Ethical Equity, the UK’s ethically compliant investment platform, announced a partnership with Streets Consulting, the financial services and technology business development, marketing and communications consultancy, to deliver a one-day Founder Workshop.

London-based B2B sales startup trumpet has secured £1.6m in a pre-seed funding round led by Lightbird Ventures, alongside Triple Point Ventures, Haatch and female-led Anamcara Capital, and a number of high-profile operators from Loom, Cognism and Reachdesk.

Journee, the online tour operator that matches people with experiential trips to mystery destinations, has secured £1.75m investment.

FoodLama is proud to announce it has been chosen by Google to be part of its Black Founders Fund cohort for 2022.

Returning to the Business Travel Show Europe this month, on the 29th and 30th June, at the ExCeL London is the Innovation Faceoff, a competition set out to find the most disruptive tech set to revolutionise business travel and six of this year’s nine finalists are startups. 

Just around the corner now, The Innovation Faceoff to find the most disruptive tech set to revolutionise business travel is returning to Business Travel Show Europe on the 29th and 30th June at the ExCeL London and six of this year’s nine finalists are startups.

The Innovation Faceoff to find the most disruptive tech set to revolutionise business travel returns to Business Travel Show Europe this month (29-30 June, ExCeL London) and six of this year’s nine finalists are startups.

Leiho has created smiley socks for a good cause. For homeless people, something as simple as putting on a clean pair of socks, underwear, eating a hot meal or drinking clean water can make a huge difference to your day. Leiho has created socks, and with every eco-conscious product you buy, you are helping the business support people in need by giving them essentials that improve their lives. We caught up with the two Founders Joey and Thuta to find out about their journey. 

Startups Magazine caught up with Wybo  Wijnbergen Co-founder and CEO, infinitSpace. infinitSpace enables office landlords to easily create and run a flexible office space under their brand and conditions. 

With the European proptech market now accounting for around 20% of global proptech investment (Property Week, 10 March), it’s high time we looked at the pressures real estate technology startups are facing to stand out, get in front of the right people and mature faster. Three industry experts share their views on how startups can scale in a truly sustainable way:

Up to one in seven people are affected by tinnitus worldwide. With no cure, tinnitus is commonly left unmanaged or poorly managed, causing significant distress for those living with the condition. Tinnitus is the perception of noises in the head and/or ear which have no external source.

Uniforms and workwear may not seem the most exciting subject - until you talk to James Bolingbroke.  James set up his company in October 2019 - just in time for the pandemic, but that didn’t dilute his passion and he’s taken his fledgling business from a part-time enterprise to his full-time passion. Let’s find out what inspired him - and his plans for the future.

One in four adults feel lonely. Loneliness can put adults at a greater risk of suffering from mental health problems down the line. This year, the focus for Mental Health Awareness Week is raising awareness of the impact of loneliness on mental health and how it can be addressed practically.

It comes as no surprise that startups have been among the hardest hit since COVID hit the world in 2019. According to new data from Muse Finance, the number of startups has decreased significantly from two million to just over one million due to business failures and fewer new corporations.

When it comes to university, there is a lot to think about; often the onboarding and arrival processes for international students can be a nightmare. Enroly, founded by Jeff Williams and his Co-Founder Maynard Inkster, was created back in 2017 to address exactly this problem, as Enroly automates the CAS, visa and arrival process for universities, their international students, and agents.

Future Planet Capital’s Guy Pengelley and Griff Williams comment on why the farming sector is ready for disruption and tip some of the most promising startups in the agri-tech sector.

FourJaw, whose manufacturing data analytics platform is unlocking five-fold increases in shopfloor productivity, has secured a second round of angel investment and Innovate UK funding worth £1m, to accelerate its growth and support high-value-added manufacturers across the country. 

As we celebrate Earth Day, I thought there is no better chance than to share one of my favourite startups in the sustainability/ tech4good industry, and that is Thrift who aims to encourage people to buy and sell second hand items more, to result in less items wasted and ending up in landfill.

Health issues specific to women, including menstruation, menopause and pregnancy have long been treated as taboo topics resulting in them being overlooked and under-researched.

Between their 10 to 14 years of medical education and then a lifetime of work in their chosen specialties, doctors develop a powerful set of skills that help them to be effective healers. Sometimes these unique abilities are innate, but in most cases, they’re learned and honed over a doctor’s career.