Buddi IPO: Everything you need to know about Buddi
Ben Lobel April 30, 2021 5:00 PM
Electronic tracking device Buddi, launched by Confused.com founder Sara Murray, is preparing to IPO this year. Read on for more about the company’s background and growth ahead of the listing. Share:
What is Buddi?
Buddi is a GPS tracking technology business offering an electronic wristband that monitors the location of vulnerable people, and also produces a range of accompanying tracking products and accessories.
Founded in 2005 by Confused.com founder Sara Murray after her four-year-old daughter temporarily went missing in a supermarket, the company originally set out to offer a service that tracked the whereabouts of children. But opportunities instead presented themselves in prisoner tagging, health services and local authorities.
MiRoCLOUD is a simple to use AI robotics creative coding home learning tool for all
LONDON, Feb. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Consequential Robotics, developers of the popular MiRo robot, today announced the release of MiRoCLOUD, a new browser-based platform for people of all ages and abilities to understand and develop essential coding skills. The unique combination of MiRoCLOUD with the charming MiRo-E biomimetic robot makes coding engaging, easier to learn and more enjoyable.
Features and benefits include:
MiRoCLOUD is an online platform, where students can begin coding, testing and simulating with MiRoCODE. Flexible and powerful, MiRoCLOUD runs in the cloud so works with almost any computer or tablet regardless of age, specification and operating system.
ISHKAR uses craft objects to show a different side to countries in conflict
Social enterprise ISHKAR provides a retail platform for designers and makers in countries like Afghanistan, Yemen and Pakistan. In this interview, co-founder Flore de Taisne says she hopes to change perceptions of places labelled as war zones. We need to tell stories of places like Afghanistan that aren t just about bombs and what you can read in the headlines, said De Taisne. We wanted to create a platform for artists, photographers and artisans in these places, to showcase what they do.
Flore de Taisne and Edmund Le Brun lived in Afghanistan before founding ISHKAR. Photo is by Alun Callender