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An App That Can Help You Live Longer? My Journey Into The World Of Longevity

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  Andrew Ahachinsky, founder of Eterly, the first health and fitness app built by longevity experts, explains how he persuaded first himself, and then others, that aging can be treated, and maybe even cured When you are young, people; your parents, teachers, first boss; tell you, “you have the rest of your life ahead of …

TableCrowd, The Private Dining & Networking Startup Are Raising £400k On Crowdcube

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Startup networking always works better when there is food on the table, and an MC to facilitate introductions and get tongues wagging. This has long been the philosophy at London-based startup TableCrowd, who host business and networking dinners where they help entrepreneurs forge connections with people who can help them grow their businesses. This week, …

Serial Entreprenuer Martin S Hauge Is Backing A Flying Car From Slovakia

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Uber are not the only company who can see an advantage in being able, quite literally, to take off at the first sign of traffic. AeroMobil, a “leading flying car designer” from Slovakia led by CEO Juraj Vaculik are about to exhibit a production ready model at the 52nd International Paris Air Show, which takes …

Micro-Influencer Marketing Platform For Instagram Raises £3.2m

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The startup world has invested a lot of time and effort into trying to quantify the impact of so-called social media influencers, and package it up on behalf of marketers – but it would be fair to say that nobody has quite hit the jackpot. Yet. Supestar bloggers and vloggers at the very top of …

Favorey, The Services Directory Based On Recommendations From People You Trust, To Launch Mobile App

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Favorey is a new discovery app that uses the power of social recommendations to help its users find trustworthy new service providers, from tree surgeons, to key cutters. Leveraging the function that allows them to obtain a direct introduction to providers that their family or friends have used and recommended, users can request services, receive …

New Venture Fund, From City & Guilds Group Invests Undisclosed Amount Into Ed-Tech Platform HT2 Labs

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The City & Guilds Group, a developer of learning technologies that works with more than 200 companies worldwide to help develop a more skilled workforce, has made an investment into HT2 Labs, a research and development company for workplace digital learning, through its recently set up £2.5 million-pound New Venture Fund. HT2 Labs works alongside …