£164M
The Series E round was led by Ontario Teachers' Pensions Plan to fund global expansion and product development.
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The latest funding rounds from the UK tech ecosystem. Updated 2 November 2026.
Announcements
6,260
Total raised
£165B
disclosed amounts
This month
£9.0M
raised so far
The Series E round was led by Ontario Teachers' Pensions Plan to fund global expansion and product development.
The investment concludes the company's Series A round and was backed by Octopus Ventures and Seraphim Capital.
"We’ve been talking about the potential of drones to radically transform all sorts of industries for a long time now, as the number of applications is huge, but for it to be viable, we need a system that can manage drones and, eventually, other types of unmanned air traffic at scale."
Tokyo Gas led a strategic partnership bringing £150m in corporate capital to support the company expansion.
"We are delighted to announce our agreement with Tokyo Gas, one of the most respected and successful Japanese utilities, to launch “Octopus Energy” in Japan. This Joint Venture will bring our exciting approach to renewable energy and technology to the world’s largest competitive energy market, and the investment will turbocharge our mission to revolutionise energy globally."
Sage led the £25m Series C round with a £17m investment and a new commercial partnership.
"As retail businesses from across the globe recover from the impact of Covid-19, trading online has gone from being a ‘nice-to-have’ to a ‘must-have’ for retailers. Digitising back office operations is a critical step towards transitioning to online commerce – and through investing in high growth, cloud solutions like Brightpearl, we are committed to supporting our customers to not only make that switch quickly and easily, but to also grow and compete"
The seed round was led by Mercia through the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund to support platform enhancements and team growth.
"There has been growing recognition amongst businesses of the importance of employee health and wellbeing and the pandemic has brought this into even sharper focus. As we move into 2021, monitoring, measuring and having the ability to respond to the needs of employees will be critical as we transition back to work."