The second day of pitching battles at the Startups & Investment Matching (SIM) conference was as fierce as the first! Once again separated by sector, day two saw healthtech and wellbeing, security and prevention, and agritech and & foodtech startups take to the stage to present their innovations.
At the Startups & Investment Matchmaking (SIM) conference in Porto, the pitch battles have been intense. Separating startups by sector, three lucky startups per industry got the chance to pitch before an audience of investor jurors, hoping to secure funding for their innovations.
A first-of-its-kind event is coming to London to highlight the need for intersectionality in investing. Dubbed an ‘(un)conference’ due its focus on championing unheard voices and pioneering a new approach to tech events, the intersectional incredibles Forum (iiF) will be hosted on 16 July at Google headquarters in London.
IMRO, the Irish based, international performing rights organisation, has announced a partnership with Audoo, the music recognition technology company on a mission to revolutionise public performance royalty distribution.
A poll by business consultancy, GAIN LINE, has revealed a major disconnect between organisational leaders, and their employees. When asked whether employees have an input into critical decisions that affect them, three-quarters of ‘owners’ and 90% of ‘directors’ said ‘yes’. However, when asked the same question, over half of ‘junior’ staff (56%) responded ‘no’, they do not feel they have an input into critical business decisions.
Finnish hyperspectral satellite and AI insights company Kuva Space has secured a €1.8 million contract to join the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Civil Security from Space (CSS) programme. The company will provide advanced hyperspectral situational awareness information to monitor and address civil security and crisis situations.
Over the past few years, health and wellbeing support has become increasingly important to potential employees when choosing a company to join, as reported by 34% of employers in the latest study from Towergate Health & Protection.
That’s a wrap on another edition of SME XPO, with the 2024 event attracting nearly 4447 visitors over two dynamic days of networking, learning, and collaboration.
How to Web Conference, the startup and technology conference in Eastern Europe, has announced its recent “How to Web on Tour” event in London.
About:Energy, an innovator in battery development software has announced its partnership with McMurtry Automotive, an innovator in electric vehicles, to further enhance the battery technology for their McMurtry Spéirling and Spéirling PURE customer cars.
Showerkap, a UK-based tech startup, has developed a water management system that allows organisations to monitor and conserve water usage while encouraging users to adopt more sustainable habits that decrease water consumption, carbon emissions, and costs.
Insurtech firm PeppercornAI has successfully secured £3.25 million in its recent funding round.
New research into the adoption of employee benefits has indicated that HR leaders throughout the UK find that benefits and workplace perks are not meeting expectations.
NatWest has recently extended its inaugural mass-market Intellectual Property-backed loan to Sci-Net, a rapidly expanding software enterprise located just outside Oxford, in Chipping Norton.
DeepL, a global specialist in Language AI, has unveiled its latest offering tailored for businesses, DeepL Write Pro. This new release – DeepL’s first service powered by its own LLM – changes the game for knowledge workers writing any type of business content.
TaxScouts has introduced a rapid, high-quality, and affordable tax filing service for the 5.5 million SMEs in the UK.
New data suggests that more than one in three overworked Brits now feel that their workload is unmanageable, signalling a burgeoning mental health crisis in the UK workforce.
At the heart of every robust software application lies a well-structured backend. It’s the engine room where the magic happens, unseen by users but essential to the functionality of the app.
TOCA Football has announced an investment from Norwegian Chess Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen.
NEC X, the Silicon Valley-based innovation accelerator and venture studio backed by global IT giant NEC, has announced the startups chosen to join the Elev X! Ignite cohort Batch 11.
