Paige Hookway

Paige graduated from the University of Greenwich in 2014 with a 2:1 in English Literature. She joined Startups Magazine in February 2022 as Managing Editor and has a keen interest in the latest technology developments and promoting engineering as a viable career option for the younger generation. 

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UK’s most successful deeptech founders unite for the first time

SCVC, an UK early-stage deeptech venture capital firm, has appointed John Williams as its partner – a move that unites two of the country’s most successful deeptech founders for the very first time.

Slack founder backs Amplifier Security with $3.3m pre-seed round

Security teams rely on an ever-growing stack of security tools to keep their organisation safe. Yet, coverage gaps and alerts across these tools do not get proper and timely attention because of the difficulty engaging company employees busy with their daily work to fix them.

‘Lilac Review’ boosts board to level up disabled entrepreneurship

The new Government-backed Lilac Review, which aims to address and overcome the inequality faced by disabled entrepreneurs, has boosted its Steering Group with the appointment of two further disabled founders, as it tracks significant progress since launch.

Iceotope founder launches South Yorkshire tech venture community

Tech companies across South Yorkshire will be the first to benefit from Venture.Community, an industry network with startup and scaleup acceleration, launched as part of UK Tech Week celebrations in Sheffield.

Meet the startups selected for Intel Ignite’s Spring 2024 UK cohort

Intel Ignite, Intel’s global startup accelerator programme for early-stage deeptech startups, is launching its second cohort in the United Kingdom on April 24th.

UK startup Blue Skies Space closes £2m+ funding round

Space data company Blue Skies Space has secured over £2m in funding to accelerate the launch of its science satellites, to help the world’s research communities in their quest to solve the biggest questions in the universe.

UserHub secures $3.2m to help SaaS startups monetise and scale

UserHub, a User-Based Billing Platform built for B2B SaaS, has secured $3.2 million in pre-seed funding.

New £150 million Green Future Fellowships programme

Following the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, the Royal Academy of Engineering has received a £150 million endowment from government to launch the Green Future Fellowships programme in 2024.

UK tech innovators pitch to South Korea’s maritime giants

Seven UK scaleups offering innovative technologies for the maritime sector have pitched their offerings to five of South Korea’s largest shipbuilding and ship owning corporations during a trade mission to the UK.

Retail investing startup Midas raises $45 million

Midas, the fintech startup that brought retail investing to millions of people in Turkey, announced that it has raised $45 million in equity funding.

Two-fifths of business leaders blame professionals stepping into CEO positions

41% of business leaders have cited the increased movement of Chief Financial Officers to Chief Exec positions as a key instigator of the UK’s current CFO shortage.

Over half of SMEs planning to spend more on overseas travel

Corporate travel spend in the UK is projected to increase in the next 12 months, with over half (60%) of SMEs planning to spend more on business travel overseas than they did last year, according to new research from corporate travel agency Travel Counsellors for Business.

UK SMBs could save 280m tonnes of CO2e by hitting 2030 targets

This Earth Day, BT is announcing a new partnership with the UK Business Climate Hub (UKBCH) that aims to help UK small & medium businesses (SMBs) halve CO2e emissions by 2030 and empower them to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.

Start up and grow in space with the UK Space Agency Accelerator

The UK Space Agency Accelerator, delivered through a partnership with the UK Space Agency, Entrepreneurial Spark, and Exotopic, offers multiple opportunities for intrepid entrepreneurs to develop their businesses in the space sector.

How a self-taught engineer built his son a prosthetic arm

I first met Ben Ryan, Founder of Ambionics, at an engineering exhibition back in October 2023. It was there that I learnt about his mission to build his son a better prosthetic arm – using YouTube, a 3D printer, and off-the-shelf components.

Orbital Composites: redefining the boundaries of manufacturing

Orbital Composites stands at the forefront of technological innovation in the realm of additive manufacturing, a field that’s rapidly transforming the landscape of industrial production. Specialising in 3D printing technologies, this startup is pioneering the development of composite materials for space and aerospace applications.

Hailo closes new $120 million funding round

Hailo, the chipmaker of Edge AI processors, announced it has extended its series C fundraising round with an additional investment of $120 million.

Aspiring entrepreneur gets six-figure job offer on Dragons Den

REMY founder Abeer Iqbal entered the Den, and despite intense grilling and no investment, left with a six-figure job offer from Peter Jones.

How to market your product around Easter

Easter, with its themes of renewal and celebration, presents a unique opportunity for startups to market their products.

SydeLabs traps rogue AI as it raises $2.5m funding round

SydeLabs, a security and risk management startup, announced that it had secured seed funding of $2.5m to develop solutions designed to protect GenAI systems within enterprises.