Founders have hard choices to make to keep our startups in pole position in the future Jeremy Silver The cynical optimism of “not wasting a good crisis” isn’t much use to most early-stage companies facing the onslaught of skyrocketing prices. The level of VC investment in UK startups plunged by over 50 per cent in the third quarter of this year, a trend that unfortunately looks likely to accelerate through the last quarter [...]
Has the government’s £1bn artificial intelligence sector deal made any difference? One year on, has the government’s £1bn artificial intelligence (AI) sector deal made any difference? Dr Jeremy Silver, chief executive of Digital Catapult, says YES. A year after the announcement of the government’s sector deal, investment is at an all-time high. AI startups in the UK raised nearly £1.3bn in 2018, very nearly eclipsing the [...]