A new analysis of 334 UK startups that secured seed or pre-seed funding in 2025 has revealed a striking lack of PR readiness, with just 13% of funded startups having a dedicated press or news section on their website.
Gosta Labs, a Helsinki-based healthtech company founded by the ex-Kaiku Health founders, has closed a €7.5 million seed round to scale its AI operating system for complex medical specialties.
Estonia is back in the top tier of Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 Central Europe 2025, confirming its rising influence on the region’s innovation map. At the awards gala in Prague on November 20, Tallinn-based startup Wallester was revealed as the highest-ranked Estonian company, placing 6th overall among the fastest-growing tech firms in Central Europe.
As organisations strengthen their data foundations, chief data officers (CDOs) are increasingly driving technology innovation, according to a new Deloitte report which shows, CDOs overwhelmingly agree that a well-defined data strategy is essential.
UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced targeted investment in industrial strategy sectors across the UK with the introduction of two AI growth zones in Wales, creating more than 8,000 jobs and £17 million in Northern Ireland to strengthen UK external markets.
CIQ, the US-based leader in enterprise-grade open-source software infrastructure focusing on security and high performance computing (HPC) including artificial intelligence (AI), has announced the opening of its new regional headquarters in the Gulf region.
The upcoming Autumn Budget is a vital moment for the government with all eyes on the Chancellor’s efforts to drive sustainable growth and encourage UK investment. Chancellor Rachel Reeves has pledged for a ‘budget for growth with fairness at its heart’. But the question remains: what will that actually look like?
UK businesses are adopting AI at a rapid pace, but poor implementation is exacerbating “AI workslop”. The rise of low-quality, AI-generated material flooding workplaces is frustrating workers and undermining the £2.9 billion that the UK’s AI sector attracted in 2024.
Social Links has secured $3 million to accelerate the development of next-generation defence tools designed to secure companies’ brand, assets, and people in the AI-Driven Era against modern risks.
Buildroid AI, an AI robotics startup, has emerged from stealth with $2 million in pre-seed funding led by Tim Draper, known for backing Tesla, SpaceX, Skype, and Robinhood. The startup has also announced the launch of its first block-laying robot, built using BIM-to-BUILD simulation.
UK small businesses would be most at risk if various taxes were to go up in the Autumn Budget, according to new research from Novuna Business Finance, conducted a week before the Autumn Budget.
More UK businesses can slash their energy bills thanks to Octopus Energy’s latest ‘Shape Shifters: Agile’ tariff – the UK’s first fully agile tariff for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
Snowball, the award-winning disability accessibility app that made headlines with a rare full-house offer from all five Dragons on BBC’s Dragons’ Den, has been officially signed up by Google for Startups, accelerating its mission to make accessibility accessible around the world.
Only three months after its founding, NexDash has secured €5 million in seed funding to build Europe’s first Neo-Carrier for electric trucks. Founded by Michael Cassau – who previously built tech-rental unicorn Grover – the company aims to accelerate the electrification of Europe’s highly fragmented and under-digitalised road freight sector.
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.
Rift, a deeptech company specialising in on-demand aerial intelligence, has announced a €4.6 million funding round led by AlleyCorp with participation from OVNI Capital. The investment will accelerate the development of Rift’s technology and the deployment of the first on-demand aerial intelligence network, operated from a single remote command centre in France.
Digital Catapult, in partnership with Sony Music UK and Sony Music Publishing UK, and in collaboration with Channel 4, has announced the 12 Black-founded startups joining the 2025 cohort of its Black Founders Programme. Designed to accelerate the growth of high-potential creative-technology companies and enable them to scale, it connects entrepreneurs with mentorship, technical support, and targeted funding to prepare them for investment and successful commercialisation.
Dost, an AI-powered financial automation platform, has announced its official UK market launch following a £6 million Series A funding round led by Octopus Ventures.
In 2024, Black Friday was forecasted to boost the UK economy with £7.1 billion in sales. And with three in five adults predicted to be heading to the shops for the Black Friday weekend in 2025 – that’s 31.9 million potential customers for UK SMBs.
Condukt, the next-generation compliance platform for financial services, has announced $10 million in funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and MMC Ventures, with participation from Cocoa Ventures.
