Doshi, a gamified financial education platform, has successfully secured additional funding for its Pre-Seed round, bringing the total funding amount to £1 million.

The search is over. Selections have been made. Britain’s leading clean air pioneers join Breathable Cities, Europe’s biggest accelerator programme dedicated to tackling the devastating effects of urban air pollution.

Tech startups with women founders are defying marked downward trends in the value of equity investment deals being secured by the sector, according to a new report today by analyst firm and data platform, Beauhurst and sponsored by Amazon Web Services (AWS), a cloud provider.

Some people are destined to make a difference in this world, and E-J Roodt is one of them. The recent university graduate is tackling female harassment and women's safety head on as co-founder of Epowar, a smartwatch app revolutionising safety that reacts instantly and automatically if you are attacked. Epowar monitors the wearer’s heart rate and body motion to sense distress, automatically sending an emergency alert if the user is attacked.

Peanut is the first online community to connect women throughout all stages of motherhood. Whether you’re navigating fertility, pregnancy, motherhood or menopause, the app provides access to a community who are there to listen, share information and offer valuable advice.    

Technology is constantly advancing, and one thing that's transformed is advertising. Bidstack enabled in-game advertising and video game monetisation, enabling game developers to monetise their titles. At the heart of Bidstack's mission is empowering advertisers to engage gamers without disrupting their playing experience. To find out more, we caught up with James Draper, Founder and CEO of Bidstack. 

On a mission to close the financial gender gap, Female Invest was born as a reaction to the inability of women to find accessible and inclusive financial literature. Globally, women earn 37% less that men in similar roles. And it’s because of startups like Female Invest that there’s hope for change.

Bringing together a mind-blowing selection of technology and business through leaders from across the globe, Dublin Tech Summit is the heart of the international tech scene.

Mental health is a huge challenge globally, with more people struggling with how they feel mentally and emotionally. It’s more important than ever that there are as many tools available to support people’s mental health. That’s where this tech startup comes in, transforming the way you feel both mentally and physically through meditation.

WomenWise has begun a menopause revolution helping women understand their midlife body, so they know how to support it through perimenopause and beyond. Here we explore how workplaces can better support women in the workplace, support and empower employees and break the stigma.

Marc was getting fed up with having to change his plans to meet Airbnb guests who were arriving late; an issue that both hosts and guests can attest to its frequency. To tackle this, he began asking a local cafe to hold the keys for him. But what started off as a fix for his circumstance evolved into an idea that aimed to tackle this issue for everyone - and that’s when the idea for KeyNest was born.

Signaloid, the computing platform allowing companies to understand real-time uncertainty for autonomous decisions, has raised a seed round of £3 million led by IQ Capital, with additional investment from Type One and Creator Fund.

Mental health statistics are alarming, but startups can help, so let’s celebrate those working to make mental health more accessible and fight stigma.

Employee satisfaction is incredibly important, a fact known by all business leaders. In the current job market, there’s a surplus of employment options and retaining top talent is an increasing challenge. With this in mind, the team behind tamper evident carriers and security seals manufacturer Versapak, who celebrated the company’s 50th anniversary this month, have compiled their list of top tips to attract staff longevity.

Once again, this year’s entries raised the bar, showing the incredible talent and ambition within the startups industry. We’ve been blown away by the calibre of entries and are so excited to celebrate the founders, co-founders and team members that have disrupted the industry.

While the relationship between wellbeing and performance of employees is often discussed, the mental health of leaders can quickly take a back seat in the face of challenging times. 

We’re living through an inflection period of emerging technology, and generative AI is the case in point. Headlines over the past six months have exploded with announcements and warnings about generative AI, focused mainly on the arguable leader, OpenAI’s ChatGPT. From announcing rivals such as Google Bard, Microsoft Bing AI and Meta Blenderbot, to leaders in tech quickly working to integrate generative AI into their software, we’ve never seen faster levels of consumer engagement.

In today's fast-paced and ever-changing business landscape, startups are increasingly turning towards the transformative power of flexible work solutions as a fundamental driver for growth and success. As the founder of a virtual assistance agency that values flexibility as core to our model, I've personally experienced the benefits of embracing flexibility in the workplace.

Femtech is a rapidly growing industry focused on designing technology specifically for women's health and wellness needs. From period tracking apps to pelvic floor trainers, femtech products have revolutionised the way women approach their health. Femtech has huge potential to make a significant impact on women’s mental health and wellbeing. By providing digital tools and resources that are tailored to women's unique needs, femtech has the power to transform the way we approach mental health.

FocalPoint is a technology business whose IP offers powerful capabilities in the fields of positioning, navigation and timing (PNT). They work closely with OEMs and chipset manufacturers to enable the development of more powerful and capable products and services. In this article, Founder, President and CTO, Dr Ramsey Faragher shares his personal tips on how to protect IP well and what it takes to succeed in our industry.