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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04.03.2022
For our quick-fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Eduardo Martinez, CEO and co-founder of Toqio, about its mission to make it easy for any business to create financial products.
03.03.2022
It’s no surprise that when we think about Hong Kong, our minds conjure images of skyscrapers, banks and ships full of goods trying to make their way through to mainland China. While it’s still true to this day, soon our preconceptions of Hong Kong might be changing to scenes of fresh startup companies, young agile engineers and smart devices in every home.
03.03.2022
Virtual twins allow for hybrid digital and physical manufacturing. Can they help green one of the world’s most polluting industries?
02.03.2022
The Nordics has been one of the fastest growing tech startup hubs in recent years, with a number of unicorns to its name already. So how has the region managed to punch above its weight on the global stage?
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Simon Lovick
01.03.2022
Marketers have had to rethink the way they communicate during the pandemic. Katja Gagen of investment firm TCV shares what that’s meant for her and the job she does for her company and its portfolio company community.
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Katja Gagen
01.03.2022
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Jo Parker-Swift, CEO at Solivus about decarbonisation, securing your energy supply whatever the scale of your needs and making partnerships to drive business forward.
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Jo Parker-Swift
01.03.2022
ISACA research has said organisations are dangerously exposed to cybersecurity problems because of a cyber skills gap. It reported 55% of firms are unable to fill technical privacy jobs and 46% are struggling with legal and compliance hires. It added the figures are expected to worsen in 2022 to 72% and 67%, respectively, and urged organisations to fully invest in privacy strategies.
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Fred Fullerton
28.02.2022
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 interview Ian McLennan, Partner and Head of Venture, Triple Point Ventures.
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Ian McLennan
28.02.2022
There's no question that successful entrepreneurs have a lot of discipline. But even the most disciplined people sometimes have a hard time being productive. But here's a secret, though: being productive isn't that hard. It's all about breaking bad habits and establishing good ones. Sound too simplistic? It's not.
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Jordan Bishop
26.02.2022
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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Maddyness UK
25.02.2022
The pandemic has shown us how intrinsic technology has become to both our professional and personal lives. Whether it be video conferencing tools, or grocery ordering apps, without the technology, lockdowns around the world would have been a very different story.
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Richard Ettl
24.02.2022
The much-publicised firing via video link of 900 employees by a US company speaks volumes about how business have a long way to go to understand how to use remote video for key employee communications. What are the protocols? Or is the shift to remote mass working illustrating where in-person communications must be maintained?
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Dave Howell
24.02.2022
Many of us are marketing the digitisation of data as a time-saving phenomenon, but why is saving time actually useful? Will automation steal our jobs? Should we be worried or excited?
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Maddyness UK
22.02.2022
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