July 13, 2022 / by Nicole / Business, Funding, investment, News, Startup, UK Startups, Uncategorized, Venture Capital
Nothing, a British consumer technology company, unveiled its first smartphone, the “Phone (1),” at a King’s Cross, London, event in an effort to compete with Apple and Samsung. Without knowing any of the Phone 1’s specifications, 200,000 customers made a non-refundable deposit prior to the debut. The London-based startup has officially confirmed that the Phone […]
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Bruntwood SciTech unveils revamped £20m life science lab in Macclesfield
July 29, 2022 / by Nicole / investment, News, Real Estate, Startup, UK Startups / 0 comments
Bruntwood SciTech has unveiled its £20m lab redevelopment at Alderley Park, Macclesfield, part of a £247m plan to bolster life science innovation in the region and attract more companies to the area. Alderley Park has seen 86,000 sq ft of its existing labs redeveloped into high-specification biology and chemistry containment level two laboratory suites. “The […]
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COI Partners launches €120m growth fund for DACH companies
July 28, 2022 / by Nicole / Funding, fundraising, investment, News, Startup, Venture Capital / 0 comments
Switzerland and Germany-based growth investor COI Partners (formerly Co-Investor Partners) has completed the first closing of its new €120m fund for growth-stage startups in the DACH region. For COI, that means investing at Series B and up, and also doing some more private-equity deals. COI Partners invests in high-growth startups that have a proven business […]
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Concept Ventures launches £50m fund to fill ‘major gap’ at pre-seed stage
July 28, 2022 / by Nicole / Funding, fundraising, investment, News, Startup, UK Startups, Venture Capital / 0 comments
London-based venture capital firm Concept Ventures has launched a £50m fund to invest in British pre-seed startups and address the “major gap” in that stage of the investment ecosystem. The fund will invest between £100,000 and £600,000 in more than 60 startups over the next four years. Coinciding with its pre-seed fund launch, Concept Ventures […]
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UKI2S gets £37m boost to back British seed-stage startups
July 26, 2022 / by Nicole / Funding, investment, News, Startup, UK Startups, Venture Capital / 0 comments
Birmingham-based UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund (UKI2S) has added an extra £37m to its patient capital fund to invest in seed-stage startups operating in areas including synthetic biology, fusion energy and defence. The fund will make investments into both private sector companies and technology developed in public sector laboratories and in partner research and […]
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Push Security secures £3.32 million Seed investment led by Decibel
July 26, 2022 / by Nicole / Funding, Information and Technology, investment, News, Startup, UK Startups, Venture Capital / 0 comments
Push Security announces it completed a $4 million seed round led by Decibel and backed by prominent industry leaders, including Jon Oberheide and Haroon Meer. With this funding, Push will continue to develop technology that equips employees to secure SaaS. Push provides a super scalable way to secure SaaS, by equipping employees to join the fight against attackers and […]
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Systemiq Capital closes £59m fund for early-stage climate tech startups
July 18, 2022 / by Nicole / Funding, fundraising, investment, News, Startup, UK Startups, Venture Capital / 0 comments
The first close of Systemiq Capital’s Fund II raised $70 million (£59.2 million) for investments in early-stage climate tech startups. Systemiq Capital is a venture capital firm based in London. Systemiq Capital primarily wants to support start-ups in the food, transportation, and material production industries. The fund’s final closing, which aims to raise $200 million […]
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To compete with Apple, London-based startup Nothing releases Phone (1)
July 13, 2022 / by Nicole / Business, Funding, investment, News, Startup, UK Startups, Uncategorized, Venture Capital
Nothing, a British consumer technology company, unveiled its first smartphone, the “Phone (1),” at a King’s Cross, London, event in an effort to compete with Apple and Samsung. Without knowing any of the Phone 1’s specifications, 200,000 customers made a non-refundable deposit prior to the debut. The London-based startup has officially confirmed that the Phone […]
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NextGenFDI’ to trigger next wave of startup entrepreneurship, tech talent migration from India to UAE
July 12, 2022 / by Ashu / Startup
The latest ‘NextGenFDI’ initiative by the UAE is set to trigger the next wave of startup entrepreneurship and tech talent migration from India to the Gulf country, industry insiders and experts said. Several India-based startup ventures are seriously considering either expanding their operations or relocating their headquarters to Dubai or other major cities in the […]
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Iceotope raises £30m to keep data centres cool
July 11, 2022 / by Nicole / Funding, News, Startup, UK Startups
Data centres produce a lot of heat – so much so that Microsoft has tried deploying them in containers on the seafloor. Keeping them cool, which is often done using noisy fans, guzzles lots of energy. Sheffield-based company Iceotope has adopted a different strategy, claiming that its use of liquid immersion cooling technology is a low-cost strategy that […]
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Top 10 FinTech Startups in India
July 11, 2022 / by Nicole / best startups, FinTech, Startup, Uncategorized
Fintech, or financial technology, has become an important part of the world economy. Paper-based documentation was necessary for all financial transactions in the past since it was regarded as the most secure approach. However, as technology developed, the internet began to replace other commercial communication channels. Fintech is an industry made up of companies that […]
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