Helena Young

Helena is Deputy Editor at Startups. She oversees all news and supporting content on Startups, and is also the author of the weekly Startups email newsletter, delivering must-know SME updates straight to their inbox.

From interviewing Wetherspoon’s boss Tim Martin to spotting data-led working from home trends, her insight has been featured by major trade publications including the ICAEW, and news outlets like the BBC, ITV News, Daily Express, and HuffPost UK.

With a background in PR and marketing, Helena is particularly passionate about giving early-stage startups a platform to boost their brands. That’s one reason she manages the Startups 100 Index, our annual ranking of new UK businesses.

  • Sauce Shop
    39. Sauce Shop Sauce Shop is injecting some spice into the food market with its flavoursome, UK-made condiments – and they’re all sustainably sauced.
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  • Hi55 Ventures founder
    88. Hi55 Ventures Hi55 Ventures is a disruptive fintech with a social purpose: to make the world financially stronger by giving employees faster access to their earned wages
    2 min read
  • Edgify founders
    37. Edgify In a data-led world, Edgify seeks to improve machine-learning using AI training, bringing accurate, cost-efficient benefits to its clients.
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  • Measure Protocol Ltd
    40. Measure Protocol Ltd. Measure Protocol Ltd is the blockchain-led, ethical answer to market research, putting the power of data purchasing back in the hands of its owners.
    2 min read
  • Dragonfly AI
    38. Dragonfly AI Dragonfly AI helps brand and creative teams optimise the effectiveness of visual content across any channel with AI-powered insights
    2 min read
  • Virti Alex Young
    5. Virti Virti treats employees like high-performance athletes, using high-tech AI, VR and gamification training simulations to improve workforce performance.
    2 min read
  • KIDLY founder James Hart
    4. KIDLY KIDLY provides parent-tested children’s products to stock the best items, not all the items, for the 21st century family.
    2 min read
  • Cheeky Panda
    Startups 100 company worth £75m just five years after launch
    3 min read
  • hiring-uk-jobs
    ‘Great resignation’ sees record number of job vacancies
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