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Meet our Accelerator Startups
The Leicester Startups Accelerator begins on Monday. The six-week programme will take eight startups on a journey of developing, shaping and validating their businesses. It will all culminate in the founders pitching their companies to a panel of investors on demo day. So who are our budding entrepreneurs? Newny – Mukhtar Mohamoud Community organisations […]
Covid-born halal food delivery startup in Leicester hits milestone
A Leicester based halal food delivery startup, which was born out of the pandemic, is celebrating its 1,000th order. TheHalalFoodShop.com launched in May 2020 by former nightclub promoter Bilal Khan as a way of helping the Muslim community access their halal diet. The company sells halal certified products and aims to become the UK’s largest online […]
Leicester travel startup launches “most exciting product development” in its history
A startup in Leicester has soft launched a second version of its app which allows solo travellers to meet and book holidays. Travamigos has been redesigned to bring in more income to the business and to create a better customer experience. The company said it is the “most exciting product development in Travamigos history”. Version […]
Leicester insuretech firm smashes crowdfunding target
Leicester-based insurance startup DeadHappy has closed its online crowd funding campaign three weeks early after almost doubling its target. The firm closed on £2.7m after initially aiming to raise £1.5m. More than 1,200 people invested in the company. We recently spoke to co-founder of DeadHappy Phil Zeidler for the Leicester Startups Podcast, which you can […]
Leicester entrepreneur named best mentor to cybersecurity startup founders
A Leicester entrepreneur has been awarded for his role leading and mentoring hundreds of cybersecurity startup founders. David Chan was named the winner of the ‘Security Leader/Mentor’ category at the ‘Serious Unsung Heroes Awards’, which recognises the UK’s “Unsung Heroes in Cybersecurity”. He won after judges recognised him as someone in the industry who takes […]
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