Lord Somerleyton seeks £10m investment in family estate
Lord Somerleyton is looking for £10m from investors in exchange for a 10% stake in his family’s 5,000-acre Suffolk estate. Hugh Crossley, the 4th Baron…
Month: September 2026
British founder funds AI startups
Timothy Armoo is investing £5m of his own money into AI startups by minority founders. The man who co-founded FanBytes, and then sold it in…
Finnish firm secures funding for voice AI
Finnish defence technology company Creoir has secured seed investment from Swedish venture capital firm Gungnir Capital, as it looks to commercialise its voice AI technology…
AI boom faces growing challenges
The huge investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure is beginning to run into some very traditional problems, with data centre projects facing challenges around finance, construction,…
Split Pay raises funds to help households manage bill payments
US fintech startup Split Pay has raised $125m across two funding rounds, as it looks to help renters and mortgage holders manage the gap between…
IGNITE returns to the Midlands
A flagship event celebrating and supporting female founders is returning to the Midlands this month, bringing together some of the UK’s most prominent women in…
Revolut is going after the weighty end of business banking
Revolut has announced bold plans to move beyond its traditional customer base and to target FTSE 250 companies. Speaking to The Financial Times, James Gibson,…
New investment fund for South East-based SMEs
The British Business Bank has announced another regional investment fund, establishing the South East Investment Fund to the tune of £210m. Following similar schemes in…
Molten Ventures puts £175m into Europe’s next big startups
Molten Ventures has raised £175 million for a new fund aimed at a part of the startup market that can be surprisingly difficult to finance:…
Ballard’s £275m GeoPura deal marks a new bet on hydrogen power
Ballard Power Systems has completed its £275 million acquisition of British hydrogen power company GeoPura, in a deal that brings together a fuel-cell manufacturer and…
