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| 16.09.2026 | Government plots university spinout crackdown | The government is plotting to clamp down on the number university spinouts that shift their operations abroad or float overseas, the boss of the body responsible for research investment has said, in a move likely to spark unrest among found... |
| 03.06.2026 | City chiefs issue rallying cry to counter ‘disinformation’ about London’s decline | A group of influential City chiefs have thrown their weight behind an industry-wide campaign to tackle “disinformation about London” and promote the capital as an innovative hub for global investment.
All four of the financial sector’s larg... |
| 15.04.2026 | Crowdcube achieves “hard-fought” profit, driven by boost in secondary shares | The UK’s largest crowdfunding platform reported a “hard-fought” full-year profit last year, driven by a rise in secondary liquidity and cutting costs across the business, says one of its CEOs.
Matt Cooper, Crowdcube co-CEO, says: “The chang... |
| 20.02.2026 | London Stock Exchange confirms first firm on Pisces framework | A vehicle containing shares in a £1.3bn venture capital firm that backs tech spin-outs from Oxford University will be the first organisation to use the the new Pisces private stock market, the London Stock Exchange has said.
The UK’s flagsh... |
| 25.01.2026 | UK Boosts Energy Tech Giant Kraken Amidst Global IPO Battle | Kraken Technologies, a prominent AI-powered energy operating system, recently secured a pivotal £25 million investment from the British Business Bank. This commitment, part of a larger $1 billion financing round, bolsters Kraken's global ex... |
| 19.01.2026 | Greg Jackson: London IPO a ‘no brainer’ if capital flows reverse | Octopus chief Greg Jackson has said choosing London as the destination for the blockbuster IPO of tech spin-off Kraken would be a “no brainer” if the exchange maintains its world-leading performance in 2025 and demonstrates it can lure fres... |
| 31.12.2025 | Университетские стартапы в Европе породили 76 компаний-«единорогов» в 2025 году | Европейские университеты и научные лаборатории, долгое время бывшие тихими сокровищницами знаний, превратились в мощнейший источник инноваций и инвестиций. Согласно свежему Европейскому отчету о спин-аутах за 2025 год от аналитической платф... |
| 10.10.2025 | Quantum computer developer IonQ to raise $2B in funding
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The quantum computer maker plans to raise about three quarters of capital by selling 16.5 million share... |
| 08.10.2025 | IonQ Acquires Vector Atomic | IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), a College Park, MD-based quantum company, acquired Vector Atomic, a quantum sensing company based in California.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
The acquisition will expand IonQ’s quantum technology platform by ... |
| 03.10.2025 | Quantum stocks Rigetti Computing and D-Wave surged double digits this week. Here’s what’s driving the big move | Rigetti Computing, D-Wave Quantum and Quantum Computing surged more than 20% this week.
Rigetti announced purchase orders for two of its quantum computing systems totaling $5.7 million.
The owner of drugmaker Novo Nordisk and the Danish gov... |
| 02.10.2025 | UK ‘open for business’ as tech M&A surges | The UK tech sector is experiencing a resurgence in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), driven by a combination of domestic innovation, international investment and the rapid adoption of AI.
“The UK is definitely open for business”, investme... |
| 16.09.2025 | Trump visit brings ‘historic’ £30bn investment into UK tech and AI | Microsoft has announced its largest ever UK investment, pledging £22bn to expand AI infrastructure and build the country’s largest supercomputer, as president Donald Trump touched down in London for his state visit.
The commitment forms par... |
| 15.09.2025 | Foreign takeovers risk turning UK into an ‘incubator economy’ | The UK is facing a time crunch to avoid becoming an “incubator economy” as foreign takeovers continue to sweep the London market.
A collection of top venture capital investors and founders have called for crucial reforms to the markets ecos... |
| 03.09.2025 | Quantum computing startup IQM raises $320 million as investors pile into the tech | Quantum computing startup IQM has raised $320 million in a funding round led by U.S. investor Ten Eleven Ventures.
The investment underscores heightened investor buzz around quantum computing.
Shares of companies like IonQ and D-Wave Quantu... |
| 17.08.2025 | Bending Spoons bags €500M, Click Labs acquires Evermile, and Tesla bids to enter British energy market | This week we tracked more than 40 tech funding deals worth over €1 billion, and over 10 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe.In addition to this week's top financials, we've also indexed the most impo... |
| 31.07.2025 | UK Quantum computing is going universal through scaling | Like any rational human being, Universal Quantum CEO Sebastian Weidt drives a VW Golf, the best car ever made and a subtle mark of good judgment.
Unlike this writer, whose 20-year-old Golf once made it all the way to Senegal and back, Weidt... |
| 03.07.2025 | AI Drives Record Share of UK VC Investment in 2025 | UK AI startups secured a record-breaking $2.4 billion (£1.7bn) in venture capital during the first half of 2025, accounting for 30% of all UK VC investment, an all-time high, according to fresh analysis from HSBC Innovation Banking UK and D... |
| 03.07.2025 | UK VC investment storms ahead of Europe as AI dominates | UK venture capital funding stormed ahead of its European peers in the first half of 2025 as the country’s innovation economy remained resilient in the face of wider geopolitical tensions.
Total investment topped $8bn (£5.9bn), edging up thr... |
| 03.07.2025 | UK raises more H1 VC funding than Germany and France combined, new data reveals | UK startups raised more than $8bn in VC investments in the first half of this year, more than double that of French startups, as the AI investment mania continues, new figures show.
As London and Paris thrash it out for European startup pre... |
| 02.07.2025 | M&A volumes jump as US bidders snap up UK tech | US private equity firms are continuing to swoop for UK tech companies leading to a jump in merger and acquisition (M&A) volumes.
Giants from across the Atlantic have taken a heightened interest in UK stock, which analysts pegged to the ... |
| 25.06.2025 | The Watershed Moment: United Utilities Faces New Regulations Amidst Executive Pay Controversy | In a landscape where corporate accountability is increasingly demanded, United Utilities finds itself at a crossroads. The water giant, a stalwart of the FTSE 100, has been banned from awarding bonuses to its top executives due to new regul... |
| 24.06.2025 | The Quantum Leap: UK’s Bold Investment in Future Technologies | The UK government is making waves with a hefty £500 million investment in quantum computing. This move is not just a financial boost; it’s a declaration of intent. The nation is stepping into the ring, ready to compete in a global race wher... |
| 24.06.2025 | What Six ‘Frontier Technologies’ are the UK Government Betting On? | With the release of its Modern Industrial Strategy, the UK Government has shown its hand with regards to where it sees the country’s technological future.
Taking in the Strategy as a whole is a wide-ranging affair, but at the heart of its s... |
| 23.06.2025 | UK backs quantum with £500m | The UK government will pump over £500m into quantum computing and related technologies – a major show of confidence in a sector seen as critical to the future of the UK economy and its national security.
The investment forms part of Labour’... |
| 23.06.2025 | Spectris agrees to £3.8bn takeover but KKR threatens bidding war | Industrial group Spectris has agreed to a £3.8bn takeover by US private equity Advent but a bidding war could be brewing as KKR mulls a rival offer.
The FTSE 250 firm has been valued at £37.73 per share in the deal. Shares jumped 13.5 per c... |
| 18.06.2025 | CNBC’s UK Exchange newsletter: A quantum quandary for the UK government | On June 10, the government said it would commit £750 million ($1 billion) worth of funding for a new exascale supercomputer — reversing an earlier decision.
Despite the backtrack, a broader worry is that the U.K. may be losing momentum in q... |
| 18.06.2025 | Non-dom U-turn would keep South African billionaire in UK | South Africa’s richest self-made woman would cancel her plans to leave Britain if Rachel Reeves goes ahead with a change to non-dom inheritance tax rules said to be under consideration by the Treasury.
Magda Wierzycka, the billionaire entre... |
| 13.06.2025 | Multiverse Computing raises €189M to reshape LLMs, Oxford Ionics to be acquired in $1.1B US deal, and VC spring revival | This week we tracked more than 60 tech funding deals worth over €1.1 billion, and over 5 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe. In addition to this week's top financials, we've also indexed the most im... |
| 13.06.2025 | UK quantum firm with Boulder ties minted as unicorn in $1B+ deal | OXFORD, England — Oxford Ionics, a British trapped-ion quantum computing company that last year planted its first across-the-pond flag in Boulder, recently inked an agreement to be acquired by an American firm in a deal valued more than $1.... |
| 12.06.2025 | As global tumult grows, UK Plc's stability and bargains appeal to dealmakers | As global tumult grows, UK Plc's stability and bargains appeal to dealmakers
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| 11.06.2025 | The Great British Tech Exodus: A Wake-Up Call for the UK Economy | The UK tech sector is at a crossroads. Recent events have sent shockwaves through the industry, highlighting a troubling trend: British tech firms are being swept away by US investors. In a single day, three significant takeovers occurred, ... |
| 11.06.2025 | Spending Review: Reeves piles billions into tech as firms cool on UK | Chancellor Rachel Reeves bet heavy on tech and innovation in her maiden Spending Review, in a week that saw a trio of tech firms depart from the London Stock Exchange.
Reeves hiked research and development funding to a record high of £22.6b... |
| 11.06.2025 | Nvidia CEO says quantum computing is reaching an ‘inflection point’ | “Quantum computing is reaching an inflection point,” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said during his keynote speech at the chipmaker’s GTC Paris developer conference.
“We are within reach” of being able to apply quantum computers “in areas that can... |
| 10.06.2025 | IonQ adquire Oxford Ionics por US$ 1,08 bilhão em transação com foco em expansão quântica | IonQ, companhia norte-americana especializada em hardware e software para computação quântica, anunciou a compra da startup britânica Oxford Ionics por US$ 1,08 bilhão em um acordo que combina ações da IonQ com cerca de US$ 10 milhões em di... |
| 10.06.2025 | Oxford Instruments shares sink as it sells quantum business to US firm | Oxford Instruments has become the latest British business to hand its quantum technology to the US after reaching a deal with California-based Quantum Design.
The FTSE 250 business has offloaded its quantum arm, called NanoScience, to the U... |
| 10.06.2025 | Ouch: Three tech firms bail out of the UK in a single day | The Prime Minister did his best to sound bullish about the future of the UK tech sector yesterday as he opened London Tech Week. Some awkward technical issues with his autocue didn’t put him off his stride as he declared that Britain was “u... |
| 09.06.2025 | IonQ's Quantum Leap: A New Era in Quantum Computing | In the fast-paced world of technology, few sectors spark as much intrigue as quantum computing. IonQ, a Maryland-based company, is making waves with its recent acquisitions. The company is not just riding the quantum wave; it’s steering the... |
| 09.06.2025 | Quantum computing firm IonQ to acquire UK-based Oxford Ionics for $1 billion | Reuters
IonQ will acquire British quantum computing startup Oxford Ionics for $1.075 billion, the Maryland-based quantum computing firm said on Monday.
Oxford Ionics' founders Chris Ballance and Tom Harty will remain with IonQ after the acq... |
| 09.06.2025 | IonQ buys UK quantum startup Oxford Ionics for more than $1 billion | IonQ is buying U.K.-based quantum computing startup Oxford Ionics in a deal valued at nearly $1.1 billion.
The deal will combine IonQ’s quantum computing hardware and Oxford Ionics’ chip technologies to yield breakthroughs in the field, bot... |
| 09.06.2025 | Американский производитель ПО IonQ купит Oxford Ionics за $1,08 млрд | Квантовые компьютеры быстрее и эффективнее своих классических аналогов, выполняют более узкоспециализированные и сложные вычисления, отчасти благодаря своей способности предсказывать результаты нескольких путей одновременно и хранить огромн... |
| 09.06.2025 | Bargain basement Britain: Tech takeovers continue with three billion-pound swoops in a day | The frenzy of UK tech takeovers showed no signs of slowing down on Monday after three separate billion-pound M&A moves were made within hours of each other as US tech giants continued their hunt for British bargains.
First to announce a... |
| 09.06.2025 | IonQ to buy Oxford Ionics for $1.08 billion to expand quantum computing research | IonQ will acquire its British peer Oxford Ionics for $1.08 billion, the companies said on Monday, helping the U.S.-based quantum computing firm deepen its research expertise in the complex technology that is seeing booming investor interest... |
| 09.06.2025 | WWDC: Apple to open up underlying AI technology to developers | WWDC: Apple to open up underlying AI technology to developers
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| 09.06.2025 | IonQ to Acquire Oxford Ionics | IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), a College Park, MD-based quantum computing and networking company, acquired Oxford Ionics, an Oxford, UK-based quantum computing company.
The transaction was valued at $1.075 Billion, which will consist of $1.065 Billion ... |
| 22.04.2025 | UK invests £1.65M in open architecture quantum testbed to accelerate interoperable quantum computing | Innovate UK has awarded TreQ and a consortium of partners including Rigetti, Oxford Ionics, Q-CTRL, and Qruise, £1.65 million to develop an Open Architecture Quantum (OAQ) Testbed. The project is funded under the UK’s National Quantum Strat... |
| 20.08.2024 | Business | UK quantum firm Oxford Ionics opens first overseas outpost in Boulder | Quantum theory attempts to explain the behavior of matter at atomic and subatomic levels. Because quantum computers take advantage of special properties of quantum systems such as superposition, their computing power and speed is exponentia... |
