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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

What did we learn from this personal remote onboarding experience?

When your company is suddenly spread over tens, or thousands of square miles, how will this affect your culture?

Is it time to stop thinking of this as a problem and embrace the realities of workplace stress?

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...

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,...

A men’s health startup issued a member-get-member referral promotion recently. Despite the serious addressing of issues like erectile dysfunction...

InsurTech’s strange relationship with the industry giants

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

The 3 links in the credit value chain, explained.

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

“Alexa”….  We’re sure she has a lot to answer for in the minds of parents everywhere, but Amazon’s virtual assistant AI is a very...