2025 Predictions: The Year Startups, VCs, and Tech Got Their Mojo Back
Relai Raises $12M for Europe Expansion
Venture Capital: A Long-Term Game for Patient Investors
What Are The Next Fintech Opportunities in LATAM
Europe’s Unfair Advantages
Build With Bitcoin Podcast – Investing in Bitcoin Companies With Timechain
Pockit buys Monese to help serve the ‘unbanked’
Concentric Partner Letter #37- The Shift In Investment Priorities
Venture Capital and Profitability: Navigating the New Investment Paradigm
Navigating Venture Capital Communication with Family Offices
The Venture Backed CEO – How Hard Can It Be?
Family Offices and the Rise of Generative AI: An Emerging Investment Frontier
Across generations: The family office attitude to venture capital
Insly CEO, Risto Rossar, Fintech Profile
BVNK Features in Forbes Growth Firms To Watch
Relai wins best Swiss crypto startup
New Investment – Ego Death Capital
New Investment – First Momentum
Euro 2024 Line-Up For Entrepreneurs: Who Makes The Select XI?
Are family offices really competitors to venture capital firms?
Will Europe ever match the U.S. for startup investment and growth?
Concentric Partner Letter #36: The Purpose of a VC?
B2B stablecoin payments ready for take-off
Family Offices & Venture Capital: The shift from direct investments to partner funds
Corporate VC – do the risks outweigh the benefits?
The innovation challenge for family offices
Oslo Tech Excursion 2024
Unaric acquires Asperato
Being A VC: Investor, Entrepreneur, Or Both?
AnchorWatch partners with Insly
Concentric Partner Letter #35: Venture Capital and AI
Lessons From The Last Three Years In Venture Capital
New Investment – LN Markets
How Family Offices Can Access AI Through Venture Capital
Venture Capital Must Step Up To Overcome Adversity And Drive Growth
A Synergistic Future for Family Offices and Venture Capital
VC And Startup Predictions 2024: Bitcoin, AI and Frugal Entrepreneurs
Concentric Partner Letter #34: Cash is King
Warsaw Healthcare Founders x VCs Event
Insly acquires the insurance arm of TubaPay
Unaric acquires Mirage Computer Systems
The Art Of Venture Exit Planning In A Tough Climate
Startups, think twice about paying investors to sit on your board
New Investment – AnchorWatch
Concentric Partner Letter #33: How to behave in a downturn?
Want To Try Venture Investing? It Isn’t As Easy As You Might Think
Lightning Ventures Podcast
Raising venture debt as an early-stage business – when is the right time?
Unaric Acquires Accountability Solutions
New Investment – Wolf
Is Bitcoin On The Verge Of Mainstream Adoption?
Timechain VC – Nothing Ventured Podcast
Timechain Newsletter 07: CBDC? MORE LIKE CCP
Pockit Raises $10M
How to get started with venture investments: A step-by-step guide for family offices
Concentric Partner Letter #32: AI from the Perspective of a Founder
Boardroom Conflict Happens: How Should Investors Handle It?
New Investment – Thingtrax
Caution reigns in fintech funding, but there are still deals to be done
More funds of funds would bolster the European venture ecosystem
New Investment – Unaric
Timechain Newsletter 06: The Bitcoin Singularity
How To Raise VC Funding In A Tough Market
Concentric Partner Letter #31: Making an impact through Venture Capital
As VC Funding Slows To A Crawl, Where Now For Europe’s Startups?
Why Venture Capital Should Be At The Heart Of Family Office Impact Strategies
New Investment – Vida
Concentric Partner Letter #30: Run On The Banks, The Defining Moment For Bitcoin?
Deep due diligence: how to minimize disruption and maximize chance of success
The New Craftsmen Defined a New Era for Craft and Its Journey Continues
Family Office Venture Capital Review 2023
New Investment – Emblem
New Investment – Relai
Timechain Newsletter 05: The Business Model of The State; Part II
Timechain Newsletter 05: The Business Model of The State; Part I
Venture due diligence for family offices: Balancing thorough analysis with gut feel
Alex Mann shares his view on the subject of a British CBDC
Concentric Partner Letter #29: Why Activist Ventures?
The Art Of Making Good Investment Decisions in VC
Timechain Newsletter 04
Timechain Newsletter 04″ De Opresso Liber – ‘To Free the Oppressed’
A Look Ahead – 7 Venture Capital Predictions for 2023
Superscript raises $54M in Series B Funding
2023 Startup Predictions: Addressing Real Problems Will Drive Growth
Christmas Message 2022
New Investment – Synota
An Introduction to Venture Capital Funds for Family Offices
Timechain Newsletter 03: Bananas on the Blockchain?
New Investment – Debifi
The World Select XI of Entrepreneurs
Concentric Partner Letter #27: A Superior Vintage in the Making?
5 Reasons Why Now Is A Great Time To Invest In Startups
A Superior Vintage in the Making
The Launch of Timechain
Kjartan Explains The Fundamental Shift Reshaping Europe’s VC and Tech Ecosystem
Talking money management and student recipe apps with Niam Parmar, Financial Controller at Concentric
New Investment: NOAH
Partner Letter #26: Return of venture craftsmanship
Family offices and venture deal flow – the holy grail
What are the alternatives to layoffs as economic pressures bite?
What is BVNK? The mysterious fintech that’s quietly poaching talent from Revolut and Checkout.com
Talking ‘Enriching Partnerships’ with Denis Shafranik, Co-Founder of Concentric
VCs Were Seen As A Bit Weird: 20 Years In European VC
Concentric completes first close of second fund
Timechain Newsletter 02: You can print euros, but not energy
Timechain Newsletter 01: Timechain is Live!
Despite The Crypto Dip, Bitcoin Infastructure Startups Are Ripe For Investment
Concentric Partner Letter #25: The best entrepreneurs are survivors
Supporting the lightning network and overhauling closed payments ecosystems with Bolt Observer
New Investment: Fedi
New Investment: Sondo
Understanding how VCs and family offices can work together
Europe Is Building World-Class Tech Companies – But Can It Close The Gap With The US?
Making the investment case for bitcoin infrastructure
New Investment: Galoy
Talking ‘Relationships, Skills and Perseverance,’ with Kjartan Rist, Co-Founder of Concentric
BVNK closes $40 million Series A funding round
Concentric Partner Letter #24: Venture will Prevail
From unicorn to assembly line?: Norway’s tech gains could herald a golden new industrial chapter
Lifting the lid on Norway’s tech success
BITCOIN MITIGATES MANY OF THE PROBLEMS WITH RENEWABLES
Collaboration and culture-building in the post-pandemic workspace with Huckletree
Solving supply chain shortcomings and procurement problems with Contingent
Geopolitical Tension And Market Uncertainty Will Not Diminish VC Aspirations
Concentric Partner Letter #23: Our Hero the Entrepreneur
New Investment: Ten31
New Investment: Portfolio Ventures
Raising Capital from Family Offices
New Investment: Unmapped
New Investment: Bolt
Contingent: Supplier Insight platform Contingent raises $8.2m to fix broken procurement processes
Talking ‘Sector Trends and Transformation’ with Alex Mann, Partner at Concentric
Championing cultural diversity and getting people back into the world with Billetto
Talking ‘Opportunity Spotting and Speaking Up’ with Alex Stroud, Associate at Concentric
The Tech Trends Driving A Much-Needed Travel Sector Transformation
Riding the Latin American ecommerce wave with Merama
The Entrepreneurship Journey – When The Romance Ends
Are family offices starting to eat VCs’ lunch?
2022 Startup Predictions: The Trends, Sectors, And Tech Worth Watching
New Investment: EBAC Online
New Investment: Raba
New Investment: SNÖ Ventures
The Activist Venture Fund. United by Difference.
European Startup Valuations Are Booming – But What About The Future Pipeline?
Family offices and venture capital: here’s how to get the most out of your partnership
How I’ve grown my business through disruption: Cameron Shearer, Superscript
Setting the standards: Behind the latest launch of BVNK, Jesse Hemson-Struthers, BVNK
We are proud supporters of Save her Seat
Bvnk launches to set global standards for digital asset financial services
Are your tights destroying the planet? Natasja Giezen Smith talks to Vogue Magazine.
E-Commerce Brand-Builder Merama Closes US$225 Million Series B Funding Round
Why VC should be part of any family office impact portfolio
Wheely named Harpers Bazaar’s list of the best luxury travel apps
Ignite: Technology Investments Shaping the Energy Sector
How Geospatial Intelligence Startups Are Transforming B2B Sectors
New Investment: FinTech Collective. Creating the future of financial services.
VC’s Outsized Economic Impact Will Power A New Golden Age
New Investment: Tesseract
Funding and Disrupting Podcast
5 VC Tribes And How They Approach Startup Investing
Oslo-based Memory raises €11.6 million to scale its time-tracking tool & launch ‘deep work’ tool
What are the biggest challenges family offices face when venture investing?
The Rise Of The Operator Founder
Announcing our participation in Merama’s recent $60M Series A funding.
Big In Japan: How To Make It In The World’s Third Largest Market
Kjartan Participates in Goldman Sachs’ Tech Talks Series
Venture investing: which model is best for family offices?
Meet Kenny Alegbe: Entrepreneur Creating An Operating System For Your Home
United by Difference — Concentric’s ESG Initiative
Proptech Innovation in Home Management Software
6 Mistakes To Avoid Once You’ve Closed Your First VC Round
Proptech disruption trends: innovation in the real estate space
Huckletree: Ask Me Anything
Luxury ride-hailing app, Wheely, is expanding into the Middle East
Five reasons why Europe is the future of startup investing
Denis & Kjartan – The Rise of Zebras over Unicorns: Trends in Venture Capital Investing
Gamestop saga is a good argument for the possibilities of crypto
The Life Of An Entrepreneur Without Venture Capital
MJ Hudson Interview with Kjartan – European VC: Strengths, mistakes and opportunities
EU Commission Plan To Invest Directly In Startups Will Harm The Ecosystem
How Wheely is putting privacy at the heart of its business
2021 Startup Predictions: Trends, Sectors, And Tech That Will Emerge
Activist venture investors, a portrait of Concentric
Venture investing can deliver high returns in uncertain times
TransferWise for Banks partners with Pockit
Emergence of The Crypto Economy
Five Reasons Startup Boards Fail To Add Value
Inclusive fintech company Pockit completes £15 million fundraising, and announces partnership with Railsbank
Building Supply Chain Resilience Post Covid
New Investment – Contingent
Wheely Presents at Noah Conference
SuperScript joins INSURTECH 100
Ride-hailing businesses should protect users from data-hungry manoeuvring
Can Venture Capital Be Taught?
7 Heresies; Concentric Investor Day 2020
One Year in VC
Superscript raises further £8.5 million
Modern Monetary Theory: A shared delusion that will destroy the economy
Superscript becomes a registered Lloyd’s broker
Heist touted as the new authority on British tights
FinTech sector welcomes Crowdcube and Seedrs merger
Investor FOMO To JOMO: How To Manage Startup Hype As A VC
Concentric Investor Day
We need to take a closer look at founder mental health in the wake of Covid
Modern Monetary Theory; Folie à Deux — A Shared Delusion
What does Klarna’s mega valuation mean for the Nordic FinTech industry?
Working From Home: The New ‘Industrial’ Revolution
FILM: The European Venture Outlook with Concentric
Family Offices Can Propel The EU Venture Capital Ecosystem
Digital Risks rebrands as Superscript
Pioneering ‘home as a service’ with HomeHero
Kjartan Rist Comment: “Why startups need activist VC partners more than ever”
Why leading tech candidates are increasingly looking to Europe
The EU-Japan Alliance Remains The Great Untapped Innovation Opportunity
‘We never wanted to grow too quickly’: interview with Huckletree co-founder, Andrew Lynch
Venture Capitalists Need To Stay Within Their Remit After Investing
How I’ve grown my own business: Cameron Shearer, co-founder Digital Risks
Founders, Leadership Teams And The Glue That Binds Successful Startups
Concentric expands Advisory Council
Universities – bastions of innovation or no longer fit for purpose?
Backing the Winners in the Face of Adversity
Venture Capital Beyond COVID-19
Don’t believe the hype: Why skepticism is increasingly important for VCs
Seedcamp Office Hours
AFRICA; A VENTURE STORY
Resilient Bodies and Resilient Companies
From Passive To ‘Activist’ Investing: Redefining The Role Of VCs
Supporting exceptional people to create the best tech startups
Houst acquires Hostmaker
Building the new generation of SME insurance with Digital Risks
Venture Debt: Is It A Loan? Is It Equity? Is It An Opportunity?
How to fake experience when things go wrong
New Investment – Antler
Making the most of marketplaces with Neteven
Memory launches Dewo
2020 Startup Predictions: Top trends to watch out for
Startups’ focus should shift from growth to profitability in 2020
How co-working spaces need to evolve after the WeWork disaster
Frontier Car Group Exit
Q&A with Insly CEO Risto Rossar
The Startup War for Talent: Are returnships part of the solution?
One month in venture capital
Industry Report on Health and Fitness Aggregators
Meet Pockit, The Fintech Swiftly Becoming The One-Stop-Shop For The Unbanked
VC Grind: 28 November
Huckletree launches new co-working offers
CONCENTRIC: Meet the activist investors
Govtech Summit Paris
Tech EU article: The reverse pitch
Huckletree opening: Ancoats Manchester
Support Or Interference? How To Add Value As A VC
Public.io exits FreeUp
Wheely launches in Paris
Sella Concept creates “grown-up” interiors inside London co-working space Public Hall
VCs aren’t the enemy
How to master the art of startup fundraising
Huckletree launches Alpha School
B2B Is The New Home Of Disruption – Here’s Why
ESG Investing Isn’t The Only Way To Make An Impact
Homeshift shortlisted for The Spectator’s Economic Disruptor of the Year Award
The Future of Startups is in Europe
Why People Turn to FinTech When Bank Branches Closes
Could Norway Build A Unicorn?
New Investment – Homeshift
Airsorted raises £1.2 million via a crowdfunding campaign
Huckletree Soho Opening and Concentric Office Move
Are Startups Missing A Trick By Neglecting The Public Sector?
Banks stopping people from applying for risk-free accounts
Partner Connect Event
PayAsUGym rebrands as Hussle and partners with Three
Here’s How Working With VCs Can Make You More Than Just Money
The future of the Norwegian startup ecosystem
How Can VCs Look Beyond ‘Pale Male And Stale’ When Hiring?
Huckletree acquires Pier X, Norway
Huckletree & Public launch first gov-tech workspace in Westminster
Wheely: Series B Funding Round
Concentric Oslo Tech Excursion
Regulating The Tech Giants Won’t Help Europe’s Startups
The Banking Poverty Premium
Hypaship seed + round
Digital Risks launches new Quote & Bind journey
Neteven announces the appointment of Ulrik Garde Due
What Does It Really Take To Make It In VC?
New Investment – Black
The Spectator’s Economic Disruptor of the Year Inspirational Stories: Virraj Jatania
New Investment – Telegram Open Network
New Investment – Coindirect
Memory is selected as one of the top 5 Norwegian startups
Venture Capital’s Place In Impact Investing Jigsaw
Digital Risks achieves Lloyd’s coverholder status
Why VC Is The Answer To Falling Returns?
Forget Dragon’s Den – how does pitching to VCs really work?
FT Letter: In a capitalist world, truth trumps gratitude
Cool Tech or Meaningful Disruption? The Dilemma Of The Venture Investor
Why The Future Is In The Hands Of Individuals, Not Corporations
Pockit: “Talk about money”
Why Venture Capital is the Original Impact Investing
Investment in ‘patient capital’ vital for post-Brexit Britain
Why “No” Is The Hardest Word For VCs, And How To Boost Your Chances Of A “Yes”
Public.io organised GovTech Summit in Paris
Pockit is the winner of the Economic Disruptor of the Year Awards 2018
The Secret To Achieving Reliable VC Returns (And It Isn’t Chasing Unicorns)
Accenture and Public.io bring innovation and digital technologies to UK government
Venture Capital – why the time to invest is now
New Investment – Memory
How to spot a great entrepreneur
Huckletree New Campaign: Fairer Funding
VC interview: Kjartan Rist and Denis Shafranik
How to spot the next Branson, Musk or Zuckerberg. New report reveals all
DueDil Closes £8 million Series C Round
Four-day week will not work for entrepreneurs
Oslo is emerging as Europe’s latest startup hotbed
New Investment – Digital Risks
Public.io & Sir Mark Rowley found Panopticon
Digital Risks wins Best Insurance Start-up at British Insurance Awards
Great Founders – Highly Prized but Poorly Understood
New Investment Heist
New Investment Homeshift
Frontier Car Group raises Series C round
Huckletree: Alpha Programme
New Investment – Seedcamp 4
Airsorted in Top 10 UK Startups
Airsorted’s Series A exceeds £7 million
PayAsUGym completes £6.5m Series A investment round
New Investment – Frontier Car Group
3rd Oslo Technology Excursion
Gstaad Snow Summit
New Investment – Insly
Concentric Final Close Announcement
New investment – Public.io
Huckletree raises £4.5m in second fundraising round
Huckletree Dublin D2
Huckletree opens its White City Workspace
New investment – DueDil
Stockholm Archipelago Summit
New investment – HypaShip
Prettysocial completes new funding round led by Funke Media
Concentric is announced as a new partner of the London Co-Investment Fund
Pockit joins GovStart
Third annual Concentric/ERMAK Technology Forum
PayAsUGym wins inaugural award for ‘Best Health & Fitness Innovation’ at Elevate 2017
Pockit raises near £3M in funding and will launch new remittance service for its customers
European startups need help from family-office investors
Airsorted is celebrating its second birthday
Pockit to join Upscale 2017 as one of 33 UK based start-ups with high-potential
Neteven accelerates its European growth
New investment – Airsorted
Pockit has reached 100,000 customers
Concentric and Bloomberg present: E-Wellness & Technology Trends 2016
Concentric announces first close of its venture capital partnership
Second annual Concentric/ERMAK Technology Forum
Families and Venture Capital – A Venture into the Unknown or a Return to its Roots?
Concentric Nordic Tech Excursion
