VC funding in the AI sector started strong in 2025, carrying forward impressive momentum from 2024. During the first three months of the year, AI companies and startups raised tens of billions of dollars in funding rounds, proving investor confidence in the sector remains strong.

Innovate UK has awarded TreQ and a consortium of partners including Rigetti, Oxford Ionics, Q-CTRL, and Qruise, £1.65 million to develop an Open Architecture Quantum (OAQ) Testbed.

xMEMS Labs has announced that its Cowell MEMS tweeter is now shipping in an AI sports glasses product from BleeqUp, a hardware startup based in China. This milestone marks the first commercial deployment of a MEMS tweeter in AI glasses and signals xMEMS’ growing momentum in the fast-expanding AI eyewear market.

With landmark initiatives announced to forge new frontiers in Europe’s digital sovereignty, including the €200bn AI pledge and unprecedented emphasis on quantum, cloud, semiconductors and data storage, a sense of urgency is sweeping across the continent to reimagine the status quo and reshape critical tech infrastructures. 

When it comes to making our homes more sustainable, most of us think of solar panels, smart thermostats, or better insulation, and although this can be the case, beyond the well-known solutions, the UK is home to a wave of lesser-known innovations that are quietly transforming the way we live.

An initiative which helps innovative Artificial Intelligence (AI)-focused scaleup companies to maximise their full commercial potential is now open for 2025 applications.

In today's high-speed business landscape, entrepreneurs face unprecedented pressure. The demands of building companies while navigating technological disruption create unique stress patterns that traditional wellness advice often fails to address. After working with founders for over 15 years, I've developed a "flexible mindfulness" approach that fits the entrepreneurial lifestyle.

Southeast Asia’s (SEA) entrepreneurial landscape, backed by its flourishing technology startup ecosystem, is primed to experience significant activity and heightened investor interest. With Statistics Research projecting regional VC funding will reach US$13.7 billion in 2025 and Citigroup estimating Asian tech funding will expand by 10% this calendar year, SEA-based startups are poised to enter a vibrant new phase – empowered with new access to capital, talent, and global attention to scale solutions across industries.

Scaling a startup is an exciting yet daunting challenge. While product-market fit and funding are critical, leadership is often the deciding factor between success and failure. In fact, approximately 70% of startups fail within their first 10 years, with many of these failures attributed to 'people issues,' including leadership challenges.

TDK Corporation has announced that its corporate venture-capital subsidiary TDK Ventures has launched Fund 3, a $150 million commitment to catalysing the next generation of iconic deeptech startups.

When America sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold. When it comes to mergers and acquisitions amid Trump’s tariffs, however, it could be more like Covid. According to Iain Lownes, a partner in the Corporate Finance practice at professional services firm S&W, the pandemic could provide a guide as to what we’re likely to see in the market.  

New research has revealed that almost a third of workers believe there is a generational divide in their workplace, with different generations sharing wildly opposing views on what constitutes "appropriate" workplace conduct.

The 2024 EIB Investment Survey reinforces market trends supporting a shift in Europe’s current investment landscape. Economic changes and geopolitical uncertainty are placing more significant stress on business owners. Where some industries struggle to adapt, digital innovation is seeing a renaissance through private equity (PE) support.

viAct, an AI-powered impact monitoring platform, has successfully closed a $7.3 million Series A funding round.

Branding isn’t just a marketing gimmick. It impacts all aspects of your business from retaining employees to your pricing, and to the sustainable growth of the business.

Support for regional small businesses has never been more important. The UK’s entrepreneurial community is facing mounting challenges, with the economic climate increasingly challenging following recent tax increases in particular. Business closures are at a 20-year high, economic growth has stagnated, and employers are having to make tough choices to navigate these new tax and regulatory burdens.

Easter may not be all about the chocolate, but with supermarket shelves filled to the brim with foil-wrapped eggs and bunnies, and Easter egg hunts a staple for most, chocolate is one of the most exciting things about the holiday.

Anthony Sutton, Director of Cream HR  and with decades of experience in HR, shares why Diversity and Inclusion is imperative to any business. 

Good Business Pays has been reporting on the payment practices of large companies for the past four years, but now reveals new research that raises big questions about the accuracy of payment data and therefore the authenticity of payment data reported by companies as part of their statutory duties.

Strava, the app for active people, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Runna, a UK-headquartered tech company developing personalised running training plans and coaching.