Climate tech investment is still rising, but venture funding is more selective. We look at data from BloombergNEF, IEA and Dealroom to see where climate capital is going now.
Jonathan Reichental on building human-centred cities, smarter innovation, and leading through constant change.
Agentic AI is changing travel tech – and creating new opportunities for entrepreneurs to build customer relationships and platform loyalty.
Andrew Fenner (Director General at WYSE Travel Confederation) on youth travel, AI, and building platforms for the future of global mobility.
How researchers are beginning to design AI systems that deliberately search for new ideas – to enable AI-powered innovation.
A recent experiment let AI generate art without human prompts – and shows why AI can only make art with the direction of a creative human.
As AI spreads across industries, the idea of an ‘AI startup’ may disappear. Here’s why infrastructure technologies change how startups differentiate.
Researcher Dr. Beste Özcan explores emotionally intelligent wearables, transitional companions, and why the future of technology may depend on designing for relationships.
The 2023 Insight Intelligent Technology report (conducted by IDC InfoBrief and commissioned by Insight Enterprises) highlighted the reality that we’re entering into a new era of innovation – with tech developments accelerating across industries. There are loads of positives to this, but we want to focus on one key finding
In 2023, the number of climate tech deals declined by 12% year-on-year to USD $12.5 billion – but the average deal size increased by 17%. This suggests that there’s a growing focus on large-scale projects that can have a more significant impact on market development and emissions; and climate
Digital real estate (also known as digital property) refers to any virtual properties or online assets that have monetary value. They can be bought, sold, leased, or monetised through other means, such as subscription-based access; and common forms of digital property include domain names, websites, and mobile apps. Increasingly, digital
Speaking at LEAP 2023, James Caan CBE (Serial entrepreneur, Media Commentator and Former Investor on BBC’s Dragons’ Den) said: “When you look at an entrepreneur…we start off with an idea, we raise some money, we have passion and excitement. The thing that we lack is experience. By definition
Public trust in the safety and usefulness of autonomous vehicles is among the most important barriers to rolling out self-driving cars worldwide – and one of the most difficult obstacles to overcome. In 2023, J.D. Power’s U.S. Mobility Confidence Index (MCI) study found that consumer confidence in autonomous
Exposure to diverse markets helps startups thrive. There’s now a significant body of evidence proving that diverse startup teams are more likely to be successful in international markets – with diverse companies around 35% more profitable than non-diverse companies, and diverse teams 70% more likely to capture new markets. But
Data isn’t static; not fixed in place. It’s information – and we like to think of it as a living thing; shifting and changing as our world shifts and changes, too. When we asked Dr. Kathrin Kind-Trueller (Chief Data Scientist / AI A. Director Nordics) if there’s one thing
Anything can become a buzzword in commercial industries. And in tech, ‘community’ has become just that. It’s thrown around in marketing lingo constantly; hailed as the single most reliable way to sell products and build success. At LEAP, we talk about community all the time. But in an industry
