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
14.07.2023
One of the things I find most fascinating is the psychology behind early-stage investing. Over the past couple of years investing at Episode 1 and from founding Focal, I've become somewhat specialised in helping companies optimise their rounds. There’ve been some interesting discoveries along the way. The first and most important thing to understand is that there’s so much more to fundraising than having a good business.
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Hector Mason
13.07.2023
As your business goes from startup to scale-up you might not really notice the growth until you take a step back and look at your team size, how your operational needs have changed and how your business is finely solidifying its strategy and positioning with the market. But as your business enters this stage, it can be hard to determine what’s next. You might not be as flexible and nimble as you once were at the startup stage and are in need of more guidance.
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Rafael S. Lajeuness
13.07.2023
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Charles Brecque, founder and CEO of Legislate about making contracts machine readable, remaining innovative and disruptive and imminent international expansion.
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Charles Brecque
13.07.2023
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Nihal Tharoor, Founder & CEO at Scriptic about their recent investment news, interactive phone-first media, leveraging GenAI tools and a move towards user generated content.
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Nihal Tharoor
12.07.2023
The entrepreneur revolution – which has helped to found thousands of fantastic small businesses and startups – has been boosted and enabled by waves of technology innovation. But with the arrival of AI-based, highly accessible tools the wave has turned into a tsunami and the potential for entrepreneurs is huge.
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Daniel Priestley
12.07.2023
Alistair Dent, Chief Strategy Officer at data company Profusion, discusses how businesses can create safeguards to ensure they use generative AI applications like ChatGPT ethically.
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Alistair Dent
12.07.2023
Video games have shaped the childhoods of countless individuals for almost three generations. Whether it was making Pac-Man eat points, liberating the princess with Mario and Luigi, or playing with your favorite football team on FIFA. Let's take a look back at fifty years of history to understand how gaming reflects the innovation of our society.
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Sami Chlagou
11.07.2023
The news has been filled with big tech layoff news for the past 18 months or so. Dire report after dire report has announced yet another headcount cull, and the numbers are truly startling: Amazon has let 27,000 people go, Meta 21,000, Google has shed 12,000 jobs, and Microsoft has cut 10,000 jobs.
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Kirstie McDermott
11.07.2023
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Mike Stevens, cofounder and CEO of Kuroa about confronting the climate crisis in the textile industry, bringing more sustainable products into the home and how a network can help you face the million little challenges faced by founders.
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Mike Stevens
11.07.2023
With #QVCS, Maddyness profiles different funds to give founders and entrepreneurs the information they need to choose the right investor. Today, we speak to Karl Lokko, Cyril Lutterodt and Yvonne Nagawa of Black Seed.
10.07.2023
Assembling an effective leadership team can feel like an exercise in managing paradoxes. To be deemed suitable for the leadership team, individuals need to be ambitious, highly confident, and strong individual performers.
10.07.2023
In yet another financial crisis, amongst what feels like never-ending tech layoffs, it's essential to adopt proactive strategies and keep that burn rate lower than a lizard’s belly.
10.07.2023
The promise of blockchain technology to disrupt businesses and the way we connect and trade has captivated the attention of people all around the world. Technology develops, expanding the range of potential applications.
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Andy Braddell
08.07.2023
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