Weekly Soak 🧼 07 Jul 2025

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

Jesse Heasman
July 07, 2025

First class: HIVED lands a £30m Series B to expand its all-electric parcel delivery network

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Last week £125m in funding was announced across 15 rounds. Catch up below ⤵️

<£0.5m

Inclutech lands £400k in funding from Innovation Ulster and Clarendon to develop safety platform for high-risk victims

🌎 Belfast, United Kingdom 📈 Equity ⚙️ Security

www.soapbox.vc/feed/inclutech-400k-equity

£0.5 ➡️ 1m

Eventwise secures £525k pre-seed from Fuel Ventures to scale event budgeting platform helping streamline planning and spend control

🌎 Cheltenham, United Kingdom 📈 Pre-seed ⚙️ Finance

www.soapbox.vc/feed/eventwise-525k-pre-seed

Mozart AI raises £530k pre-seed from EWOR to launch AI-powered music production tool

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Pre-seed ⚙️ AI

www.soapbox.vc/feed/mozart-ai-530k-pre-seed

Roomix lands £850k in funding from new and existing backers to expand its custom furniture platform for families

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Equity ⚙️ Consumer goods

www.soapbox.vc/feed/roomix-850k-equity

£2 ➡️ 5m

Neutonic lands £2.7m in funding from industry angels to expand nootropic drinks brand globally

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Angel ⚙️ Food & beverage

www.soapbox.vc/feed/neutonic-3m-angel

Tonic Health raises £2.8m Series A from Side by Side to tackle UK nutrient crisis and expand clean nutrition brand

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Series A ⚙️ Health

www.soapbox.vc/feed/tonic-health-3m-series-a

Zango lands £3.5m seed round led by Nexus Venture Partners to scale AI compliance agents for banks and fintechs

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Seed ⚙️ Regulation

www.soapbox.vc/feed/zango-4m-seed

ASK BOSCO lands £4.1m from Gresham House Ventures to scale AI-powered marketing analytics platform

🌎 Leeds, United Kingdom 📈 Equity ⚙️ Marketing

www.soapbox.vc/feed/ask-bosco-4m-equity

£5 ➡️ 10m

MediShout raises £6.5m Series A led by Heal Capital to digitise hospital-supplier infrastructure

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Series A ⚙️ Medical

www.soapbox.vc/feed/medishout-6-5m-series-a

Yaspa raises £9m in funding led by Discerning Capital to expand open banking payments into US gambling sector

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Equity ⚙️ Payments

www.soapbox.vc/feed/yaspa-9m-equity

AssetCool raises £10m Series A led by Energy Impact Partners to scale robotic grid upgrade technology globally

🌎 Leeds, United Kingdom 📈 Series A ⚙️ Energy

www.soapbox.vc/feed/assetcool-10m-series-a

£10 ➡️ 20m

Laverock Therapeutics raises over £20m in expanded seed round led by Calculus Capital to advance gene control therapies

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Seed ⚙️ Biotechnology

www.soapbox.vc/feed/laverock-therapeutics-20m-seed

£20 ➡️ 50m

Portal Biotech secures £25m Series A led by NATO Innovation Fund and Earlybird to pioneer full-length protein sequencing

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Series A ⚙️ Biotechnology

www.soapbox.vc/feed/portal-biotech-25m-series-a

HIVED raises £30m Series B led by NordicNinja to expand AI-powered all-electric delivery network across the UK

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Series B ⚙️ Logistics

www.soapbox.vc/feed/hived-30m-series-b

🔒 Undisclosed

JammJar launches with funding from Haatch and FSE Group for its mortgage platform to modernise the broker market

🌎 Exeter, United Kingdom 📈 Equity ⚙️ Fintech

www.soapbox.vc/feed/jammjar-equity

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