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LexisNexis Risk Solutions – helping the insurance industry innovate with data
Data has always been a core asset for the insurance industry. Understanding and calculating risk depends on accurate and timely data as well as the skills to manage it. As increasing numbers of the objects that we interact with on a daily basis become “smart” through the use of sensors and transmitters, the potential sources…
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Companies to Watch
elm – helping FMCG companies move faster with data
By its very nature, the FMCG sector has always relied on data to track inventory and sales at scale and speed. Supermarkets and their FMCG suppliers were pioneers…
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ThingCo – driving change for motor insurers
Telematics solutions for the motor insurance sector are not new. Tracking driver behaviour through black boxes to better manage risk, particularly for younger drivers, is a fairly well-established…
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Looking for a startup business idea?
If you’re looking for an idea for a B2B tech startup then the CB Insights daily newsletter floated 3 good suggestions: Idea #1 is a Glassdoor for tech cos to evaluate and see ratings of advisors/service providers like lawyers, bankers, and accountants; Idea #2 Investors (VC, PE, etc.) get all these pitch deck or PPMs…
How UK universities are driving innovation across the economy
Research from startup tracker, Beauhurst, on UK academic spinouts paints a broadly optimistic picture of a dynamic part of the economy. Based on data from 1,424 spinouts which Beauhurst has been tracking since 2011, the research shows pharmaceuticals as the single largest grouping (236 companies) followed by “Research Tools/Reagents” (211), “Analytics, Insight, Tools” (161), “Clinical…
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Moovit releases 2020 Global Public Transport Review data
If smart cities are to become a reality they will rely on access to open data about their environments including transportation, housing, infrastructure and air quality. Intel-owned Moovit, maker of a popular transport data app, is helping to fill the gaps for transportation information. Described as a mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) solutions company, Moovit collects data on…
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London startups follow remote working trend
Pitchbook’s Leah Hodgson has written about the impact of lockdowns on the London startup scene. Like most office-based organisations, startups are questioning the need for expensive office space in the capital. Hodgson sees a number of them moving to more remote ways of working post-COVID. While this may be bad news for developers and building…
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