After helplessly watching several members of her family being treated for rare health conditions, where there isn’t often a wide body of knowledge, Julie Walters came to the realization that there was a definite need for a database with both scholarly information and first-hand knowledge from people with rare diseases. Her experience drew her to launch Raremark. […]
Venture Capital
These 10 London Startups Raised the Most Capital in October 2018
Armed with some data from our friends at CrunchBase, I broke down the largest London startup funding rounds during the month of October. I have included some additional information as well such as industry, founding year, brief funding description, total funding raised, to further the analysis for the state of venture capital in London. For the purposes of this analysis. only […]
Our 3 Flavors of Investment
We recently had our mid-year internal review of our funds. In going through our many investments, one factor that emerged was that we have three fundamental “flavors” of investments. We found that we actually use slightly different language when we discuss each of these investment flavors, because our perspective and expectations of the companies are distinctly different.
This London Startup Just Raised Another £8M So That Online Merchants Will Not Need to Worry About Fraud
If a superhero were a company it might very well be in the form of Ravelin, which is an award-winning fraud detection and prevention platform for online merchants and the payment industry. This security company uses a combination of machine learning and human insight to intercept attacks before they happen. LondonTechWatch spoke with COO Nick […]
Softomotive Raises $25M to Bring Robotic Process Automation to the Masses
Imagine having a personalized robot on your computer that you could delegate all your mundane, boring, every-day tasks to? Well, that’s a reality ever since Softomotive was established in 2005. This London startup was founded on the belief of democratizing RDA (robotic desktop automation) by enabling everyone to have their own personal robot on their […]
These 10 London Startups Raised the Most Capital in August 2018
These 10 London Startups Raised the Most Capital in July 2018
Armed with some data from our friends at CrunchBase, I broke down the largest London startup funding rounds during the month of July. I have included some additional information as well such as industry, date of funding, brief description, total funding raised, to further the analysis for the state of venture capital in London. For the purposes of this analysis, […]
TradeTeq Raises $6.3M Make Trade Finance Efficient
The global trade finance market is worth around $12T USD, and it’s still undergoing massive restructuring and revisioning during this exciting digital age. Tradeteq is one of the companies that is at the forefront of the digital transformation of the trade finance market. This finance distribution platform gives trade finance originators and institutional investors the […]
Guild is the WhatsApp Designed for the Workplace and it Just Raised £880K
WhatsApp is the go-to messaging platform for many offices, and even though WhatsApp works well it is not optimized for professional use, but this London startup is. Guild is the professional messaging app that is private, GDPR-compliant, and designed solely for work use. It has built-in features such as professional profiles and it focuses on […]
Mention Me Raises $7M to Unleash The Potential of Referral Programmes
Referral marketing has evolved from word-of-mouth to special promo codes to send to your friends. But are these methods actually effective? According to Mention Me, the referral marketing SaaS startup, if you execute the right way then refer-a-friend programmes can become core marketing channels. This London software company has meticulously built a transparent and user-friendly […]