Caterpillar receives £450,000 for app that rewards a healthy lifestyle with loyalty points

Caterpillar, the digital rewards app for health promotion, education and behavioural change, has received £450,000 in funding from investors including Jenson Funding Partners, the venture capital firm. The healthtech company will use the funds to add new features to the app, expand the range of loyalty schemes it offers, and for other areas of business development.

The revolutionary shift to EV is imperative but what about recycling?

Automotive giants like Ford, Porsche, BMW, Mercedes and many more are announcing their move to battery electric vehicles (BEVs) often referred to as EVs. The UK government is also signalling its intent to encourage BEVs by promising £450m to be spent on boosting public charging stations by 2030 to reach their 300,000 target.

Celebrating young entrepreneurs

Vodafone has named Jenk Oz, the 16-year-old founder and CEO of social enterprise company Thred Media, as the winner of the latest edition of its Shout Out for Small Businesses competition.

Financing Female Founders
This article is part 26 of 27 in the series IWD 2022

International Women’s Day may have taken place a few weeks ago on the 8th of March, but that doesn’t mean the conversation has to stop there. It is so important that although we highlight this day and all it stands for, we take this further and action all these thoughts and ideas.

LinkedIn for musicians’ Vampr passes $700k in latest funding round

Latest round takes Vampr’s total funding to over $3.3m, in line with explosive user growth; hosting 1.4m users worldwide and brokering over 7m professional relationships

ICT Spring goes beyond frontiers and unveils a new format in 2022

ICT Spring is a centrepiece of Luxembourg’s event calendar and one of the top European tech conferences. Organised by Farvest and hosted next June 30th and July 1st at LuxExpo the Box, the event will inspire delegates across a variety of important topics. Key areas of focus are the fast growing FinTech industry, innovations and technologies building the future of the economy, European Sovereignty in Data & Cloud, Supply Chain initiatives, IT Security, HealthTech, entrepreneurship as well as Space technologies.

Agmis launches accelerator program for early-stage European startups

Agmis has launched an accelerator programme for early-stage European startups. The programme aims to convert promising ideas into minimum viable products in three months. Startups can apply for up to 200,000 Euro investment delivered on a code for equity basis or as a financial investment.

Capital Block becomes the official NFT agency of AS Monaco

The partnership will see AS Monaco and Capital Block work together to further engage with the club’s passionate fans and develop the club’s NFT community, enabling fans to own and collect some of the club’s most famous moments.

10 reasons why your SEO strategy fails

Did you know that Google uses over 200 factors to rank websites? This creates a maze of possibilities and penalties for startup businesses trying to drive organic search traffic.

Effective ways to manage IT all across the world

JumpCloud today announced expansion of its Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) team and that industry veteran Denis Dorval has joined as vice president to manage EMEA expansion from London. The expansion and Dorval’s addition follow a year of strong revenue growth and customer momentum for JumpCloud, including in EMEA.

9 signs that say it’s time for a website redesign

Whether you’re selling remote work software or industrial supplies, a well-designed site is essential to driving new leads and sales. But any good site is being updated constantly, how do you know yours is the best it can be?

Koidra raises $4.5M seed funding to bring intelligent automation to greenhouses

Koidra, an intelligent automation (IA) platform company based out of Seattle, has raised $4.5 million in its seed round. Ospraie Ag Science (OAS) led this round of funding, with participation from Amritam Holdings, Cavallo Ventures, and Foothill Ventures.

LambdaTest closes $45m venture round to scale software test orchestration platform

LambdaTest has closed a total of $45m in a venture round led by Premji Invest with participation from existing investors Sequoia Capital India, Telstra Ventures, Blume Ventures, and Leo Capital. Sandeep Johri, Ex-CEO and present board member of Tricentis, has also angel invested in this round.

Tech start-up to build Malaysia’s electric vehicle charging network

Bicester-based tech start-up EZ-Charge has opened the door to international growth by signing a contract that will see its technology form the backbone of a new electric vehicle charging network in Malaysia.

Four key takeaways from the Black Founders trade mission

As the UK’s tech scene continues to grow, it has become increasingly attractive to international investors. The scale at which you can achieve global success with a UK-based tech company is huge. But what opportunities are available for startups in the US?

4 steps to an email marketing campaign

Marketing expert Philip Bacon shares his four-step beginner’s guide to building a successful email marketing campaign.

Environmental crystal battery unveiled by startup

Theion, a global battery manufacturer of lithium-sulphur cathode technology, announced the appointment of Dr. Ulrich Ehmes as CEO and the upcoming commercial availability of its Crystal Battery for applications, beginning with the aerospace sector.

Raising Finance

Of all the areas of starting and scaling a business that most founders are unsure of it is raising finance. For some, the questions are more basic, whilst for others the questions can be more detailed. Perhaps two of the reasons why there are always so many questions about raising finance is that it is so important for the future growth of the business and indeed that it is such a complex area.

Cashback shopping startup makes appointment

WaffarX, the first-ever cashback shopping service in the MENA region, is delighted to announce the e-commerce veteran and pioneer of cashback shopping, Kevin Johnson, has joined the company as its new Chairman.

Technology reduces on site visits with fast video assessments

SME and SMB businesses can now share in the benefits of SightCall used by larger companies for years, through the only UK SME / SMB representative The Farm Process Management.