Startup ecosystem stories - Page 2
AI Personality awards launch with USD $90,000 prize
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AI creator platforms launch awards with USD $90,000 prize fund as virtual personalities move deeper into the online economy.
European spinouts hit EUR €370 billion, led by photonics
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European university spinouts now total EUR €370bn in value, with photonics and quantum science driving a surge in deep-tech commercialisation.
Oasis raises USD $120 million for AI access control
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Oasis raises USD $120 million to expand its AI-first access control platform for non-human identities across large enterprises.
Exclusive: G+D's Sofiane Chouane on the future of European fintech
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European fintech is maturing as G+D's Sofiane Chouane charts a future shaped by stricter regulation, AI, and bank-startup partnerships.
ScotlandIS awards spotlight AI & digital innovation
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Software testing specialist 2i claims the first AI Trailblazer title as ScotlandIS honours 2026 Digital Tech Awards winners in Glasgow.
Arduino, Qualcomm launch Hackster contest for UNO Q
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Arduino and Qualcomm launch a global Hackster contest around the new AI-focused UNO Q board, giving away 300 units to developers.
Ramp buys Billhop to grow AI finance reach in Europe
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US fintech Ramp is buying Stockholm-based Billhop to plug its AI finance platform into Billhop's European payments rails and licences.
PixVerse hits unicorn status with record AI video round
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AI video platform PixVerse becomes a unicorn after a record Asia Series C funding round valuing the company at over USD $1 billion.
Wonderful raises USD $150m to scale global AI agents
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Wonderful secures USD $150m Series B at a USD $2bn valuation to scale its agentic AI platform and triple headcount for global expansion.
Spotlight Pathology raises GBP £1.4m for AI cancer tool
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Spotlight Pathology secures GBP £1.4m seed funding to advance AI software aimed at speeding and standardising blood cancer diagnosis.
London tops fintech as Europe urges pension funding
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London tops global fintech funding as Europe outperforms in regulated niches but leans on US backers and eyes pensions to plug gaps.
Scopey Onsite raises €523k to expand construction AI platform
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Scopey Onsite has raised EUR €523k in pre-seed funding to expand its AI-based construction reporting platform across Ireland, the UK and Australia.
OpenAI launches Codex desktop app for Windows devs
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OpenAI brings its Codex desktop app to Windows, targeting the nearly half of professional developers who use the platform daily.
Wilbe opens flexible life sciences lab hub in White City
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Wilbe launches flexible life sciences lab hub in White City to tackle early-stage startup space crunch and back scientist founders.
Wit, grit and a whole heap of bullsh1t
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Female founders, starved of capital yet rich in resolve, are quietly building tougher, smarter businesses through a whole heap of bullshit.
Style, substance, and strategy: Drawing similarities between pageantry and PR
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From runway to boardroom, Australia's pageant stage doubles as a high-stakes PR lab for purpose-driven personal branding in 2026.
Women in tech & finance call for systems to catch up
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Women in tech and finance say workplaces must be redesigned, with data-led accountability and digital finance access to match women's ambitions.
Why closing the gender gap in entrepreneurship is key to unlocking growth
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With women-led start-ups securing just 2.3% of 2024 VC funds, Cristina Fonseca says closing tech's gender gap is vital for growth.
Rooms shape power: How culture signals exclude women in tech
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In tech and marketing, women are excluded not just by bias in code or funding, but by domestic load and male-coded networking rituals.
Designing equal opportunity in AI and adtech leadership
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Women in AI and adtech call for bias-free systems, fair leadership paths and cultures where merit, not gender, defines success.