Dubai Startup Launches AI-Driven SaaS Solution

Oasis Defender, a UAE-based startup, is advancing multi-Cloud security with its AI-driven SaaS solution for Cloud network security, designed for unified visualisation and configuration across multiple Clouds.

Eco packaging entrepreneur in Britain’s Top 50 Most Ambitious Business Leaders

David MacDonald, CEO, and owner of Cullen Packaging was named as one of Britain’s ‘Top 50 most Ambitious Business Leaders for 2023’.

Founders should be encouraged to indulge in a new style of networking

The stats show that more than a third (39%) of women in business find working from home lonely – as indeed I did myself.

Should the founder wear a suit, hoodie, or be a monkey?

The suit is dead. Long live a monkey! It used to be simple. If you wanted to look professional and gain trust for investments, you’d wear a suit. Startup culture killed it.

My Sister, My Business Partner

Family relationships are tricky – they can be a source of both tension and solidarity.

WORD-OF-MOUTH APP LAUNCHED IN MANCHESTER LAST WEEK

The Circle of Trust, the Manchester founded, female led company launched in the UK last week at No. 1 Circle Square in the presence of the great and the good of the Manchester business community.

Startups with patents and trade marks are 10 times more successful in securing funding

The European Patent Office (EPO) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) have published a new joint study highlighting how much patents and trade marks can boost the success of European startups.

Top 5 pain points for UK SMEs when it comes to sustainability

New data published by Rimm Sustainability reveals that more than a third of UK SMEs (36%) find it challenging to understand what they should be reporting on when it comes to sustainability.

TIS2023 opens its doors to build a new, more sustainable tourism model

TIS – Tourism Innovation Summit 2023 returns to Seville, Spain, for another year to define a roadmap that will allow the tourism industry to continue to grow while meeting the increasing demands for sustainability from governments and travellers.

Royal Academy of Engineering partners with Irish Academy of Engineering and InterTradeIreland

The Royal Academy of Engineering, the Irish Academy of Engineering and InterTradeIreland have jointly announced new funding to support Ireland-based academic entrepreneurs and to map the all-island engineering economy for the first time.

Strategic positioning essential for pre-scaled tech companies seeking premium M&A valuations

The tech M&A landscape has been shifting to a buyer’s market in 2023. With lower valuations, reduced competition for deals, and an abundance of attractive growth assets available, cash-rich corporations are well-positioned to capitalise on these opportunities through strategic acquisitions.

Biotech company Gero secures $6M in Series A extension round

Gero, a biotechnology company focused on ageing and chronic disease, has closed $6M in a Series A extension round, bringing the total funding raised to date to $20M.

Ai Build secures $8.5m Series A funding for AI-powered 3D printing

Ai Build, the Additive Manufacturing software company, has raised a Series A round of $8.5 million led by IQ Capital, with participation from Nikon as a strategic investor alongside its existing investors including Superseed, ACT Venture Partners, Atlas Ventures (UK) and Seedcamp.

Access Intelligence’s SVP Commercial: How Forward-Thinking Leaders Profit from Breakthrough Innovations

In this interview series Richard Richie, Managing Partner of Alcon Maddox, gets some of London’s most forward-thinking tech leaders to spill the beans on what is making their companies so successful and what innovations the future has in store.

Fintech for good secures £1m to help more people in financial need

Lightning Reach is a fintech for good startup that enables rapid access to emergency hardship cash grants for those in need.

The rise of the neurodivergent female entrepreneur

Did you know that neurodiversity in business has been PROVEN to improve the success of a company’s performance?

The mission is possible: navigating marketing in fast-growth regulated sectors

The fastest-growing sectors on the world tech sector’s stage are fintech (financial technology), SaaS technologies, cybersecurity, and health technology.

Numerous VCs show support for Israeli startups amid ongoing conflict

More than 500 venture capital firms worldwide, including several from Asia, collectively signed an open letter expressing their solidarity with Israel and its technology sector in the midst of the conflict with Hamas.

Employers probably have more menopause support than they realise

Even if employers do not have a dedicated menopause support provider, they may well have more support for menopause than they realise, according to GRiD.

Barclays partners with Engine Shed for its Bristol-based Eagle Lab

Barclays announced its first Bristol-based Eagle Lab during Bristol Technology Festival last week, creating a further boost for the West of England startup and entrepreneurial ecosystem.