The blockchain sector is drawing attention again as Bitcoin prices have renewed their highs every day. Major financial institutions such as Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan have shown optimism in cryptocurrency. Also, investment in startups in this field is increasing.
04.06.2021
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
04.06.2021
A founder has a great idea, a startup develops a great product, but how do you know if there is an actual market for it? How do you know that you have a disruptive product or service that can also generate revenue simultaneously?
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Caroline Franczia
04.06.2021
What’s in common between backlinks and SEO? To start with, backlink building is one of two major parts of search engine optimisation: on-site SEO (managing keywords and their density, placing internal links, doing dozens of other tasks under direct control) and external SEO (it’s under indirect influence which is still manageable, but sees your website as part of the Internet community).
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Frank Hamilton
03.06.2021
Last year, Jeff Bezos pledged that Amazon would be carbon neutral by 2040, while Starbucks aims to be resource positive by 2030 through the 50 percent reduction in carbon emissions, landfill waste, and water withdrawal.
03.06.2021
In the last year - as the world around us changed - a growing number of startups have been pitching themselves as offering “tech for good”. This means they provide a product or service that exists to fix a particular issue for the good of society: be it environmental, economic or humanitarian.
03.06.2021
The global startup ecosystem axis has fundamentally shifted over the past 12 months. The pandemic has been a test for all nations, cities and global entrepreneurial communities.
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January Barnes
02.06.2021
Since 2015, the OVHcloud Startup Program has facilitated the growth of over 2,000 startups and scaleups. Maddyness interviews participating founders, starting with Kelvin Summoogum – founder of MiiCare.
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Kelvin Summoogum
02.06.2021
Talking bespoke hair analysis, how food can impact hair health, and perfecting customer research with the CEO of That Good Hair.
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Florence Wildblood
02.06.2021
For the Female Founder Challenge, Vivatech and 50inTech (re)combine forces to put the spotlight on promising early stage startups founded by women. Here, discover the incredible the ten finalists.
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Heloise Pons
02.06.2021
BT announced today that it has kicked off trials of a new type of optical fibre - hollow core fibre - at the BT Labs in Adastral Park, Ipswich, in a collaborative project with Lumenisity, a Southampton University spin out company, and Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) mobile vendor Mavenir.
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Maddyness UK
01.06.2021
causaLens wins grants to accelerate the deployment of its breakthrough AI technology for social good
causaLens, the creator of the world’s first causal AI platform, has won two consecutive grants from Innovate UK and Erasmus+. Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency, awarded causaLens to help retailers recover from the economic disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic and optimise their businesses with dynamic product demand and supply chain predictions.
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Maddyness UK
01.06.2021
There’s no worse feeling for an entrepreneur than pushing a brilliant idea all the way though execution and then launching that new product or feature to dead silence. But oddly enough, we entrepreneurs tend to do this a lot. In fact, I just did it again myself. Even after building over a dozen startups over a couple decades, I still dive right into this trap headfirst.
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Joe Procopio
01.06.2021
Match Group has introduced a tool designed to stop offensive messages on the dating app Tinder. The feature uses AI to detect potentially problematic language and triggers an “Are you sure?” prompt to warn users and offer the chance to change their wording. Early testing of the feature resulted in a 10% reduction in offensive language, while those receiving the prompt were also less likely to be reported for inappropriate messaging the following month, the company said.
31.05.2021
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