London-based edtech zick learn has secured £430,000 in funding to increase its headcount and accelerate growth throughout the UK and across Europe.

Pooja joins Access from Google, where over four years she scaled up and established Google Operations Centres across four locations in Asia-Pacific, growing the team from zero to 5,000.

The UK’s goods exports for the first quarter of 2023 soared past those for the same period last year, the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) quarterly trade figures have revealed.

The Bank of England is expected to raise interest rates for the 14th time in a row, increasing from 5 per cent to 5.25 per cent on Thursday economist predict, as it faces the continued job of controlling stubbornly high price rises.

Global strategic insights and customer analytics group STRAT7 has announced it has increased its AI investment for FY2024 to make a number of senior appointments and speed up its product roadmap.

Coming in at number one is the electric car manufacturer Tesla (TSLA), with 260,180 Google searches a month on average in the UK.

HeavyFinance, a leading climate tech investment marketplace, has financed €40 million in agricultural loans across Europe.

The Ocean 14 Capital Fund, which is working to clean up and revitalise the world’s oceans, has received a €20 million investment from international specialty insurer and reinsurer, Convex Group Limited (“Convex”), taking it past its €150 million funding goal.

Cyber Runway is developed as a growth platform for UK startups, helping them to launch, grow and scale their companies, which Plexal designed to address major challenges facing the UK’s cyber secto

Iventis has secured investment from the MEIF Proof of Concept & Early Stage Fund, which is managed by Mercia Ventures and part of the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF), and Mercia’s EIS funds.

Béa Fertility, the pioneering fertility tech startup making clinical-grade fertility care available at home, has raised £2.5m/$3.2m to release its first groundbreaking at-home fertility treatment to early adopters in the UK.

thymia, a healthtech startup building gamified AI tools to revolutionise how we assess and monitor mental health, has raised a $2.7 million seed round.

Joblogic has announced that it has acquired Protean Software, one of the leading competitors in the sector. The deal, for an undisclosed sum, propels Joblogic into the No.1 position in the field service management software sector.

The Treasury Committee is challenging the lack of diversity in the venture capital industry as only 2 per cent of funding goes toward female founded and ethnic minority businesses, according to new report.

This initiative builds on SKOOT's existing achievements, which include planting nearly 900,000 trees and eliminating over 4,500 tonnes of CO2.

As global data privacy compliance increases in scope and complexity, only about half of executives feel “very prepared” to meet regulatory requirements in the United Kingdom, United States, and European Union.

The seed funding was secured from investors Elevation Capital Partners, specialised in funding innovative startups with sound economic fundamentals, with a total of 2M€ dilutive, and more planned with non-dilutive funding.

Together with key cofinanciers, such as the Brazilian Development Bank, the Green Climate Fund and the Interamerican Development Bank, investment could reach over US$ 900 million.

The investment will enable Thalia to broaden the scope of its operations, further develop its cutting-edge AMALIA software suite and strengthen its board with the appointment of a number of industry experts.

Phrase will use the funds to further develop the next generation of AI-driven language technology.