Investors’ predictions for the central and eastern Europe tech market for 2022

The owners of startups and scaleups from Central and Eastern Europe are meeting with investors from all around the world in Poland in April at Alpha Wolves - an exclusive, two-day forum run in a hybrid mode. This is the first such event in the CEE region to be held this year in Warsaw.

With the help of the 3DEXPERIENCE Works for Startups program and the 3DEXPERIENCE platform from Dassault Systèmes, ottobahn is developing a rail-guided, climate-positive gondola service for use in and between cities. After extensive software-based tests in virtual space, 100,000 test kilometres are to be completed from the second half of the year as part of the approval process.

FlapKap, a company revolutionising e-commerce and SaaS growth in the MEA region, announces its launch and successful completion of a $1.2m fundraise.

Google for Startups is inviting UK-based Black-led tech startups to apply for this year’s Black Founders Fund worth a total of $4 million (approximately £3 million), in an effort to help tackle the stark inequality in venture capital (VC) funding.

Green comes in many colours. Environmental. Eco. Ecological. Circular economy. ESG (environmental, social, governance). Carbon offset. Carbon neutral. Carbon positive.  And many, many more. But sadly, by far the most common is either greenwash or only partially thought through and implemented.

A common pain point for many SMEs is the misalignment between the sales, marketing, and product functions. It usually grows with time and the company's size: product management gets attracted by features and technology, marketing by social engagement, sales by "quick wins". The ones who lose are the customers, with a spiralling effect on the company performance.

GetApp’s research study reveals that positive mental health has dropped by 14% since the start of the pandemic. Whereas in pre-pandemic times, 66% reported good or excellent mental health, which dropped to 52% in February 2022. 

The latest group of innovative startups has joined Digital Catapult’s Machine Intelligence Garage programme – an artificial intelligence and machine learning accelerator that has supported more than 100 startups to raise a total of £52m investment.

How you communicate with your organisation is everything. And with more of us working remotely during the pandemic, the need for effective internal communications has only grown. Do it well to create value for your employees, and you make work a better place.

Conflicts are inevitable, even in the most engaged workplaces. Regardless of the source of the conflict, if they are left unresolved, conflicts can quickly impact employee morale and productivity.

Endometriosis affects an estimated 176 million women worldwide, and costs the economy £8.2bn each year in treatment, healthcare costs and loss of work. Every March #EndometriosisAwarenessMonth aims to increase awareness and highlight the symptoms of the debilitating condition. Despite affecting 1 in 10 women, and people with menstrual cycles, the average diagnosis can take up to seven and a half years, highlighting the importance of raising awareness of the symptoms.

Over the last few decades, ‘emotional intelligence’ has become a staple phrase in how we discuss people who are self-aware, empathetic and self-regulated. This has significant implications for brand activation.

With petrol prices rising again today and hitting record prices at the pumps, CV-Library gives an insight into its true impact.

From the basics, to tops tips on how you can improve, here is everything you need to know about cash flow management for your small business.

As the world celebrated International Women’s Day on the 8th of March, Sophia the robot spoke on behalf of women at an online panel organised by SingularityNET. The event was livestreamed on the company’s YouTube channel and featured an insightful conversation on how to #BreakTheBias in AI and technology.

There are a number of reasons why a founder might want to do Enterprise Value for their business, but primarily for our clients at Dragon Argent, it’s part of the process of raising equity investment. Whilst using an analytical process to determine the current or projected worth of a company (or asset) is a key component, there is much more to a valuation than purely mathematical analysis or economic modelling. Consideration of factors such as economic climate, industry, political climate, and technology must also be considered when valuing a company.

IoE Corp, the decentralised software infrastructure IoT cloud alternative, has announced that it has completed a $4m seed round.

Innovation is creating something new, a new solution, a new way of doing things, a new product, service or method, that is useful. Innovation is solving a problem for someone, somewhere.

Accountancy and business advisory firm BDO has launched its first Growth Programme aimed at supporting high growth technology scale-up businesses.