| Date | Title | Description |
| 02.11.2021 | European Startup Valuations Are Booming – But What About The... | Kjartan Rist for Forbes Magazine
The pandemic has exposed value chain frailties and stress-tested a... |
| 28.09.2021 | E-Commerce Brand-Builder Merama Closes US$225 Million Series... | Less than five months after closing its Series A round, Merama, the leading acquirer and builder of ... |
| 27.09.2021 | Why VC should be part of any family office impact portfolio | As the next generation of family offices begins to take over, the lines between impact and VC are be... |
| 06.09.2021 | How Geospatial Intelligence Startups Are Transforming B2B Se... | Kjartan Rist for Forbes Magazine
Spacetech might spark images of Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos rac... |
| 28.07.2021 | VC’s Outsized Economic Impact Will Power A New Golden Age | Kjartan Rist for Forbes Magazine
VC is shedding its ‘ugly duckling’ reputation, as a rising number ... |
| 27.07.2021 | Family offices and venture capital: here’s how to get the mo... | Kjartan Rist for &Simple
Many family offices invest in venture capital funds, and by knowing wh... |
| 22.06.2021 | Memory raises $14M to build more AI based productivity apps | Time is your most valuable asset — as the saying goes — and today a startup called Memory.ai, which ... |
| 21.06.2021 | New Investment: Tesseract | Tesseract Raises $25 million in Series A Funding to Strengthen Institutional Digital Asset Lending O... |
| 10.06.2021 | Funding and Disrupting Podcast | Earlier this month, Funding and Disrupting, presented by Oura Collective, asked Kjartan, to shares h... |
| 09.06.2021 | 5 VC Tribes And How They Approach Startup Investing | Kjartan Rist for Forbes Magazine
When pitching for venture funding, finding a partner who shares yo... |
| 02.06.2021 | What are the biggest challenges family offices face when ven... | Kjartan Rist for &Simple
Family offices are often involved in venture investments and this inte... |
| 17.05.2021 | The Rise Of The Operator Founder | Denis Shafranik, Managing Partner at Concentric
As many startups emerge from a year of firefighting... |
| 30.04.2021 | New Investment: Merama | We are pleased to announce our participation in Merama’s recent $60M Series A funding round. This wa... |
| 15.04.2021 | Big In Japan: How To Make It In The World’s Third Largest Ma... | Kjartan Rist for Forbes Magazine
For any European startup with unicorn ambitions, international exp... |
| 15.04.2021 | Kjartan Participates in Goldman Sachs’ Tech Talks Series | On 14 April, Kjartan participated in Goldman Sachs’ Tech Talk on Activist Venture Capital and Entrep... |
| 09.04.2021 | Venture investing: which model is best for family offices? | Kjartan Rist for &Simple Magazine
Every year, thousands of startup founders set out in search o... |
| 24.03.2021 | Meet Kenny Alegbe: Entrepreneur Creating An Operating System... | The Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns have meant that many of us now have to spend signific... |
| 17.03.2021 | United by Difference — Concentric’s ESG Initiative | - |
| 16.03.2021 | Proptech Innovation in Home Management Software | Alex Stroud and Kenny Alegbe give their view on proptech innovation in home management software sect... |
| 09.03.2021 | 6 Mistakes To Avoid Once You’ve Closed Your First VC Round | Denis Shafranik for Growth Business
Closing your first VC round is a huge milestone for any start-u... |
| 04.03.2021 | Proptech disruption trends: innovation in the real estate sp... | Alex Stroud, analyst at Concentric, gives his view on Proptech disruption:
“Consumers are now no lo... |
| 01.03.2021 | Huckletree: Ask Me Anything | Last week Denis attended one of Huckletree’s Ask Me Anything sessions. These sessions are an opportu... |
| 24.02.2021 | Luxury ride-hailing app, Wheely, is expanding into the Middl... | Wheely, which currently operates in Moscow, London and Paris, will apply for an e-hailing license in... |
| 24.02.2021 | Luxury Ride-Hailing App Wheely Pivots to Middle East as Lock... | A luxury ride-hailing app operating in Moscow, London and Paris is expanding into the Middle East as... |
| 19.02.2021 | Five reasons why Europe is the future of startup investing | Kjartan Rist for Simple
European startups have come a long way in the last 10 to 15 years. Back in ... |
| 17.02.2021 | MJ Hudson Interview with Denis & Kjartan – The Rise of Z... | On 10 February, MJ Hudson interviewed Denis & Kjartan on trends in venture capital investing. Th... |
| 16.02.2021 | Gamestop saga is a good argument for the possibilities of cr... | Alex Mann, for City AM
As Gamestop stock fell back to earth after a precipitous rise, it marked an ... |
| 16.02.2021 | The Life Of An Entrepreneur Without Venture Capital | Kjartan Rist for Forbes Magazine
Although a nascent industry, particularly in Europe, venture capit... |
| 07.02.2021 | MJ Hudson Interview with Kjartan – European VC: Strengths, m... | Introduction
Summary note of the MJ Hudson Live Discussion on “European VC: Strengths, mistakes and... |
| 15.01.2021 | EU Commission Plan To Invest Directly In Startups Will Harm ... | Kjartan Rist for Forbes Magazine
Last week, the European Commission (EC) announced plans to inject ... |
| 08.01.2021 | How Wheely is putting privacy at the heart of its business | Luxury ride-hailing service and Concentric portfolio company, Wheely, hit the headlines in 2020 afte... |
| 29.12.2020 | 2021 Startup Predictions: Trends, Sectors, And Tech That Wil... | Kjartan Rist for Forbes Magazine
There aren’t many positives to take out of 2020, but the extraordi... |
| 21.12.2020 | Venture investing can deliver high returns in uncertain time... | Kjartan Rist for Simple
Economic uncertainty and stock market volatility mean family offices are re... |
| 21.12.2020 | Activist venture investors, a portrait of Concentric | In the ever-growing investment landscape, funds are multiplying and diversifying, and for startups t... |
| 18.12.2020 | TransferWise for Banks partners with Pockit | Transferwise and Pockit have partnered to enable customers to make cheaper, faster transfers abroad ... |
| 10.12.2020 | Emergence of The Crypto Economy | Author, Alex Mann
This is part 1 of a 2 part series offering the Concentric perspective on the stat... |
| 08.12.2020 | Five Reasons Startup Boards Fail To Add Value | Kjartan Rist for Forbes Magazine
Ask any seasoned startup founder and they’re likely to have a horr... |
| 03.12.2020 | Inclusive fintech company Pockit completes £15 million fundr... | Pockit, the inclusive FinTech company focussed on customers who are excluded and underserved by high... |
| 02.12.2020 | Building Supply Chain Resilience Post Covid | Supply chain resilience has moved to the top of the business agenda over the last eight months, as C... |
| 01.12.2020 | New Investment – Contingent | Contingent bags £1.7M: UK headquartered startup aims to reduce risk and strengthen supply chain
In ... |
| 18.11.2020 | Wheely Presents at Noah Conference | Anton Chirkunov, Founder & CEO of Wheely recently presented at the NOAH Conference in London on ... |
| 12.11.2020 | SuperScript joins INSURTECH 100 | SuperScript has joined INSURTECH 100’s annual list for 2020.
The INSURTECH100 is an annual list of ... |
| 11.11.2020 | Ride-hailing businesses should protect users from data-hungr... | Anton Chirkunov, Founder and CEO of premium ride-hailing firm Wheely, explains why he believes ride-... |
| 03.11.2020 | Can Venture Capital Be Taught? | Kjartan Rist for Forbes Magazine
Venture capital has become somewhat romanticized over the last few... |
| 02.11.2020 | One Year in VC | Lucy Kennard , Operations Manager at Concentric, gives some insight into her first year with us.
Wh... |
| 02.11.2020 | 7 Heresies; Concentric Investor Day 2020 | Every year we at Concentric update our investors on the progress of our portfolio. As part of our ta... |
| 29.10.2020 | Superscript raises further £8.5 million | Superscript’s overarching mission has always been to become a global leader of small business insura... |
| 27.10.2020 | Modern Monetary Theory: A shared delusion that will destroy ... | Alexander Mann for City Am
As Rishi Sunak announced another multi-billion-pound support package las... |
| 08.10.2020 | Superscript becomes a registered Lloyd’s broker | The move follows the insurtech registering as a Lloyd’s coverholder in 2019
Superscript, which was ... |
| 07.10.2020 | Heist touted as the new authority on British tights | There are many adages counselling when exactly is the right time to reach into one’s hosiery drawer ... |
| 06.10.2020 | FinTech sector welcomes Crowdcube and Seedrs merger | Despite some concerns about what it could mean for competition, the FinTech sector is seemingly happ... |
| 02.10.2020 | Investor FOMO To JOMO: How To Manage Startup Hype As A VC | Kjartan Rist for Forbes Magazine
It’s been a strange year for sufferers of FOMO (Fear Of Missing Ou... |
| 28.09.2020 | Concentric Investor Day | 6th October 2020
It gives us great pleasure to welcome you to Concentric’s Annual Investor Meeting.... |
| 24.09.2020 | We need to take a closer look at founder mental health in th... | Denis Shafranik, Concentric
Entrepreneurs are often stereotyped as supremely confident – slick sale... |
| 23.09.2020 | Modern Monetary Theory; Folie à Deux — A Shared Delusion | Alex Mann, Concentric
Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) has proponents in high places. Somewhat predicta... |
| 16.09.2020 | What does Klarna’s mega valuation mean for the Nordic FinTec... | Swedish payment and shopping unicorn Klarna has become Europe’s most valuable FinTech, but what does... |
| 07.09.2020 | Working From Home: The New ‘Industrial’ Revolution | Kjartan Rist for Forbes
Several centuries ago Europe and the USA underwent the industrial revolutio... |
| 21.08.2020 | FILM: The European Venture Outlook with Concentric | View the film here |
| 19.08.2020 | Family Offices Can Propel The EU Venture Capital Ecosystem | Kjartan Rist for Forbes
When it comes to venture capital, one could argue that wealthy families cre... |
| 05.08.2020 | Digital Risks rebrands as Superscript | Cameron Shearer, CEO and co-founder, explains why he decided to rebrand and what makes him so excite... |
| 29.07.2020 | Pioneering ‘home as a service’ with HomeHero | HomeHero is on a mission to transform how people manage their homes, using world-class technology to... |
| 22.07.2020 | Kjartan Rist Comment: “Why startups need activist VC partner... | In recent months there’s been a lot of commentary portraying entrepreneurs as the saviours of the gl... |
| 14.07.2020 | Why leading tech candidates are increasingly looking to Euro... | The US government’s decision last month to suspend new H-1B visa applications came as a welcome surp... |
| 10.07.2020 | The EU-Japan Alliance Remains The Great Untapped Innovation ... | Kjartan Rist for Forbes Magazine
As the world’s economies awaken from their period of enforced hibe... |
| 09.07.2020 | ‘We never wanted to grow too quickly’: interview with Huckle... | Huckletree co-founder Andrew Lynch joined the business on a Monday morning in May 2014.
The next da... |
| 18.06.2020 | Venture Capitalists Need To Stay Within Their Remit After In... | Kjartan Rist for Forbes Magazine
With billions of VC dollars currently invested in startups across ... |
| 12.06.2020 | How I’ve grown my own business: Cameron Shearer, co-founder ... | Disrupting a one-sized-fits-all business insurance, Digital Risks offers bespoke cover to over 750 s... |
| 04.06.2020 | Founders, Leadership Teams And The Glue That Binds Successfu... | Kjartan Rist for Forbes
Building and running a high-performing team is no easy task, particularly d... |
| 12.05.2020 | Concentric expands Advisory Council | We are delighted to welcome Cédric Köhler onto the Concentric Advisory Council. Cédric has more than... |
| 07.05.2020 | Universities – bastions of innovation or no longer fit for p... | Author, Alexander Mann
Universities have been the fulcrum of our society for centuries. They have s... |
| 29.04.2020 | Backing the Winners in the Face of Adversity | Kjartan Rist for Forbes
The phrase that ‘within every crisis lies opportunity’ has been appropriate... |
| 15.04.2020 | Venture Capital Beyond COVID-19 | Kjartan Rist for Forbes
It may seem like a long time ago, but back at January’s annual gathering of... |
| 08.04.2020 | Don’t believe the hype: Why skepticism is increasingly impor... | Alex Mann for The Next Web
Startups have long lived by the mantra of ‘fake it till you make it’ and... |
| 06.04.2020 | Seedcamp Office Hours | On 2nd April we joined Seedcamp’s Office Hours and met with five startup companies. Office Hours is ... |
| 27.03.2020 | AFRICA; A VENTURE STORY | Author, Alexander Mann
In order to contribute to the developing African venture ecosystem, we are p... |
| 26.03.2020 | Resilient Bodies and Resilient Companies | Author, Joe Cohen
For business, the past three weeks have already made 2020 a year to forget.
As I... |
| 17.03.2020 | From Passive To ‘Activist’ Investing: Redefining The Role Of... | Kjartan Rist for Forbes
Despite the current challenges being endured by startup communities all ove... |
| 13.03.2020 | Supporting exceptional people to create the best tech startu... | Antler is a global early-stage VC that enables and invests in the world’s most exceptional people bu... |
| 02.03.2020 | Houst acquires Hostmaker | UK-based hospitality management company Hostmaker has gone out of business with rival Houst moving t... |
| 26.02.2020 | Building the new generation of SME insurance with Digital Ri... | Digital Risks is the first digital challenger in the vast global business insurance market and is tu... |
| 17.02.2020 | Venture Debt: Is It A Loan? Is It Equity? Is It An Opportuni... | Kjartan Rist for Forbes
Venture Capital is usually the default option for fast-growth startups look... |
| 11.02.2020 | How to fake experience when things go wrong | Denis Shafranik for Startup Magazine
Whether it’s a member of your senior team getting poached, see... |
| 07.02.2020 | New Investment – Antler | We have recently invested in Antler, a global VC and startup generator that has attracted investment... |
| 29.01.2020 | Making the most of marketplaces with Neteven | Q&A with Neteven CEO and Co-Founder, Greg Zemor
Neteven is a European leader in digital marketp... |
| 16.01.2020 | Memory launches Dewo | Memory has launched Dewo, personal assistant for deep work and the brainchild of the 45-person team ... |
| 30.12.2019 | 2020 Startup Predictions: Top trends to watch out for | Kjartan Rist for Forbes
As we say goodbye to the 2010s, the European startup sector can feel proud ... |
| 27.12.2019 | Startups’ focus should shift from growth to profitability in... | Denis Shafranik for The Next Web
A reversal in the fortunes of a string of startup darlings this ye... |
| 20.12.2019 | How co-working spaces need to evolve after the WeWork disast... | Gabriella Hersham, Huckletree Co-Founder, for The Next Web
2019 has been hell of a ride for the cow... |
| 19.12.2019 | Q&A with Insly CEO Risto Rossar | Insly raises bridge funding to make selling insurance simpler
Concentric recently supported one of ... |
| 19.12.2019 | Frontier Car Group Exit | We had the pleasure of joining Sujay and his team on the global journey of FCG. From the first meeti... |
| 18.12.2019 | The Startup War for Talent: Are returnships part of the solu... | Kjartan Rist for Forbes
There is a war for talent out there, particularly amongst tech-focused star... |
| 06.12.2019 | One month in venture capital | By Alexander Stroud
I joined Concentric a little over a month ago now. In my head, this was the rol... |
| 29.11.2019 | Meet Pockit, The Fintech Swiftly Becoming The One-Stop-Shop ... | I spoke to Virraj Jatania, Co-Founder and CEO of Pockit, about how he is leveraging the business kno... |
| 29.11.2019 | Industry Report on Health and Fitness Aggregators | The health and fitness industry has been slow to adopt aggregators. Are clubs right to be cautious, ... |
| 21.11.2019 | VC Grind: 28 November | On 28 November, 1400 – 1700, we will be hosting VC Grind at Huckletree Soho. This is an excellent op... |
| 21.11.2019 | Huckletree launches new co-working offers | Co-working operator Huckletree has launched a trio of products to appeal to a wider range of occupie... |
| 17.11.2019 | CONCENTRIC: Meet the activist investors | WHEN A VC FIRM’S PARTNERS DESCRIBE THEMSELVES AS ACTIVISTS, IS IT A SIGN TO GET INVOLVED OR GET THE ... |
| 15.11.2019 | Govtech Summit Paris | Concentric attended the GovTech Summit in Paris on 14th November. Virraj Jatania, Founder of Pockit ... |
| 12.11.2019 | Tech EU article: The reverse pitch | Concentric was founded by Kjartan Rist and Denis Shafranik in 2013. The firm invests across many dif... |
| 11.11.2019 | Huckletree opening: Ancoats Manchester | Huckletree has opened its first Manchester workspace and growth accelerator. Huckletree Ancoats brin... |