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Why Cambridge Tech Week matters (more than ever)

Every September, Cambridge becomes the meeting place for people shaping the future of technology.  ...

YFM meets 1,000 founders a year. What are we looking for?

Every year, YFM will meet over a thousand founders looking for investment and only invest in 1%.  ...

Childhood friends raise $1m for Manchester startup BidScript

Two childhood friends have now raised $1 million for their Manchester-based AI startup BidScript. ...

Simon Squibb launches DreamFund

Entrepreneur and investor Simon Squibb has launched DreamFund to back would-be founders who lack acc...

Solve a real problem and customers will find you

We’ve always had a low tolerance for things that don’t work properly. Once, on a family holid...

Culture isn’t a nice-to-have. It’s everything

Everyone talks about execution eating strategy. What gets far less attention is what actually u...

Tapestry VC’s £60m fund to build ‘repeat founder flywheel’ from UK

Tapestry VC has launched an $80 million (£60m) Fund III to double its scale and deepen its focus on...

Omnea launches fund backing its employees as future founders

London tech firm Omnea has launched a fund giving its employees the chance of winning investment for...

Harrogate entrepreneur launches whisky platform Caskd

Harrogate entrepreneur Jonathan Yates has launched Caskd, a digital platform that gives whisky enthu...

Tom Dunlop: Why founders should always be paranoid

There aren’t many people who turn their back on an Olympic dream to become a lawyer, but Tom Dunlo...

‘It’s time we talked about death’

When serving West Yorkshire policeman Simon Healy lost his wife to cancer, he left the hospice with ...

Purple CEO: Newcastle deal is ‘inflection point’ for business

The CEO of digital connectivity provider Purple says its unified WiFi network deal with Newcastle Ci...

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