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Major seed investment secured by the innovative Insurtech startup Nayms to assist with developing further pilot programs and building its customer base Fantastic news to start the year for Insurtech startup Nayms. The innovative startup has closed a £1.5m seed round led by XBTO, alongside other top investors across insurance, capital markets and crypto including Coinbase Ventures, Maven11...
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The award winning Lloyds Lab incubator is currently seeking innovative startups to join its latest cohort, Cohort 6. This time around they are interested in applications from companies who can help the Lloyd’s market with any of the following key challenges: Climate change/ decarbonisation For this theme, they’re on the lookout for startups that are offering insurance products to t...
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Bankhouse Media, the leading full-service digital marketing agency expands its offering and sets up a Belfast base in Glandore Glandore, providers of flexible workspace and coworking in Belfast are delighted to have welcomed Bankhouse Media through their door, some very positive news on the business front to kick off 2021. Bankhouse Media was founded in 2018 by Matthew Toman, a then business o...
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  Leading event marketplace, Feast It secures major funding boost to assist with its expansion to full event planning and also further grow its virtual events offering Fab news for Feast It, the UK’s leading event booking marketplace which has raised £1.7m in an impressive funding round led by MAHR Projects, former CEO of the Co-op Richard Pennycook CBE and Tim Score, ex-CFO o...
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The London-based fintech innovator, PayDashboard, receives Innovate UK Funding to support its growth in the financial wellness space Fantastic news to start the year for PayDashboard, the interactive payslip platform, as it reveals it has been selected by Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency, to receive a £167,072 funding grant to help drive and support its continued growth in th...
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  The Wild Curl launches crowdfunding campaign to help with its mission of disrupting the beauty industry and fighting against continuous hair discrimination After facing many years of struggles to find products for curly hair, Vanessa Martins Lopes is now aiming to disrupt the beauty industry and fight against continuous hair discrimination curly consumers are facing. Her brand, The Wild C...
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The online platform share health resources between patients, doctors and healthcare organisations launches a £1M UK funding round News today from Doctorpedia, the world's largest network of over 2,000 medical websites - providing a safe and informative platform to share health resources between patients, doctors and healthcare organisations that it has just launched a £1M UK fu...
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MyRound is an innovative app enabling users to buy and/or receive a drinks round via a digital drink token A new app created to help people buy a drink for someone remotely has launched a crowdfunding campaign to help accelerate the development and scale of the service. Developed by eDrinks as part of their group of consumer apps reimagining social drinking, MyRound is a free and easy to ...
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Major investment news for eXate as it secures £2.3 million funding to grow its team, accelerate platform development and expand into new geographies and verticals Great news for eXate, a London-based data software firm which has just announced a £2.3 million seed round led by Outward VC, with additional backing from ING Ventures and Triple Point Ventures, to accelerate the growth of...
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Latest research and data reveals that COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause major challenges for UK’s micro businesses According to new research by iwoca, micro businesses could face additional hurdles in recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic compared to larger firms due to a greater reliance on the furlough scheme and a lack of confidence in seeking financial support. HMRC data shows th...
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Creative workspace and accelerator Huckletree launches an ‘Entrepreneur in Residence’ programme to help startups get the support, mentoring and space to develop in 2021 Fab news from creative workspace and accelerator Huckletree which has just launched a new initiative to ensure some of the UK’s most innovative and promising startups have the space and mentoring they need to g...
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Pockit recently announced the successful close of a £15 million Series B funding round from existing and new investors and has also launched a public crowdfunding campaign... Fantastic news this week for Pockit, the inclusive FinTech company focussed on customers who are excluded and underserved by high street banks, as it announced that it has a £15 million Series B funding round f...
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