Are you worried about how you're going to get your startup off the ground? You're not alone. Most startups need money to get started, and that's where investors come in. But finding the right investors can be difficult. It takes a lot of time and energy to network and pitch your business.
27.08.2022
Every week, Maddyness brings you the latest investment news from the UK startup ecosystem. Here's a recap of this week's investments.
26.08.2022
A minute on the clicks, a lifetime on the hips: If hips are in fact a tracking nightmare and that constant feeling of surveillance online, whether, from big techs, advertisers, or social media king-pins, the cookies crumble into all the nooks and crannies
25.08.2022
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Damilare Ogunleye, CEO and cofounder of FoodLama about online grocery shopping, constant collaboration with user groups on Facebook and Reddit and becoming a ubiquitous advisor in the universal customer's food journey.
25.08.2022
The VC-funded tech ecosystem has enjoyed a period of rapid growth as people’s belief in the transformative potential of digital startups has fuelled an explosion of innovation. In a low interest rate environment, there’s been no shortage of capital seeking a place on startup term sheets in search of a return (when it’s been difficult to do so in more traditional asset classes).
24.08.2022
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Huib Van Bockel, founder and CEO of TENZING about his choice to make a positive impact, climbing Everest, the power of nature and plans for a TENZING festival in the future.
23.08.2022
The European accelerator EIT Digital is launching the 9th edition of its EIT Digital Challenge, the first competition for digital DeepTech scale-ups in Europe and a veritable springboard for developing companies. Applications close on September 19th, 2022.
23.08.2022
In the ever-growing investment landscape, funds are multiplying and diversifying, and for startups there is more to raising investment than the money and the media moment. With #QVCS Maddyness profiles different funds to give founders and entrepreneurs the information they need to choose the right investor. Today we speak to Přemysl Rubeš, founder and managing partner of Presto Ventures.
22.08.2022
It’s widely documented that entrepreneurship is fraught with challenges. Even the most seasoned of entrepreneurs have tackled many obstacles over their career. It is the lessons that these challenges provide which set you up for future success. These learning opportunities can be even further enriched by consulting entrepreneurs who have overcome similar hurdles.
21.08.2022
Exuding entrepreneurial spirit, Joe Dalton is the CEO of marine finance startup SALT. A self-confessed people person with an upbeat attitude, his equal levels of integrity, ambition and confidence are in part due to his well-travelled childhood as the eldest of six siblings, combined with a deep-rooted belief in his desire to achieve.
20.08.2022
Every week, Maddyness brings you the latest investment news from the UK startup ecosystem. Here's a recap of this week's investments.
19.08.2022
A food supply crisis lies behind the headlines this summer of record high temperatures, wild fires and water shortages. Farmers in the UK are seeing two-thirds of the rainfall they normally would in the driest summer since 1976 and Europe is baking. The way we currently feed ourselves isn’t just killing the planet, it’s killing us too and we only have ourselves to blame.
18.08.2022
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Max Rofagha, founder of Finimize about democratising the unnecessarily complex and overwhelming world of investment information, building a community and acquisition by global investment company abrdn.
18.08.2022
So, you've started your own business. You have an amazing business idea that you're excited and passionate about, and that's still in the early stages, but you know it's going to take off. But there's one thing you need to take your business to the next level – investment. Funding a new business is one of the hardest challenges to tackle as a startup founder.
16.08.2022