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Innovative edtech platform Zen Educate raises Series A extension to support further UK growth and market expansion in the United States. Fab news today from Zen Educate, a simple, streamlined platform that connects schools with temporary and full-time teachers and teaching assistants, with the announcement that it has secured a £19.3m Series A extension round. The investment was led ...
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Startacus co-founder to be based at NWRC one day a week to help drive innovation among students and the college community. Excited to share the news that the North West Regional College (NWRC) has appointed its first entrepreneur in residence, supporting students on their first steps into business and that entrepreneur in residence is none other than our very own Alastair Cameron, co-founder of...
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The lowdown on Energym, the innovative clean energy startup that's on a mission to harness human power into low carbon, electricity that you can use. No matter how much governments say that they are dedicated to solving climate change, reducing carbon emissions, adopting cleaner energy sources, etc., these promises and declarations can’t really be taken with any less than a handful of sal...
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Saas companies and professional services firms on the island of Ireland set to meet at the  upcoming SaaStock Conference in Dublin - 100 complimentary tickets available. We've recently announced details of our new collaboration project with TechIreland, featuring an interactive portal and a series of networking events, all made possible with the support from InterTradeIrelan...
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The lowdown on Voxblock, the Edinburgh-based startup that has created a new physical format for audiobooks for kids, with no screen, no internet connection, and no need for any apps. As the number of digital options for entertainment increases, the amount of time spent with an open book decreases. As true as this is for adults, children are no different. Fewer children are reading these days an...
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The lowdown on Enliven, the Arnhem-based startup that's using game technology and VR to provide the next generation of empathy training and education. We mentioned recently that machines lack an understanding of emotion. They lack empathy. The truth, of course, is that plenty of human beings also, to one degree or another, lack some empathy. We may sympathise with someone, but we might not be a...
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The lowdown on Gravity Co-Living and its mission to improve the lives of today's rental generation through a community-centred, effortless and borderless living experience. With the house market out of control and every run-down one-bedroom flat costing us a million or so (we haven’t checked, but we’ve confidently assumed this is exactly the case), it’s getting harder for peo...
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Innovate UK KTN’s Sustainable Impact Investment Programme chooses 13 sustainable UK startups striving to change the world Innovate UK KTN has chosen 13 startups of the future to take part in its prestigious sustainability accelerator programme. Over the next ten weeks, 13 companies selected from the Sustainable Innovation Fund will work with Innovate UK KTN and their partners Growth Studi...
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Etihad Airways partners with Aerospace Xelerated and Tawazun Economic Council to seek applications from innovative startups that are working in the digital services and solutions area. Aerospace Xelerated has today announced that Etihad Airways joined as a programme partner for its fourth cohort. Following three successful cohorts led by Boeing and supported by industry partners, this year&rsqu...
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The innovative businesses participating in this year’s AI Accelerator, delivered by The University of Edinburgh’s Innovation Hub for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, the Bayes Centre are revealed. A business commercialisation programme, which helps innovative companies using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to maximise their full potential, has announced its new 2022/23 cohort....
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