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Revive creates palm oil alternative from coffee grounds
by: Startacus Admin ~ 19th August 2019Revive was created to bring new life to coffee waste, collecting and recycling used coffee grounds to create a palm oil alternative...
We have written recently about startups doing their part to find ways to deal with waste so that it doesn’t end up in landfills or in the ocean. Whether it is offsetting your carbon footprint with Project Wren, using plastic as a building aggregate with Plas...
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Offset your carbon footprint with Project Wren
by: Startacus Admin ~ 14th July 2019The lowdown on Project Wren, the app aiming to help us to take the first step in reversing climate change, making it easy to offset your carbon footprint.
If you have ever taken a couple of brain cells and rubbed them together, you’ll understand that climate change is the single biggest threat to the human race since we went to war against the dinosaurs.
As with so much that we write ...
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Latest Zinc Company Builder Programme to transform the quality of later life
by: Startacus Admin ~ 9th July 2019Do 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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ESTHER set for success with New York prize
by: Startacus Admin ~ 24th June 2019ESTHER, a pocket-to-pocket giving app which allows a user to give directly to an individual living in poverty, wins an all-expenses paid trip to New York to showcase the business to some of the world’s top technology minds.
A Belfast-based social impact, charity-focused tech startup has won an all-expenses paid trip to New York to showcase the business to some of the world’s top...
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No Isolation creates communication tools to put an end to loneliness
by: Startacus Admin ~ 9th June 2019The lowdown on No Isolation, the startup that's using technology to tackle loneliness and social isolation through warm technology...
Social isolation and loneliness are prevalent issues in our society. They pile on top of people’s depression, they add to the burden of those with long-term illness, they lie in wait for the elderly. They can be brought about by the simplest of things, like u...
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Street Tag - the gamified healthy lifestyle app
by: Startacus Admin ~ 2nd June 2019The gamified healthy lifestyle app Street Tag, that's aiming to promote and enhance community-wide participation in physical activities..
We’ve seen how popular the likes of geocaching and Pokémon Go have been: apps that get you out and active collecting physical or digital...well, collectibles. Particularly in the case of geocaching, these activities can be great for families, bring...
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DivInc help underestimated, disadvantaged young people launch startups
by: Startacus Admin ~ 26th May 2019Young people from underestimated, disadvantaged backgrounds are a reportedly 87% less likely to found their own startup business. DivInc are on a mission to change that stat and to help young people get a headstart on their entrepreneurial journey...
Starting a business is a difficult endeavour. It’s a near-constant uphill battle. Starting a business as someone who is part of group that isn...
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Ethical Angel connects businesses, employees and the causes that matter to them
by: Startacus Admin ~ 3rd May 2019Ethical Angel is on a mission to combine a high-touch HR service with technology to engage and develop employees through volunteering, payroll donations, and the causes that matter to them.
A lot of people complain about millennials and their work ethic, but whether people like it or not, employees are changing as younger generations join and dominate the workforce. Employees are b...
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Using AI to predict and prevent road accidents
by: Startacus Admin ~ 7th April 2019The lowdown on Predina, the startup using machine learning to make a positive social impact, using AI to dynamically predict and prevent road accidents in real-time...
In 2018, 26,610 people were killed or seriously injured on UK roads. Speeding, using phones, and simple reckless driving are just a few of the human errors that add to the dangers already posed by manoeuvring a hunk of me...
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Personal wellness app KeepAppy looks set for healthy future
by: Startacus Admin ~ 10th March 2019KeepAppy, a personal wellness app, designed to empower users to take control of their mental and physical wellbeing, was recently selected to participate in this year’s Launchbox in association with Tangent, Trinity’s Ideas Workspace in Dublin. We took a look...
By enabling people to track all of the vitals that most impact an individual’s wellbeing, KeepAppy is a wellness app t...
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- Leading French Travel Co. Offers Mentoring to two UK startups on its prestigious two-month programme 23rd Jan 2023 High-potential social impact startups from the UK sought for the 9th annual Les Tremplins by Voyage Privé programme.
- Small businesses need new model for growth in recession 23rd Jan 2023 Small Business Britain’s ‘How to Grow’ report outlines how small businesses are responding to economic challenges and how they can grow during recession.
- Tech Nation responds to the DCMS Digital Growth Grant announcement 20th Jan 2023 Tech Nation shares an overview of the impact they have had on the UK's tech economy and ecosystem.
- Colour/dyeing industries- seed capital investment fund launches for UK entrepreneurs 19th Jan 2023 UK-based and got a business idea with a link to colour or colouration? A new investment fund from The Dyers' Company is well worth a look.