Future of health
25 Feb 2021 8 emerging trends on the health tech horizon
Even before Covid, health technology was one of the fastest growing investment sectors in the world. This pace has now more than doubled as a...
Insights
Latest insights
Scaling
25 Feb 2021 This is what we mean when we talk about Talent
All VC’s can help with hiring, but what needs to be added to make a Talent function help startups best? Laura explains.
Future of money
12 Feb 2021 Climate FinTech: The startups helping banks to overcome the ESG resource gap
Can startups help banks overcome the ESG resource gap?
How to guides
How to guides
9 Oct 2020 Pitching deck perfection from an expert
Claire Macmillan knows how startups can better tell their story through their deck.
How to guides
19 Mar 2020 Remote pitching: a brief guide for entrepreneurs and investors.
Remote pitching will become the new normal. Here’s a brief guide from our experiences so far.
How to guides
11 Dec 2019 If everyone needs a coach, how do you pick the right one?
If everyone needs a coach, how do you pick the right one?
Building teams
Building teams
11 Jan 2021 Judge a VC by how they behave – everywhere
Millen Wolde-Selassie relates her recent experience of entering the VC world.
Building teams
27 Oct 2020 Moving mental health from ‘problem’ to reality.
Is it time to stop thinking of this as a problem and embrace the realities of workplace stress?
Building teams
29 Jul 2020 Pioneer Portrait: Iona Carter of Plum Guide
Iona Carter describes her journey to Head of Brand at Plum Guide
Scaling
Scaling
25 Feb 2021 This is what we mean when we talk about Talent
All VC’s can help with hiring, but what needs to be added to make a Talent function help startups best? Laura explains.
Scaling
20 Jan 2021 Welcoming Emma Davies, our new Co-CEO
A new Co-CEO joins us to meet the opportunity in European tech, Emma Davies.
Scaling
30 Oct 2020 Leadership As Usual: how Covid’s sorting the great from the good.
Two serial unicorn builders and Octopus Venture Partners report on their observations on leadership.
CEO masterclass
CEO masterclass
13 May 2020 Advisors learn too: what are the new lessons?
Crash and recession are nothing new to Howard Bell and Pete Daffern, 6 unicorns between them. But what new lessons have they been learning?
CEO masterclass
15 Apr 2020 What have two unicorn builders been telling Founder-CEOs about crisis leadership?
No less than six unicorns feature Pete Daffern or Howard Bell in their origin story. The two Octopus Venture Partners have lived through triumphs...
CEO masterclass
30 Mar 2020 Leadership through a crisis, from a CEO who’s been there.
Been there: what can we learn from an ex-CEO (x3) who steered his company through dark times?
US expansion
US expansion
27 Jan 2021 Expanding to the US: has Covid changed the rules?
US expansion: before, during and after Covid.
US expansion
20 Nov 2018 Question the Questions:
Question the Questions is a report from Octopus Ventures that provides a stress-tested guide to international expansion, powered by insights...
US expansion
19 Nov 2018 Question the Questions Resources
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...
Future of health
Future of health
25 Feb 2021 8 emerging trends on the health tech horizon
Even before Covid, health technology was one of the fastest growing investment sectors in the world. This pace has now more than doubled as a...
Future of health
25 Jan 2021 Announcing a major health boost for Octopus Ventures
Octopus Ventures boosts its health tech investment capabilities
Future of health
20 Oct 2020 Our investment in Ori Biotech.
Why we are partnering with this leading Cell and Gene Therapy startup.
Future of money
Future of money
12 Feb 2021 Climate FinTech: The startups helping banks to overcome the ESG resource gap
Can startups help banks overcome the ESG resource gap?
Future of money
4 Feb 2021 3 years on, how is the Open Banking revolution doing?
Open Banking is 3 years old so why has it taken so long to start having a real impact?
Future of money
19 Jan 2021 Sustainable Finance: trends and predictions for 2021
Natasha Jones predicts the 5 trends in sustainable finance that will define 2021
Deep tech
Deep tech
6 Jan 2021 Our investment in Altitude Angel
Our latest investment is a pioneer in the drone industry
Deep tech
16 Dec 2020 Our investment in Orbex
Why did Octopus Ventures invest in Europe’s leading space launch company?
Deep tech
11 Nov 2020 Deep tech: unblocking the paths to progress
Zoe Chambers lays out her Deep Tech pod’s plan to invest in cutting edge tech companies