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Watch all the latest video guides from the Octopus Ventures team, who share their advice, tools and insight for the founder community.

With layoffs at some of the world’s biggest tech companies making headlines, Laura Willming offers her tips on navigating this turbulent time.

When it comes to pre-seed fundraising, it’s best to be organised. Maria Rotilu runs through what you need in your tech stack.

The essentials for your data room before you raise a pre-seed funding round.

The story of every great technology startup often starts with an idea, most times a crazy and ambitious idea that becomes a solution to address...

You don’t have to spend much time with the founder or CEO of a company to find yourself blown-away by their juggling skills. Not only must they deftly manage an unenviable host of responsibilities — they have to balance them against a full cast of different personas.

Dany Bidar outlines the importance of the secondaries market in venture capital

How do we build and scale companies that are going to change the world? Taryn offer’s her top tips for healthtech talent

Deep tech demands deep understanding. Jonathan shares his top tips for attracting talent after spending 3 years recruiting at DeepMind.

Two unicorn-builders ask if the basic rules of leadership still apply.

Long term relationships pay off, as proved by Alex Chesterman’s latest $7bn success with Cazoo

US expansion: before, during and after Covid.