Post by Jesse Heasman

Last week £121m of venture funding was deployed to 10 UK startups. Here’s the latest from the Soapbox ledger --> Conduct unlocked £45m Series A led by Index Ventures and ICONIQ to accelerate transformation of enterprise software systems Undo raised £28m in funding from Elsewhere Partners to help AI agents find the root cause of bugs in complex codebases ‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍​‍​‍​​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‍‍​‍​‍‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‌​​‌‍​‍‌‍‌‍​​‍‌​‍‌​‌‍​‍​​‌​‍‍‌‍​‌‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌​‍​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‌‍‌‌‌​​‍‌​‌‌‌‌‍‌​‍‌​‍‌‌​‌‌​​‍‌​‌​‍‌‌‌​‌​​‍‌​‍‌‍‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‌‍​‌‌​‍‍​‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌​‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌​​‍‌‌‌‌​‍‌‌​​‌​‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‌​‍‍‌‍‌‌​‍‌​​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‌​​‍​‌‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​​‍​‌‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‌‍​‌‍‌​‌‌​​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍​​‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍​‌‍‌‌​‍​‍‌‌‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍​‍​‍​​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‍‍​‍​‍‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‌​​‌‍​‍‌‍‌‍​​‍‌​‍‌​‌‍​‍​​‌​‍‍‌‍​‌‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌​‍​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‌‍‌‌‌​​‍‌​‌‌‌‌‍‌​‍‌​‍‌‌​‌‌​​‍‌​‌​‍‌‌‌​‌​​‍‌​‍‌‍‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‌‍​‌‌​‍‍​‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌​‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌​​‍‌‍‌‍​‌‌‌‌​‍‌‌​​​‌​‌‍‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‍​‍‌‌​‍‌‌​‍‌‍​‌‌​‌​‍‌‍‍​‌‌‍‍‌‌​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​​‍​‌‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‌‍​‌‍‌​‌‌​​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍​​‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍​‌‍‌‌​‍​‍‌‌ Monument Technology secured £18m in a seed round for its end-to-end cloud banking platform Frontier Health raised a £12m seed round led by Atomico to deploy AI admin support across NHS care pathways Flagright landed a £9.5m Series A led by Infinity Ventures to expand AI operating system for crime compliance Optera unlocked £3m in funding led by Future Planet Capital to track fast-moving objects in space with neuromorphic sensors Spoon Cereals secured £1.5m led by Finance Yorkshire for its taste-led granola brand -- All this and more in the weekly Soapbox newsletter (link below)