Startups

A London fintech offers free automated trading across crypto, equities, ETFs and forex, targeting retail investors priced out of institutional-grade tools.

A tanker operator's aborted Gulf real estate bet reveals how regional instability is redirecting maritime capital back to core shipping assets.

The UK fintech's 37% revenue jump and 101% EBITDA surge signals that data-layer platforms are becoming essential infrastructure across credit markets.

The UK cybersecurity firm's Series B backs a network-first model as supply chain breaches escalate across critical sectors globally.

Nigeria's SeamlessHR rebrands to target embedded finance for Africa's 1,500-plus business clients.

Birmingham fintech's trust-based payment platform targets a sector with 4,450 insolvencies in 2025 and £11bn annual late-payment losses.

The Nasdaq-listed closed-end fund's CEO personally committed $10m, signalling conviction in the physical AI investment thesis.

The private credit software firm targets an under-tooled market with AI-powered portfolio tools for direct lending managers and their investors.

TA Associates-backed PairSoft hires a four-time enterprise software CEO to scale its AI-native AP automation platform.

Singapore's OGBC Group launches a San Francisco hardware accelerator linking Silicon Valley deep-tech founders to Asian manufacturing networks.

British Business Bank data shows AI investment rising 48% even as the broader UK startup funding market contracted by 4%.

New Worldpay research puts UK wellness booking spend at £15bn, where poor payment UX costs SaaS platforms customers and merchant loyalty.

The Philippine fintech's 100,000-user pilot signals a QR-native credit model that could reframe financial inclusion across Southeast Asia.

PMGC Holdings consolidates AGA Precision Systems into A&B Aerospace to cut overhead and expand Tier 1 customer coverage.

A Nasdaq-listed defence roll-up buys into an Israeli UAV maker, bridging US capital markets with Israel's battlefield-proven drone ecosystem.

Berlin's bunch brings AI-native private markets infrastructure to Europe's largest fund domicile via a strategic equity stake in LFS.

Cemtrex bolts on a hydraulic-press engineering specialist to chase domestic manufacturing capital flowing into automotive and defence plants.

London-based QuantRate enters a crowded AI trading market as algorithmic systems now drive over 60% of US stock activity.

The fintech-insurance tie-up targets a UK SME protection gap, with 28% of sole traders currently carrying no business insurance at all.

A $100m Series B backs TwelveLabs' push to make video as machine-readable as text, with Amazon joining as both investor and cloud partner.