After making a small return last year, 2022 London Tech Week returned with a bang this year, with a new venue, an incredible line-up of speakers and thousands of people and companies there to connect and learn about how technology can make a positive change and impact. 

Just a few years ago, 3D printing was like what the blockchain was a decade ago. Not many knew about it, even fewer understood it, and its application to real-world problems wasn't very apparent. However, in the past decade, 3D printing has come a long way and 3D printers are becoming common bits of machinery employed by businesses and individuals.

Athlete and investor Chris Smalling has announced the launch of ForGood, a venture capital consultancy investing in companies that are addressing the world’s largest environmental challenges such as climate change.

Google for Startups has announced the 40 Black-led tech startups receiving grants from its $4m (approx £3mn) Black Founders Fund across Europe, created to tackle racial inequality in venture capital funding for startups. The announcement follows a series of launch events across Europe, in London, Paris and Berlin, including a gathering hosted by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, at City Hall for a group of London-based founders as part of the capital’s London Tech Week celebrations.

Bringing a minimum viable product (MVP) to market is a landmark moment in the development of any tech startup – and for many founders, it marks the critical first realisation of their idea.

A nationwide search for the UK’s 100 most inspiring small businesses is entering its final week, as part of major plans to mark the tenth-year anniversary of Small Business Saturday UK.

The 2022 everywoman Awards are now open for nominations until 11th July 2022.  Celebrating their 20th year, the awards identify and celebrate inspirational female founders whose innovation, passion and purpose will inspire future generations of entrepreneurial women. Lauded by government with a reception at 11 Downing Street when this ground-breaking programme launched in 2003, business owners recognised by the everywoman Awards have been invited to front UK trade and industry campaigns, to participate in international trade missions as well as to meet The Queen.

Data is often referred to as ‘the new oil’ that is now playing a major part in shaping economies the world over. In today’s digital world, around 85% of organisations see data as one of their most valuable assets. Brian Knudtson, Director of Cloud Market Intelligence at iland reports.

Headquartered in Aachen and emerging from stealth mode in May, MachineWare is set to revolutionise semiconductor design with its high-speed functional RISC-V simulator, SIM-V.

Much has been written about payment rails in the news lately, as neobanks and fintechs continue to flood the market with new and innovative banking and payment products. Simply put, any business that deals with transactions in any shape or form must also deal with payments, and ultimately, payments rails.

The way we work, interact, and communicate in the workplace has been flipped on its head since the pandemic. And with the shift comes new workplace habits.

Journee, the online tour operator that matches people with experiential trips to mystery destinations, has secured £1.75m investment.

If you have not been over to Dublin before, you may not be aware what a hub it is, not just for technology, but also for budding entrepreneurs and the startups community. That is why the Dublin Tech Summit is Europe’s Fastest Growing Tech Conference and full of insight and talent.

London-based B2B sales startup trumpet has secured £1.6m in a pre-seed funding round led by Lightbird Ventures, alongside Triple Point Ventures, Haatch and female-led Anamcara Capital, and a number of high-profile operators from Loom, Cognism and Reachdesk.

A recent report reveals the strength of investment in the UK’s women entrepreneurs by lenders and investors signed up to the Investing in Women Code, a world-leading commitment to improve access to finance for women-led businesses.

Rajesh Agrawal, Deputy Mayor of London for Business has met Monday 27th June six of London Co-Investment Fund’s (LCIF) innovative, high impact investees in healthcare, sustainability, and clean transportation.

The University of Warwick, Advanced Propulsion Centre, and Zenzic have joined the Plug and Play UK’s Mobility programme, which launches with a kick-off event at Jaguar Land Rover’s research collaboration hub at the National Automotive Innovation Centre (NAIC). The University of Warwick becomes the programme’s founding academic partner.

Medical startups are a prospective niche that provides valuable services to people seeking medical help. One of the most successful examples is Bookimed.com. It is a medical tourism startup that assists people from any corner of the globe in finding the best treatment option. People use such services for two reasons: either they look for higher quality or low-cost medical services than those they can find in their own country of residence.

Organisations can now apply to deliver a UK-wide programme of activity supporting the UK’s digital and tech startups and scale ups.

In light of data outlining the challenge ahead for UK tech, Tech Nation launches its Growth Platform to guide over 6,000 UK tech startups and scaleups through their scaling journey at speed and creating more UK success stories, marking a new chapter for Tech Nation.