Hundreds of London small businesses start without a plan

London has long been known for its entrepreneurial spirit, but new data from Grow London Local shows that many of the city’s emerging small businesses are starting out without the basics in place.

Bigtech won’t ever disrupt the NHS – but it will cause local ripples

On 24th June, I joined AlbionVC for an informative and thought-provoking discussion about ‘The State of UK & European Healthtech in 2025’. The discussion was around what startups need to know about AI, investment, and infrastructure in healthtech today. Led by Partners Dr Molly Gilmartin and Dr Andrew Elder, it looked at the evolving healthtech investment landscape and offered insights for startups who are working in the world of AI and care delivery today.

Cambridge spinout raises £1.8M for AI-enabled drug target discovery

OutSee, a genomics and drug discovery company pioneering a unique AI-based predictive genomics approach to target discovery, announced it has secured £1.8 million in seed funding, led by Ahren Innovation Capital and with additional investment from Kadmos Capital, Empirical Ventures, and Panacea Ventures.

Cellugy secures €8.1M to eradicate microplastics in personal care products

Cellugy, a Danish industrial biotechnology startup developing innovative, biobased solutions to replace fossil-based materials in the personal care sector, has secured €8.1 million to support scaling up the production of its biofabricated cellulose-based rheology modifier material, EcoFLEXY.

Swiss startup expands internationally

exnaton, a Swiss AI startup for utilities billing, has partnered with TotalEnergies Power & Gas Belgium to roll out dynamic electricity tariffs in Belgium.

Just 1 in 4 businesses ready for EU Accessibility Act

With less than a week until the European Accessibility Act (EAA) comes into force on 28th June 2025, businesses across Europe – and beyond – are being urged to take immediate action to ensure their digital products and services are compliant with new accessibility standards.

A transatlantic growth network for photonics startups

PhotonDelta, the Netherlands-based photonic chip accelerator, and Luminate NY, the accelerator for startups with optics, photonics, and imaging enabled technologies, have entered into a strategic collaboration to support the growth of early-stage photonics companies across North America and the Netherlands.

Mind the gap: employers and Gen Z out of sync on skills

A new report from The Open University reveals a growing disconnect between UK employers and the next generation of workers – one that could be preventing employers from addressing the UK’s persistent skills shortages.  

How search results have changed in 2025

Google Search Results have always been a moving target. Just when businesses finally got comfortable with EEAT (Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, Trustworthiness), the rules shifted again.

£20k grant for female-founded SME up for grabs

Tide, the business financial platform in the UK, has been announced as the headline sponsor for 2025’s everywoman Entrepreneur Awards.

Students impress judges at Dragons’ Den style pitching event

Forward thinking entrepreneurs at Coventry University have been awarded a share of £15,000 in funding after pitching their innovative business ideas.

Project A raises £278M for backing entrepreneurs from idea stage

Project A, one of Europe’s technology venture capital firms, announces the successful close of its oversubscribed £278 million Fund V, increasing its total assets under management to €1.2 billion ($1.4 billion).

AR pioneer Porotech one of 12 winners in UK Government awards

From ethical metal recycling to AI-driven edtech and digital identity, twelve UK-based SMEs have been named as winners of the Department for Business and Trade’s (DBT) 2025 Made in the UK, Sold to the World Awards.

Modern Industrial Strategy to boost UK startups

Wales is set for increased economic growth, billions in investment, and tens of thousands of new jobs supported over the next decade as a result of the UK Government’s modern Industrial Strategy, which is published today (Monday 23 June).

Naked Energy’s solar thermal tech installed on London hotel

The iconic Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London has installed solar heat technology from Naked Energy on its rooftop. This installation makes the luxury hotel the first in the UK to use Naked Energy’s solar thermal collectors, demonstrating its commitment to reducing carbon emissions and energy consumption.

Good governance is the antidote to market chaos

As frequent geopolitical incidents ramp up pressure on businesses globally, boards must ensure they possess the resilience to respond.

British Business Bank commits £6.6bn to back UK innovation

The Secretary of State for the Department for Business and Trade announced that £6.6 billion of new capital is being committed by the British Business Bank to boost growth, marking a major step change in financing to support smaller businesses to start and scale in the UK.

How to understand your brain profile as a startup founder

Every person’s brain anatomy is different, so understanding it and harnessing what makes it unique is key to getting ahead in business. Natalie Mackenzie, a cognitive health expert for business owners, shares how you can understand your own brain profile to get ahead as a startup founder.

Tadaweb raises $20M to scale small data PAI and OSINT Operating System

Tadaweb has secured $20 million to scale its Small Data Operating System for publicly available information (PAI) and open-source intelligence (OSINT). The software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform is used by defence, national security, public safety, cyber threat intelligence, and corporate security organisations across Europe and the US to boost the efficiency of analysts and investigators by reducing time to insight from days to minutes.

Equipping armed forces community with £40m in funding

Ahead of Armed Forces Day, Start Up Loans and X-Forces Enterprise announce over £4 million worth of loans has been delivered to members of the Armed Forces community since July 2024.