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
21.06.2024
Venture capital (VC) has served as the lifeblood of the startup ecosystem, providing the necessary funds for young companies to grow and scale. Unlike institutional investors, VCs are often more willing to take on high-risk investments, such as tech startups, providing the vital funds these companies need to hire staff, develop products, and market to customers.
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David Kearney
21.06.2024
Chairing meetings in the latter stages of my NHS career, I remember being exasperated that more and more people would mutter and mumble their way through meetings. I had no idea the problem was actually mine.
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Amanda Philpott
21.06.2024
Why has Europe never produced a truly global tech giant? This is one of the oldest questions in European tech. This question lurks behind every headline about record breaking investment levels in European VC and London competing with Silicon Valley. The European tech ecosystem is growing and maturing, but where is our Google, or Microsoft, or Facebook?
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Christoph Klink
20.06.2024
A stubborn sector reliant on manual processes has contributed to Europe’s housing market disarray. However, the real estate industry is finally recognising the opportunities that powerful new technologies, like AI, Machine Learning (ML), and automation, bring to the entire industry, from investors all the way down to the tenants themselves.
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Hima Mandali
20.06.2024
A new report published by OVHcloud guides startups on how to optimise their cloud costs and what steps to follow when strategising their financial operations.
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20.06.2024
As part of our quick founder questions series - or QFQs - we spoke to Sona Chandra, President and cofounder of Pangea Bio about using AI to unlock nature’s neuroactive chemistry, working with Playfair Capital and growing a global network.
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Sona Chandra
20.06.2024
I recently read an interview in the Financial Times with Harry Hyman of Primary Health Properties, who was asked the question ‘what is your basic business philosophy?’ His response was ‘to run a business with recurring profits and a positive social impact.’
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Leanne Spencer
20.06.2024
As part of our quick founder questions series - or QFQs - we spoke to Gaurav Bajaj, founder and CEO of Solvo.ai about optimising the freight forwarding and logistics industry, the importance of a growth mindset and early starts.
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Gaurav Bajaj
19.06.2024
At the peak of the dot-com boom, I managed a $200M venture fund. Though we didn’t have much experience as investors, we managed to get five exits from a portfolio of 27 early-stage businesses. I learned a lot of lessons. Here’s one of them.
19.06.2024
Reset Connect London, the leading sustainability, net-zero and decarbonisation event and flagship event of London Climate Action Week, returns to ExCeL London on 25-26 June 2024. Uniting business leaders, investors, policymakers and industry experts to drive forward the global sustainability agenda.
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Maddyness UK
19.06.2024
While Swift’s purchase of carbon credits shows a willingness to address the sustainability issues associated with her world tour, greenwashing isn’t a good look for a billionaire superstar in the position to do something truly revolutionary for the future of the planet and its population.
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Mike Penrose
18.06.2024
As part of our quick founder questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to David Rabee and Ben Schuldenfrei, the cofounders of Factored about helping landlords manage the unexpected, the vital importance of resilience and how rejection can inspire preparation.
18.06.2024
The COVID-19 pandemic, the fallout of Brexit, supply chain disruptions, spiralling inflation, geopolitical conflicts, rising fuel and energy prices, and a cost-of-living crisis are just some of the contributors to the UK’s widely documented economic downturn. Amidst all this external turmoil and uncertainty, the nation officially entered a recession, with the economy contracting since early 2022.
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Dakota Murphey
18.06.2024
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