Mikael Johnsson, the cofounder and Managing partner of European SaaS investor Oxx, shares his observations on the European software investing market.
29.06.2023
Building a startup is always about dealing with the unknown because you can never be sure if your startup will make it. However, as the recession is looming over, the rules of the game have drastically changed, and striving businesses must tackle an even bigger uncertainty.
28.06.2023
OpenAI’s GPT has showcased the potential of so-called ‘generative AI’ to automate and accelerate creativity from auto-generated magazine covers and songs to emails and marketing videos. We have also seen fears that its capacity to make realistic variations of existing content such as deep-fake videos could make disinformation harder to detect.
27.06.2023
The impact of Artificial Intelligence on businesses is on many entrepreneurs’ minds. The technological advances of AI have irrevocably changed the way we work – but for better or worse?
26.06.2023
The 20th century was the century of chemistry and physics. Harnessing the physical properties of atoms and molecules, scientists and engineers produced ammonia fertilizer, refined petrochemicals, unleashed energy from hydrocarbons, created novel plastics, and built the atomic bomb. The 21st century will be one of biology.
23.06.2023
We’re already talking about the gender diversity crisis in tech – on podiums, in the boardroom, in people teams and on LinkedIn. There’s excitement around the benefits of creating more diverse and inclusive tech teams, women are sharing their experiences, and change is slowly starting to happen.
23.06.2023
MDRx’s CEO, Tom Grogan, reflects on AI’s advances in business operations and the best approach for its adoption.
22.06.2023
Fintech investment in the capital recently plummeted. Yet despite the doom and gloom, Andzejevski sat down with us to explain why the slump is actually a blessing in disguise. He is confident it will force fintech startups to grow organically, and become less reliant on venture capital firms for funding.
21.06.2023
Everyone knows that people make mistakes. In fact, when we console someone for slipping up we often remind them ‘you’re only human’. In other words, we see fallibility as integral to being a person. Perhaps this is why we think of machines very differently. Whether it’s a Google search or question posed to Siri, we tend to trust the information technological tools give us. They have access to more data than we do, after all, so we assume that means they’re correct.
19.06.2023
Over the past few years, markets have been shape-shifting and turning on their heads every time we turn our backs - or at least that’s how it feels. With Covid sending an unexpected blow to many industries and the fall-out of the pandemic and Brexit constantly shaking things up, we’re in the midst of a pretty random business world. Who knows what will happen next?
17.06.2023
Recent news shows that the number of Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) carrying an ESG label more than doubled in the past two years, reaching almost 1,300 at the end of 2022.
15.06.2023
Scale-up companies in the UK face a dearth of capital, and too often they flee overseas in search of funding. Tweaks in the rules for institutional investors will be game-changing for venture capital investment, but more needs to be done to ensure that the UK’s scale-ups get the capital they need to be successful.
14.06.2023
Last month, the Together Through This Crisis initiative published a worrying piece of research that revealed nearly 40% of people in the UK end the month with no money left. That same report found that most months, nearly a quarter of Britons now also run out of money for everyday essentials. The harrowing information compounds further research from the Office for National Statistics, which recently found that more than half of renters would be unable to afford an unexpected £850 bill.
13.06.2023
Entrepreneurship is a dream for many people. But what sort of skills do you need to succeed as one?
10.06.2023