AI investment will set a new record in 2019, but with slowing growth. The sector is starting to mature, and with an ever growing list of AI unicorns, there are great acquisition and IPO opportunities in the sector. What is AI (Artificial Intelligence) again? Generally we are talking about machine le...

On 16 July, I saw a news article about the potential cost of a cyber attack on London’s electricity networks – £111m daily. “Wow”, I thought. And left it there. And then, Thursday 25th July, headlines and broadcasts in Johannesburg, my home city – a tweet from City Power, the municipa...

The stage of your company will have the greatest impact on both the valuation of your company and the valuation methodologies that can be employed. Beyond that, the supply and demand for investment in your industry and sector plays a big role. It is definitely not an exact science and requires a cus...

Should InsurTechs partner with traditional insurance companies as underwriters, thereby just providing distribution to them based on their tech innovations, or can they leverage their position to participate in the insurance risks and profits, and be more like the insurance companies? Insurance is a...

When the inevitable question comes up at an investor pitch “who is your competition”, it is almost always a good thing to have identifiable competitors, even though the technopreneur may think and feel otherwise. Investors go where there is competition. Competition validates the category There i...

Willie Pienaar, Group CE of legaltech company, NuvaLaw, reflects on his experience working with legal and insurance companies, examining what it will take for meaningful industry transformation to take place. As the digital economy became entrenched in the outside world, 2017 saw the legal industry ...

As a European venture-backed startup, you are more likely than not to exit to a European buyer. However the largest exits are outside of Europe, so you would be be well advised to look more broadly, particularly in the US, for your buyer. The data from The State of European Tech 2018 Report by Atomi...

Co-working is no longer the sole preserve of digital nomads and startups – enterprises and professional firms are also getting in on the act, making it more mainstream. Globally, the number of co-working spaces in 2018 was double that of 2015, and is set to continue to grow a further 43% betwe...

As technology M&A transactions are increasingly being driven by strategic rationale rather than simple consolidation, there is a greater demand for specialist M&A firms who have a deeper understanding of their sectors, rather than traditional investment banks, according to a new CB Insights ...

Tech startups are reviving physical and online Point of Sale (POS) lending to consumers, where money is advanced to complete the purchase of a specific item, usually over a fixed period. This contrasts to the revolving credit from credit card issuers (which never seems to go away), although issuers ...