On October 11th, Prague will host the continental Startup Champions League finals and the sixth edition of the Startup World Cup. This grand finale of the EU Startup League is happening during the Disraptors Summit (formerly Startup World Cup & Summit).
ProcurementTech Startup, Matchory, has raised €1.6m in a seed funding round led by Earlybird Venture Capital’s UNI-X team, alongside angel investors from industry and procurement.
UK inflation has risen to 10.1% in July, the first time it’s hit double digits in 40 years, according to the ONS – up from 9.4% in June. Driven by rising costs in energy, food, and fuel, this has resulted in a drastic drop in funding and valuations across the startup arena, with a report from Tech Nation revealing that 50% of earlier-stage startups were struggling to scale beyond the seed and pre-seed stages.
The prospect of working as a digital nomad – doing your job from anywhere with an internet connection – is an appealing idea for many UK workers, so much so that Google search volumes for ‘becoming a digital nomad’ have doubled over the last year.
EdTech startup Microverse, an online school for remote software developers where students around the world pay nothing until they land a life-changing job, has doubled its valuation with an extension of $4M to its Series A round.
A significant amount of the new unicorns added last year came from the web3 market. This is in line with the overall trend of growth in the cryptocurrency industry and the rise in popularity of decentralised applications (dApps).
The Royal Academy of Engineering’s Enterprise Hub has published a new Entrepreneur’s Handbook to support founders of spinout companies.
This is the second of a two-part series we at Colorintech have put together on the topic of “What Early-Stage VCs Think About Traction”.
Companies tackling the world’s biggest environmental and social issues deserve recognition, but currently they receive less than 1% of all available funding [1].
Foundy, one of Europe’s fastest-growing startup acquisition marketplaces, has announced a £1.25m round led by Fuel Ventures, as it aims to capitalise on the strong market demand from startups interested in full and secondary buyouts or fundraising.
UK entrepreneurs are being encouraged to share pictures and videos of the realities they face as business owners, to raise awareness of the true experiences of running a small business.
It has been said that ‘when the going gets tough, the tough get going’. But in reality, when a recession is looming and the business environment gets even tougher than normal, many more businesses, especially early-stage businesses, will fail.
The ‘war for talent’ is only intensifying, meaning every perk counts. If you weren’t offering your remote/hybrid team members an attractive home office package before, you should seriously consider doing so now.
Black woman-owned and led, Discussion Box founded by Lisa Carter, helps global brands bring together high-level stakeholders for conversations that change history.
Walt Disney’s first animation company went bankrupt before he created his entertainment empire. August Horch was ousted from his company before going on to pioneer what would eventually become Audi. Bill Gates’ traffic data measuring company failed when many states began offering this service for free
Now you have considered the website and your needs in my previous article, you’ll want to get started. Most websites are built in one of three ways and the path you choose will be influenced by budget, knowledge, and your available time.
With research showing that 70-90% of M&As fail even during favourable economic conditions, expert advisers have become even more critical in helping deals get over the line in the current climate.
AeroCloud Systems (AeroCloud), the 100% cloud native software platform dedicated to the support of airports, has won a contract to provide the Flight Information Display Systems (FIDS) and gate management systems (GMS) for the largest international airport in The Bahamas and the 4th largest airport in the Caribbean.
On-demand vinyl platform, elasticStage, has announced the latest closing of its seed round which has now raised £3.5m in total for the British tech startup.
Tovie AI, a conversational commerce company based in the UK, predicts the interactive and personalised shopping experience is the new demand in the post-pandemic retail world.
