In 2023, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) actively repelled more than 50,000 cyberattacks daily, according to the UAE Cybersecurity Council. In the first three quarters of the same year, the country successfully prevented over 71 million attempted attacks in total.

NeuReality, a company with a mission of redefining AI inference and data centre infrastructure for the AI era, announced it secured $20 million in fresh funding.

Norton Rose Fulbright, a global law firm, has just crowned JustParent as the champion of its seventh annual Insurathon, a contest designed to spotlight and support the brightest tech innovators in the insurance industry.

Stanhope AI, a company harnessing decades of neuroscience research for training machines to make decisions akin to humans in real-world scenarios, has successfully bagged £2.3 million in seed investment.

Attention has long been the buzzword of the marketing world. The thing every brand is battling for, yet is so hard to grab and hold. Those crucial few seconds – and if you’re lucky, minutes – which plant a seed in a potential future customer are essential to any business trying to make a dent with their advertising both ATL and online.

Automated Architecture (AUAR), a pioneering construction tech startup, has secured a £2.6 million Seed investment to propel its vision of crafting sustainable and affordable homes through its unique micro-factories.

For me, it’s personal. As a parent of a severely dyslexic son, time and again I have experienced services, notably in education, that were actively resistant to the potential of technology. To give a very small example as an illustration, my son’s school wouldn’t let him use his mobile phone in the classroom. Instead of allowing him to photograph the white board, say, to capture the homework task, they opted to pay for a teaching assistant to be in class to take notes for dyslexic learners. Technology could have empowered learners and nurtured skills for independence. Instead, it was resisted, and students’ needs were stigmatised.

Nordensa, a fan-driven platform dedicated to uncovering football talent, has successfully closed a €1.65 million Seed funding round. This influx of capital is set to bolster the platform's development and enhance its ability to draw top-tier talent to its already distinguished lineup.

Four innovative UK tech companies have been selected to receive Government support from the UK-APAC Tech Growth Programme to accelerate their plans for expansion in Japan.

Payments provider, Ryft, is upgrading its digital platform payments offering through a new partnership with global payments company, American Express.

Embedded sustainability fintech, ekko has partnered with customer experience solution provider, Primis. The move will embed greater sustainability across the post-purchase customer experience, providing customers with more visibility into the environmental impact of purchases.

The Czech fintech startup Flowpay has leveraged predictive AI models, automation, and Embedded Finance to enhance access to operational funding for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Flexible workspace specialist x+why is launching a new in-house design division, whydesign, dedicated to crafting sustainable, aesthetically driven office environments.

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Marking a resurgence after a prolonged period of sluggish activity in the public market, IPO deals made in January 2024 alone exceeded the $1 billion mark.

Official figures disclose that the Bank of England (BoE) has escalated its IT budget to almost £100 million.

Securing funding for your startup marks a pivotal moment, but the true measure of success lies in the growth and scale achieved thereafter. This is driven by the investors’ return target, which for institutional investors is typically 5-10x. Therefore, raising investment from a venture capital (VC) fund is not appropriate for all businesses.

Let’s face it, stress is part of life. No matter what stage of life we are in, it is human nature to carry some stress with us. How many times have you said or heard the words “I am stressed today” or something similar?

“ I was born in a family where you either become a professional athlete, or you become a poet or a writer.” Co-founder and CEO of Bioniq Vadim Fedotov tells Startups Magazine. Although sports and writing don’t really seem to relate, to reach excellence in either requires a certain quality. Fedotov chose to become an athlete, but following a career cut short by injury, he turned that pursuit for quality to his next passion: health. First focusing on his own, then on health as a whole, this saw Fedotov found a startup offering ‘the world’s most personalised supplements."

As a business strategist and coach, I can spot a startup owner who has lost sight of their purpose a mile away. Often, they’re consumed with the pursuit of success over meaningful fulfilment; more frequently, it’s simply that it has all got too much for them.