| Date | Title | Description |
| 25.06.2026 | CATL Speeds up Global Expansion of Battery Swapping Business With Hong Kong Launch | (Yicai) June 25 -- Chinese power battery giant Contemporary Amperex Technology is accelerating the global rollout of its electric vehicle battery swapping business.
CATL, the world’s largest power battery supplier, announced today that it h... |
| 25.03.2026 | UK firm takes majority stake in Boulder’s Uplight | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
British electricity and gas supplier Octopus Energy Group Ltd. recently took a majority stake in Uplight Inc., a Boulder-based provider software for utilities and energy companies.
Already have an ... |
| 05.03.2026 | GreenTech Innovator Metiundo Secures €40M to Fuel Energy Transition | Berlin's metiundo secures €40 million from Octopus Energy Generation. This GreenTech leader optimizes energy and water use in buildings. Its advanced smart metering and data platform cut CO2 emissions significantly. The funding propels rapi... |
| 10.02.2026 | Digitising energy and water data for the energy transition underpins €40 million raise by Berlin’s metiundo | German utility and tech company metiundo has secured €40 million to scale the rollout of smart metering systems and expand its software platform – all with the aim of boosting the energy transition in the building sector.
The funding round ... |
| 06.01.2026 | UK still waiting on IPO revival as 2025 cohort offers glum returns | The London stock market is still waiting for its IPO revival after debuts disappointed in 2025 despite major market pushes from the government and regulators.
In the last year, the average return for new entrants to the London stock market ... |
| 31.12.2025 | London Stock Exchange needs more ‘hustle’ to attract IPOs, says Octopus chief | The boss of Octopus Energy Group has said the London Stock Exchange needs to show more “hustle” to attract new listing candidates like the group’s tech arm, Kraken.
Greg Jackson, chief executive of Octopus, said whilst he would “love” for K... |
| 30.12.2025 | Kraken Technologies Spins Out from Octopus Energy: AI Utility Platform Valued at $8.65 Billion | Kraken Technologies, Octopus Energy's AI unit, completed a $1 billion funding round, valuing it at $8.65 billion. This fuels a strategic spinoff, making Kraken an independent, global operating system for utilities. The move accelerates Krak... |
| 30.12.2025 | AI Utility Giant Kraken Breaks Free, Valued at $8.65 Billion After $1 Billion Funding Round | Kraken, Octopus Energy's AI utility platform, has spun off following an €850 million funding round. This landmark investment, led by D1 Capital Partners, values Kraken at a staggering €7.3 billion. The transaction formalizes Kraken’s comple... |
| 30.12.2025 | Kraken Technologies: An AI Powerhouse Spins Off, Valued at $8.65 Billion | Octopus Energy spun off its AI unit, Kraken Technologies. The move establishes Kraken as an independent entity. It secured $1 billion in new funding, reaching an $8.65 billion valuation. D1 Capital Partners led the investment round. Kraken ... |
| 30.12.2025 | Octopus Energy to spin out AI utility platform Kraken at €7.3B valuation after €850M funding round | Octopus Energy Group has raised €850 million ($1 billion) for its technology company, Kraken. The round is the first standalone investment into Kraken and values the business at €7.3 billion ($8.65 billion). This transaction establishes Kra... |
| 30.12.2025 | Greg Jackson spins off Octopus’ tech arm Kraken after $1bn injection | Octopus Energy Group has spun off its technology arm, Kraken, following its first standalone investment round.
The fresh funding round for Kraken was led by global investment giant D1 Capital Partners, with new investors including Fidelity ... |
| 23.06.2025 | Britain to cut companies energy bills in new industrial strategy | - |
| 16.06.2025 | 1Password and AWS join forces to secure AI, cloud environments for the enterprise | Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more
1Password, the Canadian password management company, announced Monday a strategic ... |
| 04.06.2025 | The Rise of Student Accommodation: A New Era in European Real Estate | The landscape of student accommodation in Europe is changing. A surge of investment is reshaping how students live and learn. Ardian and Rockfield are at the forefront of this transformation. Their strategy is simple yet powerful: create hi... |
| 31.05.2025 | Exclusive-Kretinsky's EPH, Itochu among expected bidders for Energia, sources say | LONDON :Daniel Kretinsky-backed Czech energy group EPH and Japanese trading house Itochu are expected to make preliminary bids for Irish utility Energia Group, according to two sources with knowledge of the situation.
Other expected bidders... |
| 22.05.2025 | The Energy Dilemma: Navigating the Future of UK Power Pricing | The energy landscape in the UK is at a crossroads. The government is contemplating a shift to zonal pricing in the electricity market. This could mean a postcode lottery for energy costs, where households pay vastly different rates based on... |
| 21.05.2025 | SSE boss: Zonal pricing would be a ‘huge mistake’ | Introducing a zonal pricing scheme to the UK’s electricity market would be a “huge mistake,” the chief executive of SSE has said.
Writing in City AM, the Scottish energy firm’s outgoing boss Alistair Philips-Davies argued such a move would ... |
| 19.05.2025 | Could Zonal Power Pricing Risk Clean Energy Goals? | Only a quarter of Scots would support the rollout of zonal power pricing in the UK’s energy system, a new poll from True North reveals.
The UK government will soon decide on the introduction of zonal power pricing, sparking concerns across ... |
| 14.05.2025 | Zopa Bank: UK fintech raises £80m with its first LSE bond listing | Zopa Bank has raised £80m in its first-ever London Stock Exchange bond listing as it gears up to launch current accounts.
The fintech will transfer to an unlisted public company within six months following the transaction as it inches close... |
| 12.05.2025 | “Be.EV is going places” – British EV charging network signs €23 million deal to install charging bays across the UK | Manchester-based electric vehicle (EV) charging network Be.EV has signed a €23.7 million partnership with Schroders Capital, paving the way for the installation of more than 200 charging bays at 22 retail and leisure sites across the UK.
Th... |
| 12.05.2025 | Be.EV signs £20M deal with Schroders Capital to roll out Ultra-Rapid EV chargers | UK-based EV charging network Be.EV has secured a £20 million partnership with Schroders Capital to install 200 ultra-rapid electric vehicle charging bays across 22 retail and leisure properties it manages throughout the UK.
Be.EV’s aims to ... |
| 09.05.2025 | Ravio's $12M Funding: A Game Changer for Compensation Management | In the fast-paced world of business, compensation is a hot topic. It’s the lifeblood of talent retention and attraction. Enter Ravio, a London-based FinTech startup that just raised $12 million in Series A funding. This infusion of capital ... |
| 09.05.2025 | Ravio secures $12M to improve the quality of compensation data | London-based compensation data platform Ravio has raised $12 million in a Series A round, as companies look to modernise how they manage pay transparency and equity in an increasingly competitive global hiring market. The round was led by S... |
| 08.05.2025 | British FinTech startup Ravio raises €10.6 million to modernise compensation data for global workforces | London-based Ravio, a FinTech startup that creates a real-time view of the market for what different job roles are being paid, has raised a €10.6 million Series A funding round to modernise how companies manage compensation with real-time m... |
| 07.05.2025 | Why is it still so hard to listen to women? | Virginia Giuffre’s tragic death must ignite a bigger debate about why we’re so quick to doubt women, writes Heather Blundell in today’s Notebook
“Is protesting the answer?” asked Virginia Guiffre in the final note to her family, revealed la... |
| 24.04.2025 | Zopa Bank: UK fintech doubles profit amid IPO speculation | Digital bank Zopa doubled its pre-tax profit in its second full year of profitability as the London fintech continued its upward trajectory ahead of a possible IPO.
The Canary Wharf-based business pocketed £34.2m in the 2024 financial year,... |
| 24.09.2024 | Jet HR raises €12M in Seed to transform payroll in Italy a year after launch | Just one year after launch, Jet HR has raised a Seed round of €12 million, bringing total funding to €16.7 million.
The Italian startup was founded by Marco Ogliengo and Francesco Scalambrino. It aims to eliminate the bureaucracy surroundin... |
| 24.09.2024 | Milan-based Jet HR gets €12 million to eliminate the bureaucracy surrounding payroll | One year after its launch, Jet HR, a startup founded by Marco Ogliengo and Francesco Scalambrino to eliminate the bureaucracy surrounding payroll, HR and generally running a company in Italy, has attracted a seed round of €12 million, bring... |
| 14.02.2023 | Octopus Energy Launches Program to Help Electric Vehicle Drivers Save Big on Electricity Rates | After success in the UK, EV drivers in Texas can now pair their vehicle with Intelligent Octopus to enable smart charging
Program ushers in a new era of ultra-low electricity rates when customers adopt flexible charging for EVs
Renewable en... |
| 02.11.2021 | 3 energy transition companies with Houston ties pitch at international conference | It's all hands on deck for pioneering technology to advance the energy transition and climatetech, and three companies with a Houston presence just took the national stage to showcase their climate change solutions.
The United Nations' 2021... |
| 02.11.2021 | University of Houston: 3 problems with the 'covidization' of science and research | It has been – and for a while, will be – everywhere. The words: COVID-19, coronavirus and pandemic. According to an article by Holly Else in Nature, "coined in April by Madhukar Pai, a tuberculosis researcher at McGill University in Mo... |
| 29.10.2021 | MassChallenge's 2021 Houston cohort snags cash prizes in 12th annual showcase | Nine startups that went through the 2021 Houston cohort for MassChallenge Texas have received cash prizes from the global accelerator.
Now in its 12th year, Boston-based MassChallenge awarded 39 equity-free cash and investment prizes to 36 ... |
| 28.10.2021 | Houston makes the grade as a top place to live after college, says new report | For many college students, it's tough to imagine life after college when they're cramming for exams and cranking out research papers. Yet the time does come when they'll venture into the "real world" with their degrees.
Before gra... |
| 28.10.2021 | Houston expert: Prime times for cyber-attacks and how to stay protected | October is cybersecurity awareness month. The topic might sound overwhelming, and it certainly can be, but there are a few easy ways we can educate and protect ourselves and our loved ones.
Be mindful of timing
Cyber actors target certain t... |
| 01.10.2021 | Texas billionaire and family reign as the world’s richest clan | It's hardly a surprise that America's Walton family, including Fort Worth billionaire Alice Walton, remains the world's richest family. What's truly stunning is how much their wealth has grown in the past year — by more than $23 billion.
In... |
| 01.10.2021 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note: Another week has come and gone, and it's time to round up the top headlines from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup news on InnovationMap included new innovators to know, a new energy innovation lab, a guest... |
| 30.09.2021 | Houston female-founded startup takes on national expansion | Houston-based Work & Mother Services LLC is embarking on a nationwide expansion of its network of lactation suites.
Work & Mother already operates two locations in downtown Houston (The Jones on Main and Three Allen Center) and is p... |
| 30.09.2021 | Houston rise in the ranks of the top emerging ecosystems in the world | If you need evidence that Houston's startup ecosystem is flourishing, look no further than a new report from Startup Genome and the Global Entrepreneurship Network.
This year's Global Startup Ecosystem Report, released September 22, places ... |
| 29.09.2021 | Health tech executive leads Houston startup into its next generation following $12.8M series B | When James Reinstein took the helm of Houston-based Saranas in March 2020, he was tasked with taking the medical device company through its series B funding round and into larger clinical trials. Navigating these tasks during a global pande... |
| 29.09.2021 | Deloitte launches first-of-its-kind clean energy lab in Houston | Houston will become home to professional services giant Deloitte's largest and most technologically advanced immersive, interactive innovation hub dubbed the Deloitte Greenhouse, Powered by Energy & Industrials.
Co-located with the comp... |
| 28.09.2021 | High-tech virtual reality experience blasts into the Space City | From the earliest days of our circling the planet in a tiny NASA capsule — to Elon Musk's SpaceX current commercial journeys — Houston and space travel will be forever and inexorably linked.
Fitting, then, that an unprecedented new immersiv... |
| 28.09.2021 | Research: 5 mistakes Houston entrepreneurs should be making | We all have heard "you learn from your mistakes," so, why do a lot of startup blogs warn entrepreneurs of the mistakes they shouldn't make when starting a business, but not very many tell them what mistakes they should be making? ... |
| 28.09.2021 | Houston health tech startup using AI in palliative care scores $256,000 grant to test its product | A new Houston-based digital advanced care planning company is streamlining some of the most difficult conversations in the health care industry around palliative care.
Founded by Tatiana Fafanova, Dr. Desh Mohan, and Katelin Cherry, Koda He... |
| 27.09.2021 | University of Houston scores national award for championing diversity | Fresh off news of a new free health clinic for the homeless, the University of Houston is once again making headlines for its commitment to empowering the community. INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine has announced UH and the University of Hou... |
| 27.09.2021 | Real estate giant to open another downtown Houston coworking hub | A new downtown Houston skyscraper that's on the rise and expected to be completed by the end of the year will offer flexible office space.
Texas Tower will feature The Square, Hines' flexible office product, the international real estate fi... |
| 24.09.2021 | City launches public dashboard for tracking COVID-19 in Houston's wastewater | In 2020, a group of researchers began testing Houston's wastewater to collect data to help identify trends at the community level. Now, the team's work has been rounded up to use as an online resource.
The Houston Health Department and Rice... |
| 24.09.2021 | Rice University rises with massive $100M gift for innovative new student center | Rice University's Owls are soaring of late, with the school just being named the top in Texas and No. 7 in the U.S. Now, the institution known as the "Ivy League of the South" is the recipient of a mammoth gift aimed at a game-cha... |
| 23.09.2021 | Google grants Houston founders funds, The Ion looks for artists, and more local innovation news | The Houston innovation ecosystem is bursting at the seams with news, and for this reason, local startup and tech updates may have fallen through some of the cracks.
In this roundup of short stories within Houston innovation, the Comcast RIS... |
| 23.09.2021 | Exclusive: Houston startup is creating a unique digital network to connect innovative communities | About 10 years ago, Andrew Ramirez was working internally with a corporate team at a Fortune 500 company to build a digital platform that would connect employees to work collaboratively.
"What we really realized is that once you put a ... |
| 22.09.2021 | Houston innovator talks space health and the future of the commercial sector | Only about 500 humans have made it to space, which, from a research perspective, isn't a large data set. Yet as commercial space exploration continues and more people make it up into space, new opportunities for space health research are be... |
| 20.09.2021 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In this week's roundup of Houston innovators to know, I'm introducing you to three local innovators across industries — from health tech to energy venture capital — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Pamela Sing... |
| 17.09.2021 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note: Another week has come and gone, and it's time to round up the top headlines from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup news on InnovationMap included new hires at Houston startups, photos from the InnovationMap... |
| 17.09.2021 | Houston's number of 'super commuters' driven up by almost 70 percent, says new report | Long commutes are nothing new in Houston. The average worker in Houston spent nearly 27 minutes commuting to work each day — above the national average of 26.4.
A new development in shuttling to work has developed: super commuters. In fact,... |
| 16.09.2021 | Houston coworking company launches crowdfund to move to bigger space | A Houston coworking community that's founded by women and for women has announced it's ready to move into a bigger space.
Sesh Coworking, which opened early 2020 by Meredith Wheeler and Maggie Segrich, has launched a crowdfunding campaign t... |
| 16.09.2021 | Houston expert: Texas energy customers deserve transparency | As Texas continues to grapple with fallout from Winter Storm Uri and state regulators determine the next steps forward to strengthen the electricity grid, protecting consumers and providing transparency regarding their energy bills must be ... |
| 09.07.2021 | Octopus Energy Introduces New Superpower Savings Program in Texas | Renewable energy retailer Octopus Energy today announced the launch of its first-ever Superpower Savings program to financially reward its Texas customers who conserve energy during times of extreme heat. The goal of the program is to decre... |
