Every week, Maddyness brings you the latest investment news from the UK startup ecosystem. Here's a recap of this week's investments.
28.01.2022
The words 'debt collection' have for a long time carried a whole load of negative connotations. From the customer's perspective, being contacted by a debt collector often brings on feelings of shame or embarrassment, despite the fact that most people fall behind on payments due to unexpected life events.
27.01.2022
There's no magic formula for success, and it doesn't come down to focusing marketing efforts on search ads and paid socials. Today's unicorn companies are proving to have a strong go-to-market strategy and a unique way of serving their market.
27.01.2022
The medicinal benefits of CBD have been recognised for millennia. Documented in the medicine books of many ancient civilisations, it seems our modern civilisation is just about to catch up.
26.01.2022
The old adage goes that ‘you are what you eat’. It’s become a byword for how we’ve become more thoughtful about the food we consume, and the impact this has on us and our surrounding environment.
26.01.2022
Last year will be unique in many ways, but one thing that will be repeated in 2022 is that hiring will still be tough. Unlike previous economic shocks there is no big pool of talent that has lost their jobs. We still have significantly less qualified people per job opening, so you’ll need to work hard to capture the right people.
25.01.2022
We spoke to Orr Vinegold, founder at accelerator Unrest, about his vision for the programme, why he decided to focus on startups creating a positive world impact, and the exciting businesses in its very first cohort.
24.01.2022
In the ever-growing investment landscape, funds are multiplying and diversifying, and for startups there is more to raising investment than the money and the media moment. With #QVCS Maddyness profiles different funds to give founders and entrepreneurs the information they need to choose the right investor. Today we interview Simon Andrews, Chief Investment Officer at Edge VC.
24.01.2022
Farmers in England will receive subsidies to rewild their land as part of wider, large-scale nature recovery projects announced by the UK government. Under the scheme, large areas of land will be managed to promote conservation, provide wildlife habitats and restore river and stream health.
24.01.2022
Remote entrepreneurship, sometimes referred to as being a digital nomad, is a popular way to work and make money while travelling. It's a business model that implies running your business from anywhere in the world, avoiding the limits imposed by international borders. It's a simple yet powerful concept that only requires a laptop, a good internet connection and the right mindset.
22.01.2022
Right out of the gate, 2021 felt like the year that the world of late-stage investing was turned upside down. The invasion of non-traditional investors (“NTIs”) such as Private Equity Firms into the startup funding scene scrambled the rules about valuation and metrics that venture capitalists and entrepreneurs had spent decades refining.
21.01.2022
Every week, Maddyness brings you the latest investment news from the UK startup ecosystem. Here's a recap of this week's investments.
21.01.2022
For our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Hristo Borisov, cofounder & CEO of Payhawk, an integrated finance platform designed to give businesses maximum control over their spending.
20.01.2022
Today, businesses need to support multiple customer touch points. From traditional customer services communications to the rapidly expanding mobile commerce channel, how can a company manage these channels into an integrated environment that delivers infrastructure cost savings, efficiency gains and future proofing?
20.01.2022