Managing emissions has become a top priority issue for companies in the maritime industry. In particular, the EU’s decision to extend the Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) to shipping from January 2024 has far-reaching consequences for the industry. However, the Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) regulations in place since 2023 also continue to pose challenges for […]
Signaloid, a computing platform allowing companies to understand real-time uncertainty for autonomous decisions, has raised a seed round of roughly €3.5 million led by IQ Capital, with additional investment from Type One and Creator Fund. Signaloid will use the funding to scale its engineering implementations, allowing it to take on larger customers with both more […]
DataOps.live, a leading data products company founded in 2020, has announced the successful completion of a Series A financing round, raising more than €16million. The round was led by new investor Notion Capital, with participation from existing investors Anthos Capital and Snowflake Ventures. This investment will fuel DataOps.live’s expansion as it continues to empower organisations […]
London-based career mentoring platform founded in 2021, CareerPaths, has secured €232,000 in pre-seed funding from QVentures, a prominent venture capital firm, and a group of angel investors. This investment will fuel CareerPaths’ expansion into new industries and geographical regions, as well as the further enhancement of its platform. The company aims to revolutionise career advice […]
SaaS sprawl continues to pose a significant risk to companies worldwide. According to industry research, more than $200 billion and 3.9 billion working hours will be wasted on software buying in 2023, while one in five companies will have experienced a cyber event related to shadow IT. According to Sastrify data, the typical company overspends […]
Data has repeatedly highlighted the damaging effect high staff turnover and attrition can have on both the culture of a business and its bottom line, while research shows that the only way to truly close pay gaps and promote fairness is through salary transparency. With that in mind, Figures, a real-time compensation benchmark application created […]
Editor’s Note: This article has been contributed by guest writer Jenny Saft. In 2019, I decided to freeze my eggs. Having previously lived in San Francisco where egg freezing was commonplace, and often subsidised by employers, I assumed that access to fertility and family-forming services would be similar in the UK. I was wrong. My experience […]
Urban logistics customers are turning to e-cargo bikes for more sustainable and efficient fleet solutions. These bikes can deliver goods 60% faster than vans in city centres, providing a more efficient alternative for last-mile delivery. Furthermore, e-cargo bikes can replace up to 17% of van kilometres by 2030 in major world cities, resulting in significant […]
Moonfire Ventures is today announcing it has raised €106 million to continue backing Europe’s best early-stage startups. Combining a human and tech approach, Moonfire uses proprietary machine learning models and software across the VC value chain to transform venture, solving founder challenges at scale, with greater knowledge and speed. Through this Moonfire is embracing the […]
Editor’s Note: This article was contributed by guest writer Marta Zaccagnini. With rising temperatures and inter-governmental action feeling slow, it’s easy to feel pretty hopeless in the face of climate change. We are fortunate that the climate-tech sector is flourishing and that startup-led innovation is giving us the confidence we need to develop the technology […]