Maddyness spoke to Peter Ward, Co-founder of Humanity, an app that is launching in 2021 and aims to tackle ageing and how to stop or rather delay the process. Both Peter Ward and Michael Geer founded Humanity and came together through a common desire to help individuals be more healthy. Why, you may ask?
12.10.2020
Over 20 food firms have called on the UK government to tighten proposed legislation aimed at combatting supply chain deforestation, in a letter released as the government’s consultation on forest protection comes to a close.
12.10.2020
Every week, Maddyness brings you MaddyCrowd, revealing our selection of projects available on crowdfunding platforms. Here's this week's selection.
10.10.2020
Every week, Maddyness brings you the latest investment news from the UK startup ecosystem. Here's a recap of this week's investments.
09.10.2020
Condense Reality, a virtual reality startup developing technology to transform how viewers watch live entertainment and sports, has raised a seed round of more than £800,000, including £220,000 from SFC Capital, the most active seed-stage investor in the UK.
09.10.2020
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.
09.10.2020
The private pensions-saving platform, Pension the Pennies, wants to make it clear that anyone can and should be thinking about their future and their future savings now. But they’ve also been taking steps to make this more than just a pipe dream.
08.10.2020
This week, Caroline Franczia, founder of Uppercut-First, ventures into the Jumanji jungle to address the differences between selling and generating revenue. She draws on the methodology of a ‘common language’, which she has taught to startup teams across Europe and the US.
08.10.2020
“Teaching is actually such a small part of being a teacher now. Teaching has become a social service; with cuts to other social services, across family support and local authority support, schools remain this bedrock of local communities.”
08.10.2020
You might not even know what it is, but it just cost Fiat Chrysler $9.5M. The company has agreed to pay the sum following accusations that it violated federal securities law. Allegedly, the company suggested to investors that its emission control systems were compliant with environmental regulations, having in fact performed insufficient testing and left out important details.
07.10.2020
Xavier Lazarus, Partner at Elaia shares his experience and key learnings from the seed-to-unicorn investment in Mirakl.
07.10.2020
Blossom Capital – the record-breaking early-stage European VC led by premier investor Ophelia Brown – has hired investor and entrepreneur Carmen Alfonso Rico as partner.
06.10.2020
Seedrs and Crowdcube have just announced that they’re merging, subject to approval by shareholders, the CMA and the FCA. What does this mean for the UK’s £12B equity funding market?
05.10.2020
Every week, Maddyness curates articles from other outlets on a topic that is driving the headlines. This week, we look at how COVID-19 is impacting university for students, staff and management.
05.10.2020