With #QVCS, Maddyness profiles different funds to give founders and entrepreneurs the information they need to choose the right investor. Today, we speak to Michiel Kotting and Wendy Xiao Schadeck, partners at Northzone, an early investor in category-defining businesses like Hopin, Spotify, Klarna, Personio, Spring Health and Trustpilot.
06.09.2021
UK firm Lilli will install AI-backed sensors in the homes of 100 people in Dorset requiring social care under a three-month pilot. The technology will monitor the residents’ behaviour, movement and use of appliances, and the data generated could reduce annual patient visits by 780 hours and save the local council £250,000 ($345,000).
06.09.2021
Using an app to arrange a journey via a ride-hailing company is commonplace for so many of us. But have you ever given a thought to the type of vehicle you travel in and how your driver pays for it? Maddyness UK spoke to Nicko Williamson, founder of WeFlex.
26.08.2021
Maddyness UK speaks to Rémy Astié, cofounder of wealth container platform Vauban, about launching a business from a dingy flat, hurdles for new angel investors and the change in approach to investing.
25.08.2021
Banking and investing is something of a mystery for many of us: it’s safe to say that a lot of people should know more about looking after their money, but simply haven’t been schooled in the best ways to do this. Ikigai is a new banking and investment app targeting exactly those people. Maddyness UK spoke to its cofounder, Edgar de Picciotto.
19.08.2021
This was the common theme at Christie’s Art + Tech Summit, titled NFTs and Beyond. This July 15th event, which was held both virtually and physically at Christie’s in Manhattan’s Rockefeller plaza, featured a super eclectic group of panellists and covered the landscape of the new talk of the town: NFTs.
18.08.2021
As life slowly returns to a new post-pandemic normal, startups are looking at how to excel in this uncertain, unknown territory. Maddyness UK spoke to Sonya Iovieno, head of venture & growth at Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) UK Branch, about pinpointing job specifications, the key to success in overseas growth, and the sudden uptick in digital adoption.
18.08.2021
In the ever-growing investment landscape, funds are multiplying and diversifying, and for startups there is more to raising investment than the money and the media moment. With #QVCS Maddyness profiles different funds to give founders and entrepreneurs the information they need to choose the right investor. Today we interview Kamil Mieczakowski and Stephanie Opdam, Principles at Notion.
16.08.2021
In the ever-growing investment landscape, funds are multiplying and diversifying, and for startups there is more to raising investment than the money and the media moment. With #QVCS Maddyness profiles different funds to give founders and entrepreneurs the information they need to choose the right investor. Today we interview Uwe Horstmann, General Partner at Project A.
09.08.2021
Maddyness columnist Victor Snyder, an executive leadership coach, spoke with Sumit Pal, who works in business development for Lendit Fintech, about the return of in-person business conferences.
06.08.2021
Daniel Martinho-Corbishley is at the helm of Aura Vision – the “Google Analytics for retail" leading the way to an exciting and experiential future for brick and mortar stores. He tells us how shopping will change post-COVID.
02.08.2021
Fujitsu is among the firms working with Astroscale on one of the first projects to use quantum computing and AI to clear up space debris. Fujitsu deployed its digital annealer and quantum-inspired optimisation services, alongside artificial neural network algorithms devised by the University of Glasgow, to identify the optimal route to return space waste to disposal orbit.
02.08.2021
In the ever-growing investment landscape, funds are multiplying and diversifying, and for startups there is more to raising investment than the money and the media moment. With #QVCS Maddyness profiles different funds to give founders and entrepreneurs the information they need to choose the right investor. Today we interview Steve Schlenker, founder and partner at DN Capital.
02.08.2021
Executive coach and Maddyness contributor Victor Snyder spoke with Eynat Guez, CEO of Papaya Global, about startups expanding into new territories in a post-Brexit, post-pandemic world.
30.07.2021