London-based Better Dairy, a startup using fermentation technology to produce dairy proteins, has secured a $2.17m to continue researching its solution and bring products to market by 2022. The seed round was…
Treasure8 Scales its Revolution Against Food Waste
Humans waste around 1.3 billion tonnes of food each year – that’s enough to fill around two-thirds of Lake Eerie. Agriculture contributes almost a fifth of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, and…
UK’s Kindred Capital Closes $105m Fund
London-based VC outfit Kindred Capital has closed a second fund for £81 million ($105m). It is a small increase on Kindred’s first fund, which closed in 2018 and has invested in 29…
Renewables Intelligence Startup ENIAN Wins $1.5m Funding Round
The London-based startup ENIAN, which develops pipeline acceleration software for the renewable energy industry, has secured a $1.5 million pre-seed investment round. The round, which comes just eight days after the firm’s…
Fintech Platform Meniga Wins $9.4m Round
Iceland-born finance startup Meniga has closed an €8.5 million ($9.4m) funding round, as it researches additions to its current suite of digital banking solutions. The company, headquartered in London, has now raised…
London’s TransFICC Wins $7.1m Series A Round
British fintech startup TransFICC has raised a £5.75 million ($7.14m) Series A funding round, as it aims to extend market coverage for its e-trading API solution. The round was led by AlbionVC,…
UK Urges Corona Tech Togetherness, Ahead of “Digital Dunkirk”
Downing Street, the residence of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, teemed with tech luminaries on Wednesday night, as the UK leader urged companies to provide resources to contain the COVID-19 outbreak. The…
UK Outlines $1bn “Blue Skies” Tech Fund to Rival US and China
The British government has announced plans for a $1 billion (£800m) moonshot tech-funding agency, that it hopes will help the country compete with China and the United States beyond Brexit. Chancellor Rishi…
Speedinvest Raises $206m Fund for “Deep Tech” Investments
European investment firm Speedinvest, which focuses on seed-stage startups, has closed a €190m ($206m) fund, with which it will target a number of “deep tech” outfits working across different verticals. The company,…
Running Wearable NURVV Wins $9m Series A Round
British startup NURVV, which manufactures wearable devices for runners, has secured a $9 million Series A funding round. The company, which makes smart insoles that track metrics and monitors technique and possible…