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AI startup that's empowering the pharmaceutical industry smashes 2020 target Fantastic news for OKRA, a leading provider of Artificial Intelligence (AI) driven analytics for Life Sciences with the announcement that it has just hit an important milestone, delivering 2 million validated predictions so far in 2020, smashing through its yearly target in just half the expected time. This highlights ...
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Picojar - the app that's aiming to be the quickest way to create lists and share ideas on your phone... We consume online media at breakneck pace, reading hundreds of Tweets a day, perhaps reading dozens of articles or at least their headlines and summaries, we see countless images flash past our eyes. And that could be before we realise our morning coffee’s gone cold. For people who tak...
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The startup that's helping vulnerable adults get support from carers and family members to manage their finances Managing finances is a headache that we all wish we didn’t have to deal with. It can be overwhelming at the best of times, and that only gets worse if you also have to deal with mental health issues or you live with dementia or any number of conditions or disabilities that will a...
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The financial planning startup that is like "The Sims for your real life".As we all know, financial planning is vital yet it is something that not all of us do well.  We may share similar financial challenges as we make key life decisions - whether it’s buying our first home, having kids or preparing for retirement, but we may deal with those challenges in very different ways. And ...
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The lowdown on Codices Interactive, the startup that's developing interactive tools and services for content creators and broadcasters Entertainment has been through many changes and evolutions to strive to be more interactive. Be it children calling out to puppets in a puppet show, quiz shows, TV and radio taking call-ins, videogames, or live streaming on services like Twitch and YouTube.Many au...
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London-based startup SociAbility is on a mission to empower social inclusion through better accessibility information... It is a sad fact that we do not do a good job of ensuring that our public places, shops, cafés, etc. are accessible for the 1.5 billion people worldwide who need them to be. People who need venues to be accessible too often cannot find out whether they are or not with ea...
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FitXR blends fitness and gaming together to give users the ultimate VR and AR experience... We all know the importance of keeping fit and active and how important it is not only to our physical health but our mental health too. And whilst keeping fit can at times be challenging, it can of course also be plenty of fun. Fitness and fun are two of the key elements at the very core of our latest s...
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PM called on to place Sustainable Development Goals at the forefront of UK's post COVID-19 recovery This week UK Stakeholders for Sustainable Development (UKSSD) and UN Global Compact UK Network sent a letter to the Prime Minister on behalf of Marvin Rees, the Mayor of Bristol, equal rights campaigner Dr Mya-Rose Craig, sustainability leader Paul Polman, and over 100 renowned companies, char...
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The Seedrs portfolio goes from strength to strength, with five primary exits for businesses in its portfolio so far this year Great news from leading online investment platform, Seedrs, with the announcement that it has seen five primary exits for its portfolio since the start of the year. Each exit has generated positive investor returns and takes Seedrs’ total number of primary exits...
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Estonian proptech startup EstateGuru secures funding from over 1000 investors in over 37 countries raising €880K investment Great news today for EstateGuru, the leading Pan-European marketplace facilitating property-backed loans for SMEs with the announcement that it has closed a €880K funding round on investment platform Seedrs. This funding forms part of the company’s ...
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The lowdown on Spotless Water, the startup that's disrupting ultra pure water distribution Purified water is not that widely employed by the average person on a day to day basis, but for some, it is essential. Aquarium owners don’t want their fish swimming around in tap water, which is full of chemicals, heavy metals and minerals, and which may have those fish swimming upside down in no tim...
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Tootoot is an innovative app providing students with a safe, anonymous environment to report and resolve any bullying or mental health concerns discretely Hot on the heels of our look at Culture Shift and their method of shining a light on workplace bullying, and a platform through which employees can safely report incidents and situations, we are taking a look at a similar thing for sc...
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