StirlingX, a British data intelligence company, has raised $20 million in a Series A round led by Ventura Capital and RCM Private Markets Master Fund. The funding follows a $11 million Seed round and aims to expand the company’s sovereign intelligence platform, which operates in critical national infrastructure and defense environments.
BidScript, an AI-native tender management platform, has raised $800,000 in a funding round led by NPIF II – PXN Equity Finance and SFC Capital, bringing total pre-seed funding to over $1 million. The platform addresses inefficiencies in public and private sector tendering using AI, with early customers reporting up to 50% improvements in bid win rates.
SumUp, a fintech focused on small business payments, has launched consumer bank accounts offering 5% cashback on purchases at its merchant network. The product aims to create a two-sided incentive system where consumers earn rewards while merchants receive zero transaction fees. The service is initially available in the UK, Ireland, Germany, France, Italy, and Spain, with plans to expand to all 38 of SumUp’s markets.
UK-based startup LabCycle secures £430K to commercialize lab plastic recycling system
equipal, a FinTech funder of business equipment, secured €18.84 million in funding to grow its team and lending capacity.
Nscale, a London-based AI infrastructure company, raised $2bn Series C and landed a $14.6bn valuation
Houdini Bio emerged from stealth with €1.7 million in pre-Seed funding to tackle DNA silencing in gene therapies
FPE Capital, a specialist private equity investor, has closed the first round of Fund IV with a €46 million cornerstone investment from British Business Bank to support high growth smaller businesses across the UK and Ireland.
Undo, a Cambridge-based scale-up focused on AI-powered root cause analysis, secured €31 million in funding to bring runtime context to AI-assisted software engineering
EasyGroup launches easyDelivery, a pan-European aggregator of delivery and pickup points for e-commerce