Cloud continues to enable innovation in tough economic climate

New research from the Cloud Industry Forum (CIF) has found that 100% of organisations are now accessing Cloud-based services to meet their needs, with the most common motivation being its potential to offer greater flexibility of IT spend, and its ability to make them more agile as a business.

tiney raises £7.2m Series A to fix the childcare crisis

Tech-enabled childcare startup, tiney.co, set up by the founder of Teach First, has raised a £7.2m ($9m) Series A round led by Mustard Seed Partners and joined by PortfoLion, Sparkmind, and Rubio.

Women in Tech Global and UN Women call to shatter the glass ceiling

From a young age, girls are taught that the sky has limits. From experiencing gender bias in school to being promoted more slowly than their male peers, women face the pervasive ‘glass ceiling’ in many ways.

Mental Health Awareness Week: 4 powerful principles to drive better mental health at work

According to MHFA England, poor mental health accounts for over half (51%) of workplace related illness. Research by Deloitte also shows that poor mental health costs UK employers up to £56 billion annually.

How to start a business without ‘friends and family funding’

Building a startup is a huge undertaking, and one of the first steps and biggest challenges is securing funding.

Navigating Critical Change: Mind the Challenger Gap
This article is part 2 of 10 in the series Navigating Critical Change

I was reading something recently about semantic satiation, a term for when a word or phrase is repeated so often it loses all sense of meaning.

iStock’s Andrea Gagliano: how iStock’s AI is Advancing Startup Marketing

In a digital age where rapid access to the right creative assets can define a startup’s branding success, technology plays a pivotal role. Andrea Gagliano, Senior Director of AI/ML at iStock, is at the forefront of adapting the creative search landscape.

PSNC and ORCA Computing Partner with NVIDIA on Hybrid Quantum-Classical Computing

ORCA Computing, a prominent quantum computing startup, and Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center (PSNC), a globally recognised research and development supercomputing centre, have announced a collaboration with NVIDIA.

Reed Global acquires Code Nation to tackle the rising tech skills gap

Reed Global – the family-run group of companies committed to improving lives through work – has acquired Code Nation, one of the UK’s fastest-growing independent digital and technical training providers.

8 Years of Record Growth: AstroLabs Launches Sector Guidebook on Saudi Tourism to Explore Untapped Opportunities

AstroLabs, the Gulf’s leading business expansion platform, is pleased to announce the launch of a comprehensive guidebook that shines a light on the thriving Saudi tourism industry and the Kingdom’s ascendancy as a global tourist destination.

Burnout burdens should be shared

Mental health is on the agenda this month. For founders though it is a concern every day of the month, including at weekends.

Ocean 14 Capital Fund I reaches hard cap of €200 million

the Ocean 14 Capital Fund I, focusing exclusively on the multi-trillion-dollar ‘blue economy,’ has announced it has closed on €201 million to support its mission of funding sustainable solutions to improve ocean health.

Triomics and its GenAI-powered oncology platform raises $15M

Currently, oncology staff must manually search thousands of patient health records to find the right trials or care pathways for their patients. Triomics is announcing it has raised $15M to help cancer centres streamline these workflows and process oncology data at scale by applying their framework to build, institution-tuned large language models (OncoLLM) and use case-specific software.

Economy has ‘turned a corner’ as UK emerges from recession

The UK economy has emerged from a recession fuelled by stronger-than-expected growth between January and March, according to official figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS).

Superfy raises $6.7m for its Gen Z-targeted social networking app

Superfy, the AI-powered social networking platform catering to Gen Z, has successfully raised a further $2.2m in its latest funding round, bringing its total funding to $6.7m.

7 startups selected to reshape the Agri-food sector

ICONE, a project by GIZ (German Agency for International Cooperation) promoting the competitiveness of Cambodian businesses, and Eatable Adventures, a Foodtech accelerator, collaborate to drive innovation in the agri-food sector in northwest Cambodia.

AI accelerator for the Innovate UK BridgeAI programme

As part of the Innovate UK BridgeAI programme, Digital Catapult has announced that seven companies from across the country will join its High Growth AI Accelerator for transport, to drive adoption of AI and machine learning (ML).

71% of startup founders sacrifice private lives for work

ULTRA VC, an impact-focused EU startup accelerator and early-stage investor, has surveyed startup founders aged 18 to 60+ on how they maintain work-life balance enroute to success.

Mental health awareness month: managing workplace stressors

In light of Mental Health Awareness Month, it’s crucial to address the stresses of modern life, particularly those stemming from the workplace.

The 22nd everywoman Entrepreneur Awards Open for Nominations

The 2024 everywoman Entrepreneur Awards, in association with BGF, are open for nominations. Female entrepreneurs have until 3rd June 2024 to submit their entries to the UK’s longest-running recognition programme for women in business.