Latest edition: 22 September 2026London — published continuously since 2026Free forever
The Founder Gazette
Startup news, held to newspaper standards

Filed under: government funding

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Startup news

UK government backs Shetland spaceport with £30m for two launchpads

The grant is conditional on due diligence, and SaxaVord says it triggers a matching £30m from private investors. No rocket has yet reached orbit from Unst.

213 · 10 September 2026
Policy

£10m hospitality grant opens to applications at end of September

The government has put £10m behind new pubs, cafes and restaurants, with £3m ring-fenced for a rural pubs charity. Grant sizes have not been published.

210 · 9 September 2026
Startup news

Government hunts manager for £150m northern scaleup fund

The UK government is looking for someone to run a £150m fund for scaleups in the north of England. The terms have not been published.

209 · 9 September 2026
Space funding

£13m of satellite money: 16 projects, awards from £199,000 to £2.1m

The UK Space Agency has split £13 million between 16 satellite communications projects, from broadband on a ScotRail service to crop sensors. The awards run from £199,000 to £2.1 million, and they are handed out through a European programme.

93 · 18 August 2026
Startup news

Sovereign AI takes equity in chip startup OLIX, its fifth deal

The government's venture arm has joined a nine-figure round in a two-year-old London chip designer. It is the fund's fifth equity cheque, and the announcement says nothing about how other founders get one.

21 · 8 August 2026