{"id":15329,"date":"2024-07-16T14:50:25","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T14:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TheNextWeb=1408535"},"modified":"2024-07-16T14:50:25","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T14:50:25","slug":"uk-ai-startups-are-now-worth-256b-says-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=15329","title":{"rendered":"UK AI startups are now worth $256B, says report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-cdn.tnwcdn.com\/image\/tnw-blurple?filter_last=1&amp;fit=1280%2C640&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn0.tnwcdn.com%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2023%2F09%2FUntitled-design-16-2.jpg&amp;signature=c3569aa6eabd6d6fa13bb002cde1e779\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>UK-based AI startups are now worth $256bn, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/dealroom.co\/reports\/uk-innovation-update-q2-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">new data<\/a> from Dealroom and HSBC Innovation Banking. They also account for 22% of the country\u2019s innovation ecosystem value \u2014 up from 12% in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>In the first half of 2024, <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/topic\/startups\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">startups<\/a> in the field raised $2.1bn. And this amount is projected to more than double in the coming five months. This means they\u2019re on track for another record-breaking year, following a $4.1bn total investment in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The leading <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/topic\/ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AI<\/a> rounds span a wide range of applications, covering sectors such as energy, healthcare, law, and finance.<\/p>\n<p>London-based Wayve, which develops artificial intelligence for autonomous vehicles, topped investments during H1 2024 with a <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/startup-wayve-1-billion-europes-largest-ai-funding-round-autonomous-vehicles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$1.1bn Series C<\/a> round. Despite <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/stable-diffusion-live-stability-ai-confirms-rescue-deal-new-ceo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a challenging period<\/a>, Stability.ai came in second place with $80mn.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inarticle-wrapper channel-cta\">\n<div class=\"ica-text\" readability=\"0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/conference\/tickets?utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=display&amp;utm_campaign=global_tnw_media_event-registration_retargeting_launch_2025-tnw-conference-amsterdam_TNW\" data-event-category=\"Article\" data-event-action=\"In Article Block\" data-event-label=\"TNW Conference 2025 - Back to NDSM on June 19-20, 2025 - Save the date!\" target=\"_blank\" readability=\"7\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"ica-text__title\">TNW Conference 2025 &#8211; Back to NDSM on June 19-20, 2025 &#8211; Save the date!<\/p>\n<p>As we wrapped up our incredible 2024 edition, we&#8217;re pleased to announce our return to Amsterdam NDSM in 2025. Registration now!<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Overall, artificial intelligence is increasing its share of UK venture capital, reaching an all-time high of 23% this year. That\u2019s compared to 13% in 2023 and 10% in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>An increasing trend in AI investment is being seen across Europe, according to a separate Dealroom <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/startup-wayve-1-billion-europes-largest-ai-funding-round-autonomous-vehicles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Artificial intelligence now accounts for 18% of the continent\u2019s VC <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/topic\/funding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">funding<\/a> \u2014 up from 10% a decade ago. GenAI, specifically, attracted 10% of the total funding, reaching a record $2.6bn in the second quarter of 2024.<\/p>\n<h2>UK leads Europe in VC investment<\/h2>\n<p>The UK remains Europe\u2019s leading nation for VC investment, raising $9.4bn in H1 2024.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s still higher than the combined funding of runner-ups France and Germany with $4.3bn each. Switzerland follows with $1.7bn and the Netherlands with $1.6bn.<\/p>\n<p>But despite the regional imbalances, venture capital funding is increasing across Europe, showing <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/new-hope-for-european-tech-vc-investments-rise-to-29b-in-first-half-of-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">signs of (a much-awaited) rebound<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/uk-ai-startups-now-worth-256b-report\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK-based AI startups are now worth $256bn, according to new data from Dealroom and HSBC Innovation Banking. They also account for 22% of the country\u2019s innovation ecosystem value \u2014 up from 12%&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15329"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}