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£11.62m raise for robot and AI powered drug discovery platform

  BioTech firm LabGenius has closed an oversubscribed £11.62 ($15m) extension round, led by i...

TrueLayer appoints first Chief Product Officer from Amazon

FinTech TrueLayer which offers financial infrastructure tech has appointed former Amazon executive a...

Human intelligence platform Streetbees raises £30.7m

London-based 'human intelligence platform' Streetbees has closed a £30.7m ($40m) Series...

Octopus Renewables acquires £50m onshore wind farm

Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust, part of the Octopus Group which includes Octopus Energy and...

FinTech founder becomes Britain’s first tech start-up billionaire

One of the founders of London-headquartered FinTech firm Revolut has been named the first tech s...

Pet Tech company KatKin raises £4.5m for customised cat food

Pet tech firm KatKin, founded by siblings Brett and Nikki O’Farrell  in 2019, has secured £4.5m ...

Phone-based payment platform Paytia raises £1.2m

Telephone payment provider Paytia has completed a £1.2m pre-series A seed investment round. Founde...

The new cybersecurity threats in a locked-down world

After the dust settled in makeshift home offices across the UK, some newly remote workforces appear ...

Brand Advocacy platform Duel to expand after £1.8m raise

Brand advocacy platform Duel has secured a £1.8m funding round led by Downing Ventures, Publicis Gr...

Peer-to-peer lender Zopa reveals first feature-packed card

Peer-to-peer lender  Zopa has launched its first  credit card with a ‘Safety Net’ feature ...

Cambridge cattle tracking app secures £1.4m in US deals

A Cambridge tech firm which has created a cattle tracking collar and companion app has secured its f...

Needle-free injection tech to deliver UK’s COVID-19 vaccine

The University of Cambridge has received multi-million-pound funding from the government for a c...