UK‑based startup Boldr secured $5 million in a pre‑Series A round led by Unconventional Ventures, with participation from several venture funds and strategic HVAC investors, to scale its platform that connects home heating, cooling, batteries, EV chargers and solar assets, enabling them to provide flexible grid capacity.
MyPup, a 12‑year‑old Amsterdam startup that provides smart parcel lockers installed behind the doors of office and residential buildings, aims to grow its network to 1,000 lockers by 2027, targeting new housing complexes and expanding further in the UK and Ireland, financed from internal capital.
KidsHustle is the UK’s first iOS marketplace for teenage employment, offering a safe, parent‑verified platform for odd‑job work. The 14‑year‑old founder, Sasha Bagrov, is raising £500k pre‑seed to accelerate growth.
Vienna‑based ENPULSION, an industrial manufacturer of electric spacecraft propulsion, raised €22.5 million in growth funding and is now acquiring British chemical‑propulsion specialist Lift Me Off to create a full‑stack spacecraft mobility backbone.
Fractile, a British semiconductor startup, is reportedly seeking to raise additional capital while being valued at $6.5 billion, indicating a significant milestone for the company in its growth trajectory.
UK AI startup Callosum, which builds software infrastructure to run AI workloads across different chips and models, closed a $100 million seed round led by Atomico with participation from Plural, DCVC, Sovereign AI and angels, following a $10.25 million raise earlier in the year.
TrueFoundry, a San Francisco AI startup, acquired UK‑based MLOps vendor Seldon AI in June 2026.
UK‑based EcoNomad Solutions secured a £400k funding round, led by the British Design Fund with support from Innovate UK and existing investor Beeches Group, to expand its BioNomad waste‑to‑energy technology for small livestock farms, aiming to cut methane emissions and lower energy and fertiliser costs across the UK and Europe.
UK edtech startup Medly AI secured an $8 million seed round led by Felix Capital, with participation from Eka Ventures, Ada Ventures and several angel investors. The funding will be used to scale its AI‑driven exam‑preparation platform, which already serves over 400,000 UK students, and to expand into international markets such as the US.
Edinburgh‑based semiconductor startup Singular Photonics secured $2.15 million in a funding round led by ACF Investors, with participation from several angels and regional investors, to boost its SPAD‑based image sensor technology and grow its engineering team.