Funding

Bootstrap 4F deploys first capital from Women Backing Women Fund of Funds
Bootstrap 4F deploys first capital from Women Backing Women Fund of Funds

Fund manager of the Women Backing Women Fund of Funds, Bootstrap 4F, has announced its…

Seedcamp raises $320M to back Europe’s next-gen founders
Seedcamp raises $320M to back Europe’s next-gen founders

Seedcamp has raised $320 million to invest in the next generation of global companies, following…

AVP and Earlybird launch E2D, a European dual-use and defence fund
AVP and Earlybird launch E2D, a European dual-use and defence fund

Earlybird and AVP have launched E2D, a €500 million European dual-use and defence technology growth…

Rainbow Crops raises €9.7M seed to scale gene editing for crops

Agritech startup, Rainbow Crops, is developing improved craft varieties by engineering complex agronomic traits. The…

Orbio raises £16M amid growing enterprise demand for Agentic AI
Orbio raises £16M amid growing enterprise demand for Agentic AI

Orbio announced a £16m Series A led by Dawn Capital, Europe’s leading specialist B2B technology…

Is venture debt the key to surviving the funding gap?
Is venture debt the key to surviving the funding gap?

Venture debt is reshaping how capital flows through startup ecosystems worldwide, acting as a crucial…

NewOrbit raises $18.5M to commercialise Earth’s last empty orbit
NewOrbit raises $18.5M to commercialise Earth’s last empty orbit

Between commercial aircraft at 10km and conventional satellites at 500km lies a band of near-Earth…

Camphouse closes Series A to expand AI media operations
Camphouse closes Series A to expand AI media operations

Camphouse, the enterprise media operations platform, has successfully closed its Series A funding round, bringing…

Wassist raises $1.1M to bring no-code AI agents to WhatsApp commerce
Wassist raises $1.1M to bring no-code AI agents to WhatsApp commerce

Wassist, the startup that wants to make WhatsApp the default storefront for online retailers, has…

Europe's startup investors are chasing unicorns. Are women paying the price?
Europe’s startup investors are chasing unicorns. Are women paying the price?

Speaking at SIM Conference in Porto recently, Miguel Aguiar, executive director of organiser Startup Portugal…

OQC raises £260M in record-breaking quantum funding round
OQC raises £260M in record-breaking quantum funding round

British quantum computing company Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC) has raised an oversubscribed £260 million Series…

Tekst raises £9.9 million Series A funding
Tekst raises £9.9 million Series A funding

Tekst has closed a £9.96 million (€11.5 million) Series A funding round led by US…

Airbnb backs WeRoad as solo travel startup eyes expansion
Airbnb backs WeRoad as solo travel startup eyes expansion

WeRoad, the Milan-founded travel company that organises group trips for solo travellers, has closed a…

Quanscient raises €10M to lead the shift to quantum and AI-native hardware engineering
Quanscient raises €10M to lead the shift to quantum and AI-native hardware engineering

Finnish technology company Quanscient has raised a €10 million Series A funding round to accelerate…

QuberTech raises £3.4M to grow sustainable rubber from dandelions
QuberTech raises £3.4M to grow sustainable rubber from dandelions

QuberTech, a UK biotech company developing sustainable natural rubber from specially engineered dandelions, has raised…

University of Manchester techbio spin-out secures £5 million
University of Manchester techbio spin-out secures £5 million

Imperagen has closed a £5 million seed funding round led by PXN Ventures with participation…

Searchable raises $14M to capture the AI search opportunity
Searchable raises $14M to capture the AI search opportunity

Searchable, a platform that helps businesses optimise their presence in AI-driven search, has raised $14…

The money hasn’t gone, the bar has moved
The money hasn’t gone, the bar has moved

One of the most damaging myths in fundraising right now is that the money has…

Greenpixie raises £4.7M to cut Cloud and AI waste
Greenpixie raises £4.7M to cut Cloud and AI waste

Greenpixie has closed a £4.7 million pre-Series A round to help some of the world’s…

Happl closes oversubscribed $11M Series A to build global HR benefits platform
Happl closes oversubscribed $11M Series A to build global HR benefits platform

Happl, a global employee benefits operating system founded by Ben Towers MBE, has raised $11…