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How On-Demand Apps have changed business, changed customer interactions and boosted customer happiness.It’s no secret the on-demand economy is growing. This isn’t just speculation, either. The market is currently worth about 57$ billion, an increase from $34 billion in 2016. Odds are good the trend will continue. Plenty of factors contribute to the rapid growth of the on-demand econom...
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The lowdown on all the innovative and interesting startups that we gave the Startup of the Week accolade to during 2018...It’s that time of the year once again - time to give our annual rundown of all those innovative and interesting startups that have been awarded our Startup of the Week accolade over the last year. So without further ado, we present the Startacus Startups of the week 2018:...
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Powervault is on a mission to provide simple and affordable smart energy storage for your home with their energy storage products. Bills are becoming expensive and wages are floundering around like a fish in the desert, or some other sensical metaphor. We look to smart meters and smart homes in general to help us lower bills and save on our energy. One more involved answer to this that many peop...
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Crover - The AgriTech startup that's aiming to reduce grain storage losses by identify grain disease or spoilage at the earliest opportunity We have written quite a bit about the agri-tech sector in recent months, with the likes of Phytoponics, smart beehive monitor ApisProtect, and CropSafe, to name a few. Agri-tech is not only an interesting sector taking care of one of the most important thing...
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Serelay - The startup that's created innovative technology to make photos and videos completely verifiable... With startups such as Photocert, we have written previously about how important it can be to know how genuine an image is in this time of fake news, fake fake news claims, false reports, phishing scams, and so on. It would take an entire article in itself to talk about just how many ways...
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The lowdown on Leeds-based data, analytics and cybersecurity startup The Data City, which has data provision at its core... Leeds-based data, analytics, and cybersecurity startup The Data City has been named by Tech Nation as both one of the UK’s most exciting tech startups and one of the top 3 tech startups in Yorkshire and Humber. The startup has also been shortlisted for the se...
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The lowdown on Craved, the startup platform that is showcasing craft food and drink from across the UK... With the festive season virtually upon us, it’s pretty likely that enjoying good food and drink will be high on the agenda for many of us. We can of course enjoy quality food and drink at any time of the year - it’s not just a Christmas thing! Our latest startup of the week are on...
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Naeem Amarsy of Feral Horses, an online platform that connects art lovers and investors with artists and galleries, gives us an overview of the three most important tech trends that will change the art world in the next decade: Data Quantification, Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain.  Quantification of Data - Art Market Analysis  The art world lacks transparency, rules ...
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miFuture - The Tech4Good startup that's created a better way of connecting young people with the world of work Being young and being told you need to start thinking about your career is a difficult position to be in. It is supposed to get easier the closer we come to actually embarking on said career, but often it doesn’t. We simultaneously find that there is somehow a vast sea of pote...
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Tended - The startup that's created wearable tech designed to monitor the wearer’s safety and detect accidents... Back in 2017, we wrote about a handful of startups in the safe-tech space, making life safer for the likes of runners, electrical workers, and the women of Delhi, to name but a few. Personal safety is, obviously, an important thing, but also something that most people don’...
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The lowdown on InsurTech startup Waggel that's created an innovative new digital pet insurance for pet people... If you’re a responsible pet owner, chances are you will have purchased pet insurance to provide cover for your beloved pooch or moggy. And if you haven’t, then perhaps you should! After all, pet ownership can be a costly business and if your pet requires emergency treatment...
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snap40 - The award winning Scottish healthtech startup that has AI innovation at its core with its innovative health monitoring device... At the inaugural Scottish Tech Startup Awards at the end of November, snap40 took home both the Startup of the Year and B2B Company of the Year awards after demonstrating their important role in further elevating Scotland’s status in the tech sc...
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