The key to entrepreneurial success is relationship-building
Padideh Tosti isn’t your ordinary entrepreneur. With a background in intelligence and a PhD looking at drug-trafficking she comes to the table with a different set of experiences. After years working...
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Sarah Turner busts some angel myths
By Sarah Turner @turnipshire An angel investor is an individual who provides capital for early stage and start-up businesses usually in exchange for ownership equity. Before I started doing a little...
View ArticleWhat artists can learn from Bjork’s crowd funding campaign
In a recent interview with Wired, Bjork talked about her failed Kickstarter campaign. Bjork was trying to get the funding to bring her Biophilia app to android. Unlike some very successful Kickstarter...
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The serial entrepreneur who wants to disrupt investment
Meet Barry Shrier. American, serial entrepreneur and the keynote speaker at the upcoming TechPitch 4.5. Barry was the founder and CEO, then Chairman of The Liberty Electric Cars group of companies. He...
View ArticleTechPitch 4.5 alumni Night Zookeeper to get £440k in funding
London based early stage children’s edtech specialist, Night Zookeeper, who won one of the early TechPitch 4.5 events in 2012 has closed a further investment of £90k, including an investment of £65k by...
View Article4.5 alumni Musicmetric bought by Apple
Huge congratulations to Musicmetric! The company has been bought by Apple for an undisclosed sum. Musicmetric provides analytics for the music industry and was one of the first start-ups to take part...
View ArticleWhat does the market turmoil mean for tech?
Headlines are full of the market turmoil, spreading from China to the rest of Asia and then to the rest of the world. But how will the current wobble affect the technology industry? Giants like Apple,...
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Ben Brabyn, former COO of UKTI Innovation Gateway, is the new Head of Level39
Level39 - Europe’s largest technology accelerator space for finance, cyber-security, retail and smart-city technology companies – has announced the appointment of Ben Brabyn as its new Head. Level39 is...
View ArticleInvesdor: “We can now support the entrepreneur from seed stage to IPO”
2Pears – the team that creates opportunities and events to inform, educate and connect entrepreneurs, startups and investors in music, media and technology, including all things 4.5 – recently...
View ArticleWhat does 2017 have in store for the start-up ecosystem in the UK?
It is, of course, as yet unknown, but here at 2Pears, we know a thing or two about start-ups and the innovation ecosystem that connects and nurtures their relationships with peers, partners, investors,...
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