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The big cheese: founder Sorosh Tavakoli on the next wave of plant-based innovation with Stockeld Dreamery

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Can the UK’s life sciences sector secure the funding it needs?

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Navigating the fashion supply chain risk: mission impossible?

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Game changing women in tech: insights from founders and investors driving innovation

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Helping founders protect and defend their position

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Innovating with impact: Supporting breakthroughs in health, beauty and fashion

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Demystifying Venture Capital investment: The HSBC Venture Capital Term Sheet Guide 2024

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The unique investment appeal of life sciences

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International Women's Day 2024: The tech founders and investors championing inclusion

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How can VCs better support their portfolio company founders?

As an investor, supporting founder health and wellbeing forms a critical part of building and maintaining a strong founder-investor relationship. Looking beyond the financial investment enables the investor to establish a strong founder-friendly culture. 

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Promoting sustainable investment in partnership with Greenbackers Investment Capital

We have partnered with Greenbackers, a US and UK based specialist venture capital firm focused on climate & cleantech capital, to promote investment in low carbon innovators and tech-driven solutions to the climate crisis. FIND OUT MORE

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Withers creates bespoke AI solution for Diligent

When Withers was approached by software-as-a-service business Diligent, the Withers tech team knew that an AI solution could provide the answer to the firm’s problem, within the tight timeframe it had available. find out more

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The Global Rethinkers

People. Purpose. Progress.

We're getting behind some of the founders and innovators who are changing our world. FIND OUT MORE

Sustainable fashion and beauty

The trailblazing founders reshaping the industry.

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Rethinking materials: Meet the innovators closing the loop in fashion and design

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Fashion Rethinkers: How Felder Felder pioneered haute ecouture

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James Shaw

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James Shaw

Partner | London

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Susanna Stanfield

Partner | Cambridge

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Thomas Meyers

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Thomas Meyers

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Joel Shen

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