Exeter-based Staxy secures equity funding from The FSE Group and angel investors
This article covers equity funding on 21 October 2025 for STAXY, an Exeter-based sustainable travel business reshaping event travel with an AI-driven platform, founded by Will Line. The company raised an undisclosed amount from the South West Investment Fund (via The FSE Group) with participation from Angel Investors Bristol.
What does Staxy do?
Staxy is a travel platform that uses AI and integrates into club and event apps and websites. It provides fans and organisers with travel options, cost and emissions data, and an online sustainability dashboard.
Why is Staxy useful?
Problem
Sports clubs and event organisers face expensive, inefficient and environmentally harmful fan travel to their events. They lack usable travel data to plan greener, cheaper transport and to measure emissions.
Solution
Staxy explains that it provides a smart travel platform integrating into club apps and websites to offer greener, cheaper travel. It also gives clubs usable travel data and emissions metrics to plan and report progress.
How much did Staxy raise?
Staxy secured an undisclosed equity funding round from the British Business Bank’s South West Investment Fund (via The FSE Group), alongside Angel Investors Bristol.
Who invested in Staxy?
The key investors are listed below.
- British Business Bank’s South West Investment Fund: A fund that provides a range of commercial finance options to support innovation and growth for early-stage and growing businesses across the South West.
- Angel Investors Bristol: A network of angel investors that backs early-stage technology and innovation-focused businesses and provides equity support to founders in the region.
In the funding announcement, Paul Jones from the British Business Bank said:
STAXY is the latest example of a tech-driven business in the region that has leveraged AI and data analytics to create a new opportunity. Their sustainable travel platform is helping organisations reduce both their costs and carbon footprint, and with South West Investment Fund support we look forward to seeing their continued growth.
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Who founded Staxy?
Will Line is the founder of Staxy.
In the funding announcement, Will Line explained:
Travel to events is often expensive, inefficient, and environmentally damaging. STAXY exists to change that.
The company continued that its technology gives fans better options and clubs better data, and the investment will allow it to build on early momentum, deepen its technology offering and scale its impact across the events industry.
Where is Staxy based?
Staxy is based in Exeter, England, UK.
What sector is Staxy in?
Staxy operates in the sustainability sector. The sustainability sector works to reduce environmental damage and lower carbon emissions. It helps organisations cut pollution and use resources more efficiently.
Key trends and challenges in Sustainable travel:
Measuring and reducing event travel emissions
Fan travel is often the biggest emissions source for events, with football causing about 30 million tonnes yearly.
Use of AI and mobile data to optimise travel
Organisations increasingly use GPS and machine learning to predict travel and suggest greener options, for example app trip recommendations.
Data privacy and behaviour change challenges
Collecting GPS and motion data raises privacy concerns, and shifting people from cars needs incentives and reliable alternatives.
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