In challenging times venture debt can be a valuable means for founders looking to extend their runways.

Responsible hiring doesn’t just make business sense – it’s the right thing to do. The headcount calculator is a new tool to help start ups get it right

Read about Octopus Ventures investment in Apheris, an end-to-end platform that uses a federated learning architecture to guarantee security and privacy to each individual data provider across a network.

Read about Octopus Ventures investments in Lodgify, a vacation property management platform that makes it easy to start, manage and grow a holiday rental business.

Saranyah Douse explores the opportunities for software in building resilience, and boosting sustainability credentials, in the world’s supply chains

Raising a pre-seed funding round: what you need in your tech stack to make sure all the bases are covered

How responsible tech safeguards against unintended ethical consequences.

How founders should think about securely delegating the sales function

Building better boards Part Two: Board management  In my last blog, I drew on some of my experience and research to explore the basics of...

Building better boards Part One: What is a board — and how do you make a great one As a new starter at Octopus Ventures last summer, I was...

Octopus Ventures is backing Foodsteps as it builds a platform to help decarbonize the food supply chain

Delio provides a digital platform for financial institutions and organisations to enhance their offering when connecting private deal flow with high net worth capital. Read why Octopus Ventures have led their latest funding round