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UK spinout value has tripled, hits £49Bn 📈

British universities are cementing their dominance of Europe’s spinout sector, with the combined value of UK spinouts nearly tripling to £49 billion since 2020, according to a new report.

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OQC raises £260M in record-breaking quantum funding round 💷

British quantum computing company Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC) has raised an oversubscribed £260 million Series C funding round, Europe’s largest ever private funding round for a quantum computing company. This funding reflects the growing confidence in the commercialisation of quantum technologies, and the UK’s ability to scale globally competitive deeptech companies.

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Europe’s tech spend set to reach $1.3Tn💲

Europe’s technology market is entering a decisive era of growth, with IT spending across the region forecast to reach $1.3 trillion in 2026 increasing 8.2%, its fastest pace since 2021, according to new data from Omdia shared ahead of London Tech Week 2026.

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@LDNTechWeek 2026 takes place from 8-10th June at Olympia London, with Fringe Events running across London from 8-12th June. The full agenda is now live.

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Which of your business workflows can AI actually automate - Deniz Akbasaran 🤖

Not every repetitive task is automatable, and not every messy task is off-limits.

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📣 @TheHustleAwards 2026 SHORTLIST IS HERE 📣

We are so excited to reveal the outstanding startups, individuals, innovators, and organisations that have been honoured as the shortlist for the 2026 Hustle Awards.

View shortlist 👉 https://t.co/LyJf1s2o2U

Join us at Shoreditch Exchange on the 9th July for the startup event of the year, as we unveil our 2026 winners!! 🎉

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HMRC's R&D advance assurance pilot: a guide for startups - Iain Butler 💭

Starting a business is never straightforward, and investing in innovation often adds to the uncertainty. The R&D tax credit scheme can help reduce some of that risk by rewarding startups for investing in R&D. But recently, the scheme has become complex and harder to navigate. To address these concerns, HMRC has launched a limited pilot of a new targeted advance assurance service to give startups more clarity before submitting a claim.

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Why ‘vibe working’ is a threat to workplace culture - Shayan Roy Chowdhury 🚫

‘Vibe coding’ is building today’s startup economy. Pros and amateurs alike are turning to AI to write code and rapidly create software outputs faster than ever before. Seen by many as a huge time saver and a radical leveller in innovation, vibe coding has been instantly absorbed into our lexicon, even taking the 2025 ‘word of the year’ honour in some countries.

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What the Government’s SME late payments announcement answers, and what it doesn’t - Dermot McCloskey 📣

After months of anticipation, the Department for Business and Trade has finally published its response to the late payment consultation – and has since followed it up with a Bill, now before Parliament. The package is being billed as the toughest crackdown in over 25 years, and in several respects that’s not spin.

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Unlock your exclusive @LDNTechWeek discount 📣

From 8-12 June at Olympia and across London, London Tech Week brings together over 30,000 tech leaders, founders, and decision-makers from 130+ countries for one transformative week of discovery, connection, and strategic positioning.

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🚀 The countdown is on for the biggest Women in Tech event in Europe!

This June 10–11, @perspektywy_s Women in Tech Summit 2026 returns to Warsaw under the powerful motto:

⚡ UNLEASH NEW ENERGY
From AI and quantum technologies to nuclear innovation, leadership, resilience, and the future of industry — this year’s Summit brings together some of the brightest minds shaping tomorrow.

📍 Warsaw | June 10–11, 2026

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The rise of accidental greenwashing: what startup founders need to know - Charney Magri 🌱

Last week I rewrote our website copy three times. Not because our product had changed. Because the copy I’d used the week before wasn’t landing the way I wanted it to.

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The new startup survival guide: margin over momentum 🚀

Entrepreneurs are reshaping their growth strategies as the prospect of higher interest rates makes funding harder to secure and talent more challenging to access. New EY-Parthenon research shows that while ambition remains a driver for most founders, they are being more careful about how and where they invest.

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The global stage for sustainable mobility is coming to the United States. The Electric Vehicle Innovation Summit (EVIS)—the world-renowned platform shaping the future of transportation announces the debut of EVIS America 2026, taking place November 3–5, 2026, at the Glass City Center in Toledo, Ohio.

For the first time, the full spectrum of future mobility will converge in the U.S., with global leaders, innovators, and policymakers gathering to accelerate progress across electric, hydrogen, and autonomous technologies.

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London Tech Week 2026 Panel Announcement 📣

Join our Managing Editor, Paige Hookway as she moderates a panel at @LDNTechWeek on 'Permission to Innovate: What It Really Means to Build a Company with AI at the Core'.

🗓️ Wednesday 10th June 2026
10.00-10.30 📍Ignition Stage
London Tech Week
Olympia London

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Airbnb backs @weroad_official as solo travel startup eyes expansion 🌴🧳

WeRoad, the Milan-founded travel company that organises group trips for solo travellers, has closed a $58 million Series C round led by @Airbnb. The raise beings WeRoad’s total funding to $100 million and will support its first major expansion beyond Europe, as the company pushes into the United States.

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Eleanor Hecks shares 5 founder communication habits that build high-trust startup teams 🎉

✨Practice radical transparency
✨Master the art of active listening
✨Commit to ongoing learning and development
✨Deliver consistent and constructive feedback
✨Align words with actions
✨Communication as a foundation

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Quanscient raises €10M to lead the shift to quantum and AI-native hardware engineering 💵

Finnish technology company @quanscient has raised a €10 million Series A funding round to accelerate its international expansion and strengthen its position in multiphysics simulations, quantum algorithms, and AI-native hardware engineering.

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Yair Reem shares 6 things every founder should do about cybersecurity🛡️

I’ve long been of the view that cybersecurity is not an IT issue that can be delegated away. It is a core business risk, and ultimately a CEO responsibility. And the age of AI makes it even more so.

According to Verizon’s 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report, small businesses are now targeted nearly four times as often as larger organisations. That’s because large companies have hardened their defences, so attackers have moved down the chain.

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Fear of failure holds half of entrepreneurs back, Dr. Melisa Buie says, "feel the fear and do it anyway" 📣

Starting a business is one of the most exhilarating things you can do and one of the most terrifying. For every founder celebrating a successful launch or a freshly closed funding round, there are countless would-be entrepreneurs who never take the leap at all. The reason? Fear of failure. It’s the invisible barrier standing between ambition and action, and new data suggests it’s holding back roughly half of the UK’s potential founders.

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AI is making failure affordable - Alex Wu 🤖

Entrepreneurship has always meant constraints. Money, time, technical skill, access to talent. Founders had to think carefully about every investment because mistakes could be fatal, ending a project before it began. AI is removing some of that jeopardy. And it’s changing what it means to “try an idea.”

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