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Junk Kouture - empowering young people through creativity and sustainability
by: Startacus Admin ~ 26th July 2021
The lowdown on Junk Kouture, the Irish-based global platform that's on a mission to unleash the creative brilliance of young people
We live in a society that is often lacking tolerance for the creative, that thinks that rather than painting or writing, we should all get a ‘proper’ job. We only need to look at the UK government’s adverts trying to get more people to train in c...
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Crowdfunding success for Wilton London
by: Startacus Admin ~ 23rd July 2021
Wilton London exceeds crowdfunding target to support its aim of becoming the UK’s number one eco household cleaning brand
Fab news for Wilton London, the B-Corp Certified business that’s on a mission to become the UK’s number one eco household cleaning brand as it has just exceeded the initial target of its first ever fundraise.
The startup, which was founded in 2018, by ethi...
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SKOOT plans to accelerate growth with new crowdfunding campaign
by: Startacus Admin ~ 20th July 2021
SKOOT, the only carbon negative green navigation app for drivers launches crowdfunding campaign to help drive its growth and offset vehicle carbon as lockdown eases
A new crowd-funding campaign has just been launched by SKOOT, a new mobility app which enables drivers and businesses to automatically offset and reduce carbon from their car journeys.
The startup aims to raise a minimum of ...
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Ecologi - tree planting and carbon offsetting made easy
by: Startacus Admin ~ 8th July 2021
The lowdown on Ecologi, the Bristol-based startup that's on a mission to help us all take action on climate change...
No matter how much people try to bury their heads in the sand and pretend that climate change will go away by itself, or that it’s not happening at all, the cold, hard fact is that we are still rocketing towards that point of no return that we’ve been warned about fo...
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ECOncrete Wins EU H2020 Funding
by: Startacus Admin ~ 16th June 2021
ECOncrete® has won the European Commission Horizon 2020 Fast Track to Innovation funding programme with a large-scale deployment at the Port of Vigo, Galicia, Spain, to Lead the “LIVING PORTS” Project to Deploy Next-Generation Port Infrastructure
In alignment with the EU Green Deal, Marine Directive and Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, de-risking and scaling of environmental...
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Laylo - boxed wine, reimagined
by: Startacus Admin ~ 2nd June 2021
Laylo is an innovative and sustainable wine startup that's on a mission to bring boxed wine back with a bang
What’s better than coffee? Nothing. But what’s almost as good as coffee? Wine!
London-based wine startup Laylo is challenging the image of boxed wine as being cheap and terrible, fit only for teenage house parties when the parents are gone.
In this age of changi...
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iSIZE - deep-learning solutions to optimize video streaming quality
by: Startacus Admin ~ 24th May 2021
The lowdown on iSIZE, the startup that’s created innovative machine learning solutions to optimize video streaming quality whilst also reducing data and energy consumption
Video streaming, whether it’s on-demand from the likes of Netflix and Disney+ or live from YouTube and Twitch, is at an all-time high, and not only because of the pandemic keeping people at home with little ...
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Sole Responsibility - an innovative approach to fashion waste
by: Startacus Admin ~ 19th May 2021
The lowdown on Sole Responsibility, the Halifax-based business that's on a mission to save "seconds"clothing and footwear from landfill...
It’s that time of the week that you look forward to, when we remind you that landfills are bad! And, when it comes to its impact on the environment, so is the fashion industry. We wrote earlier this year in our article about Renoon that the UN Conferen...
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Teebike - the startup that's reinventing the wheel
by: Startacus Admin ~ 17th May 2021
The innovative French startup Teebike has created a front bike wheel that enables you to convert your regular bike to an ebike
Within cities, mainly, the push for switching to bicycles instead of cars and public transport has been ongoing for some time. They reduce congestion, they cut carbon emissions, they’re cheaper, and they’re healthier.
In more recent times, this has ch...
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Deep Branch - transforming sustainable animal feed
by: Startacus Admin ~ 13th May 2021
Deep Branch is an innovative startup that is converting clean CO2 into high-value products to enable global sustainable animal nutrition
Back in 2018, we wrote about how the use of fishmeal as a cheap source of protein for animal feed is extremely bad, and what startup MiAlgae is doing to replace it.
Over-fishing, pollution, and even slavery top the list of reasons the use of traditional...
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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.