The funding was backed by Mercia Ventures, the Midlands Engine Investment Fund and private investors.
"Having grown up in a digital world, today’s students are more likely to make decisions based on reviews rather than marketing material. StudentCrowd is the only platform of its type that offers reviews from verified students and covers universities, courses and accommodation. The company has huge potential for growth. This investment will enable it to establish its position as the leader in the UK market and prepare it for international expansion."
Mercia Ventures led the seed financing round with participation from several backers to support platform validation and team growth.
"Enzymes play a wide-ranging role in disease, but current technologies are unable to develop drugs to tackle most of them. Our team at Kuano recognised the need to overcome these limitations."
The funding was led by NPIF - Mercia Equity Finance alongside EIS funds and private backers to support product development and customer expansion.
"The £1.8m investment is a significant boost for FourJaw, which underscores the growing importance of IoT technology in optimising manufacturing processes."
The third investment from Mercia Ventures and the North East Venture Fund will support four new hires and user acquisition.
"This latest round of funding will further assist with our scale up plans to secure more users of the app, through direct and partnership sign ups. It will also help us continue to enhance our technology platform to support the creation of a network of connected users to form a virtual power plant. This will help the National Grid to make the most of households ever growing smart meter network and accelerate the transition to a sustainable and secure energy network."
The funding round was backed by Mercia Ventures and its EIS funds via the Midlands Engine Investment Fund.
"Planning high-profile events is extremely complex with a host of different factors to consider – from designing and building the infrastructure and planning schedules to managing crowd control, transport and security. However the industry still relies heavily on spreadsheets, drawings and data in different formats. With Iventis we have already shown how technology can transform large-scale event planning. We will now be bringing our innovations and technology to a wider audience."
