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Sellalong - making resale a core part of retail transactions
by: Startacus Admin ~ 25th April 2022
The lowdown on Sellalong, the circular economy startup making it easier for retailers and shoppers alike to recirculate clothes.
How many times have you worn something, or used an item once or twice and then thrown it away? With recent research showing that 70% of household items currently go directly to landfill, startup Sellalong have created a much needed and timely solution via a syst...
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Go Banana - the UK’s first online marketplace for tradespeople and DIYers
by: Startacus Admin ~ 21st April 2022
The lowdown on Go Banana, the online platform making it easier for both the trade and the public to source, compare prices and buy building supplies.
Whether you are a builder, plumber, carpenter, electrician, painter-decorator, or just a DIY enthusiast, you need tools and supplies. These aren’t exactly difficult to source, and you will likely already have your favourite shortlist of sup...
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Loop Legal - upending traditional online legal services
by: Startacus Admin ~ 21st April 2022
Loop Legal is a startup that's aiming to make it easier and more cost-effective for startups and businesses to access legal services.
Loop Legal is an alternative online legal services startup which has just launched in the UK. It aims at up-ending the way startups and businesses obtain legal services by means of an innovative combination of automation and an e-commerce platform.
The tradition...
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Doji - the innovative marketplace for used mobile phones
by: Startacus Admin ~ 8th April 2022
London-HQ'd e-commerce startup Doji enables users to buy and sell tech goods for the best prices, without all the usual hassle.
Phones are expensive. We buy them at the hugely marked up prices they are sold for brand new, and then we often switch to a new one within 2 years, and either the last one goes into a drawer or it’s sold for a fraction of the price we paid because no one wants to...
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Threads Styling Secures $12m to Further Expand E-Commerce and Live Commerce Channels
by: Startacus Admin ~ 22nd March 2022
Luxury chat-based shopping platform, Threads Styling secures major investment to expand its product offering and support business growth.
Threads Styling is the leading global luxury chat-based shopping platform, providing a personalised service over social media and chat-based commerce, with the vision to pioneer a new luxury shopping experience for the next generation of shoppers. Today, Thre...
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Glimpse - smart shopper analytics for brick and mortar retailers
by: Startacus Admin ~ 5th January 2022
Glimpse is a Dublin-based startup that has created an innovative solution to provide physical retail stores with accurate shopper insights and data.
Online retailers have all kinds of analytics to keep an eye on the people shopping with them, to help them understand what those shoppers are doing and when, and to use these insights to better target their customers’ needs. To a degree, new ...
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Muddy Trowel - making gardening simple, sustainable and joyful
by: Startacus Admin ~ 17th November 2021
Muddy Trowel is a London-based startup that's on a mission to enable all plant lovers to learn more about gardening,regardless of the size of their outdoor space.
During lockdown, there have been 2 types of people: those who have been locked away for so long they’ve forgotten that nature exists, and those who discovered it and a love for it during the time they weren’t allowed...
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Prsnt - digital gifting made easy
by: Startacus Admin ~ 22nd October 2021
Never forget someone's birthday again thanks to Prsnt, the gifting app that enables users to source and send instant presents via text!
As we all know, it's been a pretty challenging time for the retail sector recently, so we love seeing startups that are creating innovative ways to help - startups just like UK-based Prsnt. Going live after a successful beta testing phase, Prsnt is an ins...
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Beagle - making sustainable and ethical shopping easier
by: Startacus Admin ~ 6th September 2021
The startup that's on a mission to help us all shop more sustainably online thanks to The Beagle Button, its innovative browser extension
Sustainability. It’s good. It’s vital, in fact, and is slowly becoming more of a part of people’s everyday lives. But it can be tricky to ensure that the products you are buying and the companies you are buying from are actually sustainable,...
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Heroes raises additional $200m to acquire and scale leading consumer brands
by: Startacus Admin ~ 1st September 2021
E-commerce business, Heroes secures major investment to support the next phase of the company’s growth, enabling it to acquire and scale even more consumer brands across the globe.
September is getting off to a phenomenal start for Heroes, the e-commerce company which acquires, operates and scales top performing Amazon brands. The innovative business has just announced the closing of a $2...
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- SureIn Secures €4M to Close the SMB Insurance Gap 15th Aug 2023 Innovative InsurTech startup SureIn announces a €4M Seed round to further its mission of making insurance easy, transparent and hassle-free for SMBs.
- SuperFi raises $1M pre-seed funding round 28th Jul 2023 SuperFi, the debt prevention platform, has announced a $1m pre-seed funding round to support people during the cost of living crisis.
- Startups rely on AI & sustainability for new partnerships 27th Jul 2023 41 startups from 13 countries, including the UK, have been selected for the 8th Kickstart Innovation program, one of Europe’s leading innovation platforms.
- Another Round closes £300k Seed round to revolutionise personal training 21st Jul 2023 Personal training platform Another Round has secured £300k in its latest fundraise, including investment from angels and its community.