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Venture capital group Backed VC has closed its third fund, a $100m (£76m) vehicle targeting innovative European firms at the seed stage.

Adclear, a London-based fintech compliance platform used by the likes of Plum and PensionBee, has raised a £2.1m seed round.

London's life sciences sector has seen a 60% surge in VC investment this year, cementing its status as Europe's powerhouse for the industry.

Former Skyscanner CFO Shane Corstorphine has called for an end to the 'fragmented' support given to Scottish tech firms.

An open letter signed by over 150 figures in the tech ecosystem has urged the chancellor to not include an exit tax in her upcoming budget.

The UK tech ecosystem pulls in the highest proportion of Japanese investments in all of Europe, receiving almost half of the total capital.

TrialView, an AI-powered legal tech platform, has secured a $4.1m (£3.1m) investment as it looks to rapidly scale its headcount.

As many as two-thirds of UK enterprises have seen significant productivity improvements from AI, according to research from IBM.

Mondra, a tech firm that has developed a platform to track the environmental impact of supply chains, has received a £10m investment.

The UK fintech industry needs the government to "get behind" it to unlock the "full power of the sector", according to Janine Hirt.

Databricks has announced plans to train 100,000 people in the UK over the next three years in generative AI and associated skills.

Waymo, a US-based autonomous vehicle company owned by Google, has announced it is brining its self-driving ride-hailing to service to the UK.

Gladys, an AI-powered tech platform built to support the home care sector, has secured a seed funding round worth £1.5m.

The UK's competition watchdog has confirmed tech giant Google has been designated as having SMS under new digital markets legislation.

A wide rollout of autonomous robots used to deliver food, groceries and medicine could add £1.3bn to the UK economy in the next decade.

Sitehop, a cyber startup building encryption future-proofed against quantum cyberattacks, has received a £7.5m seed investment.

Existing regulation against scams will struggle to keep pace with bad actors in the AI age, the UK's financial regulator has been warned.

At a time when almost every business is facing pressure to adopt AI technologies, knowing how to go about it is a real challenge.

Chalkie, an edtech startup that uses AI to help teachers create curriculum-aligned lessons in minutes, has raised £1m in pre-seed funding.

NoBACZ Healthcare, a company developing novel technologies to treat wounds in livestock, has raised £4.8m in a new funding round.