Startups

A professional network for young people

Uptree has not only been designed as a professional careers platform and network to help young people get started in the world of work, find work experience, apprenticeships etc, but also to democratise the entire careers education process. The work Uptree have been doing also won Tamsin Dewhurst the Founder of the Year award at our very own Hustle Awards 2020. We caught up with her to find out more.

Meet the startups

As we now know, this year’s CRL cohort is slightly different with a larger number of startups initially involved, and then after a six-week period, a hackathon and a pitch day, six will be chosen to continue on the accelerator programme. I got the chance to catch up with all 18 startups, to find out a little bit about the founders, the business, their big ideas and some of the challenges they have faced with their products and proof of concepts so far.

electronRx – a new therapeutic paradigm

electronRx is a deep tech startup, based in Cambridge, UK. The company’s story began in 2017 when Founder, Dr Bipin Patel set out to transform how we deliver healthcare and treat disease. The company is built from a team of interdisciplinary scientists and engineers who have all been brought together to develop novel technologies to sense the physiological environment and inform personalised therapeutic interventions.

Monneo: one platform, multiple banks

Here, Startups Magazine speaks to Lilia Metodieva, Managing Director of Monneo, European fintech startup. 

MindKite: a social platform where positivity and mindset matters

For Mental Health Awareness Week, Startups Magazine spoke to Jamie Kerr, Founder of MindKite, a mental wellbeing social media app and global community platform launching in early May 2021.

Meet the startup empowering a new generation of conscious consumers

Here, Startups Magazine speaks to Hristian Nedyalkov, Co-founder and CEO at Novus, the next generation impact-driven sustainable banking app.

Austrian AR leader enhances e-commerce experience for retailers and consumers

Reactive Reality is a leading Austria and California-based augmented reality (AR) company enabling brands to reduce costly and environmentally damaging returns, by improving their customers online shopping experiences through the generation of high-quality digital models of people and products.

The Owlett – a camera to help the visually impaired around the house

There are a lot of things that we take for granted. Something as simple as reading the label on the ingredients for dinner is quick and easy; but not for everyone. For all the wonderful things making our lives easier, there is still a lack of tech out there which effectively assists blind people in everyday tasks, such as reading text. Billy Wood, Founder of Owlett, has set out to change this.

The wearable for expectant mothers

According to the stillbirth, premature birth and miscarriage charity, Tommy’s, one in every 250 pregnancies end in a stillbirth. That’s around 3,400 babies dying every year, or nine every day, on average. But research has shown that some still births can be prevented.

Trash for cash

All products go through the different lifecycle stages of introduction, growth, maturity, and decline. As such, companies need to learn about the lifecycle stage to set performance goals, such as sales and profit growth targets, and make resource allocation decisions, such as strategic and human resource planning. A product lifecycle can last for several days or even continue for years.

Meet the startup that is tenacious about ethical business growth

Growth Animals was founded during lockdown in 2020 by a team of tenacious marketeers that want to do more than just marketing, they want to give back. Here, Startups Magazine, speaks to Chris Thornhill, Co-founder & CEO of Growth Animals to find out more.

Simplifying remote work, anywhere in the world

Remote is an international HR tech startup that enables companies to hire people all over the world, wherever they are located. Remote is the first self-serve platform for global employment, and the startup also supports payroll, taxes, benefits, and compliance for businesses of any size. Here, Startups Magazine speaks to Nadia Vatalidis, Director of People at Remote to find out more.

The ETHOS Network: changing social for a changing world

Ethos is the home of social discussion. A socially responsible alternative to platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, the channel provides a safe and connected online space that encourages conversations which discuss a variety of social issues. It aims to encourage others to learn from, engage, and interact with unique content that inspires and motivates a new generation. Here, Startups Magazine, speaks to Alejandra de Brunner, Founder and CEO to find out more.

Cheers to turning beer kegs and casks into smart containers

As the pubs re-open today – hooray – outside only course, we thought we wold highlight some of our beer related startups to celebrate! Did you know, after water and tea, beer is the most consumed liquid by human? In the UK alone, there are more than 2,100 breweries and 120,000 alcohol-serving retail locations, which results in over nine million kegs in existence.

Why car-sharing means fewer cars and better cities

Global car-sharing startup Getaround has already removed 10,000 cars from the streets of Paris. Could your city be next?

The First Ever Vendor List Company Opens in the UK

At first glance, you may be wondering what a vendor list is and how it could ever be a profitable business. Well, we are in the year 2021, in the middle of a global pandemic and women everywhere are stepping out of their comfort zone and making big things happen from their brilliant ideas and imaginations.

Busting the myths around starting your own business

COVID has caused disruption in the business and education sector like nothing before. With the unpredictability of exam cancellations, the jobs market simultaneously seizing up and becoming flooded with job-seekers, and with some sectors unrecognisable to what they were this time last year, many young people are considering the option of ‘going it alone’ when it comes to taking their first steps in to the workplace.

Letting the fans sit in the director’s seat

Multiview Media allows you to increase revenue, reach and reaction. Converting iconic historic content or streaming live events in an immersive way, we caught up with Ray Meadham CEO of Multiview Media.

Money made personal

Quirk’s goal is to empower people to take control of their money, feel secure about the decisions they’re making, and make use of data and intelligence to help humanise the world of money and finance.

Green energy out of the blue

As the world strives to decarbonise the way we live, travel, and work, there is an urgent need to rapidly increase the generation and use of electricity from renewable power. Today we can successfully capture energy from the sun, wind and even tides, but we have not yet succeeded commercially in harnessing one of the largest green energy sources on earth – our ocean waves.