An early-stage tech investor with a keen eye for market opportunities, Salomon Aiach (Co-Founder at Origins Fund) invests mostly in B2C and B2B2C companies, so the end-user is the consumer. From Facebook to Goldman Sachs, his career history is littered with high-profile (and high-pressure) roles, and when it comes to
Welcome to the 252 new techies who have joined us since last Friday. If you haven’t already, subscribe and join our community in receiving weekly tech insights, updates, and interviews with industry experts straight to your inbox. This week we’re quoting Prashant Pitti (Co-Founder at EasyMyTrip) What Pitti
It might sound a bit like something from Ghostbusters, but hyperspectral imagery is gaining interest (and investments) in the tech industry. It’s a technique that collects and processes information across the electromagnetic spectrum, in order to obtain the spectrum for every pixel within an image. This means that materials
We all know about the big ones: investments in AI, cloud computing, sustainable tech, robotics and IoTs continue to grow. But as we prepare for LEAP 2024, we’re noticing new trends in tech investments that are coming up in conversation more frequently – so we thought we’d share them
LEAP launched in 2022 as the largest debut tech event in the world, with 100,000 attendees. In 2023, we welcomed 172,000 visitors – making LEAP the most attended tech event in the world. That means that in just two years, LEAP has outperformed the world’s leading brands; some
Positive-impact start-ups and entrepreneurs are not alone. There’s increasing support out there from investors who want their money and mentorship to create a better way of life. And the collaborations that come from investors and ideas-people with a common vision are changing our world.
Over the last few months we’ve been busy interviewing some of our #LEAP23 speakers – to bring a bit of their magic exclusively to the LEAP blog. One of those interviewees, Mohammed Alzubi (Founder and Managing Partner at Nama Ventures), suggested he use the AI language model ChatGPT to answer
Each week, we share our pick of quotes from LEAP contributors. Discover the best of #LEAP22 and get a tantalising taste of the insights ahead at #LEAP23. subscribe This week we’re quoting… Daniel Bernard (Sports Industry Investor) What Bernard said: “One of the mistakes people make in pitch competitions
Unsurprisingly, tech investments (and tech startups seeking investment) often focus on…well, tech. A founder will talk endlessly about their innovation, assuming that investors will get excited about its world-changing possibilities; and investors will seek out the tech with the most potential to disrupt the status quo of established markets.
