Newcastle's entrepreneurial spirit is at the heart of this emerging post-industrial tech hub. Surrounded by renowned universities and with a dynamic startup scene, developments like the National Innovation Centre for Data only add to the city's bright future. Maddyness has selected some of the startups on the rise to watch in this north eastern powerhouse.
13.04.2020
Some startups raise more money than expected, but a study conducted by Early Metrics has revealed that most startups are disappointed by the amount they end up with. Investments aren’t a lottery and yet estimating value and financing can feel a lot like gambling for many startups.
13.04.2020
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.
10.04.2020
Every week, Maddyness curates articles from other outlets on a topic that is driving the headlines. This week we look at how the Coronavirus outbreak is impacting recruitment.
10.04.2020
There were warning signs for the arrival of COVID-19 in the UK, but the sudden shift from it being seen as a China-specific problem to a global pandemic happened at such high speed that many of us were ushered into social distancing and lockdown before we had time to really get to grips with world events. Those first few days of regulatory social distancing sent a shock wave through the country as we scrambled to make sense of the changes around us.
10.04.2020
Every week, Maddyness brings you the latest investment news from the UK startup scene. Here's a recap of this week's investments.
10.04.2020
Data-streaming and cloud provider Ably has raised $7M (£5.6M) in Series A funding led by MMC Ventures with Forward Partners co-investing. Today, consumers take real-time information for granted, like instant messaging, transit updates, and live scores but all of this takes complex engineering to be delivered at scale.
09.04.2020
Yapily, fintech and open-banking solution has raised a $13M (£10.5M) Series A investment from Lakestar, HV Holtzbrinck Ventures and LocalGlobe, as well as angel investors.
09.04.2020
In the current fast-paced and constantly evolving commercial landscape, an ecosystem has emerged requiring businesses to go beyond key points of difference to remain competitive. To truly thrive in this modern environment, brands are no longer relying solely on basic consumer behaviour studies and instead exploring the far-reaching applications of multisensory perception.
09.04.2020
In this interview, Kristyna Smetanova, partner at True Search, a talent management agency serving the global technology sector, shares her insight into the current situation in recruitment and explores the opportunities of the future.
09.04.2020
Tony Hughes shares his insight into the effect COVID-19 is having on the creation of global startups ecosystems from Warsaw and Bucharest to Bangkok and Hanoi that the landscape continues to shift post-Brexit.
09.04.2020
COVID-19 is forcing companies to adapt quickly to change and redesign their products or services or even create new ones to respond to the demands of millions of people self-isolating around the world. Maddyness has selected more examples of these pivots from the UK and beyond.
08.04.2020
More and more NHS staff are embracing new technology to help them cope during the coronavirus outbreak. Pando Health, built by NHS doctors to allow clinicians to quickly and securely communicate with their colleagues via an app saw a 700% increase in daily downloads in March.
08.04.2020
Many employers are currently worried about how best to help their employees and manage their own cashflow. The government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme can help take off some pressure. It’s a temporary scheme put in place by the Government to support those workers who would otherwise have been laid-off as a result of the crisis. Such workers have been designated as ‘furloughed’.
08.04.2020