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Kick Cards for Startups Want to Stack the Deck in your Favour
by: Startacus Admin ~ 18th June 2017It’s like Cards Against Humanity for your startup, except nothing like that! Kick Cards are created for any business to keep themselves from falling into the trap of apathy, but are particularly useful for startups and first time entrepreneurs. Any business should be trying to think outside the box, but when it comes to actually doing that, how do you go about it? It’s healthy to quest...
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UK peer to peer car rental company, RideLink, raises over £1m on Seedrs
by: Startacus Admin ~ 31st May 2017RideLink, a UK peer to peer car rental platform, also operating in Spain and Germany, has surpassed its £1 million crowdfunding target.
RideLink recently announced the launch of its first equity crowdfunding round, aiming to open to investors of all sizes who wanted to own part of the continued expansion of this disruptive car hire model. In the traditionally non-digital car renta...
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Arckit Set to Build on Early Success with Model Crowdfunding Campaign
by: Startacus Admin ~ 23rd May 2017In our minds, models of buildings or cities are things that belong in a Bond villain’s lair, or the office of some corporate elite, its pinstriped owner wandering around it talking into a headset whist swinging a golf club (don’t pretend you’re not picturing it too!)...
Anyway, now Arckit allows anyone to build a DIY 3D model of their dream home, street, or even city, without be...
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‘RideLink is to automobiles what Airbnb is to homes’ - we chat with the Founders
by: Startacus Admin ~ 20th April 2017Last October we (Startacus that is) shared our love for RideLink a “peer-to-peer car rental marketplace” in our much coveted weekly startup of the week feature. RideLink seemed to be yet another great example of the potential of the shared economy - people using RideLink could rent their car to other people - simples.
With over half a year done and dusted, we thought it only right to ...
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Edible water bottle Ooho receives a flood of crowdfunding support
by: Startacus Admin ~ 18th April 2017Water. It’s wet, runny, and vital to life. It’s also notoriously difficult to make portable without environmentally-unfriendly packaging. There are plenty of reasons to dislike plastic bottles: In the US (because the numbers are more dramatic!), people go through roughly 1500 bottles per second; 80% of these, which is around $1,000,000,000 worth of plastic, end up in landfills to sit f...
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Think 3D printing for knitting - Meet Kniterate the digital knitting machine
by: Startacus Admin ~ 5th April 2017We are liking the look of Kniterate, a compact digital knitting machine (think 3D printing for knitting) that can create custom designed knitted garments like scarves, beanies, shoe uppers, sweaters, and dresses, and aims to bring fashion fabrication back to the masses!
Currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter, it looks like the general public agree too, and with 20 or so days left (at th...
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Lawtech Startup Enoron aims to raise the bar for legal professionals
by: Startacus Admin ~ 22nd December 2016Equity crowdfunding can be an excellent way to raise capital for your growing business. Over the years we have covered many campaigns that have gone on to become a run-away success; here’s hoping this is another one to add to our list.
Enoron is a software as a service startup working in the seldom discussed LawTech sector; an innovation that the team behind it hope will revolutionise the w...
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Crowdfunding Micro Homes- The Holding Project
by: Startacus Admin ~ 15th November 2016We all know that affordable housing is a big issue, particularly for the younger generation who often struggle with paying rent and saving for mortgage deposits at the same time. The team at the holding project have an idea that they reckon could help solve both of these issues simultaneously, and plenty more to boot!
They are currently crowdfunding to raise £30,000 so that the...
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Startup of the Week - Guruumee
by: Startacus Admin ~ 2nd November 2016As we all know, one of the best ways that we can develop our knowledge of something is by getting a little guidance and insight from an expert in the field.That applies whether we are trying to learn a new language or simply improving how we handle our personal finances.
Of course, finding one of those ‘experts’ can sometimes be a bit of a challenge. Until now that is!
Our latest Sta...
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Entrepreneur Mum Debbie Craig Launches Autism Software- Boop
by: Startacus Admin ~ 13th September 2016Debbie Craig is quite the inspirational entrepreneur.
She is CEO and Software developer of Boop - an innovative multi-platform software designed to engage all of the important people in an autistic child’s life, and the child themself as well.
The idea, came from her own experience of raising a child with autism.
We caught up with Debbie to discuss her jour...
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