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Nibble - the negotiation chatbot
by: Startacus Admin ~ 6th May 2022
If you like haggling, you'll like this - London-based startup Nibble has created an AI-powered eCommerce chatbot to enable customers to negotiate a personalised price.
We recently wrote about Starter Barter, a startup with a platform to allow people to bring back the old-fashioned system of bartering, providing a service for a service. But another integral part of many transactions, which is no...
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Sellalong - making resale a core part of retail transactions
by: Startacus Admin ~ 25th April 2022
The lowdown on Sellalong, the circular economy startup making it easier for retailers and shoppers alike to recirculate clothes.
How many times have you worn something, or used an item once or twice and then thrown it away? With recent research showing that 70% of household items currently go directly to landfill, startup Sellalong have created a much needed and timely solution via a syst...
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Go Banana - the UK’s first online marketplace for tradespeople and DIYers
by: Startacus Admin ~ 21st April 2022
The lowdown on Go Banana, the online platform making it easier for both the trade and the public to source, compare prices and buy building supplies.
Whether you are a builder, plumber, carpenter, electrician, painter-decorator, or just a DIY enthusiast, you need tools and supplies. These aren’t exactly difficult to source, and you will likely already have your favourite shortlist of sup...
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Dressipi - innovation in fashion retail
by: Startacus Admin ~ 20th April 2022
The lowdown on Dressipi, the startup that's using AI and machine learning to transform how fashion retailers engage with their customers.
Some people love shopping, and some people hate it. Either way, when you need clothes, it would be nice if you were only looking at the kinds of things that actually interest you, rather than pushing aside dozens of items you wouldn’t look at twice to g...
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Glimpse - smart shopper analytics for brick and mortar retailers
by: Startacus Admin ~ 5th January 2022
Glimpse is a Dublin-based startup that has created an innovative solution to provide physical retail stores with accurate shopper insights and data.
Online retailers have all kinds of analytics to keep an eye on the people shopping with them, to help them understand what those shoppers are doing and when, and to use these insights to better target their customers’ needs. To a degree, new ...
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Dent Reality - the startup adding a digital layer to the physical world
by: Startacus Admin ~ 8th December 2021
The lowdown on Dent Reality, the London-based augmented reality startup that's innovating the retail sector via phone-based AR navigation.
The world was already well on its way to making reality and the digital world overlap even before the pandemic came along and made our lives more digital. One of the earliest and most relevant examples of this is GPS - a digital copy of the roads we’re...
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Tesco partners with global product sourcing platform RangeMe
by: Startacus Admin ~ 17th November 2021
Tesco and RangeMe partnership presents new opportunity for British suppliers to market their brands and grow their retail relationships
The UK’s largest grocer Tesco has just announced details of a new partnership with RangeMe , the world’s largest product sourcing platform, with the aim of providing its product buying teams with access to the most relevant products its customers d...
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Scanmatix wins inaugural Work: In Progress startup pitch competition
by: Startacus Admin ~ 15th November 2021
The innovative NI startup Scanmatix wins over the judges to secure the Work: In Progress startup pitch accolade and the £1500 cash prize.
After a competitive startup pitching event at Work: In Progress, with 8 early stage startups from across the island of Ireland taking part, Scanmatix, the NI-based complementary retail technology platform was selected as the overall winner, taking home ...
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Prsnt - digital gifting made easy
by: Startacus Admin ~ 22nd October 2021
Never forget someone's birthday again thanks to Prsnt, the gifting app that enables users to source and send instant presents via text!
As we all know, it's been a pretty challenging time for the retail sector recently, so we love seeing startups that are creating innovative ways to help - startups just like UK-based Prsnt. Going live after a successful beta testing phase, Prsnt is an ins...
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Beagle - making sustainable and ethical shopping easier
by: Startacus Admin ~ 6th September 2021
The startup that's on a mission to help us all shop more sustainably online thanks to The Beagle Button, its innovative browser extension
Sustainability. It’s good. It’s vital, in fact, and is slowly becoming more of a part of people’s everyday lives. But it can be tricky to ensure that the products you are buying and the companies you are buying from are actually sustainable,...
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- Voicy lands €1.2 million pre-Seed from Global Founders Capital to build the GIPHY for sound 20th May 2022 Voicy, the online content platform for discovering, creating and sharing sound-clips and sound-effects secures investment to support team expansion and global growth.
- Zolar Lands €100 Million Series C On The Back Of Surging Demand For Affordable Green Energy 19th May 2022 Germany's leading digital solar platform, Zolar secures major investment to support roll out of new digital energy products.
- Metro Bank opens call for participants for second Magic Makers programme 17th May 2022 Metro Bank seeks startups and scaleups with a focus on customer experience, community banking, optimisation of systems & data and sustainability for its second innovation lab.
- Storyblok Raises $47M Series B to Make Headless Content Management the New Standard 17th May 2022 Storyblok secures major investment to further accelerate product innovation and growth into the US and Europe.