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Interview with Instanda: a no-code platform for insurtech companies to build software products.
Posted in Business, Interviews on 2nd Sep, 2023
by Alex Muller
Tim Hardcastle is the co-founder and CEO of Instanda. Launched in 2012, it has created tools that let insurtech companies create products without specialist coding knowledge. It does so with a combination of pre-built product libraries that can be adapted for specific insurance providers.
Magway, a deep tech scaleup creating a network of overground or underground pipes to move goods at high speed.
Posted in Business, Interviews on 2nd Sep, 2023
by Alex Muller
Interview with Magway, founded in 2017, is aiming to disrupt sustainable and efficient goods delivery. It uses linear motors and automation to move goods along a network that can span a distance ranging from a few hundred meters to tens of kilometres.
Interview with Beam: a social enterprise where homeless people can crowdfund themselves
Posted in Business, Interviews on 8th Aug, 2023
by Alex Muller
This East London-based company’s platform lets people donate directly to a homeless person or refugee, showing the goals and progress of the campaign. It has supported 1,935 people through its platform and that 81% of people go on to find work.
Interview with Olio: An app for sharing food and other goods that would otherwise be going to waste
Posted in Business, Interviews on 8th Aug, 2023
by Alex Muller
The London-headquartered company says more than 100 million portions of food and nine million household items have been shared on its platform.
Peppercorn AI Interview – Guiding customers through the purchase process
Posted in Business on 3rd Jul, 2023
by Alex Muller
Lombard founded Peppercorn in 2020 and it has gone on to secure £1.8m in seed funding. He previously founded two other insurtech companies: Hedgehog and Drivology.