Drug discovery and development company, Blueberry Therapeutics, has secured a GBP3.6 million extension to its previously successful GBP10.8 million Series B fundraising. Japanese investor, Medical Incubator Japan (MIJ), and a private syndicate of US Board Certified Dermatologists – led by Dr Omar Ibrahimi of the Connecticut Skin Institute – have

Agronomics, a listed investor in alternative proteins with a focus on cellular agriculture and cultivated meat, is pleased to announce portfolio company  New Age Meats (trading name for Simply Foods, Inc), a cultivated and plant-based meat startup with an initial focus on pork, and a portfolio company of  Agronomics, has

Lusha, a crowdsourced data community for B2B salespeople, has raised USD40 million in a Series A funding round from growth equity firm PSG.  The funding will allow Lusha – which has enjoyed substantial organic growth as a bootstrapped startup – to further grow its sales community to make accurate data

Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has led a GBP1.75 million investment into marketing technology company, Leaf.fm Ltd (Leaf).  The performance marketing services provider secured GBP1 million through the North East Development Fund, supported by the European Regional Development, and GBP750,000 through The Future Fund, a government scheme backed by the British

Instabox, a next-gen technology company transforming last-mile deliveries for e-commerce, has closed a USD90 million Series B round led by EQT Ventures. Instabox makes parcel delivery faster, more sustainable, and efficient, looking to revolutionise the industry with solutions such as fossil fuel-free locker deliveries and the newly launched completely emission-free

European private debt manager Pemberton, which is backed by Legal & General Group, has supported the recapitalisation of Bridgepoint Development Capital’s portfolio company MVF, a UK online customer acquisition company.  Together with HSBC, Pemberton has provided a cost-effective and flexible financing solution to help the company accelerate its growth through

HERO Protein, the first domestic plant-based ‘meat’ company in China to use cutting-edge “high moisture extrusion” technology, has completed a USD850k pre-seed funding round to launch its products into the market.  The funding round saw participation from Cremer, a leading global commodities and co-manufacturing company; Lever China Fund, the most

European veterinary care provider IVC Evidensia (IVC), one of Europe’s largest veterinary care providers, has announced an expanded partnership among its shareholders to support the group in driving its next phase of accelerating growth.  The aggregated new investment from the expanded partnership transaction totals EUR3.5 billion and values IVC at

RapidSOS, creator of an emergency response data platform, has closed USD85 million in a Series C funding round led by global venture capital and private equity firm Insight Partners. Insight is a leading software investor with over USD30 billion in AUM after announcing its 11th flagship fund, Fund XI at

Additive manufactured mountain bike company Atherton Bikes has raised GBP385,000 through Angel Investment Network.  The Welsh business is the brainchild of world-famous mountain biker siblings Gee Atherton, Dan Atherton and Rachel Atherton who have partnered with a team of engineers from F1, aerospace and NASA to produce a world-beating mountain-bike.