Tag: rising

  • Antwerp startup Maurice & Nora raises €1M to address rising care demand

    Antwerp-based social-impact startup Maurice & Nora has raised €1 million in funding to accelerate its growth and expand its platform for non-medical in-home assistance. The round includes backing from investors such as Coformaco (led by Conny Vandendriessche), Dries Buytaert, 100IN, Annemie Colruyt & Stef Goossens, Jan Delaere, Lorenz Bogaert, Toon Coppens, Piet Maes, Roeland Delrue, read more

    Antwerp startup Maurice & Nora raises €1M to address rising care demand
  • The Met Hires MoMA’s Rising Star Photography Curator Oluremi C. Onabanjo

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has hired Oluremi C. Onabanjo as its new curator in the Department of Photographs. She will begin at the museum this summer. At the Met, Onabanjo will be focused on managing the Walther Collection, a 2025 gift of more than 6,500 historical and contemporary photographs and albums read more

    The Met Hires MoMA’s Rising Star Photography Curator Oluremi C. Onabanjo
  • Lorena Levi, Rising Artist Who Painted ‘Narrative Portraiture,’ Dies at 29

    Lorena Levi, an artist whose portraits painted on wood gained her fast-growing momentum in the UK, died on January 8 at 29. Her death was announced this week via her Instagram, which said she had battled pancreatic cancer. Levi rose quickly over the past few years, staging a show in Milan with M+B, a well-regarded read more

    Lorena Levi, Rising Artist Who Painted ‘Narrative Portraiture,’ Dies at 29
  • Sencillo raises £350K+ to help UK families navigate rising education costs

    Education financing platform Sencillo has raised over £350,000 in Pre-seed Funding. The rising costs of education mean UK families are now spending increasingly larger amounts on their children’s education each year, averaging between £3,600 and £15,000 per annum for early years childcare, £19,000 to £50,000 for independent schooling, and over £22,700 a year for university, read more

    Sencillo raises £350K+ to help UK families navigate rising education costs