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Category: Startups
Emma Lawton is on a mission to make events more human
Emma Lawton is one of the co-founders of More Human: a startup that’s on a mission to bring communities together. She’s also taking part in Plexal’s ELIEZ programme, which is
Event highlights: Alison Battisby’s social media advice for startups
As part of our virtual events programme, Alison Battisby, founder of social media consultancy Avocado Social, hosted a workshop on how startups can make the most of their social presence
Dom Hyams: from furloughed to founder
We spoke to Dom Hyams, founder and director of digital marketing agency Tiny Man Digital, about how he went from furloughed to founder during lockdown. Here’s what he told us…
Our Rapid Innovation Accelerator launches today
Plexal has launched the Rapid Innovation Accelerator today in partnership with Omani innovation development company AL JABR. This virtual-first, six-week programme will connect digital innovators in the UK with counterparts
Event highlights: why Type A Media’s Ross Tavendale introduced the four-day working week
The hustle hard, obsessed with productivity brand of startup culture can be exhausting. But some fed-up founders have been trying out an alternative approach. One of the antidotes is the four-day
Event highlights: startup support and advice with Andrew Roughan
Plexal’s managing director Andrew Roughan hosted a virtual event for our members to help them navigate the support available to startups and the challenges they’re facing as the pandemic continues.
Cyber startups are enjoying a funding boost (but early-stage startup investment has fallen)
Since 23 March 2020, Plexal (which delivers the government-backed LORCA cyber programme) has been working with Beauhurst to analyse the impact the pandemic is having on the funding landscape for
Plexal is uniting the startup ecosystems in Oman and the UK
Plexal’s been appointed by the UK Oman Digital Hub to work alongside Omani innovation development company AL JABR to tackle challenges created by the global pandemic. The Rapid Innovation Accelerator
A record number of startups close shop as the impact of government schemes wanes: latest data from Plexal and Beauhurst
Since lockdown began Plexal and Beauhurst, the UK’s leading database for fast-growth companies, have analysed nearly 30,000 startups to understand investment activity. And our latest research from our Startup Tracker
LORCA graduate ThinkCyber wins Innovate UK competition
The government launched the Innovate UK Fast Start Competition in April to “fast-track the development of innovations borne out of the coronavirus crisis while supporting the UK’s next generation of
Our research: British startups have attracted over half a billion in investment since the lockdown began, but deal numbers are down
COVID-19 is having a huge impact on startups and scaleups across the UK, but to understand what’s really going on and provide a window into future trends, we’ve teamed up