Weekly Soak 🧼 18 Aug 2025

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

Jesse Heasman
August 18, 2025

Green light: Bumper lands further funding from auto investors for its BNPL platform for car servicing and repairs

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Last week £30m in funding was announced across 7 rounds. Catch up below ⤵️

£1 ➡️ 2m

Blueskytec raises £1.5m from Maven to expand cybersecurity hardware for critical infrastructure

🌎 Bath, United Kingdom 📈 Equity ⚙️ Cybersecurity

www.soapbox.vc/feed/blueskytec-2m-equity

Tilki raises £1.6m pre-seed from Twin Path Ventures to launch AI-powered no-code game creation platform

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Pre-seed ⚙️ Gaming

www.soapbox.vc/feed/tilki-2m-pre-seed

£2 ➡️ 5m

Riva Money raises £2.2m pre-seed from Project A to streamline cross-border payments using blockchain

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Pre-seed ⚙️ Payments

www.soapbox.vc/feed/riva-money-2m-pre-seed

Archestra lands £2.5m pre-seed led by Concept Ventures to help firms securely connect company data to AI agents

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Pre-seed ⚙️ AI

www.soapbox.vc/feed/archestra-3m-pre-seed

£5 ➡️ 10m

Fateless secures £6m from its gaming community to advance upcoming Godforge RPG game

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Angel ⚙️ Gaming

www.soapbox.vc/feed/fateless-6m-angel

ONERWAY raises £7m Series A extension round led by Yunqi to expand global payments infrastructure

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Series A ⚙️ Payments

www.soapbox.vc/feed/onerway-7m-series-a

Bumper raises £8m Series B extension led by Autotech Ventures to expand BNPL car repair platform

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Series B ⚙️ Automotive

www.soapbox.vc/feed/bumper-8m-series-b

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