Startups

Most new services offered to us today have evolved with efficiency and convenience at their core. You can schedule a flight across the world in under two minutes from your phone. We can all be reached 24/7 at the touch of a button. Even whole sentences are shortened to acronyms. NBD.

Aegiq, a start-up developing solutions to enable wide-scale adoption of quantum technologies, has today launched project U-Quant in partnership with the Luxmoore Lab from the University of Exeter.

A start-up pet care app which launched in March this year has reached a milestone 50,000 registered pet owners committed to investing in the health and wellbeing of their dogs whilst earning rewards for doing so.

GetHomeSafe (GHS) is a world-class Software as a Service company with offices in both New Zealand and London. The team are passionate about giving business leaders confidence in answering the important questions; ‘Where is my team? and Are they OK?’

Water contaminated with persistent and toxic pollutants is one of the world’s most pressing health and environmental concerns.

Rithum, the premium smart technology system designed to seamlessly integrate into your home or business, has secured £250,000 in a seed round led by early-stage focused venture capital firm Jenson Funding Partners, with participation from the Capital Pilot Boost Fund as well as crowd investors.

Rithum, the premium smart technology system designed to seamlessly integrate into your home or business, has secured £250,000 in a seed round led by early-stage focused venture capital firm Jenson Funding Partners, with participation from the Capital Pilot Boost Fund as well as crowd investors.

Each day debris intentionally or accidentally ends up in our lakes, waterways and marine environments.

Yep!, a multi-format alcohol service, today announced its launch in London. The platform features personal AI-based recommendations and predictive stock supply.  

Faircado, a Berlin-based startup that provides the first AI-powered second-hand shopping assistance, announces the launch of its fashion apparel category.

Today, Teamed announces the successful close of its seed round at £2.5M, led by Blackfinch Group alongside Nexus Investments and 1818 Venture Capital, enabling the global hiring platform to further develop its service-led software to make global employment easier for companies and top talent.

Aura, the leading innovator in WiFi-connected picture frames, has announced the company has raised $26M in growth capital to support increased manufacturing and future development of the brand’s connected frames and private family photo-sharing app.

A new boutique technology communications consultancy, Duet London, has launched to make senior communications expertise truly accessible for fast-growing startups and scale ups that need an ‘A team’ to compete with larger and more established incumbents.

Bitgreen, the company building blockchain’s epicenter for sustainability, partners with green infrastructure developer Sewa Energy Resources (SERL) and international climate action platform Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) to finance the Betmai Hydroelectric Facility in Sierra Leone.

Leading consumer intelligence platform, Talkwalker has announced the implementation of large language models within its consumer intelligence acceleration platform – an industry first in the consumer intelligence space.

FITFCK, a dating brand for gym-enthusiasts, goes from strength to strength (pun intended) as they announce their entry into the online content-creator world. The fitness dating brand connects like minded gym lovers through IRL fitness dating events – and their soon to be released IOS and android compatible dating app.

Huel has closed a $24 million funding round led by Highland Europe, welcoming SAG-winning actor, musician, filmmaker and philanthropist and UN Goodwill Ambassador Idris Elba OBE to the team, alongside a star-studded line-up of new investors.

The UK’s education system is thought to be one of the strongest in the world. It often ranks in the top five for worldwide education systems. But take a closer look and, despite the advanced British school curriculum and the UK being home to some of the world’s most prestigious universities, the British education system falls short when it comes to an equal playing field for disadvantaged students.

New analysis of startup loans with personal guarantees attached has found that the average loan has fallen over 138% in the past year to £142,492, from £339,304 in 2021.

Organise, the global worker-led network for fixing employment and campaigning for better pay and working conditions, has now hit an active user base of over 1.7 million workers in the UK.