Azimo, a cross border payment startup founded in 2012, focused on low value remittances from Europe to more than 190 countries, has been bought global payroll management firm Papaya Global

Builder.ai has announced an investment of $100m in a Series C funding round led by Insight Partners, a New York-based global venture capital and private equity firm. The round, which brings the company’s total funding to $195m across three total rounds, includes participation from existing investors in combination with new individual and institutional names that include the IFC & Jeffrey Katzenberg’s WndrCo.  

MISSION, the incubator programme for early-stage startups with purpose, today opens for applications.

A collaboration between Garage Beer Co, Vaayu and Seareg Project sees total emissions generated by the production of ‘Blau’ compensated for through local community-led initiatives to protect and regenerate the Mediterranean sea. 

Climate change investor, Climate VC, has launched to exert a gigatonne scale impact on climate change in the next decade and influence a sea change in the way the venture capital sector approaches climate investing.

British smart MedTech company NeedleSmart is at the forefront of helping the NHS radically reduce CO2 emissions in its clinical waste disposal by a staggering 95% as part of its Carbon Reduction Strategy, saving £10s of millions in clinical waste destruction.   

Vodafone has named Jenk Oz, the 16-year-old founder and CEO of social enterprise company Thred Media, as the winner of the latest edition of its Shout Out for Small Businesses competition.

Global law firm Ashurst announces the 16 FinTechs and GreenTechs who have been selected as the next cohort of FinTech Legal Labs.

Entrepreneurs across five of the world’s biggest investment hubs have said they are ready to turn down funding from investors without adequate sustainability practices, new research shows.

Caterpillar, the digital rewards app for health promotion, education and behavioural change, has received £450,000 in funding from investors including Jenson Funding Partners, the venture capital firm. The healthtech company will use the funds to add new features to the app, expand the range of loyalty schemes it offers, and for other areas of business development.

As the UK's tech scene continues to grow, it has become increasingly attractive to international investors. The scale at which you can achieve global success with a UK-based tech company is huge. But what opportunities are available for startups in the US?

Koidra, an intelligent automation (IA) platform company based out of Seattle, has raised $4.5 million in its seed round. Ospraie Ag Science (OAS) led this round of funding, with participation from Amritam Holdings, Cavallo Ventures, and Foothill Ventures.

Latest round takes Vampr’s total funding to over $3.3m, in line with explosive user growth; hosting 1.4m users worldwide and brokering over 7m professional relationships

Bicester-based tech start-up EZ-Charge has opened the door to international growth by signing a contract that will see its technology form the backbone of a new electric vehicle charging network in Malaysia.

ICT Spring is a centrepiece of Luxembourg’s event calendar and one of the top European tech conferences. Organised by Farvest and hosted next June 30th and July 1st at LuxExpo the Box, the event will inspire delegates across a variety of important topics. Key areas of focus are the fast growing FinTech industry, innovations and technologies building the future of the economy, European Sovereignty in Data & Cloud, Supply Chain initiatives, IT Security, HealthTech, entrepreneurship as well as Space technologies. 

JumpCloud today announced expansion of its Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) team and that industry veteran Denis Dorval has joined as vice president to manage EMEA expansion from London. The expansion and Dorval’s addition follow a year of strong revenue growth and customer momentum for JumpCloud, including in EMEA.

Agmis has launched an accelerator programme for early-stage European startups. The programme aims to convert promising ideas into minimum viable products in three months. Startups can apply for up to 200,000 Euro investment delivered on a code for equity basis or as a financial investment.

The partnership will see AS Monaco and Capital Block work together to further engage with the club’s passionate fans and develop the club’s NFT community, enabling fans to own and collect some of the club’s most famous moments.

Theion, a global battery manufacturer of lithium-sulphur cathode technology, announced the appointment of Dr. Ulrich Ehmes as CEO and the upcoming commercial availability of its Crystal Battery for applications, beginning with the aerospace sector.

LambdaTest has closed a total of $45m in a venture round led by Premji Invest with participation from existing investors Sequoia Capital India, Telstra Ventures, Blume Ventures, and Leo Capital. Sandeep Johri, Ex-CEO and present board member of Tricentis, has also angel invested in this round.