Every week, Maddyness brings you the latest investment news from the UK startup ecosystem. Here's a recap of this week's investments.
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11.11.2022
With COP 27 underway, it's time for the annual spike in conversation about sustainability. While it's good that attention is focused on such matters, it has obviously moved past discussion. It is now a situation that requires governments and businesses to take tangible action rather than talk.
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Simon Hill
11.11.2022
In the largest climate survey to date, two-thirds of over 1.2 million people regarded climate change as a global emergency and supported comprehensive climate policies to tackle the crisis. This summer’s extreme temperatures highlighted just how tangible the effects already are.
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Agathe Kuhn
10.11.2022
While I am not that old, I can still recall the time when Milton Friedman’s doctrine was the norm among economists and businesses, claiming that “the social responsibility of business is to increase its profits”.
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Alexandre Mars
10.11.2022
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Sophia Parvizi-Wayne, cofounder and CEO of Kanjo about mental health education and how they are using technology to create personalised, accessible and preventative solutions.
10.11.2022
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Tom Sichel and Adam Greenberg, cofounders of Nova Finance about DeFi, crypto assets, giving access to powerful financial tools previously reserved for the wealthy and the Nova token.
09.11.2022
People from all walks of life now turn to ‘wellness’ as a significant factor when assessing their lifestyle, one that is separate to ‘health’. As a society, our understanding of wellness has also expanded to reflect a more holistic view, covering not only physical and mental factors but now our social and work lives.
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Ifty Nasir
09.11.2022
Technology dominates our lives. Making up 35% of the global market and employing over 12 million workers across the world, it’s hard to imagine our society existing without it. Tech companies have demonstrated pioneering innovation and continue to attract the world’s attention with aspirational ideas. It’s a sector that has delivered products and services that cater for everyone. Or do they?
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John Hughes
08.11.2022
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Eduard Teixidó, CEO of Opground about evolving fast, user feedback and using AI to connect companies and entrepreneurs with tailored tech professionals
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Eduard Teixidó
08.11.2022
Come and get your toes wet! From goldfish to megladons, TANQ is the future of interactive virtual worlds where fully featured species explore and engage with a complex world of oceanic splendour. The Aquaverse is a subterranean playground, where gamers and collectors build environments of unlimited creativity and their collections live, learn and play together.
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Martin Rich
07.11.2022
It’s Q4, the end of the fiscal year for many, the quest for the last deals for vendors, the last budget spend for the buyers, and for all the need to become a priority; to appear, rather than to disappear.
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Caroline Franczia
07.11.2022
With #QVCS, Maddyness profiles different funds to give founders and entrepreneurs the information they need to choose the right investor. Today we interview Eleanor Kaye, Executive Director, Newton Venture Programme.
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Eleanor Kaye
07.11.2022
One of the big learnings from the global pandemic for the world of work and workplace was the need for greater social equity, diversity and inclusion. Different groups of employees had different experiences during lockdown depending on their race, gender, age and ability. Inequalities came to the fore during the coronavirus crisis in way that has made many companies today prioritise the needs of employees from a range of different backgrounds.
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Jeremy Myerson
05.11.2022
As part of a series with Google for Startups Black Founders Fund, Maddyness spoke to Ryan Shaw, cofounder and CEO at Verifymyage about funding, plans for the future and their advice for other founders. You will meet several of the forty-strong Google cohort through this series of QFQs, which aims to amplify the voices and missions of Black Founders. We have chosen to highlight Black Founders whose business’ exist in a variety of sectors and regions, exemplifying the full breadth of the UK tech sector.
04.11.2022
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