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PUSH Mind and Body partners with Deafblind UK
by: Startacus Admin ~ 27th July 2022
Leading wellbeing training company PUSH Mind and Body, announces new partnership with charity Deafblind UK to help improve life and work for people with hearing and sight loss.
Innovative wellbeing company PUSH, which is on a mission to make work better for three million people over three years, have revealed details of its new partnership with Deafblind UK. Its aim is to support the charity&rs...
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Force for Good joins Sport Tech Hub
by: Startacus Admin ~ 1st October 2021
Force for Good joins the Sport Tech Hub accelerator programme by London Sport to help with its mission to help people turn physical activity into giving back and driving change
Fantastic news from Force for Good, the world’s first social impact network with the announcement that it has joined the Sport Tech Hub accelerator programme by London Sport and will support it with its miss...
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Corporate Social Responsibility: 5 Ways It Impacts Society
by: Startacus Admin ~ 3rd August 2021
The lowdown on Corporate Social Responsibility - what it is and some of the key ways that it can have a positive impact on our society...
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a business model that is self-regulated and helps an enterprise to be socially accountable - to the public, its stakeholders, and of course, itself. By practising corporate social responsibility, businesses are able to...
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New charity-owned payroll giving venture launches in the UK
by: Startacus Admin ~ 14th July 2021
WeAreGoodGiving, an innovative and pioneering collaboration between five leading UK charities aims to boost payroll giving
An innovative technology-led venture aimed at increasing the accessibility and uptake of payroll giving has just been launched by 5 leading UK charities.
WeAreGoodGiving Ltd is a collaboration between Barnardo’s, Crisis, The Royal British Legion, RNIB and WaterAid, w...
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Haru - e-commerce for charities made easy
by: Startacus Admin ~ 13th July 2021
The lowdown on Haru, the Belfast-based startup that is on a mission to help charities and sustainable brands sell online
Charity shops are great places for people to get good quality second-hand products and support a charity at the same time. They are good places to take things that you no longer want or need, but are in too good condition to throw away, reducing the amount of waste ending up ...
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Selfie Salon wants you to embrace self grooming and raise money
by: Startacus Admin ~ 7th April 2020Selfie Salon wants you to join the #selfiesalon movement to #stayhomesavelives by showing your support in taking a before-and-after beauty self-grooming picture and sharing across social!
With COVID-19 self-isolation now into week 3 and week 4 (for many of us), many are starting to notice overgrown hair, dark roots creeping, eyebrows sprouting, and so on...Step forward Selfie Salon, an init...
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NI startup ESTHER takes flight to New York
by: Startacus Admin ~ 16th January 2020Northern Irish tech startup ESTHER, a peer-2-peer giving platform allowing charitable donors to give money directly to people living in poverty in their own city, heads to New York for a 4-day fact finding mission.
The Belfast-based startup won an all-expenses paid trip to New York (taking place 21st - 25th Feb 2020) thanks to their startup pitch competition win at leading 2-day tech ev...
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Good-Loop closes $1.6m seed round with You & Mr Jones on board
by: Startacus Admin ~ 14th January 2020You & Mr Jones, the brandtech group founded by former Havas chief executive David Jones, has invested in ethical video startup Good-Loop. The UK-based firm today announced it has closed a US $1.6m seed funding round.
Good-Loop is an ethical video platform working with companies such as Nestlé, Unilever, Coca-Cola, TOMS, H&M and...
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Maanch facilitates funding using the UN Sustainable Development Goals
by: Startacus Admin ~ 16th December 2019
The lowdown on Maanch, the digital platform that is innovating in the charity fundraising sector, facilitating funding to worthy projects using the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
We have written several articles recently around the subject of charity and startups looking to improve various aspects of it, including (subtle plug) Thriftify and One Step Closer. People are ever more wary of...
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Thriftify - connecting charity retailers with customers
by: Startacus Admin ~ 8th December 2019Thriftify is an online platform that connects the most sustainable & ethical source of goods with consumers who care...
Charity shops can be of great value. Not only does the money spent in them go to good causes and make a difference, but shoppers can encounter some great finds that they didn’t know they wanted. Millions of products are donated to charity shops every year, but a lot of...
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- SureIn Secures €4M to Close the SMB Insurance Gap 15th Aug 2023 Innovative InsurTech startup SureIn announces a €4M Seed round to further its mission of making insurance easy, transparent and hassle-free for SMBs.
- SuperFi raises $1M pre-seed funding round 28th Jul 2023 SuperFi, the debt prevention platform, has announced a $1m pre-seed funding round to support people during the cost of living crisis.
- Startups rely on AI & sustainability for new partnerships 27th Jul 2023 41 startups from 13 countries, including the UK, have been selected for the 8th Kickstart Innovation program, one of Europe’s leading innovation platforms.
- Another Round closes £300k Seed round to revolutionise personal training 21st Jul 2023 Personal training platform Another Round has secured £300k in its latest fundraise, including investment from angels and its community.