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Vikela Armour announced as the overall winners of INVENT, a leading Northern Irish competition for innovative startups. Body armour startup Vikela Armour has been named as the winner of this year’s INVENT Awards, a leading Northern Irish competition for innovative startups. Organised by science and technology hub Catalyst with headline partner Bank of Ireland, the annual INVENT Awards ce...
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Female entrepreneurs from across the UK, take note! Applications are now open to join the #iAlso100, the f-entrepreneur campaign from Small Business Britain. Fantastic female entrepreneurs across the UK are being encouraged to apply for a place in a line-up of Britain’s 100 most impressive female business owners. The f:Entrepreneur campaign – delivered by S...
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Investment success for PsycApps to help it scale and further develop eQuoo, its innovative mental health platform and game. Good news from PsycApps, the UK-based developer of the evidence-based mental health game for teens and young adults, eQuoo, that we've previously featured here on Startacus. The company has just announced  that it has raised £1.5m in seed funding from US-based M...
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Calling all tech startups in Scotland! Here's a fab opp to avail of a free startup showcase package at the inaugural Digital DNA Glasgow on 28th September. Fancy showcasing your startup at Digital DNA Glasgow 2022 on the 28th September? Digital DNA has a number of complimentary Startup PODs available for Scottish startups to do just that. Here's the details! Since 2013, Digital DNA has be...
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HOMETAINMENT raises almost £400k following a successful crowdfunding round to support further growth and international expansion. Home entertainment and hospitality platform, HOMETAINMENT, has announced it has raised nearly £400,000 (£390,000) in funding through a crowdfunding campaign and is set to scale in London and abroad. The funding round, which was run via Crowdcu...
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Research by data science company Profusion reveals widespread support for tech to monitor workplaces if employees are kept informed and can challenge decisions. New research by data science company Profusion has revealed a clear opportunity for businesses to improve how they use technology and data to monitor and assess the performance of their employees.   Profusion’s an...
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Calling all fundraising women-led startups! Applications are now open to join Overrules a free 10-week programme from Hotbed. Learn from experts, connect with investors & peers and get funding ready! Women-led startups who want to focus on traction, growth and fundraising - this programme has been created just for you! Overrules is a new remote 10-week programme that’s being launched...
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Roleshare secures investment to support further development of its innovative platform and its mission to help companies retain diverse and valuable employees. Fab news from Roleshare, creator of a unique job sharing marketplace and management platform, on their  announcement of a $1.2 million seed round from a notable slate of investors. Roleshare’s platform makes it easy ...
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Aerospace Xelerated and Tawazun Economic Council seek applications from innovative startups that are working in the digital services and solutions area. Startup working on digital services and solutions? This is for you! The Aerospace Xelerated programme has opened its call for Cohort 4, for which it is seeking applications from innovative startups with ideas that can solve real-life challenge...
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Based in the UK or Ireland and got an innovative early-stage idea for the health sector? Validate that idea via the DigiHealth pre-accelerator - applications now open. Healthcare innovators - this is for you! The DigiHealth Lean Launch Programme is now open for applications from teams with a Digital Health Innovation from across the UK & Ireland. Over the course of this online 10-week Mark...
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  Sodexo Live! and L Marks open call for applications from innovative startups and scaleups to join their inaugural North America Innovation Lab. Startup or scaleup with an innovative solution that could benefit the hospitality sector? This is for you! Sodexo Live!, the leading hospitality partner to some of the world’s most iconic venues, has joined forces with innovation specialist...
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Startups founded by students and recent graduates from the University of Edinburgh secure SMART:SCOTLAND grants to help support their ambitious and innovative projects. Five startup businesses founded by students and recent graduates from the University of Edinburgh are celebrating after securing almost half a million pounds in grant funding awards between them. The five young companies, all su...
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