Weekly Soak 🧼 23 Jun 2025

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

Jesse Heasman
June 23, 2025

YIMBY: Blocktype raises pre-seed to simplify planning policy decision making

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Last week £65m in funding was announced across 11 rounds. Catch up below ⤵️

<£0.5m

Blocktype lands £315k pre-seed led by Fuel Ventures to streamline housing planning with machine learning

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Pre-seed ⚙️ Property

www.soapbox.vc/feed/blocktype-315k-pre-seed

Simplisales raises £375k pre-seed round led by SFC Capital to bring AI-native ERP to wholesalers

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Pre-seed ⚙️ ERP

www.soapbox.vc/feed/simplisales-375k-pre-seed

Zero One Creative raises £425k from EWOR to build AI-native storytelling platform

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Equity ⚙️ AI

www.soapbox.vc/feed/zero-one-creative-425k-equity

Glyde lands £450k pre-seed round led by Fuel Ventures to simplify global FX for businesses and freelancers

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Pre-seed ⚙️ Payments

www.soapbox.vc/feed/glyde-450k-pre-seed

£0.5 ➡️ 1m

CaseCraft.AI raises £550k investment led by Mount Fund to streamline UK small claims disputes

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Equity ⚙️ Legal

www.soapbox.vc/feed/casecraft-ai-550k-equity

Giles AI secures £750k in pre-seed funding to accelerate AI-powered healthcare research and regulatory workflows

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

www.soapbox.vc/feed/giles-ai-750k-pre-seed

Candid Hospitality secures £785k in funding from Mercia and Haatch to reinvent hospitality recruitment

🌎 Hull, United Kingdom 📈 Equity ⚙️ Recruitment

www.soapbox.vc/feed/candid-hospitality-785k-equity

£2 ➡️ 5m

Build Concierge raises £3.8m seed round from private investors for customer engagement platform targeting property and trade

🌎 Leeds, United Kingdom 📈 Seed ⚙️ Property

www.soapbox.vc/feed/build-concierge-4m-seed

£10 ➡️ 20m

Intelligent Energy secures £17m ATI Programme award to develop hydrogen fuel cell system for zero-emission aircraft

🌎 Loughborough, United Kingdom 📈 Grant ⚙️ Energy

www.soapbox.vc/feed/intelligent-energy-17m-grant

£20 ➡️ 50m

Aspora raises £40m Series B led by Sequoia and Greylock to expand diaspora banking platform

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Series B ⚙️ Fintech

www.soapbox.vc/feed/aspora-40m-series-b

🔒 Undisclosed

Icon Solutions secures equity investment from UBS to accelerate global rollout of its bank-led payments transformation platform

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Strategic ⚙️ Payments

www.soapbox.vc/feed/icon-solutions-strategic

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