Mollie buys GoCardless in €1.05B deal to serve 350,000+ businesses across Europe
Abhinaya Prabhu / techfundingnews - Dutch payments leader Mollie has struck a landmark agreement to acquire UK-based GoCardless in a deal valued at…
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DeepMind to open first AI science lab in UK 2026
Emre Çıtak / dataconomy - Google DeepMind announced plans to open its first automated science laboratory in the United Kingdom in 2026. The facility will use artificial intelligence to identify new materials for superconductors, semiconductors, and solar cells. This initiative for…
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Qargo Raises $33M in Series B Funding
FinSMEs / finsmes - Qargo, a London, UK-based transport management system (TMS) company, raised $33M in Series B funding. The round was led by Sofina, with participation from existing investor Balderton Capital. The raise brought the total amount to $54M. The company intends…
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This Cambridge startup is building plug-and-play AI inspectors for global factories, with $14M to scale
Abhinaya Prabhu / techfundingnews - London-based Matta, a deep-tech spin-out from the University of Cambridge, has raised $14 million in seed funding to…
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yuv raises $12M to scale sustainable hair colour tech in the UK and US
Tamara Djurickovic / tech - London-based yuv, a beauty technologycompany developing the world’s first smart hair colour lab system for salonsand freelancers, has closed a $12 million Series A funding round. The round wasled by N...
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Porn company fined £1m over inadequate age checks
bbc - The penalty imposed on AVS Group Ltd is the biggest handed out so far under the Online Safety Act.
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Nothing to open £3.8m ‘community investment round’
Oscar Hornstein / uktech - UK-based smartphone challenger firm Nothing has launched a “community investment round” targeting $5m (£3.8m) offering the chance for users to invest in the company. Nothing secured a $1.3bn valuation in September off the back of a $200m Series C round le…
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Payments Firm Sokin Valued at $300 Million After New Funding
PYMNTS / pymnts - Business payments company Sokin has raised $50 million in a new funding round. The Series B round brings Sokin’s valuation to $300 million, and will help accelerate the company’s expansion, bolster its financial infrastructure and enhance its product capa…
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Multiple London councils' IT systems disrupted by cyberattack
Bill Toulas / bleepingcomputer - The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) and the Westminster City Council (WCC) announced that they are experiencing service disruptions following a cybersecurity issue. [...]
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UK FashionTech Startup Ponda Secures €2M To Advance Sustainable Fashion Innovation
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Ponda, the Bristol-based biomaterials company developing regenerative material supply chains, has closed a €2.09 million Seed round to commercialise its flagship insulation, BioPuff. The oversubscribed round was co-led by Faber (Lisbon) and Counteract (Lo…
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Bootstrapped And Profitable Hello Klean Raises €1.3M Funding
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - London-based Hello Klean, a water-focused beauty brand, has secured £1.5M (around €1.3M) in debt financing from re:cap to fuel its next stage of growth. re:cap, founded in Berlin in 2021 by Paul Becker and Jonas Tebbe, provides debt capital and automated …
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Onstage launches new early-stage venture fund
Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Onstage, an organiser of standalone demo events in Europe, announced the launch of its first venture fund, with an initial close of £10 million. The fund is intended to support European founders at t...
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Dost Expands To UK Following £6M Series A Led by Octopus Ventures
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - London-based Dost, an AI-driven financial automation platform, has raised £6 million in a Series A round led by Octopus Ventures and officially launched in the UK. The funding also saw participation from new investor TQ Ventures, alongside continued backi…
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Bristol FemTech startup Emm raises €7.7 million for connected menstrual cup and app
David Cendon Garcia / eu-startups - Today, Emm, the British-based innovator in biowearable technology, announces it has raised €7.7 million ($9 million) in an oversubscribed Seed funding round, to bring the world’s first smart menstrual cup and connected app to market. The round was led by …
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Apple Denied Appeal in UK App Store Case, Faces Over £1 Billion in Damages
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Apple's request to appeal a landmark UK ruling that its App Store fees are 'excessive and unfair' has been denied, exposing it to over £1.2B in damages.The post Apple Denied Appeal in UK App Store Case, Faces Over £1 Billion in Damages appeared first on W…
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Zilch nets $175M as eyes "strategic" M&A
John Reynolds / tech - Zilch, the UK consumer lending fintech, has netted over $175m in an equity and debt funding round as it eyes acquisition targets. The funding round was led by KKCG, the Czech investment group, with pa...
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UK tech leaders urge Rachel Reeves to rule out exit tax
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Stability AI wins UK court battle over Getty Images
In a landmark legal showdown in the UK, Stability AI garnered a favorable ruling against Getty Images over copyright issues linked to AI training data. The decision, while partly a win for Stability AI, leaves unresolved questions on fair use and signals a shift in copyright enforcement in the AI creative space.
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Apple Invites Users to Design Digital Christmas Trees for Battersea Power Station Display
Hartley Charlton / macrumors - Apple today announced a campaign inviting people across the United Kingdom to design digital Christmas trees on iPad, with the winning artworks to be projected onto the chimneys of London's Battersea Power Station in December.The "Your Tree on Battersea" …
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GTA VI developer accused of union busting in mass firings
Stevie Bonifield / theverge - Rockstar Games, the developer of Grand Theft Auto VI, fired between 30 to 40 employees on Thursday, as previously reported by Bloomberg. According to the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB), all of the employees fired were part of a private…
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