Every week, Maddyness brings you the latest investment news from the UK startup ecosystem. Here's a recap of this week's investments.
16.12.2022
Life under COVID dramatically increased the use of technology in schools. Forced to adjust to remote learning, teachers delivered lessons over Zoom and Microsoft Teams, with students sharing work via various cloud collaboration solutions.
15.12.2022
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Thomas Power cofounder and CEO of Pura Aventura about visiting special places, being a certified B Corp and making travel a force for good.
15.12.2022
The festive season is crucial for thousands of small businesses in the UK. Many depend on this period to make the vast majority of their sales - and more so this year than ever.
15.12.2022
Go-to-market strategies are continuously evolving and changing year after year across all sectors. For this reason, we've been creating the Launch Mappers' Future Unicorns Report since 2020. We've featured 15 early-stage companies achieving incredible things in the year they launched.
14.12.2022
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Alistair Bryan, cofounder of Flox about meaningful engagement and social connection in the hybrid world, sustainability, digital twins and a team built on diversity of talent.
14.12.2022
The proptech sector as a whole is of great benefit to landlords and occupiers alike when it comes to providing products that help save money. Landlords and occupiers can now be radically more efficient in the way they use, manage and invest in space.
14.12.2022
As part of a series with Innovate UK KTN, Maddyness spoke to Dr. Michael Wilkinson, CEO of Avatr. We will introduce several of the 13 ‘startups of the future’ chosen by Innovate UK KTN to take part in its three-month sustainability accelerator programme. Working with Innovate UK KTN, Growth Studio and their ecosystems, these startups will prepare to raise external capital. The program aims to back the bright ideas that put biodiversity, the climate, and sustainability first.
13.12.2022
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Nikolay Piriankov, founder and CEO of Taylor & Hart about their heartfelt approach to engagement ring design, the need for transparency in the global diamond supply chain and creating meaning for all clients.
13.12.2022
With #QVCS, Maddyness profiles different funds to give founders and entrepreneurs the information they need to choose the right investor. Today, we speak to Carlos Alberto Silva and Carlos Moreira da Silva, Managing Partners at 33N Ventures.
12.12.2022
Since the early 90s, the internet has evolved from a completely text-based medium to one that is now capable of supporting complex, interactive applications. The internet has become a powerful tool that enables people all over the world to connect with each other and access an endless amount of information. But as we all know, there is so much more than just text on the internet today.
10.12.2022
The Chief Twit is, unsurprisingly and as advertised, being a twit. It is hard to look at the sight of the world’s richest person jeopardising his newly-acquired business, his fearsome reputation and an immense fortune, and not think: “Wow.” And not in a good way. I had huge admiration for Elon Musk’s success, and I respected the way he earned it.
09.12.2022
Every week, Maddyness brings you the latest investment news from the UK startup ecosystem. Here's a recap of this week's investments.
09.12.2022
The UK’s care sector has entered a new period of difficulty. Care providers have been trying to serve a growing population and financial support struggles to match it. The pandemic exacted a heavy toll on the country’s fiscal reserves and now the government must find ways to refill them, often through budget cuts and bill cap delays. At the same time, the workforce is shrinking for the first time in 10 years, which is raising the cost for companies to provide the same standard of care.
09.12.2022