Cloudinary, the image and video cloud platform known for its work with e-commerce brands, has unveiled its latest strategic initiative - New Ventures. This pioneering effort aims to foster a sustainable competitive advantage by delving into new domains and market opportunities within the realm of visual media. Through the incorporation of cutting-edge technologies like generative AI, Cloudinary seeks to revolutionise the landscape of visual content creation and delivery.
14.09.2023
As part of a series about Virgin StartUp’s Collective Impact programme, Maddyness spoke to Brian Walmsley, CEO and Founder of Reborn.
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Brian Walmsley
14.09.2023
In an era of rising environmental awareness and concern, businesses across the globe are facing a new breed of risk: climate and environmental litigation. Governments and private sector entities alike are increasingly being challenged in courtrooms by litigants concerned with tackling the urgent climate crisis and holding business to account.
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Neil McLeod
14.09.2023
As part of our quick founder questions - or QFQs - series we spoke to Malcolm Burenstam Linder, founder and CEO at Alva Labs, about using data-backed hiring solutions to benefit recruiters and job applicants, the cost of bad hiring, and the power of self-reflection.
14.09.2023
With the rapid growth of machine learning and artificial intelligence, the world is welcoming more platforms that can replicate a variety of human-like activities. In many industries, AI is being adopted to improve customers’ experiences and guide their decisions using complex algorithms. In this respect, investing is no different.
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Suzanne Lupton
13.09.2023
Norrsken Foundation today launches Norrsken Mind: Psychedelic Science Initiative, a foundation focused on supporting research on psychedelic substances and their potential to treat mental health disorders.
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Paul Ferretti
13.09.2023
Working for close to a decade at the intersection of my three favourite words; innovation, investment, and intersectionality, has shown me how beautifully complex they are. Don’t get me wrong, there’s lots of hot air - but it’s pretty clear that if you care about investing with a long-term view, and want to make an impact & consider every letter and sub-category of the overused E to the S to the G, then you need intersectionality. Look at this through a Queer lens too, and you’re winning.
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Christian Tooley
13.09.2023
Payhawk announces ‘Payhawk Green’, the new set of platform features to help companies make more sustainable decisions related to company spending and Scope 3 emissions.
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Paul Ferretti
12.09.2023
As part of our quick founder questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Diane Gilpin, founder and CEO at Smart Green Shipping, about the climate emergency, harnessing wind power to decarbonise the shipping industry, and establishing a headquarters in Dumfries, Scotland.
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Maddyness UK
12.09.2023
Intel Ignite is the early-stage deeptech startup accelerator launched by Intel. Jamie Walker spoke to the Managing Director of Intel Ignite London, Ofer Shayo, ahead of the launch of Intel Ignite’s first London cohort, and discussed the depth of talent in London, the power of open innovation, and why deeptech startups are focusing on efficiency.
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Jamie Walker
12.09.2023
Open Cosmos the leading space tech business making satellites that gather data to solve pressing global challenges has just raised £39.6M in Series B funding from impact investors ETF Partners, Trill Impact and A&G.
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Paul Ferretti
11.09.2023
We often hear words of leadership wisdom espoused by well-known male business leaders. Some – such as Virgin founder Richard Branson, inventor Sir James Dyson and Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard – have even expounded on their leadership and management philosophies in their own autobiographies. But what about the female entrepreneurs and executives who have also achieved phenomenal success?
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Sally Percy
11.09.2023
With #QVCS, Maddyness profiles different funds to give founders and entrepreneurs the information they need to choose the right investor. Today we interview Tim Rehder, Partner at Earlybird.
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Tim Rehder
11.09.2023
Antler, the world’s leading day zero investor and one of the most active early-stage VC firms in Europe, has today launched its second Nordic fund, with a target size of £128.7M.
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Paul Ferretti
11.09.2023
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