Burbank has announced its £5 million Series Seed financing to support the launch of its payments platform, Card Present over Internet (CPoI). The funding round was led by Mouro Capital with participation from Anthemis (supported by Foxe Capital), Portfolio Ventures, and others. These funds will accelerate the global roll out of Burbank's platform.

Managing a team is one of the most challenging and important parts of being a leader. Whether a finance leader who’s putting together a team for an emerging startup or someone who has managed one person or a team for many years, this article will reiterate some of the key elements to consider when it comes to developing a finance team. Based on lessons that I have learnt after almost 20 years of working as a finance leader with startups and scaleups.

When it comes to the risks associated with running a business, some may choose to ignore them: those are the people whose companies are most likely to run into trouble down the line.

When it comes to a startup, with its pivots and tight budgets, Learning & Development (L&D) must prove its value.

President Donald Trump is gutting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programmes across the US, and he’s not stopping at government initiatives. Major corporations are removing diversity hiring goals, and quietly erasing commitments they once championed. Google. Meta. Disney. Even Pepsi. One by one, they’re following suit.

Imagine a scene where a working professional spends weeks preparing tasks and projects for a tech leadership community. Hours are focused on designing the valuable information and the result is a wild success.

Let’s be honest – most service-based business owners didn’t start their business to spend all day selling. And yet, for many women I work with, sales has become a full-time job on top of the actual work they do.

Novatron Fusion Group (NFG) is pleased to announce the successful closing of its Series A1 funding round. This achievement is further enhanced by a new strategic long-term industrial partnership with lead investor and new board member St1, marking a new chapter in the journey toward commercial fusion energy.

"Startup failures have jumped by 60% over the past year": statistics like this are familiar headlines, yet we seldom deeply explore why.

Page, the AI-powered external relations platform based at Velocity, the startup incubator at the University of Waterloo, has successfully closed $4.1 million in seed funding to expand its services into the US and UK markets.

Global Work, a startup dedicated to reshaping the future of work, has raised $1.25 million in pre-seed funding to enhance its AI-powered platform, which provides personalised support and automation for every specialist looking for a new job.

Despite being in the industry for years, dynamic pricing remains a somewhat controversial topic. Last year, media attention was drawn to the backlash over Oasis concert tickets’ sale – volatile price fluctuations left the band’s fans outraged and attracted the attention of the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which launched an investigation into Ticketmaster’s ‘dynamic pricing’ practices.

The start of a new year presents an ideal moment for organisations to reassess how they connect with their workforce. For HR professionals, this timing offers a perfect opportunity to implement fresh approaches to team motivation and workplace engagement.

Businesses are pushing back against the rise in AI generated job applications and CVs, which are making it harder to find the best talent and lengthening time to hire. 

PhilosopherKing, an AI-driven gaming platform enabling real-time, dynamic storytelling, has raised $3 million in a seed funding round led by 468 Capital and 212. The funding will be used to advance the company’s AI-powered technology, expand its team, and accelerate its vision of transforming interactive storytelling in gaming and other industries.