Funding

Guideless raises €1M pre-seed to automate workplace training manuals
Guideless raises €1M pre-seed to automate workplace training manuals

Guideless has raised a €1 million pre-seed funding round to help companies significantly reduce time…

Solinide raises €4M to commercialise photonic chip tech for data centres
Solinide raises €4M to commercialise photonic chip tech for data centres

Solinide Photonics, developer of silicon nitride photonic integrated circuits for optical interconnects, has closed its…

Uncovering hidden signals of value: the power of a portfolio relationship intelligence system
Uncovering hidden signals of value: the power of a portfolio relationship intelligence system

Every venture fund claims to have a strong network, however very few can describe its…

MatAlytics awarded £619k grant funding to bring structural physics AI to steel sector
MatAlytics awarded £619k grant funding to bring structural physics AI to steel sector

MatAlytics, a provider of structural physics AI for critical industrial assets, has been awarded £619,000…

Mobility fintech startup Naran raises $10M from Landel to scale across LatAm and Africa
Mobility fintech startup Naran raises $10M from Landel to scale across LatAm and Africa

Naran, a mobility financing and fleet infrastructure platform, raised $10 million in equity and debt…

Metal Morph raises pre-seed to recover valuable resources from wastewater
Metal Morph raises pre-seed to recover valuable resources from wastewater

Metal Morph has raised a £700,000 pre-seed round to advance plans to turn water and…

UK semiconductor funding exceeds 2025 total
UK semiconductor funding exceeds 2025 total

UK semiconductor startups have already raised more funding this year than in all of 2025,…

Appetite for startup loans increases
Appetite for startup loans increases

British Business Bank’s Start Up Loans programme has shown a strong year-on-year increase in the…

Cambridge Aerospace raises $300M at $3.4Bn valuation
Cambridge Aerospace raises $300M at $3.4Bn valuation

UK air defence startup Cambridge Aerospace has closed its $300 million Series C funding round…

Retail loss-prevention startup Edgify secures $9M Series A+
Retail loss-prevention startup Edgify secures $9M Series A+

London-based Edgify has closed a $9 million Series A+ funding round led by Rank Ventures…

European AI startups
European AI startups secure record 55% of VC capital in H1 2026

European AI startups raised a record-breaking $23 billion in the first half of 2026, a…

ICEYE is Scaleup Europe Fund’s first bet
ICEYE is Scaleup Europe Fund’s first bet

After much anticipation, The European Commission has completed the final legal steps to establish the…

HappyRobot hits $1.2Bn valuation as it raises $150M
HappyRobot hits $1.2Bn valuation as it raises $150M

HappyRobot, the startup putting AI agents to work across complex enterprise operations, has raised $150…

Europe tech funding sees bigger deals, fewer winners
Europe tech funding sees bigger deals, fewer winners

Europe’s technology sector pulled in $35.4 billion in the first half of 2026, a 46%…

Lack of confidence in external finance is costing UK SMEs £54Bn
Lack of confidence in external finance is costing UK SMEs £54Bn

UK SMEs are missing out on an estimated £54 billion in revenue due to a…

TaskHer raises £650K to expand tradeswomen platform
TaskHer raises £650K to expand tradeswomen platform

TaskHer, a platform connecting homeowners with verified tradeswomen across London, has raised a £650,000 seed…

Beelzebub raises €3M to arm enterprises with AI-powered hacker-trapping technology
Beelzebub raises €3M to arm enterprises with AI-powered hacker-trapping technology

Beelzebub announces a €3M seed exclusively led by the Italian deep tech VC United Ventures.…

Nuclear Turbines raises £15M to ditch steam turbines
Nuclear Turbines raises £15M to ditch steam turbines

A British startup aiming to strip the cost out of nuclear power by ditching steam…

British Business Bank commits £10M to Odyssey Ventures to back UK AI and deeptech founders
British Business Bank commits £10M to Odyssey Ventures to back UK AI and deeptech founders

British Business Bank has committed £10 million to Odyssey Ventures, the transatlantic venture capital firm…

Resist.UA launches second fund to scale Ukraine’s defence tech sector
Resist.UA launches second fund to scale Ukraine’s defence tech sector

Global interest in defence technology has grown rapidly in recent years, with investors increasingly looking…