The Super Connect for Good competition powered by Empact Ventures and Hays returned earlier this year for a third year. The competition features tech startups and scaleups that bring positive social change and impact people’s lives through technology.
09.11.2022
Every designer has heard of Dieter Rams. His famous Ten Principles for Good Design are world renown and have been a key consideration in the design of many products we know and recognise today. However, they were written in 1976 – a world without the internet, at a time when climate change wasn’t in the daily headlines.
30.03.2022
Much has been written about the astonishing rate of change within the financial services (FS) sector. The rapid proliferation of fintechs, the rise of banking-as-a-service (BaaS), and the many innovative new financial products and services on the market are remarkable, and to the tech-savvy and financially stable reader, this can only be good news, right?
18.01.2022
Maddyness caught up with Raj Burman, CEO of Techfugees, to find out how the organisation is driving a tech for good programme by providing opportunities for displaced people in digital tech
26.11.2021
In the last year - as the world around us changed - a growing number of startups have been pitching themselves as offering “tech for good”. This means they provide a product or service that exists to fix a particular issue for the good of society: be it environmental, economic or humanitarian.
03.06.2021
Two and a half million British people are expected to be unemployed this year after the fall out of the pandemic. The unemployment rate for people with disabilities is more than twice those who are able bodied.
06.05.2021
The events of the past 12 months have created unwanted distance and separation for most. School trips and overseas homestays have inevitably been hit, creating a missed opportunity for children to experience new cultures.
03.02.2021
Tech ought to be a central part of how we go about social transformation. There are around a thousand tech-for-good organisations in the UK, with a collective £2.3B market value, tackling problems spanning healthcare and homelessness to accessibility and energy efficiency.
03.12.2020
On a mission to help 1B children sleep better and be more relaxed, Moshi is an innovative and BAFTA-nominated tech startups. An audio sleep and mindfulness app, Moshi has received £9.7M in Series B funding led by Accel, Latitude Ventures and Triplepoint Capital, as well as former MTV CEO Bill Roedy.
27.04.2020
With £10.1B raised by UK startups in 2019 the confidence in new technologies to disrupt and respond to today's biggest challenges is clear, and we are delighted to share the hotly anticipated Tech Nation 2020 Report which focuses on UK tech for a changing world.
20.03.2020