Cyprus and the United Arab Emirates are among the jurisdictions increasingly considered by technology companies as launchpads for business. The demand for these countries is rising due to a combination of tax incentives, fast business setup, flexible corporate governance, and dedicated startup support programmes.
As AI accelerates the creation of new software, fixing live systems has remained stubbornly manual. Phoebe’s AI agents continuously monitor and react to live system data, diagnosing emerging issues and generating code and infrastructure changes to resolve them. The company has announced $17 million in seed funding led by GV and Cherry Ventures and the public launch of their platform, which is already live with engineering teams from early access customers such as Trainline and PPRO.
King’s Entrepreneurship Lab (King’s E-Lab) and Founders at the University of Cambridge have revealed the 24 startups that will join King’s College’s first-ever incubator programme designed to turn research-backed ideas from University of Cambridge students and alumni into investable companies.
Northern Gritstone has announced a combined £4 million seed round investment into the optical sensor startup PhovIR. Northern Gritstone is co-leading the investment alongside deeptech specialist SCVC, in what was an oversubscribed round.
Midas, a Turkish investment platform, has raised $80 million in its Series B funding round, the largest investment ever secured by a Turkish fintech company. This brings Midas’ total funding to date to more than $140 million.
London FinTech Summit, part of Fintech Week London, has announced strategic partnerships with Grow London (London & Partners), the London Stock Exchange, and The Global City – three of the most influential institutions driving London’s financial and business leadership. The partnerships position the newly launched Summit as a key moment for the UK’s FinTech sector and a powerful platform for global engagement.
Scaling a business is one of the most exciting milestones on any entrepreneur’s journey. But it’s also a common point where things can start to unravel. The truth is, what gets you to one level of success rarely takes you to the next. And that can include your team.
Born from 2010 onwards, Generation Alpha is the first to be raised entirely in the 21st century. They’ve never known a world without smartphones, AI, or social media. They understood ‘Skip Ad’ before they could read, were using global gaming platforms before they became teenagers, and they’ll begin entering the workforce from next year.
The project manager stares at the spreadsheet in disbelief. What started as a $200,000 software development initiative has ballooned to $340,000, and they’re only 70% complete. The client is furious, the team is demoralised, and the company’s reputation hangs in the balance.
The health and wellness space is undergoing a huge transformation. Scrolling through Instagram and TikTok yields a whole host of advertisements from influencers flogging the latest supplement that promises a variety of miracles.
Qunova Computing, a developer of software applications designed with the goal of bringing quantum advantage to the chemical, pharmaceutical, and industrial engineering sectors, has raised a $10 million Series A funding round.
Maven Capital Partners has invested £2.6 million in PowerPhotonic, a provider of precision optics for high-power laser systems.
Medtech is an exciting industry, with constant innovation that will genuinely change the lives of humans as we know it as we will see in the this issue of the magazine, startups are at the forefront of changing the medical landscape. From surgical robots, advancements in diagnosis, and the creation of semiconductors for neural implants, advanced technologies are overhauling traditional healthcare.
The USA is a hub of startup activity, and according to Startup Genome’s Global Startup Ecosystem Ranking (2020-2024), nine out of the top 20 startup ecosystems globally can be found in the USA, and Boston ranks sixth worldwide.
The Norrsken Foundation has announced that Norrsken Evolve has completed an oversubscribed first close of a €57 million fund. The fund will be spearheaded by three General Partners: Johan Attby, Alex Bakir, and Rebecka Löthman Rydå.
Innerworks, innovators of Synthetic Threat Intelligence, has announced the completion of a $4 million seed funding round to scale their platform approach to delivering the world’s most effective immune system for the internet, led by AlbionVC.
Most founders manage time like a resource. But here’s the real differentiator: how you manage your energy.
Founders are watching two very different AI stories unfold. Some teams rocket to big revenue almost overnight; others compound steadily with better margins and retention. Both paths exist – but what separates durable growth from flash-in-the-pan isn’t raw speed. It’s vector: speed in the right direction.
What if the secret weapon of Wall Street was suddenly in your hands? Every big bank and hedge fund guarded algorithmic trading, fast and powered by mountains of data, for decades. If you weren’t on the inside, you didn’t stand a chance.
Efficiency vs effectivity is a distinction every founder should understand early on. When building a startup, it’s tempting to measure success by how quickly things get done or how many tasks are completed in a day. Yet speed and activity are not the same as progress.
