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The lowdown on Plend, the London-based fintech that's on a mission to end the hardship caused by financial exclusion so people are not held back by their credit history Financial exclusion is a growing issue where people are, as the term suggests, excluded from financial services and can access nothing more than a basic bank account. Financial insecurity affects more than 13 million people in t...
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The impressive cohort of leading late-stage tech companies taking part in Tech Nation's prestigious Future Fifty programme has now been revealed... The good news never stops at Tech Nation! Last week they announced details of the innovative Climate Tech companies participating in Net Zero 2.0 and today, they’ve revealed details of the 15 companies that have been selected to join the ...
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  The lowdown on Abtrace, the startup that's created an AI solution to help clinicians make more informed decisions and deliver earlier diagnosis We’ve featured quite a few innovative startups in the healthtech space recently - from startups helping your journey to optimal health to startups using 3D tech to create personalised vitamins and today we’re shining the light on yet a...
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Micro learning made easy thanks to Uptime, the app that enables users to access 5-minute Knowledge Hacks from the world’s best books, courses and documentaries Have you ever wished that you had just a bit more knowledge about something, but it’s not such an important thing that you would spend significant time learning about it? Like those people who seem to know a little bit about ...
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The lowdown on Walking on Earth, the healthtech startup that has created a science-backed wellbeing platform to help address unsustainable and unhealthy patterns of working. As we have written plenty of times recently the pandemic has been hard on everyone, especially those living with mental health issues, or those prone to anxiety or stress, get lonely easily, or a range of other things that ...
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Wires is an innovative London-based startup that's on a mission to bring sustainability to the eyewear industry In the UK alone, 74% of people wear corrective lenses, be these contact lenses or glasses. Billions of glasses are made every year, and millions are thrown away every year. The most common material for making glasses is plastic, a product of the oil industry, which is the biggest poll...
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Worried about your phone running out of charge when you're out and about? London-based startup Joos is on a mission to help with its power bank rentals It seems that as technology moves forward and becomes more reliable, more ubiquitous, and more advanced, device batteries just get worse and worse. We all know what it’s like to run out of battery while we’re on the go, usually just ...
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The lowdown on Koalaa, the London-based startup that's innovating soft prosthetics for babies, children and adults With startups like The Open Hand Project and Open Bionics, we have written in the past about the need to bring affordable, usable prosthetics to people. In the UK, there are around 45,000 people who use prosthetics, and the NHS spends £60 million per year on prosthetic servic...
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The lowdown on the London-based health-tech startup Zedsen that has developed technology that can monitor the user’s bloodstream and collect data by using sensors that simply sit on top of the skin Needles. If even the word makes you squirm and look for the nearest door, window, or easily breakable wall, today’s startup might be what you’ve been waiting for.  Quite a lot...
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The Melbourne-born and London-based edtech startup that's bringing universities and tech companies together to help close the global digital skills gap The pandemic has significantly boosted people’s need and desire for online learning. Not just learning a new language or how to play guitar, but learning that can lead to qualification and a job.  Today’s startup says that 67% ...
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