Robert Scammell

VC Funding / Wed 2 Mar 2022

Sure Valley Ventures closes £85m fund to back UK metaverse and AI startups

UK venture capital firm Sure Valley Ventures has raised £85m for a fund to back 25 early-stage British software startup...

Deep Tech / Mon 28 Feb 2022

London-based tech VC Hiro Capital has launched a €300m (£251m) fund to invest in gaming and metaverse companies in th...

Energy / Mon 28 Feb 2022

Solivus, a UK startup that has developed “ultra-thin” solar panels that can be fitted to commercial rooftops, has se...

Founder Interviews / Fri 25 Feb 2022

Michelle Kennedy is the founder and CEO of Peanut, a social media platform that provides a safe space for women to conne...

Health Tech / Tue 22 Feb 2022

Automata, a company that automates lab processes with software and hardware solutions, has raised $50m (£37m) in a Seri...

Funding / Mon 21 Feb 2022

Umazi, a London-based startup automating enterprise identity verification, has closed a $1m (£730,000) pre-seed funding...

Big Data / Fri 18 Feb 2022

London-based fintech Nous has raised $9m (£6.6m) in a seed funding round to develop its platform for aggregating the co...

Founder Interviews / Fri 18 Feb 2022

Sean Nolan is the founder and CEO of Blink, an enterprise IT platform for frontline workers. Nolan founded Blink in 2...

Cybersecurity / Thu 17 Feb 2022

Investment in UK cybersecurity companies surpassed a record £1bn in 2021, a 25% increase on the year prior. Governme...