News | Corporate Innovation | 23 Jun Corporate innovation weekly: the rise of hydrogen This is what Europe's biggest companies have been investing in: solid-state batteries, hydrogen fuel, no code robots and quantum computing.
News | Mobility | 23 Jun Cazoo becomes fastest-ever British unicorn Online used car retailer Cazoo has become a billion-dollar business in record-breaking time.
News | Corporate Innovation | 23 Jun New incubator to turn jobless energy workers into entrepreneurs A wave of redundancies in the oil and gas sector could turn into a wave of new startups.
News | Deeptech | 22 Jun AImotive raises $20m to become Europe’s ‘largest VC-backed automated driving company’ Hungarian startup has raised over $70m as it looks for affordable and software-driven solutions to making autonomous driving a reality.
News | Agriculture | 22 Jun Connecterra gets €7.8m boost for connected cows A system that monitors cows wearing Fitbit-style sensors can help increase milk yield and decrease the amount of antibiotics used in dairy farming.
News | Fintech | 22 Jun Payments startup Checkout.com hits $5.5bn valuation The payments processor has tripled its valuation from its last raise. It is now the joint most-highly valued fintech in Europe.
News | Fintech | 18 Jun OakNorth CFO to step down following resignation The bank is now on the hunt to find a replacement for Cristina Alba Ochoa.
News | Venture Capital | 18 Jun Hoxton Ventures closes its second fund of (almost) $100m It has a tiny team, a trio of billion dollar companies and a must-read Twitter account.
News | Fintech | 17 Jun Klarna revenues surge during coronavirus The consumer lender has proven unusually resilient to the global pandemic, rapidly expanding its client base. But can it get out unscathed?
News | Fintech | 16 Jun Monzo gets £60m fundraise over the line; confirms 40% valuation drop The round has been in the works for a number of months but was delayed by the pandemic.
News | Corporate Innovation | 16 Jun Corporate innovation weekly: single cell analysis, luxury travel These are the new ideas and startups that Europe's biggest companies are investing in as they rebuild after Covid-19.
News | Deeptech | 16 Jun The nanofibre ‘teabag’ that could replace diabetics’ insulin injections Oxford-based Electrospinning is developing a nanofibre device that would allow new insulin cells to be implanted into patients.
News | Logistics | 11 Jun Ontruck raises €17m in Spain’s biggest round of 2020 Digital freight platform OnTruck has big plans to develop its carbon-saving logistics tech.
Sponsored News | Environment | 10 Jun Tech Nation launches its first programme for sustainability scaleups The Net Zero programme plans to boost UK sustainability scaleups — and help the country reach its net zero carbon emissions goal by 2050.
News | Coronavirus | 10 Jun IDnow in immunity passport talks with the UK government The German company's technology, already used to verify fintech customers, could be used to identify those who have recovered from Covid-19.
News | Government | 10 Jun French tracking app tops one million downloads StopCovid launched on June 2. Since then, France’s app for tracing the spread of coronavirus has been installed on more than 1m phones.
