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Olympic champion Matt Richards launches Sponza

Double Olympic gold medallist Matt Richards has launched Sponza, a sportstech platform designed to modernise…

AI breakthrough turns smartphones into lifesavers for pets
AI breakthrough turns smartphones into lifesavers for pets

Decorte Future Industries, a Cambridge-based startup using artificial intelligence (AI) to extract health data from…

Humanoid achieves 97% reliability in Ford trial
Humanoid achieves 97% reliability in Ford trial

Humanoid, a UK-based robotics and AI company, has completed a Proof of Concept (POC) at…

Entrepreneurship with purpose: inside the EASI Showcase
Entrepreneurship with purpose: inside the EASI Showcase

On a January evening in east London, entrepreneurs, liverymen, and mentors gathered at The Trampery…

The innovator scaling a business to make travel more accessible
The innovator scaling a business to make travel more accessible

Many entrepreneurs begin their innovation journey driven by a desire to showcase new technology or…

Ones to watch: spacetech startups
Ones to watch: spacetech

In the July/August 2025 issue of Startups Magazine, we introduced some spacetech startups that we…

CesiumAstro: filling the gap for space communication
CesiumAstro: filling the gap for space communication

Space is hard, nothing exactly goes to plan, and there are always surprises, were the…

Lodestar: guarding the galaxy
Lodestar: guarding the galaxy

Lodestar is a space defence startup on a mission to give allied nations a sovereign…

Applied Atomics: powering a new era of in-space logistics
Applied Atomics: powering a new era of in-space logistics

As humans, space has always been a point of fascination. And, as technology has evolved,…

Startups Magazine’s top startups of 2025
Startups Magazine’s top startups of 2025

The startup ecosystem in 2025 was teeming with excitement; with record-breaking funding deals, plenty of…

Maxximus: AI-led marketplace helping people monetise their talents
Maxximus: AI-led marketplace helping people monetise their talents

Maxximus is an AI-led marketplace, connecting those who seek with those who contribute. Founded by…

Natalie Dowsett
Meet the innovator driving change for African communities

Determined problem solver Natalie Dowsett is about to supply thousands of off-road vehicles to Africa,…

Logan Paul joins brother’s startup after $30M funding round
Logan Paul joins brother’s startup after $30M funding round

Anti Fund, co‑founded by Jake Paul and Geoffrey Woo, announces its over-subscribed $30 million Anti Fund I. With the close of Fund I, Anti Fund’s assets under management now exceed $65 million.

London entrepreneur launches Searchable, the first platform built for AI search
London entrepreneur launches Searchable, the first platform built for AI search

AI is rewriting the rules of marketing. People are searching Google less and asking AI assistants like ChatGPT more – and the answers they get are shaping what they browse and buy. AI Search Traffic is converting at 14.4% vs traditional google organic rate which is closer to 2.5%.

Now, a new platform called Searchable has launched to help brands stay visible and capture customers as they move to this new marketing battlefront.

Humanoid unveils record breaking bipedal robot
Humanoid unveils record breaking bipedal robot

Humanoid, a UK-based robotics and AI company, unveiled HMND 01 Alpha Bipedal, a humanoid robot that sets a new benchmark for development speed and operational readiness.

Magdrive: Propelling the space industry forward
Magdrive: Propelling the space industry forward

As many as 70,000 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites are expected to be launched over the next five years, Goldman Sachs Research has reported, highlighting a growing and thriving industry that has come to rely on satellites for connectivity and observation. Satellites are used for anything from voice communications in remote locations to tracking populations of endangered species.

Where are they now? Skyrora

When we last spoke to Skyrora 18 months ago in our Jan/Feb 2024 edition, CEO and Co-Founder Volodymyr Levykin likened the company to being a “space taxi”. The vision was to disrupt the space industry by becoming the first private orbital launcher – designing, manufacturing, and deploying launch vehicles for satellites – all with sustainability in mind.

Virtus Solis: clean solar power for a new dawn of energy abundance
Virtus Solis: clean solar power for a new dawn of energy abundance

“We can solve all the world’s energy challenges with no drawbacks,” said John Bucknell, CEO and Founder of Virtus Solis, a spacetech startup based in Michigan who is building astral solar power plants.

Trovr launches QUBE to prepare independent retailers for Deposit Return Scheme
Trovr launches QUBE to prepare independent retailers for Deposit Return Scheme

Trovr, a recycling technology startup transforming how the world manages single-use drink containers, has launched the QUBE in the UK – a smart recycling unit designed to offer independent retailers support with the upcoming Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) without the cost, complexity, or footprint of supermarket-scale systems.

UK facing quantum startup exodus

With less than two weeks until the Budget speech, a leading voice in the quantum industry is warning the UK government needs to announce a Quantum Sovereign Wealth Fund or risk an innovation exodus.