Tech VC Molten Ventures reveals new £180m debt facility Kellie Noon: How ASCEND will help GM scaleups navigate rapid growth Halocycle crowned KPMG UK Tech Innovator 2024 Industrial tech firm Viper Innovations undergoes MBO 4D Medicine raises £3.4m to develop biomaterial for implants UK’s Addionics, building giga-factory in US, raises £30m UK Biobank’s funding closes on £50m Metaverse pioneer Improbable turns first profit CEO to depart listed Manchester spinout Nanoco Welsh startup playing new Tune on energy Revolut finally receives UK banking licence UK startups funded ‘to make living on Moon viable’ Executive exodus at listed Nexteq London’s Mimecast in US swoop New COO appointed at CMA Google cookie ban U-turn: Money down the drain or sigh of relief? UK watchdog joins EU & US in supporting AI competition Morgan Stanley takes stake in FinTech backed by Rio Ferdinand Informa makes £1.2bn swoop for fellow listed rival Ascential £33m to see UK space projects shoot for stars £2m to expand Sheffield’s FinLegal overseas Tech & culture to collide at Birmingham’s newest festival Brain health MedTech almost in black as CFO departs Robotics pioneer secures first major MEIF II equity deal Plum closes on profitability as it raises £16m ‘After moving house almost 20 times I decided to act’ Ocula ‘to treble in size’ with £3.25m investment Government gives lift-off to £103m for greener air travel Ex-PwC & EY star ‘closing financial literacy gap’ with Wealthbrite Edinburgh startup wins £4.7m grant from Michael J. Fox Foundation Starmer shakeup sees government launch Skills England FCA lifts restrictions on FinTech Modulr The key ingredient founders cannot afford to overlook How the Spud Bros became the stars of TikTok Tech companies need to hustle to succeed Spotlight Pathology wins funding to improve blood cancer diagnosis Former government tech chief Tom Read joins Serco Lancaster spinout wins £1.1m grant to develop ‘unattainable’ tech Final call for Leeds Digital Festival events Crowdstrike: What caused global IT outage? Italian trailblazer to disrupt cloud storage in ‘key’ UK market Wowcher! Firm to refund £4m+ to customers & end pressure tactics US payments giant Cash App to exit UK Time to GrowUp! £38m backing for EnviroTech leader wamo secures £4m, EMI licence to expand around Europe Edit Cloud raises £2m to transform post-production sector Early Spotify and Canva staff join Wondercraft Luscid scores almost a million to revolutionise sports sponsorship Quote Detective links up with InsurTech 50 star Percayso Why are European startups delaying US expansion? Samsung swoops for UK AI startup PensionBee launches into US ASCEND: Bringing the ‘power of connection’ to Greater Manchester’s scaleups Carbon Neutral Fuels wins Trailblazing Tech Award Wellmind Health appoints Heather Cook as CEO NPIF II strikes first deals across North of England King's Speech: Key tech takeaways & industry reaction DeepTech AI firm Xapien completes £8m Series A round Bioniq, used by Manchester United & NBA stars, raises Series B round New CEO unveiled at HSBC Chair appointed following leadership shakeup at listed K3 London VC launches £121m FinTech fund Huma’s £62m injection for ‘leap to proactive medicine’ UA92 tech giant apprenticeships ‘igniting students’ passion’ California tech giant raids Experian for new CEO Lloyds Bank terminates Satago agreement Naked Energy generates £17m to supercharge global growth Northcoders reports record demand AgriTech startup raises £150k for palm farming tech Pre-seed joy for Hey Savi’s all-female founding team UK AI investment on track for record-breaking year Double hire in Praetura Ventures’ North West team TechBlast unveils exciting new rebrand as events specialist Instinct Digital raises £5m to grow investor reporting tool Carwow Group to motor as top US VC invests AstraZeneca in billion-dollar swoop Iconic games firm to speed up AAA games with AI Enzyme trailblazer Entropix backed by LYVA Labs Japanese takeover at AI chipmaker Graphcore Do all founders need 'real world' experience of their clients’ realities? PolyModels Hub ‘to build digital backbone for pharma’ GM Business Growth Hub appoints new head of Access to Finance Byker firm Swarm launches home energy management system Kraken superhub to make Manchester ‘Silicon Valley of Energy’ Index Ventures raises £1.8bn to fuel AI innovation Switchee secures £5m to fight mould in social housing Biggest overhaul of UK listing rules in three decades Prehabilitation platform founded by NHS doctors wins funding UK tech secures lion's share of 2024 Euro venture funding Vin Murria OBE named Top Asian in UK Tech 2024 Labour unveils National Wealth Fund to unlock private investment CEO steps aside at listed MedTech Sareum Manchester tech entrepreneur awarded honorary degree Recordsure launches free AI meeting notes Triangle Tube partners with Partful to revolutionise aftersales support £350m swoop for London metaverse firm Landvault Holiday giant to invest millions in tech platform Innovate UK funding to expand OSY Group globally Who are the North’s greatest leaders? DLA Piper CFO to join tech firm Davies Steven Bartlett backs ‘one of the best entrepreneurs I’ve ever met’ BGF backs Cardiff cybersecurity scaleup with £5m Tracebit secures seed funding for cyber ‘canaries’ Ripe poaches Deloitte figure to lead M&A Spinout ‘making world more ethical’ snapped up Social fitness app backed by Michael Carrick wins £2.4m Finalists revealed for INVENT 2024 showcase First 10 startups accepted on to BetaDen Incubate Northcoders offers gender diversity scholarships International swoop for Cardiff’s Yard Data Dealmaker is upbeat about M&A activity for rest of 2024 Salford Business School appoints Dr Maria Allen Who is Labour’s Tech Secretary Peter Kyle? ‘Mental fitness’ platform for workplaces wound up AI firm Cykel raises £350,000 after reverse takeover Applications open for final Ignite Accelerator Private equity appointment at Oakley Capital Funding to give voice to Northern Irish couple's speech therapy tech Funding boost for East of England incubator Akcela Tech sector reacts to Labour's landslide general election victory Athena Festival to help female founders ‘feel more heroic’ ‘Super connector’ outlines opportunities in ClimateTech investment Natcap bags £8m to bring nature into business decisions FreelanceHER 100 returns for aspiring women entrepreneurs HR Duo raises €1.7m to expand further in UK ‘The board was asking how we were going to survive… tech was the answer’ On general election day, what does tech sector want from next government? Why CleanTech innovation needs to step up a gear Leadership shakeup at listed Salford firm K3 Former MMA fighter rings opening bell on AI fitness platform AI for architects secures pre-seed funding Birmingham set for £4.5m Centre City innovation hub e-therapeutics eyes NASDAQ after raising £29m Oscar-winning London firm raises £150m+ at $2bn valuation GM Business Growth Hub launches ASCEND scale-up programme Former Elite Group CEO ‘building different kind of tech business’ with Sum Vivas Octopus Ventures nabs CEO from HSBC Innovation Banking Yorkshire's Fintel plc finalises £14.6m swoop for Manchester's threesixty Serial founder brings conversational AI to businesses on WhatsApp Zedify ‘set to triple turnover’ after £4m investment TRIVER secures further funding ‘to provide SME capital in a click’ AdTech Sparteo accelerates UK expansion plans Revolut’s record revenues reach remarkable £1.8bn Legal & General’s £1bn fund ‘to open access to private markets’ European leader swoops for London’s TaxScouts £2.55bn deal agreed for UK’s Preqin £800k sucked into Vortex serving household names Fueld launches to track your meals with just a photo Piing signs deal with Manchester City STRAT7 names COO as it targets rapid expansion Tharsus spins out new company with £8m investment My Mentor: The wise CEO who ‘challenges & encourages’ Listed company disposes of Horizon for £1.2m Addleshaw Goddard opens applications for scaleup accelerator AdTech Lunio wins backing from Praetura What3words halves losses as revenue creeps up Canva ‘trebles down’ on commitment to London Bank of America backs UK lender to tune of £120m £5m private equity backing for Zeti Private equity-backed Motors snaps up Cazoo brand Supercede raises £12m to transform reinsurance Fast-growth Tribe Payments appoints new CEO Report: Ultraleap to lay off half of workforce Cheshire MedTech’s £121m deal given green light Maven VCTs invest in Alderley Lighthouse Labs Holiday firm Heidi says Hi! to £5.6m growth funding Heatio secures £2m to revolutionise clean energy access InsurTech behind Shipman advert enters administration EnviroTech 50 star Climate X raises £14m to expand in US New funding & exec takeover at struggling Stability AI 'Who should I vote for?’ AI to assist young voters before general election FPE Capital promotes former PwC & KPMG figures Grant Thornton sees ESG & tech shine in strong H1 Leeds' White Label Loyalty eyes global growth Heatstroke deaths: Could ‘ice bath in a backpack’ save lives? £55m double bank deal to spark Manchester scaleup Be.EV Listed Inspiration looks to raise £3m as it searches for CEO Checkit drops out of fight for Crimson Tide Leeds spinout wins funding to revolutionise cyber market 1,000 ‘planet positive’ businesses pitch for £100m Walsall’s Aptumo signs deal to flood into US