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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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The lowdown on GyroGear, the London-based medtech startup that's creating innovative wearable devices to stabilise hand tremors There are a number of different types of hand tremor, and different causes. The most well-known is Parkinson’s disease, but there is a more common Essential Tremor which can be misdiagnosed as Parkinson’s due to its similarity and affects 7 million people ...
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Major investment for London-based Countingup to support its product innovation and ambition to help small businesses thrive across the UK Fantastic news from Countingup, the business current account with built-in accounting software, which has just announced the close of a £9.1 million Series A investment round, led by Framework Venture Partners and joined by Gresham House Ventures, Sage,...
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The lowdown on Jack & Bry, the innovative London-based startup that makes a range of plant-based meats, all from Jackfruit Bill Gates recently caused a bit of a stir by saying that we all need to think about switching to synthetic meat - meat grown rather than butchered, such as Meatable, the startup we wrote about in 2018 that needs only cells from the umbilical cord when a calf ...
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Karakuri is a London-based startup that's using robotics to create innovative solutions for the catering sector The future is now! Well, the future of having breakfast and lunch made for you, anyway.  Have you ever wished that you could order your food without the hassle of having to tell someone what you want with your mouth and having them bring it to you? Have you ever looked at the pe...
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The lowdown on Pentaform, the London-based startup that has created an easy-to-use and eco-friendly personal computer that is globally accessible We won’t detail yet again the high cost that the convenience of plastic has on the environment, as we have done so many times previously, due to the encouraging number of startups being created to combat plastic waste in one form or another. But...
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Innovative new platform, TryTech is launched aiming to provide young people with the skills, knowledge and support to secure knowledge-based roles in tech startups Fab news via OneTech, an organisation connecting London’s underrepresented communities with opportunities in tech startups. They have just launched TryTech, a new online platform to help young people, aged 18-24, facing mu...
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Weezy is a London-based startup that’ll deliver your most needed groceries to your home in a matter of minutes Recently, we wrote about Manna, an Irish drone delivery service looking to make 3-minute delivery within the community a reality. In a world where everyone wants everything right now, drones seem to be the quickest and best way of achieving it; they are taking more of a spotlight...
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