The British Business Bank has announced a new £50m commitment to Longwall Ventures’ Fund 4, which targets early-stage deep tech companies. Made through the British Business Bank’s Enterprise Capital Funds programme, the commitment follows previous support it has made with three previous funds at Longwall. “The Enterprise Capital Funds programme plays a crucial role in ... Read more ›
0
Pure Data Centres Group (Pure DC), a London-based hyperscale cloud and AI infrastructure company has secured $2.7bn (£2bn) in financing. The financing was largely comprised of a $2.15bn facility secured against Pure DC campuses in Dublin and Amsterdam. It will be put towards a major growth push across Europe and the Middle East, with an ... Read more ›
0
Caudal Energy, a startup developing renewable power systems fuelled by the tides, has secured an investment of £4.3m. The University of Oxford spinout is working towards full-scale testing of its fin-based tidal technology, which will take place at Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland. Should the next phase of development and testing go well, the company will ... Read more ›
0
UK fintech hiring is expected to rise as much as 14% in 2026 with the surge being driven by increased demands for payments infrastructure roles, according to a new report. The new Fintech UK Finance Labour Market Trends report from Morgan McKinley and Vacancysoft claimed that hiring will shift towards payments infrastructure positions as well ... Read more ›
0
This week’s podcast guest is Nick Pickles, chief policy officer at Tools for Humanity. Tools for Humanity was co-founded by OpenAI’s Sam Altman and provides ways to verify human identity with the belief that the only way to counteract fakery and misinformation is to prove our own humanity. Pickles discusses the technology the firm uses, ... Read more ›
0
The UK could be on the verge of joining a startup funding scheme run by the European Union worth €4bn (£3.45bn). According to a report provided by the EU Commissioner for startups Ekaterina Zaharieva (pictured) to the Financial Times, the move could happen later this year. Securing the deal would require a reversal of a ... Read more ›
0
HSBC has agreed to provide $550m (£408m) to a United Arab Emirates-based data centre and AI infrastructure company to support the deployment of sites across the US and Europe. Core42, owned by the Abu Dhabi-based tech-focused holding company G42, has secured the funding across two structured trade finance facilities. The facilities have been provided to ... Read more ›
0
Neurovalens, a Northern Irish tech startup developing wearable non-invasive neurological treatments, is set to expand its sales overseas after securing US regulatory approval. The Belfast group has secured De Novo approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its technology designed to treat post-traumatic stress disorder. The system works by using low-level electrical ... Read more ›
0
This week’s UK tech funding deals include payments infrastructure firm Primer, ear health platform TympaHealth and more. UKTN tracked £128.2m worth of UK tech investment this week (18 May to 22 May), across nine funding rounds. Here’s your weekly roundup of UK tech startup funding deals. Primer – £75m Sector: Fintech HQ: London Round: Series ... Read more ›
0
Manufacturing giant Bosch has announced a deal with British AI and robotics group Humanoid that will see the German corporation’s factories supported by specialised robots. Bosch and Humanoid agreed to a proof of concept project earlier this year in which human-like robots were tested across various stages of manufacturing at Bosch. These robots were deployed ... Read more ›
0
Michael Stresing is the co-founder of Remedy Legal, an AI-powered legal aide clinic designed to help people in housing tribunals. In this week’s Founder in Five Q&A, Stresing discusses the importance of focusing on client interests and long-term value creation, avoiding a ‘grind’ mentality and why the loudest founders are not always the most successful. What ... Read more ›
0
Macmillan Cancer Support, one of the UK’s largest charities supporting medical research and victims of cancer, has announced the launch of a venture capital firm to fund organisations developing medical innovations. Macmillan Ventures, backed by donations from various philanthropists and organisations, will target funding for innovators in cancer treatment. The parent group has already started ... Read more ›
0
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has called out prominent online platforms for failing to take concrete steps in implementing effective age assurance policies. The UK’s regulatory regime has made preventing children from accessing potentially harmful or inappropriate content and having their private data accessed a top priority, with the ICO acting a key player in ... Read more ›
0
Imperagen, a Manchester-based biotech using AI and quantum physics to engineer better enzymes faster, has closed a £5m seed funding round. Enzymes are biological catalysts used to reduce waste, lower energy usage and decrease overall production costs in everything from pharmaceutical manufacturing and personal care to sustainable chemical production. However, engineering an enzyme for practical ... Read more ›
0
Oxford’s West End is emerging as a ‘new frontier of British science and technology’, the minister for science, research and innovation Lord Vallance has said at a topping out ceremony in the city’s emerging urban science district. Vallance told an audience of senior industry leaders, investors, founders and academics that inner-city science districts present an ... Read more ›
0
For more than a decade, the UK has talked about how to build globally competitive technology companies. On most measures, that ambition has been achieved. The UK now produces companies capable of competing at the highest level, particularly in areas such as data, AI and enterprise infrastructure. But a structural problem remains. The UK is ... Read more ›
0
Ear and hearing health technology provider TympaHealth has secured a £2m Innovate UK loan to accelerate Tympa Assist, its AI-powered guidance platform for otoscopies, the medical examination of the ear. TympaHealth integrates high-definition digital otoscopy, AI-assisted image capture and wax assessment, hearing screening, microsuction capability, and cloud-based referral pathways into a single, connected platform. The ... Read more ›
0
British Business Bank has made a £25m cornerstone commitment to Antler’s UK Fund II to support ambitious founders and innovators across the UK, UKTN can exclusively reveal. Antler partners with founders pre-launch of their companies, providing them with resources, coaching and funding, connecting them with a global network to help them grow and scale. The VC has ... Read more ›
0
Thirteen British businesses have been awarded contracts of up to £4m to work with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to boost rapid procurement and deliver cutting-edge technology for the UK Armed Forces. The new scheme gives accelerated contracts to small, innovative British companies who have done limited or no previous business with the MoD. Contracts ... Read more ›
0
Infrawatch has raised a $3m (£2.2m) pre-seed round to build out its internet infrastructure intelligence layer, a new category of cybersecurity platform. The startup gives security, fraud and investigations teams real-time visibility into the infrastructure powering cyber attacks, fraud and scams, phishing, and online abuse. Attackers constantly change tactics, accounts and payloads, but the infrastructure ... Read more ›
0
Most popular sources
ScienceDaily
|
0% |
Tech Wire Asia
|
0% |
ReadWrite
|
0% |
The Fintech Times
|
0% |
Tech.eu
|
0% |
| View sources » | |
LIKE us on Facebook so you won't miss the most important news of the day!
28.07.2026 15:01
Last update: 14:55 EDT.
News rating updated: 21:50.
What is Times42?
Times42 brings you the most popular news from tech news portals in real-time chart.
Read about us in FAQ section.