Startups

Lilium successfully arranges $192 million capital raise

Lilium, developer of the first all-electric vertical take-off and landing jet, has successfully arranged a capital raise for a total amount of $192 million.

Identity platform Bureau signs off $16.5m series A round

As businesses around the world expand and grow, they seek to understand who their customers are and if they can trust them.

Fatal preservation: the startup on a mission to preserve memories

Startups are at the heart of innovation and breathe new life into the tech ecosystem, but some startups require death for their service to work.

RideTandem raises £2.3m to keep fighting transport poverty

RideTandem, a mobility-as-a-service startup providing sustainable transport for all, has raised £2.3 million in new funding.

BrainBox AI announces $10 million investment

BrainBox AI announced the close of its fundraising round at $30 million, furthering its mission of delivering scalable AI-driven solutions to decarbonise the built environment.

Elon Musk launches AI startup, xAI
Elon Musk launches AI startup, xAI

Elon Musk: billionaire entrepreneur, Tesla CEO, SpaceX CEO, Twitter Owner, and now Owner of newly launched AI startup, xAI.

Game Changers: A non-profit disrupting the Gaming Industry

The gaming sector is a behemoth, projected to be worth $300bn-plus by 2025, with upwards of 90% of UK children aged between three and fifteen actively engaged in gaming. However, amid concerns of cyberbullying, addiction and negative stereotypes, a non-profit organisation called Tales of Us (Tales) has emerged as a trailblazer. Led by Eva Vonk and Stefanie Plattner, Tales seeks to revolutionise the gaming market by prioritising collaboration, diversity, and inclusivity.

Distil.ai, the customer data platform that helps boost online sales, raises £1.1m

Distil.ai – a customer data platform that helps e-commerce businesses to understand customers’ behaviour and boost sales – has raised a further £1.1m in a funding round led by Mercia Ventures and supported by angel investors.

Fintech startup ZIPZERO relocates to Aberdeen

UK fintech startup ZIPZERO has relocated its head offices from London to Aberdeen, Scotland, in a bid to accelerate its growth.  

Meet Buddy, your financial companion

Today’s generation are living in a totally transformed financial scenario. With the likes of Apple Pay, digital banking, credit cards, buy-now-pay-later and credit, it’s never been so easy to spend money.

Where are they now? SEON

We caught up with SEON’s CMO, Matt Davies, to see how the last twelve months have been for him and the company.

Upp. raises $10m to transform online selling for retailers

Upp., a London-based technology business that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to disrupt how retailers market and sell their products online, has raised $10 million in a Seed funding round led by California based Bonfire Ventures.

Kidovo raises $1.2M funding round

The next generation of children are growing up with digital devices all around them. As a result, they’re spending increasing amounts of time on these devices in passive consumption of content which is leading to a range of development issues.

Nash Squared CEO meets with Shadow Minster for Digital Infrastructure

Last week Bev White, CEO of Nash Squared, was pleased to meet the Shadow Minister for Media, Data, and Digital Infrastructure, Stephanie Peacock MP.

Compliance LEV develops wearable technology to improve air quality

A Scottish company is seeking second round funding for what could be a breakthrough in wearable technology and a potential solution to the fact that the air we breathe is becoming irreversibly contaminated by chemical elements and particulate matter.

Playdate, a dating app for single parents, strengthens management team
Playdate, a dating app for single parents, strengthens management team

Playdate, the UK’s first dating app aimed solely at single parents has strengthened its team with three major new appointments.

How is your startup planning for exit?

The birth of the internet only happened 40 years ago, when Tim Berners-Lee proposed the idea of a web of information. In a relatively short period of time, digital and technological solutions have boomed.

Fourier Intelligence named as winner at ICRA 2023

As part of a slate of activities promoting entrepreneurship and innovation in robotics, finalists for the Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Robotics Award (IERA) presented their projects to a panel of judges at the 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), held in London 29 May – 2 June.

5 questions to help you come up with your next big startup idea

Doing a startup is a tremendous undertaking. You will likely spend a year or even two years without adequate pay and you will be working very hard. You may have to invest your own funding (or friends and family) to get the startup off the ground. It’s, therefore, important that you come up with a great startup idea to maximise the success of your startup.

Swave Photonics Secures €10M Seed Funding Round
Swave Photonics Secures €10M Seed Funding Round

Swave Photonics, a forerunner in the implementation of true holography for augmented reality, has announced the successful closure of its seed round expansion. This additional investment of €3M catapults Swave’s total funds raised to €10M.