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Could insurtech unlock your business? Insights from our panel event with Insurtech Gateway on how re-framing your business as an insurtech could unlock your business' true potential The UK’s insurance sector has seen huge growth in recent years and more and more innovative startups are emerging in the insurtech space. What is particularly exciting however is the potential that insurtech o...
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Applications still open for The Debut Sessions Christmas Pitch comp with the opportunity to win a Term Sheet for a £100,000 SEIS investment If you’re a recently formed UK startup, take note, you’ve only got a few more days to apply for this fab comp. The Debut Sessions is hosting a LIVE Christmas Pitch Competition, via virtual events platform, Hopin, on the 15th December, 10am...
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Primer, the innovative fintech that helps merchants consolidate their payments stack through its low-code infrastructure and online checkout API secures a £14 million Series A funding round, led by Accel Fantastic news from Primer, the low-code payments infrastructure and online checkout API, which has just announced a £14 million Series A funding round led by Accel. Existing invest...
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Ryan Roddy, Derry native and student at De Montfort University wins the Prospect 100 global sneaker design competition with his military inspired corkscrew sneaker  For anyone who is not yet aware, Prospect 100 is a fab organisation and initiative that is on a mission to empower the next generation. They’ve created a platform where the creatives and talent of tomorrow can b...
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  Insights from Speedinvest, Amplifier, La Famiglia and Redstone, four of Europe’s leading early stage venture funds, on current VC funding for female founders and what changes are needed Overall VC investments in 2020 are at par with previous years – but in Q3 2020, venture capital funding for all female founders is on pace for its worst year since 2017(US data). In the week of...
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New Manchester-based accelerator programme launches to empower women working in digital, creative, media and technology to meet their business needs and growth ambitions A new accelerator will help to kick-start the entrepreneurial careers of 100 women who have lost their jobs due to the pandemic by giving them access to the skills, self-belief and confidence to pursue their ambitions as a...
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The innovative car management app, Caura releases a new insurance product to help reduce the cost and time taken to insure a car Managing your car insurance just became a whole lot easier thanks to Caura, the car management app for every drivers’ needs. It has just launched Caura Protect - a new insurance product that significantly reduces the cost and time taken to insure a car. Now, Cau...
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  The lowdown on Cash Flow Revolution, the new report from Asto, outlining the key issues currently being faced by small businss owners in the UK Cash Flow Revolution is a new report that has just been published by Asto, the small business finance and bookkeeping fintech by Santander, containing qualitative and quantitative research into the issues affecting British business owners. Create...
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The 14-year old entrepreneur who started a beauty business this year and is now supporting the #BeautyBacked campaign to help those adversely affected by the latest lockdown... 2020 will be a year to remember for all of us but for Jasmine Bull, 14, it’ll be remembered as the year she started her own business! First-time entrepreneur Jasmine, transformed lockdown uncertainty into creativi...
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Huckletree, the leading Coworking accelerator launch new report revealing the experiences and learnings of working from home and the shift in attitudes to returning back to offices... Coworking accelerator Huckletree has just launched a new report revealing the transition to new patterns of working from home and working together in real life. Their State of the Nation: New Work Mindset Report ...
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Heroes, a new UK-based ecommerce business, focused on acquiring and scaling high performing Amazon businesses closes $65M in seed funding... Heroes, a new UK-based company that acquires, operates, and scales small and medium-sized ecommerce brands, today announces closing a $65 million funding round led by Fuel Ventures and 360 Capital Partners with participation from Upper90, a leading alterna...
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The premium fashion resale service, Cudoni, announces major £4.6 million investment to help support brand growth internationally Great news from premium fashion resale service, Cudoni which has announced the backing of key investors to secure a total of £4.6 million worth of investment for the brand. Cudoni has formally announced that the Daily Mail Group Ventures led the inves...
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