Kiwi Stories

Scentian Bio raises GBP £5.5 million for food sensor

Scentian Bio raises GBP £5.5 million as it prepares to ship a handheld AI biosensor that can spot food quality problems earlier.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Last month

Global Stories

Customer Relationship Management

Caruso wins $9.3M funding, scales AI fund services

Caruso lands AUD $9.3 million from Icehouse Ventures and GD1 as Centuria joins 80-plus clients using its AI-native fund administration platform.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Last month

Unified Communications

Infobip launches AgentOS platform, targets agentic AI shift

Infobip marks 20 years with AgentOS launch as it pushes into agentic AI, aiming to unify customer data and let AI agents act across channels.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Last month

Fintech

Moodi expands Female Founder Fund across New Zealand

Moodi boosts Female Founder Fund with NZ and Australia grants, offering $15,000 to four women-led start-ups without equity or repayment.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Last month

Robotics

Singapore showcase draws 300 startups & USD $350 billion

Singapore AI showcase draws 300 startups as investors managing USD $350 billion back founders focused on commercial traction and sustainability.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last month

Wearables

Vertigenius raises EUR 2.55 million for US expansion

Vertigenius secures GBP £2.2 million to accelerate US clinic rollout of its wearable vertigo sensor, with 20 sites already using the device.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Last month

Semiconductors

Nava raises USD $22 million to expand AI cloud in Asia

Nava secures USD $22 million from Greenoaks and backers to grow its AI cloud platform, with Singapore now its regional base.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last month

Stories from Other Regions

Robotics

Helical raises USD $10 million to expand virtual AI lab

Helical secures USD $10 million seed round to scale its AI-powered drug discovery platform across more pharma programmes.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last month

Surveillance

Deepfake report finds US & X lead global incidents

UK trails US in deepfake threat ranking as identifAI flags X as main spreader and political manipulation as the top use case.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Last month

Agricultural Technology

KPMG opens Global Tech Innovator entries in Ireland

KPMG has opened applications for its 2026 Global Tech Innovator contest in Ireland, with founders set to pitch for a place in Lisbon.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month

Artificial Intelligence

Eka Ventures raises USD $107 million for second fund

Eka Ventures secures USD $107 million for second fund as British Business Bank, Better Society Capital and others back UK early-stage impact bets.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last month

Robotics

Deteqt raises AUD $5 million to build quantum magnetometer

Deteqt secures AUD $5 million seed backing to speed up a chip-scale quantum magnetometer for GPS-free defence navigation and wider uses.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last month

IT Industry

Oxford Science Enterprises names Antonia Jenkinson CFO

Oxford Science Enterprises names Antonia Jenkinson as Chief Financial Officer as it prepares for more regular portfolio realisations after a run of exits.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Last month

Digital Transformation

Round raises USD $6 million to automate finance work

London fintech Round lands USD $6 million and unveils workflow tools to cut repetitive treasury, payroll and payments work for finance teams.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last month

Identity and Access Management

Flashpass raises USD $4.1 million seed round for growth

Flashpass secures USD $4.1 million seed funding from J2 Ventures and others as it expands training tools and prepares a job-matching launch.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last month

Digital Transformation

QuSecure appoints Tom Lounibos as strategic advisor

QuSecure names Silicon Valley veteran Tom Lounibos as strategic advisor amid rising demand for post-quantum cryptography and enterprise migration services.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Last month

Human Capital Management

Diversity VC says certified firms boost team diversity

Diversity VC marks a decade in venture capital with evidence certified firms are widening teams faster, as women's share on UK investment desks rises to 31%.

By Mark Tarre • 5 min read • Last month