Teenpreneur duo named European Winners of The Earth Prize 2025 for gamechanging water purifier, PURA
Two teenagers from Slovakia and Czechia are making waves in the fight against antibiotic resistance and water pollution with their groundbreaking innovation, PURA. Their game-changing water purifier has earned them the prestigious European title at The Earth Prize 2025.
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Charlotte Tucker
07.04.2025
Venture capital’s power dynamics are shifting. In an exclusive piece for Maddyness, Noa Khamallah explores why mall, operator-led funds are gaining the upper hand in a world where capital efficiency reigns.
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Noa Khamallah
07.04.2025
With #QVCs, Maddyness UK profiles different organisations to give founders and entrepreneurs the information they need to choose the right investor. This week, we speak to Tariq Attia, CEO of IW Capital.
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Tariq Attia
07.04.2025
AI promises to make work easier, but is it making employees less capable in the process? In this article, Alice Ivanoff, cofounder of kokoon, explores the hidden cost of automation and why true productivity comes from empowerment, not just efficiency.
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Alice Ivanoff
04.04.2025
Every week, Maddyness brings you the latest investment news from the UK startup ecosystem. Here's a recap of this week's investments.
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David Johnson
04.04.2025
At just 28, Joaquim De La Cruz has already made a mark on the finance world. Named in Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Finance 2024, the Spanish entrepreneur is the mastermind behind Flanks, a platform that transforms fragmented financial data into seamless, actionable insights. But his journey into wealth management was anything but traditional.
03.04.2025
Someone once said to me that “culture eats strategy for breakfast”. Perhaps suggesting that all the best-laid plans in business won’t execute well unless you have the right people. I get it, but also feel like this is a bit of a misnomer. After all, you need a strategy to have culture, right?
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Adam Bialy
03.04.2025
As part of our quick founder questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Edd Read, cofounder of tiney about modernising childminding, why every child deserves great early years education and why founders need passion and persistence.
02.04.2025
Fabien Cros looks behind the AI hype to explore why only 4% of companies are seeing real business value from AI. As the industry chases the next big model, the real challenge is how to integrate AI effectively for measurable impact.
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Fabien Cros
02.04.2025
As is usual in tech, the US has moved faster than the rest of the world and the early days of the ‘agentic revolution’ are most evident there. However, it has no monopoly. Deepseek’s debut from China was a stark reminder of that.
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David Villalon
02.04.2025
As part of our quick founder questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Muna Daud, Founder and CEO of FlowSense about menstrual care for visually impaired women, navigating the funding landscape in women’s health innovation and scaling globally.
01.04.2025
With #QVCs, Maddyness UK profiles different funds to give founders and entrepreneurs the information they need to choose the right investor. This week, we speak to Borja Breña, Partner at Nauta.
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Borja Breña
31.03.2025
Strasbourg, which hosted a stage of the Fundtruck competition last December, is home to a dynamic innovation ecosystem. Deeptech is a rapidly growing sector in the region.
28.03.2025
Every week, Maddyness brings you the latest investment news from the UK startup ecosystem. Here's a recap of this week's investments.
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David Johnson
28.03.2025
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