Defence and AI drive Europe’s venture capital rebound February 10, 2026 European venture capital (VC) investment rose to €66bn (£57bn) in 2025, up five per cent year on year, as funding flowed into AI and defence tech, according to PitchBook data. The increase marks a post-pandemic high for the region, but reflects a narrowing of investor focus rather than a broad-based recovery. Large late-stage rounds in [...]
New LRN Research Reveals Shifts in the Future of Global Ethics and Compliance Programs February 10, 2026 81% of respondents report their organization responded well to the global, economic, and social challenges of the past few years, but performance gaps remain
Intuit Mailchimp Unlocks a New Era of Profitable Ecommerce Marketing with Advanced, Data-Driven Capabilities February 10, 2026 Built to deliver ROI for less cost, Mailchimp now combines unified data with powerful automation across email and messaging Product innovations available in 185 countries and territories across North America, Latin America, EMEA and APAC SMS launching in 34 new markets across EMEA including Belgium, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Portugal, Greece, Poland and more
Smartsheet Redefines Content Velocity for Global Brands by Powering Getty Images’ Media Manager February 10, 2026 The company's digital asset management platform, Brandfolder, provides the infrastructure, scale and speed required to move high-value assets from the camera to consumer in real-time
Spotify proves raising fees won’t stop listeners February 10, 2026 Spotify’s latest results show that despite prices rising and costs climbing, users are not leaving. The Swedish group added a record number of users in the final quarter of 2025, pushing monthly active users to 751 million and paid subscribers to 290 million. Revenue rose 13 per cent year on year on a constant-currency basis [...]
ILiAD Biotechnologies Announces $115M Oversubscribed Series B Financing to Advance BPZE1 Pertussis Vaccine February 10, 2026 Financing round led by RA Capital Management Proceeds to support Phase 3 development of BPZE1 with pivotal study to begin in 2026
Introducing Square AI: Helping UK Small Businesses Turn Instinct Into Confident Decisions February 10, 2026 New research shows many UK small businesses are still not taking full advantage of AI, despite clear confidence and productivity gains, and time back. Square AI is designed to close that gap.
IEO and Laife Reply Join Forces to Digitalise the Biobank Through Artificial Intelligence February 10, 2026 The two partners launch “Bianca”, the first large-scale digitalisation initiative in Italy focused on histopathological samples, aimed at training AI algorithms to support pathologists’ diagnostic activities.
Educating builders: Teaching entrepreneurship is good for the economy February 10, 2026 By Eduard Panteleev, Co Founder & Co CEO of ANNA Money One of the biggest issues with how we talk about business in the UK is that we rely on definitions that don’t make sense in real life. Take “small and medium-sized enterprises”, or SMEs, the term used to describe businesses with fewer than 250 [...]
Barclays kicks off £15bn shareholder bonanza after profit rises February 10, 2026 Barclays kickstarted plans to dish out heaps of cash to shareholders on Tuesday after the bank’s profit breezed ahead of expectations for the 2025 financial year. The FTSE 100 giant launched a fresh £1bn share buyback after pre-tax profit soared 13 per cent in the last 12 months to £9.1bn. This came ahead of internal [...]