London fintech Quartz has raised £2.75 million in pre-seed funding to launch an AI-powered personal finance platform that brings personalized wealth guidance to everyday consumers.
OpenAI is turning to a young legal-tech startup to help law firms bring artificial intelligence into everyday legal work, signaling a deeper push into the professional services market.
British-Ghanaian entrepreneur David Boadu’s Vistella Cycling has won the 2026 AXA Startup Angel competition, securing £25,000 to accelerate the growth of its cycling safety business.
African startups raised roughly $545 million in January 2023; by January 2024, that had fallen to $83 million, an 84.8% year-on-year collapse, even accounting for one outsized acquisition that turns the prior-year number.
European data infrastructure startup Custodea has raised €350,000 to help small and medium-sized businesses regain control of their data as dependence on major cloud and software providers grows.
North-West London is emerging as a new base for Britain’s advanced manufacturing push, with a new innovation hub giving science and technology startups access to infrastructure needed to move from research to production.
French AI company Mistral has raised €3 billion in a Series D round, pushing its valuation above €21 billion and making it one of Europe's biggest bets yet in the global artificial intelligence race.
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has launched the UK’s first dedicated travel card integrated into Apple Wallet, allowing thousands of young people to use an iPhone or Apple Watch instead of a physical pass.
The UK government is seeking a fund manager to deploy up to £150 million to high-growth businesses across northern England as it works to close the region’s scale-up funding gap.
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has launched an AI-native creative engineering studio in London, expanding its push to help businesses build products and customer experiences around artificial intelligence.
Saudi Arabia-based climate-tech startup Remedium has raised $1.5 million in a pre-seed funding round to expand its sustainability accounting platform and develop new tools for businesses.
