Manchester has cemented its reputation as the fastest-growing tech city within Europe, with VC investment reaching $687.6M in 2019, up from $199.1M in 2018. The Northern city is now only second to London when it comes to investment, overtaking Cambridge for the first time.
04.11.2020
Every week, Maddyness looks at the good, the bad and the ugly in climate change news. Today, we highlight the search for new-world dairy alternatives – and absolutely nothing about the US election.
04.11.2020
Lockdown business MPowder has just secured £500k of funding from angels including Mumsnet cofounder Carrie Longton. Its futuristic-sounding ‘nutritional powders’ are apparently a godsend during all three stages of the menopause.
04.11.2020
The fintech ‘revolution’ has sometimes seemed to promise more than it could realistically be expected to deliver. In part this could be claimed to be inevitable, given the vast expectations placed onto the sector right from its very inception.
04.11.2020
It's Stress Awareness Week, so Maddyness got in touch with Mridula Pore, CEO of Peppy. Peppy is combatting stress in the workplace by allowing businesses to provide their employees with healthcare and wellbeing support via smartphone.
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Mridula Pore
04.11.2020
Executive coach and Maddyness columnist Victor Snyder spoke with Pavel Bains, co-founder and CEO of Bluzelle Networks, about the future of financial databases.
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Victor Snyder
04.11.2020
With lockdown 2.0 commencing this Thursday, it seems highly unlikely the office Christmas party (as we know it) will be happening this year.
03.11.2020
Picture an entrepreneur launching a tech business and selecting a city for their new HQ... San Francisco, London, New York, perhaps even Amsterdam and Berlin, are all under consideration. But for Adtech startups, Paris should probably be top of that list. Why? Because it’s arguably the Adtech capital of the world, that’s why.
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Phil Vella
03.11.2020
I am not a gamer. Unless you count way too many hours playing 2048 as gaming, then I am. But really, I’m not. So I apologise in advance for making up my own lingo and not knowing all the hacks and rules. Gamers, stay with me, this is going to be worth it despite lack of COD skills (I am only at level 46).
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Magdalena Bibik
03.11.2020
In business, your leverage in negotiations is directly proportional to your size. When you’re a startup, you’re freaking tiny. So how do you get a big deal done without giving away the company?
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Joe Procopio
03.11.2020
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. We spoke to the team at Consilience Ventures to understand their VC market network.
02.11.2020
One in five people in the UK live with a disability. People with disabilities are also almost twice as likely to be unemployed. It goes without saying that these statistics do not add up; and the fact that employers are willfully disregarding this diverse and skilled talent pool is most shocking of all.
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Liz Johnson
02.11.2020
Every Monday, Maddyness curates articles from other outlets on a topic that is driving the headlines. This week, we look at why the US government has filed anti-competition charges against Google.
02.11.2020
French startup Ynsect has raised $224M from investors to construct a second insect farm in Amiens, which it claims will be the largest in the world. The company breeds mealworms that are used for proteins for fertilisers, livestock and pet food.
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Katie Chan
02.11.2020
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