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Catalysing climate innovation with meaningful connections, meet Climate Connection
As part of our quick founder questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Juliette Devillard, Founder & CEO of Climate Connection about climatetech, conversation starters and new connections.
Portfolio by Juliette Devillard
22.04.2025
AI and offshore talent means it's never been easier for startups to build software
AI has changed the rules for software developers, and the successful startups of the future will be those that can build and deliver software faster than ever before.
Tools by Yasin Altaf
21.04.2025
Web3 women cringe as male counterparts cheer Trump
Lately, crypto has reinforced its bad name by chasing economic curves. The money is the matter, pushing to the side politics and values. Web3 was founded on a philosophy that criticises those billionaires who would use their money to fund governments and silence opponents. Today, it celebrates when a Plutocrat world leader greases the crypto income wheels.
Opinion by Veronica Zora Kirin
18.04.2025
Meet Oktra, workplace design to inspire and drive business performance
As part of our quick founder questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Paul Sherwin, Managing Director at Oktra about productivity, collaboration and the evolution of design and build.
Portfolio by Paul Sherwin
17.04.2025
Meet Oktra, workplace design to inspire and drive business performance
Synthesia - Turning text into high quality AI generated videos
ParlayMe did a deep dive into how Synthesia - the synthetic media generation company that develops software used to create AI generated video content - started and where it's going. Its customer base, as of January 2025, includes over sixty percent of Fortune 100 companies.
Portfolio by January Barnes
16.04.2025
Why AI is essential (and exciting!) for the insurance industry's future
For years, the same old discussions about AI have bounced between overblown optimism and outright fear. In insurance, though, I’m delighted to say that the focus is now on something more practical: how AI can deliver real value for businesses and their customers. Insurers, historically risk-averse and slow-moving, are waking up to the reality that AI is not just an efficiency tool, it’s a strategic necessity.
Opinion by Roi Amir
16.04.2025
Why AI is essential (and exciting!) for the insurance industry's future
iplicit, Cloud accounting software for scaling businesses
As part of our quick founder questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Lyndon Stickley, CEO of iplicit about disrupting the mid-market finance space, Year on Year growth and why outputs, morale, communication, and happiness matter.
Portfolio by Lyndon Stickley
15.04.2025
Sustainable Startups that make it and why?
If you’re a startup founder in the UK, you probably over-index in hard work, determination and resilience. Data from Statista shows that over 90% of startups in the UK fail in their first year. And only 39% of startups launched between 2019 and 2022 are still in business.
Opinion by Paul Finch
15.04.2025
AI is upending SaaS pricing – for real this time
For two decades, SaaS pricing followed a familiar playbook: start with tiered plans, charge per user or usage, and aim for an 80% gross margin. In the third decade of SaaS, the tidal wave of AI is crashing down on that paradigm.
Opinion by Ingrid Bonde Åkerlind
14.04.2025
How to network like a founder (Not like a salesperson)
Most people think they know how to network. You turn up to an event, exchange a few business cards, shake some hands and hope someone remembers you when they need what you’re selling. That’s networking like a salesperson – and it’s why so many people walk away from events thinking it was a waste of time.
Tools by Ajay Mistry
11.04.2025
Cat food, dog food, medtech and biotech in this week's MaddyMoney
Every week, Maddyness brings you the latest investment news from the UK startup ecosystem. Here's a recap of this week's investments.
News by David Johnson
11.04.2025
The Yin and Yang of founder success: The Mundane and The Marvellous
What if the secret to building a $100M SaaS company wasn’t just about self belief and innovation, but about mastering the mundane?
Opinion by Stephen Millard
10.04.2025
The Yin and Yang of founder success: The Mundane and The Marvellous
The truth about being a tech founder: More sacrifice than spotlight
They may not wear medals around their necks, but European tech founders are putting in Olympic-level effort to build the next generation of startups. From 80-hour work weeks to shelving salaries and sacrificing family time, the founder journey is gruelling—and, according to a new Antler study, still widely misunderstood.
News by David Johnson
10.04.2025
IoT Tribe, shaping disruptive technologies and facilitating adoption across industries
As part of our quick founder questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Tanya Suarez, CEO and Founder of IoT Tribe about building tech capabilities and ecosystems, expanding from IoT to other areas of deeptech and building a culture of collaboration, curiosity, and resilience.
Portfolio by Tanya Suarez
09.04.2025
In a world of AI, do customers still want to speak to a human?
The rise of AI-powered customer service agents has transformed the way businesses handle support. Companies like Sierra AI, Poly AI, and Volubile AI are leading the charge, developing sophisticated voice and text-based AI systems designed to handle customer queries with speed and efficiency.
Opinion by Charles Kergaravat
09.04.2025
In a world of AI, do customers still want to speak to a human?

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