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452 UK tech funding roundup: This week’s deals from PolyAI to Future Greens

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UKTN @ UK Tech News 1 place · today 10:00 EDT

UK tech funding roundup: This week’s deals from PolyAI to Future Greens

This week’s UK tech funding deals include AI customer service agent developer PolyAI, consumer tech firm Nothing and more. UKTN tracked £153.95m worth of UK tech investment this week (15 December to 19 December), a 25% week-on-week increase across nine funding rounds. Here’s your weekly roundup of UK tech startup funding deals. PolyAI – £64.3m ...

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