The nutrition and health startup is riding high following a record-breaking Crowdcube campaign, a funding round valuing the company at more than £200M, and a current waitlist of 250,000. Max Lunn hears a different side of the story from cofounder George Hadjigeorgiou, however, whose main interest is to make people feel alive.
23.12.2022
Every week, Maddyness brings you the latest investment news from the UK startup ecosystem. Here's a recap of this week's investments.
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23.12.2022
It’s the great mystery of the social media age: This person makes that much money doing what?
23.12.2022
Recent news in a nutshell: Tech companies are firing employees, sacking them and letting them go. More than 120,000 people have been recently laid off by major tech companies.
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Vital Laptenok
22.12.2022
COVID-19 brought about wholesale changes in working habits and introduced seismic changes in the relationship between employers and employees. The pandemic has placed the health and wellbeing of the workforce at the forefront of businesses’ minds and looking forward, can be a catalyst for long overdue change across a variety of sectors.
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Tina Woods
22.12.2022
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Max Buchan, CEO and Founder of Worldr about data sovereignty, adding value to existing platforms and finding true product market fit.
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Max Buchan
22.12.2022
The UK tech sector will end the year as Europe’s leading ecosystem, retaining its position as the main challenger to the US and China amidst a global backdrop of difficult economic conditions, according to new figures.
21.12.2022
Even before the pandemic, remote work, part-time work, and freelance have been gaining popularity. Global lockdowns have turned the option of remote work into a requirement. Large and small businesses had to adjust their operations to accommodate the new reality. It became apparent that remote work is a sustainable option for the majority of businesses. At the same time, remote work or freelance cannot replace full-time work on-site completely. Let’s delve into the topic and understand why.
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Maddyness UK
21.12.2022
A recognised phenomenon of 2022, quiet quitting is the act of going through the motions at work, doing the bare minimum only. Although this trend is not new it is on the rise and becoming more widespread – so how can you, as a manager, deal with employees who have mentally checked out?
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Jenna Bayuk
21.12.2022
Maddyness UK partook in some future-gazing with the help of eleven founders, tech workers, and VC principals. We asked founders from hospitality to fertility to provide their bold tech predictions for the year ahead, and they delivered: find out why 2023 is Edtech's moment in the sun, and about advances in cryopreservation. As sector-focused predictions, they are also insightful into how broader trends such as AI or ESG will specifically impact verticals.
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Maddyness UK
21.12.2022
NHS waiting lists and staff shortages understandably grab the headlines, but alongside and less publicised is both a decline in the number of pharmacies and, importantly, that shortages of medicines are putting patients at risk.
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Santosh Sahu
20.12.2022
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Dr Ali El Kaafarani, CEO of PQShield about cutting-edge cryptographic technologies, quantum attacks and the art of explaining the quantum threat to non-technical leaders.
20.12.2022
Maddyness and Jobbio announce partnership to put the right jobs in front of the right audience.
20.12.2022
As part of a series with Innovate UK KTN, Maddyness spoke to Tim Wood, Director of Achelous. 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.
20.12.2022
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