Funding

How to build a data room that closes the deal
How to build a data room that closes the deal

Most founders don’t realise this, but investors start due diligence by looking for reasons to…

Demand for startup finance suggests continued entrepreneurial drive
Demand for startup finance suggests continued entrepreneurial drive

The British Business Bank’s Start Up Loans programme saw a 9% rise in loan volumes…

€2.14Bn funding flows in European energy storage startups
€2.14Bn funding flows in European energy storage startups

Avnet Silica, an Avnet company, released new research mapping the landscape of European energy storage…

Optalysys secures £23M to advance photonic computing
Optalysys secures £23M to advance photonic computing

Optalysys, the photonic computing company, has raised £23 million in a Series A extension round…

Emergent grows from $100K to $50M in seven months
Emergent grows from $100K to $50M in seven months

Emergent, the fast-growing AI software creation platform that helps anyone build full-stack, production-ready web and…

10 red flags that kill Series A rounds – and how founders can avoid them
10 red flags that kill Series A rounds – and how founders can avoid them

After nearly three decades in and around high-growth companies, raising capital through everything from friends…

UK fintech raised $5.3Bn in 2025, up 10% from 2024
UK fintech raised $5.3Bn in 2025, up 10% from 2024

Tracxn has released its insights on the United Kingdom fintech ecosystem for 2025, outlining funding…

Employment Hero has released its December Jobs Report, a snapshot of employment and wage trends based on real-time data
New data reveals limited employment growth as UK labour market falters

Employment Hero has released its December Jobs Report, a snapshot of employment and wage trends…

Gender gap in VC and investing: Women founders face struggles
Gender gap in VC and investing: women founders face struggles

Women remain underrepresented at all levels of the corporate ladder, particularly in senior leadership, where…

5 things founders forget to tell investors, until due diligence reveals them
5 things founders forget to tell investors, until due diligence reveals them

Raising capital is stressful, often revealing issues that may have otherwise gone overlooked. Over time,…

European tech investments: December signals that defined 2025
European tech investments: December signals that defined 2025

Every month, Zubr Capital presents a concise brief on how the European tech investment landscape…

What shaped UK tech funding in 2025?
What shaped UK tech funding in 2025?

In 2025, the UK remained a major global technology hub, ranking as the second-highest funded…

2025: Archangels leveraged £41M of investment in Scottish scaleups
2025: Archangels leveraged £41M of investment in Scottish scaleups

Edinburgh-based angel investment syndicate, Archangels, has leveraged £41.1 million of investment in Scottish scaleups during…

Boom Supersonic to power AI data centres
Boom Supersonic to power AI data centres

Boom Supersonic has announced a backlog of more than $1.25 billion for its Superpower turbine…

Sofant raises £6M to launch its next-gen antenna technology
Sofant raises £6M to launch its next-gen antenna technology

EMV Capital, the deeptech and life sciences VC investment group, announces that its portfolio company,…

Nevada startup ecosystem gains momentum as returns rise
Nevada startup ecosystem gains momentum as returns rise

A recent report from Northwest Registered Agent listed Nevada as the sixth most affordable state…

Destinus secures €50M, bringing total raised to nearly €400M
Destinus secures €50M, bringing total raised to nearly €400M

Destinus, a European aerospace and defence company, has secured a €50 million financing facility from…

Cloudberry launches Europe’s first semiconductor venture fund
Cloudberry launches Europe’s first semiconductor venture fund

Cloudberry, a venture capital firm based in Helsinki and London, has announced the launch of…

Ankar raises $20M to scale AI patent platform
Ankar raises $20M to scale AI patent platform

Ankar, the AI platform transforming how companies and law firms capture and protect their patents,…

Mirelo raises $41M to unmute videos, games, and beyond
Mirelo raises $41M to unmute videos, games, and beyond

Mirelo, an audio company that lets anyone generate perfectly synchronised sound effects for videos, has…