Every week, Maddyness brings you the latest investment news from the UK startup ecosystem. Here's a recap of this week's investments.
11.06.2021
Maddyness UK has teamed up with SeedLegals for a new conversation series that will tackle a different issue faced by startups and scaleups in each episode.
10.06.2021
Creating a system to support and maintain your employees’ mental health is absolute crucial: it isn’t something that should linger long on the to do list. Sanctus wants to help businesses offer such support as commonly as they do with gym memberships. Maddyness finds out more.
10.06.2021
The North/South divide is never far from the political and economic agenda. Levelling up, the Northern Powerhouse, infrastructure spending, big bang investments: these are just a few of the ways it’s been talked about this year.
10.06.2021
It will surprise no-one to learn that the pandemic has radically altered the way business works in Britain. The most notable development is wide-scale digitalisation.
09.06.2021
Since 2015, the OVHcloud Startup Program has facilitated the growth of over 2,000 startups and scaleups. Maddyness is speaking to participating founders, and today that's Yigit Erol, founder of Fidsy.
09.06.2021
In my line of work, as a Tech Journalist and Media expert, I come into contact with first time founders and CEO’s on a daily basis. One of the common reigning challenges many face is when and how to launch, scale and exit. Unless of course you’re building a legacy and therefore an exit is not on the roadmap. But most importantly something most first time and even seasoned CEO’s struggle to perfect is the art of delegation. Especially when starting out.
09.06.2021
Before we get into this, I’m going to first clarify that you should do everything in your power to satisfy every single one of your customers. It’s hard to argue against making customers happy, but I’m going to do it anyway, because living by the rule that the customer is always right is a dangerous game when you’re trying to innovate.
08.06.2021
We’re over a year on since the lockdown came into force and we’re now, again, in the process of unlocking the nation for more of the normality we used to know. But there’s a lot we should have learnt about operational tactics throughout this whirlwind 14-month period.
08.06.2021
Research from the website Comparethemarket.com* has found the average cost of insuring an electric car in the UK is £45 less than insuring a petrol or diesel car. When analysing annual premiums in the first three months of the year, it was found EV drivers were charged an average of £566, whereas petrol and diesel vehicle drivers paid £611.
07.06.2021
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 Tim Mills, Managing Partner at ACF Investors.
07.06.2021
The world of automation has completely revolutionised every single industry we know, and that includes the world of hiring and recruitment. In the past, recruitment has stood out as a part of the business model that is time consuming and often outsourced to other companies because of its all-consuming nature.
07.06.2021
The blockchain sector is drawing attention again as Bitcoin prices have renewed their highs every day. Major financial institutions such as Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan have shown optimism in cryptocurrency. Also, investment in startups in this field is increasing.
04.06.2021
Every week, Maddyness brings you the latest investment news from the UK startup ecosystem. Here's a recap of this week's investments.
04.06.2021