Brewbot raises further $400k in its latest funding round

Chris McClelland, chief executive of Brewbot, with its home brewing machine: sixty of the machines will be shipped to the US next month. Picture: Stephen Davidson/Pacemaker

Belfast-based technology firm Brewbot has raised about $400,000 in additional cash, bringing its total funding to date, including a Series A funding round and a Kickstarter campaign, to $2 million.

Brewbot, which has developed an app-enabled device for beer brewers, has attracted investment from angel investor Eamon Leonard, FitBit board member Brad Feld, and Bebo founder Michael Birch, the latter getting on board after meeting the Belfast business at the Collision technology conference ...