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Product designers take note - this one's for you! Threedium has created a 3D product configuration and visualisation platform... There is a step between seeing a product in photos and getting your hands on it in person in a shop. Seeing a realistic 3D representation of the product and turning it this way and that to scrutinise it from every angle is the next best thing to seeing it in p...
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We take a look at yulife, a new InsurTech startup shaking up the life insurance sector and how life insurance coverage is provided to UK companies, with customers earning rewards for healthy activities. Life insurance that inspires life! One way it's doing that is changing the perception of the life insurance industry. The company strongly believes that life insurance doesn't need to be so ...
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The lowdown on Studytracks, the app that's the "easiest way to learn and the smartest way to teach". Everyone likes music, we’d hazard a wild and baseless guess. It soaks into us and makes itself a part of us without any conscious effort on our part. Study, on the other hand, is something that not so many people enjoy and, perhaps for that very reason, we find it harder to absorb the inform...
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Stairway, the startup that's on a mission to build the best STEM learning experience and to inspire the next generation of STEM learners, starting with Maths!  Maths is one of the hardest subjects to get to grips with in school. Not only is it the one that most children don’t yet feel can be important later in life and have no vested interest in, but it is also a subject wher...
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Business banking and admin are a doddle thanks to innovative fintech startup Anna Money...Let’s face it. Keeping on top of your financial admin can be a tad dull. Whether you’re a freelancer or a startup, it can be time consuming and can seem like a chore even though it’s absolutely essential. Recognising this very fact, our latest startup of the week has created the perfect...
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The lowdown on Zazu, the fintech startup that's making money management easier for the people in Zambia...Africa is, we think we can all agree, a large place. It is home to a growing population with an average age of 25, among whom smartphone use continues to grow year on year. The value of mobile money transactions in sub-Saharan Africa was $656 million in 2014 and could potentially more than dou...
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Experience cities like a local, thanks to London-based Like Locals, the startup aiming to provide self-guided trails crafted by a community of local insiders... When you go abroad and you want to tour a city, locals are obviously the best people to show you around and tell you the interesting tidbits about the place. But you don’t necessarily want to share your holiday with a stranger, you ...
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Kaleidoscope is a new podcast turning the spotlight on startup corporate collaboration, offering a new twist on innovation. In part 2 (below) we talk to Alex Wrottesley of Geovation, Guy Davenport of Locpin and Sam Bird of L Marks, taking a closer look at collaboration through the lens of location and property innovation.  In this episode our guests share their perspectives on startup...
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Job hunting for high impact jobs made easy, thanks to Dolphin, the startup that'll help you to find a job that’s rewarding for both you and the world... Everyone loves dolphins. They’re cute and highly intelligent and inquisitive and they help us to get jobs. Everyone also loves the idea of working in a career they enjoy and in a company that they can be proud to be a part-- Wait, dol...
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Finance education is the key focus of this innovative startup who are using AI to develop financial education for young people... Not all of us receive a reasonable financial education at school, and even when we do, what teenager is really paying attention to how to responsibly handle the money we don’t yet have? Around the world, finance education varies, is sometimes nonexistent, and is...
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The lowdown on Ev.Energy, the innovative London-based energy-tech startup that optimises electric vehicle charging... Electric vehicles are the future, right up there with artificial intelligence, holograms, and the dystopian wasteland that once was Earth. Manufacturers like Tesla are showing that electric cars don’t have to be slow, ugly, and boring, and more people are becoming ...
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Video content creator? The lowdown on Papercup, the AI startup that translates the voice tracks on videos so that creators can expand their reach... If you're based in the UK or Ireland and you create content on social media channels, chances are that you communicate to your followers or subscribers in English. Whilst that of course makes complete sense, it does limit you somewhat in terms o...
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