Gary Lineker’s Goalhanger launches VC business

Gary Lineker’s growing media and production company Goalhanger has launched a venture capital arm, as it looks to diversify its business and invest in creator-led media businesses.The maker of popular…

EU Inc. marks major win for startups as Commission unveils 28th regime proposal

It’s great news for the European startup ecosystem, as today the European Commission presented its proposal for EU Inc., a new single set of corporate rules that will serve as the cornerstone and star…

French quantum startup Pasqal to go public via SPAC at $2BN valuation

A French quantum computing startup co-founded by a Nobel Prize winner is going public via a SPAC (Special Purpose Acquisition Company), with a $2bn valuation. Pasqal is merging with SPAC vehicle Bleic…

UK-headquartered satellite startup Open Cosmos plans European rival to Starlink

An Oxford-headquartered spacetech startup says it’s gearing up to manufacture up to 200 satellites a year, as it looks to offer European governments and businesses an alternative communication channel…

British Business Bank invests £25M in Kraken Technologies

The UK government-backed British Business Bank (BBB) is taking a £25m stake in Kraken Technologies, the software entity being spun out of Octopus Energy, marking the bank’s biggest ever direct investm…