Startups

London-based QuantRate upgrades its automated trading infrastructure, targeting retail investors priced out of institutional quantitative strategies.

OTC-listed ECOX is courting US carriers for long-term sustainable aviation fuel supply pacts as global SAF supply sits at just 0.6% of

The AI-native travel platform targets tripled UAE spend by 2028, backed by Abu Dhabi's push to make AI 20% of non-oil GDP.

The fintech secures its Australian Financial Services Licence and dual government accreditations to build a single operating platform for small businesses.

The Florida startup replaces assumption-based enterprise security with mathematical proof, targeting autonomous AI and cross-organisational data collaboration.

The applied-AI platform eyes Latin America's pilot-to-production gap, backed by a $150m Series B closed just four months after a $100m

The AI procurement startup's internal seed scheme tests whether high-growth companies can systematically manufacture their own founder alumni.

The Nasdaq-listed operator's anchor commitment targets connectivity, digital finance and AI in one of South Asia's fastest-growing digital markets.

Paris, Berlin and Stockholm lead a multi-city European AI funding map where infrastructure and defence tech absorb nearly half of all capital.

Paris, Berlin and Stockholm lead a multi-city European AI funding surge, with infrastructure and defence tech absorbing nearly half of all capital.

MoIAT and NYUAD formalise a commercialisation pipeline targeting robotics, additive manufacturing and smart materials under the UAE's AED 300bn industrial strategy.

A Series A backed by European and banking-linked VCs positions Wultra to ride the post-quantum cryptography migration now reshaping financial identity.

A BC battery-materials campus becomes a shared launchpad for onshoring North America's manganese supply chain.

The Israeli medical-imaging company withdraws its annual revenue target as deployment delays and a $14m quarterly loss test its cash runway.

Khosla Ventures backs a Mountain View AI lab targeting the hallucination problem blocking AI adoption in finance, healthcare and insurance.

The MENA classifieds giant takes a stake in a rental rewards platform, folding fintech loyalty logic into GCC property infrastructure.

A $17Bn direct-to-consumer market in mobile gaming signals a structural break from platform billing across the entire app economy.

The tie-up gives 350,000 European merchants instant access to Italy's most-used domestic card network, closing a critical acceptance gap for small

Two new capabilities replace CAPTCHA-era bot detection for AI agents operating across MCP, payments, and regulated API surfaces.

Africa's leading payments platform claims continental infrastructure now sets the pace globally, with stablecoins recast as regulated financial plumbing.