StudentFinance, a career mobility platform that helps people upskill for new career opportunities in the most in-demand market sectors, such as data, technology, engineering, artificial intelligence and climate/green economy; has raised €39m in Series A funding to provide access to skills-based training in Europe.

OnePlan, the world’s leading live event site and venue planning platform, today announced it has raised $6M in a new strategic investment led by Elysian Park Ventures and Verance Capital.

ChangeNOW, the largest event of solutions for the planet, today revealed the 25 nominees for its Women Shaping Our Future programme, which aims to shine a spotlight on women set to have a significant positive impact on the world over the next 10 years.

Key figures from the cyber security industry will gather to address parliament this month to discuss the UK’s readiness to defend itself against the growing threat posed by ransomware.

Just one week to go until startups magazine exhibits at the 2023 Cloud Expo at the Excel Centre in London on March 9th, at 11:15am, get your tickets here!

Following reports that white collar workers are allegedly now under threat by AI, specialist recruitment firm, Robert Half, has argued that the right implementation of this tech will in fact help both save and create new, higher skilled jobs, rather than replace people altogether. 

eTEU, a SaaS platform that removes the need for physical shipping paperwork, has secured a new round of funding from early-stage focused venture capital firm Jenson Funding Partners alongside Larix Equity, Pinto Ventures, and a number of angel investors including Nils Wemhoener, former Head of Logistics for Amazon Europe, Joao Monteiro, former VP of New Business at Kuehne + Nagel and Sandi Fatić, Co-founder of Calimero and first infrastructure engineer at NEAR Protocol.

Now in its fifth year, World Summit AI Americas will return to Montréal on 19th and 20th April 2023 and once again bring together global AI leaders from enterprise, big tech, startups, academia, law, government and investment to tackle the most burning AI issues and set the global AI agenda.

Cambridge will host the inaugural Cambridge Tech Week (CTW23) from 8-12 May 2023, celebrating the ideas of the future in artificial intelligence (AI), semiconductors and quantum technologies.

The phenomenal rise of online marketplaces in the last several years has seen eCommerce become a key strategic consideration for practically every retail business. Those wishing to launch, grow and reach new audiences need look no further than huge online marketplaces such as Amazon, eBay and many more.

Hear ye, hear ye! Startups Magazine’s second event of 2023 will commence on March 29th, 2023 in the glorious seaside town of Brighton! Get tickets HERE. 

Global absorbent apparel brand, Modibodi® has gained recognition as a purpose driven company, dedicating itself to changing the cultural conversations around sustainability, social impact and period equity, challenging taboos and propelling meaningful change around the world.

Storyblok has released a survey of 6,000 consumers and 500 business leaders at medium sized ecommerce businesses across Europe and the US on the website features that influence their purchasing decisions. 

Ahead of International Women’s Day Raffolux, the UK’s leading digital raffling platform, shares that the UK has seen the biggest increase in the number of women on boards since 2016. The company analysed data from the annual FTSE Women Leaders Report to reveal that the UK experienced a +12.5% increase in the number of women on boards between 2016 and 2021. The increase is the largest seen in a list of similar countries.

According to the CBI, UK job vacancies are reaching record highs, currently at 147% of the February 2020 average. In those three years, an estimated half a million people of working age have left the UK labour market, and more than three-quarters of UK businesses say that access to labour is threatening UK competitiveness. Denis Dorval, Vice President of International, JumpCloud, highlights how to bridge the digital skills gap with new tech investment.

Technology industry leaders have been invited to Parliament for a special debate on the UK’s digital skills crisis.

The E-commerce Germany Awards 2023 ceremony was a roaring success! The awards recognise the best and brightest companies, teams, and individuals in e-commerce across Germany. It was a star-studded evening with hundreds of prominent leaders from the world of e-commerce gathering to celebrate the achievements of the industry. Let us hop into the details! 

Quite an event, that was! Discover the highlights and takeaways from this year's unmissable E-Commerce Berlin Expo, where industry giants gathered to showcase their latest ideas, products, and services.

Elite Business, the publication dedicated to inspiring Britain’s SMEs, is celebrating 10 years of entrepreneurship with livestream panel discussions at the UK’s top business expos. 

Joanne Safo, CEO of insurtech Lukango, has won the top prize of a £20k grant on the Black Girl Fest (BGF) Launchpad Programme, powered by Phoenix court, LocalGlobe, Goldman Sachs and Salesforce Ventures.