The pre-seed round was led by DSW Ventures with participation from York Angels and international angel investors.
"We’re thrilled to have the backing of DSW Ventures, York Angels, and our wider investor group as we build the go-to platform for hybrid fitness athletes. This investment allows us to accelerate product development, enhance the user experience, and grow our footprint within the Hyrox and wider hybrid fitness communities. As athletes ourselves, we’ve built RoxFit to solve real problems we’ve experienced, and this funding brings us one step closer to helping thousands more to train smarter and race better."
The seed round was led by Stride.VC with participation from Repeat.vc to scale the company's industrial AI platform.
"There is a comforting fiction that we can simply swap out the old for the new. But the scale of the transition is immense. The infrastructure of heavy industry cannot be erased — it must be transformed. That’s why we built Orbital. Without the energy industry, life as we know it is impossible. Refiners and petrochemical firms are the lifeblood of civilisations, yet their existence is frozen in time as many of the facilities that power our world are nearly 50 years old. As energy and chemical demand rises steeply at a global level, it is crucial that these essential industries transform themselves. Artificial intelligence can deliver significant financial and environmental improvements to benefit everyone on the planet."
The seed round was led by Index Ventures with participation from multiple venture firms and angel investors.
"Our platform dramatically streamlines this process and mountains of documents which slow down research today. But improving efficiency is only the beginning, building AI into the invention process, along with the inventors allows inventors to fundamentally expand the horizons of what we can imagine creating. We believe Ankar is creating the foundation for the next generation of breakthrough technologies."
The round was backed by investors including the South West Investment Fund and Waterspring Ventures.
"With its scalable technology and strong foothold in the restaurant sector, Distil.ai is a compelling investment opportunity. The company’s unique access to OpenTable data, along with its credible management team, make it an exciting proposition. Distil is well-positioned to achieve significant growth and we are delighted to be supporting them on this journey."
The out of stealth startup secured backing from Earlybird and Speedinvest to accelerate its three dimensional artificial intelligence prototypes.
"Current AI models generate images pixel by pixel — great for snapshots, but not for immersive, coherent worlds. At SpAItial, we’re building AI that’s grounded in space and time from the start. Our spatial foundation models are a game changer for any application that depends on 3D understanding."
