Wray & Nephew supports Black entrepreneurs in fourth year of Wray Forward Programme

Wray & Nephew, in partnership with Foundervine, has launched the fourth year of its Wray Forward programme, a free initiative that supports Black founders across the UK by giving them access to funding, educational workshops, and networking events.

AI drives trend of increasingly lean startups
AI drives trend of increasingly lean startups

Notion Capital’s Cloud Challengers 100 Report 2025 details how startups in Europe are adapting to the AI revolution.

CIBC Innovation Banking grants $10M to maritime tech platform Sedna

CIBC Innovation Banking has announced that it has provided $10 million in debt financing to Sedna Communications, an Insight Partners-backed AI-powered workflow automation platform, which specialises in the global trade and supply chain market. The funding will drive AI innovation, expand platform integrations, and support sustainable growth to better serve Sedna’s customers.

Component management – begin before the end

Obsolescence is inevitable. Time marches on, technology grows older. Startups often face unique challenges when managing component obsolescence, given their limited resources and need to focus on innovation and rapid market entry. Effective obsolescence management ensures these businesses avoid the financial and operational setbacks caused by unexpected part unavailability, which could jeopardise product delivery or require costly redesigns.

Diraq leading Australian-UK-US consortium for DARPA Quantum Benchmarking Initiative

Diraq has announced that it was awarded a Stage A contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to work on its recently announced Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI).

Building Mumsnet: Justine Roberts on trusting your instincts

From back-bedroom startup to national platform, Justine Roberts CBE shares the story behind Mumsnet, the power of purpose-driven entrepreneurship, and the lessons she’s learned along the way.

PocDoc becomes largest provider of QRISK3 scores outside GP surgeries

PocDoc has become the leading provider of QRISK3 scores in communities, workplaces and homes in the country, highlighting its growing role in cardiovascular disease (CVD) testing.

Nico Rosberg: life in the fast lane

Nico Rosberg is a Formula 1 World Champion turned entrepreneur and venture capitalist. After achieving his lifelong dream of winning the F1 World Championship in 2016, he retired from the sport to explore new challenges.

US tariffs to reshape global trade for the foreseeable future

Logistics, transportation, and shipping specialists LTS Global Solutions has advised UK firms to remain flexible ahead of President Donald Trump unveiling a 10% tariff on UK goods and a 20% levy on EU goods in a watershed moment for global trade.

Growth Studio: fast-tracking founders who are solving the planet’s biggest problems

Growth Studio is on a mission to find ambitious startups tackling the triple planetary crisis and to give them the foundations they need to change the world.

Recycleye: A 20/20 view of a greener future

With an entrepreneurial green heart, Victor Dewulf, CEO and Co-Founder of Recycleye, took the ultimate leap of faith from his Environmental Engineering PhD course to establish Recycleye with fellow Co-Founder and classmate Peter Hedley.

Where are they now? – MyoMaster
Where are they now? – MyoMaster

Startups Magazine first spoke to MyoMaster co-founders, Lottie Whyte and Joe Gray, back in 2020, just a year after the sportstech startup was founded.

WeWALK: returning navigational independence to the visually impaired

With a lifelong ambition to use technology as a force for good in society, Gökhan Meriçliler, CEO and Co-Founder of WeWALK, set out on an assistive technology journey, eventually landing at the mobility-driven company of his own creation.

Spring Statement offers little relief as pay satisfaction hits new low

New research from PayFit reveals that nine in ten (89%) UK workers are unhappy with their current pay, admitting it’s not enough for their needs; a sentiment set to intensify after the government announced a series of cost-cutting policies in the Spring Statement last week.

Fractional teams: the new model set to transform startup success 

Melissa Gauge is the founder of the remote fractional support company, SpareMyTime. In this article, she looks at the future of staffing and how fractional teams are poised to transform the startup landscape. 

Lumai secures $10M investment to improve data centre sustainability

Lumai, an AI accelerator startup using optics to address global computational challenges, has announced that it has secured more than $10 million in investment.

The AI shift in due diligence and compliance

Due diligence and compliance have long been slow, paper-heavy, and reactive, surfacing risks only after key business decisions. That paradigm is shifting. As well as automating tasks, AI is transforming how risk is assessed, decisions are made, and compliance teams operate.

High performance isn’t hired, it’s cultivated by business leaders

Culture Amp has released a new report ‘The Science of Sustainable High Performance’, presenting key strategies for driving and sustaining high performance at work.

Mentor vs sponsor: closing the tech gender gap

The gender gap in technology is as depressing as it is common knowledge. For every four men that join the sector, only one woman makes the move – and half of those women will leave the sector by the mid-point of their career.   

STFC welcomes 3 startups aiming to transform healthcare using AI

Three North West startups are on a mission to transform healthcare using AI at the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC) Daresbury Laboratory.