Weekly Soak 🧼 11 Aug 2025

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

Jesse Heasman
August 11, 2025

Easy cell: Tracelight lands seed funding to make financial models easier to build and trust

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Last week £16m in funding was announced across 8 rounds. Catch up below ⤵️

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Sendr secures £250k equity investment from The FSE Group to scale personalised AI video sales platform

🌎 Exeter, United Kingdom 📈 Equity ⚙️ Sales

www.soapbox.vc/feed/sendr-250k-equity

£0.5 ➡️ 1m

NeuWave Technologies raises £550k pre-seed to tackle wave forecasting for offshore energy infrastructure

🌎 Manchester, United Kingdom 📈 Pre-seed ⚙️ Energy

www.soapbox.vc/feed/neuwave-technologies-550k-pre-seed

Wanda Health raises £830k in follow-on funding led by EMV Capital to scale virtual care and RPM platform across the US

🌎 Bristol, United Kingdom 📈 Follow-on ⚙️ Health

www.soapbox.vc/feed/wanda-health-830k-follow

£1 ➡️ 2m

Better Nature raises £1.1m from angels to accelerate growth of supercharged protein range

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Angel ⚙️ Food & beverage

www.soapbox.vc/feed/better-nature-1m-angel

Edumentors secures £1.5m seed round led by Magna Investments to launch fully interactive AI tutor Edu AI

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Seed ⚙️ Education

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

£2 ➡️ 5m

Tracelight lands £2.7m seed round led by Chalfen Ventures to bring AI to complex financial modelling

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Seed ⚙️ Finance

www.soapbox.vc/feed/tracelight-3m-seed

Doughlicious raises £3.8m in funding led by Rich Products Ventures to scale frozen cookie dough and gelato snack brand

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Strategic ⚙️ Food & beverage

www.soapbox.vc/feed/doughlicious-4m-strategic

Approov raises £5m Series A from Maven to expand real-time security solution for mobile apps and APIs

🌎 Edinburgh, United Kingdom 📈 Series A ⚙️ Cybersecurity

www.soapbox.vc/feed/approov-5m-series-a

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