Weekly Soak 🧼 09 Jun 2025

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

Jesse Heasman
June 09, 2025

Rethinking AI: Literal Labs raises seed funding to build logic-based AI more efficient than neural networks

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Last week £100m in funding was announced across 14 rounds. Catch up below ⤵️

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Melius CyberSafe raises £250k follow-on from Mercia Ventures to expand SME cybersecurity platform

🌎 Newcastle, United Kingdom 📈 Follow-on ⚙️ Cybersecurity

www.soapbox.vc/feed/melius-cybersafe-250k-follow-on

Sylvi raises £350k angel round to scale conversation-first language app

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Angel ⚙️ Education

www.soapbox.vc/feed/sylvi-350k-angel

£1 ➡️ 2m

Kiin Bio raises £1.6m pre-seed led by b2venture to launch AI-driven drug discovery platform

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Pre-seed ⚙️ Life sciences

www.soapbox.vc/feed/kiin-bio-2m-pre-seed

Valla raises £2m seed round led by Ada Ventures to make employment rights accessible with AI legal platform

🌎 Edinburgh, United Kingdom 📈 Seed ⚙️ Legal

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

£2 ➡️ 5m

OBT Live raises £2.3m Series A led by Praetura to scale AI-powered customer engagement platform

🌎 Liverpool, United Kingdom 📈 Series A ⚙️ Marketing

www.soapbox.vc/feed/obt-live-2m-series-a

Filament Syfter raises £3.5m Series A led by FINTOP to scale AI engine for private market dealmakers

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Series A ⚙️ Fintech

www.soapbox.vc/feed/filament-syfter-4m-series-a

Literal Labs raises £4.6m seed led by Northern Gritstone for logic-based AI that is faster and more energy efficient than neural networks

🌎 Newcastle, United Kingdom 📈 Seed ⚙️ AI

www.soapbox.vc/feed/literal-labs-5m-seed

£5 ➡️ 10m

AUAR secures £5.1m led by Planet A to scale robotic micro-factories for affordable timber housing

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Equity ⚙️ Construction

www.soapbox.vc/feed/auar-5m-equity

Latent Technology raises £6m seed round led by AlbionVC and Spark to pioneer real-time generative animation

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Seed ⚙️ Gaming

www.soapbox.vc/feed/latent-technology-6m-seed

£10 ➡️ 20m

Skyral lands £15m Series A led by NOIA Capital to scale digital twin modelling across global sectors

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Series A ⚙️ Infrastructure

www.soapbox.vc/feed/skyral-15m-series-a

Labrys raises £15m Series A led by Plural to support secure team coordination in high-risk environments

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Series A ⚙️ Human resources

www.soapbox.vc/feed/labrys-15m-series-a

Wordsmith AI raises £18.5m Series A led by Index Ventures to embed legal AI agents in enterprises

🌎 Edinburgh, United Kingdom 📈 Series A ⚙️ Legal

www.soapbox.vc/feed/wordsmith-ai-19m-series-a

£20 ➡️ 50m

Treefera raises £22m Series B led by Notion Capital to scale AI supply chain platform across global markets

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Series B ⚙️ Supply chain

www.soapbox.vc/feed/treefera-22m-series-b

🔒 Undisclosed

Kohort raises funding round led by The Raine Group to expand predictive analytics for user acquisition

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Equity ⚙️ Marketing

www.soapbox.vc/feed/kohort-equity

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