January Update ’19
Techspace community news
2018 was an exciting year for the tech industry, which means an exciting year for the Techspace members. In our first update of the year, we bring you the latest member news, featured blogs and partner offers.
Members’ News
2019 has just begun but many of our members have already made big announcements about their plans for the year.
New Techspace member, Scape have successfully secured $8m seed funding to further their visual positioning service which aids developers who are looking to build apps with location accuracy far beyond the capabilities of GPS alone.
Trint has integrated with Zapier to further their potential to streamline your workflow.
Zego has teamed up with UK challenger bank, Starling to offer insurance for gig economy workers & freelancers through the Starling business marketplace.
Samsara have been growing quickly throughout 2018 and recently secured $100m investment from Andreessen Horowitz and General Catalyst. The team show no signs of slowing down in 2019 and will be hiring 1000 new employees to build new products, enter new markets and support growing customer demand.
Pleo met with BorsenDK to discuss their progress so far and ambitions for 2019. Pleo founder, Jeppe Rindom also sat with Techspace for an episode of Real Voices of Scale-up, coming soon.
Silverfin has announced a partnership with Vandelanotte to provide their accountants with the latest technology and create a centralised data hub.
Featured Blogs
Our members produced some great content about the tech industry, business growth and employee wellbeing. Check out some of the standout articles from this month.
Building a feedback culture — Insurtech member company, Zego explores the importance of critical feedback as a means of self-development, and how they intend to build a culture which will allow feedback to be reviewed and implemented more quickly.
Employees want incentives to get healthy — Non-financial incentives are becoming increasingly important among the working population. However, iRewardHealth reports that health incentives are only offered by 43% of companies, despite 73% of professionals saying it influences their decision of where to work.
Five year-end insights that caught our eye — GDPR, talent and age bias are just some of the trending topics in the tech industry last year. Zartis have reviewed 5 insights and reports that caught their attention in 2018.
19 Programmatic trends for 2019 — 2018 will be remembered as a challenging year for many however, turbulent times can make for interesting marketing opportunities. MediaMath looks at 19 advertising trends they anticipate for 2019.
Featured Partner
Workshape — With more scale-ups reporting a skills shortage in the EU and 23% of startups claiming they fail due to not having the right team, hiring talent has never been more important. Thankfully, with an innovative approach to recruitment, Workshape has made CVs a thing of the past by turning an employee questionnaire into a simple visual, highlighting a candidate’s skill set. Techspace members can enjoy 20% off the Workshape platform. Head to the members’ area to find out more.
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