Creator Fund, the university-focused venture capital fund making strides to unearth startup innovation within European universities, is now focussing on its next stage of support for student-led ventures as it announces the close of a new £1.5M fund.
11.12.2020
Uncertain times lie ahead, says HSBC’s Navigator 2020 Report. Maddyness explores the findings of the report and the challenges that lie ahead for businesses – from bettering supply chains to formulating more sustainable business models.
11.12.2020
There are two types of people: those who believe Die Hard is a Christmas movie - and who will see this article as a natural holiday edition - and those who don’t. Still, everyone can enjoy a few tips about beating competitors. In this Christmas special, Caroline Franczia, founder of Uppercut-First, analyses the consequences of an unsettling yet organised competitor disrupting your plans. You can still turn things around with fewer resources, much like John McClane at the top of the Nakatomi Tower.
10.12.2020
Open Banking, which requires giving third parties access to your personal or business financial data, might well sound incredibly unpalatable on paper, but consumers are lapping it up. The concept was designed to disrupt traditional financial services and - because of new innovations - it is starting to be embraced by more and more individuals and businesses.
09.12.2020
Frontline Ventures, an early stage B2B SaaS venture capital firm specialising in global expansion, and Speedinvest, a European venture capital fund for early-stage tech startups, have today released the findings of a report analysing the state of tech and venture capital in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
09.12.2020
Employee owned companies are more innovative because managers go out of their way to consult, share information and give staff responsibility. Valloop, founded to empower employees and management to buy the companies they work for, has emerged from stealth ready to back small business founders wishing to exit.
07.12.2020
Highland Europe invests in some of Europe’s fastest growing tech companies – including popular meal replacement provider, Huel. It has just announced that it has raised a new oversubscribed fund of €700M and upgraded its team.
07.12.2020
Every week, Maddyness curates articles from other outlets on a topic that is driving the headlines. This Monday, we look at the demise of Philip Green's Arcadia and what it means for fashion and the high street in the UK.
07.12.2020
Every week, Maddyness brings you MaddyCrowd, revealing our selection of projects available on crowdfunding platforms. Here's this week's selection.
05.12.2020
Maddyness is collaborating with environmental publication Ours to Save to bring readers fresh perspectives on sustainability. In this article, Clara Meyer-Horn speaks to Sam Sutaria from WaterBear, a free new climate change documentary platform.
03.12.2020
When it comes to building tech companies there are really only two resources: money and people. And, of these two, by far the most important is people. The last six months have seen extraordinary pressures put on businesses, large and small. We’ve seen company failures - Quibi closing after six months - and astonishing success: ‘Zoom’ has become a verb that everyone uses.
03.12.2020
Research technology company uMed has raised £3.7M in venture capital from AlbionVC, Delin Ventures and Playfair Capital, along with Silicon Valley’s 11.2 Capital. The latest round of funding will see uMed give healthcare providers in the UK and US, including GPs and hospitals, the tools to run patient research more efficiently while safeguarding patient data and ensuring regulatory compliance.
01.12.2020
firstminute capital has announced the launch of its $111M (£87M) second early stage venture fund. The firm, headquartered in London, now counts seventy founders of billion dollar businesses as investors including cofounders of Palantir, Ocado, Supercell, MongoDB, Check Point, Wayfair and Zalando.
30.11.2020
Tomer Aboody and Joshua Elash are the co-founders of specialist finance company, MT Finance. The firm was founded in 2008 by the duo and now has around 40 staff, operating out of its offices in Holborn, in the centre of London.
30.11.2020