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Northern Gritstone leads Series A round into the Manchester-based manufacturing technology platform.
"Northern Gritstone is delighted to support Partful. This growing Manchester-based tech company has already won large OEM customers thanks to its technology and is set to create more jobs in its North of England team"
The Series A financing was led by Par Equity to support international expansion and product development.
"Securing this investment allows us to scale our impact across healthcare and life sciences, with a focus on easing the burden of paediatric clinical trials. While legislation like RACE, SPCs, and the ODA has increased study numbers, specialist paediatric knowledge is still lacking in the industry. This has led to lower recruitment, adherence and trial completion rates compared to adult research. Little Journey is uniquely positioned to fill this expertise gap and tackle these challenges to advance global paediatric medicine. With the backing of Par Equity, Mercia Ventures, Octopus Ventures, and our wider investor network, we’re redefining how paediatric clinical trials are run and putting families at the heart of them."
The funding round was led by Puma Private Equity and will support the creation of a financial services-specific large language model.
"The financial Services industry does not need AI models that can quote Shakespeare, it needs AI models that deliver transparency, trust and above all correctness. The way to achieve this is to develop small, highly tuned language models, trained on financial services data, reviewed by financial services experts for specific financial services use cases."
The investment was led by the Scottish National Investment Bank with backing from Archangel Investors and Par Equity.
"We are excited by the growth and impact potential of iGii, and we are pleased to be invested in the company's future, which includes scaling its products for a global market and bringing more skilled jobs to Stirling."
The Series A round was led by YFM Equity Partners with participation from Par Equity and an angel syndicate.
"YFM’s experience of working with innovation-led businesses has proved invaluable. The team immediately understood our vision and recognised our potential. With the backing of YFM, Par and our angel investors, we can continue to curate the future of EV infrastructure and help more customers to deliver an optimised, reliable and trusted EV charging experience."
