Asto Business Capital loans are now available on the Funding Options platform as part of a long-term partnership with the business finance marketplace. The Santander-backed app joins Funding Options’ roster of more than 200 lender partners, offering loans of as little as £150 or as much as £150,000, to help small businesses plug urgent cash […]
The startup ecosystem will take a year or more to fully recover from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, with economic and political risk representing the biggest barrier to innovation in that time, according to new data from Kamet Ventures. Six out of 10 industry professionals (60 per cent) surveyed by Kamet Ventures believe […]
Agamon’s AI software trains hospital computers to ‘read’ doctor’s unique language, a long-standing barrier for healthcare advancements Hospitals run like a relay race, where many procedures and work stations must exchange real-time clinical information to ensure patient care runs smoothly. Today, this optimal patient care is threatened by something seemingly trivial, and that is textual […]
Through my time working in comms for cyber security companies and monitoring the news agenda, one trend that has persisted is that every major event in the “real world” has an equal reaction in the cyber security space. Trade wars, elections, and even protests, are reflected in mirror activity taking place online. So too has […]
Simon Hirtzel, alumnus of the University of Cambridge holding a degree in Natural Sciences, served as Chief Financial Officer at PA Consulting Group until 2007, then as Chief Operating Officer of Kreos Capital, Europe’s leading growth debt provider for high-growth companies. In his new role at IQ Capital, Simon will focus on building LP relationships […]
Our work with the likes of Dr Barbara Ghinellia and The Harwell Space Cluster, along with Seraphim Capital helping to launch its Space Camp accelerator programme back in 2018, has shown that the next frontier of business and opportunity lies space-based technology, solving Earth-bound problems. The Harwell Campus is the gateway to the UK […]
What is your take on the Government’s most recent policy interventions to support early stage businesses? “At a high level, both the Future Fund and the COVID Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) are the right ideas. However, the devil is in the detail and there are some massive roadblocks for the majority of early stage […]
After enjoying a buoyant market for many years, COVID has been a sharp and unwelcome shock for many early stage companies. Typically, equity funding secured from angel investors or VCs would need to last 15-18 months, but across the board, startups have had to get creative about cost cutting to extend their runway. Founders found […]
The years that followed saw rockets catapulting into orbit, followed by brave humans leaving the stratosphere and then, fatefully, the first human steps left their mark on the face of the moon in 1969. But the fascination with space started well before any of that: we have long looked towards the stars hopefully. The […]
For many years, and still even to an extent now, mental health has been largely misunderstood. Not so long ago, there was a lot of misinformation around the issue. It was such an unknown that being depressed was often labelled as “lazy”, and people suffering from it were probably categorised as “crazy” and ostracised from […]
In Q4 2019, over 50 access points to the networks of major companies from all over the world (the same number as during all of 2018) were publicly available for sale. In Q1 2020, this number rose to 80. Criminals mostly sell access to industrial companies, professional services companies, finance, science and education, and […]
Launched by Seraphim Capital in 2018, Seraphim Space Camp is a nine-week programme, culminating in an Investor Day on 24th June. The previous four cohorts (featuring a total of 28 companies) have collectively raised or had offers of £24 million in private investment and £10 million in grants, and have created 83 job opportunities, […]