Deals of the week May 4 to May 7 – a GrowthBusiness roundup 7 May 2021
Growth Business roundup of Deals of the Week, May 4 to May 7, listing seed funding, venture capital and crowdfunding deals of note
Octopus wraps around £8m insurtech Series A
Octopus Ventures has a led a £8m Series A round for Sprout.ai, the insurtech which enables insurers to settle claims within 24 hours. Other investors in the round were Amadeus Capital Partners, Playfair Capital and Techstars. Sprout.ai clients include insurance giant Zurich.
Fixr boogies with £6.5m investment
Fixr, the digital events and ticketing platform, has raised £6.5m from investors for its white-label advance ticketing service. Investors include FSE Group, Armajaro Holdings, Smith & Williamson and Carlisle Commerce Group. Rekom UK, Britain’s biggest nightclub operator in terms of floorspace, has signed up for Fixr’s ticketing solution as the country prepares for nightclubs to reopen.