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Perkbox and Aura form partnership to promote mental wellbeing at work
by: Startacus Admin ~ 19th June 2020Perkbox and Aura. Improved mental and emotional wellbeing at the core of new strategic partnership...
A new partnership has just been announced between Perkbox, Europe’s fastest-growing employee experience platform and Aura one of the world’s leading wellness apps. Its aim is to provide essential on-demand digital tools for those dealing with everyday stress and anxiety, and also...
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Nature diary app launched to boost mental health
by: Startacus Admin ~ 20th May 2020A free smartphone-based ‘nature prescription’ for mental health developed by researchers at the University of Derby and the team behind the popular walking app Go Jauntly has been launched.
Developed as part of the £1.3m Improving Wellbeing Through Urban Nature project, The Nature Notes feature has been integrated in the Go Jauntly iOS app, which also e...
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Entrepreneurship and mental health: solving the lows to enhance the highs
by: Startacus Admin ~ 20th February 2020Aimee Louise Carton, the co-founder of mental wellbeing app KeepAppy shares her insight into entrepreneurship and mental health.
Would you start a career with the knowledge that 99% of your peers had failed? Or that you would be twice as likely to die by suicide than the average person, twice as likely to be admitted to a psychiatric hospital and three times more likely to develop an abusive...
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Culture shock – the productivity benefits of employee engagement
by: Startacus Admin ~ 5th August 2019Research has demonstrated how productivity can be positively impacted by employee engagement and workplace culture. Jonathan Richards, CEO and co-founder at Breathe, explains...
Productivity in the UK has been falling for more than a decade. According to the Office of National Statistics, it currently takes the country about 10 years to deliver the same level of growth it would once have achieved...
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Medicus AI - medical data and insight made easy
by: Startacus Admin ~ 9th June 2019We take a look at smart platform and app Medicus AI, the startup that's empowering people to participate in their health and wellbeing decisions with easy-to-understand health insights.
Medical reports and lab results such as blood tests can be difficult to interpret for the layperson. They can’t necessarily be dumbed down too much for us for the risk of oversimplifying or mischaracte...
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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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Startup of the Week - Huuti
by: Startacus Admin ~ 6th March 2019"Financial wellbeing at its simplest" thanks to new FinTech startup Huuti!
Whilst some of us may be pretty savvy with our finances, for others, the opposite is true. Budgeting and saving can prove to be a lot more challenging than spending!If you can relate to that, then we reckon that our latest startup of the week will be right up your street.Huuti is an innovative new startup which ...
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Staff continually off sick? Top tips for absence management
by: Startacus Admin ~ 1st February 2019Staff continually off sick? Exploring health & wellbeing at work, absence management and presenteeism and leavism in the work place.
When an employee calls in sick, it’s acceptable as it’s only natural to have sick days every once in a while. When this behaviour becomes repetitive, it’s the business that feels the negative effects. As the cost to hire temporary talent increa...
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Why you should provide health and fitness training for your team
by: Startacus Admin ~ 30th November 2018Keith McNiven, founder of London based personal training company Right Path Fitness, tells us why you should provide health and fitness training for your team.
Your staff are your most valuable asset, they are the ones who represent you at the front line, provide customer service to your customers and clients and ultimately determine if your business will sink or swim. What you need to succeed ar...
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Wellness in the workspace
by: Startacus Admin ~ 22nd November 2018With a background in occupational therapy, Glandore Director, Clare Kelly’s experience has shaped Glandore’s own wellness initiatives. Hosting Pilates and yoga classes, lunch and learn seminars and meditation guidance, among other offerings, Glandore’s wellness programme has become a way of not only supporting their members’ wellbeing but offering them a healthy opportunity...
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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.