Since reopening, pubs and restaurants are now obliged to keep a record of customers and visitors for 21 days to assist the NHS Test and Trace application. To support this, a tech startup has created, in just24 hours, a quick and efficient app that can be used by pubs, restaurants and customers.
16.07.2020
People don't always manage their spendings and budget wisely and Cash Coach developed a gamified app where its users compete to save as much money as they can from their real-life income. This concept aims to give people the daily dose of motivation they need to deal with their money like champions, especially after the pandemic where online purchases skyrocketed. Maddyness spoke with Sam Abrika, Founder and CEO to understand how the company is coping amid the COVID-19 pandemic and what the future holds.
16.07.2020
New research by fintech unicorn Checkout.com shows the UK is losing over $2B annually due to legitimate transactions being rejected as fraudulent, a fact that naturally causes frustration for customers who go buy elsewhere online. Recovery could be slowed down or delayed unless businesses plug an annual $20B hole in online transactions to tackle this massive issue.
16.07.2020
Glasgow is a highly attractive hotspot for tech entrepreneurs looking for a vibrant ecosystem in healthtech, data science and even spacetech. Maddyness selected some of these disrupting tech companies to watch in Glasgow.
14.07.2020
Instead of looking for traits to emulate, focus on ones to avoid. The first successful person I ever met — truly successful, with accomplishments I admired and ambition I strove to emulate — was an entrepreneur in his forties, a client of mine in the first real business I’d ever started. I was 24 and eager to learn; he was constantly cheerful and had more money than he could count.
14.07.2020
Insurtech UK, the trade body for UK startups in the fast-growing field of insurance-related technology, and Seedrs, the UK’s leading online investment platform, have announced a new partnership to connect emerging insurtechs with investors who are keen to see disruption in a ‘traditional market’.
13.07.2020
Every week, Maddyness brings you MaddyCrowd revealing our selection of projects available on crowdfunding platforms. Here's this week's selection.
12.07.2020
During lockdown, startups across the country were forced to make tough decisions to stay alive and with global restrictions this meant quickly adapting activities to remain profitable, and this often meant pivoting. Over the last three months, Maddyness compiled various lists highlighting companies and their pivots during the pandemic - here's a wrap-up of the most creative initiatives.
10.07.2020
Every week, Maddyness brings you the latest investment news from the UK startup ecosystem. Here's a recap of this week's investments.
10.07.2020
Maddyness spoke to Izak Ben Aharon, the founder of 8Tev and the managing director of Scootin - the first electric scooter shop and electric scooter engineering workshop in the UK - to understand how the company is coping during the COVID-19 pandemic and to see what the future holds.
09.07.2020
You have a mind-shattering headache. You’re standing in the aisle of your local CVS pharmacy, massaging your temples while scanning the shelves for something — anything — to make the pain stop. What do you reach for? Tylenol? Advil? Aleve?
08.07.2020
Sparrho curates, aggregates, and summarises the latest in scientific research, with over 60M pieces collected to date. Maddyness spoke with Dr Vivian Chan, CEO and co-founder to understand how they have coped during lockdown and to understand what the future holds.
06.07.2020
Every week, Maddyness brings you MaddyCrowd revealing our selection of projects available on crowdfunding platforms. Here's this week's selection.
04.07.2020
Every week, Maddyness brings you the latest investment news from the UK startup ecosystem. Here's a recap of this week's investments.
03.07.2020