Last week: Nappy waste, KYB checks and piggy-bank for school fees

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Jesse Heasman
November 24, 2025

Planet Smart raised £750k pre-seed led by General Inception and Vertical venture Partners to tackle waste in nappies and pads

Last week £251m in funding was announced across 15 rounds. Read on - or visit the Soapbox platform for all the latest news.

Made a splash

Pioneering cancer treatment Artios landed an oversubscribed £90m Series D led by SV Health Investors and RA Capital Management to advance DNA damage response therapeutics. Funding will accelerate patient enrolment in drug trials for difficult-to-treat cancers.

Breaking financial barriers SAPI secured £60m by Hudson Cove to scale repayment-at-source technology. With a mission to make access to finance fair and inclusive, SAPI are offering SMEs flexible, payment-linked finance.

Flipping the consultancy model Valliance launched with £11m from Singuler Guff to help enterprises navigate AI deployment. The business charges customers on value-delivered instead of billable hours.

Solving compliance bottlenecks Condukt emerged from stealth with £7.5m co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and MMC Ventures to automate fintech compliance checks. The company aims to use funding to automate KYB checks to drive customer growth.

Understanding the cycle Emm raised a £6.8m seed round led by Lunar Ventures to launch the world’s first smart menstrual cup. Its sensor technology offers accurate personalised health insights to understand women’s health.

Mapping education fees Sencillo secured £350k pre-seed led by Fuel Ventures to help families plan and fund rising education costs. The platform will offer planning tools and responsible credit and saving products, with a full launch targeted for 2026.

Now hiring

Vyntelligence

  • Landed a £23m Series B co-led by Blume Equity and Morgan Stanley Investment Management to build AI agents for account management

  • Now hiring for tech and talent roles Apply here

Polymodels

  • Raised £7m Series A led by Molten Ventures and Marathon VC to help pharma teams improve drug development processes

  • Now hiring for engineering and data roles Apply here

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The throwback

12 months ago
Popp AI raised £3.6m seed led by Emerge and SuperSeed to bring conversational AI to enterprise recruitment Recap here

“Our platform has the potential to become the simplest, most convenient single-dose, disposable inhaler on the market”

Lisa McMyn, Co-founder & CEO of 1nhaler, a pop-up cardboard inhaler that attracted a £1.5m seed extension.

The breakdown

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