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.
Category: Startups
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
The Plexal Playbook: everything you never thought you needed to know about remote working (but suddenly do)
Welcome to your COVID-19 home working guide in a box
RazorSecure has raised £2.6m in investment
Hot on the heels of news that UK tech investment reached a record £10.1bn in 2019, we’re excited to announce that RazorSecure, a member of our LORCA programme, has raised £2.6m in its latest funding round.
Meet LORCA’s fourth cybersecurity cohort
We’re excited to introduce you to the 20 scaleups we’ve selected to join our fourth cohort of cyber innovators, which is also our largest and most international yet.
That’s a wrap: our OpenDoor cohort graduates
Over the past 12 weeks, nine organisations have been through OpenDoor: Plexal’s accelerator programme aimed at supporting solutions that can make work more inclusive.
Our OpenDoor accelerator’s just kicked off: meet our innovators
Whether it’s the accessibility of the interview process or the opportunities for people from disadvantaged groups to gain on-the-job experience, there are countless ways work needs to become more inclusive.
To the moon and beyond: Plexal member MOONHUB enters 2019 on a high note
The startup has just secured £100,000 in funding from a private investor for its VRiTT training platform