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Estonia’s 2024 top startups and investors to be announced

Estonia’s leading startups and investors will be selected from a competitive field of 321 nominees. The winners for 2024 will be revealed at the annual Estonian Startup Awards Gala, taking place on 23 January 2025.

Employment Hero acquires Canadian employment platform Humi

Global employment solutions company Employment Hero, has announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Humi, Canada’s trusted employment platform, in a deal estimated to be worth CAD$100 million in one of the largest recent deals in Canadian tech.

Quantum Motion announces record integration of quantum devices and partnership with GlobalFoundries

In a significant milestone for scalable quantum computing, Quantum Motion, a UK-based quantum computing scaleup founded by academics from University College London and Oxford University, has demonstrated rapid, large-scale characterisation of quantum devices fabricated using commercial semiconductor processes.

Reset Connect Co-Founder Richard Mackintosh joins Ripple

Richard Mackintosh joins Ripple, the easy-to-use AI sustainability data management solution, to support its continued growth in 2025.

Contentstack acquires hyper-personalisation customer data platform Lytics

Contentstack, the composable digital experience platform (DXP) company, has announced its acquisition of Lytics, a pioneer of the real-time customer data platform.

ebm-papst and HYTING forge partnership to develop hydrogen heat generators

ebm-papst, a player in air technology and heating technology, and HYTING, a startup for hydrogen heating systems, have announced their strategic partnership to develop and manufacture hydrogen-fuelled heat generators.

Startup Debut 2025 features 16 crypto and AI innovators at CES

Sixteen cryptocurrency and AI startups are to gather in one grand venue over drinks and BBQ cuisine to demonstrate their latest innovations.

Elvie launches smart baby bouncer at CES 2025

Elvie, the female-led femtech startup and creator of the Elvie Pump, has launched its newest innovation, the Elvie Rise, at CES in Las Vegas.

Siemens launches programme to empower startups at CES

Siemens has launched Siemens for Startups, a new programme to empower early-stage engineering and manufacturing startups. Announced at CES 2025 in Las Vegas, the programme will enable new innovative companies to accelerate innovation, streamline development processes, and scale faster by providing venture-related services, while reducing the cost of access to Siemens software and hardware.

4YFN Awards finalists revealed ahead of MWC25 Barcelona

4YFN, the global startup event, has unveiled the finalists for its annual 4YFN Awards, a competition spotlighting standout digital startups from across the globe.

Vertical Aerospace selects Monolith to enhance engineering with AI

Monolith, an AI software provider to the world’s most innovative engineering teams, has started work with Vertical Aerospace, a global aerospace and technology company that is pioneering zero emission aviation. Monolith will help the Bristol-based company optimise its eVTOL testing and simulation programmes to improve performance and accelerate time to market.

Almost half of UK adults thinking about starting a business in 2025

Almost half of UK adults (47%) are thinking about starting a business or side hustle in 2025, a 12% increase on this time last year.

Alibaba’s Accio AI search engine hits 500K SME user milestone

Alibaba International has announced that its AI-powered business-to-business (B2B) search engine for product sourcing, Accio, has reached a significant milestone since its launch in November 2024, currently boasting over 500,000 small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) users.

2024 remote working experience: hybrid working honeymoon is over

During lockdown, remote working was mandated, with millions of British professionals having their first taste when introduced in March 2020. To sweeten the pill, the virtues of remote working were extolled by Government and business figures, and the nation laughed sympathetically, as clips of home-based public figures having video interviews crashed by children went viral.

AI and remote work dominated job interview conversations

Metaview has released its 2024 Year in Interviews Trends Report, revealing the topics and trends that dominated hiring conversations in 2024.

Fast-tracked business exits, skills shortages, and increased complexity

Business owners plan to increase their use of outsourcing services over the next year, according to research carried out by Evelyn Partners. 

Startup Spain: a slowdown in growth

Spain’s innovation ecosystem strives to keep pace with global rivals, according to the new ‘Tech Scaleup Spain. Keeping the pace of innovation in an evolving global scenario 2024 Report’ that Mind the Bridge (with the support of ACCIONA and Crunchbase) presented at Tech Spirit Barcelona, shedding light on the state of Spain’s innovation ecosystem and its positioning in the global race for technological leadership.

2025: the year of the entrepreneur

New research from Intuit QuickBooks uncovers a potential surge in entrepreneurial activity across the UK, marking 2025 as a pivotal year for self-employment growth.

UK’s top celebrity investors of 2024 revealed

In 2022-23, approximately 801,006 companies were registered in the UK, showcasing a rapidly growing entrepreneurial landscape.

Funding received to drive AI adoption

The University of Salford’s Centre for Sustainable Innovation has received £101,000 of funding from Innovate UK, to help educate SMEs across Greater Manchester on the intersection of AI and cybersecurity.