OpenAI’s ex-CTO Mira Murati unveils Thinking Machines Lab, recruiting ex-colleagues from ChatGPT’s creator. The new AI start-up pledges open research and user-centric customisation, setting its sights…
Cambridge-based Flit secures £1.2m to boost production of its innovative folding electric bikes, challenging Brompton by pioneering a lighter, non-welded frame design.
Dyslexic entrepreneur Hugh Johnston clinches Sir Richard Branson’s support after pitching his Tyypo app in Virgin’s ‘Elevator of Dreams’, igniting a surge in sign-ups and spotlighting…
Britain is now the least favoured market among global fund managers, says Bank of America, as slow growth and stubborn inflation deter investment.
Fuel Ventures has co-led a £300k investment in PlanningHub, an AI-powered platform streamlining property planning, reducing risks, and supporting local authorities. The innovative PropTech solution could…
London-based startup IMPOSSIBREW has raised £1.57m—315% over its target—on Crowdcube to expand its Social Blend™ technology and nationwide reach.
Former DeepMind scientist Simon Kohl has raised $50 million for Latent Labs, a London-based AI startup aiming to transform drug discovery by designing proteins with generative…
Durham-based Forma-Care secures a transformative multi-million pound funding package with Leonard Curtis’s support, bolstering growth, product innovation, and supply chains.
Ewan Venters, ex-Fortnum & Mason CEO and recent Hauser & Wirth boss, joins Paul Smith Ltd as a non-executive director.
Lancaster University spinout CCI Photonics secures new funding to advance its AI-powered InfectiScan device, cutting infection diagnosis from days to minutes and tackling antibiotic resistance head-on.
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Innovate UK temporarily halts its £25m Smart Grants scheme for SMEs as oversubscription, low success rates, and a new focus on scalable businesses prompted a major…
Fuel Ventures, one of the UK’s leading venture capital firms, has led a £4 million funding round in Prosper, a high-net-worth wealth management platform that combines…
BGF, the most active growth capital investor in the UK and Ireland, deployed £489 million in 2024, welcoming 47 new businesses into its expanding portfolio of…