PQShield, a cyber security company specialising in post-quantum cryptography (PQC), has raised $37 million in Series B funding led by Addition, with participation from new investors Chevron Technology Ventures, Legal & General, and Braavos Capital, together with existing backers, Oxford Science Enterprises.
To secure funding startups endure an extensive due diligence process. Take the example of a startup courting a VC and vice-versa. The startup is put through its paces with accountants, lawyers, and even the investors themselves trawling through everything from corporate records to business plans, financial agreements to bank accounts, employee contracts, intellectual property, insurance policies and more… It’s normal for this process to take months before all shareholders are happy.
We live in a world with an ever-increasing throwaway culture and the property sector is no stranger to waste. You might be shocked to discover that old or not fit-for-purpose office furniture is putting a cumulative burden on our landfills and ultimately on our environment – this contributes hugely to the 300 tonnes of waste sent daily to UK landfills and will ultimately create between 30-40% of an office building’s entire lifetime greenhouse gas emissions.
















