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March is ending the same way it started, with a strong crop of startups making their case to the crowd. This week’s cohort reflects the breadth of what’s happening across the startup landscape from healthtech and AI to energy consumption.
Today, crowdfunding is a deliberate strategic choice – a way to build a community of stakeholders, validate demand and raise capital all at the same time.
So, who are the startups crowdfunding this week? Here they are.
1. Metallobio
How much are they raising: £240,001
Website: www.metallobio.com
SEIS/EIS? Yes, EIS
About: Metallobio is developing a new class of broad-spectrum antibiotics at a time when the world urgently needs them.
Antimicrobial resistance is a serious long-term threat to global public health and existing antibiotics are losing their effectiveness. Metallobio is working to create antibiotics capable of tackling a wide range of bacterial infections, including those which have developed resistance to current treatments.
Where to invest: Europe Republic
2. HealthOrbit
How much are they raising: N/A
Website: www.healthorbit.ai
SEIS/EIS? Yes, EIS and SEIS
About: HealthOrbit is a clinical AI platform built by clinicians to tackle the administrative burden that both eats into doctors’ time and hospitals’ money.
By automating and intelligently managing back-end processes of paperwork and billing, HealthOrbit frees up clinical time for what actually matters, while helping hospitals run more efficiently and recover income that would otherwise slip through the cracks.
Where to invest: Crowdcube
3. SPASH
How much are they raising: N/A
Website: www.spash.com
SEIS/EIS? IR-PME (JEIC)
About: SPASH brings AI-powered video capture and match analysis to amateur sports clubs, turning every game into broadcast-quality content.
For most amateur clubs, professional-grade video analysis has always been out of reach, both technically and financially. SPASH changes that by making the whole process automatic: capture, edit, analyse, share. Players get highlight clips and performance data while clubs get a tool that drives engagement and encourages participation.
Where to invest: Crowdcube
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4. Standard Gas Technologies
How much are they raising: N/A
Website: www.standardgas.com
SEIS/EIS? N/A
About: Standard Gas has developed a technology that converts non-recyclable waste into clean syngas and carbon-removing biochar.
Their SG100 platform sits at the intersection of three of the most pressing industrial challenges of our time being energy generation, waste disposal and carbon removal. Waste becomes a feedstock and the output is both usable energy and a biochar that actively removes carbon from the atmosphere.
Where to invest: Crowdcube
5. ALFI
How much are they raising: N/A
Website: www.alfi.ltd
SEIS/EIS? Yes, SEIS and EIS
About: ALFI is a Spitalfields restaurant with a distillery at its heart, producing premium spirits in-house.
The hospitality industry has long accepted the economics of buying spirits at wholesale and selling at a markup. By distilling on-site within an already profitable restaurant, the business keeps control of quality, transparency and margin in a way that most venues can’t.
Where to invest: Crowdcube
6. Puredrive Energy
How much are they raising: N/A
Website: www.puredrive-energy.co.uk
SEIS/EIS? N/A
About: Puredrive Energy manufactures and distributes solar batteries and EV chargers under license from Duracell, one of the most recognised consumer brands in the world.
Homeowners investing in solar storage or home EV charging are making significant purchasing decisions and the Duracell name carries decades of credibility around energy reliability. Puredrive’s model combines that brand recognition with its own manufacturing and distribution infrastructure.
Where to invest: Crowdcube
7. Red Fin Cider
How much are they raising: N/A
Website: www.redfincider.co.uk
SEIS/EIS? Yes, EIS
About: Red Fin Cider is a craft cider brand earning its place on some of the UK’s most competitive shelves, stocked in over 350 pubs and 45 Waitrose stores nationwide.
Built on Somerset apples and positioned at the premium end of the market, the brand has the provenance and retail footprint to back up its ambitions.
Where to invest: Crowdcube
8. Predictiva
How much are they raising: N/A
Website: www.predictiva.co.uk
SEIS/EIS? Yes, EIS
About: Predictiva as built an autonomous AI trading platform that uses machine learning and deep learning to continuously monitor markets and make decisions without human intervention.
The platform is designed to learn and adapt in real time, applying reinforcement learning to refine its approach as market conditions shift.
Where to invest: Crowdcube
