The government has announced a raft of new reforms to its AI policy, backed by major investments, to shore up the UK’s place in the sector ahead of the Autumn Budget. First customer Among these is a “first customer” policy wherein the government will act as a first customer for promising British startups developing AI ... Read more ›
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PolyModels Hub, a London-based startup developing software for the pharmaceutical industry has closed a £7m Series A round a year after raising its seed. Founded in 2023, PolyModels Hub has created ModelFlow, a digital platform that brings together advanced modeling, simulation and workflow management for researchers to design, test and define biopharma manufacturing processes. Having ... Read more ›
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As the global pressure to meaningfully address systemic issues causing climate change mounts, the tech industry presents a complex duality. While technological innovation is seen by many as our best hope at both mitigating the impact of manmade climate change and fighting to reverse it, the industry itself acts as a major strain on global ... Read more ›
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Uber Eats will be rolling out an autonomous delivery service in the UK later this year through a partnership with robotics firm Starship Technologies. Known for its delivery bots, Starship, founded by one of the original Skype developers Ahti Heinla, will work with the takeaway delivery service to provide autonomous robots. Uber Eats said it ... Read more ›
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Vyntelligence, a London-based firm specialising in “agentic video intelligence” technology has secured a $30m (£23m) Series B investment to support its expansion in the US. Working with clients across utilities, telecoms and retail, the Vyntelligence platform analyses videos captured by users in the field to provide fast support regarding on-site issues. The Vyntelligence platform also ... Read more ›
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The British Business Bank has announced that Aegon UK, NatWest Cushon and M&G are the partners for the first £200m close of its new Growth Partnership Fund I. Having completed their investment diligence, the parties are now finalising terms and structuring ahead of the bank’s first close, which it hopes to secure by the end ... Read more ›
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Premier League side West Ham United have announced a new collaboration with AWS and software group Crayon to develop an AI-powered scouting platform. The three parties hope to create a new standard in identifying footballing talent, which has become heavily reliant on data. West Ham has cultivated a reputation for its football academy, which has ... Read more ›
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Foreign-born founders are behind over half (54%) of the UK’s top 100 fastest-growing companies, according to new analysis from The Entrepreneurs Network. According to research, the representation of foreign-born founders and co-founders is the highest figure since The Entrepreneurs Network started tracking the metric in 2019. This is despite immigrants making up just 15% of ... Read more ›
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Cambridge-based deep tech group Nu Quantum has expanded its leadership team with the appointment of Richard Moulds, a former senior employee of Amazon that developed the tech giant’s quantum service. Moulds will join the strategic advisory board of Nu Quantum, having previously spearheaded the launch of Amazon Braket, a fully managed quantum computing service that ... Read more ›
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Emm, a biowearable tech startup based in Bristol, has raised $9m (£6.8m) in a seed funding round to bring its “smart menstrual cup” product to market. Described by the firm as the first product of its kind, Emm is developing a sanitary product connected to an app that can help users track key metrics and ... Read more ›
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Cybersecurity is the defining boardroom issue of the next five years. Founders and investors need to treat data risk like cashflow risk – measure it, insure it, and govern it at board level. As companies increasingly digitise, every line of code becomes a target. Where the biggest threat was once espionage, it is now large-scale ... Read more ›
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Dost, an AI-powered financial automation platform founded in Barcelona, has launched in the UK following a £6m Series A round led by London-based Octopus Ventures. The fintech, which automates financial document processing and supplier management for mid-market enterprises, has successfully completed a pilot phase working with UK enterprise customers across manufacturing, construction, logistics, and automotive ... Read more ›
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Identity verification company Yoti has launched a new tool to combat deepfake scam calls amid the rising threat of cyberattacks. Research has found that in the vast majority of cases of cyber breaches affecting businesses, the primary method from the attacker has been social engineering, impersonating a trusted figure like an IT helpdesk to exploit ... Read more ›
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has approved the country’s second-ever PISCES platform as it attempts to drive investment and economic growth. The Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System (PISCES) is a recently approved format for investment that allows private firms to auction off shares to professional and institutional investors without the need for a public ... Read more ›
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Consumer group Which? has warned that UK adults should be more cautious when receiving financial advice from AI chatbots following new research. According to a survey conducted by the group, around half of AI users in the UK trust the information they receive from chatbots to a “great” or “reasonable” extent, rising to two-thirds among ... Read more ›
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Planet Smart, a London-based biomaterials startup developing a biodegradable superabsorbent polymer to replace fossil-based plastics, has raised $1m (£760,000) in a pre-seed funding round. The startup is targeting the sanitary product market, currently rife with harmful plastic waste in products such as nappies and sanitary pads. Planet Smart is developing its plastic alternative, called PlanetSorb, ... Read more ›
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The British Business Bank has invited investors at the earliest-stages to participate in its Microfunds scheme launched to encourage a diverse pool of new venture capitalists. Part of the bank’s £400m Investor Pathways Capital initiative, Microfunds has been designed for first-time fund managers from a wide range of backgrounds looking to build an investment track ... Read more ›
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London-based fintech group Atom CTO will rebrand to Teybridge Tech following its acquisition by Dublin-based firm Teybridge Capital Europe. Founded in 2017, Atom CTO provides startups and scaleups with strategic and operational technology advice. Under the ownership of Teybridge Capital Europe, Atom CTO will continue to be led by co-founder and managing director Bhairav Patel ... Read more ›
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The UK government has launched a £1m sandbox fund to support work researching how bioengineering can help tackle antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Antimicrobial resistance, when bacteria becomes less susceptible to antibiotics, is a major global health concern though to already be responsible for more than one million deaths every year, a figure expected to grow without meaningful ... Read more ›
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This week’s podcast guest is Will Hutton, political journalist, author and academic, who discusses the potential implications of the upcoming Autumn Budget on the British tech industry, why working with the EU is vital for achieving the growth ambitions championed by the government and how the UK can maintain its place on the global tech ... Read more ›
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