Investor Praetura Ventures, backer of Culture Shift, Peak and Sorted, has launched its first evergreen fund. Based in Manchester, it backs quality businesses in high-value sectors, and its Praetura EIS Growth Fund intends to meet increased demand for capital and support from high-growth businesses.
18.05.2020
Every week, Maddyness brings you MaddyCrowd revealing our selection of projects available on crowdfunding platforms. Here's this week's selection.
16.05.2020
As said during Boris Johnson lockdown relief speech, the UK government wants to boost greener mobility across the nation and encourage people to choose alternative ways to travel, such as walking and cycling, and relieve public transport congestion.
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Audrey Langevin
16.05.2020
Maddyness provides you with a quick digest of three news items to keep you up to date with the startup scene, emerging trends and other noteworthy stories.
15.05.2020
Tom Beckenham, CEO & Founder of fintech company Commazero, explains how to code, sell, fundraise, and survive all at the same time.
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Tom Beckenham
15.05.2020
Founded in 2018, FilmChain collects revenues and automatically allocates them to all participants invested in a film. It lowers friction, increases transparency and cuts down settlement times. Maddyness spoke with Irina Albita and Maria Tanjala, FilmChain's co-founders to understand how they are coping with the COVID-19 crisis.
15.05.2020
Early April 2020, the UK Government announced that it would issue £20M in grants to businesses that are developing tools to increase resilience for critical industries - asking innovators to support the government and the economy in a time of crisis.
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Dave Reynolds
15.05.2020
Every week, Maddyness brings you the latest investment news from the UK startup scene. Here's a recap of this week's investments.
15.05.2020
Every week, Maddyness curates articles from other outlets on a topic that is driving the headlines. This week, we take a look at how freelancers are coping amid the COVID-19 crisis and the support they can relate to.
15.05.2020
Global leader in nutrition, health, and sustainable living, DSM Venturing - part of Royal DSM - have invested £8.7M in Oxford-based Phynova to progress its blood-glucose technology to commercial success. Additionally, Rob Beudeker, Investment Director at DSM Venturing, will be joining Phynova’s Board.
14.05.2020
Based in London, The Little Surprises Company has managed to increase its site visitors after pivoting its services to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic and meet lockdown guidelines.
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Audrey Langevin
14.05.2020
Based in Belfast, Continually makes sure its customers never miss another lead from a website. Today, when people visit a website to request a product demo, for instance, they expect the company to reply straight away. Even after hours, or if they're in another time zone. Maddyness spoke to Paul McKeever, CEO of Continually to understand how they are coping with the COVID-19 crisis.
14.05.2020
Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced that the government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will remain open until the end of October. This decision to extend the scheme, which will continue to apply across all regions and sectors in the UK economy, comes after the government outlined its plan for the next phase of its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
14.05.2020
London-based startup Rotageek, a rotation management tool that helps organisations schedule staff effectively has received £6M from Calculus Capital and Mobeus.
14.05.2020
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