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Better Origin - the startup that's fixing the food chain
by: Startacus Admin ~ 26th October 2020
The lowdown on Better Origin, the startup that's creating the ‘Internet of Insects’; a global network converting excess nutrients into essential nutrients...
We have all heard that the world’s need for food will increase significantly in a fairly short time, and that this will be one of the biggest challenges we face as a species. That need will require food supply to gro...
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Bed Pod - the automatic, continuous pest monitoring device
by: Startacus Admin ~ 2nd September 2020Bed Pod - the innovative new solution to pre-empt and minimise the damage bed bugs can cause to guests, reputation and earnings
Hopefully, it isn’t a problem that many of us have encountered, but for those who have experienced bed bugs in a hotel bed, the night would not have been a comfortable one. Nor would the following, itchy days.
Needless to say, that hotel would immediately make it ...
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Microsoft of Cell Therapy?
by: Startacus Admin ~ 19th January 2020
The Cambridge-based startup BiologIC Technologies that has created an empowering tool to drive the next wave of biological innovation
Cancer. The big C. It’s something that we’ve been working towards a cure for - not Startacus personally - for a long time. One way of going about this is cell therapy, but the barrier is, as always, money. The cost is prohibitive. As...
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effie - the automated ironing system
by: Startacus Admin ~ 2nd December 2019Innovation in household chores thanks to effie - the domestic appliance that dries and irons your clothes for you!
Ironing clothes isn’t exactly a difficult task, but it is one that consumes time that could be used for other things. There is something to be said for not spending all of our lives rushing and stressing over what we could be doing instead of the thing that we’re doing, b...
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OKRA - using AI analytics for healthcare
by: Startacus Admin ~ 10th March 2019Innovation in healthcare thanks to Cambridge based startup OKRA Technologies who are using AI analytics for healthcare...
We have written previously about healthcare startups - such as TrackActive and Ping An Good Doctor - that are using artificial intelligence to improve healthcare education, enable patients to get diagnoses quicker, relieve pain, and much more. Artificial intelligence allo...
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Cycle.land raises £200k to continue their bike sharing journey
by: Startacus Admin ~ 16th January 2019Cycle.land, the bike sharing marketplace unlocking the assets of unused bikes, has raised over £200k thanks to its highly successful 2nd equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs and now prepares to bring 1000's of bikes, e-bikes and e-scooters to Europe.
Cycle.land is on a mission to disrupt urban transport.
Founded in 2016 by Agne Milukaite and Peter Ebsen in Oxford, Cycle.land operates tho...
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Startup Support and help in Cambridge
by: Startacus Admin ~ 25th November 2018Cambridge based early stage startups and entrepreneurs take note - here's the lowdown on key startup support and help available where you are...Away from the established startup hubs like London, the support for setting up a business isn’t always so clear. It’s not a lack of support, just a quieter ecosystem that takes a little more work to unearth. We want to help with this by highlig...
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OurPath is building tech to save your health
by: Startacus Admin ~ 18th June 2017Last week we took a look at Elemental Software, a social prescribing digital platform that connects patients, health and social care professionals and community health & wellness providers. This week we continue the Tech for Good / Health-Tech theme, with a look at pioneering HealthTech startup OurPath who recently closed a £500k fundraising round and secured a N...
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Social Enterprise Provides Cheap London Rentals to Volunteers
by: Startacus Admin ~ 25th February 2015So, we all know that volunteering is great. It builds essential skills, it promotes generosity, it connects you with others and, let’s face it, it feels pretty darn good. But there is of course one major issue; whilst you’re getting on with all that do-gooding, how do you pay the rent?
It’s a problem which has a real impact on the level of volunteer work that the average Joe or ...
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