IrelandIt is somewhat staggering to think that this time six years ago, commentators around the world were calling Ireland’s economic woes the “death of the tiger”, a reference to the country’s roaring pre-2008 Celtic Tiger period of growth. Just four years ago, the country staved off bankruptcy by accepting a €67.5bn ($87.4bn) bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF)… Continue reading A rosy outlook: Ireland
Month: October 2014
Japan’s arrow nears target
For Japan, Prime Minister Shinzō Abe’s so-called three arrows strategy is certainly trying its best to jolt a country into inflation and growth. And while on the surface the latest move, to appoint Yasuhisa Shiozaki as health minister, would appear relatively minor, it carries the potential to join together various other government actions to connect an ecosystem of state… Continue reading Japan’s arrow nears target
Putting tech transfer successes into perspective
The Global University Venturing and combined world rankings 2014.
African leadership – in search of the next model
Last month, my eyes were on the east. My encounter with insider Chris Ruffle was a real eye-opener on the complexity of doing business with the mysterious country that is China. After investigating China comes Africa. Africa is a mammoth with two faces, and the third Africa Pensions and Sovereign Funds Investment Forum in London in September… Continue reading African leadership – in search of the next model
Technology spillovers and capital gains
Haemmig and Battistini Analysis: In our series of articles Corporate Venturing on the Test Bench, Boris Battistini and Martin Haemmig review and analyse the latest trends
Weighing the balance of venture strategies
The Clean Deal: Tom Whitehouse, chairman of London Environmental Investment Forum and founder of Carbon International, explores trends in clean-tech
Search for Indian innovation
Gaule’s Question Time: Andrew Gaule talks to Alexei Levene, managing director of Innovation Experience.
Considerations on accelerators and incubators
Evangelos Simoudis, senior adviser, Trident Capital examines corporate accelerators and incubators.
A great place to be an entrepreneur
Xavier Rolet, chief executive of the London Stock Exchange, and Stephen Welton, chief executive of the Business Growth Fund, discuss equity as an engine for growth
The quest for a new cognitive ecosystem
Claudia Fan Munce, managing director, IBM Venture Capital Group, analyses the plans for the new Watson fund.
Technology drives forward
Tracy Isacke, managing director, corporate venturing, Silicon Valley Bank, looks at the future of transport.
Thiel’s globalisation swipe comes at crux time
Peter Thiel, the famed entrepreneur – co-founder of payment service PayPal – and venture capitalist – backing social network Facebook from an early stage – has been on a grand tour to promote his new book Zero to One. While the book is hugely thought-provoking on many topics, and well worth a read for all who… Continue reading Thiel’s globalisation swipe comes at crux time
Inventorum devises way to series A
Mobile payment service Inventorum is set to further develop its product with $5.1m in series A funding provided by investors including High-Tech Gruenderfonds.
Tupholme changes to Greencoat
Andy Tupholme hs joined investment firm Greencoat Capital, where he will work with the firm’s $200m ESB Novusmodus fund, which is backed by utility ESB.