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Homelyfe - The lowdown on the InsurTech startup that puts customers first and is “using technology to make insurance simple." As we all know, dealing with insurance companies can be both frustrating and time consuming. Whether it’s buying a policy initially or when it comes to processing a claim. Recognising this as an issue, our latest startup of the week are on a mission to help.Hom...
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Innovation in play thanks to Storyball, a toy that uses games, stories and challenges to get children playing, learning and moving their bodies As technology advances and more information and entertainment can be accessed from all kinds of devices, it becomes more tempting and easier for parents and carers to occupy their children with these devices. Where once we might have sat a child down in ...
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Upside Energy - The Manchester based startup that's creating innovative digital solutions that support the energy management systems of the future It’s not exactly a secret that relying on fossil fuels is a short-sighted, finite solution to energy production. Renewable energy is on the rise and becoming more powerful. Soon, we will live in a world where homes and businesses all contribute t...
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Mimica Touch - The startup that has created a biologically active food expiry label to help combat food waste. In the UK, 7 million tonnes of food and drink is thrown away every year. Much of this is due to people looking at the ‘use by’ date and throwing away out-of-date food and drink without stopping to check if it really has gone bad. Whether this is easy to check for yourself, li...
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Innovation in healthcare thanks to Cambridge based startup OKRA Technologies who are using AI analytics for healthcare... We have written previously about healthcare startups - such as TrackActive and Ping An Good Doctor - that are using artificial intelligence to improve healthcare education, enable patients to get diagnoses quicker, relieve pain, and much more. Artificial intelligence allo...
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1 in 10 UK children are spending more than 50 hours per week watching TV, playing video games or interacting with a smartphone according to the findings of a report looking at the relationships between parents and technology conducted by Care.com, an online marketplace for finding and managing family care. The report, which quizzed more than 800 parents in Britain about the role of technology in ...
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Innovation in the sky is the focus for London-based drone focused startup Skyports, that's creating end to end cargo and passenger drone delivery solutions  Drones have taken a bit of a back seat in startup world news lately, mainly replaced by artificial intelligence being crammed into every possible product and service. But that’s certainly not to say that their place...
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Innovation in recruitment thanks to London-based startup AnyGood, in the form of talent crowdsourcing for professional level roles Recruitment is figuratively depressing. It’s not a controversial statement. You know it. Using recruitment agencies can give you an unpleasant sense of powerlessness. You are the talent, you are looking to add that talent to someone’s workforce, you a...
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CENTURY is an EdTech startup that believes that "every learner deserves an educational journey that’s tailored to suit their own personal needs". London-based CENTURY Tech has created an award-winning platform for teaching and learning. It is designed for primary schools all the way through to universities, for any student in any curriculum. The platform, CENTURY, uses artificial intel...
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Crover - The AgriTech startup that's aiming to reduce grain storage losses by identify grain disease or spoilage at the earliest opportunity We have written quite a bit about the agri-tech sector in recent months, with the likes of Phytoponics, smart beehive monitor ApisProtect, and CropSafe, to name a few. Agri-tech is not only an interesting sector taking care of one of the most important thing...
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