Blackfinch backed the Poole based pure water network to support station rollout and US expansion plans.
"The investment from Blackfinch means we can rapidly scale up our network – it’s very exciting for the company. It also puts us in a good position when it comes to our US expansion plans."
The funding round was led by Mercia and will support product development and team expansion.
"With 3.5 billion smartphones worldwide, mobile apps are an effective way for public and private sector businesses to roll out their services to a wide audience. Nutshell makes mobile app development easy and will help businesses large and small to drive innovation and growth."
The seed round was co-led by Playfair Capital and Credo Ventures with participation from Techstart Ventures and angel investors.
"Before founding Continuum Industries, we led a 150-people strong hyperloop team at the University of Edinburgh. While there, we built the UK’s first hyperloop prototype vehicle and successfully competed in contests run by SpaceX and Virgin Hyperloop One. It was the hyperloop moonshot that made us realise the socio-economic value of infrastructure and forced us to think about better ways of taking infrastructure projects from ideas to reality."