# Tended funding: rounds and investors > Tended has raised $8.8M across 7 rounds since 2021. Investors include Praetura Ventures, Innovate UK and Blackfinch Ventures. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/tended (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United Kingdom · [Seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Tended* 7 rounds we have observed, with the 3 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it. Big Data & Analytics Wearables Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$8.8M** raised across 7 rounds since 2021, from 7 sources **$1.3M** Round **$1.2M** Round **$660K** Round **$1.3M** Round **$650K** Round **$1.0M** Round **$2.7M** Seed - **Latest round:** Seed, $2.7M May 2025 - **Led by:** Praetura Ventures - **Step-up i:** 2.6× - **Investors:** 3 (1 led) See who backed them ## The funding story Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total. 2022 2023 2024 2025 **$1.3M** Round **$1.2M** Round **$660K** Round **$1.3M** Round **$650K** Round **$1.0M** Round **$2.7M** Seed - **First round:** Round, $1.3M - **Biggest round:** $2.7M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 7 months ## The rounds - **May 2025** Seed **$2.7M** *3 new* [Praetura Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/praetura-ventures) Lead [Innovate UK](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovate-uk) [Blackfinch Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackfinch-ventures) Reported by Praetura Ventures - **Sept 2024** Round **$1.0M** No investor was named in the report. Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet - **Apr 2024** Round **$650K** No investor was named in the report. Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet - **Dec 2023** Round **$1.3M** No investor was named in the report. Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet - **Mar 2023** Round **$660K** No investor was named in the report. Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet - **Nov 2022** Round **$1.2M** No investor was named in the report. Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet - **Sept 2021** Round **$1.3M** No investor was named in the report. Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet ## Funding filed with regulators Tended filed 9 raises, $8.5M in all. Filings say how much was sold and to how many investors; they never name the investors. - Apr 2025 **$2.4M** UK share allotment - Nov 2024 **$556K** UK share allotment - Oct 2024 **$167K** UK share allotment - Sept 2024 **$298K** UK share allotment - Apr 2024 **$650K** UK share allotment - Dec 2023 **$1.3M** UK share allotment - Mar 2023 **$660K** UK share allotment - Nov 2022 **$1.2M** UK share allotment - Sept 2021 **$1.3M** UK share allotment ## Founders and team From Tended's own website: 2 on the team. - **Ground Control** Operations Director - **Rob Hall** Operations Manager - PC ## Who was in which round The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led. **Round** 2021 **Round** 2022 **Round** 2023 **Round** 2023 **Round** 2024 **Round** 2024 **Seed** 2025 [Praetura Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/praetura-ventures) L [Innovate UK](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovate-uk) [Blackfinch Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackfinch-ventures) ## Everyone who backed them [Praetura Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/praetura-ventures) VC firm **1** round, led 1 [Innovate UK](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovate-uk) VC firm **1** round [Blackfinch Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackfinch-ventures) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=tended). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists Tended as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above. [Basinghall Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/basinghall-partners) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Tended ### Who invested in Tended? Tended's investors include Praetura Ventures, Innovate UK and Blackfinch Ventures. Praetura Ventures led its latest round. ### How much has Tended raised? Tended has raised $8.8M across 7 rounds since 2021. ### When did Tended last raise? Tended's most recent round was a Seed of $2.7M in May 2025, led by Praetura Ventures. ### What was Tended's biggest round? Its most recent round, $2.7M in May 2025, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Tended first? Tended's first round on record, in May 2025, was backed by Praetura Ventures, Innovate UK and Blackfinch Ventures. ### What stage is Tended at? Tended's latest named round is a Seed, in May 2025. ### Where is Tended based? Tended is based in the United Kingdom. ### Who led Tended's rounds? Praetura Ventures led the Seed in 2025. ## Companies like Tended In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Cognitive Credit** $64M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/cognitive-credit)[**Salience Labs** $169M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/salience-labs)[**Affinity Labs** $3.2M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/affinity-labs)[**Alchera Technologies** $3.7M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/alchera-technologies)[**Foundational** $19M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/foundational)[**Quartz** $3.7M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/quartz) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. Open the investor searchOr these rounds in the app