As part of our quick founder questions series - or QFQs - we spoke to Alex Clansey and Nicola McKenzie, Co-Founders of Venture Planner, about AI, entrepreneurial vison and strategy.
06.04.2024
90% of executives agree that sustainability is key to unlocking business success, playing an important role in engaging investors through strengthening ESG credentials, according to the World Economic Forum.
05.04.2024
Entrepreneur First (EF), the world’s first “Talent Investor”, has launched a new office in South Park, San Francisco to connect the world’s best founder talent with the world’s best funding ecosystem.
05.04.2024
Every week, Maddyness brings you the latest investment news from the UK startup ecosystem. Here's a recap of this week's investments.
05.04.2024
Focal’s flagship Demo Day returns for its 9th edition. With Issie James taking the helm for what promises to be the biggest and best yet! The application window opens 8th April and closes at 9am BST on 24th April, ahead of Demo Day on 16th May. Focal welcomes applications from pre-seed to Series A startups based anywhere in the world and raising now or in the near future. It takes 5 minutes and you’ll get your pitch in front of 250 leading VC funds just by applying!
04.04.2024
The built environment - which encompasses all homes, offices and public infrastructure - accounts for over a third of total global greenhouse gas emissions. To combat the negative impact this industry has on fragile ecosystems, deep systemic change is needed to transform the ways in which we build and manufacture.
04.04.2024
As part of our quick founder questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Mike Albertshauser, Co-founder at Bloom Stories about erotic content, AI-powered chat and the science behind advertising pronographic content.
04.04.2024
Timothy Motte is the founder of The Realistic Optimist. Pieces take the form of exclusive op-eds from startup founders, VCs and ecosystem operators around the world, giving an authentic and global voice for the globalised startup scene.
03.04.2024
The data control strategy should have a robust data quality management framework. Ihor Sheyko, Managing Partner of Digicode, insists that organised data is a critical component of this framework, representing a basis for in-depth analysis of data patterns and anomalies to identify potential problems. The advanced data management processes are a prerequisite for structuring all business assets.
03.04.2024
As part of our quick founder questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to James O'Sullivan, CEO and Founder of Nuke From Orbit, about cybersecurity, digital identity, and the importance of feedback.
03.04.2024
3 in 4 UK businesses feel hiring has become harder in the past five years, according to new data from global job matching and hiring platform, Indeed.
02.04.2024
The European Digital Markets Act (DMA) came into force this month. As one of the most significant pieces of privacy legislation since GDPR, it marks a major new step towards internet users regaining control of how their own data is used. This will have major consequences on the way every business, including startups, engages with its customers in Europe.
02.04.2024
As part of our quick founder questions series - or QFQs - we spoke to Dr Nicholas Chadwick, co-founder & CEO Mission Zero Technologies about Direct Air Capture, recent investment and building a sustainable relationship with carbon.
02.04.2024
With #QVCS, Maddyness profiles different funds to give founders and entrepreneurs the information they need to choose the right investor. Today, we speak to Stefano Bernardi, GP at Unruly Capital.
01.04.2024