HiBob has released its fourth annual Women in the Workplace report, revealing men’s perceptions of workplace equality are out-of-touch with reality.
Unique, a vertical AI player creating a specialised agentic AI platform for financial firms, today announced the successful completion of its Series A funding round, raising $30 million. Unique’s total investment now stands at $53 million since its founding in 2021. This round is led by CommerzVentures and DN Capital, with continued support from existing seed investors including VI Partners and Pictet Group.
Seaweed based supplement, cosmetic, and food ingredient startup BioMara, has secured $150,000 to advance fucoidan production to meet growing demand.
GoCardless, the bank payment company, has launched capital powered by Pipe, to provide direct access to capital financing for its small business customers. The offer is in collaboration with Pipe, a fintech company delivering embedded financial solutions through software and payments partners.
Recruitment inefficiencies and unfilled vacancies are set to, at a minimum, cost the UK economy an estimated £132.6 million in lost productivity over the next year, according to a new survey from leading global recruiter PageGroup’s Enterprise Solutions team.
Ahead of International Women’s Day, Rare Founders brought together a whole host of female founders to discuss the parts of the journey that women in business don’t often discuss in public. The raw, unfiltered truth, the struggles that are hidden behind their success, and the real-life experiences that female founders face on a daily basis.
Electric Sheep, a UK-based AI tech startup, announces a major milestone as it secures Innovate UK’s prestigious £500,000 Smart Grant – an award recognising its advancements in AI-driven visual effects (VFX) technology. This funding will support the development of Spotlight V3, Electric Sheep’s next-generation rotoscoping tool, set to launch in early 2025.
Videobot, the omnichannel interactive short-form video platform, has announced its drive to reinvent customer experience journeys through its video experience (VX) platform. The company recently closed at €2.8 million funding round, bringing its total funding to date to €5.5 million which will enable it to continue to develop its portfolio of products, designed to deliver video-centric brand journeys.
Nearly half (43%) of board roles and 35% of leadership roles in FTSE350 companies are now held by women, as the UK leads the way with a record number of female leaders, according to the latest FTSE Women Leaders Review 2025.
Ignota Labs, the AI-driven drug turnaround company, has announced the close of a $6.9 million (£5.5 million) seed funding round, co-led by Montage Ventures and AIX Ventures with participation from Modi Ventures, Blue Wire Capital, and Gaingels. The funding will be used to expand the pipeline by acquiring additional distressed assets and for advancement into early-stage clinical trials of their first asset, a PDE9A inhibitor.
CSEM, the Swiss technology innovation centre, has launched the country’s first dry room as part of its Battery Innovation Hub (BIH). This facility – unparalleled among Swiss research institutions and universities – is set to become operational in in September 2025 and will be instrumental in advancing next-generation battery technologies toward industrial production.
A Leeds-based accessibility startup has secured early funding and expanded its team as it rebrands and accelerates its growth. AUDITSU, formerly known as IMAGINaiTION, was founded by Jason Crispin, a multi-award-winning entrepreneur.
AI has dominated discussions over the past few years, with concerns about its potential to replace jobs taking centre stage. While some remain fearful, others are clearly excited about embracing an AI-driven future as global web searches for ‘AI workers’ continuously rise an average of 80% each month.
Gene therapy’s biggest obstacle isn’t science – it’s manufacturing. While the field races forward with breakthrough treatments, production remains stuck in the 1980s, relying on unpredictable cell-based methods that make therapies costly and slow to develop. Fuse Vectors has announced $5.2 million in pre-seed financing led by HCVC to revolutionise gene therapy development with its cell-free viral vector technology.
SkootEco, an ESG consultancy and top 5% B-Corp certified ESG platform, is proud to announce a transformative partnership with Addison Lee and Earthwatch Europe to create nature-rich spaces within two London schools, with support from the Royal Horticultural Society and Natural History Museum
Jarvis, a pension fintech redefining workplace pension management, has partnered with Sonovate, a funding platform for recruitment agencies, consultancies, freelancers, and contractors. This collaboration will permit Sonovate’s thousands of customers to utilise Jarvis’ innovative pension management solution, providing a tailored alternative to Nest pensions.
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the UK are set to make major changes to their product sourcing strategies this year, according to new data from Alibaba.com, a platform for global business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce.
Uppbeat has announced the global launch of its new motion graphics library, expanding the platform’s existing asset offering beyond copyright-free music and sound effects.
Flanks is redefining wealth management with an end-to-end solution that connects complex data from any asset class worldwide and transforms it into actionable insights, enabling advisors to make faster, more informed investment and risk management decisions.
New research reveals that older workers are suffering from a silent mental health crisis at work, with almost a third (32%) of workers over 55 having taken time off sick with poor mental health in the last year. With workers aged 50+ now making up a third (33%) of the UK workforce, addressing this issue has never been more urgent.
