As part of our quick founder questions series - or QFQs - we spoke to Gaurav Bajaj, founder and CEO of Solvo.ai about optimising the freight forwarding and logistics industry, the importance of a growth mindset and early starts.
19.06.2024
Creating a startup is always challenging. Founding one during a tech downturn, cost of living crisis and recession seems near impossible. However, with risk comes reward and many of the world’s most successful companies were founded during times of economic uncertainty. As part of a series with Antler, Maddyness has interviewed founders hoping to become the entrepreneurial success stories to emerge from this time of crisis. This week, Maddyness spoke to Saif Khalaf, cofounder of BoxHaul.
08.02.2024
Pi Labs led the seed funding round for Stockoss which is using technology to meet demand for more digitalised, efficient, flexible and sustainable supply chains.
20.11.2023
The global climate tech sector has never been more buoyant. But innovation in air quality has been slower. With Breathable cities, designed by Growth Studio we met the clean air startups tackling the devastating effects of air pollution that kills 7 million people worldwide every year and today we introduce Hugh Frost the founder and Managing Director of Hubl.
10.10.2023
As part of our quick founder questions series - or QFQs - we spoke to Alex Hersham, Co-Founder and CEO of Zencargo, about helping organisation to make smarter supply chain decisions, launching in a coffee shop, and building a world for smarter trade.
19.09.2023
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Jack Green and Brandon Neman, cofounders of bodo about disrupting ecommerce sustainably, the importance of the post purchase experience, and expanding into new markets.
19.01.2023
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Tristan Thomas, CEO and cofounder of Packfleet about how they are overhauling the courier experience for merchants, customers and drivers.
12.10.2022
What3words has divided the globe into 57 trillion three-metre squares and labelled each with a unique three-word code. Now, they need to convince the world to adopt their unique approach to addressing. Maddyness UK spoke to founder, Chris Sheldrick, about the novel solution to a frustrating problem.
06.04.2022
The rise of ecommerce is underway and impacting our highstreets – even before the rise of COVID-19. Due to the pandemic, the shift from physical shops towards online spending has accelerated by an average of five years. In 2020, 87% of UK households made purchases online and recent statistics show that 70% now prefer it. Now, ecommerce is booming, and it is a trend that is here to stay, with online retail spending in the UK expected to reach £75B by 2024.
16.03.2022
We spoke to Florian Petit, founder of Blickfeld, about the power of LiDAR sensor technology, his thoughts on Elon Musk, and why he loves being a founder.
08.03.2022
The UK events industry emits 1.2B kg of CO2 every year and audience travel is typically around 80% of an event’s overall footprint. Physicist turned sustainable events producer Abena Poku-Awuah has launched Legacy, a green events agency, consultancy and marketplace, to shake up how we get together.
10.02.2021