The UK venture market lost £10 billion between 2021 and 2025. One corner of it quadrupled. While overall UK startup funding fell from £36.4 billion to £26.4 billion, energy tech software and AI tools for managing, trading, and decarbonising energy we…
Insider Brief Magnendo raised $18 million in Series A financing to advance its magnetic robotic navigation platform for neuro-endovascular procedures. Penumbra led the round, with participation from new and existing institutional investors, and the funding will support product development and preparation for first-in-human clinical studies. The MIT spinout is developing a system that combines magnetically…
In a demo, StepFun’s Amoo agent on the StepX Neo smartphone handled a request to find a nearby electric vehicle charger and order coffee to the user’s home.
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Aampere, a Munich-based e-mobility startup, has raised €4.2 million to expand its fully digital resale platform for used electric cars across Europe. The round was led by Estonian VC Trind Ventures, with Vend Marketplaces ASA, the Nordic family of marketplaces behind FINN.no, Blocket and Bilbasen, joining as a minority investor. Consumer investor G-FUND has also…
| By: Francis Onyemachi Nigeria is undeniably Africa’s leading home for unicorn startups, accounting for five of the continent’s 12 companies valued at more than $1 billion. According to the 2025 Global Innovation Index, Nigeria’s unicorns include Flutterwave, OPay, Moniepoint, Interswitch and Andela, among companies enabling the country to stay ahead of South Africa, Egypt,…
Every Half Coffee Roasters has closed an $8 million Series A funding round, fully subscribed by existing investors. Announced on July 14, the round marks the third investment in the company by Openspace Capital and DSG Consumer Partners, following its Seed and Pre-Series A rounds. Founded in 2021 by Vo Duy Phu and Tran Le…