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Thoughts, advice and perspectives shared by leading VC investors discussing the future of innovation in a post COVID-19 world... Days after the announcement of UK’s Future Fund, a few of the most prominent VC investors in Europe and the US came together to share perspectives on the current market, the innovations to watch and to give advice to founders in a new online “Ecosystem&rdq...
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Got any unused foreign currency? Exchanging it just became a whole lot easier thanks to Bidwedge... While holidays abroad may not be on any of our minds at the moment, chances are we may still have some reminders of our last trip away - in the form of unused foreign currency that we didn’t get around to spending.It might have seemed like too much hassle to take it to the bank or the excha...
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Require external capital to fund growth and worried about the potential impact coronavirus may have on your funding plans? Read these insights from Raising Partners, a professional services company for SMEs, who help businesses get investment. "It’s undeniable that these are uncertain times, not only for our health, but also for businesses. The outbreak of Coronavirus and its...
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Saving money for the sake of it isn't always the best solution. Adam Eleiko, Editor-in-Chief of SaleSource shares his thoughts...I saw some years ago a quote in a post that struck a chord: "Build the life you want and then save for it". The importance of this post was about saying that the end goal is not the be all and end all and that you should not prioritize that.  After all, what's ...
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Ah, startup funding. For many, their absolute worst nightmare, one that is out to get their wildest dreams and tear them, limb from limb.In a world where we’re often told it takes money to make money, and that a penny saved is a penny earned, gaining access to said pennies is often easier said than done.After all, everyone who’s already been through the grinder and made it through, w...
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How 2019 has proven to be a hugely successful year for Seedrs... A great start to the New Year for leading private company investment platform Seedrs with the announcement that in 2019 they had a record-breaking year. £283M was invested into pitches - a 49% growth in investment from the previous year. Seedrs completed 250 deals in 2019, up from 186 in 2018, and delivered 7,858 investor...
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The lowdown on HyperJar, the FinTech startup that has created the digital version of jam-jar budgeting... Whilst we all know how important it is to manage our personal finances effectively, for many of us it can still be a real challenge. Therefore anything which can help us improve our relationship with money and get on to a better financial footing ought to be welcomed with open arms. So, arms ...
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More FinTech headquarters based in London than any other city according to report just published from Savills and flexible office specialist Workthere... Good news for the economy today with the publication of recent research from Savills and its flexible office specialist Workthere which has shown that London has the most FinTech headquarters of any city in the world. There are currently ...
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PropTech innovation continues with the launch of Track, a property and money manager app aimed specifically at younger homeowners... Innovation continues in the PropTech sector with the launch of new startup Track which is the first property and money manager app aimed specifically at 25 - 39 year old homeowners. Recognising that this new generation of homeowners expect slick online products...
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We take a look at Freetrade, the fintech startup that'll enable us all to invest on the stock market... Certain Startacustodians might have been rich now had we continued to invest in the likes of Tesla and Bitcoin. Instead of writing this article, we’d be landing our private helicopter on our super-yacht and berating the help for not topping up Richard Branson’s champagne. Or at le...
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