With European ecommerce sales predicted to reach $730 billion in 2023, the European ecommerce market represents a great opportunity to unlock international growth.

SalesTech startup Crono closes its pre-seed funding round, raising €500,000. The round was led by SFC Capital (London) with participation from Aticco Ventures (Barcelona), Startup Wise Guys (Tallinn), Magic Mind (Milan), and a group of international business angels.

Caledonia Gladiators can officially confirm the appointment of Tony McDaid as the Chief Executive of Caledonia Gladiators Basketball.

The Memorandum of Understanding, signals a joint ambition to develop a Dubai Insurtech Enablement Platform to enable start-ups and entrepreneurs to create innovative tech-based insurance solutions and products.

The recognition is the latest step in Packfleet’s wider green mission, with the courier already powering its fleet of all-electric vans with 100% renewable energy.

Erik Prusch will join ISACA as its new CEO. Based in Washington state, Prusch brings significant tech and leadership experience as a CEO and board director to the organisation.

Future Worlds exists to help students and researchers at the University of Southampton start their founder journey and transform their ideas into world-changing tech startups that are globally scalable and impactful.

EdgeTier, who help customer contact centres improve customer experience using AI, announces today that it has raised €6 million in Series A funding in a round led by Smedvig Capital, with participation from Episode 1 and Act Venture Capital.

Omnevue (formerly ESGgen), the pioneering London-based software engine which provides audit-grade ESG accounting for companies, has raised $3.1 million in seed funding.

Digital workforce solutions provider Factorial has announced the launch of Factorial AI, a generative AI tool for HR technology, designed to help businesses streamline operations while saving time and costs.

Asia Pacific (APAC) investors are set to inject millions of pounds into the UK technology industry, as £100bn worth of investment opportunities are presented as investors travel to the UK for London Tech Week.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Mayor of London Sadiq Khan will open the 10th anniversary edition of London Tech Week. With over 30,000 delegates from 148 countries descending on the capital for the most influential tech event in the UK, London Tech Week.

British renewable heat tech disruptor Naked Energy announces the appointment of Miguel Matias as Commercial Director.

The Black Founders Fund, now in its third year, aims to help tackle systemic racial inequality in venture capital (VC) funding by providing equity-free grants and mentoring to early stage Black-led high-growth businesses across Europe and Africa.

Azets has partnered with GAP Talent, the international recruitment specialist, to deliver the scheme, which has welcomed 33 newly-qualified accountants from South Africa,  Zimbabwe, Botswana, Kenya, Zambia, and Lesotho.

The UK-US current trade relationship is worth £279 billion a year, while the amount invested in one another’s economies now exceeds £1 trillion and the nation’s leaders are expected to step up their work to protect industries and supply chains from threats.

Founded in 2021 by Charlene Hurlock and Vicky Fuller, the funding will be used to further build a robust, scalable platform that is a safe, online-verified environment for the next generation.

This comes following the Government’s publishing of the third annual Investing in Women Code (IWC) report, revealing that the significant progress made in breaking down the finance gap between female and male entrepreneurs.

With an array of international athletes behind 4CAST, including Ben Stokes, Stuart Broad, Jofra Archer, KL Rahul and Jason Roy, the new partnership accelerates the brand’s vision of opening the sport up to as many people as possible.

The integration saves SME owners valuable time and resources spent on manual admin with a simple billing and payment process that streamlines operations and automates time-consuming tasks like data entry and bookkeeping.