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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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.

Cashback shopping startup makes appointment

WaffarX, the first-ever cashback shopping service in the MENA region, is delighted to announce the e-commerce veteran and pioneer of cashback shopping, Kevin Johnson, has joined the company as its new Chairman.

Funding for Middle East’s largest AI digital health platform

Altibbi, the Middle East’s largest AI-based digital health platform, announces a $44m, Series B fund raise; the largest single financing round for a regional Digital Health company.

Startup C12 & CEA collab for quantum computers

CEA, a French key player in research, development and innovation, and C12 Quantum Electronics, a startup focused on developing the next-generation of quantum computers using carbon nanotubes, announced a partnership to produce the first multi-qubit chips at wafer scale.

Top 5 cities for women in tech

As our lives have gone more digital, an increasing number of women are transitioning into areas across tech. So, as tech investment surges across the UK, experts from FDM Group have collected data on the most prosperous cities women can work in.

This article is part 25 of 27 in the series IWD 2022
Truck-as-a-service startup

American startup company WattEV has placed an order for 50 Volvo VNR Electric trucks. Over the next several months, the trucks will be deployed in WattEV’s Truck-as-a-Service model (TaaS). TaaS provides shippers and carriers access to Class 8 battery-electric trucks at a per-mile rate, including charging, that is on par with the total cost of operating diesel trucks.

Fintech startup completes $1.2m fundraise

FlapKap, a company revolutionising e-commerce and SaaS growth in the MEA region, announces its launch and successful completion of a $1.2m fundraise.

6 startups lead AI to net zero

The latest group of innovative startups has joined Digital Catapult’s Machine Intelligence Garage programme – an artificial intelligence and machine learning accelerator that has supported more than 100 startups to raise a total of £52m investment.

Top 100 next unicorns

Viva Technology in partnership with GP Bullhound today released its 2022 ‘Top 100 Next Unicorns’, its annual list of the 100 most promising scale-ups in Europe (including UK and Israel) – having the attributes to reach a potential valuation of USD 1 billion or more, in the near future.

Women in the workplace

As a nation, it’s important for us to raise awareness about the biases that exist, and to take action towards equality. 

This article is part 24 of 27 in the series IWD 2022
‘Blue’ SMEs face key barriers to growth

A specialist international business network is calling for greater opportunity to enable blue economy entrepreneurs, startups and SMEs to scale up and fulfil their growth potential.

SME technological solutions to gov challenges

Global technology company IBM and Plexal, the innovation company founded by Delancey, have developed new technology with SMEs in response to the UK government’s innovation and technology priorities.

3 green tips from ‘world’s most sustainable company’

Schneider Electric’s seminar at Sustainability LIVE invited the audience to join its journey to net zero. Ranked as the ‘world’s most sustainable company’ in 2021 by Corporate Knights Global with an overall score of 83.2%, its Energy & Sustainability Director, Barry Hurst, offered advice on how to make your business greener.

$4m pre-seed for plant-based egg alternative

Just three months after its pre-seed round, an impressive group of Europe’s leading food tech entrepreneurs, startup founders and investors have joined Berlin food tech company, Perfeggt.

Cleantech startup launches campaign to deliver power to Ukrainian refugees

Lifesaver Power, the cleantech startup on a mission to provide fairer and cleaner products to individuals and businesses, has relaunched its Lifeline to the Frontline campaign to supply power banks to Ukrainian refugees. This comes as the situation in Ukraine continues to worsen, with two million people now reported to have fled the country and no end to their plight in sight. 

App to make more sustainable food choices

An app designed to help consumers make informed choices about the environmental impact of their weekly food shop has recently celebrated its launch.

Platform to help SMEs with bidding

Wednesday 9th March sees the launch of the latest iteration of the UK Government G-Cloud.

£2.58m raised for semiconductor startup

Foresight Williams are pleased to announce an investment into Zero Point Motion Limited; an early-stage semiconductor company which is developing a chip-scale inertial measurement unit (“IMU”) for ultra-precise motion-tracking and indoor navigation.

Women may have to work harder to get in the door

This female-founded startup is on a mission to revolutionise venues across the globe using data and AI. As co-founder, Tanuvi Ethunandan, described it: “Our aim is to be the ‘Waze’ for people management in venues and cities.”

This article is part 9 of 27 in the series IWD 2022
PEEQUAL: Innovating the inequality of women’s healthcare

This International Women’s Day we are celebrating female founders and other women’s contributions to the world of startups. I caught up with Amber Probyn, aged 23, who co-founded PEEQUAL: the “UK’s first female urinal”.

This article is part 8 of 27 in the series IWD 2022