Every week, Maddyness brings you the latest investment news from the UK startup ecosystem. Here's a recap of this week's investments.
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Maddyness UK
08.07.2022
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to James Field, founder and CEO of LabGenius about combining human ingenuity and machine intelligence to accelerate research into advanced medicines, liquid handling robots and how to divide and conquer.
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James Field
07.07.2022
As we emerge from the pandemic, employers are struggling to demonstrate the benefits of returning to the workplace. Recent research found that a third of business leaders are meeting resistance from employees around returning to the office, even on a part-time basis. More than half of workers say they’d prefer to work remotely at least three days a week, with many actually willing to leave to find more flexibility.
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Renaud Barnoin
07.07.2022
Back in 2017, the future of the fintech sector and its potential felt truly limitless. Bold claims were bandied about including the theory that the movement would soon supersede the traditional banking sector in terms of popularity. Nowadays, things don’t look as cut and dry. Personally, I’m still a supporter of the fintech sector and feel that there is still vast potential for it to create real change for businesses and consumers, but I’ll also admit that a lot of those early proclamations have now been shown to be quite wide of the mark.
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Mark Hartley
06.07.2022
An early stage venture capital firm that has 112 teams in its portfolio and has been backed by over 100 unicorn founders has announced a number of new hires and promotions.
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Maddyness UK
05.07.2022
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Meri Beckwith, cofounder at Lindus Health, about changing the approach to clinical trials and making them simpler for both patients and companies.
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Maddyness UK
05.07.2022
The digital age is rapidly transforming the financial services (FS) industry. As access to technology has become ubiquitous over the years, the likes of Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) services and open banking platforms have entered the market, creating an urgent need for both legacy institutions and fintech firms to innovate to remain competitive. With so many options on the market, modern consumers expect a best-in-class banking experience.
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Ion Fratiloiu
05.07.2022
Last year, investors poured $10B into European startups working to tackle the climate crisis. As interest in these investments has grown, many new investors have created dedicated climate ‘vertical’ funds.
04.07.2022
Did you know just 1.1% of funding went to women-led businesses in 2021? There is a huge financial knowledge gap between men versus women and non-binary people. We spoke to Margot De Broglie, cofounder at Your Juno, who has created a platform to address exactly that.
04.07.2022
Startups are a common occurrence here in the UK. Many of us want to start our own businesses - 65% in fact. So, it should come as no surprise that in the first half of 2021, nearly 80 new businesses were registered in the UK every hour.
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Daniel Groves
02.07.2022
Every week, Maddyness brings you the latest investment news from the UK startup ecosystem. Here's a recap of this week's investments.
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Maddyness UK
01.07.2022
For a number of years, the ad industry has made the fight against fraud a priority. However, another financial concern has also proven to be extremely damaging: $10B is wasted each year on video ads that are partially in-view. Advertisers are settling for standards that must be urgently reviewed.
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Ossie Bayram
30.06.2022
THIS is no stranger to controversy. The plant-based food brand is known for their stand-out packaging, ultra-realistic plant-based meat products, and provocative marketing. Though, according to Andy Shovel, who founded the company alongside Pete Sharman, being contrarian is all part of the plan.
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Jamie Walker
30.06.2022
A stable means of food production is needed more than ever with global supply chains volatile, the cost of living rising, and climate change an existential threat. Intelligent Growth Solutions are offering one solution: vertical farming towers that simulate a range of micro climates to grow produce at a fraction of the cost.
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Jamie Walker
29.06.2022
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