Voting open for the Most Influential Woman in UK Technology 2020; The Courier Fresh Fund is open; SXTECH Virtual Summit July 28-29 + more
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Happy Wednesday everyone! 🙂
Last week, we were so pleased to see that one of our favourite media publications - The Courier Magazine - launched The Fresh Fund!
The US$50,000 fund will offer grants to Black founders in the US and UK, aged 25 and under, who have a business idea they want to get off the ground.
➡️ Successful recipients will get a cash grant of at least US$5,000 to help bring to life the plans they’ve described in their application. 💰
➡️ Recipients will also benefit from ongoing mentorship for one year from successful entrepreneurs and have their stories told in Courier, which reaches an audience of over 500,000 people in more than 60 countries. 🔝🌎
We need more initiatives like this! It might not look like a lot of money to give away, but we all know that every single £ or $ counts when you are a young entrepreneur just starting out! Well done Courier! ❤️
Thank you for tuning in this Wednesday, happy reading! 💌
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Community and industry news and updates 👫📌🆕
Long considered taboo by society, SexTech has been quietly emerging as a fast-growth category in personal wellness and mental health. As societal norms continue to adapt to changing perceptions on other, formally taboo areas such as cannabis and psychedelics, the investment opportunities can come more clearly into focus.
Register today for the SXTech Virtual Summit and gain the critical knowledge needed to navigate the investment, regulatory and consumer environment from those on the forefront of the industry. By using code WOW15 you can save 15% on conference tickets! More info about the speakers and the agenda via official website!
Who is the most influential woman in UK technology? Tell us who you think it is by voting here: ow.ly/D0aH50AAZsX #womenintech #CWwit50TechCrunch is running Pitchers and Pitches competition on Thursday, July 23 at 1pm PT / 4pm ET
The Future of the AI Ecosystem with Kate Kallot / webinar by Wired Events, July 27
The Global Surgical Training Challenge by Solve MIT is a $5m challenge, funded by the Intuitive Foundation, aiming to make simulation-based training accessible through low-cost, open-source training modules. The downloadable modules will include a self-assessment function that allows surgical practitioners to test their new skills. Find out more!
The Sustainable Innovation Fund by Innovate UK has launched, more info here.
Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, has up to £800,000 from the Plastics Research and Innovation Fund, to invest in business projects that seek to better understand the behaviour of customers and users and use that understanding to create innovative design concepts. More info here.
Fundraise From Home, an opportunity (every week for the next 3) to pitch a number of well-known investors at once, from the comfort of your home. Find out more.
Google for Startups Immersion programme to help Black Founders in the UK grow their business or raise their next funding round. Find out more.
Is European fashion paying enough attention to Black Lives Matter? / via Fashion United
18 Sustainability efforts of the fashion industry in June 2020 / via Fashion United
Survey: How sustainability programs at brands and retailers have changed post pandemic / via Innovation In Textiles
Europe’s 3D printing industry booms / via Sifted
Ergatta Lands $5M Seed Round To Advance Connected Rower / via Crunchbase News
Google is working on tattoos that turn your body into a touchpad / via Futurism
Researchers made a medical wearable using a pencil and paper / via Engadget
The Carrot Card®: The easiest way to pay for fertility and adoption available worldwide / via Carrot Fertility
Israeli breast-pump startup Anabella raises $1.4mil. / via Geektime
A brief history of the future of genomics / via MedCity News
This woman is solving one of the biggest problems facing green energy / via World Economic Forum
Google promises the EU that it won’t use Fitbit data for ads / via IoT News
How can engineering degrees attract more women? / via The Guardian
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