Mindstone, the upskilling platform bridging the gap between the potential and practical use of AI to boost productivity, announces the launch of its crowdfunding campaign to extend the AI opportunity to its community.

XTEND, the developer of XOS, an AI-driven operating system that is transforming the interaction between humans and drones and robots, announced its £40 million Series B funding.

3t, a player in the provision of training, learning technologies and simulation solutions for safety-critical industries, has achieved a significant milestone in its growth trajectory by successfully issuing bonds on the Norwegian Stock Market, raising $100 million in financing to aid planned strategic acquisitions.

Australia-based Hysata is developing new high-efficiency electrolysers that aim to produce green hydrogen at scale with higher energy efficiency and lower costs than alternative technologies. The company's technology combines engineering and science in a unique capillary-fed alkaline electrolyser that uses less energy to convert water to hydrogen.

Xona, a startup developing a network of small satellites to provide high-precision navigation services, has announced an oversubscribed $19 million Series A funding round led by Future Ventures and Seraphim Space. New investors NGP Capital, Industrious Ventures, Murata Electronics, Space Capital, and Aloniq also joined the round.

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NEC X, the innovation accelerator and venture studio based in Silicon Valley and supported by the global IT giant NEC, has revealed its latest investment in Multitude Insights. This company offers an AI-powered solution that enhances collaboration and accelerates case resolution for law enforcement agencies and first responders.

Definely, a UK LegalTech company designed to simplify the reading, editing, and understanding of legal documents, has successfully secured Series A funding. The $7 million Series A investment round was spearheaded by Octopus Ventures, with contributions from Cornerstone VC and Zrosk Investment.

For too long, low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have been disproportionately affected by global health disparities. Despite accounting for over 80% of the world's population and more than 90% of its disease burden, they only represent 6% of global pharmaceutical revenue.

UK AI company Wayve has announced a $1.05 billion investment to develop the next generation of AI-powered self-driving vehicles, marking the biggest investment in a UK AI company in history.

Kubos Semiconductors, a microLED material technology company, has secured $2 million in funding to boost the development of its innovative cubic GaN technology, which has the potential to double the efficiency of red microLEDs.

The race to develop the first commercially available humanoid robot has been primarily concentrated in the US, until now. mimic, a Switzerland-based startup, is challenging US dominance and joining the robotics race to be the first to take a robotic arm and humanoid hand combination to market using generative AI, as it raises a pre-seed round of $2.5 million.

Symbe, an AI-powered platform that helps sales teams win more deals by automating the creation of tailored business cases, has raised a £1.2m pre-seed round led by Concept Ventures and joined by Pact VC, Notion Capital, and a range of leading angels through Nodes Ventures.

Tuza, the UK platform changing payment processing for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), has successfully secured £4 million in a seed funding round led by Connect Ventures, with investment from Northzone, Triple Point, and Entrepreneur First.

One of Europe’s leading spend management platforms, Pleo, has secured a €40 million debt financing facility from HSBC Innovation Banking UK, the specialist financial partner for the innovation economy.

Insane Cyber, an innovator in industrial cybersecurity, announces the completion of a $4.2 million early-stage funding round to propel its mission to protect and defend critical infrastructure and operations through continuous innovation and community partnerships.

Ghent-based startup Tekst.com has developed a promising AI platform that allows large companies to automate text-based processes, such as processing high volumes of email.

Insurtech firm PeppercornAI has successfully secured £3.25 million in its recent funding round.

Camion, a power and electric vehicle charging intelligence and analytics platform based in London, arms stakeholders in the real estate and EV charging infrastructure sectors with crucial insights to capitalise on the increasing demand for EV charging and future-proof their portfolios.

NatWest has recently extended its inaugural mass-market Intellectual Property-backed loan to Sci-Net, a rapidly expanding software enterprise located just outside Oxford, in Chipping Norton.