| Date | Title | Description |
| 02.07.2025 | Scotland's Green Revolution: Transforming Steel Mills into AI Powerhouses | Scotland is on the brink of a green revolution. The winds of change are blowing through its industrial landscape. A former steel mill, once a symbol of heavy industry, is set to become a beacon of innovation. The Ravenscraig steelworks, a g... |
| 01.07.2025 | DIGIT Deal Roundup | June 2025 | Welcome to the June 2025 edition of the DIGIT Deal Roundup.
Cleantech took centre stage last month, with funding flowing to the UK’s only female-led wave energy firm in Aberdeen, fresh backing for a Livingston-based outfit tackling the scou... |
| 18.06.2025 | Par Equity and Praetura Merge to Form £670m PXN Group | Two leading venture capital firms based in Scotland and the North of England are to merge, forming a new entity named PXN Group with more than £670 million in assets under management.
The merger between Edinburgh-founded Par Equity and Manc... |
| 27.05.2025 | Atomik AM Secures £600k to Grow Team and Advance Patented Sustainable Manufacturing | Atomik AM, an advanced manufacturing start-up based in Liverpool, has secured £600,000 in growth funding from the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II (NPIF II). The funding—delivered through NPIF II – Praetura Equity Finance, which is ma... |
| 29.01.2025 | BOW: Pioneering the Future of Robotics with Universal Software | In the heart of Sheffield, a revolution is brewing. BOW, a robotics software company, has secured £4 million in seed funding. This investment is not just a financial boost; it’s a beacon of hope for the robotics industry. The funding round ... |
| 27.01.2025 | “World’s first” universal robotics software platform BOW raises €4.7 million | BOW, the Sheffield-based universal robotics software company, has today announced closing a €4.7 million Seed round to reduce the cost and complexity of programming robots and fuel the development of portable robotics applications.
The roun... |
| 25.03.2024 | AccessPay: Revolutionizing Bank Integration with Strategic Funding | AccessPay, a Manchester-based bank integration provider, has secured a game-changing $24 million in strategic funding. Led by True Ventures, this round also saw participation from Praetura Ventures, NatWest, Mastercard, Route 66 Ventures, a... |
| 22.03.2024 | AccessPay: Bank Integration Provider Company Raises $24 Million | Leading bank integration provider AccessPay announced that it had closed a $24 million strategic funding round, which was a combination of equity and debt. True Ventures led the round, which included participation from Praetura Ventures, Na... |
| 19.12.2023 | Hurr Raises $10M in Funding To Date | Hurr, a London, UK-based fashion rental platform, raised $10M (£7.9M) in funding to date.
The latest round included participation from Praetura Ventures (lead), and existing investors including Octopus Ventures, Ascension and D4 Ventures.
F... |
| 31.10.2023 | Sprout bags £5.4M to grow its AI insurance claims automation globally | London-based insurance claims automation company Sprout.ai has raised £5.4 million. Funds will fuel its ‘go-to-market strategy’, fuel further innovation and accelerate its growth as it seeks out new insurance lines and global territories, i... |
| 20.09.2023 | Decently raises £500k investment with its AI-powered brain injury platform | This week, Manchester healthtech startup Decently announces a £500,000 investment.
Founded in 2021, the company has developed a healthcare platform called Melo, which helps clinicians and hospital staff to track patients' behaviour whilst t... |
| 31.07.2023 | UK-based Percayso Inform raises €3.14M for its insurance intelligence platform | Read this article in:
Nottingham-based Percayso Inform, a company that provides insurance intelligence services for insurers and brokers, announced on Thursday, July 27, that it has secured £2.7M (approximately €3.14M) in a fresh round of f... |
| 30.03.2023 | Coadjute raises £4 million as it grows its property network on the blockchain | UK prop-tech blockchain start-up Coadjute raises £4 million in investment funding as it prepares to expand its network across the property market.
The round was led by Manchester-based Praetura Ventures, with other investors including Reech... |
| 24.11.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: a $60m raise for Modern Milkman, ‘ultrasonic’ snack bars & food delivery layoffs | This week, craft beer company Bira landed new funding to expand its geographic reach while Torr FoodTech grabbed $12 million for its unusual and tech-centric approach to snack bars. In agtech, Clarifruit also raised $12 million while more l... |
| 23.11.2022 | UK seed-stage investment outside London rose 88% last year | Seed-stage investment outside of London rose by 88% last year in a sign that early-stage startups based in the UK’s regional tech hubs continue to attract crucial capital to get off the ground.
By contrast, seed stage investment in London f... |
| 16.08.2022 | Manchester-based BankiFi nabs £4 million to boost embedded banking for SMEs | At a time when funding in fintech startups has slowed down, Manchester-based embedded banking solutions platform for small and medium businesses, BankiFi has raised £4 million in funding to continue its global expansion, especially in North... |
| 16.08.2022 | UK-based BankiFi raises €4.7M to expand embedded banking solutions to North America | Manchester, UK-based BankiFi, a provider of embedded banking solutions for small and medium businesses (SMEs), announced on Monday that it has raised $4.8M (approximately €4.72M) in a fresh round of funding to expand into North America.
The... |
| 27.05.2022 | Manchester’s Praetura Ventures launches £20m life sciences fund | Manchester-based Praetura Ventures is launching a £20m fund for investing in life sciences startups in Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Warrington.
The “GMC Life Sciences Fund by Praetura” will invest between £50,000 and £2m in early-stage ... |
| 20.04.2022 | Supercharging customer service, Futr bags £2.1 million funding | London-based live chat and customer service chatbots provider, Futr has raised £2.1 million in funding to use AI to disrupt the delivery of customer service. The round saw the participation of new investor tech VC Blackfinch Ventures along ... |
| 14.04.2022 | London-based SaaS company scores in £2 million | Aimed to tackle unproductive meetings, unclear communication, manual reporting and time-consuming tasks, London-based SaaS company Fluid.work has secured £2 million investment from Manchester-based venture capital investor Praetura Ventures... |
| 13.04.2022 | SaaS startup Cyclr nabs £5.5 million to drive global expansion | London-based SaaS company Cyclr has raised £5.5 million in funding to fuel its expansion across Europe. The round was led by Praetura Ventures and Blackfinch Ventures.
The startup has developed an embedded integration platform (embedded iPa... |
| 06.01.2022 | Opinion: VCs need to overcome their London investment bias | Despite all the talk around “levelling up” and tech innovations coming out of everywhere from Sheffield to Southampton, it’s unsurprising to see that it’s London, not the wider UK, taking the limelight.
According to 2021 data from Dealroom ... |
| 15.03.2021 | London/Glasgow-based Transreport closes £2.3 million round | Seeking to transform the lives of those with limited mobility, London/Glasgow-based Transreport has raised £2.3 million.
The round was led by Reuben Wilcock of Blackfinch (£1.3 million) and Pete Carway and Louise Chapman Praeture Ventures (... |
| 08.02.2021 | Meet our 20 Rising Stars 3.0 finalists | We are excited to reveal the 20 companies selected as UK Finalists to go through to the Rising Stars Winners Judging Roundtable. Following first-class pitch training from Billy Webber, Jill McKinney and their team from Pitch for Success, ou... |
| 13.05.2020 | Praetura Ventures Launches Evergreen Fund | Praetura Ventures, a Manchester, UK-based investor that backs quality businesses in high-value sectors, has launched the Praetura EIS Growth Fund.
As an “evergreen” fund, the Praetura EIS Growth Fund is looking to raise up to £30m per annum... |
| 13.05.2020 | Praetura Ventures announces new evergreen fund to invest in northern England and across UK | Manchester-based VC firm Praetura Ventures has announced its first evergreen fund, the Praetura EIS Growth Fund, with an annual target of £30 million. The Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) is an HMRC-run investment scheme that’s designed t... |
| 13.02.2020 | Praetura Ventures Closes Second EIS Fund, at £7M | Praetura Ventures, a Manchester, UK-based investor that backs early-stage businesses in high-value sectors, closed its second EIS fund, at £7m.
The close brings the total raised by the firm to £22m in less than 12 months.
The £7m Praetura E... |
| - | Leeds-based XR Games scores $7 million | Independent games studio and VR developer XR Games has raised £5.9 million/$7 million in a recent funding round. The new ammo is geared to help the firm’s expansion plans as it presses forward with new game developments, including further r... |
| - | Supercharging customer service, Futr bags £2.1 million funding | London-based live chat and customer service chatbots provider, Futr has raised £2.1 million in funding to use AI to disrupt the delivery of customer service. The round saw the participation of new investor tech VC Blackfinch Ventures along ... |
| - | SaaS startup Cyclr nabs £5.5 million to drive global expansion | London-based SaaS company Cyclr has raised £5.5 million in funding to fuel its expansion across Europe. The round was led by Praetura Ventures and Blackfinch Ventures.
The startup has developed an embedded integration platform (embedded iPa... |
| - | Lancashire’s Modern Milkman squeezes £2.25 million for sustainable grocery platform | Lancashire-based online grocery service Modern Milkman has milked £2.25 million in funding from Manchester-based venture capital investor Praetura Ventures. The investment will drive its ongoing scaling and sustainability efforts, which hav... |
| - | Investing in Payments Operations: Praetura Ventures Joins Funding Round for AccessPay | Praetura Ventures has participated in a funding round that reportedly raised $16 million in Series C funding for AccessPay, a payments operations company for finance and treasury teams.
Orrick advised Praetura Ventures. THE PARTIES
Praetura... |
| - | London-based SaaS company scores in £2 million | Aimed to tackle unproductive meetings, unclear communication, manual reporting and time-consuming tasks, London-based SaaS company Fluid.work has secured £2 million investment from Manchester-based venture capital investor Praetura Ventures... |
