Welsh tech entrepreneurs showcase their ideas at Google Campus
by Nicholas Fearn , June 29
Several Welsh entrepreneurs are looking to launch their tech businesses after pitching and showcasing at Google Campus last Friday. They were taking part in the final stage of IdeasFund, a tech accelerator fund set up by the founders of TechHub Swansea. In all, 7 companies pitched. The business minds spoke in front of industry experts...
Read More >Tom Wood, CEO of RWA
by Nicholas Fearn , June 28
Tech Dragons recently caught up with Tom Wood, the CEO of RWA, a Blaenavon-based company developing technologies and solutions for learning and skills development. TD: What does your business do? TW: RWA e-Learning builds and provides online learning solutions designed to engage learners, increase skills development and help learners to evidence competence and achievement. TD:...
Read More >Doopoll makes string of international talent hires
by Nicholas Fearn , June 27
Following a successful first year and a global recruitment drive, Cardiff-based tech start-up Doopoll has made a string of key international talent hires. With the online polling platform being used on every continent excluding Antartica, the firm’s founders Steve Dimmick, Sam Goudie and Marc Thomas decided that its search for talent shouldn’t be restricted to...
Read More >Codez Academy and Digital Profile partner to close digital skills gap
by Nicholas Fearn , June 24
Codez Academy and Digital Profile have formed a partnership to help close the digital skills gap in Wales. This will see Digital Profile, a job platform, sharing relevant opportunities in tech with recent graduates from Codez’s Academy digital skills program. At the same time, the academy will be able to tap into data from Digital...
Read More >BAFTA Cymru Games Awards winners are announced
by Nicholas Fearn , June 22
The winners of this year’s BAFTA Cymru Games Awards have officially been announced along with four commendations. Now in its fourth year, the 2016 ceremony was held at the Tramshed in Cardiff over the weekend. It formed a major part of the Wales Games Development Show. Cardiff-based games developer Rantmedia won Best Game of the...
Read More >Brexit: The impact on Wales and its tech scene
by Askar Sheibani , June 21
After months of speculation, the future of the UK’s EU membership will finally be decided on 23rd June. The EU referendum will give UK citizens a choice many of them have never been given before – whether the country should or shouldn’t be part of the European Union. Naturally, this decision has been met with...
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