Nearly half of business leaders have seen an increase in employee turnover after delaying pay rises for professionals and white-collar workers, according to new research from global talent solutions business Robert Walters.

deepdots, the end-to-end AI platform for streamlining customer feedback analysis, has raised a €5.5 million seed funding round led by Dawn Capital, one of Europe’s specialist B2B software investor, with participation from Maki.vc and angel investors including Geeta Schmidt (former CEO and Co-Founder of Humio).

The University of Oxford’s PINCH project joins EIT Health’s Deep Tech Venture Builder programme to transform pain management in young children. 

With over 34 billion connected devices expected to be in operation worldwide by 20281, industries across the globe are facing mounting pressure to adopt streamlined, scalable connectivity strategies. The accelerating expansion of the Internet of Things (IoT) brings immense opportunity, but also significant logistical and technical complexity.

Some professionals don’t fit the mould. In fact, it’s often the most talented, high-impact workers who quietly carry more than their share of work, especially in specialised fields like deeptech. These individuals can often define the direction and pace of progress in startups and small business, yet leading them is anything but straightforward.

In today's fast-paced and often high-pressure work environment, stress has become part of working life. So, what can leaders do to mitigate its impact on their teams? One very effective yet often overlooked way to reduce workplace stress is by building trust.

Inven, a Finnish technology company building an AI-native deal sourcing platform to uncover the full global private market, has announced the closing of a $12.75 million (€11.2 million) series A round.

Every Q4, Christmas gift guides fill magazines, newspapers, and online publications. And every year, thousands of startups are caught off guard, trying too late to get their products featured.

Photonic chip industry accelerator PhotonDelta has announced the winner of its global engineering contest. Perceptra was judged to be the submission with the best new application of photonic chips designed to tackle global challenges.

In the UK alone, millions of survivors of domestic abuse are left without the mental health support they urgently need. Long NHS waitlists, high return rates to crisis services, and a lack of trauma-informed resources leave survivors in limbo – often retraumatised by the very systems meant to help them heal.

Few technologies have received as much attention from businesses as artificial intelligence (AI). The fanfare surrounding AI is hard to ignore, but startup founders must look past the hype and get the full picture before investing in any AI solution. Before you invest, you should recognise five crucial facts about AI.

Bloq.it, the smart locker company providing end-to-end services for out-of-home delivery and e-commerce businesses, has recently closed a €28 million Series B round.

Alba Health, a Swedish and Danish gut health startup, has raised a $2.5 million seed funding round to advance its innovative approach to digital gut health support for children. The round was led by Unconventional Ventures, with participation from Exceptional Ventures, as well as continued investment from Voima Ventures, Noaber, Bust, and Petteri Lahtela (co-founder of Oura).

Swedish startup Alrik, the fast-scaling platform transforming construction logistics, has raised a new funding round led by Nordic-VC People Ventures, with Pi Labs doubling down on their investment.

The business world is incredibly volatile, and a company can fail without an expertly executed strategy. Around 90% of startups fail because they run out of capital, don’t define the market need well enough, get outcompeted, or suffer through flawed strategies related to modelling, regulatory challenges, and pricing/cost issues. Without proper strategic planning, a business stands on the edge between success and failure.