Bea O'Flaherty

Bea graduated from the University of Glasgow with a degree in English Literature and shortly after began her career at Startups Magazine. She is an environmental enthusiast and very concerned with sustainability, always endeavouring to shop locally and ethically. She is also a huge foodie that absolutely adores cooking. If she's not behind her desk or whipping up a vegetarian dish in the kitchen, you'll probably find her watching The Chase or 00's TV shows.  

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Metaverse startup for users without VR headset

Challau, the metaverse platform which enables users without a VR headset or high-end computer to enter immersive 3D environments, has raised a pre-seed round from 7percent Ventures, whose team first backed Oculus VR.

Industry 4.0 analytics startup secures £1m

FourJaw, whose manufacturing data analytics platform is unlocking five-fold increases in shopfloor productivity, has secured a second round of angel investment and Innovate UK funding worth £1m, to accelerate its growth and support high-value-added manufacturers across the country.

Five tips to make your business greener

Earth Day commences on the 22nd of April. Earth Day marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. It celebrates the importance of recycling in preserving our natural resources and securing the future of our planet.

People need a sustainable swap for Earth Day

This Earth Day, Gaia’s Farming Co. is urging people to make a sustainable swap from dairy to its deliciously creamy ‘Hemp and Oat M*lk’ and extra chocolatey ‘Hemp and Coco M*lk’.

Leveraging data to boost your digital business platform

Businesses need to stay ahead of the game. Whether you market yourself as practical or technologically complex, it is vital that you keep up to data with the latest tech to further your sales.

Introducing IoT Insider – where IoT meets industry

IoT Insider, a sister publication sprung from the flagship, Electronic Specifier, is the perfect read for technological visionaries.

Employees can offset CO2 with this business card

CarbonPay, a sustainable fintech platform that offers the planet’s most impactful payment cards and makes everyday climate action simpler, announced the launch of its corporate prepaid offering, CarbonPay Business Ctrl.

Innovative startups offered seed funding

– Amcor, who develop and produce responsible packaging solutions, announced the launch of Amcor Lift-Off, an open-call initiative aimed at supporting seed stage startups that are focused on innovative packaging solutions and related technologies. Amcor Lift-Off offers these startups a chance to secure an investment of $250,000, as well as operational guidance, to take their ideas to the next level.

Inflation and supply issues exacerbated by the war

Vistage, a business performance and leadership advancement organisation for small and medium sized businesses, released its quarterly UK SME CEO Confidence Index for Q1 2022. The report sees the business confidence index hit 99.3 points, a 18% decrease since the last quarter.

Win free startup workspace in London

Flexible workspace operator, beyond, has launched a new competition for London-based startups born out of the pandemic to win free space within its flagship beyond Aldgate Tower.

Cost of living & burnout are flight risks

Research released by all-in-one HR, benefits and payroll platform Employment Hero has found that British small businesses are facing a rocky road ahead as only 40% of employees feel fairly paid for their work and over half of the workforce have a work-life balance that is average or poor.

Rattle raises $26m to revolutionise revenue team work

Rattle, the SaaS company pioneering revenue orchestration, today announced $26 million in Series A funding led by New York-based global venture capital and private equity firm Insight Partners with participation from GV and existing investors Sequoia & Lightspeed.

Reasons to avoid ‘greenwashing’ your business

Increasing numbers of businesses are choosing to make sustainability a top priority. However, many are deploying deceptive tactics which amount to nothing more than a façade of sustainability.

Agri-tech startups could win $2m in food innovation challenge

The second edition of the global FoodTech Challenge, that seeks to find the next wave of technology innovations on the cusp of transforming traditional agriculture practices, efficiently and sustainably, was launched at the EXPO2020 Dubai, and 4th of April 2022, unveils the competition’s pooled prize amount of $2m.

AI-startup shortlisted for ‘Startup Tech Company of the Year’

iKVA, the Cambridge-based AI-enabled knowledge management software solutions company, has been shortlisted for this year’s National Technology Awards ‘Startup Tech Company of the Year’, in recognition of its pioneering data discovery technology which helps businesses to operate more efficiently.

76% of organisations suffered downtime and data loss in 2021

Acronis, the global leader in cyber protection, has released its annual Cyber Protection Week Global Report 2022 timed to this year’s World Backup Day.

Blockchain startup celebrates one year

Disruptive blockchain technology company StrikeX has hit a major milestone with the celebration of its first anniversary. Started in the depths of the UK’s third Covid-19 lockdown in March 2021 by co-founders Joe Jowett, CEO, and Kishan Vadgama, CCO, StrikeX was born with a vision to democratise the investment industry and empower retail investors.

Diversity issues could adversely impact UK tech

The vast majority of London tech companies still have hardly any female or BIPOC representation at board level, according to new research released today by Tech London Advocates.

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Startup develops mental performance measuring technology

In cooperation with the University of Vienna, Arcletic developed a new technology to measure mental performance. Now they bring these mental trainings from elite sports to all high performers smartphones, as a gamified freemium app.

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.