TiPJAR, a software platform used to collect, allocate and distribute tips and service charges, has completed a £4.5m investment round. The London-based business offers an end-to-end digital solution for automating cashless tipping in a way it promises is fair and transparent. According to the firm, TiPJAR software is used by hundreds of hospitality businesses across ... Read more ›
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California-based quantum computing group Rigetti has announced plans to invest up to $100m (£75m) in the UK. Rigetti Computing, worth more than $4bn, said it intends to invest the funds to accelerate quantum development in the UK in the company’s first major investment outside of its home market. With the investment, Rigetti aims to deploy ... Read more ›
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Giraffe360, a proptech firm that creates digital content for the listing and marketing of real estate assets, has raised $10m (£7.5m) in a Series B funding round. Based in London with offices in Manchester, Riga, Liepāja and Miami, Giraffe360 through a combination of proprietary video capture hardware and AI software creates virtual property tours, detailed ... Read more ›
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New AI pilot programmes launched in Barnsley could serve as a blueprint for modern “Tech Towns” as the government aims to spread digital skills across the country. Last month the South Yorkshire town was named as the UK’s first Tech Town, a new designation from the government that signals targeted support to rollout new technologies ... Read more ›
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Granola, a London-based AI-powered notepad startup has been valued at $1.5bn after securing a $125m (£93.4m) Series C investment. The company has grown rapidly since its launch in 2023 with its platform that allows users to turn conversational language into what it describes as “actionable context”. Users can take rough notes which are transcribed by ... Read more ›
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The UK government has announced plans for a £20m capital injection in the Tay Cities Region in support of Scottish tech innovations. Announced on Wednesday by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), the investment comes from the £500m Local Innovation Partnerships Fund. It will go towards cities and regions including Dundee, Perth, Angus, ... Read more ›
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Eunice, a company building due diligence infrastructure for regulated markets, has raised $8m (£6m) in a new funding round. The London-based group was founded off the back of the rise of alternative digital asset trading. Eunice aims to standardise the assessment and documentation of regulated digital asset investments. Already working with companies include Coinbase, Crypto.com, ... Read more ›
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Pressure on social media to take a more active role in combatting fraud is growing as a new report from The Payments Association (TPA) demands action. The fintech industry has for some time been calling for social media platforms to accept their role in the rise of scams and do more to prevent them. This ... Read more ›
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Uber Eats and Starship Technologies are expanding their robotic food delivery service after an initial launch in Leeds. The companies’ robotic food couriers came to the UK via the West Yorkshire city in December last year. Uber Eats and Starship said its initial rollout was successful and it will be bringing its autonomous couriers to ... Read more ›
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The UK government is launching a series of pilot studies to test the impact of restricting young people’s access to social media as it considers a full ban. The pilots will include various measures that reduce the use of social media and screen time that will take place in the homes of 300 teenagers in ... Read more ›
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Starling Bank has appointed Keith Algie as its new group chief risk officer, subject to regulatory approval. Algie is set to replace Cyrille Salle De Chou, who has spent the last two years in the role scaling the company’s risk controls. The outgoing chief risk officer is leaving the company to pursue a portfolio career. ... Read more ›
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In 2021, the Kalifa Review was published as an examination of both the impressive growth of the burgeoning British fintech sector and an appeal to policymakers and the industry to keep the momentum growing. Back then UK fintech was an exciting and promising industry of the future, today it is a cornerstone of the entire ... Read more ›
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This week’s podcast guest is Amelia Armour, a partner at Amadeus Capital, who discusses the impact of having a female co-founder in the male dominated world of VC, what tech she is excited about for the future and how AI might help democratise entrepreneurship. Amadeus Capital is a deep tech venture firm founded in 1997 ... Read more ›
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Zevero, a carbon management platform that automates emissions data collection for clients, has raised $7m (£5.2m) funding round. Founded in 2021, Zevero has developed an AI platform to collect emissions data and build a reusable dataset that informs ESG disclosures, product design and sourcing decisions. The company aims to use the new investment, which brings ... Read more ›
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Technology Secretary Liz Kendall has handed digital platforms a deadline to implement serious measures to reduce online misogyny in a new open letter. The current Labour government has made tackling violence against women and girls a cornerstone element of its plan, with a flagship manifesto policy being to halve offences of this kind in a ... Read more ›
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Revolut, the fintech giant that this month at last secured its status as a regulated UK bank, has reported surging profits for the year ending December 2025. The company launched 10 years ago and in that time it has grown at lightning speed leaving a trail of both glamour and occasional controversy. Now a decade ... Read more ›
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British nutrition tech company Huel, known for its meal replacement kits, has agreed to be acquired by French food group Danone in a deal worth €1bn (£870m). Backed by celebrities including Idris Elba and Steven Bartlett, Huel was launched in 2015 by nutritionist James Collier and Julian Hearn. Huel eventually pulled in millions in investment, ... Read more ›
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US tech firm Palantir has secured a contract with the UK’s financial regulator as part of a push to tackle fraud with AI. The Peter Thiel-founded organisation has worked closely with the UK government across several sectors including the NHS, law enforcement and the Ministry of Defence (MoD). The new contract, awarded by the Financial ... Read more ›
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London-based Air Street Capital has raised a new £175m fund that will target “AI-first companies” across Europe and North America. The third fund raised by solo investor Nathan Benaich under Air Street Capital, it will target early-stage rounds with checks of between £376,000 and £11.3m as well as select growth investments of up to £19m. ... Read more ›
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A memorandum of understanding signed between the UK government and OpenAI has produced no trials in the seven months since its announcement, a Freedom of Information (FOI) request has revealed. Presented as a landmark agreement between one of the world’s most powerful AI companies and a UK government with clear ambitions to advance the AI ... Read more ›
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