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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12.11.2021
Crowdcube will be the first platform to operate under new EU regulations designed to bring together existing crowdfunding rules under one uniform regulatory framework.
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Abby Wallace
12.11.2021
In early-stage startups, finance teams can be make or break. Done right, and they’re the beating heart of the business. But often they’re overlooked and under-resourced, making them a roadblock to explosive growth.
11.11.2021
Even as the most challenging times of the COVID-19 pandemic recede into memory, it is becoming ever clearer that the changes to the way we work over the past 18 months will leave indelible marks on our professional culture.
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Ritam Gandhi
11.11.2021
For startups to secure fundraising, it’s important for them to not only monitor their environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, but provide proof that they are doing so. We spoke to Early Metrics to discover how their ratings method allows investors and consumers to be sure the startups they invest in are sustainable.
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Abby Wallace
10.11.2021
What inspires you to jump out of bed each day? Achieving new growth targets? Tracking down a new business to fund? I’m passionate about education and engaging youngsters – and not just because it’s a job requirement of working at an edtech gaming company.
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Gordie Ross
10.11.2021
As more businesses become automated, having a reliable cloud solution to store and manage data is essential. Maddyness spoke to Gus Barrett, director at Virso, to find out how their tool, Cloud Activ8, helps companies automate and how participation in OVHcloud’s startup programme helped with this mission.
09.11.2021
Post-pandemic, will we see more startups flourishing outside London? Since most founders aim to raise money from investors, what are the best circumstances to make this happen if your business is well beyond the boundaries of Greater London?
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Anthony Rose
09.11.2021
Last week, I got a question from a service company founder asking how to evolve her daily grind of a business to run more like a high-growth startup without pouring a ton of money into technology and marketing.
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Joe Procopio
09.11.2021
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 Will Dufton and Lily Shaw of OMERS ventures.
08.11.2021
A £14B ($19B) pledge from governments using public and private funds to end deforestation by 2030 became COP26’s first big promise, with Brazil one of the signatories. However, a climate and forests specialist has said a similar deal from 2014 has not slowed deforestation. The countries that signed the pledge – which also include Russia, Canada and China – cover about 85% of global forests, and a proportion of the money is aimed at developing countries.
08.11.2021
Every week, Maddyness curates articles from other outlets on a topic that is driving the headlines. This week, we're talking about the pledges made to support green innovation by world leaders in Glasgow.
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Abby Wallace
08.11.2021
Young people are feeling increasingly anxious about climate change and the effects a dying planet could have on their futures. Many feel helpless and feel there is nothing they can do to incite change that will make a global impact.
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Daniel Groves
05.11.2021
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
05.11.2021
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