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From May 23 to 25, the Rotterdam Metropolitan Area will transform into a hotbed for talent, capital, and growth. Over forty partners, three full days, and one shared mission. Upstream 2023 is the international tech festival dedicated to a future-proof economy. It is the place to be for any startup or scale-up looking to increase business and impact in a sustainable way. The annual festival is a co-creation of the Dutch innovation community, international corporations, and investors. As the three-day agenda is packed with close to fifty city events, Upstream 2023 offers a unique chance to connect with inspiring entrepreneurs, daring investors, and bold change makers. The past three editions attracted over 2.000 attendees from across the globe.
This week, more than 200 investors are congregating at TechChill – one of the biggest Baltic startup conferences taking place in Riga, April 26-28. The region, which includes Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania and is often referred to as a unicorn factory, has long been punching above its weight on the global stage and is home to such success stories as Wise, Vinted, Printful, and 10 other unicorns to date. As well as a sizable herd of centaurs, soonicorns, and other mythical beasts.
A new report, Education for a World of Opportunity, shows that British employers are divided on whether the role of education is to create efficient workers for the future (32%) or to develop children into well-rounded human beings (68%).
theion, the lithium-sulphur battery startup that wants to revolutionise mobile and stationary energy storage, has enlarged its Management.
Ioannis Antypas, a London tech entrepreneur, and expert in cybersecurity, has announced a new connection with a Saudi Arabian company.
Applications for a new northern-based accelerator, Baltic Ventures, have officially opened for early-stage tech companies to apply for their first programme, ‘Accelerator 2023’. Each successful applicant will receive equity backing and access to unrivalled expert mentoring.
Jobs in the retail and consumer space increased by +16% in Q1 of this year, and the number of vacancies in the past 12 months topped anything we saw pre-pandemic in 2019 by +59%.
A campaign designed to promote the UK’s thriving tech sector to American entrepreneurs and investors has been launched in Silicon Valley.
The online competition for attention and engagement has never been more intense. And the rapid rise of AI is exponentially increasing the tension, bringing things to a game-changing level. To stand out from the crowd and compete, leaders need to get their personal and business brands AI-ready.
The Big Tech titans are reporting earnings this week and the sector remains “surprisingly robust” for three key reasons, affirms the CEO of a large independent financial advisory, asset management and fintech organisation.
New research by imc reports that 92% of employees consider training a deal breaker if choosing between two potential employers, amid a growing trend of employees expecting employers to offer better opportunities for learning and development.
Clix Technology, a UK-based startup combining mobile-first technology with customisable smart locker design for retail, is launching a new product – the Clix Smart Locker – having trialled it in B&Q Cardiff since July 2022.
Chris Weston , Head of Research at Pepperstone, told Moneyzine.com his thoughts on how recent global events have impacted the financial markets:
With Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon and Meta all reporting their earnings this week, investors around the world are switching their attention from banks to Big Tech, says the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory, asset management and fintech organisations.
LGBTQi+ women are on average the most unsatisfied group when it comes to discussions around pay, progression, and the workplace compared to any other sexuality.
With Chancellor Jeremy Hunt due to announce plans to simplify tax returns for individuals and businesses next week, changes could be great news for the hundreds of thousands of small businesses up and down the UK who file every year.
Armalytix, a cutting-edge fintech company that streamlines financial insights for financial crime and risk checks to the professional, financial services, and gambling sectors, has announced the launch of Income and Risk Insights.
The release of ChatGPT in November 2022 heralded a new dawn in the next big technology race – with several tech giants including Microsoft, Google and Meta involved in bettering and integrating AI to existing products.
monday.com, a work operating system (WorkOS) where organisations of any size can create the tools and processes they need to manage every aspect of their work, has unveiled plans for how the power of AI will be incorporated into the platform in 2023.
brightonSEO is one of the largest search engine optimisation conferences in the world, hosted in the sunny seaside town of Brighton. Startups Magazine visited the conference this April to catch up on the latest trends, techniques, and strategies for improving search engine rankings and driving more traffic to websites.
