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Future Acres – a new startup bringing sustainable agricultural robotics to the farm industry in order to optimise workforce efficiency and safety – has launched to raise up to $3m in seed capital via equity crowdfunding site, SeedInvest. The company is producing an autonomous, electric agricultural robotic harvest companion, named Carry, to help farmers gather hand-picked crops faster and with less physical demand.
With pupils set to go back to school on 8th March, there are a number of safety measures schools need to implement to ensure the health and wellness of staff, students and school communities.
A revolutionary new technology that allows customers to order products or access information with just the tap of a smartphone could transform the online marketplace, an expert says.
Revolutionary packaging startup, SoluBlue, has been awarded the top prize of €500,000 from the Postcode Lotteries Green Challenge, one of the world’s largest annual sustainability competitions. The Cambridge-based startup beat over 650 startups from across Europe to be crowned the latest winner and will now use the prize money to scale up its technology for pilot production among retailers.
Gophr, the UK’s fastest-growing last-mile delivery provider, has raised £4m led by Nauta Capital, assisted by The ScaleUp Accelerator and White Horse Capital.
Bumble’s CEO, Whitney Wolfe Herd, became the world’s youngest female self-made billionaire last week– a huge milestone for women in business everywhere. But how many female decision-makers are there in the boardrooms of some of the biggest companies in technology, entertainment and e-commerce?
Tech Nation, the UK network for ambitious tech entrepreneurs, has announced the ten early-stage scaleup winners of its nationwide competition, Rising Stars. These companies have been selected because they are at the forefront of UK technology, across a range of subsectors, providing solutions such as digitally connecting healthcare workers with communities, digital recruitment for schools, and tools for online content creators.
Xero, the global small business platform, is calling for urgent action to put small businesses at the centre of the UK economic recovery – after new Xero Small Business Insights (XSBI) data finds revenue slowed further in January to 9.3% below levels seen a year ago.
Waze, the platform bringing together communities on and off the road, has announced updates to Waze Ads Starter, its advertising solution tailored specifically to small businesses. The features take into account the unique challenges faced by small businesses now, making it easier for them to connect with existing customers and attract new ones while making the most of their marketing investment.
Rental deposit fintech, Fronted has launched this month, becoming the second company to be powered by Yobota’s core banking platform. Founded in 2016, London-based technology firm, Yobota has built a fast, flexible, cloud-native core banking platform that allows clients to create and run innovative financial products.
Step Anywhere 2021 is on for March 29th, 30th, and 31st, and fully online! Organised by the team behind Step Conference, The Leading Online Tech Festival For Emerging Markets will bring together over 1500 international attendees, 100 showcasing startups and global players in healthtech, edtech, fintech, foodtech, smart cities, digital media, and more.
LOT Network, the international community of the world’s leading high-tech companies committed to protecting its members from costly litigation from patent assertion entities (PAEs, also known as ‘patent trolls’), has announced that ByteDance has joined its 1,200 member organisation. In doing so, the company is taking proactive measures to protect itself against potential litigation from PAEs, and inoculating themselves from a pool of over three million patents.
Design Pickle, the leading graphic design and creative services subscription platform, has released information about their acquisition of British design services company, Design Hero. The acquisition marks the first of its kind for Design Pickle, paving the way for expansion into the UK and European creative markets.
Axis Spine Technologies (AST) has raised £2.2m in a funding round led by ACF Investors, with follow-on investment from Mercia’s EIS funds. Mercia was the first investor when Axis was founded by Jon Acros in 2017. This is the first investment from ACF Investors’ new Delta Fund, a fast-track investment fund designed for high potential UK businesses that have been backed by a syndicate of angel investors with deep sector knowledge.
Londoners are huge cryptocurrency fans, having bought more of the digital asset than any other region in the UK according to a new national survey, while cautious Scots have bought the least.
Sustainable events agency and consultancy, Legacy Events, is set to launch its new innovative marketplace, which includes everything needed to organise a successful sustainable event, in one place.
The DIY system, launched by Edinburgh-based Boundary, was designed and created by a team of experts brought together by Boundary to solve the problems associated with traditional alarm systems and using leading-edge technology thinking.
A new report by Claromentis has revealed that 73% of UK workers want to split their time between home and office working after the pandemic. Unilever, Twitter, Square and many more companies have announced their staff may never return to working a five-day week in the office. But what do workers want?
New data from global ticketing platform, Eventbrite, shows that British entrepreneurs haven’t stopped training and networking because of the pandemic, with over 150,000 attending online startup events since the beginning of the first lockdown in early 2020.
The Quarterly OurCrowd Jobs Index has released indicates that OurCrowd-backed high-tech startups are seeking to fill hundreds of positions despite record-high unemployment in the overall economy. This is the first quarterly jobs survey by OurCrowd, venture investing platform.
