Every week, Maddyness brings you the latest investment news from the UK startup ecosystem. Here's a recap of this week's investments.
21.08.2020
Offr, the prop-tech platform digitising the buying, selling and leasing process for real estate agents and buyers, today announced it has raised £2.7M (€3M) in seed funding led by Barclays. Existing investors Delta Partners on behalf of Bank of Ireland, AIB, Enterprise Ireland, The European Investment Fund and Frontline Ventures also participated in the round.
20.08.2020
Whether you are lucky enough to have gone on holidays somewhere overlooking a lagoon or are still stuck at work, we hope our selection of refreshing drinks will accompany your days at the pool or on the beach, or at least help you escape a little bit.
20.08.2020
At the moment, teams across the UK wonder if it's really necessary to go back to the office, if not too risky amid the uncertainty of a potential second wave. So they mostly feel comfortable working from home. From a company's point of view, many employers are thinking about how and when they will bring employees back to the office.
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Anthony Rose
20.08.2020
Dr Owain Rhys Hughes is CEO and founder of Cinapsis: a healthtech company that's transforming patient referrals and tackling NHS waiting times by giving primary care clinicians immediate access to specialist advice. Dr Hughes is a surgeon by training and shared his journey with Maddyness.
19.08.2020
For years we’ve been eating lunch at our desks - munching our way through meetings or replying to messages and emails over a sandwich. Before most of the public were forced into remote working, 42% were taking lunch breaks in front of their screens.
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Ben Carter
19.08.2020
There are countless ways startup founders waste their time. From constant emails and creating excessive documents, to misaligning priorities. Alex Weekes found that entrepreneurs focus too much on the building of their products, and not enough time on tracking their progress.
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Alex Weekes
19.08.2020
Starting a business is no easy venture and in all cases requires some tried and tested advice. These books are popular with budding entrepreneurs as they inspire, educate and encourage readers to follow their business goals and advise them on how to do it successfully. Discover our selection of some of the most inspirational books to create your startup.
18.08.2020
According to recent Dealroom.co data, edtech businesses in the UK have raised a total of $857M in venture funding since 2014. The education sector has of course shifted in times of a pandemic to help students learn remotely. To accompany this digital transformation and drive innovation, many startups have created tools and platforms that are transforming education.
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Audrey Langevin
18.08.2020
Why do some subscription-based products and services take off while others struggle and fail? The move from standard pricing to a subscription model is tempting for any business. Your customers sign up, put in their credit card, and you get paid every month. Who wouldn’t want to do that?
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Joe Procopio
18.08.2020
Hammock, the first current account for landlords and property managers, is fixing this problem and has raised £1M in seed investment from Fuel Ventures and Ascension Ventures to further develop its technology platform in order to give financial clarity to landlords and save them time and money.
17.08.2020
Staying at home this summer? Why not pamper treat yourself with a haircut or a manicure, or maybe a spa session or reflexology massage? Maddyness has selected the best user-friendly startups that are pioneering the wonderful world of beauty, cosmetics and wellness. Switching off from your daily routine is never more than a few clicks away.
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Audrey Langevin
17.08.2020
Respective shareholders have filed three lawsuits against Facebook, Qualcomm and Oracle, claiming the firms' executives are doing little to make their boards more diverse, despite public pledges to do so.
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Nick Finegold
17.08.2020
Various incarnations of Immersive Technology have been on the scene for a while, hovering around the edges of mainstream society and popular culture, waiting for a catalyst to catapult their digital revolution into daily reality...
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Steve Duma
17.08.2020
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