As businesses around the world expand and grow, they seek to understand who their customers are and if they can trust them.

Startups are at the heart of innovation and breathe new life into the tech ecosystem, but some startups require death for their service to work.

RideTandem, a mobility-as-a-service startup providing sustainable transport for all, has raised £2.3 million in new funding.

BrainBox AI announced the close of its fundraising round at $30 million, furthering its mission of delivering scalable AI-driven solutions to decarbonise the built environment.

Elon Musk: billionaire entrepreneur, Tesla CEO, SpaceX CEO, Twitter Owner, and now Owner of newly launched AI startup, xAI.

The gaming sector is a behemoth, projected to be worth $300bn-plus by 2025, with upwards of 90% of UK children aged between three and fifteen actively engaged in gaming. However, amid concerns of cyberbullying, addiction and negative stereotypes, a non-profit organisation called Tales of Us (Tales) has emerged as a trailblazer. Led by Eva Vonk and Stefanie Plattner, Tales seeks to revolutionise the gaming market by prioritising collaboration, diversity, and inclusivity.

Distil.ai – a customer data platform that helps e-commerce businesses to understand customers’ behaviour and boost sales – has raised a further £1.1m in a funding round led by Mercia Ventures and supported by angel investors.

UK fintech startup ZIPZERO has relocated its head offices from London to Aberdeen, Scotland, in a bid to accelerate its growth.  

Today’s generation are living in a totally transformed financial scenario. With the likes of Apple Pay, digital banking, credit cards, buy-now-pay-later and credit, it’s never been so easy to spend money.

We caught up with SEON’s CMO, Matt Davies, to see how the last twelve months have been for him and the company.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

Business leaders within UK SMEs have been told the eight most commonly misunderstood technological terms to avoid misinformation negatively impacting performance. Experts from business communications specialists TelephoneSystems.Cloud have warned that the most commonly used terms are often the most likely to be misunderstood.

Amazon research shows investors reward startups with a firm commitment to sustainability – with more than half of UK investors declining a startup investment opportunity in the last 12 months due to concerns about a company’s sustainability credentials. The news comes as eight startups from the UK are unveiled as participants in the second Amazon Sustainability Accelerator.

The so-called Great Resignation that employers have had to face in recent years looks set to continue in 2023, with the current economic backdrop only adding fuel to the fire as individuals weigh up their options. MHR believes that the success or failure of a business depends on its people and so it is critical that businesses try to buck this trend and retain their top talent.

H2FLY, the Stuttgart-based developer of hydrogen fuel cell systems for aircraft, has successfully completed liquid hydrogen on-ground coupling tests with its HY4 aircraft for the first time.

Reviewpad, the platform that helps developers by automating the code review process, has raised a €1M pre-seed round. The investment was led by Shilling VC with participation from angel investors Simon Brandhof and Freddy Mallet.

Energy Dome, the company behind the CO2 Battery, the long-duration energy storage solution, announced it has closed a €40 million (circa $44 million) Series B funding round.  

Berlin-based Swobbee, a provider of rental batteries and battery swapping stations for urban mobility, has raised another €2 million in an extended Series A round.

Slovenian item finder brand Chipolo and Dutch wallet maker Secrid announce a partnership, with the aim to keep everyone’s pocket-sized essentials safe, protected, and always easy to find.

Digital transformation might feel like an expensive step into the unknown, but moving to digital ways of working is critical for almost all companies who want to maintain or grow their revenue and market share.

London based personal branding agency WOAW have announced the appointment of Freddie Paxton as their new CEO - taking over from Joe Binder, who founded the company.

Gaussion, a UCL spinout that has developed new technology to allow ultrafast and safe battery charging, has raised £2.85 million in a seed investment round led by BGF and UCL Technology Fund (UCLTF).

UK inflation unexpectedly remained above 10% for a seventh consecutive period in March 2023 at 10.1%. This makes it more likely that the Bank of England will increase interest rates next month.

Biotech startups don’t often get the recognition that they deserve, usually receiving bemoaned responses that they aren’t really tech. However, with the climate crisis becoming more of a concern in the public eye, public perception is beginning to change with more focus placed on biotech startups as potential solutions for addressing climate change.

Two school friends from north Warwickshire have combined their knowledge and skills to develop a new app that could revolutionise how products are launched in the engineering industry.

Breathable Cities is on a mission to seek out UK startups improving air quality in cities and urban neighbourhoods. This brand-new accelerator programme is designed to help early-stage businesses implement their clean-air solutions with greater speed and increased success.  

To celebrate International Day of Human Space Flight, Startups Magazine has rounded up eight of the most inspiring, innovative spacetech startups. From rocket launchers to satellites, incorporating technology from artificial intelligence to IoT, these spacetech startups are reaching for the stars.

Many of us strive for success. We want to chase our dreams, achieve the unexpected and make magic happen. Although this seems like a recipe for success, it’s easy to take it too far. The debate over hustle culture is one that divides. Startups Magazine want to show that hustling isn’t a bad thing, in fact, it’s far from it.

Calling all aspiring entrepreneurs, business owners and those looking to secure funding for their upcoming ventures. Startups Magazine is BACK on April 27th in Shoreditch, and we’re here to show you how to secure the funding you need to make your dreams a reality. Tickets can be found HERE.

Israeli startup DOTS (Data Of The Soil) is unveiling its technology for direct and continuous measurement of fertiliser concentration in agricultural soils, which could have an impact on global agriculture, sustainability, and the health of the global population.

In our last issue, we wrote a feature on a smart printing solution from HP that helps small and midsize businesses (SMBs) solve some of their pain points.  

Ahh, Lithuania. Fleeting landscapes. An abundance of forests and lakes. Castles, picturesque houses, and those magical hot air balloons floating across the sky.

In recent years, energy drinks have almost become a parody of themselves. The internet is rife with mocking videos of men in reflective visors riding dirt bikes, howling barbarically as drops of radioactive energy drinks dribble down their forehead.  

This issue’s Launchpad looks at Vodafone’s focus on small and medium enterprises (SMEs), particularly the work achieved through the company’s Vodafone Pulse Connect system.

Urban Health is the ‘smart mental health plan’ that offers its users inner peace, tranquillity, and a safe space to get their mental health and wellbeing back on track. 

SiPearl, the French company building Rhea, the energy-efficient HPC microprocessor, has raised €90m financing for the 1st closing of its Series A.

Commercial fleet owners are investing heavily in telematics data to improve road safety concerns, driver well-being and operational efficiencies.

During the first few months of 2022, mobile malware attacks increased by 500%, with one of the main reasons being because many people aren’t protecting their smartphones. 

The SABI has successfully closed its pre-seed investment round, securing €150,000 from a group of industry focused  investors. The company's pre-seed valuation of €1.3 million, reflecting strong investor confidence in the company's growth potential.

Quantexa, a global leader in Decision Intelligence (DI) solutions for the public and private sectors, announced today that it has completed a $129 million Series E funding round.

Liverpool City Region is spearheading a new approach to funding businesses with social missions,  to directly address the chronic underfunding of the UK’s social enterprises. 

European digital health company AccYouRate, developer of wearable technology, is stepping up the commercialisation of e-Shirt – a 100% textile smart T-shirt which enables continuous real-time monitoring of bio-vital body signals in ordinary living conditions and activity.

Fourthline, the RegTech leader that provides AI-powered and compliant KYC and AML solutions, has raised €50m from Finch Capital and other new and previous investors. 

Climate change has been a major concern for several decades now, however, only recently has the conversation shifted to finding solutions for this rapidly growing problem. One of the most promising areas of innovation is ClimateTech – a sector that focuses on developing technologies that can help mitigate or adapt to climate change. Despite the immense potential of ClimateTech, it consistently faces several challenges when it comes to attracting adequate investments, especially among ClimateTech startups. This article will explore the problems facing ClimateTech and how capital is being channelled in this sector.

Startup accelerators are, as the name suggests, short-term growth programs that help you get your business up and running.

Climate and fintech company Agreena, whose soil carbon platform is one of the largest globally, today announced its Series B raise of €46M.

TVC Technology Solutions, part of Bolton-based TVD Group, partnered with Kindred Concepts, a brand-new global venture created to develop experiential leisure concepts, on behalf of Formula 1.

Permia Sensing, the agricultural tech solution that’s transforming palm plantations with precision farming, has secured £250,000 in a pre-seed round led by early-stage focused venture capital firm Jenson Funding Partners.

twentyone has become the latest exciting startup to call Manchester home. The B2B financial services provider’s decision to launch operations in the thriving tech hub signifies the continued forward momentum of the city’s fintech scene. 

​​​​​​​Logpoint today announced the new release of capabilities to its cybersecurity operations platform, converging SIEM, SOAR, UEBA, endpoint security, and Business-Critical Security (BCS) technologies.

As international leader in time display, time and audio systems synchronisation as well as energy price display, Bodet Time provides a true innovation by developing the first eco-designed solar clock: the Profil 930 L, an analogue clock providing a fully autonomous energy supply.

Singapore-based Mystifly, a leading vertical SaaS & marketplace provider for the airline industry announced today the conclusion of Pre Series B funding with CSVP (Cornerstone Venture Partners) bringing the total of this round to $8 million combined with earlier investments from RSI Fund I. LLC (a subsidiary of Recruit Co. Ltd.), Jenfi & Crusade Partners among others.

Female entrepreneurs from around the world are invited to join a groundbreaking coaching event, to support them in bringing the power of neuroscience to their selling.

In May 2022, the CHI Software team presented the Be with UA app intending to help Ukrainian defenders. It combines two helpful features: teaching users something new with educational quizzes and financially assisting the Ukrainian army.

For some time now, RS has been a leader in the electronics industry in delivering free design tools for engineers via the DesignSpark platform.

Pets having a significant and valued place within our homes is not a new phenomenon - providing endless companionship, comfort and joy the world over.

Frost, is a Manchester-based Fintech which is helping to tackle Britain’s escalating cost-of-living crisis.

Today at Enterprise Connect,  Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZM) announced the expansion of Zoom IQ, a smart companion that empowers collaboration and unlocks people’s potential by summarising chat threads, organising ideas, drafting content for chats, emails, and whiteboard sessions, creating meeting agendas, and more.

Feel like you must ‘rise and grind’ every morning? That you need a side hustle to be successful? That if you don’t stay behind at work you’re failing? 

Yep. Sounds like hustle culture has a part to play.

Ludovica De Pieri grew up figuring out recipes and alternatives to meals for her mother who suffers with severe food allergies. This is where she realised the possibility of catering inclusively, the potential for it to become profitable and the requirement for it to become the norm.

Thinking Huts. A vision seven-years in the making for its 22-year-old Founder and CEO, Maggie Grout.

Beauty Buddy is designed to put the power of beauty in the consumers hands. Users of the app can search or scan the barcode of a beauty product to access reviews from friends, influencers, and other members of the community.

Everybody has the right to feel safe, wherever they are and in any situation. Born off the back of wanting to make change, WalkSafe was founded in 2020 with the aim of giving users as much information about their surroundings as possible.