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The 10 Winners of Tech Nation's 'Rising Stars' competition are revealed
by: Startacus Admin ~ 30th March 2022
Female founders take the lead as Tech Nation announces the most diverse winners of its national ‘Rising Stars’ competition to date
Tech Nation has announced the 10 winners of its fourth Rising Stars competition, which recognises the brightest and best early-stage tech scaleups from every area of the UK. Previous years’ Rising Stars Winners have included Selazar (from Northern ...
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Ready for launch: the rise of digital-forward startups in 2022
by: Startacus Admin ~ 6th January 2022
Alejandro Turell, CEO & Founder of LastBasic shares insights on how moving to digital-forward business models will be essential for startups in the year ahead.
2021 has been a tale of two halves for the startup community. We’ve all felt the social and economic impacts of the ongoing pandemic, being forced to completely change our ways of doing business, for many of us at a very early...
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Why the insurance industry is ripe for digital disruption
by: Startacus Admin ~ 11th March 2021
Callum Rimmer, founder and CEO, By Bits shares his thoughts on why the insurance market needs to change - for the benefit of both insurers and customers alike
The last 12 months have seen a massive reduction in travel and, as a result, highlighted the urgent need for the insurance industry to follow in the footsteps of retail banking and provide consumers with a much more dynamic and enga...
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The Wild Curl crowdfunds to fight against hair discrimination
by: Startacus Admin ~ 21st December 2020
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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Bioo - the startup that's merging nature and technology
by: Startacus Admin ~ 23rd November 2020
The innovative Spanish startup on a mission to help us have a greener future by disrupting how we can source electricity from nature...
It’s no secret that we are in need of a sustainable source of energy that doesn’t contribute to the destruction of the planet. We have wind farms, solar farms, hydroelectric whatsits, and a drive to improve on these and the batteries that stor...
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Envisics leads the way with holographic heads-up displays
by: Startacus Admin ~ 26th October 2020
We take a look at Envisics, the UK-based startup that's disrupting the automotive industry with its innovative holographic technology
Most of us, should our minds drift to the future of cars and driving, think of electric cars like Tesla and...uh...the other brands that are also available. Fast, powerful, minute-emission cars that are just a step below the flying cars Hollywood fooled us i...
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Laka - collective insurance for cyclists
by: Startacus Admin ~ 5th July 2020The insurance that's powered by the cycling community...
No one can surely be a big fan of insurance companies? They are generally thought of the world over as the soulless entities you must pledge money to in return for the vague idea that if anything should happen, you might possibly be somewhat protected from having to pay even more for repairs...
But insurance does work, and ...
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Lessons Learnt From Disrupting Within the ‘Grab and Go’ Meal Market
by: Startacus Admin ~ 16th February 2020
Nutribuddy founder Ella McKendrick shares the knowledge she has gained since starting her natural nutritional business within the ‘Grab and Go’ Meal Market.
We live in a fast-paced world nowadays. We’re stressed out and under pressure to get from A to B, whether that’s for work or running the kids to school or local events.This daily pressure has led to the creation of t...
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Ways that Fintech is disrupting the lending marketing
by: Startacus Admin ~ 1st November 2019Whilst mainstream lenders are trying to lose the connotation of payday loans, a wave of fintech are looking to offer complete alternatives.
The high lending and ‘payday’ industry continues to attract criticism from politicians, religious figures and the press. In 2014, the industry was worth over £2 billion and had over 50 lenders – but this number is dwindling following t...
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BPI-Unitek using AI to extract data from documents
by: Startacus Admin ~ 21st October 2018BPI-Unitek - The AI platform that extracts data from documents, automates data entry and customer conversations...
Extracting data from forms and documents and entering it into databases is a tedious, laborious task, and one that takes time away from other jobs your employees could be doing. There is also a very high rate of human error in this process, which creates customer dissatisfaction...
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- L Marks Seeking Startups and Scaleups for Sodexo Healthcare and Seniors Accelerator 23rd May 2023 Sodexo and L Marks open call for applications from innovative startups and scaleups to join their inaugural Sodexo Healthcare and Seniors Accelerator.
- United Utilities Innovation Lab launches call-out for innovative ideas for fifth programme 18th May 2023 Now in its fifth year, North West England water firm United Utilities opens call for Innovation Lab, its pioneering ideas incubation programme.
- OneTech Spins Out from Capital Enterprise to Support Underserved Communities in Tech Across the UK 18th May 2023 Not-for-profit OneTech has spunout from Capital Enterprise to expand its offering and continue its mission of creating a more equitable, diverse and supported startup ecosystem.