With #QVCs, Maddyness UK profiles different funds to give founders and entrepreneurs the information they need to choose the right investor. This week, we speak to Check Warner, partner at Ada Ventures.
19.07.2021
Founded on the belief that the most successful future businesses will be built to solve social and environmental challenges, Eka Ventures plans to invest in consumer technology companies that positively shape the world. Having recently become the largest impact-driven early stage venture capital fund in the UK, the recently closed fund will be used to support this mission.
17.07.2021
Entrepreneurs often dream of breaking into the vast U.S. market to sell their goods and services. However, prior to tackling the large and hyper-competitive U.S. market, many entrepreneurs may choose to start their operations in Canada by taking advantage of a smaller and less intimidating business environment. Canada provides an ideal market in which to commence business operations in North America or, if you’ve already settled in in the United States, to conveniently expand your operations from the U.S.
16.07.2021
So before I start slandering this thing we call thought leadership, let’s make one thing clear: it’s generally a concept I approve of. In fact, I think it’s great. I just don’t think you should call yourself one. By all means, apply the principles. Just call it something else. A rose by any other name would smell as sweet as Shakespeare’s Juliet would say.
16.07.2021
Every week, Maddyness brings you the latest investment news from the UK startup ecosystem. Here's a recap of this week's investments.
16.07.2021
Founders from underrepresented backgrounds do not have access to typical tech networks, and struggle to raise money from traditional routes, including VCs. Now, Life+ Collective hopes to help founders overcome the funding barriers standing in the way of their businesses and ideas through the launch of its new grant programme.
16.07.2021
If you’re not aware of headless commerce, you could be missing a trick. It’s quietly revolutionising the way brands can not just survive, but thrive, explains Alexander Graf, cofounder and Co-CEO of e-commerce marketplace software leader Spryker and co-author of The E-Commerce Book.
15.07.2021
Franco-British businesses are still reporting delays in cross-channel commerce six months after regulatory changes came into being. The French Chamber of Great Britain has launched a new tool to help you track trading patterns.
15.07.2021
Text is an important way to keep in touch, and has been especially crucial in the last 18 months. Many rely on predictive text to keep up with their communications, but a recent report by Uswitch has revealed that the algorithms we rely on are perpetuating gender biases on the devices we use daily.
15.07.2021
Consumers are interacting with clothing and brands like never before, and alternative technologies are playing a big part in driving these behaviour changes.
14.07.2021
Businesses are now making the most of the surge in digital adoption, creating new technologies which will drive global recovery. DN Capital’s Fund V will support this mission, backing new businesses in the period of post-pandemic recovery.
14.07.2021
Most startups are laser focused on one thing: growth. But rapid growth can come with its own set of challenges. When your team expands quickly it can change the ethos and dynamic of an organisation, meaning it can become harder to retain your ethics, cultural values and sense of control as a founder.
14.07.2021
The pandemic has meant that fintech companies with enhanced digital capabilities have seen increasing demand from both consumers and businesses. A new partnership between Augmentum Fintech and Tikehau Capital will now try to meet these demands for innovative solutions in European fintech.
13.07.2021
In a move which will sustain gender balance across the company, Dawn Capital has recently promoted experienced investor, Mina Mutafchieva to Partner.
13.07.2021