New analysis reveals surge in solo entrepreneurship as AI lowers startup barriers
New analysis reveals surge in solo entrepreneurship as AI lowers startup barriers

Alibaba.com released new insights from more than 15,000 applications it has received to date for…

How SMBs can build trust in the age of AI slop
How SMBs can build trust in the age of AI slop

Trust in online content is under greater pressure than ever with the rapid rise of…

Reset Connect 2026: the flagship event of London Climate Action Week
Reset Connect 2026: the flagship event of London Climate Action Week

Reset Connect London will return to Excel London, bringing together the people, capital and ideas…

AVP and Earlybird launch E2D, a European dual-use and defence fund
AVP and Earlybird launch E2D, a European dual-use and defence fund

Earlybird and AVP have launched E2D, a €500 million European dual-use and defence technology growth…

March overtakes January as Britain’s most popular month to start a business
March overtakes January as Britain’s most popular month to start a business

New analysis of more than 29,000 virtual office and registered address subscriptions has revealed that…

Canva launches Small Business Pitch Challenge, offering £20,000 in grants to founders
Canva launches Small Business Pitch Challenge, offering £20,000 in grants to founders

Canva announced the launch of its Small Business Pitch Challenge, giving founders, freelancers, side-hustlers and…

5 lessons on how corporate startups survive in Germany
5 lessons on how corporate startups survive in Germany

In 2021, together with my co-managing director Nhut Ajat Hong, I built a startup from…

Switzerland leads in deeptech innovation
Switzerland leads in deeptech innovation

The technologies now driving the global economy, from advanced computing to artificial intelligence and robotics,…

Siemens unlocks industrial software for European startups
Siemens unlocks industrial software for European startups

At VivaTech 2026 in Paris, Siemens announced that European startups can now access its industrial…

Can NEETs be supported by employers to plug the skills shortages?
Can NEETs be supported by employers to plug the skills shortages?

A new report from The Open University reveals a growing mismatch between employer needs and…

The real reason founders burn out, and how to break through it
The real reason founders burn out, and how to break through it

Burnout is one of the most common challenges facing founders today, yet despite the thousands…

SMEs that access finance 70% more likely to succeed
SMEs that access finance 70% more likely to succeed

New research from Capital Economics, commissioned by SME lender iwoca, finds that small businesses receiving…

Rainbow Crops raises €9.7M seed to scale gene editing for crops

Agritech startup, Rainbow Crops, is developing improved craft varieties by engineering complex agronomic traits. The…

The best founders don’t just spot problems, they’ve lived them
The best founders don’t just spot problems, they’ve lived them

The standard founders’ playbook goes something like this: identify an underserved gap in the market,…

Mums are dehydrating at work. Startup leaders need to fix it.
Mums are dehydrating at work. Startup leaders need to fix it

As startup founders, we spend a lot of time figuring out how to attract, obtain,…

Redefining work in the age of AI: why the human side of transformation can’t be ignored
Redefining work in the age of AI: why the human side of transformation can’t be ignored

When the US chief executive of PwC declared that employees who resist AI are “not going…

Orbio raises £16M amid growing enterprise demand for Agentic AI
Orbio raises £16M amid growing enterprise demand for Agentic AI

Orbio announced a £16m Series A led by Dawn Capital, Europe’s leading specialist B2B technology…

The new geography of tech: where the next great companies will be built 
The new geography of tech: where the next great companies will be built 

“The best tech companies are being built in places most investors aren’t looking.” Aleksandr Zemtsov…

Innovative travel solutions with impact
Innovative travel solutions with impact: part two

In the second of this two-part series we meet the remaining four finalists taking to…

What's the most exciting thing in tech today?
What’s the most exciting thing in tech today?

At London Tech Week (8-10th June 2026), I hit the floor at Olympia and asked…