The British Design Fund provided £230k toward a wider £400k raise to advance manufacturing and overseas expansion.
"The moment that changed everything for me was standing in a salmon processing plant and seeing thousands of single‑use EPS boxes piled up, destined for landfill or worse. It was truly shocking. I’d spent years in the seafood industry but witnessing that scale of waste in one place made the environmental cost impossible to ignore. I knew then that something had to change, and that experience has driven me ever since to prove that we can replace EPS with sustainable materials that protect both the product and the planet."
— John Farley, Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Winfred reads them overnight, pulls out the facts, checks them against Companies House and files them. It was built by C8VA, who do the same kind of work for other businesses: turning messy, unstructured material into something you can search, count and rely on.
The British Business Bank has backed the warehouse robotics provider as part of its recent Series C round.
"The UK consistently produces companies with market-leading technology, which need greater domestic backing to scale globally. The Bank is stepping up to ensure companies like Dexory have the capital they need to innovate and expand here in the UK. We are working with fund managers to create deeper pools of capital and are increasing the scale of our co-investing activity, which directly increases the size of funding rounds for high-potential UK companies."
The late seed round was led by Blackfinch Ventures with participation from Haatch to support technology scaling and team expansion.
"Our mission is to make fulfilment work better for everyone, brands and 3PL’s alike. We’re grateful to Blackfinch for leading this round, and to Haatch for backing our ambition to create a more transparent, fair and effective industry for all involved."
The funding round was led by Puma Growth Partners and will support expansion across the UK, Europe, Japan and the US.
"Offering pickup at checkout is key to accelerating the shift to out-of-home delivery, and HubBox has been leading the charge for nearly a decade as the market leader in this space. Now, as demand for HubBox from couriers, retailers and shoppers continues to surge, we’re expanding our investment in people and software to meet it."
