| Date | Title | Description |
| 02.11.2021 | European Startup Valuations Are Booming – But What About The Future Pipeline? | Kjartan Rist for Forbes Magazine
The pandemic has exposed value chain frailties and stress-tested all sectors and industries. Innovation has become the new arms race, with rapid digitization and consumer tech adoption accelerating by as mu... |
| 28.09.2021 | E-Commerce Brand-Builder Merama Closes US$225 Million Series B Funding Round | Less than five months after closing its Series A round, Merama, the leading acquirer and builder of direct-to-consumer businesses in Latin America, has raised an additional US$225 million in Series B funding at a valuation of approximately ... |
| 27.09.2021 | Why VC should be part of any family office impact portfolio | As the next generation of family offices begins to take over, the lines between impact and VC are becoming increasingly blurred and that means there are even more meaningful ways for family offices to do good with their money.
Family offic... |
| 06.09.2021 | How Geospatial Intelligence Startups Are Transforming B2B Sectors | Kjartan Rist for Forbes Magazine
Spacetech might spark images of Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos racing into orbit, but there is much more to the sector than attention-seeking billionaires. Geospatial intelligence (or GEOINT) is fast emergi... |
| 28.07.2021 | VC’s Outsized Economic Impact Will Power A New Golden Age | Kjartan Rist for Forbes Magazine
VC is shedding its ‘ugly duckling’ reputation, as a rising number of investors and policymakers recognize the sector’s outsized impact on the economy, jobs, and standards of living. Record VC investment thi... |
| 27.07.2021 | Family offices and venture capital: here’s how to get the most out of your partnership | Kjartan Rist for &Simple
Many family offices invest in venture capital funds, and by knowing what to look out for when entering into these partnerships, they can get that much more out of them. Here are some key considerations and tips... |
| 22.06.2021 | Memory raises $14M to build more AI based productivity apps | Time is your most valuable asset — as the saying goes — and today a startup called Memory.ai, which is building AI-based productivity tools to help you with your own time management, is announcing some funding to double down on its ambition... |
| 21.06.2021 | New Investment: Tesseract | Tesseract Raises $25 million in Series A Funding to Strengthen Institutional Digital Asset Lending Offering
Heavily oversubscribed round is led by Augmentum Fintech, with participation from other high-profile investors. Tesseract provides ... |
| 10.06.2021 | Funding and Disrupting Podcast | Earlier this month, Funding and Disrupting, presented by Oura Collective, asked Kjartan, to shares his journey as a venture capitalist in the European market.
In the candid conversation with Keith, Kjartan tells what makes Concentric uniqu... |
| 09.06.2021 | 5 VC Tribes And How They Approach Startup Investing | Kjartan Rist for Forbes Magazine
When pitching for venture funding, finding a partner who shares your vision and outlook is critical. With VC investments lasting for around five years, or even longer, choosing the right firm is akin to cho... |
| 02.06.2021 | What are the biggest challenges family offices face when venture investing? | Kjartan Rist for &Simple
Family offices are often involved in venture investments and this interest is only increasing as new generations take the helm. Healthy returns, the opportunity to diversify and support young entrepreneurs are ... |
| 17.05.2021 | The Rise Of The Operator Founder | Denis Shafranik, Managing Partner at Concentric
As many startups emerge from a year of firefighting, a new breed of founder is emerging.
For many startups and their founders, 2020 was the first time they had faced a full-blown crisis. For... |
| 30.04.2021 | New Investment: Merama | We are pleased to announce our participation in Merama’s recent $60M Series A funding round. This was one of Mexico’s largest Series A funding rounds ever and was co-led by Valor, Monashees, Balderton – leading international and regional fu... |
| 15.04.2021 | Kjartan Participates in Goldman Sachs’ Tech Talks Series | On 14 April, Kjartan participated in Goldman Sachs’ Tech Talk on Activist Venture Capital and Entrepreneurial Coaching. The recording can be accessed here.
Password – Benjamin Pollak |
| 15.04.2021 | Big In Japan: How To Make It In The World’s Third Largest Market | Kjartan Rist for Forbes Magazine
For any European startup with unicorn ambitions, international expansion is essential. But there is a certain predictability to where European founders tend to focus when looking to go global. Most start wi... |
| 09.04.2021 | Venture investing: which model is best for family offices? | Kjartan Rist for &Simple Magazine
Every year, thousands of startup founders set out in search of funding for their business ideas, offering the promise of substantial returns for family offices. We explore how family offices can mitiga... |
| 24.03.2021 | Meet Kenny Alegbe: Entrepreneur Creating An Operating System For Your Home | The Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns have meant that many of us now have to spend significantly more time at home. This trend is likely to continue with increasing numbers of employers allowing employees to work from home more oft... |
| 17.03.2021 | United by Difference — Concentric’s ESG Initiative | - |
| 16.03.2021 | Proptech Innovation in Home Management Software | Alex Stroud and Kenny Alegbe give their view on proptech innovation in home management software sector.
With property companies needing to operate remotely over the past year, a need has emerged for a centralised hub for prospective tenant... |
| 09.03.2021 | 6 Mistakes To Avoid Once You’ve Closed Your First VC Round | Denis Shafranik for Growth Business
Closing your first VC round is a huge milestone for any start-up. Not only does it mean you have the funds to take your business to the next level, but bringing VCs onboard provides external recognition ... |
| 04.03.2021 | Proptech disruption trends: innovation in the real estate space | Alex Stroud, analyst at Concentric, gives his view on Proptech disruption:
“Consumers are now no longer reliant on their local estate agent, benefiting from greater transparency and choice.
“This has never more apparent than during Covid,... |
| 01.03.2021 | Huckletree: Ask Me Anything | Last week Denis attended one of Huckletree’s Ask Me Anything sessions. These sessions are an opportunity for anyone in the Huckletree community to pick the brains of a Huckletree member who is an expert in a particular field. In this case t... |
| 24.02.2021 | Luxury ride-hailing app, Wheely, is expanding into the Middle East | Wheely, which currently operates in Moscow, London and Paris, will apply for an e-hailing license in Dubai in the coming weeks and open an office there as a hub for the Middle East. Dubai is a top destination requested by Wheely customers, ... |
| 24.02.2021 | Luxury Ride-Hailing App Wheely Pivots to Middle East as Lockdowns Bite | A luxury ride-hailing app operating in Moscow, London and Paris is expanding into the Middle East as a “hedge” against lengthy lockdowns that have shattered the services industry in Europe.
Wheely will apply for an e-hailing license in Dub... |
| 19.02.2021 | Five reasons why Europe is the future of startup investing | Kjartan Rist for Simple
European startups have come a long way in the last 10 to 15 years. Back in the 1990s and 2000s, when many of the world’s biggest tech companies, such as Amazon, Google and Facebook were founded, Europe didn’t even f... |
| 17.02.2021 | MJ Hudson Interview with Denis & Kjartan – The Rise of Zebras over Unicorns: Trends in Venture Capital Investing | On 10 February, MJ Hudson interviewed Denis & Kjartan on trends in venture capital investing. The footage can be seen here. |
| 16.02.2021 | Gamestop saga is a good argument for the possibilities of crypto | Alex Mann, for City AM
As Gamestop stock fell back to earth after a precipitous rise, it marked an end to the biggest short squeeze in 25 years, which for a time transferred substantial wealth from Wall Street to Main Street.
But the saga... |
| 16.02.2021 | The Life Of An Entrepreneur Without Venture Capital | Kjartan Rist for Forbes Magazine
Although a nascent industry, particularly in Europe, venture capital has become an integral part of innovation and the technology sector. Since 2012 there has been a continuous increase in fundraising by Eu... |
| 07.02.2021 | MJ Hudson Interview with Kjartan – European VC: Strengths, mistakes and opportunities | Introduction
Summary note of the MJ Hudson Live Discussion on “European VC: Strengths, mistakes and opportunities”. The format was an interview of Kjartan Rist, Founding Partner of Concentric. This note lists certain key points. For more d... |
| 15.01.2021 | EU Commission Plan To Invest Directly In Startups Will Harm The Ecosystem | Kjartan Rist for Forbes Magazine
Last week, the European Commission (EC) announced plans to inject up to €3bn directly into startups over the next seven years. Aiming to help businesses to “scale up in Europe”, rather than relocate elsewhe... |
| 08.01.2021 | How Wheely is putting privacy at the heart of its business | Luxury ride-hailing service and Concentric portfolio company, Wheely, hit the headlines in 2020 after it fought and won against the Moscow Department of Transportation. We caught up with founder, Anton Chirkunov, about what was a landmark y... |
| 29.12.2020 | 2021 Startup Predictions: Trends, Sectors, And Tech That Will Emerge | Kjartan Rist for Forbes Magazine
There aren’t many positives to take out of 2020, but the extraordinary progress made in digital transformation is one silver lining. Rapidly maturing software technologies meant most sectors were already on... |
| 21.12.2020 | Venture investing can deliver high returns in uncertain times | Kjartan Rist for Simple
Economic uncertainty and stock market volatility mean family offices are reviewing how to safeguard their portfolios for the future. Covid-19 has thrown all the chips in the air and, while the arrival of a vaccine g... |
| 21.12.2020 | Activist venture investors, a portrait of Concentric | In the ever-growing investment landscape, funds are multiplying and diversifying, and for startups there is more to raising investment than the money and the media moment. With #QVCS Maddyness profiles different funds to give founders and e... |
| 18.12.2020 | TransferWise for Banks partners with Pockit | Transferwise and Pockit have partnered to enable customers to make cheaper, faster transfers abroad straight from their Pockit account.
What’s TransferWise for Banks?
TransferWise for Banks lets banks, credit unions and other financial in... |
| 10.12.2020 | Emergence of The Crypto Economy | Author, Alex Mann
This is part 1 of a 2 part series offering the Concentric perspective on the state of the ill-understood, much maligned but potential laden Crypto ecosystem
HIGHLIGHTS
CONCENTRIC & CRYPTO
Our journey through the Wi... |
| 08.12.2020 | Five Reasons Startup Boards Fail To Add Value | Kjartan Rist for Forbes Magazine
Ask any seasoned startup founder and they’re likely to have a horror story about managing a startup board. “I once had a board member who would come into every board meeting and argue an incredibly strong p... |
| 03.12.2020 | Inclusive fintech company Pockit completes £15 million fundraising, and announces partnership with Railsbank | Pockit, the inclusive FinTech company focussed on customers who are excluded and underserved by high street banks, announces today that it has a £15 million Series B funding round from existing investors and some new investors. In order to ... |
| 02.12.2020 | Building Supply Chain Resilience Post Covid | Supply chain resilience has moved to the top of the business agenda over the last eight months, as Covid-19 has caused operational disruption across almost every business sector. Concentric’s latest investment, Contingent, is committed to e... |
| 01.12.2020 | New Investment – Contingent | Contingent bags £1.7M: UK headquartered startup aims to reduce risk and strengthen supply chain
In the recent past, numerous organisations have been shaken by unexpected supply-chain vulnerabilities and disruptions, costing hundreds of mil... |
| 18.11.2020 | Wheely Presents at Noah Conference | Anton Chirkunov, Founder & CEO of Wheely recently presented at the NOAH Conference in London on 31 October.
Full Presentation |
| 12.11.2020 | SuperScript joins INSURTECH 100 | SuperScript has joined INSURTECH 100’s annual list for 2020.
The INSURTECH100 is an annual list of 100 of the world’s most innovative InsurTech companies selected by a panel of industry experts and analysts. These are the companies every l... |
| 11.11.2020 | Ride-hailing businesses should protect users from data-hungry manoeuvring | Anton Chirkunov, Founder and CEO of premium ride-hailing firm Wheely, explains why he believes ride-hailing businesses should pay closer attention to the data requirements of cities and authorities.
While ride-hailing businesses continue t... |
| 03.11.2020 | Can Venture Capital Be Taught? | Kjartan Rist for Forbes Magazine
Venture capital has become somewhat romanticized over the last few years, thanks to its involvement in the tech start-up sector, an influx of private capital, and its association with various well-known and... |
| 02.11.2020 | 7 Heresies; Concentric Investor Day 2020 | Every year we at Concentric update our investors on the progress of our portfolio. As part of our talk, we try to impress upon them the way we see the world and how that impacts our investment strategy. For the first time, we are publicly p... |
| 02.11.2020 | One Year in VC | Lucy Kennard , Operations Manager at Concentric, gives some insight into her first year with us.
What made you decide you wanted to work in Venture Capital?
Before I worked for Concentric, I worked at a Leadership and Executive coaching c... |
| 29.10.2020 | Superscript raises further £8.5 million | Superscript’s overarching mission has always been to become a global leader of small business insurance. Small businesses come in all shapes and sizes, from the sole trader operating from their kitchen table, through to the tech unicorns op... |
| 27.10.2020 | Modern Monetary Theory: A shared delusion that will destroy the economy | Alexander Mann for City Am
As Rishi Sunak announced another multi-billion-pound support package last week, most numerate people would have been boggling at the numbers.
How are we ever going to pay all that money back? Surely it means yea... |
| 08.10.2020 | Superscript becomes a registered Lloyd’s broker | The move follows the insurtech registering as a Lloyd’s coverholder in 2019
Superscript, which was formerly known as Digital Risks, has become a registered Lloyd’s broker.
The insurtech has been a Lloyd’s coverholder since 2019, but Super... |
| 07.10.2020 | Heist touted as the new authority on British tights | There are many adages counselling when exactly is the right time to reach into one’s hosiery drawer and declare tights season to be open again. Some say you should only wear tights if there is an “R” in the month, or reserve them for temper... |
| 06.10.2020 | FinTech sector welcomes Crowdcube and Seedrs merger | Despite some concerns about what it could mean for competition, the FinTech sector is seemingly happy about the announced merger between Crowdcube and Seedrs.
Crowdcube and Seedrs are merging. The deal would mark the end of a rivalry that ... |
| 02.10.2020 | Investor FOMO To JOMO: How To Manage Startup Hype As A VC | Kjartan Rist for Forbes Magazine
It’s been a strange year for sufferers of FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out). With events, parties, and large gatherings off the agenda, there has been significantly less to miss out on than under normal circumstan... |
| 28.09.2020 | Concentric Investor Day | 6th October 2020
It gives us great pleasure to welcome you to Concentric’s Annual Investor Meeting. We will be reviewing the portfolio, investment trends and future investment plans. Our guest speakers are Bim Afolami and Sujay Tyle. We wi... |
| 24.09.2020 | We need to take a closer look at founder mental health in the wake of Covid | Denis Shafranik, Concentric
Entrepreneurs are often stereotyped as supremely confident – slick salespeople who ooze self-assurance. And yet, off the record, if you ask the average entrepreneur how they’re feeling, there’s every chance they... |
| 23.09.2020 | Modern Monetary Theory; Folie à Deux — A Shared Delusion | Alex Mann, Concentric
Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) has proponents in high places. Somewhat predictably given it entails unlimited government spending, Democratic nominee Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders are advocates. And whilst Donald and Bor... |
| 16.09.2020 | What does Klarna’s mega valuation mean for the Nordic FinTech industry? | Swedish payment and shopping unicorn Klarna has become Europe’s most valuable FinTech, but what does that mean for the other FinTech ventures in the Nordics?
Klarna is not unique. Sweden has a long history of innovative entrepreneurs makin... |
| 07.09.2020 | Working From Home: The New ‘Industrial’ Revolution | Kjartan Rist for Forbes
Several centuries ago Europe and the USA underwent the industrial revolution, a transformation of our manufacturing processes enabled by the development of new machinery to support repetitive assembly line tasks wit... |
| 21.08.2020 | FILM: The European Venture Outlook with Concentric | View the film here |
| 19.08.2020 | Family Offices Can Propel The EU Venture Capital Ecosystem | Kjartan Rist for Forbes
When it comes to venture capital, one could argue that wealthy families created the whole industry. Some of the oldest venture firms were developed as the investment arms of wealthy families – from the Phipps family... |
| 05.08.2020 | Digital Risks rebrands as Superscript | Cameron Shearer, CEO and co-founder, explains why he decided to rebrand and what makes him so excited about Superscript.
What was behind the decision to rebrand now?
It’s best to start with some context: Digital Risks was created in 2015 ... |
| 29.07.2020 | Pioneering ‘home as a service’ with HomeHero | HomeHero is on a mission to transform how people manage their homes, using world-class technology to help people free up their time for what really matters in life.
Founded in 2019, the business is constantly on the lookout for new ways to... |
| 22.07.2020 | Kjartan Rist Comment: “Why startups need activist VC partners more than ever” | In recent months there’s been a lot of commentary portraying entrepreneurs as the saviours of the global economy, while at the same time questioning the venture capital industry’s ability to deliver the right solutions to meet society’s mos... |
| 14.07.2020 | Why leading tech candidates are increasingly looking to Europe | The US government’s decision last month to suspend new H-1B visa applications came as a welcome surprise for many European technology companies after months of hardship as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. While the exodus of top talent... |
| 10.07.2020 | The EU-Japan Alliance Remains The Great Untapped Innovation Opportunity | Kjartan Rist for Forbes Magazine
As the world’s economies awaken from their period of enforced hibernation, business leaders and entrepreneurs all over Europe are being forced to look for new ways to get ahead in a global market predicted ... |
| 09.07.2020 | ‘We never wanted to grow too quickly’: interview with Huckletree co-founder, Andrew Lynch | Huckletree co-founder Andrew Lynch joined the business on a Monday morning in May 2014.
The next day, he toured the Alpha Beta building in Shoreditch, just after finding out his wife was expecting their first baby. On Thursday of the same ... |
| 18.06.2020 | Venture Capitalists Need To Stay Within Their Remit After Investing | Kjartan Rist for Forbes Magazine
With billions of VC dollars currently invested in startups across the globe, it’s encouraging to see recent reports suggesting that the vast majority of VC-backed startups look to be capable of surviving th... |
| 12.06.2020 | How I’ve grown my own business: Cameron Shearer, co-founder Digital Risks | Disrupting a one-sized-fits-all business insurance, Digital Risks offers bespoke cover to over 750 sectors. Cameron Shearer takes us on his five-year journey.
Launched five years ago in London to meet the under-served insurance needs of ea... |
| 04.06.2020 | Founders, Leadership Teams And The Glue That Binds Successful Startups | Kjartan Rist for Forbes
Building and running a high-performing team is no easy task, particularly during a crisis. Many leaders are struggling to adapt to the new operational norms imposed by the pandemic. According to some experts, manage... |
| 12.05.2020 | Concentric expands Advisory Council | We are delighted to welcome Cédric Köhler onto the Concentric Advisory Council. Cédric has more than 13 years’ experience from Venture Capital investments and is currently the managing partner of Creathor Ventures, one of the most experienc... |
| 07.05.2020 | Universities – bastions of innovation or no longer fit for purpose? | Author, Alexander Mann
Universities have been the fulcrum of our society for centuries. They have set cultural direction, uncovered great scientific advances, educated and enlightened many generations of lawmakers and policymakers. But as ... |
| 29.04.2020 | Backing the Winners in the Face of Adversity | Kjartan Rist for Forbes
The phrase that ‘within every crisis lies opportunity’ has been appropriated by everyone from Albert Einstein to Marilyn Monroe, to the extent that it has become a bit of a cliché – endlessly repeated but rarely giv... |
| 15.04.2020 | Venture Capital Beyond COVID-19 | Kjartan Rist for Forbes
It may seem like a long time ago, but back at January’s annual gathering of the World Economic Forum, there was little mention of coronavirus. At the time the outbreak was already prevalent across mainland China, an... |
| 08.04.2020 | Don’t believe the hype: Why skepticism is increasingly important for VCs | Alex Mann for The Next Web
Startups have long lived by the mantra of ‘fake it till you make it’ and many are built on buzzwords and hype.
For example, a blockchain startup claiming to use the technology without having an actual blockchain... |
| 06.04.2020 | Seedcamp Office Hours | On 2nd April we joined Seedcamp’s Office Hours and met with five startup companies. Office Hours is an opportunity for founders to meet with the investment team, present their start-up, receive feedback and learn how Seedcamp invests.
Seed... |
| 27.03.2020 | AFRICA; A VENTURE STORY | Author, Alexander Mann
In order to contribute to the developing African venture ecosystem, we are publishing in full an internal note determining how we at Concentric are thinking about our emerging Venture Capital Strategy for Africa.
Af... |
| 26.03.2020 | Resilient Bodies and Resilient Companies | Author, Joe Cohen
For business, the past three weeks have already made 2020 a year to forget.
As I write this, 472,000 people have confirmed cases of the novel Cornavirus, 21,000 have died and the virus is spreading exponentially (67 days... |
| 17.03.2020 | From Passive To ‘Activist’ Investing: Redefining The Role Of VCs | Kjartan Rist for Forbes
Despite the current challenges being endured by startup communities all over the world as a result of COVID-19, ongoing geopolitical tensions and stock market destabilization, 2020 is still a pretty good time to be ... |
| 13.03.2020 | Supporting exceptional people to create the best tech startups | Antler is a global early-stage VC that enables and invests in the world’s most exceptional people building the defining technology companies of tomorrow.
To do this, Antler focuses on helping startups from the earliest stage, working with ... |
| 02.03.2020 | Houst acquires Hostmaker | UK-based hospitality management company Hostmaker has gone out of business with rival Houst moving to pick up some of its assets in a significant act of consolidation in the urban short-term rental management market.
Skift understands Hous... |
| 26.02.2020 | Building the new generation of SME insurance with Digital Risks | Digital Risks is the first digital challenger in the vast global business insurance market and is turning the traditional industry on its head by using technology to give customers more control over their insurance cover.
A Concentric-back... |
| 17.02.2020 | Venture Debt: Is It A Loan? Is It Equity? Is It An Opportunity? | Kjartan Rist for Forbes
Venture Capital is usually the default option for fast-growth startups looking for a cash injection, thanks to our willingness to take risks in return for equity, and with no need to pay anything back – at least not... |
| 11.02.2020 | How to fake experience when things go wrong | Denis Shafranik for Startup Magazine
Whether it’s a member of your senior team getting poached, seeing your cash run out sooner than you were expecting, or facing a crisis situation, such as a data breach or privacy issue, startups will al... |
| 07.02.2020 | New Investment – Antler | We have recently invested in Antler, a global VC and startup generator that has attracted investment from the likes of Schroders, FinTech Collective and Ferd. Kjartan is an advisor for Antler and so we have a long standing relationship with... |
| 29.01.2020 | Making the most of marketplaces with Neteven | Q&A with Neteven CEO and Co-Founder, Greg Zemor
Neteven is a European leader in digital marketplace distribution and management for top brands. Created by a team of experienced eCommerce and distribution specialists, the company has mo... |
| 16.01.2020 | Memory launches Dewo | Memory has launched Dewo, personal assistant for deep work and the brainchild of the 45-person team behind Timely, Memory’s first product. Dewo’s design was informed by the AI model underpinning Timely, which privately tracks everything use... |
| 30.12.2019 | 2020 Startup Predictions: Top trends to watch out for | Kjartan Rist for Forbes
As we say goodbye to the 2010s, the European startup sector can feel proud of another record year for investment, as founders all over the continent start to challenge the US and China for building innovative, scala... |
| 27.12.2019 | Startups’ focus should shift from growth to profitability in 2020 | Denis Shafranik for The Next Web
A reversal in the fortunes of a string of startup darlings this year has hammered home that massive growth alone does not make a business successful and sustainable. Throughout 2019, we’ve seen a number of ... |
| 20.12.2019 | How co-working spaces need to evolve after the WeWork disaster | Gabriella Hersham, Huckletree Co-Founder, for The Next Web
2019 has been hell of a ride for the coworking industry. Alongside reports of unprecedented growth of flexible ‘coworking,’ we’ve also watched one of the biggest media furors unfol... |
| 19.12.2019 | Q&A with Insly CEO Risto Rossar | Insly raises bridge funding to make selling insurance simpler
Concentric recently supported one of our existing portfolio companies – the innovative insurtech Insly – with a round of bridge funding, taking its total raised to €4.3m to date... |
| 19.12.2019 | Frontier Car Group Exit | We had the pleasure of joining Sujay and his team on the global journey of FCG. From the first meeting it was clear that this was a business that had huge potential with multiple revenue streams on several continents. The team behind FCG we... |
| 18.12.2019 | The Startup War for Talent: Are returnships part of the solution? | Kjartan Rist for Forbes
There is a war for talent out there, particularly amongst tech-focused startups, which are struggling to find the high-quality and diverse digital skills they need to grow. With U.K. unemployment at its lowest level... |
| 06.12.2019 | One month in venture capital | By Alexander Stroud
I joined Concentric a little over a month ago now. In my head, this was the role that I had dreamt about. I’d broken into an industry cloaked in mystery to those on the outside. As I walked into the office on my first d... |
| 29.11.2019 | Meet Pockit, The Fintech Swiftly Becoming The One-Stop-Shop For The Unbanked | I spoke to Virraj Jatania, Co-Founder and CEO of Pockit, about how he is leveraging the business knowledge cultivated at a young age after working for his father to provide an alternative banking platform that spearheads social change and s... |
| 29.11.2019 | Industry Report on Health and Fitness Aggregators | The health and fitness industry has been slow to adopt aggregators. Are clubs right to be cautious, or are they missing out on business? Kath Hudson finds out more…
If you’ve ever used an aggregator service, such as Expedia or lastminute.c... |
| 21.11.2019 | Huckletree launches new co-working offers | Co-working operator Huckletree has launched a trio of products to appeal to a wider range of occupiers.
Collectively branded ‘Huckletree Places’, the new services are called Personalised, Powered By and A New Village.
Aimed at businesses ... |
| 21.11.2019 | VC Grind: 28 November | On 28 November, 1400 – 1700, we will be hosting VC Grind at Huckletree Soho. This is an excellent opportunity for entrepreneurs and founders to spend some time with the team at Concentric.
If you would like to book a place, please apply vi... |
| 17.11.2019 | CONCENTRIC: Meet the activist investors | WHEN A VC FIRM’S PARTNERS DESCRIBE THEMSELVES AS ACTIVISTS, IS IT A SIGN TO GET INVOLVED OR GET THE HELL OUT?
For most people, the phrase ‘activist investor’ brings up images of bolshy hedge fund bros, forcing CEOs to make decisions that a... |
| 15.11.2019 | Govtech Summit Paris | Concentric attended the GovTech Summit in Paris on 14th November. Virraj Jatania, Founder of Pockit was amongst the impressive list of speakers, which included prime ministers, presidents, majors and secretaries of state for a number of Eur... |
| 12.11.2019 | Tech EU article: The reverse pitch | Concentric was founded by Kjartan Rist and Denis Shafranik in 2013. The firm invests across many different industries, looking for the best opportunities that use technology to drive efficiency and empower consumers. Concentric views invest... |
| 11.11.2019 | Huckletree opening: Ancoats Manchester | Huckletree has opened its first Manchester workspace and growth accelerator. Huckletree Ancoats brings together a community of creatives, investors and entrepreneurs transforming our world in digital lifestyle, media and tech.
Based in the... |