University-based startups and visionary students are being given a boost! Creator Fund is training the next generation of VCs, ensuring diversity in terms of gender, ethnicity, and thought, with the support of Founders Factory who will provide strategic support to Creator Fund portfolio companies.
04.03.2020
Death remains a taboo subject; hard to discuss, understand and prepare for. But with constant breakthroughs in science and technology, a greater understanding of the human body it seems we are moving closer to a breakthrough and answer to the age-old question of can we live forever?
25.02.2020
With the number of cyber-incidents on the rise, there is a pressing need to be on top of IT security more than ever. In this article, we look at the new innovations and emerging technologies in 2020 that are helping organisations strengthen their security practices.
24.02.2020
Once upon a time, artists just needed a simple piece of paper and a pencil for their inspiration to come to life. In the last decade, the different ways that we conceive and enjoy art have evolved with the rampant changes in technologies. Artists are finding new ways to make art, new technologies are changing our perceptions and clever entrepreneurs are inventing new ways for us to experience it. Maddyness has compiled a list of some of the game-changing businesses in the world of art and culture.
21.02.2020
Atomico demonstrates the confidence in European tech and launches its fifth fund Atomico V with $820M to deploy across mission-driven European founders at Series A and beyond! The closure of this fund brings the firm’s total assets under management to $2.7B.
18.02.2020
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. Here's what's been happening in the news this week.
07.02.2020
It's raining cat-tech and dog-tech. Always smarter, more powerful and fun, these well-thought products are designed to ease the everyday life of both owner and pet. To help improve your animal's wellbeing, Maddyness has selected some of the most innovative devices and services.
07.02.2020
It’s 2014 in Mexico and Jorge Ríos, Diego García and Roberto Betancourt have created Bidgefy. It’s a clever messaging app available for Android and iOS that allows users to communicate via a mesh network that sends messages over Bluetooth.
04.02.2020
The current climate catastrophe is arguably one of the largest and scariest issues facing modern society. With an increasingly warming world, natural disasters on the rise and only 12 years to limit the catastrophe, we are running out of time to extend the natural living conditions that we enjoy and the world as we know it today. As startups are on the rise, some entrepreneurs are creating products and business plans that are designed to tackle climate catastrophe.
04.02.2020
Forward-thinking entrepreneurs are revolutionising the way people travel, using AI, developing sophisticated tech solutions and re-thinking the way we think about travelling and booking holidays. Here's a selection of innovative UK traveltech companies to watch in 2020.
31.01.2020
Every week, Maddyness brings you financial and investing highlights from the startup scene. Here's a selection of this weeks investments.
31.01.2020
It's no wonder that all the flavours come from the natural world. With vegans, plant lovers and sustainable food seekers, the food industry has experienced a turn. Startups and tech help towards reaching new levels of demand. Maddyness has selected some of the coolest foodtech startups redefining how we think about and consume food.
28.01.2020
2019’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show might have had some impressively manicured moss courtesy of Ishihara’s Green Switch garden and the meadow-like wilderness of Kate Middleton’s Back to Nature garden, but it was Tom Dixon’s Research Studio collaboration with Ikea that caught our eye. This Sci-Fi-like garden helped bring the future farm into the foreground, demonstrating the benefits of hydroponics and giving both food producers and enterprising at-home gardeners something to think about.
28.01.2020
As new tech attempts to solve every issue in our modern world, the problems that periods bring to the lives of women are no exception. There has been an influx of menstruation technology over the last few years including electronic devices that can stop period pains to period underwear. Here are some of the latest.
21.01.2020