E-Nano secures £100k in seed investment from Suss Ventures to fund product development.
Suss Ventures has sourced a six-figure sum to support the robotics start-up ahead of its commercial launch.
E-Nano develops modular robotics and cloud platforms that collect environmental data to help groundskeepers monitor sports fields and reduce maintenance costs.
Robotics start-up E-Nano has secured £100k in a seed investment deal backed by Suss Ventures. The funds will be directed towards product validation and rigorous research to develop the company fleet of maintenance robots before commercial launch.
Co-founded by mechanical and robotics engineers, E-Nano employs automated rovers and sensor technology to supply groundskeepers with real-time analytics. The business has collaborated with testing partner STRI to trial its technology on live sports surfaces.
The capital injection provides a foundation for the company as it prepares to bring its initial turf-monitoring platform to market, with subsequent plans to expand into agricultural land management.
From the founder
"The support from Suss ventures was key to put us in front of an early-stage fund that could act as lead investor. Their team has been extremely professional all the way through the process, looking for ways to improve our communication with prospective investors and creating a network of start-ups in similar stages. They have been and continue to be a very valuable asset for us in our current funding round and hopefully for the next ones to come."
Christian Von Scheidt
Co-founder at E-Nano
Investor perspective
"As far as investment opportunities go, E-Nano qualifies as a fast-growing data-driven startup with exciting scalability in the field of sports engineering, robotics, and cloud computing. Also presented as a SEIS opportunity for investors, E-Nano has attracted a lot of attention from high-net worths and SEIS funds seeking to support early-stage companies, while also lowering the risk of investment through the seed investment scheme. I am very proud of the professionalism, graft and ambition of Christian and the E-Nano team, and expect to see big things for the company going forward."
Laurence Grant
Head of Investments, Suss Ventures
Use of funds
- 01Continue product development
- 02Fund research and development