Incredible startups coming out of Europe are nothing new. Look no further than some of the continent’s newest unicorns including Oyster HR, Instabox, and Matillion (a Sapphire investment), as examples. But the rise of an ever increasing number of U.S. VC firms recognising the potential of Europe’s maturing ecosystem cannot have gone unnoticed as of late. It seems that rarely a month goes by without a VC group making the jump across the pond to open a new office.
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Kevin Diestel
11.05.2022
Most startup founders will agree that having a first-mover's advantage by reducing time to market is an essential part of their long-term success strategy.
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Ulrik Stig Hansen
11.05.2022
Office working is back, yet people are still working remotely. In some instances, this can be more practical. But with 1 in 5 Brits wanting to work remotely full-time, have workers become too comfortable in their own homes?
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Oliver Assonga
10.05.2022
We spoke to Alex Smith and Mike Penrose, cofounders at The Sustainability Group, about their new FuturePlus platform, the changes businesses can make right now to improve their impact on climate change, and why they decided launch in the field.
10.05.2022
Thriva are on a mission to make Brits more knowledgable of their health. Jamie Walker spoke to founder, Hamish Grierson, about the power of blood tests, how machine learning can be used in healthcare, and how decentralised finances inspired the foundation of the company.
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Jamie Walker
09.05.2022
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 interview Tessa Wanders and Daan Sanders of VNV Global.
09.05.2022
A majority of the UK public has no understanding of “green jobs” or the difference between green jobs and green skills, according to research commissioned by Deloitte and IEMA. The study found that 56% of respondents had never heard of the term “green job”, 64% had no idea what “green skills” were and 65% said they did not have access to green skills training through their employer.
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Fred Fullerton
09.05.2022
Remote work options have been set in place since 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic plagued the whole world. Many companies and employees had to make drastic changes in their work setup, but some successfully transitioned and benefitted from remote work.
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Itamar Gero
07.05.2022
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
06.05.2022
The world's highest-grossing language learning platform is offering Ukrainian refugees free English, German, and Polish language courses with an aim to aid integration into non-Ukrainian speaking communities.
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Maddyness UK
05.05.2022
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Brian Magierski, founder and CEO of Cherubim Labs, a company striving to reimagine how communities and capital can come together to serve and fund charitable causes using the power of crypto and NFTs.
05.05.2022
As multi-factor authentication becomes the norm, plus the new security environment the pandemic has delivered, will passwords finally be consigned to history?
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Dave Howell
04.05.2022
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Carries Davies, founder and CEO of ONE Essentials, about building a sustainable fashion brand, being frustrated with the fashion industry, and helping to build a circular economy.
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Carrie Davies
04.05.2022
Menopause is a market ripe for innovation, and startups are beginning to chase this opportunity internally and externally. While there are significant challenges to tackling the issue, brands that choose to sideline menopause as a ‘women’s issue’ rather than a business issue will miss out.
03.05.2022
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