GOZEN has announced the launch of its debut LUNAFORM range, together with the go-live of its vast new facility in Turkey and industry-first short film. LUNAFORM is an advanced biomaterial, which first featured in Balenciaga’s LUNAFORM Maxi Bathrobe Coat. The biotechnology startup’s design-led approach and commercial scalability will finally make biodesign a reality for global fashion and design brands, and is the result of less than three years of rapid GOZEN progress.
METYCLE, a digital platform for international secondary metal trade, has successfully closed its €14.1 million Series A funding round. The round was led by 2150 with strong continuous investment from existing investors DFF Ventures, Market One Capital, Partech, and Project A.
Small business owners across the UK are facing a harsh reality – many are too overworked and financially stretched to take a much-needed holiday, potentially pushing themselves to the brink of burnout. According to new research from InsureandGo, a significant portion of the UK’s 5.51 million small business owners are missing out on holidays to keep their businesses running, highlighting the challenges of maintaining a healthy work-life balance.
The beehive is the ultimate business case study for complex organisations and working life today. On this National Leadership Day, Philip Atkinson, leadership team expert, organisational coach, founder of Hive-Logic Coaching & Communications, and author of ‘Bee Wise – 12 Leadership Lessons from Inside a Busy Hive’ lifts the lid on what happens in a hive and explains what we can learn for creating harmony and teamwork in the fast moving world of technology startups today.
Safe Intelligence, a startup in deep validation artificial intelligence (AI) systems, has announced that it has secured £4.15 million in seed funding in an investment round led by Amadeus Capital Partners, with participation from new investor OTB Ventures and existing investor Vsquared Ventures.
FemTech Conference 2025, organised by Women in Tech, unites women from Belarus and beyond to explore the potential of FemTech. Is your chance to explore FemTech, join the movement, and make an impact. You will find useful formats such as networking, speed mentoring and real success stories. The main program will be held offline on March 3 at Google Campus (Warsaw), while side events will run online from March 3 to 6.
South Summit, in collaboration with IE University, is organizing a new edition of the ‘Scaleup Series’ in London on February 27. This series of events aims to strengthen connections among leading European scaleup entrepreneurs and founders, create a space to share best practices, trends, and insights, and explore business, investment, and economic growth opportunities.
The world of work is changing faster than ever. But let’s be honest – hasn’t it always been? The industrial revolution gave us factories. The digital revolution gave us laptops. And now, we’re in the middle of something even bigger: a revolution of independence.
For startups and mature companies operating internationally, understanding the value added tax (VAT) registration process is essential for maintaining compliance with tax regulations.
For almost two decades, since the SaaS boom, it’s become standard for businesses to rely on patchworks of third-party platforms, apps, and tools. Either to support their own operations, offer new services, or simply keep up with the pace of tech. In the early days, such solutions were the most cost-effective way to scale. They gave quick access to features without the need for in-house development, and the costs that come with it, and could be built around legacy systems that were too expensive to replace.
Ongoing discussions among industry leaders about AI, including those from this month’s Paris AI summit, have the potential to democratise AI and inspire larger enterprises to actively support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in adopting it, levelling the playing field and driving innovation.
More than a third (38%) of finance brokers say lower taxes are needed to boost SME growth this year, according to iwoca’s latest SME Expert Index. This is double the next choice of reforming business rates (19%).
A new survey by foodtech startup Revyve has revealed positive European attitudes towards yeast protein as a potential key player in the flourishing alternative protein market. The consumer study gathered insight from French, German, and British consumers through AI-moderated individual interviews. The goal was to gauge interest in its functional brewers and baker’s yeast ingredients as substitutes to egg proteins and synthetic texturisers.
The year 2025 started with a shockwave for the AI community. Launched by a relatively obscure Chinese startup, DeepSeek not only challenged the rules of the AI game by sending NVIDIA’s stock plummeting 17% in one day and becoming the most-downloaded app on the App Store and Play Store, but also showed the persisting security problems by accidentally exposing its database and leaking sensitive data including chat histories, API keys, and backend operational details.
Stacks, the AI-powered workspace helping companies close their books quickly and efficiently, has announced a $3 million pre-seed round led by EQT Ventures, followed by a fast-tracked $7 million seed round led by General Catalyst, with EQT Ventures doubling down on their investment. The rounds also saw participation from s16vc and prominent angel investors including Mike Taylor, CFO of Gusto, and Simone Rüschenberg, CFO at Taktile.
New research from YuLife’s ‘Getting Workplace Wellbeing Right in 2025’ report highlights a gender gap in employee wellbeing, with financial uncertainty and job stability influencing career decisions in the coming year.
We’ve all experienced how online shopping has transformed retail. But this digital revolution comes with an inconvenient truth: every package delivered to our doorsteps has an environmental cost.
Augury, a company in Industrial AI solutions for Reliability and Process Optimisation, has announced that it has raised $75 million in growth funding from Lightrock, a global investment platform committed to building a sustainable future as part of its climate investment portfolio.
Humane’s Ai Pin has been on a journey since it was originally teased at Paris Fashion Week. Becoming one of the most talked about gadgets in recent years, to receiving scathing reviews upon launch and dropping the price of the product, to the news of Humane’s assets being acquired by tech giant HP.
Vinita Rathi is the CEO and Founder of Systango, a digital engineering services company specialising in generative AI, Web3, blockchain, automation, and cloud solutions.
