Airbus anchors €500 million European defence tech fund E2D
Earlybird and AVP’s E2D fund named Airbus Defence and Space as anchor LP and made its first investment in French counter-drone sta...
By Ingrid Halvorsen 1 month agoVenture Capital Reporter
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Hilo adds $19 million to Series B for US blood pressure wearable push
The Swiss healthtech company has raised more than $119 million to date as it launches Hilo Core in the US, but did not disclose va...
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Colossal seeks up to $30 billion valuation before de-extinction milestone
Axios reported Colossal Biosciences is in funding talks at a $20 billion to $30 billion valuation, with the round size undisclosed...
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British Business Bank works on £100M aerospace supplier debt fund
The proposed fund with Airbus, Rolls-Royce, GKN Aerospace and ADS is still being designed, with structure, criteria and launch tim...
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UK elevates AI brief to cabinet with Kanishka Narayan appointment
Prime minister Andy Burnham has made the former VC and Welsh MP the first UK AI minister to sit at cabinet level.
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Kanishka Narayan gets Cabinet seat for UK AI policy
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has made Kanishka Narayan the UK’s cabinet-level AI minister as part of a machinery-of-government resh...
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Revolut secures Australian banking licence from APRA
The fintech plans to spend AU$400 million over five years as it moves 1.2 million local customers into a regulated bank.
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EIC and EIT name winners of European Prize for Women Innovators
The annual EU-backed awards recognized founders at Oxford Heartbeat, ATMOS Space Cargo and Minespider across three women innovator...
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Kanishka Narayan elevated to UK cabinet-level AI role
The UK government has folded DSIT into a broader business department while giving its AI minister a seat at cabinet meetings.
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Illustra Pro targets maritime safety training from San Diego
The National City firm sells bilingual maritime safety courses built around behavioral psychology, but it has not disclosed revenu...
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Paycom leads 2026 enterprise HRIS ranking as AI budgets climb
A 2026 HRIS comparison ranks Paycom ahead of Workday, Oracle, ADP, UKG and Dayforce, citing unified HR and payroll data as the mai...
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Wonder raises $650 million at $9 billion as IPO plan moves up
Marc Lore’s food-tech company added new capital, a Zipline deal and investor protections as it prepares for a possible public list...
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