Finance

The growth of digital asset trading has placed unprecedented pressure on infrastructure. As user volumes rise and markets move instantly to global events, a crypto exchange must do more than match buyers and sellers. It must maintain platform uptime during traffic spikes, regional disruptions, and extreme volatility. For many platforms, that challenge exposes architectural flaws. […]

Weakening VCT policy risks losing UK tech scale-ups abroad.

Careers often develop through a combination of timing, mentorship, early challenges, and personal judgment. For Peter Rose, one early experience that shaped his approach occurred during the market turbulence of Black Monday in 1987. At the time, he was in the early stages of his career on London’s options trading floor and was among those […]

While financial giants race to tokenize treasuries and equities, a sizable segment of the alternative asset market remains relatively underdeveloped. One startup is focusing on this area as a possible source of long-term value creation. When Larry Fink declared that “the next generation for markets will be tokenization of securities,” the financial world took notice. […]

Why Optimistic Business Plans Poison Otherwise Good Businesses

Vennre raises $9.6m to broaden private market access in MENA

Business success magnifies what already exists in a relationship. For this couple, it became the fuel for their shared emotional and financial evolution.

Entrepreneurs are often taught to view growth as a technical problem. When momentum slows, the assumption is that something external needs to be fixed: the strategy refined, the systems optimized, the execution tightened. For many founders, especially those who are purpose-driven and deeply invested in the meaning behind their work, this logic eventually stops delivering […]

In the volatile landscape of modern business, resilience is often regarded as a key trait for success and survival. But for Serhii Zakharov, founder and CEO of the payment ecosystem PayDo, resilience became an architectural blueprint. Guiding ventures through complications revealed a common, critical weakness in the digital economy: its financial infrastructure was not only […]

IPOs, AI, and the deep-tech opportunity

From pitch decks to rejection, an early-stage investor on what matters most before and after raising capital.

Patrick Carey grew up in northern England watching his father build machines from scratch. His father was a computer engineer and inventor who later became head of IT at a major UK financial institution. “Watching him excel at something he was naturally gifted at left a lasting impression on me,” Carey says. By the time […]

Despite widespread innovation, global trade is still heavily reliant on letters of credit, bills of lading, and other paper-based verification processes. Though wire transfers are a step in the right direction, tokenization may serve as the basis for new financial infrastructure. By replacing slow workflows with secure, interoperable, and automated digital equivalents, tokenized solutions are […]

The new reality for venture capital as we approach 2026

A tale of contrasting currents

Inside Michelle Robson's mission to redraw Europe's venture map

Founders used to be builders; now they're debt collectors. Here's what needs to change.

Credibility cracks fast - and rarely recovers - when narrative outweighs data.

Katya Smirnyagina, Senior Partner for Life Sciences at Oxford Science Enterprises, shares her guidance for first-time fundraisers, the criteria she uses to assess emerging therapeutics ventures, and the scientific shifts accelerating innovation.

Heather Roxborough, Senior Partner and Head of HealthTech at Oxford Science Enterprises, shares her guidance for first-time fundraisers, the criteria she uses to evaluate emerging ventures, and the trends transforming the future of care.

Sam Harman, Partner and Head of Deep Tech at Oxford Science Enterprises, shares what founders must get right when raising their first round, how he evaluates early-stage ventures, and the frontier technologies capturing his imagination.

In corporate finance, not every deal deserves to be done. For every company that secures investment or completes a sale, there are dozens more that fail quietly. Some falter because investors lose confidence halfway through. Others never find traction in the first place. Many simply enter the market without a clear story, a validated investor […]

Here's how to ensure you're not one of them

How Kirsten Connell helps founders go from idea to investment

In today’s globalized economy, where talent, capital, and strategy are in constant motion across borders, the ability to make sound decisions depends on the quality and availability of data. Whether it’s a company expanding into a new region, relocating employees, or managing cross-cultural teams, access to reliable, comparable, and intuitive data sets is no longer […]

Thomas Cuvelier, Partner at RTP Global, offers his expert insights into the essential focus areas for founders raising their first round of funding, the traits that make a winning start-up team, and the exciting opportunities driven by AI in traditionally overlooked industries.