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COVID-19 is forcing freelancers to adapt quickly to change and rethink their business models, their skills or even create new initiatives to manage and thrive in these new circumstances. Maddyness has selected some of these freelancers pivoting amid lockdown and shares their journeys.
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Audrey Langevin
06.06.2020
Every week, Maddyness brings you MaddyCrowd revealing our selection of projects available on crowdfunding platforms. Here's this week's selection.
06.06.2020
Every week, Maddyness curates articles from other outlets on a topic that is driving the headlines. This week, we look at how the UK economy is doing while nearing the end of COVID-19 lockdowns and how the nation can recover from this crisis.
05.06.2020
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.
05.06.2020
When Attic Self Storage started in 2006 the founder vowed to ensure a healthy, nurturing culture. He built his business so that it could run with the staff on site or by working remotely, so customers can access their units without any help. In light of recent events, Frederic de Ryckman de Betz sheds light on how businesses can adapt to working remotely and how to interview for staff virtually to avoid toxic employees.
05.06.2020
This funding round was led by Oxford Sciences Innovation (OSI), Parkwalk, Oxford Investment Consultants and the University of Oxford, GF Piping Systems, Nick Harbinson and GK Goh. With this investment, Oxford Flow intends to fuel its expansion across all markets and scale up its oil and gas product development.
05.06.2020
The seed funding round was led by Oxford Sciences Innovation with participation from genomics and oncology experts. With this new investment, Base Genomics intends to develop its epigenetic technology for early and sensitive detection of cancer from liquid biopsy.
05.06.2020
A new study from Rainmaking Innovation shows this crisis is the time for innovation, not hibernation, but the survey found that 200% more businesses are currently cutting innovation spend.
04.06.2020
The leading online investment platform, Seedrs, has partnered with the leading equity management platform in Europe, Capdesk, to create a unique secondary liquidity offering. This will serve the needs of the wider market with the ability to trade shares in private companies.
04.06.2020
Nextgen freight forwarding and supply chain startup Beacon has raised a £12M Series A fundraising round, with investors including Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon, and leading US-based venture capital firm 8VC.
04.06.2020
Decibel, a leader in digital experience analytics, raised a £32.5M Series B investment from Draper Esprit, Eight Roads Ventures and Ventureforgood.
03.06.2020
Thanks to the COVID-19 crisis and the move to mass remote working, meetings are now a very different experience. Think about the last few meetings you attended. Were they well organized? Did the meeting start on time, have an agenda and conclude with practical actions?
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Dave Howell
03.06.2020
Car insurance provider By Miles is disrupting the insurtech industry by bringing fairer car insurance to more people. The company just closed a £15M investment as part of a Series B round of funding led by CommerzVentures, along with existing investors Octopus Ventures, Insurtech Gateway and JamJar Investments.
02.06.2020
David Odier of LaunchMappers explains why deploying a team of freelancers can be a more effective way to keep your business functioning and growing than more traditional agencies or in-house alternatives.
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David Odier
02.06.2020
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