Swave Photonics, a forerunner in the implementation of true holography for augmented reality, has announced the successful closure of its seed round expansion. This additional investment of €3M catapults Swave’s total funds raised to €10M.
DigiKey, a global commerce distributor offering a large selection of technical components and automation products in stock for immediate shipment, has partnered with GroupGets to launch the “Get MADE” crowdfunding initiative, a collaboration that promotes and funds hardware creators. This program will allow startups to get hardware funded, produced and sold on DigiKey’s website.
The three-day event of WMF – We Make Future, the International Trade Fair and Festival, held from June 15th to 17th at the Rimini Expo Centre, has come to an end. Organised by Search On Media Group, it brought together the world of innovation in Italy, with over 60.000 attendance from 85 countries, more than 670 exhibitors, 2.000 startups and investors, over 1.000 speakers, and more than 130 institutional, national, and international guests. This solidifies and emphasises the important role that WMF has always played as a platform for building the future and as an accelerator of education, culture, and innovation in service of global society.
Zopa, Banked and Smart Pension are among the winners at this year’s Fintech Awards London 2023, an annual celebration of fintech professionals and companies in London.
Freepik taps former Spotify Exec as Chief Market Development Officer for U.S. expansion and adoption
Freepik has announced the appointment of Jose Florido as Chief Market Development Officer, United States, effective immediately, and the opening of its first U.S. office located in San Francisco.
DREST announces that it raised £15M of funding to continue the genre defining development of its new product proposition, DREST Game 2.0.
Ferrero Group (Ferrero), a global confectionery group, joined forces with AstroLabs, MENA’s trusted partner for innovation and entrepreneurship, to launch a comprehensive data training program designed to enhance the data literacy and skills of over 130 talents.
London-based manufacturing specialist, Get It Made, has launched a new 2023 grant to support the potential of women in innovation and to boost the growth of female employment within the UK industry.
Ultrahuman introduces its newly launched fitness wearable, the Ultrahuman Ring Air. The wearable comes with a new, more compact form that is notch-less, ultra-thin, and boasts a smooth inner shell for comfort.
Technology consultancy esynergy has published brand new research identifying the challenges large enterprises are facing in implementing successful data strategies.
ChatGPT has taken the world by storm over the last few months, with businesses swearing allegiance to the platform and its productivity potential. It’s true that it can be useful for just about anything, from planning what to cook for dinner to generating complex code.
TIS – Tourism Innovation Summit, the global tourism innovation forum that will take place in Seville, Spain from 18 to 20 October, has just announced Ángeles Moreno as new Tourism Innovation Global Summit Congress Curator.
The World Economic Forum welcomes 100 innovative tech firms to its Technology Pioneers community.
Dracula Technologies, a player in energy harvesting through indoor light, has announced a new generation of LAYER OPV modules, with a 25% performance improvement over the previous generation.
Canva, the all-in-one visual communication platform, has released new data and insights from the company’s Visual Economy Report, revealing the majority of business leaders are investing in design literacy and expect employees to demonstrate these skills as the world becomes increasingly visual.
How can you ensure that your startup will survive and thrive in the competitive and dynamic market?
While summer 2023 hasn’t officially begun, the prospect of Christmas appears distant. However, for product-based startups, the most significant time of the year for a successful festive season is just around the corner. For many startup brands, the final 6 weeks of the year account for approximately 50% of annual sales but the work to get there starts a lot earlier.
As an owner of a growing business, you’ll no doubt be constantly generating ideas for new business and increased order volumes. In this ongoing quest, with many novel platforms and approaches coming to the fore, it may be easy to lose sight of more traditional routes to sales.
Do you allow flow in your working day and take time away from the screen to connect with nature?
Valuing any business can be a complicated and often inexact procedure, but arriving at a valuation for an early-stage business is so much more difficult.
