Tech Fund 28.05.2026
10 defence tech companies primed for M&A, according to PitchBook analysts 

War in the Middle East, fresh attention on European sovereignty, and Russia’s continued full-scale invasion of Ukraine have pushed defence to the top of PitchBook has identified 10 defence tech companies primed for acquisition as venture capital pours into the sector, with $29 billion last year alone....

Tech Fund 28.05.2026
The climate VC that lost an investment in carbon removal just raised $150M to back AI infrastructure instead

Transition Ventures has raised a $150 million second fund focused on “physical AI” startups....

Tech Fund 28.05.2026
Concern raised over bias in AI tools used by VCs as female founders make up 17% of Spain's startups

Venture capital is increasingly AI enabled. AI models are trained on historical data -- meaning they could be coding bias into dealmaking. Concern comes...

Tech Fund 28.05.2026
Meet the $150M VC fund backing photonics, nuclear energy, and AI-powered industrial systems

Transition Ventures has raised a $150 million second fund focused on “physical AI” startups....

Tech Fund 28.05.2026
AI-native pharma marketing startup Solstice raises $21M to cut drug campaign timelines from 3 months to 10 days

New York-based Solstice raised $21M in Series A funding led by Transformation Capital, bringing total funding to nearly $25M....

Tech Fund 28.05.2026
4 YC rejections and a government shutdown couldn't stop this Tanzanian founder: NALA just snaps $50M to build stablecoin rails connecting emerging markets to the world

NALA has secured a $50M credit facility from Liquidity through Mars Growth Capital, its joint venture with MUFG Bank....

Tech Fund 28.05.2026
Geordie raises $30M Series A led by Balderton to become the security layer enterprises need as AI agents take over their infrastructure

London-based Geordie AI has raised $30M in a Series A led by Balderton Capital, valuing the company at approximately $180M post-money....

Tech Fund 28.05.2026
Ex-DeepMind researcher's London startup raises $50M to build non-toxic cooling systems for next-gen GPUs using AI

Orbital Industries has raised $50M in a Series B led by Plural alongside NVentures, Radical Ventures, Compound, and Fly Ventures....

Tech Fund 28.05.2026
Just 19 European startups went public last year. Now, the $226B secondary market is booming 

Just 19 venture-backed companies went public in Europe in 2025, according to PitchBook. It has created a liquidity crisis, with founders, investors, and A closed IPO market is forcing startups to stay private for longer. Instead, investors and founders can sell shares on Europe's emerging secondaries market....

Tech Fund 28.05.2026
The AI startup replacing software engineers just raised $1B at $26B valuation and it is already writing 89% of Cognition's own code

Cognition has raised over $1 billion in a Series D at a $26 billion valuation, led by Lux Capital, General Catalyst, and 8VC Enterprise usage of its AI...

Tech Fund 28.05.2026
Kopa.ai raises €2M to build the AI operating system that could replace fragmented e-commerce teams

Kopa.ai has raised €2M in seed funding co-led by XTX Ventures and Practica Capital to build AI agents for e-commerce brands....

Tech Fund 28.05.2026
This Princeton spinout just raised $100M to power the AI boom with fusion energy

Thea Energy has raised $100M in Series B funding to accelerate commercial fusion power deployment....

Tech Fund 27.05.2026
Why fintech infrastructure is the next frontier for global business payments

Explore the role of fintech in simplifying international payments and enhancing financial tracking across multiple currencies....

Tech Fund 27.05.2026
Point of sale upgrades in 2026: Specialised retail solutions worth the investment

Discover how a modern point of sale system can streamline transactions and enhance your retail operations efficiently....

Tech Fund 27.05.2026
Airis Labs emerges from stealth with $60M in funding to create mission-ready intelligence from raw visual data

Airis Labs raises $60 million including a $31M million Series B led by PSG Equity, to scale its AI platform that turns unstructured visual data from Airis Labs exits stealth with $60 million to transform fragmented drone, CCTV and social media footage into structured intelligence for government analysts and AI agents....

Tech Fund 27.05.2026
A female-founded Bristol startup is transforming the future of construction from fungi and just raised £4M to scale it

Mykor has raised £4M led by Clean Growth Fund and The FSE Group to scale a fungi-grown structural insulation panel that delivers 60% less embodied carbon than conventional alternatives....

Tech Fund 27.05.2026
Ex-Palantir team bags $12M seed to build the AI operating system pharma has been missing

Perceptic, founded in London in 2024 by Tilman Flock, Martin Copes, and Zaki Trache, has emerged from stealth with a $12M seed round led by Accel....

Tech Fund 27.05.2026
Anthropic’s top 10 hires of 2026 as it lures talent from OpenAI, Google, xAI and Microsoft 

As Big Tech companies and AI labs are battling it out for top talent. Anthropic has the highest employee retention rate among frontier AI labs, according Anthropic has lured top talent from OpenAI, xAI, Microsoft, Google, and Apple already in 2026....

Tech Fund 27.05.2026
‘A shot in the arm for UK tech’: British Business Bank anchors Longwall’s £100M deeptech fund with £50M 

The British Business Bank has committed £50 million to Longwall Venture Partners' fresh £100 million fund. It marks British Business Bank's fourth...

Tech Fund 27.05.2026
Cambridge-educated immigrant founder raises $200M at $5.2B to build the fintech Silicon Valley never had

Mercury has raised $200M at a $5.2B valuation, a 49% step-up in 14 months, as it pursues a national bank charter....

Tech Fund 27.05.2026
Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund double down on Stord in $250M round at $3B valuation to help independent brands take on Amazon

Stord raises $250 million from existing investors including Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund and Strike Capital, valuing the company at $3 billion. The Stord has raised $250M from Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund and others to build a vertically integrated fulfillment network, software suite and AI layer that gives independent brands the tools to compete with Amazon at scale....

Tech Fund 27.05.2026
Quorn rival Pacifico Biolabs raises €7M Series A to scale mycelium fermentation in Europe's disused brewery tanks

Founded in 2022, Germany’s Pacifico Biolabs has closed a €7 million Series A funding round. The food ingredient supplier has developed a mycelium Pacifico Biolabs says its an asset-light approach to alternative protein that it says will help cut costs and increase food security....

Tech Fund 27.05.2026
This Oxford spinout just raised £4.3M to fix tidal tech's biggest problem

Caudal Energy, an Oxford University spinout formerly known as Porpoise Power, has raised £4.3M led by Oxford Science Enterprises and Empirical Ventures to...

Tech Fund 26.05.2026
How smarter infusion monitoring may improve patient safety

Ensure patient safety by tracking catheter symptoms and avoiding complications with careful observation during treatment....