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...When you have the technology in place and the processes and systems, and you’re not reliant only on skilled labour, you can scale up quickly,” said Rosenhaus....
...“We don’t want to take money from investors by ticking boxes,” he said.Other VCs that have become B Corps include Obvious Ventures, MMC Ventures and real estate technology investor Fifth Wall, according...
...“A lot of companies are looking at moving teams to Lviv [in the west of Ukraine], and helping those who can leave to get out,” Bruce Macfarlane, co-founder and managing partner at MMC Ventures, told the...
...Founded in 2015 in London, it has raised $12mn from investors including MMC Ventures, Forward Partners and Alliance Venture....
...Two-fifths of the more than 2,000 so-called AI start-ups in Europe do not use AI at all, says London-based MMC Ventures. Instead, most rely on human labour....
...“Technology as the saying goes, is neither positive nor negative. But nor is it neutral....
...“It became clear that our long-term investment approach and specialism in technology were a great match for him and his team,” he said....
...Gousto has raised £130m from investors including BGF, MMC Ventures and Unilever Ventures....
...The 700 jobs that the company plans to create will be primarily in software and technology roles, split between London and Lincolnshire....
...Amount of money raised so far: £13mValuation at latest fundraising: £30m Major shareholders: Creandum Funds, MMC Ventures, Notion Capital, Anthemis Exponential Ventures, Ourcrowd, RGAX and LocalGlobe There...
...Two-fifths of Europe’s artificial intelligence start-ups do not use any AI programs in their products, according to a report that highlights the hype around the technology....
...The market is relatively small, with 75 different manufactures using modern methods of construction (MMC) active in the UK, according to Savills....
...Simon Menashy, a partner at London-based MMC Ventures, highlights that no matter what an entrepreneur wears, they need to ensure they come across as trustworthy and confident....
...industries, drone fleets could start to emerge as companies see the potential for the cost savings and increased safety during surveillance and other operations, says Simon Menashy, investment director at MMC...
...The biggest among them are Gamuda, MMC, YTL, Scomi and George Kent. However, most of these companies have only worked on city-level rail projects....
...Netflix, Spotify and Amazon may be technology pioneers, but they have at least one thing in common with the world of old print media and fusty gentlemen’s clubs: they understand the value of the subscription...
...Masabi has raised $8.8m from venture capital firms MMC Ventures, M8 Capital and Fontinalis Partners since switching its focus to the transport market, but it remains lossmaking as it has spent money opening...
...Fashion knitwear brand Wool and the Gang is capitalising on the mix of low and high technology....
...It has secured $2.8m in seed funding from the likes of Index Ventures, Forward Partners and MMC Capital....
...“Attitudes towards risk and failure in the UK appear to be changing, particularly in the technology sector,” he says....
...Sold Kroll to Marsh & McLennan Companies in 2004 and became chief executive of MMC shortly afterwards. Left MMC in January 2008 and joined Altegrity as chief executive in August of that year....
...I ask if the manager has a proven ability to pick the right companies or technologies. How good are the ideas, deal flow, the network of introducers?...
...Calculus and MMC are the managers Churchill prefers. “Investors have to look carefully at a fund’s relevant track record,” he says....
...His Oxford Gateway schemes focus on three “super-growth themes”: healthcare, environmental technologies and telecommunications....
...Many failed, or their technology lay dormant for 20 years. Will the same fate befall the clean technology companies of today? It seems unlikely, say many observers....
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