The investment round was led by Mercia with participation from Triple Point Ventures and private backers.
"3D animation has traditionally been reserved for big budget TV commercials and is prohibitively expensive for digital channels. Our mission is to make 3D visual effects more accessible and affordable, empowering companies to generate their own 3D animation in-house, at speed and at scale."
Shell Ventures joins the Series B round, lifting total funding announced this year to £22.8m.
"Since founding in 2016, Drover has evolved and grown into a serious contender in the UK car retail market, and is quickly scaling in France. Our car-as-a-service proposition, with no large downpayment and one flat monthly fee including all the car's bills, has proven remarkably resilient in 2020, with record revenues in Q2 and Q3. Partnering with Shell will only strengthen our position as the leading flexible ownership model, in the UK and beyond"
The company secured the seed investment from nearly 7,000 participants via Crowdcube.
"Since opening pre-registration for the private sale, we’ve had an overwhelming response from users around the world wanting to invest in Wirex. Our performance so far has proven to investors that we are making incredible advances in the fintech and crypto spaces, and this growth will only continue."