Top mobilitytech startups at MOVE UK 2024

With a dedicated Startup Village and a startup pitching stage, MOVE 2024 was the place to be as a mobilitytech startup. With innovations in every area of mobility, Startups Magazine has picked its top 10 mobilitytech startups that were at the show!

BMW i Ventures: How to level up the innovation ecosystem in Europe

At MOVE 2024, Marcus Behrendt, Managing Director of BMW i Ventures, discussed how the innovation ecosystem could be levelled up to match the model that is currently seen in North America.

NATO Innovation Fund Injects $1B to Supercharge Defence and Tech Startups

The NATO Innovation Fund has unveiled its inaugural deeptech investments aimed at tackling defence, security, and resilience challenges. These initial equity investments, drawn from the €1 billion fund, are set to propel advancements in novel materials, manufacturing, AI, and robotics.

Shifting gears: boosting startup performance with pitstop principles

The Monaco Grand Prix epitomises racing prestige and performance. While drivers push their limits on the track, it’s the team behind them – the pitstop team – that frequently gets them to pole position.

Europe lacks ‘technical’ founders to produce tech giants

For the first time, a new generation of technical founders is emerging – set to build Europe’s first-ever tech giant.

European patent issued for insect protein tech

All Things Bugs, a pioneer in the development of sustainable eco-friendly technologies using insects and world’s first wholesaler of insect based food ingredients, is thrilled to announce the grant of a new European Patent on 20th December 2023.

EIT Food announces new cohort of its Seedbed Incubator programme

Leuven – EIT Food, the global food innovation community, has announced its new cohort of novel innovations for its Seedbed Incubator, one of its prestigious entrepreneurship programmes. EIT Food is supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union.

Applications open for CV Labs’ accelerator

CV Labs has opened its application process for Batch_07 of the CV Labs Accelerator. With alumni from 21 countries across three continents, this programme invites forward-thinking blockchain and Web3 startups to apply and join an intensive ten-week journey of growth, innovation, and transformation.

XR startup Freeaim raises £250K for VR shoes

Freeaim, the startup designing wearable tech for virtual reality, announces the closing of a £250,000 pre-seed round.

EV owners can reduce the carbon impact of charging by 4.5x

Electric vehicle (EV) charging platform, Monta and climate tech startup Electricity Maps have joined forces to provide reductions of the carbon impact EV owners have when charging their vehicles.

Inflation drops for the first time in three years

The Bank of England has announced that inflation has reached its target of 2% for the first time in almost three years.

First technology for photorealistic spatial content

Gracia AI unveiled its AI-powered technology, designed for professional creators and media companies, to create first-of-its-kind photorealistic volumetric videos for Spatial Computing with 6 degrees of freedom viewing.

Bisly raises €6.2M to expand its smart building platform

Bisly, the startup providing next-gen smart building automation solutions, has closed a Series A funding round totaling €6.2 million.

Global Britain? UK tech and the search for new frontiers

The UK tech industry has weathered Brexit blues to dominate the rankings of European tech. By some estimates, London’s tech scene now ranks second only to Silicon Valley.

Google Search Update: What you need to know in Marketing and PR

Google regularly updates the way that content is processed and prioritised on the results pages of the search engine. There have been some big updates in recent years, mostly down to the evolution of AI and its powers of answering questions and writing content.

StartupBlink Index 2024: UK startup ecosystems face global decline

The United Kingdom, the second-ranked startup ecosystem that has produced success stories like Wise and Revolut, has seen a notable decline in its cities rankings according to the latest Global Startup Ecosystem Index by StartupBlink.

Atticus banks $10.84M on tidal wave of global compliance demand

Australian verification software company Atticus has closed a $10.84 million minority investment from Skip Capital and Blackbird Ventures as it continues to lead the booming global market in fact-checking tools.

Investors are enthusiastic once again about Europe’s startup scene

Thanks to its spirit of creativity, immense cultural diversity, and rich tradition of free enquiry and scientific investigation, Europe has always been a hub for innovation. In more recent times, much of this innovation has taken place in the continent’s startup ecosystem, with tech entrepreneurs and companies, in particular, leading the way.

Gener8 closes £2M funding round, valuing company at £39M

Gener8, a free-to-use app empowering people to control and be rewarded from their data, has announced a £2 million funding round, valuing the company at £39 million.

The issues that could shift voters ahead of general election

As the general election approaches, insights from small business insurer Simply Business has revealed the most pressing issues within the sector.