Funding

Tekst raises £9.9 million Series A funding
Tekst raises £9.9 million Series A funding

Tekst has closed a £9.96 million (€11.5 million) Series A funding round led by US…

Airbnb backs WeRoad as solo travel startup eyes expansion
Airbnb backs WeRoad as solo travel startup eyes expansion

WeRoad, the Milan-founded travel company that organises group trips for solo travellers, has closed a…

Quanscient raises €10M to lead the shift to quantum and AI-native hardware engineering
Quanscient raises €10M to lead the shift to quantum and AI-native hardware engineering

Finnish technology company Quanscient has raised a €10 million Series A funding round to accelerate…

QuberTech raises £3.4M to grow sustainable rubber from dandelions
QuberTech raises £3.4M to grow sustainable rubber from dandelions

QuberTech, a UK biotech company developing sustainable natural rubber from specially engineered dandelions, has raised…

University of Manchester techbio spin-out secures £5 million
University of Manchester techbio spin-out secures £5 million

Imperagen has closed a £5 million seed funding round led by PXN Ventures with participation…

Searchable raises $14M to capture the AI search opportunity
Searchable raises $14M to capture the AI search opportunity

Searchable, a platform that helps businesses optimise their presence in AI-driven search, has raised $14…

The money hasn’t gone, the bar has moved
The money hasn’t gone, the bar has moved

One of the most damaging myths in fundraising right now is that the money has…

Greenpixie raises £4.7M to cut Cloud and AI waste
Greenpixie raises £4.7M to cut Cloud and AI waste

Greenpixie has closed a £4.7 million pre-Series A round to help some of the world’s…

Happl closes oversubscribed $11M Series A to build global HR benefits platform
Happl closes oversubscribed $11M Series A to build global HR benefits platform

Happl, a global employee benefits operating system founded by Ben Towers MBE, has raised $11…

Tolemy Bio secures €1.4M to turn messy lab data into AI-ready intelligence
Tolemy Bio secures €1.4M to turn messy lab data into AI-ready intelligence

Tolemy Bio is a Cambridge-based biotech startup building an AI-enabled control panel for cell biology,…

Adfin raises $18M to fix UK’s late payment problem
Adfin raises $18M to fix UK’s late payment problem

Adfin, the London-based fintech, has raised an $18 million Series A round to build the…

CodeWords raises $9M to give every business an AI agent
CodeWords raises $9M to give every business an AI agent

CodeWords announced a $9M seed round led by Visionaries, with participation from firstminute capital (who…

Quantum Motion raises $160M to scale silicon-based quantum computing
Quantum Motion raises $160M to scale silicon-based quantum computing

Quantum Motion has raised $160 million in a Series C funding round, as it pushes…

VC Pi Labs backs five Agentic AI start-ups
VC Pi Labs backs five Agentic AI startups

Global venture capital firm Pi Labs announces five new start-ups that will make up its…

The quantum race heats up as eleQtron closes €57M Series A
The quantum race heats up as eleQtron closes €57M Series A

eleQtron, a developer of trapped-ion quantum computers, has closed a €57 million Series A funding…

Agentic supply chain platform Corvera raises $4.2M seed round
Agentic supply chain platform Corvera raises $4.2M seed round

Corvera, the agentic supply chain management platform, has announced it has raised $4.2 million (£3…

auryx raises $2M to transform earbuds into health monitors
auryx raises $2M to transform earbuds into health monitors

auryx has raised $2 million in pre-seed funding, which will be used to build a…

BioOrbit secures £9.8M to make drugs in space
BioOrbit secures £9.8M to make drugs in space

BioOrbit, the in-space drug manufacturing startup, has raised £9.8 million in seed funding. Founded by…

Aurora Ventures: the fund built on VC’s blind spot
Aurora Ventures: the fund built on VC’s blind spot

Aurora has launched Aurora Ventures, an early-stage investment programme targeting woman founders in emerging markets…

Tapaya raises €1M pre-seed to kill the card reader
Tapaya raises €1M pre-seed to kill the card reader

Payments infrastructure startup, Tapaya, has raised €1 million in a pre-seed round, led by Passion…