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

Setting budgets is a cornerstone process of every company, regardless of size. So with no apology for covering the basics, what does best and worst practice looks like?

Setting salaries, bonus levels and equity grants can be a hard task. Getting it right, avoiding misperceptions and keeping motivation and retention...

1. Retain advisers: Above all else, tax and legal advisers should be engaged early on to help you think this through and to understand how to...

Remuneration considerations The US job market is normally cited as setting salary levels above those for similar roles in different geographies....

The UK entrepreneur community is thriving. Talent, ambition, inspiration and sticking-power is coming through more than ever. Investors are more...

The companies we back spend a great deal of their time planning their runway and trying not to run out of cash whilst creating big, exciting...

Here at Octopus Ventures we back teams because we believe that the people who make up a company are the greatest factor behind its success. When...

What is due diligence and why do investors make so much noise about it? An entrepreneur pitching for investment is in a sales process. Due diligence,...

Why have option schemes? At the beginning of the start-up journey there is probably limited cash in the bank. Yet founders want to attract best-in-class...