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From 2025 to 2026: Listen to the startups and VCs behind the year’s biggest tech stories
As we close the chapter on 2025 and look ahead to what 2026 may bring, we’ve released a special Tech.eu podcast episode that does something a little different. Instead of our journalists alone unpacking the biggest stories of the year, we turned to what you read most in 2025 — and invited the founders and read more
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Touchwaves lands €1.5M for next-gen wearable tech for NATO
Touchwaves, a Dutch deeptech startup and spin-off from TNO, has raised €1.5 million in a pre-seed funding round. The round was led by SecFund, which supports startups, scale-ups, and innovative SMEs addressing the innovation needs of the Dutch Ministry of Defence, in collaboration with the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Regional Development Agencies under read more
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"No AI can promise to be safe”: Britain’s ChatGPT rival takes on big tech over sexualised deepfakes and AI harm
The CEO of Locai Labs, Britain’s answer to ChatGPT, James Drayson, says no tech company can guarantee their AI won’t produce explicit images – and accuses Silicon Valley rivals of pretending the problem doesn’t exist. Drayson is the son of former science minister Lord Drayson. He is appearing before MPs and theHuman Rights and the read more
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The tech news stories under the radar in 2025
After a particularly spirited onlineconversation about whether tech media should still be covering funding rounds, I found myself reflecting on what we actually do — day in, day out — at Tech.eu. When I do workshops about talking to the media, I often talk about the story behind the news. Beyond funding, there’s a broader read more
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Small business tech tips: A guide to getting more done with Zoom Workplace
As a small business owner, you have to be scrappy. You need to find ways to break out in today’s crowded market — reach new audiences, automate processes, improve efficiencies, and do more with less — without overextending your team. The right technology can unlock all that, and then some. A 2024 study by the read more
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yuv raises $12M to scale sustainable hair colour tech in the UK and US
London-based yuv, a beauty technology company developing the world’s first smart hair colour lab system for salons and freelancers, has closed a $12 million Series A funding round. The round was led by Nineyards Equity, with participation from Founder Francisco Gimenez, existing investor VNV Global, and a network of strategic angel investors. yuv is modernising read more
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UN Development Program and Wazoku invite startups to pioneer new tech for underwater mine detection
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched a global innovation challenge to identify bold, practical solutions that can help crisis-affected communities recover and rebuild from scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs around the world. Partnering with UK-based innovation platform Wazoku, the UNDP will crowdsource ideas through a series of open-innovation challenges to find simple solutions that read more
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Europe at a “crossroads” as it is called to power its first trillion-euro tech company
Europeis at a “crossroads” and has not realised its full potential, according to leading VC firm Atomico, which has urged the European ecosystem to power its firsttrillion-euro company. Atomico’s latest State of European Tech report (its eleventh) paints a positive picture of the European startup scene but says structural gaps mean Europe is potentially leaving read more
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Why expense infrastructure is becoming core tech for modern companies
For years, expense management sat in the administrative shadows – a necessary, vital but rather unremarkable process centred on receipts, reimbursements, and end-of-month corrections and scrambling. That model no longer fits the way modern companies operate. As European businesses scale faster, adopt cloud-heavy tech stacks, and expand across borders, spending has evolved from a back-office read more
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