The New Year offers a unique opportunity for startups to recalibrate, innovate, and plan for sustainable growth. Drawing insights from my column in 2024, here’s a list of New Year’s resolutions for founders and marketers to navigate the challenging yet rewarding startup to scaleup journey.
What do you think when you read about tech giants reducing their presence in a new sector? Many see it as a judgement on the industry itself, and not in a positive way. What hope do others have if established companies can’t make it?
Otterly.AI, the AI search monitoring solution for marketing teams and brands, has announced its launch from stealth with over 1,000 users, including notable names such as Skale, Downtown Ecommerce, and Videoloft.
Startups Magazine is excited to announce that we will once again be exhibiting at CES in Las Vegas, on the 7th-10th of January. If you’re attending the show, come by Stand 60311 at Eureka Park to pick up a copy of our Survival Guide, and have a chat with the team!
tiun, a fintech helping media providers to attract, engage and convert younger audiences, has announced a $2.5 million pre-seed funding round led by Founderful. The funds will kick-start their efforts to become Europe’s preferred way to pay for online media.
Today, Maria 01, the startup community in the Nordics, has announced that its member startups have raised over €1 billion in funding since the hub’s founding in 2016, according to recent member data.
Midlife women are disproportionately held back from founding socially responsible businesses due to competing household and financial demands, according to new research.
In the journey toward a sustainable future, collaboration, diversity, and shared knowledge stand as powerful catalysts for change.
bp Ventures has invested $9 million into Zingbus, leading its Series A funding round. The startup, headquartered in Delhi, has built a tech solutions platform for electric bus operators and their customers travelling between cities. Zingbus’ platform provides front and back end digital infrastructure for bus operators, including pricing, fleet management and route optimisation services, together with a dedicated ticketing marketplace.
A month on and the dust is still settling from the outcome of the US Presidential Election, with Republican candidate Donald Trump emerging victorious for the second time, making him the USA’s 47th President.
Transformative freight procurement and management tool Loadar has raised a $4 million seed funding round, led by Frontline Ventures with follow-on participation from existing investor Techstart Ventures. Founder and CEO Ciaran Doherty will use the funds to grow the team headcount and expand to the US, building on the success to date in Europe.
As we now know a second Trump presidency looms on the horizon, the American manufacturing sector finds itself at a critical juncture. The policies and priorities of a potential Trump administration could significantly reshape the landscape of US manufacturing, with far-reaching implications for the industry’s competitiveness, workforce, and global positioning.
As we enter 2025, startups face an environment marked by fast-paced technological advances, competitive pressures, and a heightened need for strategic agility. In this context, leaders must re-evaluate how they plan and execute strategy to stay relevant and resilient.
AgrofoodBIC S.r.l. (Business Innovation Centre), a multi-company open innovation hub active nationally and internationally since 2019, partners with Eatable Adventures to identify and accelerate global startups that address the evolving needs of the Italian foodtech sector. This collaboration aims to foster innovation and build bridges between established companies and emerging ventures.
System7, a new AI consultancy co-founded by Nicolas Baxter designed to transform marketing and sales teams, has launched as the first co-founded company from cocreatd, the venture studio founded by Oliver Yonchev.
Three in 10 (30%) British Gen Z have been signed off work for mental health reasons in 2024, totalling 1.7 million young people, as the UK government unveiled plans to get young people into work earlier this week.
TG0, a company reshaping the human-machine interface landscape, has closed a £4.5 million Series B funding round led by NetmindAI with additional support from WP Health.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on December 9 that it will operate its largest-ever exhibition space for Seoul-based startups at CES 2025, the world’s largest consumer electronics and ICT trade show. The event will run from January 7 to 10, 2025, in Las Vegas, showcasing cutting-edge technologies from emerging companies worldwide.
A new global survey titled ‘AI Workplace Report’ from Freshworks, a business software provider, reveals that nearly half (45%) of UK employees would consider swapping their current jobs for roles that better harness AI, and 35% of UK workers say they have already received a salary bump or a promotion as a result of their AI usage.
Keychron, a leading manufacturer of peripherals compatible with Mac, Windows, and Android, launched direct sales of the Keychron K2 HE Wireless Magnetic Custom Keyboard. This high-performance mechanical keyboard combines the best of traditional mechanical technology with the advanced benefits of magnetic switches in a minimalistic design accented by natural rosewood. Following a successful Kickstarter campaign that raised over $1M USD, the K2 HE is now available for direct purchase on Keychron’s website, starting at $130 USD.
