The Grocer
Christmas reprieve as FDF slashes food inflation estimates
Shoppers have been handed a Christmas reprieve in the ongoing cost of living crisis, as food inflation will now fall six points short of previous estimates by December
Disrupt Africa
Kenya’s ARC Ride secures $33.3m financing to scale electric mobility infrastructure
Kenyan electric mobility startup ARC Ride has completed a US$33.3 million financing round to accelerate the rollout of its battery swapping infrastructure and expand access to affordable electric transport across the continent. ARC Ride operates a Battery-as-a-Service (BaaS) model for two- and three-wheeler transport that allows riders to switch to electric motorcycles and swap depleted [...] The post Kenya’s ARC Ride secures $33.3m financing to scale electric mobility infrastructure appeared first on Disrupt Africa .
Silicon Republic
The computing expert creating, innovating and seeking the greater good
Alison J Derbenwick-Miller of the Association for Computing Machinery explores how, in a time of transformation, computing can be a significant force for good. Read more: The computing expert creating, innovating and seeking the greater good
Startup Funding News
Arc Raises Rs 10.5 Cr In Pre-Seed Funding - BW Disrupt
Arc Raises Rs 10.5 Cr In Pre-Seed Funding BW Disrupt
African Business Magazine
Can African ferry disasters prompt a safety revolution?
Disasters in Zimbabwe and Nigeria highlight the need for investment in safe and modern ferry services on Africa's waterways
Startup Funding News
Alco-bev startup Marmalade raises seed round - Entrackr
Alco-bev startup Marmalade raises seed round Entrackr
Start Up Daily
Adam Spencer on staying spiky in the face of the ‘great AI flattening’
Adam Spencer sat down with Matt Jones to talk AI on the latest edition of his podcast, StoryWork.
Start Up Daily
Why flexible work doesn’t mean equal opportunity for women
Women in Digital's Holly Hunt explores the reality behind flexible work policies and career trade-offs.
Start Up Daily
Too many indies, too many creators: Can PlayIndies solve gaming’s discovery dilemma?
PlayIndies wants to break down the barriers to discovery - and make it tougher for key scams to slip through.
Start Up Daily
AI platform FndrOS wants to keep startup founders organised
FndrOS turns founder chaos into one AI command deck for planning, research, fundraising and milestones.
The Bridge JP
GeoDreams Secures Pre-Series A Funding from SBI Group for Closed-Loop Geothermal Power Generation Commercialization
GeoDreams, which is working on the commercialization of “closed-loop geothermal power generation” that circulates water in sealed pipes installed underground to recover underground heat, announced on the 8th that it has raised funds in a pre-Series A round through a third-party allotment of shares with SBI Group as the underwriter. Read more. The company is advancing the commercialization of this next-generation geothermal power generation method, highlighting technologies such as the high-performance drilling “G-Pulse,” geothermal survey and evaluation technology “Typhoon,” scale removal technology “BLUE SPARK,” and various wireline logging services. The company has mentioned improvements in drilling efficiency with G-Pulse and high-precisio
The Bridge JP
POLASTECH Secures ¥140 Million in Seed 2 Funding to Reuse Data Center Waste Heat for Cooling
POLASTECH, a developer of adsorption heat pump (AHP) technology that converts low-temperature waste heat from data centers into cooling energy, announced on the 8th that it has raised a total of ¥140 million through a third-party allotment of shares. Read more. This funding is positioned as a Seed 2 round, with investments from Spiral Innovation Partners (Crafty Innovation Investment Business Limited Partnership), Central Japan Innovation Capital (Tokai Research and Development No. 1 Investment Business Limited Partnership), and Shibata Welding Works. The company is developing an AHP system that uses “AQSOA,” a high-performance zeolite-based water vapor adsorbent developed by Mitsubishi Chemical, as its core material. The system utilizes low-temperature waste heat...
The Bridge JP
Tokoshie, Developer of AI 3D CAD “Ignite0,” Secures Funding from East Ventures and Others
Tokoshie, the developer of the AI 3D CAD “Ignite0,” which allows for the creation and modification of 3D CAD models through natural language and image-based instructions, announced on the 8th that it has secured funding from East Ventures and two individual investors. The individual investors are Mr. Luo Youhong and Mr. Ryosuke Igari. Read more. According to the company, it has already established its headquarters in the United States and plans to use this as a base to advance its implementation and global expansion in the manufacturing and robotics sectors. Ignite0 is a CAD tool that allows users to input natural language and images in a chat format to design...
The Bridge JP
Aitane, a Sales AI, Secures ¥30 Million from Iidabashi Cross Partners, a Subsidiary of PCA
Aitane, which supports administrative tasks before and after business negotiations with AI, announced on the 8th that it has raised ¥30 million in a pre-Series A round. The investment was made by Iidabashi Cross Partners, a wholly-owned subsidiary of PCA, which specializes in accounting and business software, and serves as the CVC of the group. The sales AI agent “Aitane” is a service that assists with extracting business card information and registering it into CRM, preparing for negotiations through organizing and analyzing the latest information and past interactions with the negotiating company, and updating project information and progress based on email and negotiation content analysis. In addition to the sales...
Personnel Today
Work pressures force most workers to delay accessing health support
More than half of workers (56%) have delayed seeking help or medical attention for a mental or physical health issue... The post Work pressures force most workers to delay accessing health support appeared first on Personnel Today .
The Grocer
Co-op Wholesale cuts vape prices and simplifies rebates for retailers as new tax looms
The wholesaler and symbol group operator will be reducing wholesale pricing across its vape range by up to 15% from next month
The Grocer
UK food self-sufficiency lower than 30 years ago, NFU says
The organisation’s Ready to Grow report showed the UK provides less of its own wheat, oilseed rape, fresh vegetables, fresh fruit, beef, poultry, eggs, pork, sugar and potatoes than it did 30 years ago
The Grocer
Co-op demands tougher action as 44% smokers buy illegal cigarettes in corner shops
Co-op’s Legitimate High Street Framework white paper highlights the importance of government and local authorities focusing their attention on disrupting organised crime networks
The Grocer
Boots launches major brand campaign including 60-second TV and cinema ad
The multi-channel campaign aims to inspire confidence in customers and capitalise on the level of trust enjoyed by the 177-year-old retailer
Start Up Daily
Dela, which takes the scams out of marketplace sales, raises $1 million
Dela bags $1M to kill marketplace scams with protected payments, ID checks and shipping tools.
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