According to KPMG’s latest Venture Pulse report, UK firms secured $5.5bn (£4.1bn) in venture capital investment in Q1 2025 alone – more than Germany and France combined. This achievement coincides with the EU’s landmark €1.3bn (£1.1bn) commitment to accelerate AI adoption and digital infrastructure. For capital markets firms operating across the UK and Europe, the ... Read more ›
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London-listed investment fund Augmentum Fintech has led a £4.5m funding round for the Peel Hunt-backed startup RetailBook. Founded in 2022, RetailBook gives individual investors greater access to primary capital markets through its platform for participation. Users can access investment opportunities such as IPOs, follow-on placings and bond offerings with the same terms as institutional investors. ... Read more ›
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Members of Equity, the UK performing arts and entertainment union, are calling for other trade unions to join its campaign to protect the rights of creatives from AI-based misuse. The organisation unanimously passed a motion at their annual conference in Derry to request collective action from the British trade union movement to demand fair remuneration, ... Read more ›
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Salesforce-based CRM SaaS provider Ascendx Cloud has raised $110m (£82.7m) in a joint equity and debt round. Founded in 2023, the company specialises in incorporating AI into customer relationship management tools. AI features are expected to become the industry standard in CRM, with research group Gartner projecting three-quarters of CRM solutions to have incorporated the ... Read more ›
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The UK tech and investment industry has applauded the recently announced trade deal made between Britain and the US as a “win for startups” and a positive sign of growth. Last week, Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President Donald Trump announced a highly anticipated trade agreement that reduced previously instated tariffs on a number of ... Read more ›
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This week’s UK tech funding deals include alternative investment platform Juice, AI agent integration platform StackOne and more. UKTN tracked £59m worth of UK tech investment this week (5 May to 9 May), a 10% week-on-week increase across seven funding rounds. Here’s your weekly roundup of UK tech startup funding deals. Juice – £24.9m Sector: Investment ... Read more ›
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Venture capital investments in the UK surged in 2024 according to a new report from the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA). The total amount invested in UK businesses by venture capital funds, co-investors and financial institutions in 2024 was £9bn, a 12.5% rise according to the BVCA. Though 2024 saw significant macroeconomic ... Read more ›
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Cecily Motley is the co-founder and chief executive of Harriet, an AI-powered self-service agent for HR and ops teams. Launched in 2023, Harriet raised £1.2m in a funding round in December that year. In this week’s Founder in Five Q&A, Motley discusses operating in uncertainty, the success of Shopify and the failure of NFTs. Which company’s ... Read more ›
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Bitcoin mining group Argo Blockchain has requested a return of its London listing following the delayed release of its 2024 results despite the company warning of “significant doubt” over its continued operations. Shares in the company were suspended from the London Stock Exchange last week as it was unable to release its audited results before ... Read more ›
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The government is turning to regional spinouts to accelerate UK tech growth with a £30m support package for four research hubs across the country. Universities in Merseyside, East Anglia, the Midlands and the North East will receive new funds to encourage more spinouts, or tech companies founded from students and staff based on an institutions’ ... Read more ›
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Automated regulatory intelligence firm CUBE has opened its new global headquarters in the City of London. The Tower 42 building on Old Broad Street will house the company’s new “AI Centre of Excellence”, an artificial intelligence lab, in which the CUBE team will research the evolving role of the technology in regulation and compliance in ... Read more ›
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London-based fintech Ravio, which provides real-time insights into what different roles are paid, has raised $12m (£9m) in a Series A funding round. Founded in 2022, Ravio works with the likes of Just Eat, Wise, Zoopla and Octopus Energy to provide compensation rates for various jobs to determine ideal salary offers. According to the startup, ... Read more ›
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This week, the UK and India agreed on Britain’s largest international trade deal post-Brexit and while it comes with obvious benefits for purveyors of whisky and textiles, it can also be an opportunity for technology. The agreement – which has been several years in the making – between Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Prime Minister ... Read more ›
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Amid the flurry of news, government and corporate announcements regarding the many milestones crossed by the quantum sector, firms can understandably struggle to know how they can prepare for burgeoning technology. Quantum computing is a term that encompasses vast amounts of complex technology both hypothetical and actual, with use cases as varied and exciting as ... Read more ›
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AI is transforming how businesses operate, streamlining processes, enhancing decision-making, and opening up entirely new opportunities. Spurred by growing investment and tools like DeepSeek’s advanced AI models, organisations across the UK are accelerating adoption, supported by government initiatives such as the AI Opportunities Action Plan. But as adoption accelerates, businesses must tackle the dual challenges ... Read more ›
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A Hartlepool recycling plant has deployed advanced robotics to enhance food and beverage sorting through a partnership with UK startup Recycleye and Swedish food packaging giant Tetra Pak. The J&B Recycling site will be upgraded with robotic arms developed by Recycleye to sort food and beverage cartons for recycling. The upgrade was funded through an ... Read more ›
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Tim Stokely, founder of content creation platform OnlyFans, is launching a new competitor. Subs.com will focus on online content accessible via subscription payments, in a similar vein to his former company, though with a greater focus on diverse content types as opposed to the adult content which dominates OnlyFans. “There is a clear demand for ... Read more ›
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Human vulnerability is the most exploited element of IT security systems, with social engineering behind most data breaches. Recent high-profile cyber-attacks against the likes of M&S, Co-op and Harrods have highlighted flaws in current digital safety methods, however, human manipulation can be a much greater risk than harmful malware. In the case of attacks like ... Read more ›
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AI developer Dr Stephen Thaler is ramping up his appeal against a decision made by the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) with the appointment of law firm Potter Clarkson. The appeal, set to be heard at the High Court in July, will examine the ruling made by UKIPO in December 2023 to reject patent applications ... Read more ›
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Fintech group Shieldpay has promoted COO Sophie Condie to chief executive alongside the appointment of former Lloyds exec Amanda Howkins as chief revenue officer. Condie will take the helm of the firm as it looks to grow its secure digital payments platform. The new CEO first joined Shieldpay in 2021 as director of operations before ... Read more ›
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