Weekly Soak 🧼 28 Apr 2025

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

Jesse Heasman
April 28, 2025

Peak form: Puresport raises £3.6m from leading consumer VCs for their performance nutrition range

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Last week over £50m in funding was announced across 14 rounds. Catch up below ⤵️

£0.5 ➡️ 1m

Trusted raises £1m pre-seed round led by Fuel Ventures to turn customer advocacy into B2B growth

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Pre-seed ⚙️ Sales and marketing

www.soapbox.vc/feed/trusted-1m-pre-seed

£1 ➡️ 2m

WineFi secures £1.5m seed funding led by Coterie Holdings for fine wine investing platform

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Seed ⚙️ Wealth

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

£2 ➡️ 5m

Cloud Retail secures £2.4m seed led by Somersault Ventures to expand full-cycle e-commerce software platform

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Seed ⚙️ Ecommerce

www.soapbox.vc/feed/cloud-retail-2m-seed

Adaptavate raises £2.7m pre-Series A round led by Undivided VC to scale low-carbon building materials

🌎 Bristol, United Kingdom 📈 Equity ⚙️ Construction

www.soapbox.vc/feed/adaptavate-3m-equity

51toCarbonZero raises £3m follow-on from Fuel Ventures to expand AI-powered net-zero platform

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Follow-on ⚙️ Sustainability

www.soapbox.vc/feed/51tocarbonzero-3m-follow-on

Capably raises £3m in funding led by Boost Capital Partners to expand intelligent automation platform

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Equity ⚙️ Automation

www.soapbox.vc/feed/capably-3m-equity

Puresport raises £3.6m from Redrice Ventures and Five Seasons Ventures to expand performance wellness brand

🌎 Glasgow, United Kingdom 📈 Equity ⚙️ Fitness

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

Ovo Labs raises £4m seed round led by Creator Fund and LocalGlobe to improve fertility outcomes for women over 35

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Seed ⚙️ Health

www.soapbox.vc/feed/ovo-labs-4m-seed

£5 ➡️ 10m

Neurolabs raises £6m Series A led by Nauta to scale visual AI for CPG field operations

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Series A ⚙️ Supply chain

www.soapbox.vc/feed/neurolabs-6m-series-a

CSignum secures £6m Series A led by Archangels and Par Equity to scale underwater wireless IoT comms

🌎 Edinburgh, United Kingdom 📈 Series A ⚙️ IoT

www.soapbox.vc/feed/csignum-6m-series-a

Cloud Capital emerges from stealth with £6m from Backed and MiddleGame Ventures to help CFOs manage cloud infrastructure

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Seed ⚙️ Finance

www.soapbox.vc/feed/cloud-capital-6m-seed

Isembard secures £7m seed round led by Notion Capital to reindustrialise the West with modular manufacturing

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Seed ⚙️ Manufacturing

www.soapbox.vc/feed/isembard-7m-seed

Hokodo secures £8.5m led by Korelya Capital and Opera Tech Ventures for digital trade credit expansion

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Equity ⚙️ Fintech

www.soapbox.vc/feed/hokodo-9m-equity

🔒 Undisclosed

Glasswall secures strategic investment from PSG Equity to expand zero-trust cybersecurity solutions

🌎 London, United Kingdom 📈 Growth ⚙️ Cybersecurity

www.soapbox.vc/feed/glasswall-growth

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