Ctrl Alt, the app that enables investments in alternative assets with as little as £10, will launch on the 17th of November, it was announced today. Founded by an experienced team of financial services and technology experts, Ctrl Alt is set to change the alternative investment universe by providing its users access to assets that have so far been available to only the wealthiest in society.
Penzance-based Varfell Farms is one of the UK’s largest agri-business firms, supplying plants, bulbs, blooms and shrubs to retail chains including B&Q, M&S and Waitrose. After working with staff and students from Falmouth University, the company decided to issue an urgent call for expertise to help develop a prototype robot picker – currently code-named ‘Daffy’.
Air pollution is the most-pressing environmental health crisis of our time with approximately nine in 10 people around the world breathing unclean air. Helping to spotlight this existential threat, cleantech startup Airly is today announcing a $5.5M series A funding round as it targets cleaning the air by understanding the exact sources based on sensor data and comprehensive actionable insights.
HVAC companies are always looking for new and innovative ways to generate leads. As a business owner, it’s important to stay ahead of the competition and find new and creative ways to bring in customers. We’ll discuss eight expert lead-generation tips for HVAC companies, as well as some examples of how these tips can be put into action. So whether you’re just starting or you’ve been in business for years, read on for some valuable insight!
Scrolling through LinkedIn you’d be forgiven for believing a rose-tinted view of startup leadership as a continually exciting, dynamic lifestyle. Whilst that can be the reality, there are also plenty of times when things are anything but – when leaders find themselves feeling isolated and under pressure to keep building the business and making the right decisions.
The current environment is one of increased regulation and scrutiny, which has led to increased pressure on firms’ CFOs and COOs to manage their risks more effectively. This posed many interesting points of discussion and questions that were answered by seasoned experts, Christopher Parmo, Mirela Brox Montell, Bernd Eckel, Martin Kodar, Andrew Hampshire, Maximilian Fleitmann, and Christopher Conradi.
In the past 12 months, we have seen new growth in workplace support specific for men’s health and those assigned male at birth, with over a third (35%) of employers investing in employee benefits specific to this area, according to new research undertaken during September 2022 by digital health app, Peppy.
Apheris, the platform for creating collaborative data ecosystems, has raised €8.7m to further develop its unique technology and build on its growing list of customers and partners, including BASF, Boston Consulting Group, BMW Group and JLABS, Johnson & Johnson’s innovation division. The platform enables organizations to extract value from each other’s decentralized data sets in a way that helps them overcome regulatory, technical, and commercial challenges because the data never moves from the owner’s secure environment.











