| Date | Title | Description |
| 31.01.2025 | This Dutch App Got 73% of Its Users To Reduce Their Meat Intake with Simple Recipes & Catchy Infographics | 5 Mins Read Nearly half of omnivores changed their diets after using Fork Ranger, an app that blends food sustainability quizzes with vegetarian recipes, according to a new study.
When it comes to our diets, do behavioural change tools real... |
| 22.11.2024 | The Fork in the Road: Allplants and the UK’s Food Waste Crisis | In the ever-evolving landscape of food, two stories emerge: one of a struggling vegan meal brand and another of a united front against food waste. Allplants, a pioneer in plant-based ready meals, finds itself at a crossroads. Meanwhile, UK ... |
| 22.11.2024 | UK Retailers Set Up Food Waste Redistribution Project to Feed Millions | 4 Mins Read In a bid to boost food security and cut waste, some of the UK’s biggest supermarkets and charities have joined forces to form a surplus food distribution body.
Tesco, Sainsbury’s and M&S are among 15 organisations that have ... |
| 23.05.2024 | Cambridge tech ecosystem soars to $191 billion in value | University city makes record-breaking start to the year, raising $1.6bn with deep tech AI and quantum deals. Cambridge’s ecosystem now has a combined value of $191 billion, bigger than Spain and Italy combined.
Cambridge, 23 May 2024: The C... |
| 17.09.2022 | I've been using a food-waste app to snap up free food and I'd recommend it in a heartbeat | Grace Dean/Insider
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| 17.09.2022 | I've been using a food-waste app to snap up free food and I'd recommend it in a heartbeat | I've been using Olio to get free food and find new owners for items I no longer want.
It's a food-waste app, but users also give away clothes, books, and homewares.
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I've been using a food-waste app for a few months to get free... |
| 13.07.2022 | Data Snapshot: Europe needs more funding for food waste, circular economy startups | Data Snapshot is a regular AFN feature analyzing agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder.
Click here for more research from AgFunder and sign up to our newsletters to receive alerts about new research re... |
| 10.06.2022 | May 2022: a month in review with Tech Nation CEO | This article is also available on Linkedin.
Hello. Lots to share and celebrate this month. Some highlights:
An epic new report looking at the last 10 years in UK Tech in partnership with Google For Startups
Launch of GBxAsia – a new networ... |
| 28.03.2022 | Holding onto hope: how innovation can solve the climate crisis | The Climate Crisis is one of the world’s biggest collective problems to date. Fixing it requires a simple, clear, and decisive strategy. The team at Octopus Ventures are focused on backing innovation and embracing collaboration because we b... |
| 04.11.2021 | Tech Zero: Insights to help companies lower their carbon emissions | Lowering carbon emissions is a challenge for businesses of all sizes, especially those that are scaling fast and require resources to grow. However, as we recently heard at Tech Nation’s sustainability-focused Ask Me Anything session, it is... |
| 01.11.2021 | Value of UK Net Zero tech companies has nearly doubled in one year, skyrocketing from $24.4bn to $47.6bn | As COP26 begins, Tech Nation has today published its Net Zero 2021 Report to explore the opportunities and challenges facing the UK’s Net Zero (climate tech) companies.
UK Net Zero tech companies have nearly doubled in value over the last y... |
| 01.11.2021 | Value of UK Net Zero tech companies has nearly doubled in one year, skyrocketing from $24.4bn to $47.6bn | Value of UK Net Zero tech companies has nearly doubled in one year, skyrocketing from $24.4bn to $47.6bn
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As COP26 begins, Tech Nation has today published its Net Zero 2021 Report to explore the opportunities and challenges facing... |
| 30.10.2021 | Net zero companies have doubled in value in a year, new report finds | The total value of net zero tech companies in the UK has nearly doubled over the last year, from $24.4bn to $47.6bn, new Tech Nation research released today has shown.
While 10 new UK net zero companies have entered the market, these skyro... |
| 01.10.2021 | One third of people are ‘physically pained’ throwing away good food- yet, they do so almost daily: Interview with OLIO’s Co-Founder, Tessa Clarke | A few weeks ago, the London-based startup OLIO hit the news with the €36.2 million Series B funding round for its food-sharing mobile app.
OLIO‘s mission is to tackle the increasingly concerning problem of food waste. For instance, did you ... |
| 06.09.2021 | Olio Raises $43M in Series B Funding | Olio, a London UK-based community sustainability app, raised $43M in Series B funding.
The round was led by VNV Global and Lugard Road Capital with participation from Accel, Octopus Ventures, Rubio, Jason Stockwood, Lord Waheed Alli, DX Ven... |
| 06.09.2021 | London-based OLIO nabs €36.2 million to take a bite out of food waste | OLIO, the community sustainability app, has announced an approx. €36.2 million Series B round to fund its fight against the approx. €1 trillion of food waste created globally each year.
Founded in 2015 by Tessa Clarke and Saasha Celestial-O... |
| 05.09.2021 | Food sharing app OLIO raises $43M Series B, as the world switches on to the food waste crisis | It was curious enough that OLIO, a UK startup with an app that lets users post a photo of unwanted food and share it with the local neighborhood, picked up $6 million in Series A funding back in 2018. Many outside observers wondered what wa... |
| 09.07.2021 | Tech Zero becomes official partner to the UN Race to Zero | Tech Zero, the tech industry’s flagship climate action group, has become an official partner organisation to the UN Race to Zero.
The Tech Zero taskforce is led by Bulb and Tech Nation. Its founding members are British tech firms allplants... |
| 04.05.2021 | Foody Bag’s End of May L(a)unch | Stuart Kidd, Foody Bag. Image Supplied.
Foody Bag is a food waste reduction startup in Perth that’s planning to release its mobile app at the end of this month.
The startup’s founder Stuart Kidd has a two-decade career in digital consultanc... |
| 01.03.2021 | UK’s fastest-growing tech firms join forces to tackle climate crisis | Fifteen of the fastest-growing tech companies in the UK have joined forces to create the ‘Tech Zero taskforce’ which will take bold steps to tackle the climate crisis and make the UK the top global destination for green investment.
Backed ... |
| 22.11.2020 | 7 Things To Expect As We Edge Closer To Using Up The World’s Resources | Circular economy business models are becoming more prevalentPhoto by Chris Lawton on Unsplash |
| 07.11.2020 | Reimagining a more equitable sharing economy in the post-COVID-19 world | The first saplings of the sharing economy grew from the ashes of the last financial crisis in 2007-2008. Looking back from the vantage point of 2020, it’s easy to forget the original ideals that many of the earliest proponents of the sharin... |
| 07.11.2020 | Reimagining a more equitable sharing economy in the post-COVID-19 world | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
The first saplings of the sharing economy grew fr... |
| 23.10.2020 | There’s still time: 5 reasons to apply to Upscale 6.0 today | Upscale is our free programme that helps the UK’s most promising digital tech companies accelerate their growth – and we’re currently accepting applications. We think Upscale 6.0 is a crucial programme for ambitious founders during Covid-19... |
| 17.10.2020 | TOP 10 FoodTech Startups of Europe | Founders: Greg Orlowski and William Shu |
| 13.09.2020 | UK Department Stores Signal A New Era For Fashion And Furniture Retail | Selfridges have launched a new initiative 'Project Earth' committing to change the way we shop by ... [+] 2025.Matt Writtle |
| 08.09.2020 | Introducing: The 30 companies joining Net Zero 1.0 | Today we are excited to announce the 30 companies (and 4 fellows) chosen to join Net Zero 1.0. The Net Zero growth programme is the very first in the world to focus on sustainable, carbon conscious companies that are helping the UK work tow... |
| 11.06.2020 | Social Setback—How Social Impact Businesses Are Adapting To The Realities Of The Pandemic | Change Please CEO, Cemal EzelChange Please/Chivas |
| 22.04.2020 | Apps to Help You Become More Sustainable | Tiziana Celine, Tech Times 22 April 2020, 08:04 pm
Who would have thought that adage to "reduce, reuse, recycle" would be that useful as the Earth faces a climate emergency that's placing future generations at risk?
(Photo : Pixab... |
| 17.04.2020 | How tech is easing the challenges of lockdown | The fight against Covid-19 continues, and with lockdown becoming the new normal across the world, the everyday way of life has been totally transformed within the space of a few weeks.
The challenges that are brought about by operating wit... |
| 10.04.2020 | Managing remote teams | With a massive proportion of the workforce now working from home, thousands of companies have now been forced to pivot from flexible working to fully remote overnight. The learning curve has been steep and can be stressful for managers and ... |
| 10.02.2020 | What the tech is up with the weather? | From coast-battering storms to record-breaking summers, it could seem like a good ol’ British drizzle is a thing of the past. The Met Office is reporting that our storms are becoming more severe, and 97% of active and published climate scie... |
| 20.12.2019 | Meet the digital tech companies helping during Christmas time | When they aren’t solving some of the scarier challenges facing humanity, many tech-for-good (and indeed regular) founders turn their attention to Christmas – a time when societal problems are amplified during what is typically a joy-filled ... |
| 31.10.2019 | The scary things that UK tech is solving | It can be hard to escape stories of scary world-ending technology. Science fiction has for decades been ruminating on the possibility of extinction-summoning all-powerful AI and genocidal Austrian robots. More recently you might have notice... |
| 18.10.2019 | There’s still time: why mid-stage scaling founders should apply for Upscale today | When you’re the founder of a scaling company, it’s essential to have access to tailored, relevant and trustworthy support in order to overcome the unique challenges that accompany rapid growth.
Our established, curated and free Upscale gro... |
| 06.08.2019 | What is a Scaleup? | When you enter the tech world, you soon become exposed to a whole new range of terminology used within the tech ecosystem. From the basics like startup and venture capital, to terms like bootstrapping and MVP – you might even be wondering w... |
| 25.07.2019 | The Founder Reshuffle – appointing the tech Cabinet of the UK | As Britain transitions to a new Prime Minister and is installing a new ministerial top tier, we imagined our fantasy Cabinet, made up exclusively of UK tech founders. In our own re-shuffle we’ve sourced the most innovative, disruptive, and ... |
| 29.05.2019 | Letter from London: Britain’s ‘Food Waste Tsar’ Wants Radical, Drastic Change | The British press has a knack for dubbing powerful individuals with outlandish titles. Regulators become “watchdogs” or “ombudsmen.” Owners of newspapers become “moguls.” If your day job is helping to tackle Britain’s food waste crisis, it ... |
| 25.01.2019 | 30 of the UK’s leading tech scaleups join Upscale 4.0 | Following a record number of exceptional applications last year and an intense judging period, we can now reveal the 30 fast-growing tech companies joining Tech Nation’s Upscale 4.0.
Upscale is based around honest conversations, meetups an... |
| 15.07.2018 | Octopus Ventures Leads $6M Series A for Olio | Having passed the milestone of half a million users earlier this month, OLIO today announces that it has raised a $6m Series A round. This injection of capital will be used to double the size of the team – with a particular focus on product... |
| 12.07.2018 | Term Sheet – Thursday, July 12 | MIX TAPE
Good morning all! Lucinda back again for today and Friday. Reach me lucinda.shen@fortune.com.
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| 12.07.2018 | Top tech startup news stories you need to know this Thursday, July 12 | Good morning! Here are some of the major highlights and top tech startup news stories for today, Thursday, July 12.
Blockchain startup Dirt Protocol raises $3 million to become the Wikipedia of data. Dirt Protocol, a new startup for a prot... |
| 11.07.2018 | Food-Sharing App Olio Secures $6M in Series A Funding | Olio, a London, UK-based food-sharing app, secured $6m in Series A funding.
The round was led by Octopus Ventures with participation from Accel, Quadia, Quentin Griffiths, Silvergate Investments 2, Bran Investments, Julien Codorniou and Jas... |
| 11.07.2018 | Olio, the app that lets you share unwanted food items with your neighbours, picks up £6M Series A | Olio, the hyperlocal food sharing app that wants to help tackle the world’s food waste epidemic, has picked up $6 million in Series A funding.
The U.K. startup offers a location-based app and website that lets you list and post a photo of u... |
| 17.04.2018 | История Kidkin: как петербурженка развивает стартап для родителей на инвестиции от Игоря Рыбакова Статьи редакции... | Петербурженка Елизавета Врацких училась в Европе, работала в британских компаниях, возила в Россию партии iPhone, пробовала силы в стартап-акселераторах, объездила полмира, а затем вернулась в родной город, чтобы привлечь инвестиции у основ... |
| 11.01.2017 | Term Sheet — Wednesday, January 11 | DOLLARS AND DEALS
Everything besides this news and Donald Trump’s scheduled press conference seems beside the point this morning, so here’s some venture data and private equity macro predictions to distract you. (If the topic of Trump, his ... |
| 11.01.2017 | OLIO raises $2.2 million to help reduce food wastage | UK-based OLIO, a food sharing app for reducing food waste, has raised $2.2 million in funding from several investors.
The app, which was launched in the UK last year by cofounders Tessa Cook and Saasha Celestial-One, is used by neighbours t... |
| 17.06.2016 | OLIO arrives in Cambridge to join the fight against food waste | OLIO arrives in Cambridge to join the fight against food waste
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Following successful roll-outs across a number of UK cities in recent months, food sharing app OLIO has now launched in Cambridge. Smartphone users throughout the cit... |
| 01.05.2016 | 100 noteworthy young startups — and what they tell us about tech this year | Looking at what early-stage startups are working on is not only entertaining — and sometimes concerning — it can also be a good indicator of where tech is headed.
Since we have data on these young ventures at my company, Startup Tracker, we... |
| 01.05.2016 | 100 noteworthy young startups — and what they tell us about tech this year | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Looking at what early-stage startups are working ... |
| 25.03.2016 | Katy Barfield – founder of Yume | website twitter facebook
Katy Barfield is Australia’s leading food waste warrior and instead of just talking about the issues, she has dedicated the past 10 years to doing something about it. As the Founding CEO of food rescue organisation ... |
| 14.12.2015 | OLIO: Can we Disrupt Food Waste? | This article was originally posted on the Tech City UK website.
As the food waste management industry grows, we caught up with the Co-Founders of OLIO – a company which is fast becoming a shining star in the sector – Tessa Cook and Saasha ... |
| 31.07.2015 | Smartwatch Maker Olio Raises $10M: ‘No Need For Cellphones On Wrists’ | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
At first glance, the story of veteran technology product design expert Steve Jacobs could be told as a version of “David and Goliath.” But in this case, it’s a bit more like “... |
| - | Focusing on deeptech and female founders, Frontline Ventures welcomes Zoë Chambers as its newest partner | London/Dublin/San Francisco's Frontline Ventures has announced the appointment of its newest partner, Zoë Chambers, where she’s already been hard at work since earlier this month focusing on European deeptech investments and a solid plan to... |
| - | Share more, waste less app Olio raises $43 million | Community sustainability service Olio has raised $43 million in a Series B round. The free app connects neighbours to neighbours and facilitates the sharing of surplus food and a wide variety of other items. The funding is a major boost for... |
