Scaleups
Patent basics for UK deep-tech startups
A UK patent can protect a genuine technical invention for up to 20 years, but not every deep-tech breakthrough qualifies - software and algorithms 'as such' generally don't. Here's what's patentable and what the process actually costs.
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Founders Vesting and cliffs: how UK founder and employee equity actually vests over time
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AI Spin-outs from UK universities: how research becomes an AI or deep-tech startup
Across the money desk
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- Equity crowdfunding vs venture capital: how UK platforms like Crowdcube and Seedrs actually work
- London AI governance startup AI Score raises €4.6m seed led by Fuel Ventures
- British Business Bank commits up to £46m to a pre-seed deep tech fund aiming to create 80 companies
- Innovate UK is offering sensing SMEs a flat £80,420 grant at 100% funding, closing 7 October
Founders
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- Government consultation on data intermediaries closes tonight after an extension
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Scaleups
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- DSIT study puts UK semiconductor revenues at £10.6bn, with 24 companies taking three quarters of it
- Angel syndicates and networks: how group angel investing works in the UK
Exits
- MedPal AI finalises eMARx purchase price at about £446,633, below its July estimate
- What due diligence actually involves when a UK startup gets acquired
- Pri0r1ty buys Pirkx out of administration for £50,000 and a capped royalty
- Earn-outs in UK startup acquisitions: how they work and why they matter for founders
AI
- Spin-outs from UK universities: how research becomes an AI or deep-tech startup
- UK AI startup valuations: why they're running higher and what's actually driving it
- Data and IP ownership in AI startups: what UK founders should get right early
- University of Birmingham spins out Dexter AI to commercialise its health records data platform