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About Marc Ortmans

Marc Ortmans is cofounder and Chair of GEN UK

25% of UK students want to be startup founders

By |2020-09-01T17:23:38+01:00July 20th, 2020|Uncategorized|

25% of UK students want to become startup founders says report with 43% of startups having a BAME founder and 40% a female founder. The State of UK Student Startups 2020 is the inaugural report published by Creator Fund looking at what inspiring student founders are working on across the UK. The report is based on [...]

UK Future Fund fights Pandemic

By |2020-08-14T12:58:46+01:00July 3rd, 2020|Funding|

A £500 million Future Fund loan programme implemented by the UK government was launched in May to help startups survive the global pandemic. The government has expanded the scheme now to include companies not incorporated in the UK. The Future Fund scheme allows startups and other high-growth early-stage businesses from a wide range of sectors to [...]

2020 Global Startup Ecosystem Report released

By |2020-08-14T13:03:25+01:00July 2nd, 2020|Research, Uncategorized|

GEN and Startup Genome have released a comprehensive report detailing the state of ecosystems around the world. Apart from country by country comparisons the report also looks at factors that are in play caused by the pandemic and considers how to address these. The report is now available for members in our HUB Resources and public [...]

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