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Agmatix Partners with NASA Harvest to Support the Uptake of Sustainable Agricultural Practices

Agmatix, a start-up AgTech business specialising in turning agronomic big data into powerful models and insights, today announces a partnership with NASA Harvest – NASA’s global Food Security and Agriculture Consortium – to support crop production in a sustainable way at the field level and mitigate the impact of climate change.

AWS B2B SaaS Accelerator for startups

Startups across the UK and Ireland are invited to apply and participate in the four-week programme that will give access to AWS cloud technology and credits, as well as mentorship, training, connections, and the technical guidance necessary to build both innovative solutions in the cloud, and successful companies.

Playfair Capital announces Edition Nine of Europe-wide Female Founder Office Hours

On Thursday 20th April, 2023, Playfair Capital and 150 of the world’s leading venture capital funds, including Amadeus, Atomico, Balderton, Cherry, Creandum, Notion, LocalGlobe, Partech, Point9, Octopus, and Seedcamp will be holding remote office hours for more than 300 female founders from across Europe.

Global Fintech Market predicted to grow to nearly $0.5Tn

CryptoMonday.de predicts that the global Fintech market will grow to nearly $0.5 trillion by 2025.

FDM host female digital skills bootcamp on International Women’s Day

FDM Group, the FTSE 250 global leader in the recruit, train and deploy sector, has concluded its SheLivesTech digital skills bootcamp, hosting 40 female students to celebrate their certification.

COUNTDOWN TO THIS WEEK’S STARTUP OLÉ LATAM ROADSHOW WITH SPECTACULAR FORECASTS OF PARTICIPANTS

The fifth edition of the largest European event of entrepreneurship and technological innovation in Latin America mobilises corporations, investors, accelerators, startups, and media during its activities in Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico. Self-employed, micro-enterprises and startups from Castilla y León will also participate.

Employers must embrace equality for women working abroad

With the theme of International Women’s Day 2023 being ‘embrace equality’, Towergate Health & Protection is asking employers to support the equality of female employees working abroad.

Weavr Brings Open Banking to Embedded Finance in First-of-its-Kind Deal

Following the announcement of impressive growth in the past year, Weavr has confirmed the acquisition of B2B Open Banking platform, Comma Payments, in a first-of-its kind deal within the world of embedded finance.

New help programme launched for struggling small businesses

Small Business Britain has launched a new support programme, in partnership with Lloyds Banking Group,  aimed at helping small businesses in difficulty survive the challenging economic period.

Cost-of-living crisis unleashes new generation of female entrepreneurs

The proportion of British microbusinesses owned by women has surged during the cost-of-living crisis and since the start of the pandemic, new data from GoDaddy shows.

City & Guilds call for tailored support for women to balance the success scales

Kirstie Donnelly MBE, CEO of City & Guilds: “International Women’s Day is a day to celebrate the success stories of women across the globe. And the success stories are aplenty.”

Technology and banking giants back UK small businesses to get digital

Emma Jones, CBE, founder of Enterprise Nation, said: “Increasing digital capacity is a key driver of productivity and growth. 

Niyo Bootcamps to host Talent Expo to boost number of black women in tech

Niyo Bootcamps is to run its inaugural DistruptHER Talent Expo on 31 March 2023 to help improve the number of black women working in tech.

Women’s tech careers suffered due to cost-of-living crisis and COVID

Despite efforts of businesses to improve gender equality in the workplace, women are still unequally impacted by COVID and the cost-of-living crisis. The pandemic and current economic conditions have acted as major barriers towards women succeeding in technology related careers, new research suggests.

25 Women Shaping The Future Of Sustainability Unveiled

ChangeNOW, the largest event of solutions for the planet, today revealed the 25 nominees for its Women Shaping Our Future programme, which aims to shine a spotlight on women set to have a significant positive impact on the world over the next 10 years.

NatWest and Meta to support female entrepreneurs

NatWest and Meta have launched a partnership to offer financial readiness training and other support to female business owners.

Cyber leaders to debate rasomware threat in Parliament

Key figures from the cyber security industry will gather to address parliament this month to discuss the UK’s readiness to defend itself against the growing threat posed by ransomware.

Robots aren’t stealing mid-level jobs, they’re saving them

Following reports that white collar workers are allegedly now under threat by AI, specialist recruitment firm, Robert Half, has argued that the right implementation of this tech will in fact help both save and create new, higher skilled jobs, rather than replace people altogether. 

Tech industry leaders to debate digital skills crisis in Parliament

Technology industry leaders have been invited to Parliament for a special debate on the UK’s digital skills crisis.

E-commerce Germany Awards 2023: Winners and Takeaways

The E-commerce Germany Awards 2023 ceremony was a roaring success! The awards recognise the best and brightest companies, teams, and individuals in e-commerce across Germany. It was a star-studded evening with hundreds of prominent leaders from the world of e-commerce gathering to celebrate the achievements of the industry. Let us hop into the details!