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More than GBP £600 million has been deployed as ministers try to stop fast-growing tech firms seeking larger rounds overseas.
The move aims to widen access to early-stage funding as 57% of the selected general partners are women and 43% are from ethnic minorities.
Borrowers could get small business loan decisions in minutes as new capital supports JUDI.AI's North American expansion.
The funding will speed expansion as developers race to clear power, planning and environmental hurdles for data centres and other infrastructure.
Private markets firms could cut paperwork as the Berlin start-up targets manual fund accounting, treasury and transfer agency work.
Merchants using Primer can now tap Paysafe's card processing in North America, Europe and Australasia, widening routing choice.
Developer-sales teams gain a wider pool of buyers to target as the graph now tracks engineers across 30,000 technologies and 250 functions.
The move gives fund managers a single route into IQ-EQ's wider services across 25 jurisdictions as it deepens its Asia-Pacific and Middle East reach.
Cybersecurity group Wultra will use the funding to expand its digital identity platform as banks face rising AI-driven fraud and quantum risks.
Businesses are under growing pressure to track hidden software, AI tools and access rights as Corma secures a second Gartner ranking.
The Serbian startup will use the cash to expand an open-source control plane that lets engineers supervise AI-driven production workflows safely.
The move puts human checks at the centre of AI-assisted modelling, as finance teams face greater scrutiny over errors in Excel outputs.
Enterprise security teams are being pushed to track what AI agents can access and do across apps, identities and workflows before data is exposed.
The funding will help banks and insurers automate lending, claims and onboarding while keeping AI decisions auditable and compliant.
David Hood is stepping back from day-to-day control as the sales software group seeks to broaden its AI tools and customer reach.
The funding will speed deployment of a service aimed at helping governments spot threats to cables, pipelines and shipping routes from orbit.
Fresh capital will fund Airwallex's expansion and AI product push after the payments firm's valuation jumped to USD $11 billion.
Indian exporters could boost overseas collections as Xflow says its new card service lifts cross-border payment success rates above 90%.
AI use is spreading across Canadian business, with AWS Canada saying 65% now use it, mostly for routine workflow and content tasks.
Tourism operators could capture more bookings as an AI receptionist now answers missed calls, checks availability and takes payments automatically.