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Tech Nation launches the Diversity & Inclusion Toolkit; a comprehensive guide to address diversity challenges in tech companies and the UK tech sector, in order to help build a strong, diverse and inclusive tech sector.
Sunbit, the preferred buy now, pay later (BNPL) technology for everyday needs and services, today announced a $130 million series D round of funding. The round was led by returning investor Group 11, a leading venture capital firm known for backing some of the most disruptive fintech companies.
The DEEP Startup Ecosystem Accelerator is up and running. They selected the first generation of ecosystem projects coming from Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America.
We’re on the cusp of a new wave of innovation, with deep tech leading the way to a better future for our society and its home planet.
Hays Technology, the recruiting experts and global super connectors, Empact Ventures, have launched ’Super Connect for Good’ for the second year running, a European ‘Tech for Good’ competition in a bid to uncover the best emerging tech startups and scaleups creating a positive impact on people’s lives through technology.
A northern startup powering up an advanced generation of data-driven luxe sportswear has secured £7.5M to take wearable health technology to new heights.
The UK needs a new order of chivalry specifically to recognise invention and innovation and elevate the status of entrepreneurship, science, and technology in the eyes of the public, according to think tank, The Entrepreneurs Network. The proposal – outlined in a new report, Honours for Innovators, and supported by MPs and leading figures from the UK entrepreneurship and technology community – would see the ‘Elizabethan Order’ honour up to 273 individuals each year for their achievements and contribution to innovation.
Fintech Week London is taking place at a number of select venues in London and online between 12th and 16th July 2021.
Businesses specialising in providing sustainable and eco-services today urge the government to use the G7 talks to turbocharge Britain’s green revolution.
The mobile tax assistant, Taxfix strengthens its management level with expertise from Silicon Valley and the banking sector. The two new additions, Bjoern Heckel and Franziska von Arnim, will support the Taxfix leadership team and take strategic growth to new heights in the next phase of Taxfix’s development.
Pioneering tech startups will have the chance to join the UK’s cyber security experts in their mission to keep the country safe online thanks to a new initiative.
New research has revealed that half of the UK’s newest entrepreneurs are Millennials. The study found that people between the ages of 25 and 40 have set up 49% of new businesses in the country since July 2020.
New research from small business lender, iwoca, suggests that although the initial easing of restrictions has helped recovery for some SMEs, around a third are still sacrificing customer numbers with existing COVID restrictions in place.
Members of the UK business community have signed an open letter asking the Government to extend its funding deadlines for startups in the wake of the pandemic.
The UK’s largest ecommerce investor and a digital insights specialist have joined forces to help accelerate business transition online.
This year CRL ran their first in-person Hackathon event where business and design students from Brunel University had the chance to join this year’s startup cohort team for two weeks and collaborate closely with the founders to help them test and develop their customer and commercial opportunities.
Metro Bank has just launched a startup accelerator programme in partnership with corporate innovation specialists, L Marks with the aim of finding innovative solutions to help the bank support its customers and local businesses.
Deeptech Labs (DTL), a new post-seed accelerator aimed at deep technology (deeptech) startups, has been founded in Cambridge to bring the benefits of its innovation ecosystem to post-Seed deeptech companies from the UK and Europe.
VenueScanner has secured a $1.5m funding round led by Rianta Capital and ACF Investors. Launched to enable individuals, businesses and event organisers to find better and more affordable venues, it is helping undiscovered and independent venues reimagine how they use their space and fill their down-time.
“Build a product to scratch your own itch” says entrepreneur Guy Stern after founding his own legal technology solution, Legal Connection, to improve communication and offer an ‘umbrella platform’ for the legal industry.
