Every startup in the world has an incredulous moment where their viability is at risk due something inefficient but solvable due to licensing, pricing, archaic laws, or artificially limited tech. It’s still, however, a good filter amongst founders that are resourceful or aren’t.

My life: 1. Get email from potential seller 2. Ask basic questions around size, profitability, asking price 3. “Let’s get to know each other first” 4. 1-3 hrs on phone to get comfortable 5. Turns out business doesn’t meet criteria Can we all just please use email?

A society that believes that wealth is created through luck or privilege will eat itself alive.

The path of a maturing thinker. In order to get to Grown-Up Mountain and start real learning, you have to brave the cold winds of Insecure Canyon. If you're not willing to say "I don't know" for a while, you might spend your whole life on Child’s Hill.

I'm blocking out some time over the coming weeks to run remote Office Hour sessions. If you're based in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and looking to raise a seed round over the next few months then please feel free to get in touch👇 techstart.typeform.com/to/sWWtmr

Over the last few weeks, I've been running remote Office Hours sessions for founders based in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Last week, we issued a term sheet to a startup that we met via Office Hours More details on the setup and link to get in touch below 👇 techstart.typeform.com/to/sWWtmr

Excited to share that we have completed an investment in PicoJar - the screenshot app. We’ve known Siwei Kang for a while and are thrilled to be going on this journey with her. Great to invest alongside gareth williams insider.co.uk/news/former-am…

Check out the latest Techstart Ventures newsletter below - Includes details of 10 recent investments including: @Adinmo_media, Continuum Industries, PicoJar - the screenshot app, Bella+Duke and @Prodsight 🔥 Link 👉 tinyurl.com/y78cy85n

I've blocked out some time over the next few weeks to hold Office Hours sessions. I'm thrilled to say that we've recently invested in one startup and just issued a term sheet to another on the back of Office Hours sessions! More info and apply 👇 bit.ly/3gZq2Pf

Delighted to be backing HeySummit as they power the next generation of Virtual Events for the Passion Economy. 🌍 4,500+ Summits, 1.9M attendees! The $1M round included ourselves here at Techstart Ventures, Active Capital, & Ankur Nagpal Learn more 👉 bit.ly/35iz1HG

Incredibly proud of the team. 2 million attendees served, from every country on earth. This is what impact looks like.

This was a year of challenges and heartbreak, but also one of optimism and innovation. Creators from all over the world used HeySummit to build businesses, share knowledge and create amazing experiences. Here are some stats to paint a picture heysummit.com/blog/2020-numb…

Excited to announce that Techstart Ventures has invested £300,000 in @rufflyhq's pre-seed round. Ruffly helps teams estimate, plan, and communicate a project’s scope as it changes 🛠 Read more in the UKTN piece 👇 uktech.news/news/scottish-…

Thrilled to announce we Techstart Ventures co-led a £313k pre-seed investment in reath.id Reath is building digital infrastructure that empowers organisations to switch from linear production & delivery methods to more sustainable circular methodologies♻️ 👉bit.ly/3ym27m1