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Published: November 12, 2025 at 2:33 pm
This offering from the Philippines is a business intelligence platform using AI to help to improve employee experience and predict employee turnover.
In 2024, it saved its 17 clients over $70 million.
Bo Discarga is representing the company on the stage now.
Published: November 12, 2025 at 2:29 pm
Selection Lab is the company representing The Netherlands.
Co-founder Lotte Welten is on stage pitching the company which provides an AI-powered assessment platform.
This helps businesses to better evaluate job applications.
Published: November 12, 2025 at 2:26 pm
Lots of EnviroTechs in the running here – Cristobal Fonseca is now pitching Mexican-based microendo.
It’s already grown to nearly $2 million in revenue in three years and operates in Colombia, Mexico and the US.
Published: November 12, 2025 at 2:23 pm
Rhinoflux founder and CEO Alex Mazawa brings his EnviroTech to the stage.
The firm’s proprietary liquid-based process uses a hydrochemical looping method to capture and store CO2 from sources like biomass, creating a carbon-negative energy source.
These plants, like the ‘Rhino House’, are designed for decentralised, efficient power generation and can be installed in various spaces.
Published: November 12, 2025 at 2:19 pm
Sayak Ghosh is now on stage pitching his AI SportTech Step Out.
The Indian-based company already has an array of huge clients in the sporting world and operates in 22 countries.
Its been growing 5x year-on-year and 80% of its business is international.
Jaap Stam and Paulo Futre are advisors for the company which is enhancing analysis with the use of AI.
Published: November 12, 2025 at 2:15 pm
Jorge Monteiro is pitching his startup Ethiack in his home country.
The cybersecurity firm uses a platform combining AI agents and human ethical hackers to provide continuous security testing for businesses.
It performs autonomous ethical hacking to identify and manage vulnerabilities, acting as a proactive defense against cyberattacks.
Published: November 12, 2025 at 2:09 pm
Finnish startup Flow Computing is developing a parallel processing unit (PPU) architecture designed to boost CPU performance for tasks such as AI, data centers, and autonomous vehicles.
The company says its technology can make processors up to 100 times faster without major software changes, helping existing and new applications run more efficiently.
Timo Valtonen, co-founder and CEO, is live on Stage 6 now.
He says the industry will be an estimated €150 billion by 2035.
Published: November 12, 2025 at 2:05 pm
Kristi Lember, global business developer, is pitching for ÄIO.
The company uses precision fermentation to create sustainable oils and fats from agricultural and wood industry byproducts like sawdust.
Published: November 12, 2025 at 2:03 pm
Colombia’s Valentina Agudelo Vargas is pitching for the company that she co-founded with two friends.
Together, they have developed a portable breast cancer detection service – Julieta.
The company model means that it can charge as low as $5 for a screening.
Published: November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
Luis Fernando Magalhães is next to take the stage. He’s the co-founder of Brazil-based CleanTech O2eco.
It’s looking to disrupt the $600 billion global water and wastewater treatment market.
“We can help countries and companies to keep their water promises,” he says.
The company is developing natural bio-stimulation technology to help clean and restore rivers, lakes, and reservoirs.
Published: November 12, 2025 at 1:54 pm
The company is Europe’s largest battery optimiser.
Published: November 12, 2025 at 1:50 pm
I’m here covering the KPMG Global Tech Innovator Final on Stage 6.
It’s the most full I’ve seen any stage so far this week!
20 national winners from around the world are competing for the chance to be crowned global champion.
Last year Japanese finalist Rudder Wu, CTO of Thermalytica, claimed the top prize.
Published: November 12, 2025 at 1:13 pm
SSE – +13.3%
Avon Technologies – +7.53%
Smithson Investment Trust – +6.68%
Games Workshop – +5.2%
Burberry – +5.1%
Media and tech companies whose share price has risen today include Kainos (+3.68%), ITV (+2.22%), THG (+2.18%) and Oxford Biomedica (+1.95%).
Baltic Classifieds – -5.10%
Taylor Wimpey – -3.50%
3I Group – -3.4%
Tesco – -2.77%
Plus500 – -2.5%
Tech companies to experience falls today include Experian (-2.21%), AutoTrader (-2.17%), Oxford Nanopore (-1.5%) and Rightmove (-1.46%).
Published: November 12, 2025 at 11:55 am
Rex Software, a provider of estate agency technology solutions, has announced a strategic rebrand to align its growing portfolio of products under a single, unified identity.
This move follows the acquisitions of Cirrus8, a leading commercial property management platform, and RealTrust, a provider of outsourced property management assistance and trust accounting, earlier in the year.
Operating under the banner of ‘Rex’, the unified products are now commercial property management system RexCirrus8; sales and letting customer relationship management RexCRM; social media marketing platform RexReach; outsourced property management assistance and trust accounting RexRealTrust; residential property management system RexPM; and website builder RexSites.
Published: November 12, 2025 at 11:35 am
Gumtree, one of the UK’s most popular online marketplaces, has announced Evri as its first official delivery partner to support the platform’s evolution into a fully transactional marketplace.
With 10 million monthly visitors and nearly 2 million active listings, this move marks the first time Gumtree will allow buyers to pay for items directly on the site. Secure delivery, starting with selected product categories including fashion, accessories and baby & children, will roll out ahead of a wider launch planned for 2026.
The multi-year partnership with Evri is integral to enabling secure, nationwide shipping across the UK. Evri was selected for its experience, expertise and innovation in logistics.
Published: November 12, 2025 at 11:25 am
FALKIN, a digital safety company that helps people stop scams before payments happen, has secured £1.5m in pre-seed funding.
The round was led by TriplePoint Ventures, with participation from Notion Capital, BackFuture Ventures, Aviva/Founders Factory, Haatch, Found Capital and Founders Capital.
The round also included leading FinTech and cyber investors such as Pierre Decote, group chief risk officer at Revolut and Ben Enckevort, CTO and co-founder of Metomic.
Published: November 12, 2025 at 11:03 am
Barclays has joined as a cornerstone investor in Salica Investments’ £150m Growth Debt Fund II.
Following the fund’s first close, which also included backing from the British Business Bank and West Yorkshire Pension Fund, the firms say the collaboration marks an important milestone in Salica’s mission to provide flexible, growth-stage debt financing to high potential scaling companies across the UK.
Published: November 12, 2025 at 10:58 am
Finastra, a provider of financial services software, has appointed three senior technology executives to its leadership team.
Ali Khan has been appointed chief data officer. The Experian executive has more than 25 years of experience across data, AI, and platform architecture.
Matthew McCormack, the new chief information security officer, joins Finastra from BNY.
Sanjay Jain, appointed chief information officer, previously worked at Honeywell.
Published: November 12, 2025 at 10:40 am
Napier AI, a London-based financial crime compliance RegTech, has appointed seasoned professional Stacy Lowe as chief people officer to lead the company’s hiring and retention strategy.
Lowe will be tasked with hiring key financial crime and anti-money laundering talent into Napier AI, the upskilling of staff to support career progression and growth, and managing the organisation’s global workforce, spanning the UK, Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific.
Lowe joins with experience in HR and people leadership, following the acquisition by Marlin Equity Partners (Marlin), and will also support Napier AI’s global expansion strategy.
Most recently, Lowe served as the Director of HR Practice at Private Equity firm Aurelius and has previously held roles at Citeline; a Norstella company, Taylor & Francis and Informa Business Intelligence both Informa Plc divisions.
Published: November 12, 2025 at 10:03 am
Bloxx, a FinTech founded by former banking executive Chris Smith – a native of Yorkshire – and Hollywood actor/producer Cliff Curtis, has launched its home equity subscription platform globally.
The platform introduces a revolutionary new route to homeownership, allowing individuals to build equity from day one without taking a mortgage.
It was piloted in New Zealand.
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