Coimisiún na Meán has announced €6.46 million in funding for radio and TV productions around Ireland as part of the latest round of the Sound & Vision scheme. Round 56 will support the production of 57 culturally significant projects for Irish audiences for broadcast across national, regional, local and community stations. This brings the total amount […]
Qbeast, the next-generation data optimisation platform, has announced a $7.6 million (€6.5bn) seed round to fix that. The seed round was led by Peak XV’s Surge (formerly Sequoia Capital India), with participation from HWK Tech Investment and Elaia Partners. The new capital will fund team expansion, broaden product support across more analytics use cases, and […]
Spaceflux, headquartered in London, has successfully closed a £5.4 million (€6.2m) seed funding round, enabling the company to fast-track the growth of its proprietary global telescope network and push forward innovative space situational awareness (SSA) technologies. The funding round, co-led by the UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund (UKI2S) (managed by Future Planet Capital), Foresight […]
Creative Access, the UK’s diversity, equity & inclusion social enterprise, has announced that 49 creatives will receive vital funding to cover equipment, training, travel, and other career-critical costs. A record-breaking surge in demand for financial support has exposed the growing crisis facing talent from under-represented groups in the UK’s creative industries. Now in its fourth […]
Happydemics, a specialist in brand metrics and ad performance measurement, has announced it has raised €13 million in Series B funding. The private equity round, led by Wille Finance and Adelie Capital, will see the company ramp up its global expansion into the UK and continue its work with marketers looking to get better returns […]
The North East’s reputation for space research and innovation has been recognised with the announcement of £2.5 million (€3m) from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). The funding has been awarded to a consortium of academic, civic and industry partners who together will form the North East Space Communications Accelerator (NESCA), which is […]
The European Audiovisual Observatory has published a report on direct public film funding in Europe. The purpose report provides insights into the development of European film agencies’ income and activity spend between 2018 and 2022. Insights are generated based on data samples of national and sub-national film funds. Key insights 1. National funds’ income and […]
A new consortium plans to create an Artificial Intelligence (AI) prototype and publish research into how AI could support under-represented content creators and established producers to enhance storytelling in film and television. The Charismatic consortium – which has received £1.04 million (€1.24m) from the government’s Innovate UK programme – will research the opportunities for the […]
Rivada Space Networks issued a press release to coincide with Euroconsult’s Paris Space Business Week which said that it is “partnering” with Peraton, “a next-generation national security company and transformative enterprise IT provider” who will now work with Rivada once its planned 300 satellite constellation is in place. However, there was no news on whether […]
ScreenDog Productions, the company behind Channel 4’s true crime hit The Jury: Murder Trial, has announced it has received a minority stake investment from Edition Capital. As Channel 4’s most successful unscripted launch in 10 years, ScreenDog will use Edition’s funding to build on the success of The Jury: Murder Trial (pictured), help the company […]