Project Ventures has launched a €5.8 million fund to invest in early-stage DeepTech and AI startups emerging from the Imperial College London ecosystem.
The UK’s £500m Sovereign AI Fund is in talks to back Potential Sciences, a London-based drug discovery startup seeking to raise £500m in a major funding round.
London-based biotech startup Eterna Regeneratives has raised $4 million in seed funding to advance a regenerative technology that could help repair damaged tooth enamel and, eventually, regenerate bone.
Manchester-based payments firm Ryft has raised £20 million in a Series B round after tripling in size, giving the fintech fresh capital to accelerate international expansion.
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.
