Weekly Soak 🧼 03 Mar 2025

The definitive round-up of venture capital fundraising news | 🇬🇧 edition

Jesse Heasman
March 03, 2025

Home sweet home: Just Move In raises a £6m Series A for its home setup service

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Last week £150m was deployed across 17 rounds. Catch up below ⤵️

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Prorizon secures £400k pre-seed funding from GC Angels to enhance AI-driven mental and physical performance management

🌎 Manchester, United Kingdom 📈 Pre-seed ⚙️ Health

www.soapbox.vc/feed/prorizon-400k-pre-seed

£0.5 ➡️ 1m

Leafr raises £600k pre-seed round led by Haatch to expand its sustainability expert marketplace

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Pre-seed ⚙️ Sustainability

www.soapbox.vc/feed/leafr-600k-pre-seed

Monument Therapeutics secures £850k led by ACF Investors to advance schizophrenia treatment with MT1988

🌎 Manchester, United Kingdom 📈 Equity ⚙️ Biotechnology

www.soapbox.vc/feed/monument-therapeutics-850k-equity

£1 ➡️ 2m

Medly AI secures £1.2m seed round led by Eka Ventures to advance AI powered education

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Seed ⚙️ Education

www.soapbox.vc/feed/medly-ai-1m-seed

OneUp Sales raises £1.5m from Mercia and Midlands Engine Investment Fund to expand its sales performance management platform

🌎 Tamworth, United Kingdom 📈 Equity ⚙️ Sales and marketing

www.soapbox.vc/feed/oneup-sales-2m-equity

Bourn closes £1.5m seed round led by Haatch to reinvent the business overdraft

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Seed ⚙️ Fintech

www.soapbox.vc/feed/bourn-2m-seed

£2 ➡️ 5m

uFraction8 secures £3.4m in further funding post Foresight investment to advance biotech filtration technology

🌎 Falkirk, United Kingdom 📈 Equity ⚙️ Biotechnology

www.soapbox.vc/feed/ufraction8-3m-equity

£5 ➡️ 10m

Ignota Labs raises £5.5m seed led by Montage Ventures and AIX Ventures to turn around failed drugs

🌎 Cambridge, United Kingdom 📈 Seed ⚙️ Life sciences

www.soapbox.vc/feed/ignota-labs-6m-seed

Just Move In secures £6m in Series A funding led by Eos Ventures to transform how people manage home moves

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Series A ⚙️ Property

www.soapbox.vc/feed/just-move-in-6m-series-a

Magdrive raises £8m seed funding led by Redalpine for its next-generation spacecraft propulsion system

🌎 Oxford, United Kingdom 📈 Seed ⚙️ Space

www.soapbox.vc/feed/magdrive-8m-seed

£10 ➡️ 20m

Napo raises £12m Series B led by Mercia Ventures to expand its modern pet insurance offering

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Series B ⚙️ Insurance

www.soapbox.vc/feed/napo-12m-series-b

£20 ➡️ 50m

Relay raises £28m Series A led by Plural to expand logistics platform for e-commerce delivery

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Series A ⚙️ Logistics

www.soapbox.vc/feed/relay-28m-series-a

ClearScore secures £30m debt financing from HSBC Innovation Banking for domestic and global expansion

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Venture debt ⚙️ Fintech

www.soapbox.vc/feed/clearscore-30m-venture-debt

Shop Circle raises £48m Series B led by Nextalia Ventures to expand B2B software suite

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Series B ⚙️ Ecommerce

www.soapbox.vc/feed/shop-circle-48m-series-b

🔒 Undisclosed

Anya secures funding from Lifted Ventures to expand AI-driven women’s healthcare

🌎 Leeds, United Kingdom 📈 Equity ⚙️ Health

www.soapbox.vc/feed/anya-equity

Bower Collective secures investment from The FSE Group for its range of sustainable household products

🌎 South West, United Kingdom 📈 Equity ⚙️ Consumer goods

www.soapbox.vc/feed/bower-collective-equity

Kani secures Series A from Maven to transform global payment reconciliation

🌎 Newcastle, United Kingdom 📈 Series A ⚙️ Payments

www.soapbox.vc/feed/kani-series-a

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