A business model can be defined as: ‘a plan for the successful operation of a business, identifying sources of revenue, the intended customer base, products, and details of financing’. In order to execute upon a ground-breaking idea, founders must have a clear business model in mind with the following characteristics…

Refreshingly, awareness towards diversity and inclusion is ever present, this has certainly been seen in wider society as well as in the corporate world, although arguably at different lengths. Research carried out by McKinsey& Co firmed the hypothesis of the presence of a positive correlation between a company financial performance…

Angel investors certainly each have their own ambitions, interests, networks and value-add that lend themselves to different preferences in terms of sectors, however we have been analysing at some of the recent investment data and can see some interesting trends appearing. Inherently, early-stage investing has its own risks and limitations…

Prior to making an investment decision, the inevitable evaluation process to determine whether a venture would be a worthy investment can be extremely time-consuming. Beyond the apparently perfect financial models and appealing founders’ pitches, there is a high moral hazard risk, making it extremely hard to spot the next unicorn…

2020 has been a challenging year as coronavirus has caused a sudden fall in economic activity in many parts of the world; output is falling, and jobs are being lost. What has happened to the angel investment market under such economic uncertainties? …

You have a brilliant idea, but you don’t know where to start… you are looking for mentorship, masterclasses, step-by-step guidance, expertise and office space to help you during those daunting early months of launch. These are a few of the advantages that joining an accelerator, incubator or venture builder programme would offer you. — All of these programs have the common ultimate goal of facilitating start-up founders during the toughest and riskiest pre-seed and early stages of launching their businesses. It is important to understand the differences in the support offered, expectations of the founder team and relationship dynamics that we will explore in…