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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

We publish yet another follow up on a series of blogs on the insureTech value chain and its implications for investors. This blog links a couple of comments in the aftermath of the NS Insurance article, and offers some ideas going forward. A blog article that I wrote some time ago got the attention ...

By Vamshi Lingampally, Venture Partner at Corniche Growth Advisors How effective can technology be in slowing the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic globally? We review the multiple technology solutions rolled out by countries for quarantine monitoring and tracing, and try to understand which model ...

The psychiatrist Carl Jung posited that there exists two polar personality types and that we all fall somewhere on the spectrum. On one end is extroversion, and on the other is introversion. According to his study, extroversion can be identified by the individual’s active engagement with the exter...