World Water Week, the leading conference on global water issues and a key date for the industry, recently took place in Stockholm. The theme this year was ‘Seeing the Unseen: The Value of Water’ and is a perfect phrase to describe the current state of the industry.
03.11.2022
It’s no secret that the pandemic changed many businesses’ ways of working. But in a post-Covid-19 world, how can firms reevaluate what method is best for them?
02.11.2022
Today's business context is volatile, complex and fraught with ongoing challenges that must be effectively negotiated. Organisations are constantly navigating the vagaries of various external challenges, including pandemics, economic ups and downs, stock market crashes, volatile property prices, global demands for new ways of working, the impact of wars and a range of factors that destabilise economies.
02.11.2022
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Alex Hatvany and Jake O’Keeffe the cofounders of Atom Learning about bootstrapping their business and democratising online learning to help primary school children from all backgrounds improve their learning and prepare for exams.
02.11.2022
The 12 week investment acceleration programme has chosen to support 13 high growth impact companies looking to raise capital. The program aims to back the bright ideas that put biodiversity, the climate, and sustainability first.
01.11.2022
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Mithi Thaya, CEO and cofounder of Harper about mental health support for patients undergoing medical treatment, translational research and well-evidenced wellness plans.
01.11.2022
With #QVCS, Maddyness profiles different funds to give founders and entrepreneurs the information they need to choose the right investor. Today, we speak to Denis Barrier, Head of Cathay Innovation.
31.10.2022
With numerous CleanTech startups launching every week in the UK, gaining the attention of a VC isn’t easy, so make sure that when you do secure a meeting, you’re investment ready.
31.10.2022
Social media marketing, TV ads, billboards: in the world of brand building, these are obvious choices. Though they’re tried, tested, and proven to work, they’re also over-saturated and don’t do much to separate you from your competition. If you want to stand out, you need to look at marketing from a different angle.
29.10.2022
From the consumer’s perspective, checkout finance and credit cards fulfil more-or-less the same function. They both allow the consumer to purchase an item through a short-term loan, which is repaid through monthly instalments.
28.10.2022
Every week, Maddyness brings you the latest investment news from the UK startup ecosystem. Here's a recap of this week's investments.
28.10.2022
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Shweta Bahri and Keya Lamba, cofounders of Earth Warriors about combining early years education with environmental awareness and activism, evolving the business to meet schools’ needs and global expansion.
27.10.2022
The creation of new industries is always exciting. The entrepreneurial grit required for this degree of advancement is inspirational. It captures our imagination and inspires further growth.
27.10.2022
As the information war rages in Ukraine, volunteers have become crucial to its collective effort. Ukrainian tech businesses therefore need to be able to offer flexible working conditions to make such volunteering possible. We profile one such business, as well as detailing some of the more notable aspects of the info war.
26.10.2022