Actus

Un must have pour nos lecteurs, cette rubrique "Actu" revient sur l’actualité chaude de l’écosystème entrepreneurial français : annonces financières et gouvernementales, rachats, mouvements etc.
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Crowdfunding now: vegan pizza, hydro wind & digital legacies
Every week, Maddyness brings you MaddyCrowd, revealing our selection of projects available on crowdfunding platforms. Here's this week's selection.
News by " Maddyness
30.01.2021
Omnipresent, Insly and Riverlane among the UK startups raising money this week
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 " Maddyness
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29.01.2021
Innovative mobile channels reinvent customer and business interactions
A customer wants to talk with brands like they do with their peers. The stakes of getting this wrong are high for companies, as it becomes trickier to retain increasingly demanding users.
Tools by " Maddyness, with smsmode
29.01.2021
Ciklum to be the latest corporate partner in Mayor of London’s International Business Programme
This week, Ciklum joined Microsoft and Taylor Wessing as a corporate delivery partner for the MIBP. The digital transformation specialist will lend advice and on-the-ground support to participating startups and scaleups across the UK capital.
News by " Maddyness
29.01.2021
Startup founders turn to friends and family for investment
How many of us have asked a loved one for money in a time of need? The approach is no different for many UK startups looking for a much-needed cash injection for their businesses over the past year.
News by " Kirstie Pickering
29.01.2021
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Snackable content & business insights: a new book from Caroline Franczia
Caroline Franczia is a regular columnist at Maddyness, known for the witty and insightful parallels she draws between everyday startup life and the world of the silver screen. We interviewed her about her new book, Popcorn for the new CEO.
Opinion by " Maddyness
28.01.2021
A dose of business and beauty realness: Introducing Made By Sunday
Chaymae Samir is the founder and CEO of beauty brand Made by Sunday. Born in Morocco, Samir has worked at the UN in Geneva and a hedge fund in New York, but saw a gap in the beauty market and decided to change tact.
Portfolio by " Kirstie Pickering
28.01.2021
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Why raising capital needs to become more inclusive
Founding a business is never easy, but what happens to those who face hurdles from the very beginning because of their race, gender or socioeconomic status? Vanessa Martins Lopes, CEO and founder of The Wild Curl, shares her views.
Opinion by " Vanessa Martins Lopes
28.01.2021
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Why your company needs an innovation culture
Whether it’s a business model or a selling strategy, nothing in business lasts forever. A concept that relies on market trends is assured to fail shortly after the trend dies out (case in point - what do you suppose the average fidget spinner manufacturer is doing these days?).
Opinion by " Jurij Radzevic
28.01.2021
Finance-focused edtech platform closes second fundraise at £1.75M
For some edtech businesses, the pandemic has provided an opportunity to flourish. With more people at home than ever before, there has been more opportunity to learn and grow skill sets.
News by " Kirstie Pickering
27.01.2021
Finance Unlocked edtech platforms closes second fundraise at £1.75M
This freezer-aisle favourite has been touted ‘the next Oatly’
After a decade working in his family’s fruit and veg business, Sam Dennigan became acquainted with the gaps in global food production and distribution. Now, he’s working to produce healthy and sustainable options as Founder and Group CEO of Strong Roots – the UK’s fastest-growing food brand.
Portfolio by " Florence Wildblood
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27.01.2021
4 reasons why an early-stage B2C startup needs a community
While building a community of dedicated customers around a brand has long been considered an important marketing trajectory for a mature company, nowadays, more startups have started to incorporate it into their marketing strategy.
Tools by " Svetlana Stotskaya
27.01.2021
£245M fines paid in Europe for GDPR breaches
Despite some COVID-19 leniency, Europe is following through on its tough on privacy pledge. A new DLA Piper report details the extent of costs incurred by Big Tech and the industry as a whole.
News by " Florence Wildblood
26.01.2021
There are no stupid questions in startup
It’s frustrating to me that a lot of potential entrepreneurs never get started because they think there’s too much science or too many secrets involved in starting a business.
Tools by " Joe Procopio
26.01.2021

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