The London summit taking tech far deeper than simply AI Science is booming beyond ChatGPT and the UK is a leader. Chris Stokel-Walker prepares for Deep Tech London Evening Standard · Oct 7
From Vimeo to WeTransfer: How Italy’s Bending Spoons built a tech empire Bending Spoons’ revenue more than tripled in two years as it acquired brands including Evernote, WeTransfer and Vimeo. Euronews Next looks at how the Italian company grew so quickly and whether it can keep going. Euronews · Sep 23
NZ creates remarkably valuable tech firms. How can it keep more of the benefits? New Zealand’s technology sector has received some unusually good news. The Conversation · Aug 16
AI boom makes European universities the new Harvard and Stanford for tech talent Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch’s Parisian alma mater is a breeding ground for France’s $2.3 billion AI talent boom. Fortune · Dec 10, 2024
Forget STEM. Paris university head says secret to France’s AI brains is a focus on the humanities The provost of Bernard Arnault and Mistral founder Arthur Mensch's college wants students to be well-rounded. Fortune · Jun 24, 2024
AI boom makes European universities the new Harvard and Stanford for tech talent Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch’s Parisian alma mater is a breeding ground for France’s $2.3 billion AI talent boom. Fortune · Jun 20, 2024
London overtakes New York and San Francisco for fintech funding The capital has combined its strengths in financial services and tech to become a world powerhouse in fast growing areas such as payment processing and online banking Evening Standard · Dec 6, 2022
FinTech and Crypto: Three Things to Pay Attention to Before Investing. Advice from Global Communications Consultant. Investment in FinTech businesses has grown exponentially over the past decade and the growth continues to be on the rise. According to a 2021 report by Dealroom, FinTech startups raised $125B in VC funding globally, exceeding the total 2020 funding by 2.8 times. Benzinga · Jun 21, 2022
UK tech firms only behind the US globally in raising venture capital funding Figures from the UK's Digital Economy Council shows that UK tech firm have raised £12.4bn for far this year which is more than the whole of 2020 Birmingham Post · Jun 13, 2022
Bristol among most successful European cities for tech investment in 2022 New data has been released by the Digital Economy Council as London Tech Week begins Birmingham Post · Jun 12, 2022
Value of UK tech sector reaches $1 trillion mark with latest deal flow in Wales figures Cardiff has seen its tech sector raise £7.4m so far this year, but is behind competitive cities such as Belfast, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Manchester Birmingham Post · Mar 30, 2022
Skills shortage threatens Scottish fintech growth trajectory Issues with scale-up investment and finding the right staff are beginning to hold back the burgeoning sector Insider UK · Mar 25, 2022