London Startup News: Mid-July 2026
A record first half for UK fundraising, London taking the lion’s share, and PhysicsX joining the unicorn club: startup news for mid-July 2026.
A record first half for UK fundraising, London taking the lion’s share, and PhysicsX joining the unicorn club: startup news for mid-July 2026.
AI takes a record share of UK equity funding, PhysicsX hits a $2.4bn valuation, and London still captures over half the national total.
PhysicsX’s £225m raise, big AI Series As at Conduct and Partly, plus seed deals for Frontier Health and Isometric: London’s late-June funding.
London Tech Week closed with more than £6bn of AI investment, big compute commitments from AMD and Nebius, and a record UK quantum raise.
London’s startup scene in June 2026: Archestra.AI’s seed round, Primer’s $100m Series C, and the UCL spinouts behind Europe’s biggest AI raises.