Avoiding founder regret at exit
Avoiding founder regret at exit

At exit, everyone’s eyes are on the transaction. The founder. The board. Investors. Lawyers. Bankers.…

Striking the right chord in cybersecurity
Striking the right chord in cybersecurity

A pivot from a career in a rock band to cybersecurity may not be a…

Dote: an AI-powered smart baby monitor
Dote: an AI-powered smart baby monitor

Dote is a Manchester-based startup founded by Stephen Senior that is rethinking what it means…

What would an Andy Burnham Britain mean for UK entrepreneurship?
What would an Andy Burnham Britain mean for UK entrepreneurship?

Andy Burnham’s landslide victory in Makerfield, followed by Keir Starmer’s resignation, has all but guaranteed…

Cityscape Global launches capitals as global investors increase focus on Saudi Arabia
Cityscape Global launches capitals as global investors increase focus on Saudi Arabia

International investors are increasingly turning their attention to Saudi Arabia as large-scale developments move from…

Venture's most mispriced asset class is hiding in plain sight
Venture’s most mispriced asset class is hiding in plain sight

There is a long-running story in venture about women founders in emerging markets. The prevailing…

Dixa's journey: a Q&A with Christian Lohmann
Dixa’s journey: a Q&A with Christian Lohmann

Christian Lohmann is CEO of Dixa, the agentic customer service platform used by 1,000+ ecommerce…

Where are they now?
Where are they now? Magic AI

When Startups Magazine last spoke to MAGIC AI in 2023, the company was still in…

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VivaTech 2026: AI, greentech, and deeptech defined innovation crossroads in Europe

VivaTech returned with a tenacious pulse, drawing more than 200,000 visitors from 165 nationalities to…

Wakeline raises €2.1M pre-seed to scale continuous-learning AI
Wakeline raises €2.1M pre-seed to scale continuous-learning AI

Wakeline has raised €2.1 million in pre-seed funding. The company builds AI systems that learn…

Industry Overview: IoT
Industry Overview: IoT

As industries go, the IoT sector is barely a teenager. IoT products, from smart thermostats…

Why startup teams are replacing their tool stacks in 2026
Why startup teams are replacing their tool stacks in 2026

Ask any founder what slows their team down and the answer is rarely a shortage…

Former Dragons Den investor talks AI and Entrepreneurship
Former Dragons Den investor talks AI and Entrepreneurship

Piers Linney was born in Stoke-on-Trent and raised in a Lancashire mill town. He studied…

What engineering intelligence really looks like: from invention to adoption
What engineering intelligence really looks like: from invention to adoption

The CMOS image sensor I helped develop now sits inside billions of devices worldwide. What…

The B2B bet that could reshape consumer fitness technology
The B2B bet that could reshape consumer fitness technology

My father and I were between sets in a gym in London when we started…

Five tips for handling HR as a startup
Five tips for handling HR as a startup

When you’re building a startup, it can sometimes be overwhelming as to what to do…

60% of SMEs would accept more EU regulation for closer trade ties
60% of SMEs would accept more EU regulation for closer trade ties

New research from iwoca finds that a decade on from the UK’s 2016 Brexit vote,…

Bootstrap 4F deploys first capital from Women Backing Women Fund of Funds
Bootstrap 4F deploys first capital from Women Backing Women Fund of Funds

Fund manager of the Women Backing Women Fund of Funds, Bootstrap 4F, has announced its…

Seedcamp raises $320M to back Europe’s next-gen founders
Seedcamp raises $320M to back Europe’s next-gen founders

Seedcamp has raised $320 million to invest in the next generation of global companies, following…

Why hybrid designers are making pure specialists less relevant in startups
Why hybrid designers are making pure specialists less relevant in startups

I came to IT and product design from traditional architecture. My last year at a…