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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Female Innovation Index 2026 Women drive Europe’s next wave of growth
Women drive Europe’s next wave of growth

Female founders across Europe are scaling faster, raising bigger rounds, and securing higher levels of…

Smart glasses with privacy in mind

Brilliant Labs, Neuphonic, and TheStage AI have announced a strategic partnership to enable frontier AI…

Canva strengthens offering with MangoAI and Cavalry acquisitions
Canva strengthens offering with MangoAI and Cavalry acquisitions

Canva has announced the acquisitions of both MangoAI and Cavalry. These acquisitions will further advance…

Enterprise Britain urges bold economic reset
Enterprise Britain urges bold economic reset

Enterprise Britain, a movement that is focused on building a better and more prosperous future…

Startups creating fewer jobs as UK struggles with unemployment
Startups creating fewer jobs as UK struggles with unemployment

The UK is experiencing an unemployment crisis. The UK unemployment rate has hit a near…

AI-first ambitions tested by infrastructure and skills gaps
AI-first ambitions tested by infrastructure and skills gaps

UK entrepreneurs are enthusiastically embracing AI as a driver of growth, efficiency, and competitiveness, with…

£20M fund backs UK addiction treatment tech
£20M fund backs UK addiction treatment tech

Innovators across the UK are being offered £20 million of government funding to develop cutting-edge…

Startups Magazine unveils new website
Startups Magazine unveils new website

If you hadn’t yet realised, Startups Magazine has recently unveiled its newly redesigned website, introducing…

Hustle Awards: Workspace of the Year Award
Hustle Awards: Workspace of the Year Award

The Workspace of the Year Award at the Hustle Awards celebrates work environments that go…

The startup on a mission to tackle the underage vaping epidemic
The startup on a mission to tackle the underage vaping epidemic

Vape Guardian is a UK-based startup that has created vape detection technology to tackle the…

Labour of love: 85% of UK SME leaders would “do it all again”
Labour of love: 85% of UK SME leaders would “do it all again”

This Valentine’s Day, Employment Hero is celebrating the heart of the UK economy: British small…

Startup sweethearts: romance and risk in the industry
Startup sweethearts: romance and risk in the industry

Ahead of Valentine’s Day, we take a look into a rarely talked about, but often…

One-third of founders will cut jobs this year due to AI
One-third of founders will cut jobs this year due to AI

One in three scaleup founders are expecting to cut jobs this year due to AI…

NatWest targets five-fold growth in Accelerator community
NatWest targets five-fold growth in Accelerator community

NatWest has announced that it is planning a major expansion of its support for UK…

amperry at ISE 2026
amperry at ISE 2026

At ISE 2026, Managing Editor Paige Hookway spoke with Alberto Paccagnella, Co-Founder of amperry about…

SCAI Engineering at ISE 2026
SCAI Engineering at ISE 2026

At ISE 2026, Managing Editor Paige Hookway spoke with Martí Blancher, Co-Founder and CTO of…

WIZAMA at ISE 2026
Wizama at ISE 2026

At ISE 2026, Managing Editor Paige Hookway spoke with Florent Guitton, Co-Founder of Wizama about…

Wealthtech startup Sidekick raises £7.8M
Wealthtech startup Sidekick raises £7.8M

Sidekick, the wealth platform built for professionals whose finances are becoming more complex as their…

ScentXP at ISE 2026
ScentXP at ISE 2026

At ISE 2026, Managing Editor Paige Hookway spoke with Luis Garrido from ScentXP to discuss…

Soundshape at ISE 2026
Soundshape at ISE 2026

At ISE 2026, Managing Editor Paige Hookway speaks with Jari Hazelebach, Founder and CEO of…