Articles tagged with 2017

Simon Cook digs into the data to look at who really backs the companies of the future in the UK.

Last weekend the UK witnessed the “health” of the digital backbone of the NHS as a cyber attack hit outdated technology. There is considerable risk in how we manage patient data. Yet there is also considerable risk in not collecting data, or doing so poorly. The less the medical profession is informed of patient conditions, the more likely it will be that that patients are put at risk.

The team at Clue on how to integrate scientific research into product development cycles.

“The purpose of Enterprise Investment Schemes is to recognise that unquoted trading companies can often face considerable difficulties in realising relatively small amounts of share capital. The new scheme is intended to provide a well-targeted means for some of those problems to be overcome.”

“Maybe you’re just not ready for venture capital”, said William H Draper to a potential Limited Partnership. It was 1957 and Draper was trying to persuade the firm to invest in his new fund, different to any other investment opportunity on the market. “Oh, no, no, no,” the LP replied. All of a sudden, the cards turned, and he signed it.

We love speaking to you entrepreneurs every day. It’s one of the great privileges of our job. Often it’s the VCs who are asked of the market- where do you see the market changing or shifting? What’s your investment thesis? If we’re honest, we prefer to reverse those questions. Where do you see the market changing? You are the one breaking into those markets. It makes sense to ask you.