Reskube the British startup behind its eponymous remote-working resilience solution, has announced the launch of a new round of crowdfunding.

There’s no question that UK small businesses are feeling the strain right now. These SMEs are contending with a cocktail of rising overheads, while customers have less cash in their pockets to spend.

ShipStation, a cloud-based e-commerce shipping solution, today announces that UPS is live on its carrier services platform in the UK.

tapeeno - the first mobile card reader to use Faster Processing payments has launched in the UK.

Food company Paleo has closed a Series A funding of €12M to scale up production of key ingredients for plant-based meat and fish alternatives through precision fermentation technology.

Leading AI company Bear Robotics is launching Servi, an innovative new robot set to revolutionise the food service industry.

Blackfinch Ventures has bolstered its portfolio with a £625k investment in Tangle, a flexible, scalable, enterprise-grade platform that delivers best in class apps 10-20 times faster than with traditional development methods. 

Biotechnology company Maxion Therapeutics (‘Maxion’) today announced the completion of its USD $16 million (GBP £13 million) Series A financing.

The online tutoring platform evulpo has closed a 7.7 million Swiss franc deal in a seed financing round.

Latvian SaaS Trace.Space has raised $1.5M in pre-seed funding to build AI-enabled, API-first software for complex engineering product development.

As Brits tackle the rising cost of living, new data released from Sky Connect - Sky’s B2B telecoms business - reveals that the majority (87%) of freelancers and remote workers are concerned about the impact working from home is having on their energy bills.

The list of challenges facing industry is long: climate change, energy shortages, disrupted supply chains and a shortage of skilled labor. The solution to these challenges lies in the targeted use of technology. At the same time, governments need to get their economic policy right. HANNOVER MESSE 2023 covers not only technologies for connected, climate-neutral industry, but also provides a forum for a global policy discussion among industry, government, science and social representatives.

Inspired and engaged employees are often the people who perform best. By fostering a work environment that motivates a team to perform at the top of their game, push boundaries, and challenge the status quo, business leaders can have a real impact on the quality of work their company produces.

IoT companies raising funds in 2022 pulled in $15.9 million on average, up 30% from the previous year, reveals new research by Avnet Abacus, an electronics distributor that consults engineers when they’re designing new products. The engineering firm analysed crunchbase data for companies listed under the Internet of Things to provide insight on the level of investment activity happening within the IoT.

 

Visa, Froda and Lunar are announcing a global partnership and launching a new, innovative technology aimed at resolving issues surrounding financing. The product, which for the first time utilises push-payment functionality for financing, aims to reduce transaction times to mere seconds. Ordinarily, this process would have taken months.

Futurebuild 2023 will see the net zero pioneer put innovation under the spotlight with the brand new FutureX Innovation area sponsored by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and in partnership with Ryder Architecture. Startups and SMEs, with fresh ideas, products and technologies to transform our industry, will be together in the Innovation Pavilion creating a real hub for knowledge sharing and learning from each other’s experiences.

With all signs pointing towards an economic downturn in 2023, the financial outlook for the year to come is sure to be mixed. With new challenges regarding inflation and the threat of recession looming, businesses of all shapes and sizes will be forced to consider their working policies to ensure survival and then sustainable growth moving forward.

What’s the most important part of a startup’s infrastructure? Its foundations. This news may come as no surprise; the founding team - be it one person or many - is responsible for weaving the very fabric of the company, which will be worn long after the business gets up and running.

Awareness months serve as an important reminder for organisations to pause and consider how their employee value proposition (EVP) is serving the communities that make up their workforce. LGBT+ History Month is a brilliant example of this.