Weekly Soak 🧼 14 Jul 2025

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

Jesse Heasman
July 14, 2025

Hold the line: Ex-Monzo team building Gradient Labs land Series A to re-imagine customer support

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Last week over £35m in funding was announced across 10 rounds. Catch up below ⤵️

£0.5 ➡️ 1m

Lab Thread raises £750k in funding from Mercia Ventures to launch all-in-one lab data management platform

🌎 East Midlands, United Kingdom 📈 Equity ⚙️ Life sciences

www.soapbox.vc/feed/lab-thread-750k-equity

£1 ➡️ 2m

Theo Health secures £1.2m from investors including Xander Schauffele for smart-clothing platform for elite athletes

🌎 Glasgow, United Kingdom 📈 Angel ⚙️ Sports

www.soapbox.vc/feed/theo-health-1m-angel

£2 ➡️ 5m

Cumulus Neuroscience secures £3m in funding led by Whiterock to scale AI-powered neurology trials

🌎 Belfast, United Kingdom 📈 Equity ⚙️ Life sciences

www.soapbox.vc/feed/cumulus-neuroscience-3m-equity

Plexāā raises £3m extension from TCP Health Ventures and Thena Capital to support US launch of surgical device BLOOM

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Follow-on ⚙️ Medical

www.soapbox.vc/feed/plexaa-3m-follow-on

Pimloc raises £3.7m in funding led by Amadeus Capital Partners and Edge Ventures to scale AI video redaction platform

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Equity ⚙️ Security

www.soapbox.vc/feed/pimloc-4m-equity

£5 ➡️ 10m

Gradient Labs raises £9.5m Series A led by Redpoint Ventures to power AI customer service in regulated industries

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Series A ⚙️ Customer experience

www.soapbox.vc/feed/gradient-labs-10m-series-a

£10 ➡️ 20m

Wrisk lands £12m Series B led by Mundi Ventures and Opera Tech Ventures to expand embedded insurance in automotive sector

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Series B ⚙️ Insurance

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

🔒 Undisclosed

Audiebant lands seven-figure investment from Praetura Ventures to expand global safety communications platform

🌎 Lancashire, United Kingdom 📈 Equity ⚙️ Security

www.soapbox.vc/feed/audiebant-lands-seven-figure-sum-from-npif-ii-to-expand-global-safety-communications-platform

Quorso raises funding from Summit Partners to expand intelligent retail operations platform

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Equity ⚙️ Retail

www.soapbox.vc/feed/quorso-equity

Optibrium secures multi-million pound financing from Shawbrook to expand drug discovery software and AI tools

🌎 Cambridge, United Kingdom 📈 Debt financing ⚙️ Life sciences

www.soapbox.vc/feed/optibrium-debt

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