FundMyPitch Backs Loxa, Septest and Urfuture as network deploys into £4M+ of early-stage deals in Q1 2026
Early 2026 has been one of the most active periods in FundMyPitch’s history. Across insurtech, medtech, and social-first hiring, our investor network has been putting capital to work – backing founders building in areas that matter, at a pace that reflects real momentum in the UK early-stage ecosystem.
Here is a full look at what the network has been supporting.
Loxa — £2.7M Seed | Embedded Insurance for Retail
Loxa, the London-based insurtech enabling retailers to offer product protection at the point of sale, closed a £2.7 million Seed round backed by angels and family offices including the Lazaroo-Hood Group. FundMyPitch facilitated warm introductions to investors as part of that close.
Loxa integrates with over 70% of UK ecommerce infrastructure via Shopify, Magento, WooCommerce, PrestaShop, and BigCommerce, and can onboard new retail partners in under 48 hours. It has already signed more than 45 live partners across furniture, eyewear, power tools, electronics, and catering appliances — including eCatering, Toolden, Hyundai Tools, Rowen Homes, and JCB Pro Tools.
As a full-stack MGA directly authorised by the FCA, Loxa can now design and underwrite bespoke insurance schemes for individual retail partners, rather than routing them toward off-the-shelf products. Capital from this round will fund EU expansion, growth of the retail partner network to 150+ merchants, and development across new product categories.
“Loxa is exactly the kind of company our network was built to back. The combination of a clear market gap, strong founder conviction, and a genuinely scalable model resonated immediately. We’re proud to have played a role in connecting the right capital to the right team.”
Steven Mooney, CEO and Founder, FundMyPitch
Septest — £310K from FMP Network | Rapid Sepsis Diagnostics
Septest is building TRISEP, a rapid infection and inflammation diagnostic platform designed to transform how sepsis is identified — particularly in frontline and community settings where speed and accessibility are critical.
TRISEP delivers results in 15 minutes from a single drop of blood, with no lab and no equipment required. It is designed to distinguish between bacterial, viral, and fungal infection signals, while also providing inflammation insight including severity indication. For clinicians working under pressure in urgent care or primary care environments, that is a meaningful capability gap being closed.
The FundMyPitch investor network has backed Septest with £310,000, contributing to a £1 million-plus round. Sepsis is one of the leading causes of preventable death in the UK, and a diagnostic tool that works at pace, at the point of care, without specialist infrastructure, addresses a genuine unmet clinical need.
UrFuture — £750K ASA Oversubscribed in Under Five Weeks | Gen Z Hiring Platform
UrFuture is the UK’s first social-first, behavioural-science and AI-led careers platform built for Gen Z, and their recent fundraise is one of the more striking stories from the FundMyPitch network this year.
What was originally planned as a £300,000 Advanced Subscription Agreement closed at £750,000 — oversubscribed in just under five weeks. The ASA forms part of a larger £2 million seed raise that UrFuture is now looking to close out. The FundMyPitch investor network contributed close to £250,000 toward the broader £1.7 million raised to date.
The model is straightforward and the traction is real. UrFuture acquires 16 to 24-year-olds via TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat, then matches them into roles using a proprietary behavioural-science job-matching algorithm built with a Chartered Psychologist from Oxford. Candidates use the platform for free. Employers subscribe for matched candidates and targeted campaigns.
The numbers back it up: 40,000 users, 20 employers including British Airways and British Gas, over £20,000 MRR, and more than 200 million organic social views. UrFuture was referred to FundMyPitch by SolidBond, a day-one investor and member of the FundMyPitch investor network — a good example of the ecosystem working as it should.
“Gen Z does not need another job board, they need clarity, confidence, and a path to roles that genuinely fit. The demand we saw in this round was incredible, and FundMyPitch helped us get in front of the right investors quickly through warm introductions.”
Tom Keighly, Co-Founder of UrFuture
“UrFuture were seriously impressive, closing an oversubscribed ASA in under five weeks. Turning a planned £300,000 into £750,000 tells you everything about the level of interest. Being referred by SolidBond, one of our investor network members, is the ecosystem at its best — founders and investors supporting one another properly and moving collaboratively.”
Steven Mooney, CEO and Founder of FundMyPitch
And There’s More
Alongside these three headline deals, the FundMyPitch network has also recently backed Mana Medical, Deep Blue Biotech, Frontier AI, Bili, and Atherio — a significant flurry of activity since January that reflects both the quality of deal flow coming through the platform and the appetite among our investor community to deploy into well-positioned early-stage companies.
More detail on each of these companies will follow in upcoming posts.
What This Reflects
Across diagnostics, insurtech, and hiring, the theme connecting these investments is the same: founders solving real problems with scalable, technology-led approaches, in markets where the status quo is clearly broken.
The FundMyPitch investor network exists to help those founders move faster — by putting them in front of the right angels, VCs, and family offices at the right moment. The activity so far in 2025 is a strong signal that the model is working.
If you are an investor looking for curated early-stage deal flow, or a founder preparing to raise, get in touch or join the network.
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