Deep tech
26 Jun 2019 Is silicon broken?
Simon King heads up the Future of Industry pod for Octopus Ventures
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29 May 2019 What does the investing in deep tech look like for Octopus Ventures?
Octopus Ventures’ internal structure is crafted to help pioneers change the world through three ‘pods’: Future of Health, Future of Money and Deep Tech. Here, Zoe Chambers reveals the inner workings of the Deep Tech pod.
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21 Mar 2019 Our Investment in Third Eye
Image: ThirdEye team Unless you have been hiding in a hole, you will have heard about Artificial Intelligence. Thanks to the perfect storm of...
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31 Jan 2019 Game of Drones. A Winner is Coming.
Is this another drone hype or could it be finally taking off? The drone ecosystem is developing fast and showing signs of finally hitting out....
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12 Dec 2018 The Largest AR Hardware Fundraise in Europe Sets a View for the Future.
The Tech AR wearables, such as smart glasses, allow users to see computer-generated images overlaid on top of the real world. There are...
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1 Aug 2018 Intelligent Robotics — Investing in Minds Not Bots
The Timing is Right Conventional industrial robots do one or two pre-programmed jobs very well. They’re reliable, limited, expensive and...
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19 Jun 2018 There’s No Lack of Talent, So What’s Holding Back Deep Tech Innovators?
Before joining Octopus, Simon was a research scientist investigating novel materials for photovoltaic applications at Imperial College in London....
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24 May 2018 Tech Transfer: Where Education Meets the Market
Universities have been around a long time. The University of Karueein, founded in Fez, Morocco in 859 AD, still operates today. The role of universities...