The transportation landscape in the Global South is fraught with challenges. High costs, unreliable services, and an infrastructure that often fails to meet the needs of its population.
Transport is evolving. As it has done throughout the past 200 years, mind you. But its new, and current, iteration leading the way is not airships or the petrol-guzzling automobile, but EVs.
In addition to the other reasons many entrepreneurs decide to start a startup: passion about an idea, belief in a product; wanting to change the world or even to make a lot of money, it is important to understand that these motivations need not be singular.
Have you ever been told you are “too close to the matter” to give a full or unbiased overview? What you are being told is you need to give the matter some space to see things clearer. Kuva Space is literally doing that.
With many elements of our modern world revolving around extraterrestrial components, such as satellites, the importance of such technologies cannot be underestimated. We rely on them for information they provide to us on Earth, but also for insights into the devices themselves.
“ I was born in a family where you either become a professional athlete, or you become a poet or a writer.” Co-founder and CEO of Bioniq Vadim Fedotov tells Startups Magazine. Although sports and writing don’t really seem to relate, to reach excellence in either requires a certain quality. Fedotov chose to become an athlete, but following a career cut short by injury, he turned that pursuit for quality to his next passion: health. First focusing on his own, then on health as a whole, this saw Fedotov found a startup offering ‘the world’s most personalised supplements.”
If you’ve ever had backpain, you know its no fun. Social occasions, exercise, work, the shadow of back pain hangs over all of them. But not only is the fear of a flare-up real, but should one occur, then the costs, both physical and material, can be devastating. In the UK, reports highlight how lower back pain costs the country’s National Health Service nearly £5 billion annually from GP appointments alone.
Founder of Starling Anne Boden revealed to a Keynote Theatre on day one of Tech Show London the struggles she faced in fundraising because she is a woman and how she sees AI could bridge such gaps for female founders.
Leaders are navigating an increased call for operational transparency, improving their employees’ wellbeing or reaching B Corp status with sustainable practices.
London-based telehealth company QuestPrehab has won a world-first, pioneering contract to provide digital prehabilitation (‘prehab’) services to China.
The Underdog Tech Award, an innovative international accolade for tech startup founders located outside major tech hubs, proudly announces its 2024 shortlist.
On day one of ISE 2024, Startups Magazine’s Anna Wood talked to Zoe from THINKSO, a pioneering company at the forefront of designing integrated systems for teaching and conference environments.
A major new independent review into addressing and overcoming the inequality faced by disabled-led businesses has been launched with backing from the UK Government.
The Government is creating a new Small Business Council due to launch next month which will bring together SME leaders from across the country.
The most recent Baltic Startup Funding Report, a collaborative effort by FIRSTPICK and Change Ventures, offers a comparative analysis of startup funding in the Baltic states against European frontrunners.
On day one of ISE 2024, Anna Wood from Startups Magazine spoke with Pepe from Li.LAC about their innovative microphone disinfector, which has become the new standard in microphone hygiene.
During ISE 2024, Anna Wood from Startups Magazine interviewed Ethan from IMAGO Technologies, where they discussed IMAGO’s innovative approach to enhancing classroom and meeting experiences.
The recruitment tech startup HireAra has raised a £450,000 Seed round for their AI-powered candidate presentation platform for recruitment agencies. The platform helps recruiters to make their brand and their candidates stand out to hiring clients, increasing the speed at which these candidates are placed in new roles.
While worrying UK tech skills shortage headlines continue to dominate the news agenda, a survey* released today reveals that a fractured recruitment process is hindering businesses’ access to the right tech talent; 74% of businesses are failing to complete any relevant testing and a further 32% are relying on non-technical specialists to hire tech talent.
Jasper SME Hub, an accelerator and business school for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), has launched an ambitious initiative to directly support the growth of 50,000 Nigerian businesses by 2025.
