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Round raises USD $6 million to automate finance work

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London fintech Round lands USD $6 million and unveils workflow tools to cut repetitive treasury, payroll and payments work for finance teams.
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Felix launches AI workflow platform with USD $1.7 million

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Felix lands USD $1.7 million to scale AI workflows for legal and finance teams, targeting consistency and audit trails over ad hoc prompts.
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Earlyasset raises $2 million to tackle venture liquidity

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Earlyasset emerges from stealth with $2 million pre-seed backing to build infrastructure for broader private market share sales.
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Zalos raises USD $3.6 million for finance AI agents

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Zalos secures USD $3.6 million seed funding to build AI agents that automate complex finance workflows across legacy enterprise systems.
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Gym app SPORTL launches in London after GBP £250,000 raise

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Gym booking app SPORTL launches in London after GBP £250,000 pre-seed, offering pay-as-you-train access at 50 studios with no memberships.
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Mirai Robotics raises USD $4.2m for autonomous ships

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Italy's Mirai Robotics raises USD $4.2m pre-seed to build autonomous vessels and maritime AI, targeting dual-use coastal and offshore missions.
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Investing in women is investing in the future of AI

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As AI becomes economic infrastructure, starved investment in women founders risks baking bias and fragility into the next tech wave.
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Incard gains UK EMI licence to expand fintech platform

Tue, 24th Feb 2026
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Incard secures UK EMI licence, bringing payments, cards and FX in-house as it scales its fintech orchestration platform for digital brands.
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Vape Guardian raises funds to develop vape-detection tech

Sun, 15th Feb 2026
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Vape Guardian secures seed funding of GBP £350,000 via Angel Investment Network to expand its vape-detection tech in schools and beyond.
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Qodo brings AI-powered code review into Azure DevOps

Fri, 13th Feb 2026
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Qodo launches a beta Azure DevOps integration that embeds its AI-driven, context-aware code review directly into pull request workflows.
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Sendr unveils AI videos to rescue abandoned baskets

Wed, 11th Feb 2026
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UK startup Sendr launches AI-personalised videos for eCommerce, claiming a 33% uplift in abandoned-cart revenue and 10x more clicks.
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Umanitek launches Guardian Agent to combat AI deepfakes

Wed, 4th Feb 2026
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Swiss startup Umanitek has unveiled Guardian Agent, a subscription tool to spot deepfakes, fake profiles and AI-driven impersonation online.
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LaunchLemonade raises $480,000 to develop no-code AI agent tools

Fri, 23rd Jan 2026
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LaunchLemonade raises oversubscribed $480,000 pre-seed to grow its London no-code AI agent hub and build a creator marketplace.
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GrowthPal raises USD $2.6m for AI M&A deal sourcing

Thu, 15th Jan 2026
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GrowthPal raises USD $2.6m to scale its AI platform for off‑market M&A deal sourcing and global expansion from its Singapore base.
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Conveyd raises GBP £2.5m to speed up UK home buying

Fri, 9th Jan 2026
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UK start-up Conveyd raises GBP £2.5m to expand its AI-driven conveyancing platform, promising to cut home purchase times to weeks.
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Google backs Emergent to help non‑coders build software

Wed, 7th Jan 2026
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Google has invested in Emergent, giving the AI start-up early access to Gemini 3 to help millions of non-coders build production software.
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Orq.ai raises EUR €5m to industrialise enterprise AI agents

Fri, 2nd Jan 2026
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Amsterdam's Orq.ai secures EUR €5m seed round to turn experimental enterprise AI agents into compliant, scalable production systems.
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Procure AI secures USD $13 million to boost procurement automation

Mon, 1st Dec 2025
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London-based Procure AI raised USD $13 million seed funding to expand its AI-driven procurement automation across Europe, boosting efficiency and cost savings.
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Cerrion secures USD $18 million to boost AI in manufacturing sector

Fri, 28th Nov 2025
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Cerrion raises USD $18 million to expand its AI platform, aiming to cut manufacturing downtime and boost productivity across US and European factories.
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Firgun Ventures launches with $70m for quantum tech innovation

Tue, 25th Nov 2025
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Firgun Ventures launches with $70m fund to back early-stage quantum tech firms, aiming to scale innovations in computing, sensing and cryptography globally.