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leAD Sports is on the hunt for early-stage SportsTech startups to join their 12-week Accelerator program in the heart of Europe’s thriving and vibrant startup ecosystem in Berlin. With applications to join their 3rd cohort closing on May 15th, we thought we’d be good sports and share all the key details. After two successful cohorts, the SportsTech powerhouse is now on its t...
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AO, the UK’s leading online-only household appliance and electrical retailer is looking discover and integrate startups with solutions that will help AO’s customers. If you are currently building an online retail solution, creating unique shopping experiences, optimising routing and deliveries, improving internal IT and payment systems, or using AR tech to help shoppers experience pro...
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EDP, one of Europe's major electricity operators is currently looking for startups for their new EDP Starter Acceleration Program. If you are a startup looking at; energy storage, clean energy, smart grids, client focused solutions, digital innovation and innovative internal processes this program could be for you.  Energy sector focused startups will get the chance to work together with EDP...
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Following a successful 1st year in 2018, SportTech event SMASH London, an event on all things tech and innovation in sport, physical activity and health, returns on 25 April 2019. A partnership between London Sport and team Smash one of the world’s largest SportTech events, this year’s event will combine thought-provoking content with ideas geared towards the next big innova...
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Vodafone are currently looking to identify 100 pioneering startups from across the globe, to utilise and profit from the new capabilities of 5G. If you are a startup with a market deployed solution or prototype, that can benefit from the use of 5G, this might be the challenge for you!  From media, entertainment & gaming, automotive, Industry 4.0 (ie. automation and data exchange in manuf...
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Haru Ltd, a third-party platform to enable charity shops to accurately price, upload and sell items online wins the Ulster University Students’ Union Shark Tank competition 2019.The winner of the Ulster University Students’ Union Shark Tank competition was announced last night at the glittering UUSU Student Excellence Awards held at the Glenavon House Hotel in Cookstown. Jacques Hill ...
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Startups building smarter construction materials, improved connectivity devices, greater customer engagement, predictive analytics, and future city initiatives, take note! Leading UK placemaker company, Places for People, are looking to partner and invest with startups and entrepreneurs looking to foster innovation within their business sector.  Courtesy of their newly launched Innovation L...
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Tired of empty talk surrounding founder’s mental health, London-based blockchain accelerator StateZero Labs is aiming to drive change. Later this year StateZero Labs will be launching The InvestWell Community – a community of VCs, investors and accelerators determined to create actionable change in the investment ecosystem around workpace and founder wellness and mental health. S...
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UK Entrepreneurs Peter Rossi and Harry East, have launched 'venture enabler', Equals Collective, to bridge the gap between technology investment and achieving scale up success.  The Equals Collective will deliver technology, marketing and creative expertise to Venture Capital backed businesses to accelerate their development and increase investor returns. Less than 15% o...
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WarDucks raises €3.3m led by EQT Ventures to launch location-based augmented reality mobile game and to expand the company’s development team. WarDucks, the Dublin-based augmented reality game development studio, has announced a €3.3 million funding round. Lead investor in the round is the EQT Ventures fund with participation from Suir Valley Ventures and other investors. The fund...
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Leading UK water and wastewater company United Utilities has launched its second accelerator programme to help innovative businesses grow and develop their solutions through a collaborative approach. Following last year’s successful Innovation Lab programme which saw seven companies developing their ideas, United Utilities has started the application process looking for its second cohort. T...
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Entries are now open for upSTART, Northern Ireland’s most exciting startup pitch competition which features an all-expenses paid trip to explore the New York tech scene for the winner.  Part of Digital DNA 2019, powered by PwC, the tech event held in St Georges Market in Belfast in June, upSTART is in its fourth year and this year is exclusively open to startups from Northern Ireland w...
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