HealthPortfolio + Talent 30 Mar 2020 Our investment in Quit Genius The Quit Genius team have built a product that has demonstrated a 53% quit rate, just one reason why Octopus Ventures invested Written by Gian Seehra Read more
Health 25 Feb 2020 The Antibiotic crisis: why the resistance from investors? It wasn’t so long ago that cutting your finger could be a life-threatening event. Then the discovery of antibiotics made the world a much,... Written by Jeevs Mahil Read more
Health 30 Oct 2019 Serious business: the opportunities in men’s health taboos. A men’s health startup issued a member-get-member referral promotion recently. Despite the serious addressing of issues like erectile dysfunction... Written by Octopus Ventures Read more
Health 25 Oct 2019 Nemesis Bio: using CRISPR-Cas9 to tackle antibiotic resistance Frank Massam, PhD and Professor Conrad Lichtenstein, PhD are co-founders of Nemesis Bioscience. This biopharmaceutical company is developing... Written by Octopus Ventures Read more
Health 4 Oct 2019 Chances of survival: Healthtech and the rigours of regulation FDA approval’s vital for healthtech startups. How do you get it? Written by Octopus Ventures Read more
Health 24 Sep 2019 5 healthtech entrepreneurs reveal their taboo-busting secrets What happened at the Octopus Ventures Future of Health ‘Evening of Taboo’ event? Written by Octopus Ventures Read more
Health 29 May 2019 Fundraising lessons from a world-leading femtech pioneer Tania Bower’s company, Elvie, just completed the largest Femtech fundraise ever. Lessons learned along the way could help other founders. Written by Octopus Ventures Read more
HealthPortfolio + Talent 29 May 2019 Our Investment in Glofox Marieke Christmann of Octopus Ventures’ Future of Health team tells the story of Glofox Written by Marieke Christmann Read more
Health 29 May 2019 What does the ‘Future of Health’ look like for Octopus Ventures? Octopus Ventures’ internal structure is crafted to help pioneers change the world through three ‘pods’: Future of Health, Future of Money and Deep Tech. Here, Kamran Adle reveals the inner workings of the Future of Health pod. Written by Kamran Adle Read more
Health 3 May 2019 Taboos in healthcare present startups with a golden opportunity. Will Gibbs of Octopus Ventures’ Future of Health team brings the taboos of healthcare out of the shadows. Written by Will Gibbs Read more
Health 18 Apr 2019 Tech in retirement: the future’s bright Combine tech, healthcare and the retirement population and you get an interesting conversation. Written by Octopus Ventures Read more
Health 1 Apr 2019 Pumping life into UK consumer hardware: Elvie’s Series B Femtech story Image: Simon King, Octopus Ventures and Tania Boler, Elvie. CPG Photography The largest femtech investment yet seen has just taken place. What... Written by Octopus Ventures Read more