Angel Investing and Taking a Break
Angel Investing and Taking a Break January starts and things always change. So over the past few months I have been more involved in our own companies helping to sort some things out. This means over the past 2/3 months I have not been investing at the same pace as in the past, thus have…
Read moreHarry Stebbings thetwentyminutevc, Atomico should not be a VC
Harry Stebbings thetwentyminutevc, Atomico should not be a VC Congrats to “Wor Harry:, the famous Geordie ex radio presenter: “Wor Harry” should not be a VC and I have told him many times. He is a 20 year old who has built TheTwentyMinuteVC like a startup, he had an idea and he has hussled and…
Read moreOverview of Seedrs Performance
Overview of Seedrs Performance Seedrs produced lots of data for investors: https://assets.seedrs.com/documents/portfolio_update_2016.pdf The basic overview for lazy people is this: the more deals you invest in the closer you will get to being lucky and hitting the average the best performing type of business’s are hybrid digital/non digital the best performing sectors have been finance,…
Read moreAIM Creates Method for UK Early Stage Investors to Cash Out
AIM Creates Method for UK Early Stage Investors to Cash Out One of the biggest issue that early stage investors moan about is how long they will have to wait to get any money back….typically 10 years plus, assuming they do well. As companies stay private globally longer and longer then early stage investors have…
Read moreZeroth.ai in HK with Tak:):)
Zeroth.ai in HK with Tak:):) So this dodgy American Hong Kong guy drags me to HK. We were of no use but I did get some photo’s:) Sadly I was not clever enough to make theme the right way…and too lazy. I am sure Object-ai.com would be able to do this easily.
Read moreMore Yplans type companies please die soon
More Yplans type companies please die soon Create startup Raise money Spend money Die Can it please happen more, we can then have people build companies who are actually decent and not propped up by a non sustainable VC eco system. a rising tide floats all boats – you are probably a boat operating on…
Read moreVC’s are so clever?
VC’s are so clever? This follows from a rant I have had on twitter about Yplan and how someone may have been stupid and why I would want more data if I was to invest in the founders again ?? I have no data to prove they were stupid but I have the following data:…
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