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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09.02.2024
Creating a startup is always challenging. Founding one during a tech downturn, cost of living crisis and recession seems near impossible. However, with risk comes reward and many of the world’s most successful companies were founded during times of economic uncertainty. As part of a series with Antler, Maddyness has interviewed founders hoping to become the entrepreneurial success stories to emerge from this time of crisis. This week, Maddyness spoke to Saif Khalaf, cofounder of BoxHaul.
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Saif Khalaf
08.02.2024
As net zero goals loom large, climate founders need a fresh platform to innovate and scale their ventures. The UK is staking a claim to be that platform.
07.02.2024
As part of our quick founder questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Robin Yan, CEO of Fana about making philanthropy a part of daily life, problem-solving and being a 'radical optimist.'
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07.02.2024
What’s in a name? A lot of lawsuits, if easyJet and its parent company’s recent exploits are anything to go by – but also, potentially, a loss of brand reputation.
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Sally Tarbit
07.02.2024
As part of our quick founder questions series - or QFQs - we spoke to Jaanki Kotecha, Pharmacist Independent Prescriber at Hello Eve about building a comprehensive online women's healthcare service, regulation and the importance of bringing movement into each day.
06.02.2024
Founding a tech startup isn't an endeavour reserved for the “young”. While there might be famed stories of young Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg all beginning businesses at an early age, there are plenty of examples where founders turned their hand to beginning a tech start-up at a later stage in their career too.
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Lesley Calland
06.02.2024
With #QVCS, Maddyness profiles different funds to give founders and entrepreneurs the information they need to choose the right investor. Today, we speak to the inspirational Noa Khamallah, General Partner at Don't Quit Ventures.
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Noa Khamallah
05.02.2024
Forget about the cliché of the swaggering leader who can do no wrong. We all have strengths and weaknesses, however committed we are to our purpose and driving our organisation forward to achieve our goals. We are, after all, human. Plus, if the disruptive ambition is substantial, we’d be a fool to try to go it alone. This means we need resources. Resources are the fuel that helps our fire burn.
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Mark Bateman
05.02.2024
In the fast-paced world of venture capital, the allure of the latest market trends often captures significant attention and investment. However, this fascination with the newest and most popular sectors carries considerable risks.
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Nicolai Chamizo
05.02.2024
A growing number of businesses are utilising artificial intelligence, or AI, to aid with tasks like medical diagnosis and customer support. In the field of artificial intelligence, chatbots such as ChatGPT, Jasper, Bard, Bing Chat, and Pi have gained popularity. With the use of prompts and interaction, chatbots enable users to ask questions and get responses.
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Evelyn Johnson
03.02.2024
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
02.02.2024
Creating a startup is always challenging. Founding one during a tech downturn, cost of living crisis and recession seems near impossible. However, with risk comes reward and many of the world’s most successful companies were founded during times of economic uncertainty. As part of a series with Antler, Maddyness has interviewed founders hoping to become the entrepreneurial success stories to emerge from this time of crisis. This week, Maddyness spoke to Luis Espinosa Andrade, cofounder of Sorted.
01.02.2024
If you have shopped online over the last year or so, chances are you have come across Temu. The e-commerce app that is part of the Chinese conglomerate, Pinduoduo, and has been quite aggressively marketed – even advertising during the Super Bowl – and consequently in the United States alone it had more downloads than companies like Amazon and Walmart during the second quarter of 2022.
31.01.2024
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