The digital daredevils
Wales has an abundance of exciting, go-ahead businesses working in the digital field. Many of them, as befits the field, are new start-ups or still relatively young, while others are already well-established.
They all show that there are people in Wales who are determined to make the most of the opportunities the digital economy offers.
We cannot possibly look at all the remarkable digital companies Wales can boast, but we can show you a small selection of them. Learnium Start-up education technology company Learnium was formed by a team of graduates from the Alacrity Foundation. They received an investment of £250,000 from the Foundation backers which enabled them to develop their education-specific social network, designed to improve the student experience and enable effective online collaboration.
The social platform lets students and teachers link up online, collaborate on projects and documents and share digital resources. The platform is available to all UK universities and colleges and doubled its user base during the first six months of 2016.
Learnium has been boosted after being invited to partner with Microsoft and will now see its technology integrated with Microsoft Online Office. Both companies have now made their combined product available for free to more than four million students in the UK. Wealthify The financial technology sector is poised for huge growth and roboinvestment firm Wealthify ticks all the right boxes.
The co-founders are Dr Richard Theo, managing director of ActiveQuote.com, and chartered wealth manager Michelle Pearce.
Wealthify’s online technology requires no investment knowlege and is targeted at people who want to invest anything from £1 to £2m. It uses a combination of algorithms and an investment team to build