The round was led by Deepbridge Capital to help manufacture trial units for a new urinary tract infection diagnostic device.
"FluoretiQ perfectly represents the type of highly innovative and growth-focused companies Deepbridge Capital is committed to supporting within the sector-specific Deepbridge Life Sciences EIS fund; a great example of the importance of the Enterprise Investment Scheme. Neciah has built a great team, eager to take on the significant challenge this market demands, and we are pleased to be working with them on this next exciting stage of their journey."
— Savvas Neophytou, Partner & Head of Life Sciences
The pre-seed round was led by Innovate UK and Founders Factory with backing from global angel investors.
"Umazi is a fantastic example of the kind of regtech innovation needed to transform an all too unglamorous but vital function – corporate due diligence. As a partner, we’re delighted to be trialling Umazi’s technology, and early indications show it will help make our own supplier onboarding process much more efficient."
The pre-seed round was co-led by IQ Capital and Ahren Innovation Capital to support team expansion and technology validation.
"Our ability to take a sample from someone with an unknown infection and answer the open question 'what do they have?' within a minute is a gamechanger for infection diagnosis and treatment. We’ll start with respiratory viruses and expand from there. In parallel, we’ll be simplifying the workflow to move the test from the lab to point of care, which will represent a step change in the availability and cost of infectious disease diagnostics worldwide."
Nigel Wray and Deborah Okenla participated in the pre-seed round for the dog training software provider.
"I’m absolutely delighted we’ve secured this funding from some of the UK’s top Angel investors. They are people who I’ve admired for a long time and who now are helping me build this business. We are delighted that they see the scope of the opportunity, and what to come on the journey. It’s our mission to be the most dog trainer, and dog owner friendly software company on the planet, and to solve the huge issues facing the training world today. Together I believe we can do it."
Jenson Funding Partners led the pre-seed round to help the career coaching application scale its team and product offerings.
"we’re always looking for scalable problem-solving solutions and what Harry has developed with Rocky.ai represents that. Whether you’re in your twenties or your forties, Rocky is designed to support the user."
