Now in its 5th edition, the FoodTech 500 showcases the global entrepreneurial talent at the intersection of food, innovation, and sustainability. Forward Fooding released the Official full ranking of the FoodTech 500, a definitive list of the world’s most groundbreaking AgriFoodTech companies.
Steadybit, a company working in the in chaos engineering space, has announced a successful $6 million Series A funding round, led by Paladin Capital Group. This represents a pivotal step in the company’s global expansion efforts.
Another resounding success, the Workspace Design Show 2024, held at the Business Design Centre from February 27th to 28th, yet again gathered widespread acclaim.
The Aurora Tech Award 2024 concluded its recognition of women founders who are actively challenging gender inequality in the IT sector. The winners were honoured at an awards ceremony on International Women’s Day.
Hywel Carver, CEO of Skiller Whale, argues that you can’t hire your way out of this problem: companies need to look to at live team coaching to get the outcomes they need.
Four years ago this month, we were all given our first ‘work from home’ mandate. A clear, unambiguous instruction from the UK government that, in the grip of a quickly spreading global pandemic, we should all work from home where possible.
The year is 2024. Women still face inequality. There has been so much progress, and there is so much still to do: today we see women from Poland to Mexico protesting on issues from abortion rights to violence against women.
Artificial intelligence (AI) has come into its own in the last few years. No longer abstract, it is accessible and affordable for almost all sectors and sizes of business, bringing the potential for tangible benefits when correctly applied. That’s why 15% of UK businesses, and 68% of large companies, already use at least one AI technology, and many more are planning to invest in AI tools.
Today, the Technology Secretary unveiled a campaign designed to bolster investment in scaleups, featuring podcast advertisements, billboards, and more, all showcasing science and technology scaleups to British investors. The ‘Science and Tech is our Superpower’ campaign is focused on ensuring that UK-based science and technology companies poised for expansion have access to the necessary funding from within the UK, aiming to stimulate long-term economic growth and job creation.
In celebration of Mother’s Day, we have delved into the innovative realm of startups that have not only captured the market’s attention but have also woven their tech-driven solutions into the hearts of mothers worldwide to make the hardest job in the world slightly less difficult.
It’s International Women’s Day 2024 and a number of senior women from the tech world are working together to create an action-oriented approach to closing the diversity gap in tech leadership.
International Women’s Day is celebrated in the month of March every year, and we have taken this as an opportunity to shine a spotlight on 10 inspirational female founders.
Leading female figures in the global cybersecurity industry will unite at the regional super-connector to discuss the obstacles and opportunities shaping their careers.
The 6th annual #21toWatch innovation awards have been unveiled at an awards ceremony at The Bradfield Centre in Cambridge, the UK Centre for Science, Technology, and Innovation.
Manufacturing specialist Get It Made has announced the launch of its 2024 grant to help encourage the next generation of women in UK engineering by taking female-led organisations to the next level.
On Thursday 18th April, 2024, Playfair and 150 venture capital funds, including Atomico, Balderton, Cherry, Headline, Octopus, Partech, Plug & Play, PointNine, Seedcamp, and SpeedInvest will be holding remote office hours for more than 300 female founders from across Europe.
26% of female professionals from working class backgrounds have received a promotion at their current company – less than half the number of female professionals from upper-middle class backgrounds (59%).
Nuke From Orbit, a UK-based fintech startup, has successfully raised £500,000 in a pre-seed funding round to launch its product. The company, which seeks to transform mobile security, has drawn attention from prominent investors for its novel method of safeguarding financial accounts and personally identifiable information (PII).
As the founder of a startup, it’s a scary thought that roughly 60% fail in the first three years. However, the high failure rate of startups can’t be too much of a deterrent for entrepreneurs given that between 2020 and 2022 the number of tech firms in the UK doubled.
Wobble Genomics, a spin-out from the University of Edinburgh that is pioneering a novel RNA sequencing technique, has secured £8.5 million in funding to commercialise its breakthrough technology.
