Funding is a crucial topic for many startups and can sometimes be the difference between success and failure. As a founder it will be an incredibly time consuming task - especially when you’re trying to juggle everything else that comes along with being a founder.
15.09.2022
The UK is one of the world’s leading adopters of Open Banking solutions, and yet, some of the nation’s leading fintech experts openly criticise the technology as a flop. The perceived successes, or failures, of the Open Banking concept largely depend on who you ask. However, what is clear, is that the technology has reached a point of inflection, with many innovators ready to redefine its role within financial services.
14.09.2022
Businesses today are navigating an incredibly complex regulatory landscape. Recent data residency laws are now pushing companies toward residency as a service and I believe this is more than just a trend, but will soon become an obligation for many technology providers.
13.09.2022
We recently had the pleasure of compiling a rigorous new list of the UK’s fastest-growing businesses across all sectors, by revenue growth over the past two years. It was rather more work than we’d expected - Companies House is our new best friend - but Growth Index 2022 has revealed some fascinating patterns, not least about the UK tech ecosystem.
08.09.2022
It’s never been more important to be a great remote collaborator. Both from the technical aspect, knowing how to use the tools and dynamics of collaboration in the industry, and from the human aspect, enhancing the work of your colleagues. But how to get there? Ariel Camus, Founder and CEO of online coding school Microverse offers advice to startups looking at remote teams.
06.09.2022
In early 2019, at the beginning of the pandemic, I became a cofounder of a tech startup in Ukraine, even though everyone around was talking about the crisis of new businesses. However, the crisis has formed new opportunities beyond the challenges, and we have gained the most viral growth during the biggest instability in the market.
02.09.2022
Recently, the Bank of England raised interest rates to 1.75%, the biggest interest rate rise in almost thirty years and its sixth consecutive increase. It’s clear that we are in the midst of the most uncertain macroeconomic environment for some time.
31.08.2022
Public opinion among Gen Z now increasingly represents a clear and present threat to business. During the next ten to fifteen years, humanity will fundamentally change in terms of what and how we buy and consume, and why we decide to work for any given company.
30.08.2022
A minute on the clicks, a lifetime on the hips: If hips are in fact a tracking nightmare and that constant feeling of surveillance online, whether, from big techs, advertisers, or social media king-pins, the cookies crumble into all the nooks and crannies
25.08.2022
The VC-funded tech ecosystem has enjoyed a period of rapid growth as people’s belief in the transformative potential of digital startups has fuelled an explosion of innovation. In a low interest rate environment, there’s been no shortage of capital seeking a place on startup term sheets in search of a return (when it’s been difficult to do so in more traditional asset classes).
24.08.2022
A food supply crisis lies behind the headlines this summer of record high temperatures, wild fires and water shortages. Farmers in the UK are seeing two-thirds of the rainfall they normally would in the driest summer since 1976 and Europe is baking. The way we currently feed ourselves isn’t just killing the planet, it’s killing us too and we only have ourselves to blame.
18.08.2022
Cryptocurrency has a reputation for being a complex field that attracts younger, potentially more impulsive investors. With the likes of Bitcoin losing over 50% of its value in a matter of months, it is more important than ever that trading platforms use education to empower their users to navigate such a volatile market.
17.08.2022
In huge news for students and workers across the UK, a four-day week is being trialled by a number of leading companies. Should it be successful, we may see many other businesses adopt it and it could eventually become the standard working week.
13.08.2022
Money is intricately entwined with almost every aspect of adulthood, from deciding on a career, a credit card, a car loan, a mortgage and investment options to starting a business, getting married, having kids and retiring comfortably.
11.08.2022