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onHand - feel good eco and social action
by: Startacus Admin ~ 7th February 2023
Making a difference: social good startup onHand and its innovative tool to help engage employees with on-demand volunteering and sustainability opportunities.
Volunteering is a good thing. Using your free time to help other people and make their lives a little bit better, taking some pressure off whatever organisation is in need of said volunteers. But if you don’t have anything specific ...
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Leading French Travel Co. Offers Mentoring to two UK startups on its prestigious two-month programme
by: Startacus Admin ~ 23rd January 2023
High-potential social impact startups sought for the 9th annual Les Tremplins by Voyage Privé programme.
Voyage Privé is proud to announce the launch of its 9th annual Les Tremplins by Voyage Privé competition for two high-potential social impact start-ups to win bespoke mentoring on its accelerated two-month programme. This is the first time this ...
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AccelerateHER Awards 2023 target ‘force for good’ female founders
by: Startacus Admin ~ 3rd November 2022Scotland-based female founders who are giving back to people or the planet - this is for you! Applications now open for the AccelerateHER Awards 2023.
Female founders are once again being offered an opportunity to raise their company’s profile and benefit from a package aimed at driving business growth with the launch of the AccelerateHER Awards 2023.
This year’s awards programme ha...
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Skewb Climate - accelerating Climate and Social action through digital education
by: Startacus Admin ~ 26th August 2022
Skewb Climate is on a mission to help utility companies engage as a force for good in their communities via their bespoke digital education tools.
Aside from knee-jerk, uneducated cries that videogames are dumbing down the population and causing violence - from the same kind of people who used to claim that Dungeons & Dragons was satanic and comic books were the cause of all violence - it&r...
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Start-ups and scale-ups urged to apply for 3rd annual Super Connect for Good Competition
by: Startacus Admin ~ 29th June 2022
Global Tech for Good initiative seeks innovative startups and scaleups that are creating positive social impact and enhancing people's lives through tech.
The competition, now in its third year and backed by Empact Ventures and Hays has put the spotlight on a number of innovative tech start-ups and scale-ups across the UK and Europe. Last year’s overall champion was MediSieve who have dev...
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Collective Impact programme seeking purpose-driven founders
by: Startacus Admin ~ 12th May 2022
Applications from startups with positive social impact at their core sought by for Crowdcube and Virgin StartUp for Collective Impact, their investment-readiness accelerator.
Calling all purpose-driven founders!
There are just a couple of weeks left to apply for Collective Impact, the investment-readiness accelerator delivered by Crowdcube in partnership with Virgin StartUp.
Application...
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Welcome to the EdTech revolution!
by: Startacus Admin ~ 21st March 2022
Toby Hunt, CEO of Earth Cubs, shares his insights on the rise of the Edtech sector and its potential to both educate and also create positive environmental and social impact.
Many of us will remember the blackboard that dominated our school lessons. The remnants of past learnings ingrained on the board. Dates and facts listed out, as dry as the chalk dust.
Over the last 30 years, classrooms ha...
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Unify - innovating how donations are made to the homeless
by: Startacus Admin ~ 28th September 2021
Unify is a social giving startup that's created a tech solution to combat the difficulties the homeless community faces in our increasingly cashless society.
We wrote recently in our article about JustTip that our constant move towards a cash-free society is not a good thing for everyone. While it is convenient for a lot of us, it can cause issues in certain situations, and for certain people. ...
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Corporate Social Responsibility: 5 Ways It Impacts Society
by: Startacus Admin ~ 3rd August 2021
The lowdown on Corporate Social Responsibility - what it is and some of the key ways that it can have a positive impact on our society...
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a business model that is self-regulated and helps an enterprise to be socially accountable - to the public, its stakeholders, and of course, itself. By practising corporate social responsibility, businesses are able to...
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Sustainable reward scheme Bagboard targets sustainable shoppers and brands
by: Startacus Admin ~ 7th July 2020Sustainable reward scheme Bagboard, a first-of-its-kind advertising platform for planet-friendly brands launches £600k funding round...
Bagboard, the creation of former credit trader Ben Ayres, and advertising executive Ashleigh Bishop, launched a £600k crowdfunding campaign via Seedrs this week to raise funds for the first sustainable rewards scheme that marries major brand campaigns...
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- SureIn Secures €4M to Close the SMB Insurance Gap 15th Aug 2023 Innovative InsurTech startup SureIn announces a €4M Seed round to further its mission of making insurance easy, transparent and hassle-free for SMBs.
- SuperFi raises $1M pre-seed funding round 28th Jul 2023 SuperFi, the debt prevention platform, has announced a $1m pre-seed funding round to support people during the cost of living crisis.
- Startups rely on AI & sustainability for new partnerships 27th Jul 2023 41 startups from 13 countries, including the UK, have been selected for the 8th Kickstart Innovation program, one of Europe’s leading innovation platforms.
- Another Round closes £300k Seed round to revolutionise personal training 21st Jul 2023 Personal training platform Another Round has secured £300k in its latest fundraise, including investment from angels and its community.