Introducing another of our Advisory Board members, Jonathan Woolley from Atomico, one of Europe’s leading VCs! J is currently the IT Director there with a 20 year career in IT. Over the last 13+ years he has been responsible for Atomico’s technical strategy, system health and the cyber security posture…

How marketplaces and platforms contribute to a better world and how these companies can measure their impact — “…marketplaces and platforms directly contribute not only to economic growth but to increasing life expectancies, globally…” How’s that for a statement? ☝️☝️ When we think of footprints and impact we usually think of something negative. …

Tim Morgan is the Chief Operating Officer of Teller, a rapidly growing US fintech. …

The first half of 2023 has proven to be a turbulent time for the European tech industry, and the UK has not been immune to the challenges. Atomico’s the State of European Tech’s First Look 2023 report, outlines the troubles the industry as a whole has faced: Total investment volumes…

When building our advisory board we wanted to surround ourselves with experts to help, not just us, but our portfolio companies too… and who better than someone who played a crucial role in the development and growth of one of the world’s leading consumer marketplaces… Introducing Ya-Lin Timbs, Director of…

This week I read an article shared by one of my VC heroes, hussein kanji, Hoxton Ventures— it was Vice’s article “VCs Face an Existential Threat: There Are Too Many of Them”… As we only launched Verb Ventures last week, I felt SEEN! However, upon reading what initially looked like…

Lat year I was asked by the University of Law to do a talk for their inbound Business School students on ‘Thinking like an entrepreneur’. My talk was a download of my cumulative knowledge base, built upon my own experiences and those of my clients (startups and investors). …

The Small Business Podcast is a series of discussions with founders who are in the midst of their journey. It’s not glorified success stories where founders with big exits give a reverse engineered story — it’s the real story of entrepreneurs in the trenches! Throughout my career within the venture eco-system I’ve been fortunate enough to have worked with some amazing founders. …

Already an attractive category for investors, B2B marketplaces are well positioned to capitalise on the re-emergence of ESG and sustainability concerns as the Covid-19 pandemic starts to subside. Environmental, social, governance (ESG) and sustainability concerns have been on the business agenda for some time, however they shot up the list…