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The Insurtech Gateway mission to address the funding gap in early stage insurtech moves forward with the close of Seed Fund II. Insurtech Gateway have just announced the first close of Seed Fund II, which will enable them to support another 20 teams over the next 4 years from pre-seed to Series A. The Gateway are on a mission to close the funding gap in early stage insurtech, and to attrac...
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New collaborative Construction Tech partnership streamlines Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) and sustainability reporting for Procore Users. Great news from SustainIQ, the all-in-one ESG and sustainability reporting software, with the announcement of an integration with Procore Technologies, a leading global provider of construction management software.  SustainIQ is now embedded w...
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London-based fintech startup Zeed brings investment to a younger audience by combining Tik-Tok style video content with financial investments. As we have written before, investing is a tempting prospect. The idea of putting in a small amount of money and seeing a larger amount of money coming back to you with little to no work is an enticing one. It’s why we play the lottery.  But w...
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  Manchester-based startup Circl and its live-action sports game, that's providing a new way for sports fans & non-sports fans alike to engage with live sport. Football. That’s a thing people like. They crowd around the TV in bars or huddle together in a friend’s living room with no respect for the pot pourri on the side table, and they drink beer, eat crisps, and shout at ...
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The lowdown on The Beagle Button, the UK’s first browser extension that automatically recommends eco alternatives when you’re shopping online. We’d previously featured The Beagle Button, a startup on a mission to help us all shop more sustainably online, back when it was still in beta.And now that it’s officially been launched, we’re back to take another look at wh...
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GOODFOLIO launches aiming to help investors build good portfolios that work for people, planet, and prosperity. A simple, transparent, and customised investment platform which enables DIY investors to back companies and industries that share their ethical values has just been launched. Inspired by the thought of overcoming the unreasonable difficulty of making values-driven investment decision...
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Digital entrepreneur Aiman Kabli shares insights on his own business journey and how important 'soft skills' were to his overall success. Deciding to take a leap and become an entrepreneur is well-known as being challenging and unpredictable. If you decide to leave behind your desk job to make a start at becoming an entrepreneur, it’s common to find this new world of business overwhelming...
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Digital health startup Infermedica launches new platform in a bid to further support the entire patient-care journey. Infermedica – a leading digital health company, specializing in AI-powered solutions for symptom analysis and patient triage has just announced the launch of its Medical Guidance Platform, with new modules and features designed to support the entire patient-care journey. ...
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Berlin-based Tomorrow University is on a mission to empower and educate the change makers of tomorrow and help create a more sustainable future. As we all know, one of the biggest impacts of the pandemic has been the inevitable rise in remote working and learning. As you’d expect therefore, there are more and more startups being created to service our “remote” needs - whether ...
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The lowdown on GRNDHOUSE, the London-based startup that's on a mission to eradicate the stereotypes and make strength-based training accessible to all. If you’ve ever been a tad intimidated by the weights area in the gym or felt that strength training wasn’t really for you, perhaps it’s time to think again. London-based startup GRNDHOUSE is on a mission to eradicate the stere...
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London-based fintech startup Mast builds cloud-native mortgage technology to help streamline the mortgage process and help both lenders and borrowers alike. It’s an acknowledged fact that the property ladder is becoming harder to get onto, but when you do manage to scrape together enough money to put down a deposit on your own home, you need a mortgage. These come with their own problems ...
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The lowdown on Munich-based startup QOA and its innovative solutions to address the issues caused by the mass production of cocoa. Chocolate is good. Chocolate, it could be argued, is life. Without chocolate, what would the point even be? Unfortunately, despite the low environmental impact that cocoa production has the potential to have, in reality, it is doing significant damage. From deforest...
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