The Outward Point of View
Getting ahead of founder conflict with Dr Amandip Bahia
Building a successful business is hard. Fostering a healthy, enduring relationship with your co-founder alongside scaling a high-growth tech business is even harder – or in many cases impossible. In fact, founder conflict, according to Noam Wasserman author of The Founder’s Dilemmas, is the reason why 65% of start-ups fail. We draw on the wisdom […]
Read the storyAngel Investing with Yi Luo
Introducing Yi Luo: startup builder (1 exit), prolific angel investor (35+ companies), mother (of 2) and founder in stealth (mic drop!) Not only has Outward had the privilege of working with Yi on a shared portfolio company, we got to spend some time understanding her journey into angel investing, the benefit of coming at it […]
Read the storyReflecting on 2021
As a British woman became the first person in the world to be vaccinated against Covid in December 2020, it felt impossible that 2021 could one-up 2020. As it turned out, 2021 was even more of a roller-coaster than 2020. From Delta and hard lockdowns to the joy of meeting again and office returns, then […]
Read the storyWhy we invested in Vauban
Outward VC led the £4.7m funding round alongside Pentech Ventures, with participation from PiLabs, MJ Hudson, 7percent Ventures and Westloop Ventures as well as leading angel investors, including Matt Robinson (Nested); Will Neale (Grabayo); Charles Delingpole (ComplyAdvantage) and Perry Blacher (Augmentum Fintech) Investment into alternative assets has experienced what can only be described as meteoric […]
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