Confluent, the data streaming pioneer, has announced its Confluent for Startups programme. The programme offers a risk-free way for the UK’s rapidly growing startup community to deploy the power of Apache Kafka on Confluent Cloud, giving access to advanced real-time data streaming for up to a year, at no cost.
StellarUp, a global HR SaaS solution that enables better knowledge sharing through structured and unstructured learning tools, has announced a seed funding of €500K.
London-based Immersive Fox – a tech startup specialising in AI-generated videos for sales and corporate communication – has closed a €3.3 million [£2.8 million] seed funding round to help advance proprietary AI technology that allows clients to create unlimited video content using their face and voice.
FemTech Lab is a global ecosystem supporting early-stage startups in female health and wellness. Passionate about accelerating fair healthcare for all women around the world, and to ultimately help women reach their full potential through better understanding their bodies and cyclic nature.
Cyprus-based PropTech startup buildbuild that develops software for managing construction projects and increasing their marginality in the SMB sector has raised $1,250,000 in investments from the Luxembourg-based company Lvl Group SARL.
Upp., a London-based technology business that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to disrupt how retailers market and sell their products online, has raised $10 million in a Seed funding round led by California based Bonfire Ventures.
Brite Payments, one of Sweden’s fastest growing fintechs and leaders in instant bank payments, received top honours in the ‘Payments System of the Year’ category at the recent Retail Systems Awards in London.
Technical debt is common. In fact, the average organisation spends 23%–42% of its development time on clearing technical debt, which is effectively the re-working of solutions when quick fixes have failed.
Swoperz, the pre-loved marketplace “run by kids and managed by grown-ups”, has secured £250,000 in a pre-Seed round led by early-stage venture capital firm Jenson Funding Partners.
Soula.care, an AI-powered maternity care solution for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum, has partnered up with Google to become one of the first non-medical health solutions to use Med-PaLM 2 (medical language model) for safe communication on pregnancy wellbeing and parenthood topics with the chatbot.
As part of its ambitious growth plans and ongoing global hiring process, data management product company, Intix, has announced the appointment of Kurt Florus as the company’s new Chief Technology Officer (CTO).
London-based Weavr has announced the launch of Embedded Finance Cloud. The new solution will allow banks and other financial institutions to create and distribute embeddable financial products. Weavr believes that to do this efficiently and safely, this new type of orchestration platform is required.
Despite ongoing calls from business and government leaders for a reduction in working from home, employees have ranked flexible hours and working location amongst the top benefits they seek from their employers.
Several dozen cybersecurity startups had applied, three were selected in digital selection rounds to pitch on stage in front of audience and jury at the final of the German Startup Cup.
New data released today by the UK Direct Selling Association (DSA) has outlined a significant (36.4%) increase in the number of people joining direct selling brands in the first quarter of the year as people seek to boost household incomes amidst the cost-of-living crisis.
Sixteen startups will promote their innovative technologies to an audience of influential investors and business leaders at Bristol’s Tech-Xpo 2023 on 28 June.
On 30 June 2023, Intema DeepTech company in partnership with the MTS ecosystem will hold a Demoday, where 11 alumni will showcase their innovative products. The winner gets a chance to launch a paid pilot with a group of corporations working in the banking, entertainment, media, and telecom industries.
Amanda Lieu, Director of Brand, Product Marketing, and Growth at SEON, a global fincrime and fraud prevention company, has tech flowing through her veins. A self-prescribed digital native, Amanda started her career in coding, launching websites, and apps through 360o digital marketing and customer engagement.
Nearly half of UK SMEs (47%) believe they are at greater risk of a cyberattack since the onset of the cost-of-living crisis. Of these respondents, 38% believe this is due to increased malicious insider threats (i.e., disgruntled employees making decisions that are not in the best interest of the company) and 35% believe it is due to negligent insider threats (i.e., overworked or distracted employees making mistakes).
One of our most valuable assets is time, and when you’re an SME, the luxury of time can seem like a rare commodity – and it can feel even more so when you’re a female at the helm.
