Funding

Hosted.ai raises $19M Seed round to help neocloud service providers utilise wasted GPU capacity
Hosted.ai raises $19M Seed round to help neocloud service providers utilise wasted GPU capacity

Hosted.ai has raised a $19 million Seed round led by Creandum, with additional investment from…

VerbaFlo raises $7 million led by Pi Labs to build the AI Communications Platform for Global Real Estate
VerbaFlo raises $7 million led by Pi Labs to build the AI communications platform for global real estate

VerbaFlo announced it has raised a $7 million seed round, led by Pi Labs, with…

Small business lending surged to near-record in 2025
Small business lending surged to near-record in 2025

Gross SME bank lending increased by 9% to £68 billion in 2025, marking the second…

Why faster iteration matters in startups – insights from Ruslan Tymofieiev
Why faster iteration matters in startups – insights from Ruslan Tymofieiev

Speed in startups is an execution standard that directly affects outcomes. While one team is…

Tower raises $6.4m to empower data engineers in the AI era
Tower raises $6.4m to empower data engineers in the AI era

Tower has raised $6.4 million across a pre-seed and seed round to transform how data…

The case for patience CVC
The case for patience

In venture, speed is treated as a moral imperative. Founders are taught to sprint. Investors…

Legora Raises $550M Series D to fuel US growth
Legora Raises $550M Series D to fuel US growth

Legora, the collaborative AI platform for lawyers, has announced it has raised $550 million at…

Yann LeCun’s AMI Labs raises largest-ever seed round
Yann LeCun’s AMI Labs raises largest-ever seed round

Yann LeCun’s, much anticipated startup, Advanced Machine Intelligence (AMI Labs), has raised a $1.03 billion…

Qevlar AI raises $30M to scale autonomous SOC
Qevlar AI raises $30M to scale autonomous SOC

Qevlar AI has raised $30 million in funding for its autonomous AI security operations centres…

Isembard raises $50M Series A to open 25 AI-powered factories
Isembard raises $50M Series A to open 25 AI-powered factories

Isembard has raised $50 million in Series A funding, less than 12 months after its…

Augur raises $15 million from Plural to strengthen national security
Augur raises $15 million from Plural to strengthen national security

The UK sovereign AI platform revolutionising the security capabilities of critical national infrastructure – announces…

The state of female funding in 2026
The state of female funding in 2026

The female funding gap has been a steady conversation for years, and while the industry…

UK venture funding surges into AI, NatWest’s ‘Future of UK Innovation’ report finds  
UK venture funding surges into AI

UK venture funding surged into AI in 2025, with investment increasingly concentrated in the UK’s…

Oxa
Oxa raises $103m in series D first close

Oxa, a leader in autonomous vehicle, announced the successful first close of its Series D…

UK startup founders must meet evolving investor expectations to scale successfully
UK startup founders must meet evolving investor expectations to scale successfully

UK investors are often more risk adverse than their US counterparts, sometimes leaning into risk…

Seraphim exceeds $100m for early stage SpaceTech venture fund
Seraphim exceeds $100m for early stage SpaceTech venture fund

Seraphim announces the latest closing of its oversubscribed early-stage venture fund, exceeding its previous $100…

British Business Bank and Haatch to invest £32M in diverse angel syndicates
British Business Bank and Haatch to invest £32M in diverse angel syndicates

The British Business Bank has committed an additional £25 million to invest in the UK’s…

BeyondMath extends seed round, raises $18.5M
BeyondMath extends seed round, raises $18.5M

BeyondMath, a deeptech company that has developed a first-of-its-kind generative physics model, has closed a…

Frankenburg Technologies
Frankenburg Technologies raises €30M to build Europe’s next-generation missile manufacturing capacity

Frankenburg Technologies has raised €30 million in Series A funding, led by Plural and followed…

Why the ‘founder fantasy’ is killing your fundraise, and what VCs really want in 2026
Why the ‘founder fantasy’ is killing your fundraise, and what VCs really want in 2026

The startup world thrives on myth. Every founder knows at least one story of a…