South Summit Brazil, the leading meeting of the entrepreneurial ecosystem co-organised by IE University and the Government of Rio Grande do Sul, inaugurated its third edition yesterday, Wednesday, March 20. Under the slogan “Decoding Complexity”, South Summit Brazil 2024 will bring together, until Friday, March 22, the main actors and experts of the entrepreneurial ecosystem from Latin America and the rest of the world in the city of Porto Alegre.
Tech Nation has launched a revamped Future Fifty programme for the UK’s next generation of unicorn founders.
To sail smoothly through the pre- and post-silicon era and grasp the dynamics of semiconductors, let’s first clarify what semiconductors and silicon actually are. While many may think they’re one and the same, there’s a slight but important difference between the two.
Elon Musk’s brain-chip startup, Neuralink, has shown its first patient moving a cursor on a computer using the implanted device.
One in five (21%) employees are choosing to work from home more often to avoid annoying behaviour of co-workers, with a quarter (25%) of senior managers abandoning their offices to dodge irritating staff.
Official figures disclose that the Bank of England (BoE) has escalated its IT budget to almost £100 million.
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New insights from iwoca, one of the largest lenders to small businesses in Europe, highlight an emerging trend where SMEs are leveraging social media influencers for marketing purposes.
As a business strategist and coach, I can spot a startup owner who has lost sight of their purpose a mile away. Often, they’re consumed with the pursuit of success over meaningful fulfilment; more frequently, it’s simply that it has all got too much for them.
Flexible workspace specialist x+why is launching a new in-house design division, whydesign, dedicated to crafting sustainable, aesthetically driven office environments.
Marking a resurgence after a prolonged period of sluggish activity in the public market, IPO deals made in January 2024 alone exceeded the $1 billion mark.
The Oxford Science Park (TOSP), a global specialist for science and technology firms, has engaged DTRE alongside Cushman & Wakefield as joint advisors to oversee the leasing of more than 600,000 sq. ft. of office and lab space, in addition to future developments surpassing 650,000 sq. ft.
“ I was born in a family where you either become a professional athlete, or you become a poet or a writer.” Co-founder and CEO of Bioniq Vadim Fedotov tells Startups Magazine. Although sports and writing don’t really seem to relate, to reach excellence in either requires a certain quality. Fedotov chose to become an athlete, but following a career cut short by injury, he turned that pursuit for quality to his next passion: health. First focusing on his own, then on health as a whole, this saw Fedotov found a startup offering ‘the world’s most personalised supplements.”
The Czech fintech startup Flowpay has leveraged predictive AI models, automation, and Embedded Finance to enhance access to operational funding for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
If you’ve ever had backpain, you know its no fun. Social occasions, exercise, work, the shadow of back pain hangs over all of them. But not only is the fear of a flare-up real, but should one occur, then the costs, both physical and material, can be devastating. In the UK, reports highlight how lower back pain costs the country’s National Health Service nearly £5 billion annually from GP appointments alone.
Let’s face it, stress is part of life. No matter what stage of life we are in, it is human nature to carry some stress with us. How many times have you said or heard the words “I am stressed today” or something similar?
Founders have neglected their mental fitness for too long. With the rise of chronic stress, overwhelm and burnout/depression – this is becoming an urgent concern. In some cases, it’s meant founders have had to close down their company. The mental fitness of a founder is the cornerstone of sustainable professional and personal success.
Securing funding for your startup marks a pivotal moment, but the true measure of success lies in the growth and scale achieved thereafter. This is driven by the investors’ return target, which for institutional investors is typically 5-10x. Therefore, raising investment from a venture capital (VC) fund is not appropriate for all businesses.
Stanhope AI, a company harnessing decades of neuroscience research for training machines to make decisions akin to humans in real-world scenarios, has successfully bagged £2.3 million in seed investment.
In 2023, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) actively repelled more than 50,000 cyberattacks daily, according to the UAE Cybersecurity Council. In the first three quarters of the same year, the country successfully prevented over 71 million attempted attacks in total.
