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Manchester-based social startup Linkup raises pre-seed investment round of $540,000 to support its mission of revolutionising socialising in a digital, post-covid era. Linkup, a Manchester-founded social app that makes it easier to meet new people, has raised over half a million dollars in pre-seed funding. The app, launching in Q4 2022, aims to revolutionise socialising in a digital, post-covi...
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  Manchester-based startup Circl and its live-action sports game, that's providing a new way for sports fans & non-sports fans alike to engage with live sport. Football. That’s a thing people like. They crowd around the TV in bars or huddle together in a friend’s living room with no respect for the pot pourri on the side table, and they drink beer, eat crisps, and shout at ...
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Organised by Greater Manchester’s tech community, for Greater Manchester’s tech community, Manchester Tech Festival aims to showcase the area's thriving ecosystem and inspire the tech innovators of the future. Fab news from the North West this week with the launch of the Manchester Tech Festival, the first not-for-profit event of its kind, which will see the entire tech ecosystem co...
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  The lowdown on Xploro, the Manchester-based startup that's using AR, gameplay and AI to deliver health information to young patients. When children are hospitalised, they are too frequently left in the dark, unsure what to expect. Hospitals are too short staffed for anyone to spend any real time with them and prepare them for the procedure they are there for, and what printed resources th...
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The lowdown on PixelMax, the Manchester-based startup that's created an innovative virtual workplace solution that enables productivity, creativity and connectivity. The pandemic has given rise to many startups looking for ways to keep collaboration among remote-working colleagues easy and productive, as well as providing tools to make things easier all round. Just recently, we have written abo...
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The lowdown on Housemates the Manchester-based startup that's on a mission to make securing student accommodation easier than ever before... One of the challenges that students face when moving away from home to study is accommodation. For many, finding somewhere to stay alone is too expensive, so looking for housemates to share the costs with is the best solution. But whether looking for a pla...
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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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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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  A little insight into how the tech ecosystem in the North West of England continues to thrive and has become a real challenger to the capital...   Whilst at one time, London may have traditionally garnered a lot of the attention when it comes to being at the core of the UK’s tech ecosystem, the North West has been raising its profile considerably over the last while and has be...
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Yorkshire and Manchester based innovation agency Alt Theory launches and announces it has already secured a key client and partnership... Great news for Alt Theory, a Growth and Innovation agency, launched in the first week of August 2020 with the announcement that it has signed up new client zerotwonine (029), part of the Hirschen Group. Based in Yorkshire & Manchester, Alt Theory challenge...
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