“We see it as our responsibility to encourage female founders, and founders from other minority groups, to feel confident enough to reach out to us, and other investors, to access the tools they need to level the playing field and build a more equitable tomorrow.” — Isabelle O’Keeffe, Principal at Sure Valley Ventures Sure Valley […]
“When companies say, “we are trying to solve our diversity problem”, we have said “why don’t you build and invest in a pipeline of diverse talent?” — Sophie Adelman, Co-Founder of WhiteHat In the United Kingdom, just over 50% of school leavers go on to university. While government administrations have long sought to increase the […]
“At Antler, we believe that it is important to have exceptional people, regardless of their background and nationality, work on addressing large global opportunities and challenges.” Antler is an early-stage investor and startup generator headquartered in Singapore with offices in London (UK), Amsterdam (Netherlands), Stockholm (Sweden), Oslo (Norway), New York (USA), Nairobi (Kenya) and Sydney […]
True is a venture investor with a difference– the firm uniquely specialises in supporting companies in the retail and consumer sector. This focus allows the firm to support its portfolio companies far beyond seed funding, through their industry sector expertise and an extensive network of corporate partners. True was founded by Matt Truman and Paul Cocker […]
Our world is constantly changing. Growing populations have caused cities to upgrade their infrastructure, social media has encouraged wide-spread activism on issues from politics to the environment, and technological advancements have opened up new ways for individuals to put themselves on the map – literally. Enter Mapillary, the street-level imagery platform that uses crowdsourced data […]
In a couple of weeks, we’ll participate in The Big Score in the lovely city of Ghent, Belgium, an international venture capital & corporate innovation event that will feature 50 of Europe’s most promising growth stage scale-ups and 25 interesting Belgian startups. One of the scale-ups that will be also in attendance is Berlin-based omni:us. […]
As you can read here, Berlin-based startup Pitch has just raised $30 million in additional funding to bolster the development efforts for its collaborative presentation software product, which it has just begun releasing to selected companies and teams. We caught up with founder and CEO Christian Reber, who previously started Wunderlist and sold it to […]