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When was the last time you pitched a feature to a journalist hooked to an "Awareness Week"? It turns out it's not always the play. This week on the podcast we chat to Sadhbh O'Sullivan, Consumer Health Writer at The i paper. She explained why she won’t peg health features to "Awareness Days" and her favourite game: fantasy case study. https://lnkd.in/emt7bqxr

The autumn is always a busy season for fundraise news. Over the last couple of months, we've had the privilege of collaborating with VC-backed founders on some brilliant announcements, including: ♻️ Working with Yudí Ding, Zuleyka Strasner and the team at PACT to announce their Series A and the opening of their flagship facility in Cambridge as they industrialise production of their world-first collagen biomaterial 📈 Supporting Resurge Growth Partners on the messaging, brand positioning and market launch of their new €120m "venture equity" vehicle, led by Oren Peleg, Eyal Malinger and Matt Jarmolkiewicz 🏙 Doing the double for Gendo - announcing their Seed round just four months after working with George Proud and Will Jones on their pre-seed news. Their platform - think Midjourney for Architects - is setting a new AI standard for the sector 🏥 Collaborating with Kelly Klifa and Alexandra (Sasha) T. of Heim to shout about the Seed raise for their API-led platform which is optimising the "last mile" of at-home healthcare and already delivering incredible results to clients And there are a few absolutely epic announcements in the pipeline that we can't wait to talk about...

What a week for Mobilise | B Corp. CEO James Townsend featured in today's Sifted Startup Life newsletter on how to handle caring responsibilities as a founder; and spoke to UKTN about why founders should find "unsexy" problems to solve. And BBC News and Radio Jackie covered Mobilise's launch of extra support for unpaid carers in Surrey 👏

We were thrilled to work with George Proud and Will Jones at Gendo to announce their latest raise this week, just weeks after they announced their pre-seed 🌱 Dubbed "Midjourney for architects", Gendo is transforming a critical component of architectural design and has already been embraced in beta by world-leading firms.

It’s ‘No Worries If Not!’ day! This week on the podcast we chat to Lindsay Dodgson, Senior Reporter at Business Insider. We spoke to Lindsay about the gaps in her expert network, how she spots topics that are truly trending, and why she thinks good PRs are worth their weight in gold 💰📈 Listen wherever you get your pods. https://lnkd.in/edAw3YAd

There's nothing we love more than great data 📈 Ace to see Flexa's Work Index covered in a slew of publications this week, including City AM and the Evening Standard.

Episode 3 of ‘No Worries If Not!’ is now live! 🔊 In this episode, we chat with Forbes contributor and freelance journalist David Prosser. He takes us through the inner workings of the Forbes Contributor Network, describes how trends cycle through the industry, and explains why it matters to PRs that he starts many of his stories with a ‘problem statement.’ 💡 https://bit.ly/46pf3bD

It's great working with Ada Ventures because a) they are a lovely bunch and b) they're constantly pushing the envelope when it comes to the VC value-add. Today, they've launched AdaGPT - a pitch deck assessment AI. It's the brainchild of Ada's newly announced Principal & Head of Product, Michael Tefula. Check out the tool via links in comments ⬇️ Big thanks to Cate Lawrence at Tech.eu who spoke to Michael and Check about the new appointment, the release of the tool, and their plans for building more ✨ https://lnkd.in/eKVuWN2C

Today's the day... the rest of the world holds its breath as Americans go to the polls. It's been an election like no other on many fronts. Last month, Oskar Serrander of Wondercraft explained the powerful role audio has played in what he's calling America's first 'podcast election' for Fortune. Whatever the result this week, could the impact of podcasts on this year's campaign be a sign of things to come?  🎧

One of the joys of our job is meeting founders building incredible businesses that are catalysts for change 📈 Manjul Rathee is one of those founders. She's behind BFB Labs: a social enterprise designing therapeutic interventions to support child mental health 🧠 Last week, Manjul spoke to Oscar Hornstein at UKTN about her advice for first-time founders and how startups can promote diversity 🚀