Author Archives: Silicon Roundabout

Virginia Bassano, VC Investor at Eight Roads | Q and A


What were your biggest learnings at Citigroup and DailyInternship? I would define my Investment Banking and entrepreneurial experiences as complementary. One could expect that the biggest learning from a banking experience would be related to modelling / financial analysis but …

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Devin Kohli, Co-Head of Outward VC | Q & A


What advice would you give to Founders looking to raise funds in the current climate and what Terms should they focus upon? Founders are naturally wary of lower valuations in the current climate, but this market reset should not spook …

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What are the biggest challenges and tactics for a tech business looking to scale quickly in the current climate? | Matthew Ellis, Founder and CEO at Scede responds!


Let’s call out the elephant in the room. We may not officially be in a recession yet, but the market we’re operating in is incredibly different right now.  Over the past few months, we’ve seen hiring freezes and layoffs, as …

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‘You need to be running as fast as you can toward AI applications.If your competitor gets there first, you’ll be in trouble…’ (Eric Schmidt,Masters of Scale) | Marc Warner, CEO of Faculty AI responds!


It’s just over eight years since Angie, Andy and I set up Faculty. From a kitchen table in 2014, to a team of over 250 amazing colleagues today – together helping companies use AI to solve their biggest problems. It’s …

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The Future of Work is Flexible | Issah Abdul-Moomin, Co Founder of Passionfruit


My co-founder Raffi and I started Passionfruit in recognition of the fact that work isn’t working very well for people and businesses. This problem is felt acutely by the new generation of skilled knowledge workers. With many of them entering …

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Back to the office! | Jane Amphlett, Partner and Head of Employment at Howard Kennedy LLP


The summer holidays are over and children have returned to school this week. But getting employees back to the office after 30 months of home or hybrid working is not as straightforward.  Many bosses are increasingly keen to get employees …

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Kamil Mieczakowski, Principal at Notion Capital | Q & A


1. What were your biggest learnings at MarketInvoice? The importance of attracting and retaining the top calibre talent and how the profile of that talent evolves as the company moves through different maturity stages from Seed to Growth. You may …

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The Future of Healthcare | Gareth Thomas, CTO at Healthily


“How well a system is designed must always be distinguished from how well it is funded; the NHS is quite well designed but under-provisioned. By contrast, the US healthcare system is richly funded but designed so that it maximizes waste, …

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The future of travel in the post covid world | Ana Jakimovska, CEO Of Culture Trip


I will start with a confession – I’m relatively new to the travel industry (with just 3 years under my belt) and whilst being a CEO in Travel, I still have lots to learn about what seems to be a …

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Is crypto regulated in the UK? (An overview of financial regulation of crypto in the UK) Part 2 | James Kaufmann, Partner at Howard Kennedy LLP


Marketing cryptoassets Under the “financial promotion” rules, as an invitation or inducement to engage in financial activity can only be made by a person with FCA authorisation. Advertising FCA regulated cryptoassets is subject to the same requirements. The content of …

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