Blog - Corniche Growth Advisors

29 Oct 2020

Venture debt could work for you (especially in these times)

Venture debt in its classic form is used by VC-backed startups to leverage their existing VC equity investments, relationships and investability in a variety of situations, including providing extra runway to the technopreneur during a pandemic. The characteristics of venture debt are driven by its ...

27 Sep 2020

Is there still an opportunity for auto OEMs to dominate insurance?

Since taking on ThingCo (www.thingco.com) as a client, I have been rethinking my views on the future of telematics. In 2016 I attended my first Insuretech conference to listen to speakers from outside of my experience. At that point I had been exposed to Ingenie and InsureTheBox, both of which seeme...

25 Sep 2020

Europe’s pursuit of digital sovereignty could affect the future of the Internet

Europe is marching towards a dangerous and, potentially, irreversible trend that could see the world’s second largest economy alone and alienated. The trend is: digital sovereignty. This article was written by Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis, Senior Director of Policy, Strategy and Development at the ...

24 Aug 2020

Why more companies are going for a direct listing

With data analytics software company Palantir Technologies set to do a direct listing next month, and with a number of successful high-profile direct listings over the years such as MetroBank & Pennpetro Energy (LSE 2017), Spotify (NYSE 2018), and Slack (NYSE 2019), can we expect more companies ...

30 Jul 2020

The “soft value” of a transaction advisor

There are many reasons that technopreneurs may take on a transaction advisor, but most often it is for their rolodex of contacts, or to outsource the M&A/capital raising process so that they concentrate on their core business. In this somewhat personal article, we discuss some of the softer but ...

29 Jul 2020

Venture financing “down but not out” during our first Covid quarter

The 2Q2020 data (when the first full-quarter impact of Covid-19 was felt across large portions of the globe) is generally good news given the many dire predictions. Although a “reset”, there is resilience and strong activity in spite of the huge blow to virtually every economy. Our view is based...

30 Jun 2020

Is it better to raise capital now, or to wait for the investment climate to improve?

We are frequently asked by technopreneurs looking to raise capital what the chances are of reaching their objectives in the current climate, or whether it might be better to wait for the investment climate to improve. We are still in very early stages of this period of uncertainty. As investors wres...

18 Jun 2020

Remote working – when will AR/VR deliver true “remote presence”?

Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) have the potential to take remote collaboration to the next level through giving people a “remote presence”. Will our current lockdown, and its consequent change in behaviour, be the catalyst to finally get these technologies to deliver? It was ama...

21 May 2020

Why early-stage VC funding favours focus

How many times have you heard an early stage VC say that it only invests in companies that solve a single, meaningful problem? So what is the issue in diversifying into more products, customer segments or geographies? Surely it is both expanding your addressable market, and a risk mitigation strateg...

05 May 2020

NextGen radiologists love AI

Embracing new technologies is not new to radiologists, but AI will be central to the future as an invaluable tool to the NextGen radiologist. Medical imaging is the crucial part of the diagnostic pathway to support diagnosis, ongoing monitoring, and treatment of a range of conditions, including ca...