# United Kingdom

Exclusive: British Business Bank eyes stake in EU’s €5bn Scaleup Fund
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June 25, 2026
Exclusive: British Business Bank eyes stake in EU’s €5bn Scaleup Fund
The UK’s involvement in the superfund now rests on the incoming British prime minister and the European Union
Maya Dharampal-Hornby and Freya Pratty
Andy Burnham was Manchester tech’s ‘hype man’. Will he be the same for Britain?
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Analysis
June 23, 2026
Andy Burnham was Manchester tech’s ‘hype man’. Will he be the same for Britain?
Over the past decade, Andy Burnham has overseen one of Europe’s fastest-growing tech hubs as mayor of Greater Manchester
Tom Nugent and Martin Coulter
CuspAI to hit $2.6bn valuation with backing from Jeff Bezos, reports say
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June 17, 2026
CuspAI to hit $2.6bn valuation with backing from Jeff Bezos, reports say
The new round would more than quadruple the UK startup’s valuation from September last year
Tom Nugent
Four mistakes not to make as a first-time founder
Opinion
June 17, 2026
Four mistakes not to make as a first-time founder
Don’t be dazzled by job applicants with Google, Meta or McKinsey in their CVs is one tip
Shah Ramezani
UK defence prime BAE Systems invests €50m in VCs Lakestar, Expeditions
News
June 16, 2026
UK defence prime BAE Systems invests €50m in VCs Lakestar, Expeditions
It comes as the defence prime is more actively investing in defence startups via an incubator programme
Anne Sraders
Exclusive: Isar and IQM backer Vsquared opens UK office to bridge London-Munich axis
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June 11, 2026
Exclusive: Isar and IQM backer Vsquared opens UK office to bridge London-Munich axis
The firm wants to link Munich's engineering talent to London's capital markets
Freya Pratty
UK AI Hardware Plan ‘significant step’ forward, but missing key energy question
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News
June 9, 2026
UK AI Hardware Plan ‘significant step’ forward, but missing key energy question
The AI Hardware Plan sets out how the government will back British companies developing chips and semiconductor technologies
Tom Nugent
All female-GP firm Thena Capital raises £45m for debut healthcare fund
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June 8, 2026
All female-GP firm Thena Capital raises £45m for debut healthcare fund
The firm aims to back 25 healthcare and medtech startups and believes “AI is going to completely transform healthcare”
Anne Sraders
Oxford Quantum Circuits raises blockbuster $350m Series C
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June 3, 2026
Oxford Quantum Circuits raises blockbuster $350m Series C
UK company has deployed quantum systems to partner data centres across Europe, the US and Asia
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Can AI make us better parents?
Analysis
May 27, 2026
Can AI make us better parents?
The tech is helping me look more on-the-ball at home — but can we trust it?
Éanna Kelly
10 Oxford spinouts ready to raise Series A
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Spinouts fundraising
May 27, 2026
10 Oxford spinouts ready to raise Series A
Spanning drug discovery, robotics, quantum tech and more — these are the buzziest startups spinning out of Europe's most prolific life sciences university
Oshin Narang
The AI energy crisis is bad. Wait until quantum arrives
Opinion
May 12, 2026
The AI energy crisis is bad. Wait until quantum arrives
How much power a useful quantum computer will consume deserves the same scrutiny now being applied to AI infrastructure
James Palles-Dimmock
Arāya Sie Fund raises £7.5m first close for women-led startups amid tech ‘bro renaissance’
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May 8, 2026
Arāya Sie Fund raises £7.5m first close for women-led startups amid tech ‘bro renaissance’
The fund is a rare joint venture between Arāya Ventures and female founder-focused accelerator Sie Ventures, aiming to back up to 40 startups
Anne Sraders
Quantum Motion raises $160m Series C as quantum sector heats up
News
May 7, 2026
Quantum Motion raises $160m Series C as quantum sector heats up
The scaleup announced the opening of new offices in San Sebastian earlier this year
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Can’t code? This startup just raised $9m to make you a workflow automation genius
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May 7, 2026
Can’t code? This startup just raised $9m to make you a workflow automation genius
A roster of high-profile angels including ElevenLabs CEO Mati Staniszewski and Supercell’s Ilkka Paananen were among the investors
Tom Nugent
Health unicorn Doctolib plots £100m UK expansion, acquires London-based Medicus
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May 5, 2026
Health unicorn Doctolib plots £100m UK expansion, acquires London-based Medicus
The French scaleup says plans to hire 150 people and open a R&D centre in London
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Synthesia announces major hiring push, opens three new offices
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April 21, 2026
Synthesia announces major hiring push, opens three new offices
The AI video platform is opening new offices in Austin, Paris and Berlin
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Four-month-old Recursive Superintelligence raises $500m
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April 20, 2026
Four-month-old Recursive Superintelligence raises $500m
Recursive wants to build an AI system that improves by itself, without human involvement
Freya Pratty
Londonmaxxing, for real: A bumper Q1 sees the city pull further ahead of Paris, Berlin
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Analysis
April 16, 2026
Londonmaxxing, for real: A bumper Q1 sees the city pull further ahead of Paris, Berlin
London startups raised more in Q1 2026 than in the whole of H1 2025; the UK capital also captured over half of all European AI funding
Éanna Kelly and Jonathan Sinclair
Self-driving scaleup Wayve raises fresh funds from AMD, Qualcomm and Arm
News
April 15, 2026
Self-driving scaleup Wayve raises fresh funds from AMD, Qualcomm and Arm
The fresh funding follows a huge $1.2bn round announced in February from the likes of Nvidia, SoftBank and Microsoft
Tom Nugent
Eka Ventures raises £80m to invest in startups ‘leaning into regulation’
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News
April 13, 2026
Eka Ventures raises £80m to invest in startups ‘leaning into regulation’
The firm is focused on less popular areas like health, wellness and decarbonisation
Anne Sraders
How to survive the SaaSpocalypse
Opinion
April 8, 2026
How to survive the SaaSpocalypse
Eight tips to get your company through the AI storm
Toby Coulthard
European tech left X in droves. Is it time to log back on?
Opinion
April 8, 2026
European tech left X in droves. Is it time to log back on?
After Musk’s takeover, Europe’s tech crowd drifted away from the platform. Some say it still shapes global conversations; others call it ‘the abyss’
Éanna Kelly
Why a vegan sausage pioneer is setting up an AI law firm called Keith
Interview
April 3, 2026
Why a vegan sausage pioneer is setting up an AI law firm called Keith
“I think after illness and relationship breakdown, the biggest source of anguish in life is conveyancing,” says THIS cofounder Andy Shovel — and he's raised £2m to do something about it
Éanna Kelly

# United Kingdom

Exclusive: British Business Bank eyes stake in EU’s €5bn Scaleup Fund

Andy Burnham was Manchester tech’s ‘hype man’. Will he be the same for Britain?

CuspAI to hit $2.6bn valuation with backing from Jeff Bezos, reports say

Four mistakes not to make as a first-time founder

UK defence prime BAE Systems invests €50m in VCs Lakestar, Expeditions

Exclusive: Isar and IQM backer Vsquared opens UK office to bridge London-Munich axis

UK AI Hardware Plan ‘significant step’ forward, but missing key energy question

All female-GP firm Thena Capital raises £45m for debut healthcare fund

Oxford Quantum Circuits raises blockbuster $350m Series C

Can AI make us better parents?

10 Oxford spinouts ready to raise Series A

The AI energy crisis is bad. Wait until quantum arrives

Arāya Sie Fund raises £7.5m first close for women-led startups amid tech ‘bro renaissance’

Quantum Motion raises $160m Series C as quantum sector heats up

Can’t code? This startup just raised $9m to make you a workflow automation genius

Health unicorn Doctolib plots £100m UK expansion, acquires London-based Medicus

Synthesia announces major hiring push, opens three new offices

Four-month-old Recursive Superintelligence raises $500m

Londonmaxxing, for real: A bumper Q1 sees the city pull further ahead of Paris, Berlin

Self-driving scaleup Wayve raises fresh funds from AMD, Qualcomm and Arm

Eka Ventures raises £80m to invest in startups ‘leaning into regulation’

How to survive the SaaSpocalypse

European tech left X in droves. Is it time to log back on?

Why a vegan sausage pioneer is setting up an AI law firm called Keith