Why we invested in Oneday

Outward VC co-led the £2.5m funding round alongside Brighteye Ventures, with participation from Flint Capital and well-known angels including Joshua Wöhle, CEO at Mindstone and Co-founder of SuperAwesome. As the father of two Gen Z children, I find myself constantly wondering if and how educational institutions can keep pace with the reinvention of work that […]

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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 […]

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Angel 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 […]

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Reflecting 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 […]

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