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Impressive cohort of 32 AI tech scaleups from across the UK are announced as participants in Tech Nation's Applied AI 3.0 growth programme. It’s all systems go for the folk at Tech Nation. Hot on the heels of the announcement of the late-stage startups who have been selected for their Future Fifty programme and last week’s news on the Climate Tech companies participating in NetZero...
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  Tickets up for grabs for NI startups to attend leading Northern Ireland tech and business event Digital DNA 2021 Startacus (that’s us by the way) are giving NI startups the chance to win 2 x VIP or 2 x Standard tickets to attend Digital DNA 2021. Digital DNA 2021 is just around the corner! The leading NI technology and business event, is returning to Belfast on Tuesday 28th and Wed...
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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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  Shutterstock acquires PicMonkey to help expand its offering to small businesses, by providing additional tools to non-professionals to elevate their visual content Leading global creative platform Shutterstock are driving forward with their goal to democratise creativity with the acquisition of PicMonkey, a leading online graphic design and image editing platform that enables creators of...
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Thermulon launches CrowdCube campaign to help bring its innovative aerogel solution to the fast-growing global thermal insulation market. A new crowdfunding campaign has been launched by Thermulon, a London-based startup to support the development and commercialisation of its innovative aerogel product, which aims to make buildings energy efficient without any compromises on fire safety. Altho...
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Inspiring and ambitious female founders take note - Enterprise Nation's annual Female Startup of the Year competition is open for applications Female founder? This is for you! Enterprise Nation, the small business network and business support provider, with support from TSB, is once again on a mission to find the UK’s Female Startup of the Year. The annual competition is now open for ap...
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Major funding boost for ECOncrete Tech to support development and growth of its innovative ecological marine construction solutions. The good news keeps coming for ECOncrete Tech, the innovative startup developing high-performance ecological concrete technologies, that we recently featured when they won EU H2020 funding.  They have now just announced the fantastic news that they have clos...
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E-commerce business, Heroes secures major investment to support the next phase of the company’s growth, enabling it to acquire and scale even more consumer brands across the globe. September is getting off to a phenomenal start for Heroes, the e-commerce company which acquires, operates and scales top performing Amazon brands. The innovative business has just announced the closing of a $2...
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Major funding secured by Lithuania-based EdTech startup Memby to support further development and international growth plans Great news for Lithuania-based EdTech startup Memby, with the announcement that it has just closed a $1 million financing round led by Change Ventures, with additional investment by Brighteye Ventures and the MJJ Foundation, as well as angel investors Justas Janauskas, co-...
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LegitFit acquires Belfast-based GoFyt, to support its strategy of moving further into the UK market and its long-term mission of “Connecting the Fitness Industry”. Fab news for GoFyt, the fitness marketplace startup with the announcement of its acquisition by LegitFit, a market leader in the Irish fitness software space. “We have a major vision for the company here at LegitF...
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Tech startups with innovative solutions for the aerospace sector sought for upcoming Aerospace Xelerated programme... Startup at the forefront of autonomy and AI? This is for you! The Aerospace Xelerated programme has opened its call for applications for innovative startups to solve key challenges for the aerospace sector - from the way aircraft are built right through to the passenger journey....
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SOLASTA Bio secures major investment to help commercialise its nature-inspired neuropeptide-based insect control products Fab news to start the week for Glasgow University spinout, SOLASTA Bio, having just secured seed investment of £1.3 million to support ongoing development of its unique nature-inspired pesticides. Established in May 2020 after 4 years of research funded by UKRI BBSRC ...
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