Funding

Wealthtech startup Sidekick raises £7.8M
Wealthtech startup Sidekick raises £7.8M

Sidekick, the wealth platform built for professionals whose finances are becoming more complex as their…

Backing the next generation of entrepreneurs
Backing the next generation of entrepreneurs

New data released by Start Up Loans, part of the British Business Bank, reveals there…

Litestream Ventures saw $78m in non-binding investor pledges
Litestream Ventures saw $78m in non-binding investor pledges

Litestream Ventures, an investment platform convening investors, founders, and philanthropic partners, hosted its fourth annual…

Scoro acquires Envoice to streamline real-time profitability tracking
Scoro acquires Envoice to streamline real-time profitability tracking

Scoro, Europe’s professional services automation platform announces the acquisition of Envoice, a category in AI-driven…

Spacetech funding hit new heights in 2025
Spacetech funding hit new heights in 2025

The spacetech industry is going from strength to strength, and spacetech funding has hit new…

refugee entrepreneur
Unlocking the refugee entrepreneur opportunity

Refugees offer a source of untapped potential for the UK economy, according to new research…

2150 closes second fund, reaching €500m in assets
2150 closes second fund, reaching €500m in assets

Venture firm 2150 announced the final close of its €210 million second fund, bringing total…

Europe’s Series B funding gap is widening at an alarming rate
Europe’s Series B funding gap is widening at an alarming rate

World Fund has released a timely report that highlights the extent and damaging impact of…

BGF reports strong deal activity and landmark exits in 2025
BGF reports strong deal activity and landmark exits in 2025

BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active growth capital investor, reported a strong year of…

How to get into Y Combinator
How to get into Y Combinator

If any startup incubator has instant name recognition, it’s Y Combinator. This makes it a…

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,…