JumpCloud’s Q3 2024 SME IT Trends Report has revealed significant concerns among UK respondents, with 64% acknowledging that AI threats are surpassing their ability to defend against them – a notable rise from the previous report. Furthermore, 81% (up from 70% in Q1 2024) of participants agreed on the necessity for their organisations to invest in AI initiatives, highlighting a growing unease about filling security gaps.

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Open Innovation AI, a provider of GPU orchestration platforms with AI and data science tools, has partnered with Nscale, an AI cloud service provider, to deliver advanced AI cloud services and optimised AI workloads globally.

Hey Savi, the UK-based fashion search and recommendation platform, has announced a £2.2 million investment. This significant pre-seed funding round marks one of the largest for an all-female founded tech startup in the UK.

Syntetica, a startup specialising in nylon recycling, has successfully raised €4.2 million in a seed round. Leading the investment was EQT Ventures, joined by the family offices of Peugeot and ETAM, Volta Circle (Indorama Ventures’ shareholders family office), Better Angle, Pareto Holdings, Athletico Ventures, Bear Flag Capital, and notable angel investors including two-time Formula-E champion Jean-Éric Vergne, IDEC Group CEO Patrice Lafargue, and former tennis player Paul-Henri Mathieu.

Paladin Capital Group, an investor specialising in advanced cyber and AI technologies, has joined the Allied Capital Community of the Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA), an initiative by NATO to enhance dual-use innovation across member nations.

LegalFly, a legal AI platform, announced it has secured over €15 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Notion Capital, with additional backing from Redalpine and Fortino Capital.

Crypto Quantique, a provider of quantum-driven security for the Internet of Things (IoT), has announced new partnerships with three intellectual property (IP) distributors in the Asia-Pacific region: Kaviaz Technology for Taiwan, LoMicro for China, and KRM for Japan and Korea.

Defence AI innovator Helsing has secured €450 million in a Series C funding round, led by General Catalyst. The round also saw participation from prominent investors such as Elad Gil, Accel, Saab, Lightspeed, Plural, and Greenoaks.

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Global innovation scaleup Wazoku has joined the Italian Open Innovation Lookout Observatory, an initiative from the School of Management at Milan Polytechnic. This programme aims to help companies explore and harness the potential of the Italian Open Innovation ecosystem.

Exein, a company in embedded IoT cybersecurity, has secured €15 million in a Series B funding round.

Switchee, a social housing technology provider, has announced a £5 million investment from new backer Octopus Ventures and existing supporter AXA IM Alts. This follows a previous £6.5 million funding round led by AXA IM Alts in May 2023.