VE Interactive goes into Administration
VE Interactive goes into Administration https://www.ft.com/content/9e153f8f-3be8-331a-89f1-675c4d113c57 The founders and some of their investors in their heads thought they were a Unicorn…… oops Dave Brown the founder of VE Interactive Dave also founded ThinkersHQ Mark Pearson of Myvouchercodes and Fuel Ventures was an early investor and stepped into the company in March to help try and…
Read moreThat Sherman Lee ( Good Audience, Rocco ) bloke asked me again to invest
That Sherman Lee bloke asked me again to invest Can you believe it? Remember Sherman: The guy from San Fran who came to London and asked me to invest and then wrote a blog about how it all went wrong Who I then replied with this: My responce Well seems like he wants…
Read moreAngel 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 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…
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