South Summit, the benchmark meeting for the entrepreneurial and innovative ecosystem, premieres the second season of its podcast ‘Deep Dive’, in which the main leaders and experts in innovation and entrepreneurship worldwide reflect on the trends that condition entrepreneurs and startups.
13books Capital has successfully closed a £121 million fund aimed at propelling the next generation of fintech disruptors. This latest fund underscores 13books Capital’s dedication to supporting visionary founders who are redefining the future of financial services.
The past few years have been relentless in their challenges for business owners.
CultureAI, a Human Risk Management Platform, recently secured $10 million in Series A funding. The round was co-led by Mercia Ventures and Smedvig Ventures, with continued backing from existing investors Passion Capital and Senovo.
According to recent research by Towergate Health & Protection, employers are primarily concerned with the physical and mental health of their employees.
Tech giant Microsoft is being investigated in the UK by The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), over whether its recruitment of staff from startup Inflection AI constitutes a merger.
BlinqIO, the pioneer behind the first AI test engineer, has unveiled plans to recruit 80 new employees as part of an ambitious US expansion strategy.
Science faces a reproducibility crisis, with more than 50% of preclinical research experiments failing to replicate, costing the industry over $50 billion annually. Addressing this issue, techbio startup Briefly Bio has launched software to enhance reproducibility by helping scientists document and share their work clearly and consistently.
Global healthcare AI company Huma Therapeutics Limited announces the completion of its Series D funding round, aimed at reducing this timeline to mere days with the launch of the Huma Cloud Platform.
Aryel, the Italian AdTech scaleup specialising in augmented reality, has unveiled its ambitious plans to expand into France and Germany. The company aims to secure significant acquisitions within the AdTech sector.
Founded in 2019, Bioniq, known for its personalised supplements derived from blood biomarker data, has successfully closed a $15 million Series B funding round.
A comprehensive analysis of parliamentary and social media mentions of AI by politicians over the past 18 months indicates a potential shift towards a more cautious approach to AI policy under the new Labour government.
Hey Savi, the UK-based fashion search and recommendation platform, has announced a £2.2 million investment. This significant pre-seed funding round marks one of the largest for an all-female founded tech startup in the UK.
Syntetica, a startup specialising in nylon recycling, has successfully raised €4.2 million in a seed round. Leading the investment was EQT Ventures, joined by the family offices of Peugeot and ETAM, Volta Circle (Indorama Ventures’ shareholders family office), Better Angle, Pareto Holdings, Athletico Ventures, Bear Flag Capital, and notable angel investors including two-time Formula-E champion Jean-Éric Vergne, IDEC Group CEO Patrice Lafargue, and former tennis player Paul-Henri Mathieu.
Activewear brand TALA, founded by entrepreneur Grace Beverley and led by CEO Morgan Fowles, has successfully secured £5 million in new investment.
5dVR, a virtual reality content and production studio, has expanded to Saudi Arabia with AstroLabs, the Gulf’s leading business expansion platform. The move aligns with 5dVR’s mission to enable a wider range of businesses across multiple industries to adopt and make use of augmented reality (AR), mixed reality and virtual reality (VR) technologies.
Visa has unveiled the strategies behind the flourishing side hustles of Gen Z, individuals born between 1996 and 2010, and their evolution in helping young people enhance their financial game.
FemTech has seen an astronomical rise in recent years. Last year alone, Forbes and Dealroom reported that 2023 saw $1.14 billion raised across 120 ‘FemTech’ deals. Meanwhile, the FemTech Landscape Report estimates that by the end of 2027, the industry as a whole will be worth over $1 trillion. What does this tell us? That the opportunities for startups and investors alike is staggering.
OCN, previously known as “OneCarNow”, has secured an impressive $86 million in Series A funding. This funding round, which combines equity and debt, signifies strong confidence in the company’s business model and its successful track record.
JumpCloud’s Q3 2024 SME IT Trends Report has revealed significant concerns among UK respondents, with 64% acknowledging that AI threats are surpassing their ability to defend against them – a notable rise from the previous report. Furthermore, 81% (up from 70% in Q1 2024) of participants agreed on the necessity for their organisations to invest in AI initiatives, highlighting a growing unease about filling security gaps.
