Organisations
2445 entities tracked across Lowdown briefings. Page 1 of 41.
01Health
UK healthtech startup that raised £11.2m Series A.
14ymedio
Cuba's leading independent outlet; its Cuba-based network first reported the June 2026 Havana protests and utility collapse.
1789 Capital
Trump Jr.-linked investment fund whose portfolio companies received over $70m in DoD contracts during Trump's return to office.
21 Kutatokozpont
Independent Hungarian pollster showing Tisza 19 points ahead of Fidesz.
4BIO Capital
UK-headquartered biotech venture firm; led Cytospire £61m Series A in May 2026.
7percent
Investor participating in BioOrbit's £9.8m seed round.
9fin
London-founded AI platform for global debt markets; raised $170m Series C at $1.3bn valuation in March 2026.
9th Circuit
Largest US appeals court; its own DOJ voter-data ruling remains pending seven weeks after argument.
a16z Speedrun
Andreessen Horowitz early-stage accelerator and investment programme; co-invested in Dex.
ABC News
US national broadcast news division of the American Broadcasting Company, owned by Disney.
Abdorrahman Boroumand Center
Washington-based Iranian human rights documentation centre; tracks executions and political prisoners since 2001.
Abingworth
UK-founded international biotech VC; participated in Cytospire's £61m Series A.
Accel
Palo Alto-based global growth VC; co-led Fractile's $220m Series B in May 2026.
Accenture
Global consulting giant cutting 11,000 jobs and mandating AI adoption for promotions.
Accord Healthcare
Barnstaple generic-medicines manufacturer; received over \xC2\xA345m LSIMF grant, April 2026.
Accountability Project Inc
PAC that spent $1M backing Julia Letlow, who won Louisiana's Senate runoff 27 June 2026.
ACER
EU agency coordinating national energy regulators; holds direct REMIT enforcement powers since the 2024 revision.
ACLED
Global conflict data project tracking political violence and protest events in near-real time.
ACLU
American civil liberties organisation litigating against ICE enforcement at the 2026 World Cup.
AC Milan
Italian football club founded 1899; seven European Cups; global commercial and cultural institution.
ACUA Ocean
UK maker of uncrewed surface vessels contributing to the Babcock-Frankenburg maritime C-UAS system.
Adani Cement
Indian cement producer and paying customer of Gigaton's autonomous plant-control software.
AdaniConneX
Indian data-centre joint venture between Adani Group and EdgeConneX, developing hyperscale campuses across India.
Adani Enterprises
Indian conglomerate; fined $275m by OFAC for 32 Iran-LPG sanctions violations in May 2026.
ADD
Agency for Defense Development; South Korea's primary defence research and development organisation.
ADNOC
UAE state oil major building a permanent Hormuz-bypass export route through Fujairah by 2027.
Adobe Inc.
US software company behind Photoshop, Premiere Pro, and Firefly; Creative Cloud subscription platform.
Adriatic LNG
Offshore LNG regasification terminal located in the Adriatic Sea near Rovigo, Italy, feeding gas into the Italian PSV grid and injection stack.
ADS
UK aerospace, defence, security and space trade association.
Advai
London AI safety testing firm; technical partner in FCA AI Live Testing programme.
Advanced Computer Software
UK software company fined £3.07m by ICO in March 2025 for absent PAM controls in its 2022 breach, establishing NCSC guidance as GDPR baseline.
Advanced Research and Invention Agency
UK government blue-sky research agency running Scaling Compute (~£100m) and Scaling Inference Lab (£50m) programmes.
Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator
Australian Defence Department innovation body that funds early-stage sovereign capabilities; running Mission Syracuse counter-drone contracts under the 2026 IIP.
Advance Security Solutions
Exploit brokerage operated by Azizjon Mamashoyev and designated by OFAC as part of the Operation Zero network.
Advent
Advent International, a global private equity firm that co-led Quantum Systems' reported $1.2bn Series D.
Adweek
Advertising and marketing industry trade publication covering agency, brand and media strategy since 1979.
Aechelon TechnologyUS simulation company acquired by Shield AI to feed the Hivemind Foundation Model with synthetic training data.
Aeon
Russian diversified industrial conglomerate founded by billionaire Roman Trotsenko; ports, airports, Arctic logistics.
Aereve
UK firm in FCA AI Live Testing second cohort; evaluation Q1 2027.
Aerospace AmericaAIAA's magazine; broke Orion heat shield technical details.
Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel
Independent NASA safety watchdog; quarterly meeting may address unpublished heat shield findings.
AeroVironment
US drone and directed-energy company; FY26 revenue $1.98bn, $500m Army counter-UAS deal, June restatement.
AFC
Football's continental governing body for Asia and Australia, overseeing 47 member associations and World Cup qualification.
AfD
Alternative für Deutschland; the only party to oppose Germany's KVDG STR data law in April 2026.
Afipsky refinery
One of southern Russia's largest oil refineries, located in Krasnodar Krai. Processes approximately 6.25 million tonnes of crude oil annually, roughly 2% of Russia's national refining output. Struck by Ukrainian drones on 14 March 2026 as part of a sustained fuel interdiction campaign.
Africa CDCAfrica's continental disease surveillance body; declared Ebola emergency 24 hours before WHO PHEIC.
Africa GroupAfrican member-state bloc negotiating the WHO pandemic treaty pathogen-sharing annex.
African Medicines Agency
African Union continental medicines regulator, treaty in force 2019, Kigali-based; named in Bundibugyo response coordination.
African Union
Continental body of 55 African states; its Africa CDC arm now receives Pandemic Fund money directly.
African Vaccine Manufacturing AcceleratorGavi programme funding vaccine manufacturing capacity on the African continent.
AFRICOM
US military command for Africa, found operating at Ukraine's Libyan drone base.
Agence France-Presse
French international news agency, third largest wire service globally.
Agência para a Integração, Migrações e Asilo
Portugal's migration agency; 525,000+ files cleared, D8 applicants still wait nine months for a card.
Agricultural Bank of China
China's largest rural bank by branch network; one of the Big Four state commercial banks.
AIAC
Italy's football coaches' association; controls 10% of FIGC votes, completing the 30% AIC+AIAC swing bloc.
AI and Future of Work Unit
DSIT cross-government unit announced May 2026 to upskill 10 million workers on AI by 2030.
AI Board
The AI Board is the EU-level body established under the EU AI Act to oversee implementation and coordinate national enforcement; it is conducting an adequacy assessment of the finalised Code of Practice on AI-generated content marking.
AIC
Italy's professional footballers' union; controls 20% of FIGC votes and is a key swing bloc in the presidential election.
Aikido Technologies
US startup developing floating offshore wind + integrated data-centre compute platforms.
AIM Defence
Australian directed-energy defence company; received A$21.3M contract for Fractl high-powered laser under ASCA Mission Syracuse.