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From virtual assistants to risk analytics, and drug discovery to imaging and diagnostics, artificial intelligence’s scope for transforming the healthcare industry is significant. But just how will the use of AI and Machine Learning techniques reshape how medicine is practised today? Healthcare dominates other industrial applications of AI in terms of money invested and number […]
Welcoming Devin Hunt and Scott Brown We are thrilled to announce the addition of Devin Hunt and Scott Brown to our Experts in Residence program. With experience at the helm of tech giants including the likes of Facebook, Google and Lyst, Devin and Scott will work closely alongside our portfolio companies to help our founders across everything […]
Halsey Huth shares his story following our 6 month Analyst program Interning at Seedcamp is a great way to achieve hands-on experience in what it takes to work at one of the most proactive seed funds in the world and is a great induction of fire for anyone looking to move into venture capital or understand […]
The attitude of the British mainstream press when covering technology companies is often one of ‘risk and scepticism’, says TechCrunch Editor at Large Mike Butcher. But what if instead of predicting failure or projecting concern journalists took a more positive view of technology entrepreneurship? Speaking to Seedcamp partner Carlos Espinal, Mike explains how TechCrunch’s policy […]
“If you don’t have experimentation across the full customer journey, you’re going to have a hard time growing any business,” says Sean Ellis, who coined the term ‘growth hacker’ in 2010 after using such techniques to ignite spectacular, low-cost growth for Dropbox, Eventbrite, LogMeIn and Lookout – each now worth billions of dollars. Sean is […]
How should we respond to the economic, social and moral consequences of automation driven by advancements in artificial intelligence? We are, argues Calum Chace (author of ‘Pandora’s Brain’, ‘Surviving AI’ and ‘The Economic Singularity’), on the brink of two singularities and accordingly need to plot a path to a future society that is ‘meaningful, sensible […]
Our partnership with leading industry players to provide proptech startups with investment and sector expertise to scale rapidly We are pleased to announce our partnership with real estate professional services firm JLL, investor Starwood Capital Group, and flexible office provider Fora to launch Concrete, a new initiative to enable property tech companies to scale more effectively. […]
lastminute.com, the online travel company, was founded in early 1998: “a time when, it seems strange now, but there really wasn’t a belief the internet would necessarily survive, yet alone be a tool we used every day,” says cofounder Martha Lane Fox. Two years later, at the peak of the dotcom bubble in March 2000, […]
Six selected early stage tech companies will apply immersive technologies to healthcare, manufacturing and creative industries. Digital Catapult and Seedcamp have today announced the organisations selected to take part in Augmentor, focused on supporting early stage UK tech businesses developing applications for immersive technologies. Gravity Sketch, Immersive Rehab, Kinicho, Koski, Reality Zero One and VRTU […]
You may recognise actor, producer and filmmaker Joseph Gordon-Levitt from blockbusters including The Dark Knight Rises, 500 Days of Summer and Inception. On top of an acting career that spans 30 years, Joseph is also the founder of collaborative production company HitRecord. Out to disrupt the conventional Hollywood model, HitRecord encourages artists on its platform […]