Year: 2025

Palmer Energy Technology acquires battery tech firm Brill Power and secures £5M in funding UK-based Palmer Energy Technology Limited (PETL), a battery energy storage system startup, has announced the acquisition of Brill Power, a spin-out from the University of Oxford known for its advanced battery management technology. The deal is

Synkka raises pre-seed to launch AI agents for scalable, autonomous parcel delivery London-based Synkka, an AI platform automating the full carrier integration process, has closed an oversubscribed pre-seed round led by Ascension VC. The round is notably joined by a syndicate of seasoned parcel delivery experts who have built and

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British AI startup Artificial Societies raises €4.5 million to simulate human behaviour at scale London-based Artificial Societies, a synthetic persona platform enabling AI-powered simulations of human behaviour, has raised €4.5 million in combined pre-Seed and Seed funding. The latest Seed round of €2.8 million was led by Point72 Ventures, while

“The old model is broken and must be replaced”: London’s Synkka raises funding to cut parcel delivery costs Synkka, a UK-based LogisticsTech startup aiming to automate the parcel delivery industry, has announced a pre-Seed funding round to support the development of its AI-powered workforce and accelerate the rollout of its

British startup Palmer Energy Technology acquires Brill Power in merger backed by €5.7 million raise UK-based Palmer Energy Technology Limited (PETL), a battery energy storage system startup, has acquired Oxford University spin-out Brill Power in a strategic move to bolster its position in the Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) market.

Dutch startup Framer raises €85.6 million at €1.7 billion valuation to expand no-code web platform Amsterdam-based Framer, a no-code website platform helping companies build and run sophisticated marketing sites, has raised €85.6 million in a Series D round at a €1.7 billion valuation. The round was led by returning investors

AI drones that reduce strike time to a few minutes. Quantum Systems and STARK present Hunter-Killer German companies Quantum Systems and STARK have successfully tested the new Hunter-Killer combined reconnaissance and strike complex, designed for effective use in modern combat operations. The system has already proven its effectiveness on the

Anthropic will allow users to decide whether their data can be used to train AI Anthropic has updated its terms of service and privacy policy, which took effect on August 28, 2025. Users will now be able to choose whether to allow their data to be used to train Claude

Figma’s competitor has raised $100M in investment with a valuation of $2B Framer, a Dutch company that develops tools for web design automation, has raised $100 million in investment with a business valuation of $2 billion, Bloomberg reports. Investment details  The round was led by existing investors Meritech Capital Partners