Innovate UK is a government-backed agency supporting business-led innovation across the United Kingdom.
The grant will fund the development of wireless charging platforms for light commercial vehicles.
"We are in the midst of an electric revolution, with many businesses, councils and individuals looking to make the transition to alternative fuelled vehicles"
Bloc Ventures leads a £2.7m Series A round alongside debt finance to accelerate quantum security hardware development.
"We are delighted to announce Bloc Ventures as our first institutional investor and look forward to working together during our next stage of growth."
The MedTech start-up received its second award from the UK innovation agency via the Biomedical Catalyst scheme.
"Sleep is vital both to our mental and physical health. As mental health experts we need to find ways to help people improve their sleep quality, especially those with sleep problems."
The funding round was led by 24 Haymarket with participation from Innovate UK.
"I was shocked that despite being a treatable condition, pneumonia kills one million children under-five every year – more than HIV, malaria, and TB combined. When I realised these deaths can be avoided through early diagnosis, I became obsessed with finding a way to solve the problem."
EarthSense has secured grant funding from Innovate UK to deliver a partnership air quality project in Wolverhampton.
"Using the information from the app, users can choose to avoid certain high pollution areas, reducing the amount of emissions inhaled, and hopefully divert traffic away from those areas, thereby reducing the levels of pollution – a positive result for everyone."
