The Aldermore Future Attitudes study revealed UK small businesses launched in spring tend to do better than companies created during other seasons. So, should budding entrepreneurs be gearing up to launch now? What are the advantages for new business owners and why?

South Summit Madrid 2024, co-organised with IE University, will be held at La Nave in Madrid from June 5th to 7th under the slogan 'HUMAN by Design' and will generate an economic impact of almost €35 million, which would imply a growth of 25% over last year's edition and an average expenditure of €1,572 per visitor. This is one of the main conclusions of the report 'Socioeconomic Impact of South Summit in Spain 2024' prepared by PwC, which was released today during the official presentation of South Summit Madrid 2024.

In the dynamic innovation landscape, startups and higher education institutions increasingly recognise the value of collaboration.

Award-winning UK gynaecological health company Daye is launching its new workplace app, Daye for Work.

59% of larger organisations state that sustainability is their top priority over the next five years, while only 49% of startups said the same.

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Tquila, the global technology venture-building company, has announced the launch and first close of the Tquila Paloma Fund (the “Paloma Fund”), securing $40 million in commitments, which accounts for two-thirds of its target capital raise of $60 million.

Terra One, a Berlin-based startup that facilitates the transition to green energy with its grid-connected large-scale battery storage systems, has secured $7.5 million in seed funding.

Latitude59, the Estonian flagship startup and technology conference, has announced a partnership with the VONA Hackathon which aims to tackle the urgent environmental challenges faced by Ukraine due to war damage.

Treefera, the AI-enabled data management platform focused on enhancing transparency and accuracy in nature-based asset reporting – such as carbon credits and supply chain sustainability – announced a $12 million Series A funding round, led by AlbionVC.

According to market figures, 93% of Chief Data Officers agree that data strategy is crucial in order to derive value from generative artificial intelligence. In this sense, the role of the CDO in companies has evolved and has become essential in recent years as they are leading the incorporation of exponential technologies, with the preponderance of AI, anticipating digital trends and drawing the best roadmap from data-driven decision making.

This international hub on cybersecurity, co-funded by the National Institute of Cybersecurity (INCIBE), an entity under the Ministry for Digital Transformation and Public Function, through the Secretary of State for Digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence, and the University of Salamanca, continues its activity with a major event in Ibiza on 26 April, with the participation of relevant corporates, investors and startups.

This joint programme between the National Institute of Cybersecurity (INCIBE), an entity under the Ministry for Digital Transformation and Public Function, through the Secretary of State for Digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence, and the University of Salamanca continues its activity in Ibiza from 25 to 26 April and will feature talks, round tables, workshops and a hackathon.

A new report, published to mark the inaugural UK Tech Week celebration of tech ecosystems across the UK, shows that South Yorkshire's tech sector saw record levels of home-grown startup activity and attracted more tech company relocations than ever in 2023.

SCVC, an UK early-stage deeptech venture capital firm, has appointed John Williams as its partner – a move that unites two of the country’s most successful deeptech founders for the very first time.

Security teams rely on an ever-growing stack of security tools to keep their organisation safe. Yet, coverage gaps and alerts across these tools do not get proper and timely attention because of the difficulty engaging company employees busy with their daily work to fix them.

The new Government-backed Lilac Review, which aims to address and overcome the inequality faced by disabled entrepreneurs, has boosted its Steering Group with the appointment of two further disabled founders, as it tracks significant progress since launch.

Tech companies across South Yorkshire will be the first to benefit from Venture.Community, an industry network with startup and scaleup acceleration, launched as part of UK Tech Week celebrations in Sheffield.

UserHub, a User-Based Billing Platform built for B2B SaaS, has secured $3.2 million in pre-seed funding.

Space data company Blue Skies Space has secured over £2m in funding to accelerate the launch of its science satellites, to help the world’s research communities in their quest to solve the biggest questions in the universe.