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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Investing in ventures that change the way we create, a profile of GEM Capital
With #QVCS, Maddyness profiles different funds to give founders and entrepreneurs the information they need to choose the right investor. Today, we speak to Roman Gurskiy & Kirill Gurskiy, Managing Directors at GEM Capital.
Portfolio by " Roman Gurskiy & Kirill Gurskiy
10.06.2024
Investing in ventures that change the way we create, a profile of GEM Capital
How to create a positive onboarding experience: 10 strategies for SMEs
Whether you are working for an SME or a larger national or multinational corporation - good onboarding is crucial for employee retention. And the shocking statistic is that 35% of companies spend £0 on onboarding new hires!
Tools by " Dan Buckley
08.06.2024
How to create a positive onboarding experience: 10 strategies for SMEs
Meet Adaptavate, on a mission to decarbonate globally
As part of our quick founder questions series - or QFQs - we spoke to Tom Robinson, CEO and Founder of Adaptavate, about carbon-negative technologies, scientific rigour, and the construction industry.
Portfolio by " Tom Robinson
08.06.2024
Tom Robinson
Growing together: Collaborative online learning emerges as key solution to skills crisis
The State of Online Learning Report surveyed 2,500 employees in the US, UK, and France to understand their perspectives on digital learning methods at work.
News by " Paul Ferretti
07.06.2024
David James
Paving the way to AI-driven transformation in supply chain management with a smart data strategy
Supply chain organisations in the UK and Ireland are facing significant barriers to the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) owing to challenges with collecting and analysing data.
Opinion by " Mark Holmes
07.06.2024
Mark Holmes
The psychology behind why we keep playing the lottery
Did you know we have better chances of getting hit by lightning or attacked by a bear than winning a lottery? Yet we find ourselves buying online lottery tickets or queuing at convenience stores hoping to win huge sums of money despite the odds being against us.
Opinion by " Maddyness UK
07.06.2024
The psychology behind why we keep playing the lottery
Receipts, mental health and Sign Language translation in this week's MaddyMoney
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 UK
07.06.2024
CAPSLOCK, the organisation addressing the UK’s cybersecurity talent shortage
As part of our quick founder questions series - or QFQs - we spoke to Dr. Andrea Cullen, CEO and Co-founder of CAPSLOCK about the cyber skills gap, flexibility and trusting your instincts.
News by " Andrea Cullen
06.06.2024
Andrea Cullen
Reset Connect, The sustainability and net-zero event for business, investors and innovators
Reset Connect London, the leading sustainability and net-zero event and flagship event of London Climate Action Week, returns to ExCeL London on 25-26 June 2024. Uniting business leaders, investors, policymakers and industry experts to drive forward the global sustainability agenda.
News by " Maddyness UK
06.06.2024
Reset Connect, The sustainability and net-zero event for business, investors and innovators
Time to clean up: 1000 planet positive businesses pitch for £100M
Founders of Blue Earth Summit launch an exciting new competition to accelerate innovation in climate health.
News by " Paul Ferretti
06.06.2024
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Cartd, a creator-led grocery platform, converting social media recipes into shoppable grocery carts
Creating a startup is always challenging. Founding one during a tech downturn, cost of living crisis and recession seems near impossible. However, with risk comes reward and many of the world’s most successful companies were founded during times of economic uncertainty. As part of a series with Antler, Maddyness has interviewed founders hoping to become the entrepreneurial success stories to emerge from this time of crisis. This week, Maddyness spoke to Watson Gardiner, cofounder of cartd.
Portfolio by " Watson Gardiner
05.06.2024
Cartd, a creator-led grocery platform, converting social media recipes into shoppable grocery carts
It's too early to judge African VC
Mathias Léopoldie is the co-founder of Julaya, an Ivory Coast-based startup that offers digital payment and lending accounts for African companies of all sizes. Julaya serves over 1,500 companies, processes $400M of transactions and has raised $10M in funding.
Opinion by " Mathias Léopoldie
In partnership with The Realistic Optimist
05.06.2024
REALISTIC OPTIMIST It's too early to judge African VC
Redefining finance: How embedded finance is set to help banks to resume their original mission — to the benefit of startups and SMEs
Europe is in a lending crunch, and SMEs are bearing the brunt of it. Although SMEs make up the backbone of the European economy, accounting for a staggering 64.4% of EU employment, 73% of SMEs say they can’t even secure a meeting with their bank and that a quarter of all SMEs say that lenders don’t understand their business. There’s really a quite simple explanation to this – the typical SME isn’t the ideal loan candidate for the typical high-street bank, and hasn’t been for a long time.
Opinion by " Olle Lundin
05.06.2024
Redefining finance: How embedded finance is set to help banks to resume their original mission — to the benefit of startups and SMEs
The art of comparison: Analysis highlights growing impact of ESG standards in venture
Annual research from ESG_VC and BVCA analyses data from almost 600 start-ups backed by leading venture capital firms.
News by " Paul Ferretti
05.06.2024
Henry Philipson

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