led by Kindred Capital, NATO Innovation Fund, and Oxford Science Enterprises.
"In today’s AI race, the limitations of existing hardware – nearly all of which is provided by a single company – represent the biggest barrier to better performance, reduced cost, and wider adoption. Fractile’s approach supercharges inference, delivering astonishing improvements in terms of speed and cost. This is more than just a speed-up – changing the performance point for inference allows us to explore completely new ways to use today’s leading AI models to solve the world’s most complex problems. We’re thrilled to have raised our funding from investors with a wealth of experience in the AI and chip industries, continue to grow our world-class team and further our technological development and partnerships."
The initial tranche of the Series A round was led by DB1 Ventures with backing from Dutch Founders Fund and Flow Traders.
"We are delighted to welcome Deutsche Börse as a shareholder and are very excited to work together with them in further enhancing connectivity and digitisation for capital markets"
Helen Ventures led the seed round with participation from international investors to fund European expansion and product development.
"It is our privilege to join the Renewabl team in their impressive growth story. Consuming clean electricity that matches on an hourly or 15-minute basis is fast becoming an imperative for net-zero-aligned companies – with good reason – whereas tracking and procuring this energy is a challenge,"
— Mikael Myllymäki, Vice President and Head of Helen Ventures
