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Remote pitching will become the new normal. Here’s a brief guide from our experiences so far.

If everyone needs a coach, how do you pick the right one?

Akriti Dokania shares her experience of both sides of the founder/VC story

Two People Leaders discuss the new reality for CPOs and the People Function.

Learnings from 5 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion events

What does the best remote referencing process look like?

Entrepreneurs thrive on challenge. So maybe it’s no surprise that our portfolio companies are responding boldly to the current crisis. Here are just some of the stories that confirm our belief that pioneers change the world.

How and why did Zoom win out to other bigger players and become the verb of the crisis?

Among the thirty founder-CEOs of tech scaleups with whom I have recently worked, I’ve noticed a disturbingly high percentage exhibiting signs...

Crash and recession are nothing new to Howard Bell and Pete Daffern, 6 unicorns between them. But what new lessons have they been learning?

No less than six unicorns feature Pete Daffern or Howard Bell in their origin story. The two Octopus Venture Partners have lived through triumphs...

Been there: what can we learn from an ex-CEO (x3) who steered his company through dark times?

Question the Questions is a report from Octopus Ventures that provides a stress-tested guide to international expansion, powered by insights...

First Ask Should you expand abroad? 15: Hello Fresh link: https://www.hellofresh.com Should you enter the US? Is the timing right? 18: Y-Plan...

Is your company ready to manage the complexity of a multinational operation? While the US’ large market holds great promise for scale, even...

With two portfolio companies leading the way in this field, Will Gibbs explains why he believes this sector is central to the future of Digital Health.

The Quit Genius team have built a product that has demonstrated a 53% quit rate, just one reason why Octopus Ventures invested

It wasn’t so long ago that cutting your finger could be a life-threatening event. Then the discovery of antibiotics made the world a much,...

Why we invested in Stackin, a personal finance service for the under-served ’99%’

InsurTech’s strange relationship with the industry giants

We did we invest in crypto derivatives market Intelligence startup, Skew?

Luke Hakes doesn’t normally write about exits, but UltraSoC’s recent acquisition by Siemens is an exception.

Why did we Quantum Motion Technologies as their first investment in the quantum computing field?

Simon King lays out the state of play for quantum computing