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.

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.

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.

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

Founded in 2019 by Australian tourism & transport expert, James Dunne, Rail Online is an international rail ticketing platform launching in the UK in May 2023.

During an anticipated event at London Tech Week, Pally, the latest social connection platform was launched. The AI-powered messaging app aims to revolutionise social interaction, creating seamless channels for maintaining, organising, and enhancing relationships.

For the Paris Air Show 2023, SkyReal, a startup specialising in 3D technology and virtual reality (VR) applied to industrial design, will be presenting applications of its turnkey solution that helps decarbonise the aerospace sector.

Simpson & Partners, a new British-owned electric vehicle (EV) home charging manufacturer based in the Cotswolds, has reported strong growth since production started in June 2021.

Ultrahuman introduces its newly launched fitness wearable, the Ultrahuman Ring Air. The wearable comes with a new, more compact form that is notch-less, ultra-thin, and boasts a smooth inner shell for comfort.

Dracula Technologies, a player in energy harvesting through indoor light, has announced a new generation of LAYER OPV modules, with a 25% performance improvement over the previous generation.

KNOT has unveiled its universal docking station for e-scooters and, for the first time, e-bikes, addressing the growing demand for sustainable urban transportation. This docking solution will transform how shared micro-mobility services operate.

Swave Photonics, a forerunner in the implementation of true holography for augmented reality, has announced the successful closure of its seed round expansion. This additional investment of €3M catapults Swave's total funds raised to €10M.

Doing a startup is a tremendous undertaking. You will likely spend a year or even two years without adequate pay and you will be working very hard. You may have to invest your own funding (or friends and family) to get the startup off the ground. It's, therefore, important that you come up with a great startup idea to maximise the success of your startup.

As part of a slate of activities promoting entrepreneurship and innovation in robotics, finalists for the Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Robotics Award (IERA) presented their projects to a panel of judges at the 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), held in London 29 May – 2 June.

The birth of the internet only happened 40 years ago, when Tim Berners-Lee proposed the idea of a web of information. In a relatively short period of time, digital and technological solutions have boomed.

Playdate, the UK’s first dating app aimed solely at single parents has strengthened its team with three major new appointments.

Last week Bev White, CEO of Nash Squared, was pleased to meet the Shadow Minister for Media, Data, and Digital Infrastructure, Stephanie Peacock MP.

A Scottish company is seeking second round funding for what could be a breakthrough in wearable technology and a potential solution to the fact that the air we breathe is becoming irreversibly contaminated by chemical elements and particulate matter.

The next generation of children are growing up with digital devices all around them. As a result, they’re spending increasing amounts of time on these devices in passive consumption of content which is leading to a range of development issues.

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.