The Startacus Startups of the Week 2016
by Startacus Admin
As another year draws to a close, we thought it’d be quite timely to give another little shout-out to the fab startup businesses that have received our Startup of the Week accolade over the past 12 months. Some are innovative, some are quirky but they’re certainly all inspirational.
So without further ado, here they are - the Startacus Startups of the Week 2016.
BonzaQuote- an online marketplace and community for all things DIY
Spacebase - a global booking platform for workshop and meeting spaces.
HonestBrew - a subscription service which delivers craft beers that are actually tailored for you.
Azoomee - an innovative new platform which is aiming to be a place “where children can be children online”.
Sorry as a Service - a software company that helps companies to say sorry.
PostBoxed - an online gift retailer which sells and delivers hand-wrapped small gifts directly to your door.
ScrawlrBox - a subscription startup which will deliver a mystery box of creative art supplies directly to your door every month.
Notifyy - a website which will enable you to track and get notifications when the price drops of a particular product that you’d like to buy.
Vroomo - a new platform which is on a mission to shake up the UK’s used car market.
DripApp - an app which allows users to purchase prepaid coffee plans at independent coffee shops across London. We take a look at BioSure, the award-winning startup which has created an innovative HIV self testing kit... Innovation in messaging thanks to the social ice-breaker app for the London Tube, TubeChat AR anatomy learning, thanks to Curiscope and their Virtuali-Tee, an Augmented Reality T-Shirt that bring the science of anatomy to life. North East of England entrepreneurs and startups take note! The Ignite accelerator, a 6 month remote accelerator for MVP stage founders or teams is back. Pioneering meat wholesaler ‘Ethical Butcher’ are looking to revolutionise the UK meat market with a pioneering new venture which aims to see carbon negative meat delivered to UK households. London-based StateZero Labs, the world’s first dedicated Blockchain Lab for startups, will be opening its doors to six selected startups as part of its first cohort in January 2019. Twigdoo offers a lead management service for businesses - a service which engages and converts leads whilst providing a high quality sales experience Artomatix - The Dublin based startup that's using AI to help 3D artists create... The startup that helps media companies to leverage user context data without exposing personal data... IGO Adventures organise a series of multi-disciplined, physical challenges in some of the world’s most spectacular & remote wildernesses. Now they are looking to raise investment.
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