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Narwhal Labs raises GBP £20 million for DeepBlue OS

The Bristol startup’s pay-as-you-use platform targets firms in regulated sectors that need to automate customer contacts without long deployments.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Last month

Hybrid & Remote Work

Bucharest tops Europe startup rankings as London slips

Lower costs and lighter tax burdens have pushed Bucharest to the top of Europe’s startup rankings, while London fell to 69th globally.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Last month

Risk & Compliance

Qognetix named UK StartUp Awards finalist in Birmingham

The Birmingham deep-tech firm is raising GBP £725,000 as demand grows for tools that govern AI behaviour in live settings.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Last month

Global Stories

Venture Capital stories

Wearables

Vertigenius raises EUR 2.55 million for US expansion

Early US traction could help Vertigenius turn remote vertigo monitoring into broader clinic adoption after securing EUR 2.55 million.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Last month

Semiconductors

Nava raises USD $22 million to expand AI cloud in Asia

Fresh backing will help Nava hire senior staff and expand its AI-focused cloud and data centre network across Asia-Pacific.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last month

Network Infrastructure

Aria launches Deep Networking platform with USD $125 million

The funding backs a push into AI data centres, where better network control could lift model utilisation and cut token costs.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last month

Drones

Felix launches AI workflow platform with USD $1.7 million

The new platform targets regulated firms seeking auditable AI processes, after Felix raised USD $1.7 million to expand beyond legal work.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last month

DataCentre infrastructure

Firmus wins USD $505 million AI infrastructure boost

The funding would help Firmus expand AI factories across Asia-Pacific, as demand for compute outpaces available capacity and power supply.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last month

DevOps

Neara adopts ClickHouse ClickStack for observability

It should help Neara's engineers resolve incidents more than 50% faster as the utility software company handles seven terabytes of data a month.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month

DevOps

NeuBird AI launches ops agent, raises USD $19.3 million

Engineering teams could use the new system to cut incident toil, as NeuBird AI expands into preventive risk detection and optimisation.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last month

Stories from Other Regions

Venture Capital stories

Software-as-a-Service

Haast raises $17.2 million to automate compliance checks

Demand for AI compliance tools is rising as large enterprises struggle to review far more content without slowing publishing cycles.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Last month

Data Analytics

Flashpass raises $4.1 million in latest funding round

The new cash will help the workforce platform widen its product range and expand nationwide as AI-driven job disruption grows.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Last month

Agricultural Technology

Scentian Bio raises GBP £5.5 million for food sensor

The new funding will help Scentian Bio start shipping its handheld food quality sensor within months and set up manufacturing in Auckland.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Last month

Smart Cities

Waterloo's Mappedin raises USD $24.5M for city-scale mapping

Mappedin will use fresh funding to extend its indoor maps beyond single buildings, giving responders and venues shared location data.

By Jake MacAndrew • 3 min read • Last month

DevOps

OnSite raises S$1.7 million to build AI for construction

The seed round will help the Singapore startup expand its team and cut costly site miscommunication in a sector hit by S$1.1 billion in annual inefficiencies.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Last month

Digital Transformation

FinTech Australia appoints Xero policy chief Grace Gown

The appointment comes as Australia’s fintech sector pushes for rules that could lift its economic contribution from $13.6 billion to $38 billion by 2035.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last month