Archive: Investments

Jon Bradford – Techstars – Springboard – Accelerator

Jon Bradford – Techstars – Springboard – Accelerator Jon likes hoodies   Almost Irish, almost Geordie. Doug Follow my Syndicate on Angellist Connect with me on Linkedin Dull stuff Jonathan is Managing Director of TechStars, Co-Founder of F6S, Startup Wise Guys and Tech.eu, Non Executive Director at Thought Machine, European Board Member at Application Developers…

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Mitoo and that Andy Crump bloke are still going

Mitoo and that Andy Crump bloke are still going That Crumpy bloke seems to be like a cockroach and will never bloody die. Today he went and raised $1.5 million, so for another while I have to hear him whinge and moan:):) Mitoo Raise Originally he was a builder sort off, but I would have…

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Ignite to open in London and Manchester

Ignite to open in London and Manchester So those daft Geordie boys and girls have decided to expand to the sunny South ( if you are from Newcastle you know Manchester is in the South) After running almost 50 teams through the system they have a interesting strike rate to say the least. They take…

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Paul Smith – Geordie Boy almost – Ignite and Campus North – Newcastle

Paulo Smiffy ( commonly called Paul Smith ) rambles and rants lots but has a heart of gold. Original of Italian heritage ( obvious with a name like that ). He now resides in Newcastle and has helped create Ignite and Campus North after that Johny Bradford was transferred to Techstars in London. Paulo in…

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Nick Holzherr – The Apprentice with the Hair:) Whisk

Dear dear Nick:) NICK WAS MY FIRST AND I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HIM Swiss posh boy – but never mentioned any where????? I met him almost 3 years ago in a bar in Birmingham in the early days of Oxygen Accelerator with Simon Jenner and also Steve Smith ( the guy behind Poundland – Steve…

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