Category: Startups

Certain Energy raises £10M Series A for long-duration battery storage British long-duration energy storage company Certain Energy has raised £10 million in Series A funding to commercialise its manganese flow battery technology and prepare it for grid-scale deployment. The round was led by the British Business Bank, with participation from

What’s driving Scottish deeptech?: ‘There’s a huge change happening’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/whats-driving-scottish-deeptech-brnd/

Should tech events ban Meta’s smart glasses? Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/should-tech-events-ban-smart-glasses/

UK fund managers battling to run £1bn Scale-up Fund, reports say Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/uk-scale-up-fund-managers-schroders/

9 spinouts that landed Tier-1 seed cheques in 2026 Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/9-spinouts-that-landed-tier-1-seed-cheques-in-2026/

12 AI safety startups to watch, according to VCs Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/ai-safety-startups-to-watch/

Anthropic continues compute-gobbling streak in $45B deal with Nscale The new deal with the infrastructure provider is the latest example of Anthropic’s white-hot compute-gobbling streak. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/26/anthropic-continues-compute-gobbling-streak-in-45-billion-deal-with-nscale/

Meta’s $18B child-safety deal hinges on age-verification tech that doesn’t work well The historic settlement reignites ongoing concern around how age-verification technology puts privacy at risk. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/26/metas-18b-child-safety-deal-hinges-on-age-verification-tech-that-doesnt-work-well/

Amazon just tripled its order of Nvidia chips over ‘surging demand’ Amazon is adding another 2 million Nvidia GPU chips to its data centers over the next two years. But this extended partnerships stretches beyond buying more chips. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/26/amazon-just-tripled-its-order-of-nvidia-chips-over-surging-demand/

Viral AI startup Instinct has raised $350 million at a $2.5 billion valuation The startup is only a year old but it has already generated a massive amount of hype (and money) while also spurring privacy concerns. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/26/viral-ai-startup-instinct-has-raised-350-million-at-a-2-5-billion-valuation/