The UK Semiconductor Centre (UKSC) has appointed Andy McLean as its first chief executive officer (CEO) to help establish the UK as a global leader in semiconductors by accelerating scale-up, investment and commercial growth across the sector. Originally from the UK, McLean returns after an extensive career in the US, which included senior leadership roles ... Read more ›
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The UK boasts one of the best-funded tech industries in the world, but despite its many laudable achievements, concerns are regularly thrown around regarding the ambition and competitiveness of its domestic funding ecosystem. It was this precise concern that inspired the launch of the Business Growth Fund (BGF) back in 2011. A joint effort from ... Read more ›
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This week’s podcast guest is Anu Adebajo, chief executive of Newton Venture Program, who discusses how we train the next generation of investors, the real solutions to a lack of diversity in the industry and how much of VC success is down to pure luck. Listen to the full episode here, along with all previous ... Read more ›
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If you are a UK tech founder sponsoring overseas engineers, there is a rule change that kicked in on 8 April 2026 that you probably have not heard about. You should. From that date, the Home Office stopped assessing sponsored worker salaries annually. Now they assess them in every pay period. One month below threshold ... Read more ›
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Deep climate tech startup Barocal has raised a $10m (£7.4m) seed round to accelerate development and scale its engineering team ahead of commercial deployment. The University of Cambridge spinout is developing next-generation solid-state cooling and heating systems. The startup replaces conventional refrigerant gases with organic barocaloric materials that heat and cool under pressure, improving energy ... Read more ›
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Glasgow-based life sciences scaleup EnteroBiotix has secured £19m to support its clinical trials of microbiome drugs used to treat irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). IBS affects up to one in ten people, with up to twice as many women diagnosed compared to men. The investment will fund the firm’s clinical trial for its EBX-102-02 IBS drug, ... Read more ›
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This week’s UK tech funding deals include renewable energy group Enviromena, roadside quality assurance provider HDS and more. UKTN tracked £1.73bn worth of UK tech investment this week (27 April to 1 May), a 1,574% week-on-week increase across 11 funding rounds. Here’s your weekly roundup of UK tech startup funding deals. Enviromena – £825m Sector: Energy ... Read more ›
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Now that AI has firmly found itself embedded into the workplace, fears over how the automation of so many tasks could hurt jobs is not going anywhere. This is not a concern for the future, it is happening right now. While the exact figures vary, research from the likes of Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley ... Read more ›
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The Payments Association, a trade body representing the payments sector, has announced chief executive Ben Agnew will step down. Agnew took the reins of the trade body back in 2020 and in his tenure saw membership and revenue grow considerably. The stepping down of Agnew follows a recently secured investment at The Payments Association that ... Read more ›
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Michael Lazarenko is the co-founder of Embedd a platform that uses AI to convert semiconductor datasheets and documentation into structured, machine-readable models. In this week’s Founder in Five Q&A, Lazarenko discusses why running effective tests is vital, why founders always need to raise more capital than they think and the power of 10-minute naps. What one ... Read more ›
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The UK clean tech sector has reclaimed its spot as the best funded in Europe, according to the findings of a new report. Research conducted by the group Cleantech for UK has found that funding for the sector reached £7.2bn in 2025, up significantly from the £5.6bn raised the previous year. This puts the UK ... Read more ›
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Spaceflux, a London-based company providing governments and commercial operators with “space domain awareness” services has raised £3.5m in an extension to its seed round. Founded in 2022, Spaceflux operates a network of optical sensors across five continents that, combined with its AI intelligence platform Cortex, provides organisations such as the Ministry of Defence and UK ... Read more ›
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Automated roadside quality assurance provider Highway Data Systems (HDS) has secured £1.25m from the Investment Fund for Scotland, managed by Maven Capital Partners and delivered by the British Business Bank. Glasgow-based HDS develops automated quality assurance (QA) technologies for the road construction and asphalt industries spanning production, haulage and laydown. The company provides a combination ... Read more ›
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Christchurch-based Online Oceans has raised £4m to scale its build of autonomous surface vessels and fleet software for defence and maritime security. Online Oceans is building a new model for persistent maritime coverage. Scout, its autonomous surface vessel, and fleet command platform Tether enable operators to deploy dense, always-connected fleets for missions including anti-submarine warfare, ... Read more ›
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The UK boasts one of the world’s best ecosystems for funding early-stage tech companies. But for the scores of startups securing pre-seed and seed investments, the majority seem to struggle to extend beyond that. Much has been said about the UK’s supposed scaleup funding gap, wherein UK-headquartered startups struggle to secure the funding needed to ... Read more ›
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The Crime and Policing Act has become law, bringing in new measures to ensure women and girls are more protected online as new technologies evolve. The wide-sweeping measures cover AI chatbots, non-consensual images published online, image hashing and banning ‘nudification’ apps. The Act means AI chatbots, like X’s Grok, are required to protect users from ... Read more ›
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Each year, UK FinTech Week serves as a useful reminder of just how far the national fintech ecosystem has come. Over a decade ago, the conversation was centred on disruption and novelty. Today, fintech is no longer adjacent to financial services; it is embedded within it. Spending time with founders and investors at the Innovate ... Read more ›
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In-space drug manufacturing company BioOrbit has raised £9.8m in seed funding to accelerate its mission to manufacture pharmaceutical drugs in space at scale. BioOrbit’s solution enables the usage of microgravity to develop crystals of biological drugs at scale that aims to transform how life-saving treatments reach patients worldwide. Currently, 70% of the highest-grossing drugs globally ... Read more ›
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Earlybird VC has closed its eighth early-stage tech fund at €360m (£312m), marking the largest raise in the firm’s history. The Berlin-based VC, which has a central London office, has long invested in promising UK startups including Tilt, Payable and Cerbos. Fund VIII includes support from large institutions and family offices as part of the ... Read more ›
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All3, a company developing robotic tools for the construction industry, has secured a $25m (£18.5m) seed investment. The group has built technologies to work across the construction sector, including an autonomous legged robot (pictured) for on-site assembly, AI design software and robotic factories that produce custom components. The company is based across Europe with locations ... Read more ›
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