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 speak to Přemysl Rubeš, founder and managing partner of Presto Ventures.
22.08.2022
The cross-European hackathon, organised by Sigma Software partnering with Tech Nation, will unite developers and experts from The UK, Sweden, Portugal, Poland, and Ukraine.
22.08.2022
It’s widely documented that entrepreneurship is fraught with challenges. Even the most seasoned of entrepreneurs have tackled many obstacles over their career. It is the lessons that these challenges provide which set you up for future success. These learning opportunities can be even further enriched by consulting entrepreneurs who have overcome similar hurdles.
21.08.2022
Exuding entrepreneurial spirit, Joe Dalton is the CEO of marine finance startup SALT. A self-confessed people person with an upbeat attitude, his equal levels of integrity, ambition and confidence are in part due to his well-travelled childhood as the eldest of six siblings, combined with a deep-rooted belief in his desire to achieve.
20.08.2022
Every week, Maddyness brings you the latest investment news from the UK startup ecosystem. Here's a recap of this week's investments.
19.08.2022
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
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Max Rofagha, founder of Finimize about democratising the unnecessarily complex and overwhelming world of investment information, building a community and acquisition by global investment company abrdn.
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
The world of work is changing, with a preference toward remote teams, asynchronous timetables, and diversity of work force over in person, timetabled, and supervised work. Technology has had a significant part to play in this development, but, Tariq Rauf, founder of work hub platform Qatalog, believes that what has been achieved by technological development is only a fraction of what it can actually achieve.
17.08.2022
So, you've started your own business. You have an amazing business idea that you're excited and passionate about, and that's still in the early stages, but you know it's going to take off. But there's one thing you need to take your business to the next level – investment. Funding a new business is one of the hardest challenges to tackle as a startup founder.
16.08.2022
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Robin Saluoks, cofounder and CEO of eAgronom about putting sustainability at the heart of your business and the global shift towards net-zero by making carbon-neutral farming profitable.
16.08.2022
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 speak to Reece Chowdhry, founding partner at Concept Ventures.
15.08.2022
Two British challenger companies are taking on the mission to help convert businesses to EVs whilst also measuring their sustainability impact, ahead of the 2030 UK ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles.
15.08.2022
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