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Entrepreneur’s Handbook for spinouts

The Royal Academy of Engineering’s Enterprise Hub has published a new Entrepreneur’s Handbook to support founders of spinout companies.

Startup Champions League is in motion and the winner will fly to compete in Silicon Valley

On October 11th, Prague will host the continental Startup Champions League finals and the sixth edition of the Startup World Cup. This grand finale of the EU Startup League is happening during the Disraptors Summit (formerly Startup World Cup & Summit).

Meet the woman making waves in the M&A market amidst gender bias burnout

With research showing that 70-90% of M&As fail even during favourable economic conditions, expert advisers have become even more critical in helping deals get over the line in the current climate.

Aerocloud brings operations management systems to international airport

AeroCloud Systems (AeroCloud), the 100% cloud native software platform dedicated to the support of airports, has won a contract to provide the Flight Information Display Systems (FIDS) and gate management systems (GMS) for the largest international airport in The Bahamas and the 4th largest airport in the Caribbean.

Norrsken Impact100: Klarna founder is on a mission to create the ‘Nobel Prize for Impact’

Companies tackling the world’s biggest environmental and social issues deserve recognition, but currently they receive less than 1% of all available funding [1].

Foundy secures £1.25M in funding
Foundy secures £1.25M in funding

Foundy, one of Europe’s fastest-growing startup acquisition marketplaces, has announced a £1.25m round led by Fuel Ventures, as it aims to capitalise on the strong market demand from startups interested in full and secondary buyouts or fundraising.

Entrepreneurs encouraged to share working realities rather than glamourised experiences

UK entrepreneurs are being encouraged to share pictures and videos of the realities they face as business owners, to raise awareness of the true experiences of running a small business.

Constructive Bio launches with 15M seed investment to re-engineer biology

Constructive Bio announces its launch as a new UK-based biotechnology company following the completion of a $15m seed round and an exclusive license from the Medical Research Council (MRC), to IP developed by Professor Jason Chin’s Laboratory (Chin Lab) at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (MRC-LMB).

Cross-European ‘Hack for Peace’ to solve war issues

Swedish-Ukrainian IT company Sigma Software Group and Tech Nation UK will host the Cross-European hackathon ‘Hack for Peace’, to build tech solutions to solve war issues.

Karren Brady’s Women in Business & Tech Expo unveils world-class line-up of entrepreneurs, CEOs and tech leaders

Over 50 high-profile entrepreneurs, CEOs, tech leaders and innovators have been announced as part of Karren Brady’s Women in Business & Tech Expo keynote and seminar programmes.

First not-for-profit to leverage WeWork’s new platform

WeWork, a global flexible space provider, announced 20:40 as the first not-for-profit organisation to leverage WeWork Workplace.

Murasaki closes €1.5m seed round led by Japanese incubate fund

As Japanese and European serial entrepreneurs and developers operating out of The Netherlands, Murasaki is on a mission to disrupt the GameFi economy.

elasticStage raises £3.5m with the latest closing of its seed round

On-demand vinyl platform, elasticStage, has announced the latest closing of its seed round which has now raised £3.5m in total for the British tech startup.

Tovie AI defines the touchless future of retail with virtual shopping assistants

Tovie AI, a conversational commerce company based in the UK, predicts the interactive and personalised shopping experience is the new demand in the post-pandemic retail world.

The largest event for the full telecoms ecosystem

5G World, Broadband World Forum and the newly launched Telco Cloud have joined forces to become part of Network X, taking place this 18-20 October in Amsterdam.

Pathmonk receives €1.5m for increasing conversion rates on websites

Dusseldorf-based startup Pathmonk has closed a seed investment round to boost its next-gen AI website conversion platform for marketers.

Virgin Money’s Marketplace – an online service for small businesses

Virgin Money, with fintech partner Expend, has launched an online service called Marketplace where small business banking customers can access a number of different useful services offered by best-in-class digital providers.

Harper and UK fertility clinics to provide mental health fertility support programmes

Harper, a mental health platform designed to deliver personalised care to support patients receiving fertility treatment, has announced the first three clinics to make its service available to patients.

What really drives buying decisions?

Why do people and businesses choose to buy certain products? Vendors around the world spend millions on market research trying to find the answer to that relatively simple question. But the answer is far from simple.

How to start a successful property portfolio

Are you looking to start a property portfolio but you’re not sure where to get started? Here are some top tips on what you should do.