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WeWALK secures investment to help further develop its innovative technology and grow its global market presence. The good news keeps coming for WeWALK, the company behind unique products that enhance the lives of visually impaired people!. Hot on the heels of the announcement that it is part of a consortium that has secured UKRI funding for a Designed For Ageing project, comes the news tha...
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WeWALK, RNIB, and ICL consortium secures UKRI funding to improve mobility for visually impaired and elderly. WeWALK, the London-headquartered company behind unique products that enhance the lives of visually impaired people, has secured funding for a £1.7m Designed for Ageing project through UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). Partnering with Imperial College London and the Royal National ...
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Next gen mobility beyond the big cities - RideTandem is a startup aiming to turn local transport providers into smart shuttles for work, education and more. As well as the environmental impact of commuting to work via car, there is the issue of the lowest-earning 20% of the UK population not owning a car at all. While this might be fine if they work within the town or city in which they live, i...
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The Edinburgh-based startup Neatebox that has developed WelcoMe - disability-aware customer service software to help both customers and staff alike There are over 13 million people in the UK with disabilities, 75% of which are hidden disabilities, and yet accessibility is not anywhere near what it should be, be it physical accessibility or simply having staff knowing how to interact appropriate...
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A virtual demo day took place to mark the end of RELab's second scale-up programme featuring 9 international startups showcasing their innovative solutions...   This year’s RElab Demo Day was a virtual affair with 9 international startups from the UK, US, Israel, Turkey, Finland and Spain showcasing their innovative solutions in the areas of smart spaces, construction tech, sustaina...
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Planet42, an Estonian fintech operating in Africa that focuses on providing access to mobility to the underbanked, has raised €2.2M ($2.4M).  The seed round was led by Change Ventures. Private backers include Martin Villig (Bolt), Ragnar Sass (Pipedrive), Marko Virkebau (MeetFrank), Kristjan Vilosius (Katana MRP), and several other Estonian tech entrepreneurs. The company launched as C...
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London-based startup SociAbility is on a mission to empower social inclusion through better accessibility information... It is a sad fact that we do not do a good job of ensuring that our public places, shops, cafés, etc. are accessible for the 1.5 billion people worldwide who need them to be. People who need venues to be accessible too often cannot find out whether they are or not with ea...
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Bolt raises €100m from Naya Capital to help with the growth of its innovative ride-hailing, micromobility and food delivery services. The leading European transportation platform, Bolt has closed an investment round of €100m as it continues to scale all of its product segments from ride-hailing to micromobility and food delivery in Europe and Africa. The investment comes fr...
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London-based startup UrbanThings builds transit apps and smart-ticketing platforms that will make commuting that bit easier... Everyone is online now. We have our faces firmly buried in phone screens for about 90% of our day, we get our news digitally, we communicate digitally, we book Star Wars tickets digitally. But despite this large-scale move from now-unnecessarily convoluted offli...
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Do you want to build a new purpose-driven startup with support from a world-class network of experts? Are you looking to have an impact in healthy ageing? Step forward for the Zinc Company Builder Programme, a unique opportunity for talented and ambitious individuals to find a co-founder, work with leading experts, design and test new ideas, build a purpose-driven business from scratch and access...
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