FinTech

Blockchains – Looking beyond the cryptocurrency bust

The past twelve months has seen the crypto-currency bubble well and truly burst. Bitcoin is only the most largest, and hence, most visible digital currency to have lost most of its value. An index of the top thirty cryptocurrencies in use, CCI30 shows that these have lost in excess of 75% of their value since the beginning of the year, a loss that puts even the dot com bust to shame. Despite a lot of PR indicating otherwise, most financial … Read more…

Artificial Intelligence – Some highlights from 2016

2016 has been a big year for Artificial Intelligence. Taking over from the Internet of Things as “Most Talked About Tech of The Year”, this represents a set of technologies that will clearly have significant  long-term implications for how we work, buy products and consume services. This explosion is made possible by the convergence of three trends: The massive growth in data availability in every field of human endeavour, a renewed interest in the algorithms underpinning artificial intelligence, and the plummeting cost … Read more…

Venture funding for London tech start-ups doubles

A recent report in the Financial Times claimed that venture funding for London-based start-ups reached $1.4bn in 2014, double the amount in the previous year and twenty times that four years ago. This represents 65% of the UK’s $2.2 tech venture funding last year. Venture capital funding of London tech start-ups doubles – FT.com Clearly an impressive growth, though according to Deloitte, the UK still lags behind the US, Germany, Canada and Israel in terms of VC confidence.   The … Read more…