Funding

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…

Forest shifts up a gear with £40M funding boost
Forest shifts up a gear with £40M funding boost

E-bike operator Forest has secured a further £27 million in funding, taking its Series B…

Everything founders need to know about surviving after Series A
Everything founders need to know about surviving after Series A

Netting the coveted Series A funding round is startup culture’s crowning achievement and brass ring.…

UK startups win better deals as investors fight for top companies
UK startups win better deals as investors fight for top companies

The dynamics shaping UK startup investment are evolving. This has been highlighted by HSBC Innovation…

Investors bet €3.2M on the second-hand EV market
Investors bet €3.2M on the second-hand EV market

Dutch startup Eccasion, founded by the entrepreneurs behind Swapfiets, has raised €3.2 million to accelerate…

Alesi Surgical raises £7M to clear the air in operating theatres
Alesi Surgical raises £7M to clear the air in operating theatres

Cardiff-based surgical technology startup, Alesi Surgical, has secured £7 million in fresh funding to accelerate…

Firenze secures £6M to democratise Lombard lending
Firenze secures £6M to democratise Lombard lending

Lombard lending fintech, Firenze, has secured an oversubscribed £6 million funding round, led by AlbionVC,…

Fewer rounds, bigger bets: what Q1 2026 reveals about where European tech capital is concentrating
Fewer rounds, bigger bets: what Q1 2026 reveals about where European tech capital is concentrating

It was only last year when European tech investment meant cautiously recovering from the past.…