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Paving the way to AI-driven transformation in supply chain management with a smart data strategy
Supply chain organisations in the UK and Ireland are facing significant barriers to the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) owing to challenges with collecting and analysing data.
Opinion by " Mark Holmes
07.06.2024
Mark Holmes
The psychology behind why we keep playing the lottery
Did you know we have better chances of getting hit by lightning or attacked by a bear than winning a lottery? Yet we find ourselves buying online lottery tickets or queuing at convenience stores hoping to win huge sums of money despite the odds being against us.
Opinion by " Maddyness UK
07.06.2024
The psychology behind why we keep playing the lottery
Receipts, mental health and Sign Language translation in this week's MaddyMoney
Every week, Maddyness brings you the latest investment news from the UK startup ecosystem. Here's a recap of this week's investments.
News by " Maddyness UK
07.06.2024
CAPSLOCK, the organisation addressing the UK’s cybersecurity talent shortage
As part of our quick founder questions series - or QFQs - we spoke to Dr. Andrea Cullen, CEO and Co-founder of CAPSLOCK about the cyber skills gap, flexibility and trusting your instincts.
News by " Andrea Cullen
06.06.2024
Andrea Cullen
Reset Connect, The sustainability and net-zero event for business, investors and innovators
Reset Connect London, the leading sustainability and net-zero event and flagship event of London Climate Action Week, returns to ExCeL London on 25-26 June 2024. Uniting business leaders, investors, policymakers and industry experts to drive forward the global sustainability agenda.
News by " Maddyness UK
06.06.2024
Reset Connect, The sustainability and net-zero event for business, investors and innovators
Time to clean up: 1000 planet positive businesses pitch for £100M
Founders of Blue Earth Summit launch an exciting new competition to accelerate innovation in climate health.
News by " Paul Ferretti
06.06.2024
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Cartd, a creator-led grocery platform, converting social media recipes into shoppable grocery carts
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 Watson Gardiner, cofounder of cartd.
Portfolio by " Watson Gardiner
05.06.2024
Cartd, a creator-led grocery platform, converting social media recipes into shoppable grocery carts
It's too early to judge African VC
Mathias Léopoldie is the co-founder of Julaya, an Ivory Coast-based startup that offers digital payment and lending accounts for African companies of all sizes. Julaya serves over 1,500 companies, processes $400M of transactions and has raised $10M in funding.
Opinion by " Mathias Léopoldie
05.06.2024
REALISTIC OPTIMIST It's too early to judge African VC
Redefining finance: How embedded finance is set to help banks to resume their original mission — to the benefit of startups and SMEs
Europe is in a lending crunch, and SMEs are bearing the brunt of it. Although SMEs make up the backbone of the European economy, accounting for a staggering 64.4% of EU employment, 73% of SMEs say they can’t even secure a meeting with their bank and that a quarter of all SMEs say that lenders don’t understand their business. There’s really a quite simple explanation to this – the typical SME isn’t the ideal loan candidate for the typical high-street bank, and hasn’t been for a long time.
Opinion by " Olle Lundin
05.06.2024
Redefining finance: How embedded finance is set to help banks to resume their original mission — to the benefit of startups and SMEs
The art of comparison: Analysis highlights growing impact of ESG standards in venture
Annual research from ESG_VC and BVCA analyses data from almost 600 start-ups backed by leading venture capital firms.
News by " Paul Ferretti
05.06.2024
Henry Philipson
Thinking of doing PoCs with big brands? Let's rethink that...
As a founder, there's a certain allure to landing big brands as early customers. It feels like a major validation that your product has mass appeal. Many founders, myself included, assume the natural path ‘in’ is through a pilot or proof of concept (PoC). Get your foot in, show them how fabulous you are and boom - banging the door down for more, am I right?
Opinion by " Dan Bowyer
04.06.2024
Thinking of doing PoCs with big brands? Let's rethink that...
Meet ShowerKap, nudging towards a sustainable future, one shower at a time
As part of our quick founder questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Steve Harding, founder and CEO Showerkap about putting social and environmental impact alongside commercial success, educating around water scarcity and harnessing technology for change.
Portfolio by " Steve Harding
04.06.2024
Meet ShowerKap, nudging towards a sustainable future, one shower at a time
Meet Trailmix for snackable and nourishing games
We spoke to Carolin Krenzer, CEO and cofounder of Trailmix about being selected to join Tech Nation’s Future Fifty programme, founder life and plans for the future.
Portfolio by " Carolin Krenzer
04.06.2024
Why more SMEs are hiring a part-time CPO
Chief Product Officers aren’t just found in big businesses anymore. These experienced specialists lead innovation across a company’s entire portfolio of products and services. They guide and execute the product development strategy from idea to execution with a customer-centric approach delivering revenue and growth.
Opinion by " Sara Daw
03.06.2024
Why more SMEs are hiring a part-time CPO

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