MintNeuro, a startup working on scalable, low-power semiconductor technology for minimally-invasive neural implant applications, has announced it has raised £1 million in a funding round led by Empirical Ventures. Additional investment came from Parkwalk Advisors (through the Imperial College Enterprise Fund), Imperial College London, Plug & Play, Excellis Holding, and several prominent angel investors.

As Apple unveils its new Artificial Intelligence (AI) strategy, “Apple Intelligence”, businesses across various sectors will be anticipating its potential impact. At Slalom we have seen that 84% of UK businesses are already using AI but the majority are in the exploratory stage of implementation, with only 6% having a robust AI strategy. Is Apple’s new offering set to change that?

The power that comes with being in charge can be a wonderful thing. It enables us to make decisions, direct activity and have an impact across a broader scale. But it isn’t just an enabler, because it also changes the people who wield it. Sometimes for the better, but all too often in subtle, hidden ways that make the job of being a leader much more difficult.

New research conducted by energy transactions company tem. has revealed vast shortcomings in the energy market, which are feeding distrust and misconceptions among UK businesses and preventing them from switching to green power.

Winners of a £1.4 million competition to transform the transport sector, grow the economy and inspire innovation have been announced by the Department for Transport.

tozero, a European startup in the sustainable lithium-ion battery recycling space, has raised €11 million in an oversubscribed seed round led by NordicNinja. New investors joining this funding round include In-Q-Tel (IQT), automotive giant Honda, and global infrastructure engineering giant JGC Group. Existing investors including Atlantic Labs, Verve Ventures and Possible Ventures, also doubled down.

Originating in Cambridge, UK, Luminance was conceived by a team of mathematicians and AI experts who recognised the immense potential of AI in transforming the legal industry's approach to the vast amounts of documentation and data involved in legal work.

MicroHarvest, a company in sustainable microbial protein, has achieved a key milestone by demonstrating an ability to scale its production process to 10 tonnes per day in a single vessel, representing a ten-fold increase over its current capacity.

For half of managers with children, balancing their job with family life has become an overwhelming challenge, leaving many to feel like they're failing both at home and at work, new research from Avilio has found.

Life has a funny way of leading you down unexpected paths. For us, Giovanna and Jordan, that path led through the depths of burnout and emerged in a world of fungal wonder.

Precision solutions provider Cogna, which uses AI-powered software development to address complex business inefficiencies across critical industries, has raised $15 million in series A funding.

The work we do makes a difference. It creates transformations. It brings about change. This is why people come to us: they have a problem they need to solve, a barrier they need to overcome, or a question they need answering.

Forefront RF, a fabless semiconductor company based in Cambridge, UK, announced the closure of its £16 million Series A funding round, backed by existing investors BGF and Foresight Group, alongside new VC partners, Octopus Ventures, and Cambridge Innovation Capital. This infusion of capital supports Forefront RF's mission to redefine how mobile devices manage complex RF environments, expanding possibilities for connected devices worldwide.

In this article, Benjamin Berényi, CEO and co-founder of PastPay, discusses the rapid rise of B2B Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) across Europe and explains why this expanding sector has the potential to rival – or even surpass – the impact of its more established B2C counterpart.

Solivus, a UK provider of lightweight solar installations for commercial applications, has designed and delivered a £2 million solar installation to Farnborough Airport, taking it one step closer to its commitment to reach net zero emissions by 2030.