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A Community for Brits in Tech in the Bay Area & Beyond.
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https://gbxglobal.org/ 12-09-2016 19:42:18
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Delighted to see some of π¬π§ GBxers on Forbes 30u30 Europe list:
π¬Charlie Bullock, co-founder, Scan.com UK, the UK's largest diagnostic imaging platform, matching patients with scans
πMax Buchan, founder, Valarian Technologies ensures multinational orgs comms tools comply worldwide
Some transatlantic pollination...
π¬π§ EdTech unicorn Multiverse Β has acquired US-based, Y Combinator alum and AI talent platform: Searchlight
This is Multiverse's second acquisition in the past year, as it looks to bolster its AI capabilities π
GBxers gathered at the British Residence last night to hear the wisdom of VCs on the 'Future of Funding':
Kevin Hartz Susan Andrew Brackin Hannah Chelkowski & Jamie Quinn π
Thank you to our host Tammy Sandhu M.B.E., our moderator Charlie Walker, and to Silicon Valley Bank for supporting π¬π§πΊπΈ
Delighted to see Mustafa Suleyman opening a new office: Microsoft AI London π¬π§πΊπΈ
Congratulations to Husayn Kassai, Eamon Jubbawy, and Ruhul Amin on the acquisition of Onfido β the ID verification software β by Entrust
Onfidos exit signals the largest ever student-led company return on investment for University of Oxford
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Congratulations to Demis Hassabis, Co-founder and CEO of Googleβs AIΒ subsidiary Google DeepMind, on being awarded a knighthood for services to artificial intelligence. πποΈ
π’ Founders exploring an exit!
Taylor Wessing LLP have put together a handy M&A exit guide covering:
β‘οΈ Preparing for sale
β‘οΈ Understanding buyers
β‘οΈ Tax strategy & wealth planning
β‘οΈ Navigating the sales process
Read more:
taylorwessing.com/en/campaigns/uβ¦
π¬π§ Congratulations to Alastair Paterson, Co-founder and CEO, Harmonic Security on being named as a Top 10 Finalist in the RSA Conference 2024 Innovation Sandbox contest π
Harmonic Security is a data security platform which monitors and secures sensitive data in the age of #genai
Congratulations to Avion Gray and Samantha Rosenberg, co-founders of Belong on raising $3.8 million pre-seed.
Belong is a British wealth-building platform for millennials π¬π§π
π¬π§ Barney Hussey-Yeo, Founder, Cleo has been busy talking on-screen with Kristen Scholer Cheddar πΊπΈ
They covered the money issues that people are facing right now, and how they can use AI (and Cleo!) to tackle them β¨
This week we've been reading Sriram Krishnan - sriramk.eth, general partner a16z crypto, thoughts on the UK tech scene in Sifted π¬π§
'We believe the UK has the potential to be a real Web3 leader.' π
sifted.eu/articles/a16z-β¦
Delighted to see some familiar faces in Tech Nation's #FutureFifty , which launched this week at 10 Downing Street π
The late-stage accelerator nurtures the UK's next unicorns π¬π§π
technation.io/meet-the-futurβ¦
Brent Hoberman Barney Hussey-Yeo Cleo Mathew Prior TrustedHousesitters
Congratulations to Ben Camara, Founder KLIQ, on raising a $1.5m pre-seed round led byΒ Serena Ventures.
The London-based, Techstars 2022 startup enables creators to launch their own-branded, no-code apps ππ¬π§π
The UK GovΒ has launched a new Invest in Women taskforce with Β£250m to deploy into female founders to combat startup funding gender disparity π¬π§
Led by Hannah Bernard OBE Barclays UK, small business minister Kevin Hollinrake MP and serial founder and investor Debbie Wosskow OBE ππ
The UK GovΒ has launched a new Invest in Women taskforce with Β£250m to deploy into female founders & combat startup funding gender disparity π¬π§
Led by Hannah Bernard OBE Barclays UK, small business minister Kevin Hollinrake MP and serial founder and investor Debbie Wosskow OBE ππ
The UK GovΒ has launched a new Invest in Women taskforce with Β£250m to deploy into female founders & combat startup funding gender disparity π¬π§
Led by Hannah Bernard OBE Barclays UK, small biz minister Kevin Hollinrake MP and serial founder and investor Debbie Wosskow OBE ππ
The UK GovΒ has launched a new Invest in Women taskforce with Β£250m to deploy into female founders to combat startup funding gender disparity π¬π§
Led by Hannah Bernard OBE Barclays UK, small business minister Kevin Hollinrake MP and serial founder and investor Debbie Wosskow OBE ππ
Congratulations to Tristan Thomas, Josh Garnham, Hugo Cornejo, co-founders of Packfleet, on their $10m raise π
The fully electric UK-based parcel courier was started in 2021 by three former Monzo employees π¬π§
US-based VC firms General Catalyst and Voyager Ventures co-led the round π
Delighted to welcome Entrepreneur First to the Bay Area! π¬π§π
Alice Bentinck Matt Clifford Joe White