As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Robin Saluoks, cofounder and CEO of eAgronom about putting sustainability at the heart of your business and the global shift towards net-zero by making carbon-neutral farming profitable.
16.08.2022
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 Reece Chowdhry, founding partner at Concept Ventures.
15.08.2022
Every week, Maddyness brings you the latest investment news from the UK startup ecosystem. Here's a recap of this week's investments.
12.08.2022
At the London Law Collective, we provide entrepreneurs and startups with quality legal advice. As such, we are well aware of the common errors that they make, both legal and non-legal, and which often drive them to seek our support.
11.08.2022
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Edward Cahill, CEO of ONBORD, about all-in-one onboarding, combining anti-fraud checks, with credit decisioning and regulatory compliance screening, allowing you to truly know your customer through the power of AI and big data.
11.08.2022
Money is intricately entwined with almost every aspect of adulthood, from deciding on a career, a credit card, a car loan, a mortgage and investment options to starting a business, getting married, having kids and retiring comfortably.
11.08.2022
Buy now, pay later is a method of payment with instalments at a small or interest-free rate. The payment method sky-rocketed in 2020. But why? The COVID-19 pandemic. The global crisis created job insecurity, with people seeking alternative means to sourcing income. However, the paradox lies in the fact that people flooded to shopping online and relying on ecommerce because of closed brick and mortar establishments.
10.08.2022
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to George Benton, Jordan Lord & James O'Leary, cofounders of Footium about their debut as a hackathon project, their growing community and how they are changing the future of football gaming.
09.08.2022
Over the past few years doomsayers have pointed to state protectionism, the Covid pandemic and now the Ukraine conflict as signs that the post-cold war growth of globalisation is on the decline. More pointedly, in the digital realm, the fears are that the world is splintering into different versions of the internet with three dominant models of handling data – US corporate driven and two-tiered, Chinese state regulated and a European privacy led model.
09.08.2022
ESG standard setting and reporting are integral to the corporate world’s transition toward net zero: whether they encourage businesses to reflect and improve on their ESG practices, or sanction industry laggards.
08.08.2022
Every startup wants to be a unicorn. If you’re the founder of a new tech company, it’s easy to see the attraction of a $1B valuation. Unicorn status provides resources, opportunities and validation, but is it the best measure of success? Does it signify a company with a sustainable future, or just one that’s good at attracting investor interest?
08.08.2022
Working effectively with a distributed team can be challenging. The way we work has changed significantly with many teams previously office based, now working remotely and some businesses have closed their offices completely, opting instead for a fully remote way of working.
06.08.2022
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past three months, you’ve probably noticed that the once sunny fintech economic climate has become increasingly foggy. There are certainly specialists who can speculate on why exactly this has happened, but as someone in the field, and as a founder myself, I’m well-placed to report on how it’s affecting the sector that I have called home for over thirty years.
05.08.2022
Every week, Maddyness brings you the latest investment news from the UK startup ecosystem. Here's a recap of this week's investments.
05.08.2022