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Important News
Policy, funds, programmes and research shaping the ecosystem.
Accelerator announcement
BuildHer LabsBuildHer Labs opens applications for new programme for female and non-binary founders(opens the original article in a new tab)
New fund
SyndicateRoomAngel Academe launches second EIS fund for female-founded UK startups(opens the original article in a new tab)
Ecosystem research
SSRNNew analysis highlights structural causes behind the UK female-founder funding gap(opens the original article in a new tab)
Ecosystem research
Prolific NorthNorth West attracts less than 0.4% of UK femtech equity funding, analysis finds(opens the original article in a new tab)
Ecosystem
Capital News
Funding rounds, acquisitions, exits and portfolio investments.
Funding round
Tech.euEdinburgh’s Singular Photonics raises $2.15m for photon-counting image sensors(opens the original article in a new tab)
Funding round
BusinessCloudNoggin HQ raises £2.3m seed round and becomes a UK credit reference agency(opens the original article in a new tab)
Portfolio investment
EU-StartupsCashflows invests in Blackpool payments startup Tap & Go(opens the original article in a new tab)
Funding round
Lion HeraldBlend raises £350,000 pre-seed to modernise workplace training(opens the original article in a new tab)
Funding round
CrowdcubePimentae opens Crowdcube raise alongside wider £823,000 funding round(opens the original article in a new tab)
Ecosystem
Startup News
Launches, partnerships, appointments, expansion and awards.
Expansion
SupermumsSupermums launches Business Hub targeting 1,000 women-led businesses adopting AI by 2030(opens the original article in a new tab)
Major award
FemTech WorldPeripear receives Innovate UK Women in Innovation Award for childbirth wearable(opens the original article in a new tab)
Expansion
LBBOnlineIrish female-founded femtech Coroflo expands into the UK with Coro launch(opens the original article in a new tab)
Major award
UK StartUp AwardsHysteron founder Verity Fotheringham wins two South East Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards(opens the original article in a new tab)
Expansion
Retail Technology Innovation HubNever Fully Dressed prepares Spitalfields store opening(opens the original article in a new tab)
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