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Basket, the ecommerce start-up dubbed ‘the next UK unicorn’, announces £2.5 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round led by long-term backers, Lightbank ventures. The funding will be used to expand into global markets, develop in demand product features, grow retailer and publisher relationships, and launch a fresh brand and marketing strategy.
Aleph, an ecosystem of local digital experts and technology-driven solutions, launches its ‘One Brand’ initiative, uniting its unique range of brands under the Aleph name.
TIS – Tourism Innovation Summit 2023 closed on Friday its fourth edition, where 7,384 industry professionals discovered the latest trends that are defining smarter, more sustainable, and digital tourism.
Cronus, the next-gen AI-powered strategy execution platform, has unveiled its latest innovation – an objectives and key results (OKR) capability enhanced by cutting-edge generative AI.
Multi-cloud adoption is on the rise as organisations recognise the advantages of using multiple cloud providers. Cisco reports that 92% of organisations use more than two cloud providers, and 90% of large enterprises have embraced multi-cloud solutions to harness their benefits.
Tourism Innovation Summit 2023 has once again recognised the initiatives and projects committed to innovation, digitalisation, and sustainability in the tourism sector. This year, the Tourism Innovation Awards 2023 have rewarded five projects from different companies and institutions.
Tramshed Tech is working with a number of industry partners to deliver programmes as part of the Barclays Eagle Labs Ecosystem Partnership Programme (EPP), funded by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
David MacDonald, CEO, and owner of Cullen Packaging was named as one of Britain’s ‘Top 50 most Ambitious Business Leaders for 2023’.
The European Patent Office (EPO) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) have published a new joint study highlighting how much patents and trade marks can boost the success of European startups.
New data published by Rimm Sustainability reveals that more than a third of UK SMEs (36%) find it challenging to understand what they should be reporting on when it comes to sustainability.
TIS – Tourism Innovation Summit 2023 returns to Seville, Spain, for another year to define a roadmap that will allow the tourism industry to continue to grow while meeting the increasing demands for sustainability from governments and travellers.
The Royal Academy of Engineering, the Irish Academy of Engineering and InterTradeIreland have jointly announced new funding to support Ireland-based academic entrepreneurs and to map the all-island engineering economy for the first time.
The tech M&A landscape has been shifting to a buyer’s market in 2023. With lower valuations, reduced competition for deals, and an abundance of attractive growth assets available, cash-rich corporations are well-positioned to capitalise on these opportunities through strategic acquisitions.
More than 500 venture capital firms worldwide, including several from Asia, collectively signed an open letter expressing their solidarity with Israel and its technology sector in the midst of the conflict with Hamas.
Barclays announced its first Bristol-based Eagle Lab during Bristol Technology Festival last week, creating a further boost for the West of England startup and entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Keeping on top of new threats is the biggest cyber security challenge facing small and mid-sized businesses globally (SMBs) – and more than half are calling for help to manage the risks, new global research by Sage reveals.
Wales Tech Week took off with a bang as industry leaders, innovators, investors, entrepreneurs, and tech enthusiasts gathered at the ICC in Newport to explore the latest in technology and what it means for business and society.
South Summit’s Entrepreneurship Map 2023, developed in collaboration with IE University, highlights that the Spanish entrepreneurial ecosystem has consolidated the path to maturity thanks to the growing number of startups that accumulate more years of traction in the market, among other factors. In 2023, Spanish startups are on average 3.12 years old, when this statistic in 2019 reached 2.2 years. In addition, 17% of startups in Spain are already scaleups and 4% have a consolidated business.
From 18 to 20 October, more than 7,000 professionals will attend TIS2023 to discover the technological innovations that are transforming tourism into a more digital, sustainable and intelligent model.
Seraphim Space, known as Generation Space in the US, which runs the dedicated accelerator for startups in the global SpaceTech industry, has announced the companies participating in Mission 12.
