All posts tagged: 8.3M

Solent wins £8.3m national funding for clean maritime innovation

Solent wins £8.3m national funding for clean maritime innovation

Maritime UK Solent is celebrating a major cash injection for the region’s businesses in their mission to develop green technologies for a more sustainable future. The government’s Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (CMDC4) considered 33 project applications from across the UK – 12 of which are based in the Solent, representing 24 per cent of the total £33 million available. Working alongside government officials and Innovate UK, MUK Solent encouraged its maritime network of more than 900 organisations to explore opportunities during this fourth round of funding. Among the clean technologies they put forward were electric, hydrogen, ammonia, methanol and wind power. Visit Hampshire Biz News for bright, upbeat and positive business news from the county Anne-Marie Mountifield, chair of Maritime UK Solent, said: “This is a wonderful boost for the Solent’s maritime cluster and congratulations to those organisations who were successful in securing funding. “These initiatives position the UK as a leader in emerging clean maritime technologies, fostering sustainable high-skilled jobs across the country and boosting coastal economies. “In the long term, the green technologies that emerge from …

Sample Series A pitch deck: Lupiya’s .3M deck

Sample Series A pitch deck: Lupiya’s $8.3M deck

There haven’t been many neobanks cropping up lately, so I was a little surprised to learn that Lupiya recently raised a $8.3 million Series A. The company claims it is trying to make the world better “by creating a landscape that promotes an economically empowered Zambia.” For the 69th installment (nice!) of the Pitch Deck Teardown series, let’s take a peek at how Lupiya told its story to close this round. We’re looking for more unique pitch decks to tear down, so if you want to submit your own, here’s how you can do that.  Slides in this deck Lupiya’s deck is impressively compact at just 10 slides. A compact deck makes for a great way to tell the story quickly, but it also means you risk missing a couple of things. The company said it has edited its traction slide to protect some sensitive details, but it did share some of the numbers with me in confidence. Suffice it to say the company has some pretty impressive metrics to back up its progress since …