From all the decisions a startup founder needs to make, the decision on how to split equity is one of the most important decisions on the company’s journey. It is a decision that can literally make or break the company. It is also a decision which is very difficult to change later.
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Jana Nevrlka
21.06.2023
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Marta Krupinska, cofounder and CEO of CUR8 about stopping climate change, creating an inclusive multitrillion dollar industry and the importance of iteration and integrating new ideas.
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Marta Krupinska
21.06.2023
Fintech investment in the capital recently plummeted. Yet despite the doom and gloom, Andzejevski sat down with us to explain why the slump is actually a blessing in disguise. He is confident it will force fintech startups to grow organically, and become less reliant on venture capital firms for funding.
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Rafal Andzejevski
21.06.2023
Maddyness spoke to Ben Marks, Founder and CEO of The #WorkAnywhere Campaign about seeing the pandemic as a once-in-a-generation opportunity to rewrite the rules and redefine our culture’s relationship with work.
21.06.2023
With its intricate maze of challenges and fierce competition, the marketplace can seem formidable at first glance, especially for small, creative brands just starting their journey. Having long established their dominance, towering multinational corporations command the landscape with their vast resources and global reach. This can often cast an overwhelming shadow on smaller brands attempting to make their presence felt and secure a slice of the market.
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Artemis Doupa
20.06.2023
After a recent £7.5M investment led by BGF and Downing, we spoke to Dr. Ameera Patel, CEO of TidalSense about developing innovative hardware and software, reinventing respiratory diagnoses and the critical importance of people in a business.
20.06.2023
Talent shortages and an increasingly competitive labour market force businesses to source talent overseas. While hiring international talent can be a complex process, it’s nothing compared to the challenges that come with managing payrolls in different countries. Payroll consolidation provides a solution for making it work.
20.06.2023
With #QVCS, Maddyness profiles different funds to give founders and entrepreneurs the information they need to choose the right investor. Today we interview Bogdan Gogulan, CEO and Managing Partner at NewSpace Capital.
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Bogdan Gogulan
19.06.2023
Everyone knows that people make mistakes. In fact, when we console someone for slipping up we often remind them ‘you’re only human’. In other words, we see fallibility as integral to being a person. Perhaps this is why we think of machines very differently. Whether it’s a Google search or question posed to Siri, we tend to trust the information technological tools give us. They have access to more data than we do, after all, so we assume that means they’re correct.
19.06.2023
Over the past few years, markets have been shape-shifting and turning on their heads every time we turn our backs - or at least that’s how it feels. With Covid sending an unexpected blow to many industries and the fall-out of the pandemic and Brexit constantly shaking things up, we’re in the midst of a pretty random business world. Who knows what will happen next?
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Daniel Groves
17.06.2023
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
16.06.2023
With so many online retailers across the world, it’s important to ensure that your e-commerce business stands out from the rest. This means that having the right customer service compared to your competitors can only be done through automation.
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George Mathew
16.06.2023
With the announcement that firstminute capital has launched its third $100M seed fund, we went inside the fund to speak to the founders, partners, principals, associates, partners and heads of departments to learn how they support their 130 portfolio companies.
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Maddyness UK
15.06.2023
Recent news shows that the number of Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) carrying an ESG label more than doubled in the past two years, reaching almost 1,300 at the end of 2022.
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Stefano Capacci
15.06.2023
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