Anna Wood

Anna Wood is the Editor of Startups Magazine. She joined the team in June 2023 as Deputy Editor, and has since been promoted to Editor of the publication. When it comes to the startup sector, Anna has a keen interest in spacetech, biotech, medtech, anything that flies, and shining a light on the gender and diversity funding gap. Outside of work hours, you can find Anna tucking into a book, a nice meal, and playing her Switch!

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NexGen Cloud Launches Hyperstack to Deliver On-Demand GPU-Accelerated Cloud Solution

NexGen Cloud, the sustainable Infrastructure-as-a-Service provider, has launched Hyperstack, an NVIDIA GPU-accelerated cloud platform that enables direct-to-compute, GPU-accelerated cloud access for the European market.

‘Boss Up Programme’ Launched to Support West Midlands Startups

A Wolverhampton-based business duo has announced the launch of an interactive programme for aspiring businesspeople across the West Midlands.

Voxel AI tech increases funding to $30 million

Every year over 340 million workers suffer a workplace injury: slips and falls, strains and sprains, vehicle collisions and crashes. Voxel, an AI startup using computer vision to transform safety and operations in the workplace, has announced a $12 million strategic funding round to improve workplace safety and save lives.

MM raise £600K to provide more real-life dating experiences

MM, a dating app that merges tech with real life experiences has raised £600,000 in seed funding.

FuturePlus Selected by Barons Eden Group to Tackle Sustainability Challenges

Sustainability management and ESG reporting platform FuturePlus has been appointed by multi award-winning UK hotel and spa company, Barons Eden Group, to help it track, measure and improve its sustainability performance.

High Street Banks slash Funding for SMEs

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are finding it increasingly hard to access funding from high street banks, new data from fintech firm iwoca reveals.

Gresham House Ventures invests into traveltech business Branchspace

Gresham House Ventures, a growth equity investor specialising in software and digitally driven businesses, has completed a £5 million investment into Branchspace, a technology consultancy and software provider working with airlines to enhance and transform their digital retailing capabilities.

Exchange welcomes successful alumni as mentors to sixth Manchester cohort

Tech scaleup support programme, Exchange has welcomed a bank of new additions to its mentor and advisory network including three successful alumni entrepreneurs, as it onboards its sixth cohort of early-stage businesses.

Canva Celebrates 10 Years of Empowering the World to Design

Canva, the all-in-one visual communication platform celebrates the 10-year anniversary of Co-Founders Melanie Perkins, Cliff Obrecht and Cameron Adams launching Canva with the ambitious mission to empower the world to design.

Lithuania should seize foreign direct investment advantage

Lithuania needs to harness “the enormous power” of international investment to boost its economic opportunities in an increasingly globalised world, says serial global investor Nigel Green.

London becomes home to 16,260 new businesses – highest record in the UK

The business experts at Forbes Advisor have conducted an analysis of the most recent UK business demography statistics report from the Office for National Statistics.

Navian Announces Partnership with Address, a Real Estate Startup

Navian, the 2023 Nordic PropTech Awards winner, has announced a strategic partnership with Address, an impact-focused Norwegian real estate company revolutionising homeownership access through their unique Rent-to-Own programme.

Submissions open for inaugural Xero Beautiful Business Fund

Xero, the global small business platform, has opened applications for its inaugural Xero Beautiful Business Fund, designed to celebrate small businesses and help accelerate their growth. The initiative is now open for submissions with more than £360,000 in funding available globally.

Clockwise plans to launch first ever workspace in the metaverse

As the lines between reality and the metaverse continue to blur, UK and Europe flexible workspace operator Clockwise announce their plans to launch the first office space in the metaverse, the Clockwise Campus, catapulting the office industry into the new age.

Portkey.ai secures $3M funding round to enable businesses to create AI apps fast

Increasing competition and the viral popularity of ChatGPT is spurring businesses to launch AI apps but they face time and budget constraints in rolling these out. Helping businesses solve this bottleneck, Portkey.ai has announced a $3 million seed funding round empowering engineering teams to build and launch generative AI apps faster.

VCTs increase support for businesses amid wider decline in VC funding

The Venture Capital Trust Association (VCTA) has published new data gathered from over 600 early-stage companies that have benefited from VCT funding, which shows that deployment of capital into early-stage startups grew 8% year-on-year to £664 million, proving resilient in context of wider UK venture capital funding, which fell by almost a quarter (23%) in 2022.

Businesses are struggling to retain diverse tech employees

Ineffective diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) strategies are risking businesses’ ability to retain diverse tech employees, with 64% of UK businesses reporting that they have lost employees from diverse backgrounds.

Occupop Launches ChatGPT Recruitment Prompt Library

Occupop, a user-friendly recruitment software tailored for SMBs, has introduced an innovative AI prompt library, known as the ‘ChatGPT Prompt Library for Recruitment’.

Beginner’s guide to running a corporate charity fundraiser

Many charities rely on the support of generous businesses, giving companies the chance to contribute to philanthropic causes. Not only does this help the charity but can also have huge benefits for your business.

Startups@EMO Hannover – 60 startups show their expertise

EMO Hannover 2023 from September 18 to 23 will once again feature a large Startup Area on Stand E34 in Hall 9, presented jointly by the EMO organiser VDW (German Machine Tool Builders’ Association) and the VDMA Startup Machine.