Portfolio Highlights

Industrial & Climate Tech

• Endolith announced a US$13.5m Series A to scale its biological intelligence platform for critical minerals recovery.

• Monolith was acquired by CoreWeave to expand its AI Cloud for Industrial Innovation

• Dronamics selected for up to €30m in equity investment from the European Innovation Council to expand its cargo-drone airline.

• Durin raised US$3.4m pre-seed to build automated drilling rigs for mineral exploration.

• SeaStock moved from R&D to commercial operations, raising A$3.4m, commissioning its Henderson module, and signing global supply agreements.

• AGRA secured A$600k funding and completed its pilot facility, showing indoor farming economics can now rival field-grown production.

• Hades Mining raised €5.5m pre-seed to develop its laser drilling system to unlock deep geothermal energy and critical minerals.

• Ceto raised US$4.8m seed to build a data intelligence platform for commercial shipping insurance.

• Tattva awarded a £650k Innovate UK grant to develop and commercialise carbon-sequestering biomaterials for construction.

• Brineworks received a US$1.8m European Innovation Council grant to scale its direct ocean capture technology for e-fuels feedstock.

• AtmoCooling raised US$2.6m pre-seed to turn deserts into agricultural and climate resilience hubs.

• ACUA Ocean launched its first unmanned surface vehicle, USV Pioneer, as part of ongoing sea trials for large-scale ocean data collection.

• GridShare closed its latest crowdfunding round, enabling retail investors to co-own new solar farms.

• Oxwash was acquired by Elis to drive carbon-neutral operations

Nature, Oceans & Biodiversity

• TreeTrack made the 2025 Foresight 50 and joined the Perth Landing Pad for its UAV-enabled post-wildfire restoration work.

• Fremantle Seaweed closed a A$2.2m community raise and achieved its first commercial agreement.

• Earthly launched nature capital fund to scale high-integrity restoration projects in WA

• North Australian SeaCulture expanded into Indonesia to partner with BRIN and adapt its seaweed-processing tech to Gracilaria ponds.

• Jack Fertility raised £500k to make male fertility testing simple and stigma free.

• Tidal Moon’s Professor Michael Wear received the inaugural Prime Minister’s Prize for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Knowledge Systems.

• Ocean Ledger closed US$975k pre-seed to deliver high-resolution coastal risk and environmental impact analytics.

• Vycarb closed a US$5m seed to deploy sensor-powered, water-based CO₂ capture and storage at industrial and coastal sites worldwide.

Fintech, Proptech & Insurance

• Meshed raised an oversubscribed £950k pre-seed to build the UK’s first AI-native insurance broker for SMEs.

• Nila raised US$2.4M, turning remittances into tangible care for families

• Wallround closed a €4.2m oversubscribed seed round to digitise and streamline energy-efficient building renovations.

• Roomix raised £850k to expand its custom furniture and home projects platform.

• Conveyd raised £2.5M to cut UK home buying times from months to weeks

AI, Cyber & Enterprise

• Shop Circle announced a US$100m Series B (total funding US$245m) as well as being named in Sifted’s Rising SaaS 100 as one of Europe’s fastest-growing software companies

• Synthesized raised a US$20m Series A to help enterprises cut QA coding costs, speed development and enhance security.

• Valarian announced US$7m in new funding to build secure data infrastructure for highly regulated industries such as defence.

• MatNex partnered with Viridien to build one of the most powerful supercomputers for materials discovery.

• Fantix sold its adtech business to Life360 to power targeted ad solutions, sharpening its focus on enterprise AI.

• BuiltAI studio venture BuiltAI raised US$6m seed to scale its AI financial modelling and underwriting platform for global commercial real estate investors.

• Falkin raised £1.6m pre-seed to embed AI-driven scam prevention directly inside banking and customer-service journeys.

• Johix raised US$350k to advance its SME alternative finance platform.