Tag: Investment
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Alice & Bob expands Series B with investment from NVIDIA’s venture arm
French fault-tolerant quantum computing company Alice & Bob has raised investment from NVentures, NVIDIA’s venture capital arm, that expands its €100 million Series B round. The investment supports Alice & Bob’s development of an architecture towards fault-tolerant quantum computing. According to Théau Peronnin, CEO, Alice & Bob: “We’ve been working alongside NVIDIA to connect our read more
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Isomorphic Labs lands $2.1BN investment
Sir Demis Hassabis has hailed a multi-billion-dollar investment in the startup he founded which was spun out ofGoogle DeepMind and focuses on leveraging AI to help drug discovery as a “massive vote of confidence”. Isomorphic Labssaid it has raised$2.1bn in a Series B funding. The funding round was led by existing investor Thrive Capital, the read more
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Paymentology targets new growth areas with $175M investment
Paymentology, the global issuer-processing platform for banks and fintechs, has secured a $175 million investment co-led by Apis Partners and Aspirity Partners. Founded to help financial institutions modernise payment issuing systems, Paymentology provides real-time card and payment processing technology for fintechs, digital banks and retail banks operating across multiple markets. The company says its platform read more
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Investing in Europe: Private Equity Activity 2025 Report highlights strong fundraising and investment performance
Invest Europe, the association representing Europe’s private equity, venture capital and infrastructure sectors, has released Investing in Europe: Private Equity Activity 2025, its annual report examining performance across the region. The report provides a comprehensive breakdown of activity across segments, stages, sectors and geographies. It also introduces new data on continuation funds and investment in read more
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East Africa: Uganda Hosts Chinese Investors for High-Level Trade, Tourism Investment Tour
Uganda is currently hosting a high-level delegation of Chinese investors and industry representatives as part of the ongoing Uganda-China Coffee Investment and Destination Tour, a strategic initiative aimed at strengthening trade, investment, and market linkages between the two countries. The tour, organized by Uganda’s Embassy in Beijing in collaboration with the Uganda Consulate in Guangzhou, read more
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Midas closes $50M Series A to scale on-chain investment products
Midas, a platform for composable on-chain investment products, has raised $50 million in Series A funding. The round was led by RRE Ventures and Creandum, with participation from Framework Ventures, HV Capital, Ledger Cathay, Franklin Templeton, Coinbase Ventures, M1 Capital, Anchorage Digital, FJ Labs, North Island Ventures and GSR. The round brings total funding to read more
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UK government pledges £1BN quantum computing investment
TheUK government has pledged a £1bn investment to buy large-scale quantum computers from British startups and companies, as it looks to stay in the race in innovating in the technology which some believe could rival AI. Technology secretary Liz Kendall said: ”I am determined this country grasps the benefits quantum computing will bring. It is only read more
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Upvest raises $125M to strengthen its API-based investment platform
Upvest, a European investment infrastructure provider, has announced a $125 million financing round to support the modernisation of legacy banking systems across Europe and the UK. The $90 million equity round was led by Sapphire Ventures and Tencent, with participation from existing investors including Bessemer Venture Partners and BlackRock, while the company is also finalising read more
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EIF makes largest defence investment yet with €50M backing for Join Capital
The European Investment Fund (EIF), part of the EIB Group, today announced a €50 million commitment to Join Capital’s third fund as Europe moves from defence spending announcements to rebuilding industrial capability. The commitment is the EIF’s largest to date in defence and is supported by the InvestEU Defence Equity Facility, which is designed to read more
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Lightspeed leads $23M investment in AI startup for accounting departments Stacks
A London-headquartered AI startup targeting accountancy departments, set up by a former Uber and Plaid executive, has raised $23 million in a Series A round, led by new investor Lightspeed.The Series A in Stacks also includes returning investors EQT Ventures, General Catalyst, and S16VC. The new round follows 12 months after its$12m seed round. It read more
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Sendance secures investment to grow wearable sensor and data platform
Sendance, a startup developing sensor technology for collecting data from medical devices and assistive equipment, has raised new funding as part of its ongoing third investment round. The investment, structured as a convertible loan, was provided by Garage Angels, with Electron Capital Partners having participated earlier during the seed round. To date, the company has read more
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The Fourth Law secures investment to advance drone AI for Ukraine
The Fourth Law (TFL), a Kyiv-based defence technology company, has secured a new funding round backed by Axon, a US public safety technology group. TFL develops AI and robotics solutions for defence and public safety, with a focus on autonomy technologies. The company builds an autonomy-focused software stack that includes simulation and analytical tools, autonomous read more
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Mistral boss calls for European unity in AI race, as pledges €1.2bn Swedish data centre investment
The boss of one of Europe’s most high-profile AI startups today called on European unity inthe global AI race, as it committed €1.2 billion to build its first data centres outside of its nativeFrance, in Sweden. Arthur Mensch, the CEO and co-founder of French AI startup Mistral, said: “We think it is a bit of read more
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Tourism growth through investment and visa reforms
Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille says South Africa is strengthening its tourism growth strategy through investment promotion, improved air connectivity and visa reforms, as the country deepens engagement with key Asian markets. De Lille was speaking in Singapore this week during a visit that included engagements with the Singapore Tourism Board, Singapore’s Minister of National read more
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Carne Group secures strategic investment from Permira at a €1.4B valuation
Carne Group, Europe’s largest independent third-party management company and a provider of fund regulation and governance services, has agreed to sell a significant minority stake to funds advised by Permira at an enterprise valuation of €1.4 billion. As part of the transaction, Vitruvian Partners will exit its minority stake acquired in 2021, alongside several other read more
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Isle of Man launches National AI Office with £1M investment
The Isle of Man Government has officially launched its National AI Office (NAIO) digitalisleofman.com/naio, a new function designed to help the Island harness AI in a practical, sustainable and responsible way. This marks a significant step in establishing a clear, coordinated national approach to the responsible adoption of artificial intelligence. Backed by a £1 million read more
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Basecamp Research unveils programmable gene insertion AI models, as confirms Nvidia investment
A UK startup aiming to solve key challenges inlife sciences through AI has unveiled the “world’s first AI models for programmable gene insertion”, as it confirms Nvidia has invested in the startup. London-based Basecamp Research harnesses biodiversity to design new medicines. It does this by building its own AI models and today it has unveiled read more
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The Artists Collective launches as an artist-led investment platform
The Artists Collective has officially launched as the UK’s first artist-led investment collective, following a period in which it quietly backed 20 early-stage technology companies. The platform brings together established cultural figures, including Maya Jama, Daniel Kaluuya, Jack Whitehall, Roman Kemp, and Tom Grennan, alongside experienced venture investors to support early-stage businesses. Its model combines read more
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Superbo secures strategic investment from Deep Capital to build the future of enterprise automation
UK agentic AI startupSuperbohas secured a strategic investment from Deep Capital Group. Superbo’s platform enables organisations to streamline operations and unlock efficiency through AI agents and cognitive flows. Through its Opero Suite, Nova, Solo and Aeon, the company turns enterprise knowledge into intelligent dialogue, connects APIs and systems into seamless cognitive workflows and deploys autonomous read more
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UK government announces billions of pounds of AI investment including Sovereign AI Unit
The UK government has unveiled a package of measures putting AI at the centre of its growth plans, pledging the creation of thousands of jobs and government support for key domesticAI tech. The measures, featuring billions of pounds of public and private investment, come ahead of the Autumn Budget and warnings from company bosses that read more
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