Every week, Maddyness brings you the latest investment news from the UK startup ecosystem. Here's a recap of this week's investments.
18.10.2024
As part of our quick founder questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Ella d'Amato Co-Founder & CEO of i love it about why sharing matters, harnessing the value of customer satisfaction and how to create a fairer and trusted shopping space for all.
18.10.2024
ESG principles have gained significant traction in recent years, but the conversation surrounding them continues to be clouded in misunderstanding. The prevailing notion that “starting with anything that looks like sustainability” will suffice has led startups and investors astray.
17.10.2024
As part of our quick founder questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Romanie Thomas, CEO of Chatsie about smartphones for seniors, the core value of simplicity and learning from difficult experiences.
17.10.2024
Creating a startup is always challenging. Founding one during a tech downturn, cost of living crisis and recession seems near impossible. However, with risk comes reward and many of the world’s most successful companies were founded during times of economic uncertainty. As part of a series with Antler, Maddyness has interviewed founders hoping to become the entrepreneurial success stories to emerge from this time of crisis. This week, Maddyness spoke to Joy Joseph Abisaab, the cofounder of Mast.
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Antler
16.10.2024
As part of our quick founder questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Ciarán Murray, the founder of Olas about blockchain, the economic struggles of the media industry and diminishing trust due to media bias.
16.10.2024
The UK financial sector is embracing a transformative challenge: carbon accounting. As sustainability reporting evolves from a voluntary exercise to a regulatory imperative, financial institutions are seizing the opportunity to streamline their approach to measuring, reporting and managing their carbon footprint.
16.10.2024
As part of our quick founder questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Dr. Kilian Schmidt, cofounder and CEO of Kertos about making compliance accessible, working with fast-growing startups and setting new standards across Europe.
16.10.2024
This week the UK hosted 300 business leaders and investors, a chance to lay out a bold economic vision and attract critical investment to kickstart the UK economy.
15.10.2024
If your phone alarm is what wakes you each morning, then the easiest thing in the world is to slap the alarm off, roll over and start scrolling before you even get out of bed. From quickly checking email and Slack messages to browsing Instagram or getting your morning news fix, if you do this, you’re definitely not alone.
15.10.2024
As part of our quick founder questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Anthony Jacob, founder of Nila about building innovative eldercare solutions for Non-Resident Indians, a partnership with Aviva and balancing different time zones.
15.10.2024
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 Laurent van Lerberghe and David Buller of KELES.
14.10.2024
As women entrepreneurs, we often encounter unique mental roadblocks that limit our ability to think bigger and achieve greater success. These barriers are not external but internal - myths we tell ourselves that deeply affect how we approach opportunities, risk, and self-worth.
14.10.2024
As part of our quick founder questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Tracey Shirtcliff, founder and CEO of SCOPE Better about building a pricing platform for professional services, pivots, pricing and profit.
12.10.2024