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Hoxton Ventures Backs Human Hair Toothpaste Pioneer in $4M Seed Round

Hoxton Ventures is co-leading a $4 million seed round in Eterna Regeneratives, a UK-based biotech startup focused on dental and bone repair. The company, founded in 2024 as a spinout from King's College London, is developing a platform that utilizes keratin, a protein derived from human hair or sheep's wool, to create a toothpaste or gel that repairs damaged tooth enamel. Eterna claims that keratin, when combined with saliva minerals, generates a protective coating on teeth that mimics natural enamel and could be more effective than fluoride in preventing tooth decay. The Venture Collective is the other co-lead in the round. The company aims to address tooth decay, which affects nearly 90% of adults and 46% of children. Hussein Kanji, co-founder of Hoxton Ventures, expressed enthusiasm about the breakthrough. The funding will help commercialize the technology, which currently targets enamel and bone repair.

• Hoxton Ventures is co-leading a $4 million seed round in Eterna Regeneratives.
• The Venture Collective is co-leading the round with Hoxton Ventures.
• Eterna Regeneratives is a UK-based startup founded in 2024 and spun out from King's College London.

Veridion raises $20M for live business intelligence platform

Bucharest-based business intelligence startup Veridion (formerly Soleadify) has raised $20 million (€17.5 million) in Series A funding led by Hoxton Ventures, with participation from Underline Ventures, OTB Ventures, Gapminder, Day One Capital, and Launchub. The company provides a continuously updated 'live business graph' covering around 640 million businesses worldwide, analyzing billions of digital signals from public sources. The funding will support international expansion, product development, and team growth. Veridion serves over 100 organizations and employs more than 60 people across Europe and North America. The platform aims to replace static, quarterly-updated business intelligence with real-time, decision-grade data for enterprise-scale systems, helping organizations understand commercial risk, market shifts, and supply chain disruptions.

• Veridion raised $20 million (€17.5 million) in Series A funding led by Hoxton Ventures.
• The round included participation from Underline Ventures, OTB Ventures, Gapminder, Day One Capital, and Launchub.
• Veridion's platform covers around 640 million businesses worldwide (up to 642 million).

Nauta closes €60M first close for sixth fund

Nauta, a London-based pan-European VC, announced the first close of its sixth fund at €60 million. The British Business Bank anchored the fund with a €30 million commitment, marking its fourth consecutive participation in a Nauta fund. Other LPs include SETT, Merifin Capital, and Institut Català de Finances. The fund targets a total size between €150 million and €200 million, with a final close expected in H2 2027. Nauta invests in B2B software and DeepTech startups from pre-Seed to Series A, with a focus on high-performance computing, AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, industrial automation, digital health, and energy frontier technology. The firm has backed over 200 founders across 100 companies and generated nearly €3 billion in exit value.

• Nauta announced the first close of its sixth fund at €60 million.
• British Business Bank committed €30 million as anchor investor.
• Other LPs include SETT, Merifin Capital, and Institut Català de Finances.

Universal Quantum raises over $100M Series A to scale quantum computing globally

Universal Quantum, a Nauta Labs portfolio company, has raised over $100M in a Series A funding round to scale quantum computing globally.