Last week: Magic mirror, data flows and dog food

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Jesse Heasman
November 03, 2025

Marleybones secures £2.5m funding led by TAW Ventures to redefine dog dining

Last week £50m in funding was announced across 9 rounds. Read on - or visit the Soapbox platform for all the latest news.

Made a splash

Making a student house a home Housr secured £7.5m series A from Ashta Capital and Juniper Equity to transform student living. Funding will accelerate rollout across uni cities in the UK & US, helping both students and landlords handle payments and maintenance, all in one app.

The map for data Solidatus raised £5m from Salica Investments’ Growth Debt Fund to fuel R&D and accelerate its AI-enabled data lineage platform. The tool helps organisations understand complex data flows, cutting time and effort on governance tasks.

Fine dining for dogs Marleybones announced £2.5m funding led by TAW Ventures to scale its “Pantry Fresh” premium dog meals, balancing quality and convenience. Funding will expand their marketing, customer experience and retail growth. 

Streamlining law Tessaract closed £4.6m led by Mercia Ventures to help legal firms replace manual processes. Funding will drive product development on their cloud-based platform, unifying case management, billing and finance.

Cleaning up colour SAGES landed £190k funding from British Design Fund to commercialise their natural dyes made from food waste. With the aim to replace synthetic dyes in global supply chains, the funding will support product development, early-stage pilots and new partnerships.

“I honestly believe that within the next five years it will be one of the most creative AI products ever made. I can see the bigger picture - the future of AI and of fitness.”

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Now hiring

i6 Group

  • Secured £15m Series B led by Yttrium to digitise fuel management for aviation

  • Now hiring for various engineering and management roles 

    Apply here

MAGIC AI

  • Announced Jesse Lingard as investor for the at-home AI fitness mirror

  • Now hiring for senior management and design roles Apply here

The throwback

12 months ago
Scalpel AI raised a £3.8m round led by Mercia Ventures to transform surgical logistics and implants using computer vision Recap here

The breakdown

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