Working from home is not new, and widely adopted for a couple days a week especially in the media and technology sectors, but if we look at the surge of stock price for workplace software like Zoom, Slack and… Netflix, it seems investors are anticipating that the Coronavirus crisis will accelerate this trend, for greater numbers and for an extended period of time.
02.03.2020
Every week, Maddyness brings you the latest investment news from the startup scene. Here's a recap of this week's monster investments, with over £680M raised, it's looking already looking set to be another record year for UK tech startups.
28.02.2020
Every week, Maddyness curates articles from other outlets on a topic that is driving the headlines. This week, we look at the impact of Coronavirus on the economy.
28.02.2020
HungryPanda, an online food delivery platform serving Asian restaurants and ex-pat Chinese populations, has leveraged a $20M (£15.4M) investment.
28.02.2020
Maddyness provides you with a quick digest of three news items to keep you up to date with the startup scene, emerging trends and other noteworthy stories. Here's what's been happening in the news this week.
28.02.2020
Second Nature, the health app that incorporates tracking tech and advice from experts to help people lose weight, has raised a $10M (£7.7M) Series A fund.
27.02.2020
In the last decade, the sports industry has been growing with increasing amounts of money from broadcasters and sponsors. Fabien Paget, sports business specialist, Founder and CEO of 17 Sport, shares important global trends to take into account if you were deciding to create a business related to sports.
27.02.2020
Tech Nation announced the 10 winners of its second Rising Stars competition giving their selection of the most exciting pre-Series A companies in the UK.
27.02.2020
Bristol-based AI chipmaker Graphcore raises another $150M (£114M) Series D investment at a $1.95B (£1.5B) valuation to accelerate R&D in the hardware powering and processing AI.
26.02.2020
Customer experience platform Chattermill has announced an $8 million Series A funding round to continue its analytics and cross-border growth.
26.02.2020
With one of the largest investment rounds for a UK tech company, Revolut has raised $500m (£387m) at Series D and is setting its sight on profitability, increased daily adoption, enhanced products and the rollout of their European banking operations.
26.02.2020
Maddyness has selected companies that are considerably strengthening cybersecurity systems by introducing new concepts. Here's a list of some of the most innovative startups in the UK cybersecurity sector.
25.02.2020
Last week, one of the founders I’m advising landed a lucrative and potentially game-changing customer. This was a moment of truth in more ways than one. First of all, it staved off what had been a downward spiral of unfortunate events in the life of her company. But more importantly, it reestablished her faith in herself — faith that, by that point, seemingly no one else had. Joe Procopio tells us more about what makes an entrepreneur stand out.
25.02.2020
Death remains a taboo subject; hard to discuss, understand and prepare for. But with constant breakthroughs in science and technology, a greater understanding of the human body it seems we are moving closer to a breakthrough and answer to the age-old question of can we live forever?
25.02.2020