HyLight, an innovator in aerial inspection with its hydrogen airship drones, has successfully raised €3.7 million from venture capitalists and business angels, including Y Combinator, Ring Capital, Kima Ventures, Collaborative Fund, and Tesla co-founder Marc Tarpenning. This funding aims to revolutionise aerial inspection by decarbonising the process.

Koba, the flexible workspace company known for creating premium, evidence-based sustainable workplaces, is launching its first UK venture at 100 Barbirolli Square in Manchester.

In the first article in this series, we discussed identifying your problems and then linking those problems to the six factors that increase stress as the first step in a simple three step process to dealing with stress.

I am frequently asked about the ins and outs of Founders joining an accelerator: Should we? Is it a waste of time? How do you weed out the great ones from the terrible ones? What will investors think?

Gut health test startup ZOE has announced it is cutting its costs by 20%, which means employee numbers will also be cut.

The AI skills gap is impeding public sector projects, with 60% identifying the shortage as their primary challenge to implementation, according to research by Salesforce.

Tracxn, a global SaaS-based market intelligence platform, has released its Geo Quarterly Report: UK FinTech Q1 2024. The report, based on Tracxn’s extensive database, provides insights into the UK FinTech space.

SmartCap has revised the terms of the Green Fund Direct Investment Programme, which is dedicated to green technology startups.

Barclays lead FXE’s Series B funding round, which is open to a consortium of FXE clients.

Experts from TelephoneSystems.Cloud have raised concerns that the reluctance to embrace new technologies is constraining small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK.

UK businesses are lacking the confidence to use AI for their financial operations, according to one of Europe’s leading spend management platforms, Pleo.

In the evolving tech landscape, Delaware-based BlinqIO, co-founded by Guy Arieli, a seasoned entrepreneur with a passion for enhancing software quality and efficiency, leverages Generative AI to offer round-the-clock testing services. 

Carrar, a specialist in battery modules and thermal management systems for electric vehicles (EVs), has successfully concluded its $5.3 million Series A financing round.

Pactio, a platform in digital infrastructure for the private markets, has announced a successful $14 million (£11 million) Series A funding round, led by EQT Ventures.

The percentage of UK small businesses considering new projects to achieve business growth (66%) has fallen to its lowest level since January 2021, according to new research by Novuna Business Finance.