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In this investing masterclass, accomplished UK small/midcap fund manager Chris McVey of Octopus Investments walks me through his view of the markets and latest thoughts on 15 stock ideas

Real assets are increasingly on the agenda for UK local government pension schemes, as they offer stable returns.   Social infrastructure has been a rising investment focus due to impact it has on the local community and members of the scheme.   Lisa Botter, Editor of IJInvestor (a service of IJGlobal, which is a Green Street company), speaks with Jack Burnham, head of affordable housing at Octopus Investments, which recently did a survey on the subject.  In a survey of 27 LGPS, Octopus Investments and its research partner found that schemes are familiar with and are investing in a range of social infrastructure themes, but investment returns outweigh impact.   Despite the interest from schemes, it is up to social infrastructure managers to prove their social and climate credentials to prevent greenwashing and so-called, social washing.   

Nowadays, it's quite easy to get swept up in the negativity around our economic plight. Living costs are a very real concern, as are increasingly unaffordable house prices. But, as Australians, we're also quite fortunate. Our economy has enjoyed an unprecedented run of growth, we're highly educated, we're resource-rich, and we have opportunities – one of which lies in energy creation. As Darren Brown, Co-Managing Director, Renewables Australia at Octopus Investments tells it, there is “a really unique opportunity for Australia to become a superpower in renewable energy”. The conversation highlights the transformative changes in the energy sector, the strategic initiatives underway, and the opportunities for investors in the renewable energy market in Australia. Brown's unique perspective, gained from his experience in both fossil fuels and renewables, provides valuable insights into the industry's evolution and the potential for long-term growth in the renewable energy space. Note: This episode was recorded on 29 August 2024. 

Azeem reports on the latest personal changes in the industry, some include: Lieven Debruyne is appointed executive vice chair at Octopus Investments, Elena Millerman becomes a partner at Davis Polk, and Charles Langan steps in as CFO of ScottishPower.

Azeem reports on the latest personal changes in the industry, some include: Ashish Gupta joins Apterra Infrastructure Capital, Lieven Debruyne is appointed executive vice chair at Octopus Investments, Elena Millerman becomes a partner at Davis Polk, and Charles Langan steps in as CFO of ScottishPower.

Ed Pitt Ford's guest this week is Gabi Slemer, corporate development lead at Octopus Investments and property investor. Ed discusses Gabi's incredible finance career and asks how to select the right property, how much to borrow, how long for and what returns you can hope to achieve. Discover more at riskrequired.com Follow on instagram @RiskRequired For premium content to find out what I'm investing in subscribe here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/risk-required/subscribe

(Watch the video interview HERE) In this interview, fund manager Chris McVey of Octopus Investments takes me through his latest thoughts on the capital markets alongside highlighting 19 investment ideas. 00:00 Equity outlook 04:05 ActiveOps 06:35 Netcall 09:25 Iomart 11:55 Pinewood Technologies 14:40 Bloomsbury Publishing 18:00 STV Group 21:55 Keywords Studios 25:35 hVIVO 28:05 Advanced Medical Solutions 30:15 Nichols 33:55H&T 36:10 Trainline 38:25 Sanderson Designs 40:25 MJ Gleeson 44:15 Michelmersh Brick 46:30 Alumasc 48:50 Fintel 50:05 Frenkel Topping 52:45 Premier Miton 54:40 UK smallcap opportunity Disclosure : I own Activeops, Iomart and Michelmersh Brick, whilst hVivo and Fintel are Vox Markets clients

Alasdair Bremner, chief executive, of Alusid, a portfolio company of Frontier IP Group PLC, joined Proactive's Stephen Gunnion after the company raised £1.1 million, including £500,000 from Octopus Investments. Bremner said the company will use the funding to expand its product range, including a new floor tile made from 98.5% recycled material, boasting one of the lowest carbon footprints in the market. Alusid's mass-produced product 'Principle', consisting of 91.3% recycled material, is already available nationwide. The company also plans to grow its team, focusing on international distribution to leverage global opportunities. Bremner revealed plans for an IPO later this year, highlighting their scale production in Spain and Italy and a strong validation from Octopus Investments. The company's patented technology significantly reduces the energy mix in the production process, cutting carbon footprint by 60-69% compared to other market products, according to a study with the Materials Processing Institute. Alusid's future includes strengthening relationships with major clients like H&M and Starbucks, expanding distribution in Europe, and launching innovative products like a wall tile using recycled glaze. Bremner expressed excitement about these developments and their environmental benefits, promising to keep stakeholders updated on the company's progress. ‌ #Alusid #FrontierIPGroup #SustainableInvesting #GreenTechnology #RecyclingInnovation #CircularEconomy #EcoFriendlyProducts #SustainableMaterials #LowCarbonFootprint #EnvironmentalImpact #InnovativeSolutions #WasteToResource #RecycledMaterials #SustainableDesign #EcoConstruction #GreenBuildingMaterials #SustainableTile #EcoFriendlyFlooring #AlasdairBremner #BusinessInterview #InvestmentOpportunities #IPOInsights #CleanTech #GreenTechInvestments #CorporateSustainability #RenewableResources #EnvironmentalTech #SustainableDevelopment #EcoInnovation #FutureOfRecycling #ProactiveInvestors #invest #investing #investment #investor #stockmarket #stocks #stock #stockmarketnews

Join Kimberley Dondo and Jess Franks, Head of Investment Products at Octopus Investments. They discuss democratising private markets, partnerships with Crowdcube, encouraging pension funds to invest in high-growth companies, EIS opportunities, and the role of advisers in shaping retail investors' strategies. Explore the evolving private market landscape.

(Watch the video interview HERE) In this interview, fund manager Chris Mcvey of Octopus Investments takes Vox through 16 stocks 00:00 - Outlook for equites 03: 15 - Impact of fund redemptions on the UK smallcap market? 05:05 - Activeops 08:00 - FD Tech 11:40 - Learning Tech Group. 15:45 - GB Group. 20:15 - Trifast. 25:05 - Foxtons. 28:15 - hVIVO. 32:35 - Marks Electrical. 35:55 - Sanderson Design. 38:30 - Michelmersh Brick. 41:00 - Brickability. 43:10 - MJ Gleeson. 48:10 - H&T. 51:25 - Intermediate Capital Group. 55:15 - Renew Holdings 58:20 - Galliford Try

The first episode in this series sees Jessica speaking to Katherine Lampen, Partner, Head of Sustainable Finance for Deloitte North and South Europe and Chris Hulatt, Octopus Investments, Co -Founder and discussing the topic of ‘responsible investing and responsible business' within the IMW sector.

Our expert host, Ross Gallagher, is joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Crowdcube and Octopus Investments are opening up retail investments in a new partnership - 5:20 Apple Pay Later is finally launching - 16:35 Investing app Acorns acquires kid-focused fintech GoHenry to expand in Europe - 28:50 The Meltdown of a Gay Bank: What went wrong when an LGBTQ+ start-up set out to disrupt finance - 41:15 Twitter changes logo to Dogecoin cryptocurrency image in apparent late April fool's day gag - 43:00 This week's guests include: Jason Mikula, Publisher, Fintech Business Weekly Jonathan Keeling, Chief Growth Officer, Crowdcube Polly Jean Harrison, Features Editor, The Fintech Times With soundclips from: Louise Hill, Co-founder & Chief Operating Officer, GoHenry This episode is sponsored by Global Processing Services At Global Processing Services – the expert partner in issuer processing – they take your security seriously. Their game-changing Fraud Advantage tool, powered by Featurespace, assesses fraud risks in milliseconds and uses AI and machine learning, to constantly adapt to stay ahead of emerging fraud threats. With their array of available fraud solutions at your fingertips, you can feel secure with GPS as your payment processing partner. Find out more at www.globalprocessing.com/fraudmanagement This episode is sponsored by Blinkist The Blinkist app offers distilled audio content from over 5000 non-fiction books and podcasts, to get bitesized insights in just 15 minutes, across 27 different categories. Go to Blinkist.com/fintech to start your 7-day free trial and get 25% off of a Blinkist Premium membership. And now for a limited time you can even use Blinkist Connect to share your premium account with a friend or partner and get 2 premium subscriptions for the price of one. " Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a podcast dedicated to all things fintech, banking, technology and financial services. It's hosted by a rotation of 11:FS experts including David M. Brear, Ross Gallagher, Benjamin Ensor, and Kate Moody - as well as a range of brilliant guests. We cover the latest global news, bring you interviews from industry experts or take a deep dive into subject matters such as APIs, AI or digital banking. If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to subscribe and please leave a review Send us your questions for the Fintech Insider Mailbag here (https://11fscompany.typeform.com/to/kBMan5qL?typeform-source=t.co) Follow us on Twitter: @fintechinsiders where you can ask the hosts questions, or email podcasts@11fs.com! Special Guests: Jason Mikula, Jonathan Keeling, Louise Hill, and Polly Jean Harrison.

We talk to Richard Power of Octopus Investments about investing in AIM shares to mitigate Inheritance Tax. AIM shares can be held in an ISA or as a standalone IHT portfolio. AIM-listed companies qualify for additional tax breaks in order to encourage people to invest in smaller UK growth companies. Octopus aims to put together a portfolio of these to provide investors with capital growth and also qualify from Business Relief (neither are guaranteed). What can an investor can expect from the Octopus approach? What makes this investment portfolio different from others? In this interview: Types of AIM companies the service invests in – and companies and sectors they avoid Investing in RWS Holdings (localisation and translation services), Keywords Studios (service provider to the video gaming industry) and Renew Holdings (maintenance for key infrastructure in the UK) AIM's had a challenging year – how has the portfolio been affected? Is economic distress showing in the portfolio? Has the environment changed the way the Octopus team invests? When and how do you look to sell a stock? (with examples CVS Group, EMIS Group and Joules) How risky is investing in AIM? IMPORTANT: The opinions expressed in this video are the interviewee's own and do not necessarily reflect the view of Wealth Club Limited. This interview, like our service, is not advice and the products featured are not suitable for everyone. AIM investments are higher risk and less liquid than mainstream investments. You could lose your capital. Tax rules can change and tax benefits depend on your circumstances. If you're unsure an investment is right for you, please seek professional advice.

In the latest episode of In Conversation With, Ruth Handcock, Chief Executive Officer, Octopus Investments joins Kimberley Dondo to discuss what can be done to enhance Rishi Sunak's enhanced maths initiative and what advisers can do to bridge the advice gap. Listen now:

After a record-breaking 2021 with staggering valuations and a total of 84 new European tech unicorns, the number of new venture capital investors in Europe has simultaneously decreased by almost half. With 61 new investors in 2021, including ten headquartered in the United Kingdom, the total number of European investors thus rose to 817 at the end of the previous year. A study by international tech M&A advisor i5invest, venture builder i5growth, and the Entrepreneurship Center of the Vienna University of Economics and Business shows that British investors have in excess of €468 billion in assets under management and a particular focus on investments in HealthTech & Life Science. Investors in Europe Despite Brexit, the UK continues to lead the ranking of countries with the most local investors in Europe (351), followed by Germany in 2nd place (199), France in 3rd place (128), and the Netherlands in 4th place (70). While the DACH region grew the fastest in terms of new investors in 2020, Scandinavia counted among the most newcomers last year. “Most central European countries have relatively constant growth figures. Scandinavia however was able to increase while we observed only about one-third of newly founded investors in the UK in 2021 compared to the year before”, emphasizes Herwig Springer, CEO of i5invest, indicating a possible change in trend. The portfolios of British investors are the most successful out of any in a European comparison. Of a total of 130 European startups valued at more than one billion dollars, the so-called unicorns, 68% have at least one British venture capitalist on board. For companies that investors believe have the potential to reach this billion valuation threshold in the next 24 months, the so-called soonicorns, this figure is as high as 60%. Out of the 191 investors primarily based in the UK, 67% have an early-stage investment focus, at least among other stages. This trend appears to be unbroken – nine out of the ten new investors founded in 2021 invest exclusively in early-stage startups. “European scale-ups in later stages are largely dependent on money from the UK where by far most of the European growth capital is concentrated. However, the bigger the funding round, the more likely we see a US investor in the lead. There is definitely potential for more growth capital across Europe”, says Simona Huebl, CEO of i5growth. Europe's Most Active and Most Powerful Investors Based on assets under management in 2022, Novo Holdings (Denmark), Balderton Capital (UK), Atomico (UK), Target Global (Germany), and Verdane (Norway) are the most powerful European venture capital investors. CVC Capital Partners (Luxembourg), Partners Group (Switzerland), Ardian (France), Intermediate Capital Group (UK), and Schroder Adveq Management (Switzerland) lead the private equity ranking. The total assets under the management of all investors included in the European Capital Report 2022 amount to more than €3,286 billion. The most active European venture capital investors based on the number of investments made in 2021 are Global Founders Capital with 233 investments (Germany), followed by Seedcamp (UK), BGF (UK), Entrepreneur First (UK), and SFC Capital (UK). In the ranking of the largest venture capital investors from the UK in 2022 based on the respective assets under management, Balderton Capital leads ahead of Atomico, BGF, Octopus Investments, and Octopus Ventures. If one ranks all investors in the UK according to the number of investments made in the previous year, Seedcamp leads with 116 investments, followed by BGF (113), Entrepreneur First (111), HG Capital (108), and SFC Capital (103). Corporate Venture Capital One trend that is only slowly gaining momentum across Europe is for large companies to set up venture capital arms as part of their innovation strategy. The UK's most prominent example is Unilever Ventures. “What stands out is that some of the largest German corporations, including BMW, SAP, and Si...

Today's guest is Ruth Handcock, CEO of Octopus Investments. Ruth has had a really interesting career. She's gone from working on checkouts and factories during the nightshift to being the CEO of one of the UK's biggest financial service firms. It's an incredible journey and one we're excited to share with you.Investing can often seem an opaque world but Ruth talks us through what Octopus Investments does and dismantles the long-held beliefs about what you need to start investing.  Ruth is also the Chair of Octopus MoneyCoach.  The British tendency not to talk about money means we are often shy when it's going well but are especially tight-lipped when things go wrong. In this episode, we delve more into the role MoneyCoach plays in reducing people's money worries and why it's so crucial for employers to offer this type of service. In this episode with Ruth we discuss:Her experience as Global finance director of Bacardi , specifically martini whiskey and cognac.Ruth's wide variety of jobs including checkout operative, salad chopper on a nightshift and car washer- what did those jobs teach her about being CEO of an investment firm? What do CEOs look for when hiring?Learnings from her own entrepreneurial failure What attracted her to join Octopus?What does Octopus Investments do? How much money do you need to invest? The difference between Octopus Ventures and Investments.What is the role of a Chief Executive? How the pandemic was an opportunity to do that better.Setting boundaries in the world of work.What more can we do to inspire women at the top of financial services? What the government can do to help this?How easy has she found it to achieve work-life balance? How did she find what she was passionate about? What is Octopus Moneycoach and what does it do?Where are there opportunities to improve education post-pandemic? If Ruth was 22 in 2022, what sectors would she like to work in? What sources of information does she consume? What her cocktail of choice is? If you'd like to see more information about the job roles being offered please look at my Twitter @jimmym

Today we welcome one of the most successful disruptors in the energy space, Octopus Group. Its tentacles include Octopus Renewables which has been one of the most active developers of renewables globally and Octopus Energy which was recently valued at over $5B with investment from the Generation Fund, co-founded by AL Gore. In our conversation with Dennis Freedman, Head of Investments and Development @ Octopus Investments, we focus on the opportunities and challenges facing large scale renewables developers. Dennis explains how the Octopus Investment team are opening access for wholesale investors alongside institutions to gain direct exposure to renewables projects. There's some great insights on careers in renewables and the opportunities available to innovators in the clean energy transition. https://octopus.com/company/careers https://octopusinvestments.com.au/our-products/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/watt-pod/message

“You build much better relationships with people if you're able to show a bit of vulnerability” . Proud to make a positive difference to the world we live in, Ruth Handcock is passionate about reducing the stress that people feel managing their finances by harnessing technology to improve access to financial services and financial advice. In today's chat with Amrit, Ruth Handcock talks about work life blend vs work life balance, feedback loops and experimentation in startups and parenting and the power of consistency, and how to build transparency with vulnerability. Ruth Handcock is the CEO of https://octopusinvestments.com (Octopus Investments), a group of businesses investing in people, ideas and industries that change the world.  Keep up to date with everything Startup Dads related on Twitter - https://twitter.com/startupdadspod/ (https://twitter.com/startupdadspod/) Book mentioned in today's episode: Made to Stick by Chip and Dan Heath This week's Startup Shout Outs: https://octopusmoneycoach.com (Octopus Money Coach) - MoneyCoach makes it easy to give every employee their own financial coach and a personal financial plan…while increasing usage of all the benefits you already offer. A https://fascinateproductions.co.uk/ (Fascinate) Production.

The UK Investor Magazine was thrilled to welcome Chris McVey, Lead Fund Manager at Octopus Investments, to the Podcast for a discussion around UK Income Equity portfolios.In his role as Lead Fund Manager at Octopus, Chris overseas a team dedicated to building UK equity portfolios designed to provide investors with an attractive yield.It is immediately apparent that Octopus are doing things differently. The Multi Cap nature of their income fund, the Octopus UK Multi Cap Income Fund, alludes to a strategy producing one of the best performances among their UK Income peers.The team at Octopus have built an income fund that encompasses a broad range of companies that other managers in the space overlook. These being shares with a market cap of £100m-£1bn, paying a dividend and providing significant opportunity for growth. The portfolio utilises a core/satellite approach to investing that builds income and growth satellites around a selection of core holdings Octopus believes can grow earnings and dividends ahead of the market.The strategy has helped Octopus return a 29.3% performance over the pas year, alongside a very respectable 4.1% yield. Learn more about the Octopus UK Multi Cap Income Fund here:https://octopusinvestments.com/our-products/quoted-funds/fp-octopus-uk-multi-cap-income-fund/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Simon Rogerson is an entrepreneurial heavyweight who launched his first business, Octopus Investments when he was just 24 years old. Since then he has expanded the Octopus offering to real estate, venture capital, green energy, wealth management and money coaching. We discuss how he started his career, the purpose and values of his businesses and how they reached B Corp status. For further information please visit www.waverton.co.uk or www.octopusgroup.com LinkedIn:Doug Barnett – https://www.linkedin.com/in/douglas-barnett-a475b820/ Simon Rogerson - https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-rogerson-854102/This podcast is issued by Waverton Investment Management Limited, 16 Babmaes Street, London, SW1Y 6AH. Registered in England No. 2042285. Authorised and Regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. The information provided in this podcast is for information purposes only and Waverton Investment Management Limited does not accept liability for any loss or damage which may arise directly or indirectly out of use or reliance by the client, or anyone else, on the information contained in this recording. This podcast should be used as a guide only is based on our current views of markets and is subject to change.The information provided does not constitute investment advice and it should not be relied on as such. It should not be considered a solicitation to buy or an offer to sell a security. It does not take into account any investor's particular investment objectives, strategies, tax status or investment horizon.Where Waverton's advice is given it is restricted to discretionary investment management services. We do not provide advice on the use of tax or financial planning products (even if the service which we are managing is held within such a product) or non-discretionary investment.All materials have been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, but its accuracy is not guaranteed. There is no representation or warranty as to the current accuracy of, nor liability for, decisions based on such information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In part two we continue William Tunstall-Pedoe's journey. William discusses his exit from Amazon, his involvement with Toronto based incubator, Creative Destructive Lab and what drove him to be a successful invested investor with over 50 investments with Cambridge Angels and Octopus Investments. He offers us an insight into his passion for big impact, deep tech, in particular, an AI physician app, where he acts as an invested investor and adviser. In this episode we also bring you an Amazon Alexa demonstration carried out by William, we hope you find it as highly entertaining as we do. You can hear more by listening to his podcast. About William Tunstall-Pedoe William Tunstall-Pedoe is a British entrepreneur focused on Artificial Intelligence and other deep technology. He is based in Cambridge, UK and London but also frequently in Toronto and both coasts of the US. (LinkedIn) His biggest recent achievement was founding the British company Evi (formerly True Knowledge) in 2005. After seven years running the business as a venture capital backed start-up, Amazon acquired it in 2012 and its AI technology, platform and team were used to create Alexa. For more than three years he had a senior role in the team that defined, built and launched Amazon Alexa and the Amazon Echo product (the initial Alexa device). Evi is now a subsidiary of Amazon and a large development centre employing many hundreds of scientists and engineers. After a decade since founding the company and with everything he hoped to achieve delivered successfully, he made the difficult decision to leave Amazon in February 2016. William now spends much of his time helping and investing in other AI startups. He has personally invested in more than 60 such businesses (see his angellistprofile.) . He is a full member of Cambridge Angels and a fellow of the Creative Destruction Lab in Toronto. He is also thinking gently about what to do next – which will likely be founding another AI-based startup. Produced by Mark Cotton, Twitter. The NBN Entrepreneurship and Leadership podcast aims to educate and entertain, sharing insights based on the stories of carefully selected guests - entrepreneurs and leaders - in the atmosphere of an informal conversation. About Peter Cowley Peter Cowley, a Cambridge university technology graduate, founded and ran over a dozen businesses in technology and property over the last 40 years. He has built up a portfolio of 75 angel investments with nine good exits (including one that is 107X his investment and returned all the cash he has invested) and thirteen failures. He is a board member of the Global Business Angel Network (GBAN), President Emeritus of the European Business Angel Network (EBAN), former chair of the Cambridge Business Angels and was UK Angel of the Year 2014. He has mentored hundreds of entrepreneurs and is on the board of nine startups. In 2011, he founded and ran Martlet: a Corporate VC, investing (currently £10M) from the balance sheet of Marshall, a £2.5bn revenue Cambridge engineering company. He is a fellow in Entrepreneurship at the Cambridge Judge Business School and is on the investment committee of the UK Angel Co-fund. He has also had 16 years' experience as chair, treasurer and trustee of the boards of seven charities. With his son, Alan, Peter is sharing his and others' experience and anecdotes in order to educate angels and entrepreneurs via The Invested Investor which publishes two books and 75+ podcasts. A selection of Invested Investor podcasts are republished here on the Entrepreneurship and Leadership channel on the NBN. This is one of them. Peter is a public speaker on entrepreneurship and angel investing throughout the world. Here's Peter on Linkedin. To read the podcast transcription please CLICK HERE - Powered by Speechmatics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/entrepreneurship-and-leadership

In part two we continue William Tunstall-Pedoe's journey. William discusses his exit from Amazon, his involvement with Toronto based incubator, Creative Destructive Lab and what drove him to be a successful invested investor with over 50 investments with Cambridge Angels and Octopus Investments. He offers us an insight into his passion for big impact, deep tech, in particular, an AI physician app, where he acts as an invested investor and adviser. In this episode we also bring you an Amazon Alexa demonstration carried out by William, we hope you find it as highly entertaining as we do. You can hear more by listening to his podcast. About William Tunstall-Pedoe William Tunstall-Pedoe is a British entrepreneur focused on Artificial Intelligence and other deep technology. He is based in Cambridge, UK and London but also frequently in Toronto and both coasts of the US. (LinkedIn) His biggest recent achievement was founding the British company Evi (formerly True Knowledge) in 2005. After seven years running the business as a venture capital backed start-up, Amazon acquired it in 2012 and its AI technology, platform and team were used to create Alexa. For more than three years he had a senior role in the team that defined, built and launched Amazon Alexa and the Amazon Echo product (the initial Alexa device). Evi is now a subsidiary of Amazon and a large development centre employing many hundreds of scientists and engineers. After a decade since founding the company and with everything he hoped to achieve delivered successfully, he made the difficult decision to leave Amazon in February 2016. William now spends much of his time helping and investing in other AI startups. He has personally invested in more than 60 such businesses (see his angellistprofile.) . He is a full member of Cambridge Angels and a fellow of the Creative Destruction Lab in Toronto. He is also thinking gently about what to do next – which will likely be founding another AI-based startup. Produced by Mark Cotton, Twitter. The NBN Entrepreneurship and Leadership podcast aims to educate and entertain, sharing insights based on the stories of carefully selected guests - entrepreneurs and leaders - in the atmosphere of an informal conversation. About Peter Cowley Peter Cowley, a Cambridge university technology graduate, founded and ran over a dozen businesses in technology and property over the last 40 years. He has built up a portfolio of 75 angel investments with nine good exits (including one that is 107X his investment and returned all the cash he has invested) and thirteen failures. He is a board member of the Global Business Angel Network (GBAN), President Emeritus of the European Business Angel Network (EBAN), former chair of the Cambridge Business Angels and was UK Angel of the Year 2014. He has mentored hundreds of entrepreneurs and is on the board of nine startups. In 2011, he founded and ran Martlet: a Corporate VC, investing (currently £10M) from the balance sheet of Marshall, a £2.5bn revenue Cambridge engineering company. He is a fellow in Entrepreneurship at the Cambridge Judge Business School and is on the investment committee of the UK Angel Co-fund. He has also had 16 years' experience as chair, treasurer and trustee of the boards of seven charities. With his son, Alan, Peter is sharing his and others' experience and anecdotes in order to educate angels and entrepreneurs via The Invested Investor which publishes two books and 75+ podcasts. A selection of Invested Investor podcasts are republished here on the Entrepreneurship and Leadership channel on the NBN. This is one of them. Peter is a public speaker on entrepreneurship and angel investing throughout the world. Here's Peter on Linkedin. To read the podcast transcription please CLICK HERE - Powered by Speechmatics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In part two we continue William Tunstall-Pedoe's journey. William discusses his exit from Amazon, his involvement with Toronto based incubator, Creative Destructive Lab and what drove him to be a successful invested investor with over 50 investments with Cambridge Angels and Octopus Investments. He offers us an insight into his passion for big impact, deep tech, in particular, an AI physician app, where he acts as an invested investor and adviser. In this episode we also bring you an Amazon Alexa demonstration carried out by William, we hope you find it as highly entertaining as we do. You can hear more by listening to his podcast. About William Tunstall-Pedoe William Tunstall-Pedoe is a British entrepreneur focused on Artificial Intelligence and other deep technology. He is based in Cambridge, UK and London but also frequently in Toronto and both coasts of the US. (LinkedIn) His biggest recent achievement was founding the British company Evi (formerly True Knowledge) in 2005. After seven years running the business as a venture capital backed start-up, Amazon acquired it in 2012 and its AI technology, platform and team were used to create Alexa. For more than three years he had a senior role in the team that defined, built and launched Amazon Alexa and the Amazon Echo product (the initial Alexa device). Evi is now a subsidiary of Amazon and a large development centre employing many hundreds of scientists and engineers. After a decade since founding the company and with everything he hoped to achieve delivered successfully, he made the difficult decision to leave Amazon in February 2016. William now spends much of his time helping and investing in other AI startups. He has personally invested in more than 60 such businesses (see his angellistprofile.) . He is a full member of Cambridge Angels and a fellow of the Creative Destruction Lab in Toronto. He is also thinking gently about what to do next – which will likely be founding another AI-based startup. Produced by Mark Cotton, Twitter. The NBN Entrepreneurship and Leadership podcast aims to educate and entertain, sharing insights based on the stories of carefully selected guests - entrepreneurs and leaders - in the atmosphere of an informal conversation. About Peter Cowley Peter Cowley, a Cambridge university technology graduate, founded and ran over a dozen businesses in technology and property over the last 40 years. He has built up a portfolio of 75 angel investments with nine good exits (including one that is 107X his investment and returned all the cash he has invested) and thirteen failures. He is a board member of the Global Business Angel Network (GBAN), President Emeritus of the European Business Angel Network (EBAN), former chair of the Cambridge Business Angels and was UK Angel of the Year 2014. He has mentored hundreds of entrepreneurs and is on the board of nine startups. In 2011, he founded and ran Martlet: a Corporate VC, investing (currently £10M) from the balance sheet of Marshall, a £2.5bn revenue Cambridge engineering company. He is a fellow in Entrepreneurship at the Cambridge Judge Business School and is on the investment committee of the UK Angel Co-fund. He has also had 16 years' experience as chair, treasurer and trustee of the boards of seven charities. With his son, Alan, Peter is sharing his and others' experience and anecdotes in order to educate angels and entrepreneurs via The Invested Investor which publishes two books and 75+ podcasts. A selection of Invested Investor podcasts are republished here on the Entrepreneurship and Leadership channel on the NBN. This is one of them. Peter is a public speaker on entrepreneurship and angel investing throughout the world. Here's Peter on Linkedin. To read the podcast transcription please CLICK HERE - Powered by Speechmatics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Octopus Investments' Chris McVey, Lead Fund Manager joins Proactive London to present their approach to UK Equities investing. McVey discusses the problems with traditional approaches to UK Equity Income and how they do things differently at Octopus Investments. Founded in 2000, Octopus Investments set out to be a financial services company with a difference, and one that put its customers first. A part of Octopus Group, today we manage more than £8.9 billion on behalf of over 55,000 investors and have over 750 employees. https://octopusinvestments.com/resources/insights/uk-dividends-to-recover/

Das Weltwirtschaftsforum schätzt, dass jährlich gut 7,5 Prozent des globalen Bruttoinlandprodukts in die Bauwirtschaft fließen. In Deutschland machten Bauinvestitionen 2019 sogar 10.9 Prozent des Bruttoinlandproduktes aus. Diesem Umsatz steht jedoch ein Mangel an Innovation gegenüber, besonders was digitale Lösungen betrifft. So liegt laut McKinsey der Produktivitätszuwachs der Baubranche in den vergangenen zwei Jahrzehnten bei jährlich nur rund einem Prozent.  Anhand einer Studie von PwC lässt sich auch der Digitalisierungsgrad der Branche erahnen. Denn die Wirtschaftsprüfer wollten 2019 von Unternehmen der Branche wissen, ob sie Building Information Modeling (BIM) einsetzen. Das Ergebnis: lediglich 18 Prozent der Befragten antworteten mit „Ja". Jedes zweite Unternehmen gab dabei an, dass es schwierig sei, passende Lösungen zu finden. Zumindest in München lassen sich jedoch einige Startup finden, die entsprechende Lösungen für die Bauwirtschaft entwickelt haben. Wir stellen Euch sehcs von ihnen vor, und zwar: Alasco, Capmo, Reinvent, Conxai, Abaut und Corrux.  Und im zweiten Teil des Podcasts widmen wir uns dem Software-Startup Ryte und einer seiner Investoren, Octopus Investments. Octopus INvestments gehört zu der umfangreichen – und finanzstarken – Octopus Group aus Großbritannien, die mehr als 9,1 Milliarden Pfund an Investments verwaltet und einer der größten Früh- bzw. Risiko- und Wachstumskapitalgeber in Europa ist. Über zahlreiche Firmen investiert die Gruppe in die verschiedensten Geschäftsbereiche.  Und im Event-Teil des Podcasts geben wir Euch einen Ausblick auf die spannendsten Münchner Startup-Events der kommenden Tage.  Alle im Podcast erwähnten Links findest Du übrigens im Artikel zur Folge unter https://www.munich-startup.de/72391/podcast-bauwirtschaft/   ----------  Mehr Infos zur Münchner Startup-Welt findest Du natürlich regelmäßig auf unserem News-Portal: https://www.munich-startup.de/  Übrigens, je nachdem welchen Podcast-Kanal Du nutzt, freuen wir uns natürlich auch über Likes, Bewertungen, Kommentare und mehr. 

Zwei bemerkenswerte Finanzierungsrunden: Zum einen hat Grover, Europas Marktführer im Miet-Commerce für Unterhaltungselektronik, im Rahmen einer Series-B-Finanzierungsrunde 60 Millionen Euro eingesammelt. Das Kapital kommt von JMS Capital-Everglen, Viola Fintech, Assurant, coparion, Augmentum Fintech, Circularity Capital, Seedcamp und Samsung Next. Im Interview erläutert Michael Cassau, CEO und Gründer von Grover, die Hintergründe und Strategie der Berliner Startups. Außerdem im Gespräch: Andy Bruckschlögl, Co-Founder und CEO, von Ryte. Das Münchner Unternehmen der führenden Plattform für Website-Qualitätsmanagement hat in einem Second Closing über 2 Mio. Euro durch Bayern Kapital seine Series-A-Finanzierung auf 8,5 Mio. Euro erhöht. Das First Closing wurde im Januar in Höhe von 6,5 Millionen Euro durch Octopus Investments realisiert.

Did you know AIM-quoted companies qualify for additional tax breaks, including IHT relief, in order to encourage people to invest in small growth companies? These companies could be significant drivers of future GDP growth and employment in the UK, so the government lets investors in certain AIM companies benefit from Business Property Relief which means that the value of their portfolio will fall outside of their estate for inheritance tax purposes after two years, as long as it's held at the time of death. What's more, AIM companies can be held in an ISA – giving you three tax benefits in one. We talk to Richard Power of Octopus Investments to find out about investing on AIM for inheritance tax relief. What sort of AIM companies is Richard and his team investing in? And how Covid-19 has affected the portfolio – for better or for worse? Octopus AIM Inheritance Tax Service puts together a portfolio of companies to provide investors with first and foremost a growth portfolio, but also to benefit from this IHT relief. It is one of the biggest and best known services of its kind, so where better to start our podcast series than by talking to Richard. You can find out more details on Octopus AIM Inheritance Tax Service, including documents & how to invest, at https://www.wealthclub.co.uk/y/octopus-aim-iht/. Here are some of the highlights: 0:00 What does Octopus AIM Inheritance Tax service do for investors? 1:39 About Octopus and where it has built its reputation 2:35 What specific type of business do they look for? 3:16 What gives a company resilience during periods of economic headwinds? 3:50 AIM has evolved a great deal over the last 10 years 4:20 Investing in Learning Technologies Group 5:15 Investing in Dot Digital 5:59 A ‘stalwart' AIM investment: RWS Holdings plc 7:01 The discipline of when to sell an AIM stock 8:02 What kind of companies do they steer clear from? 9:05 How has the Covid-19 pandemic affected the portfolio? 10:41 Is now a good time to invest in AIM? 11:52 How risky are AIM shares? 12:53 Ultimately why should investors concerned about IHT put some of their money with Octopus? IMPORTANT The opinions expressed in this episode are the interviewee's own and do not necessarily reflect the view of Wealth Club Limited. This interview, like our service, is not advice and the products featured are not suitable for everyone. AIM shares are higher risk, more volatile and less liquid than mainstream investments. You could get back less than you invest. Tax rules can change and tax benefits depend on your circumstances. If you're unsure an investment is right for you, please seek professional advice.

Tax planning forms a fundamental part of the financial advice process, from tax efficient investing to gifting and inheritance tax arrangements.And with chancellor Rishi Sunak facing nearly a £400bn shortfall due to the coronavirus crisis, many are expecting tax hikes as early as next year with the capital gains structure already in the crosshairs.So, what effect has the pandemic had on tax planning, and what does the future look like for advisers going forward?In this episode, reporter Imogen Tew is joined by Georgina Partridge, adviser at Plutus Wealth Management, Steve Carlson, director at Carlson Wealth Management and Nick Bird, senior business development manager at Octopus Investments to discuss the possibilities.Then Imogen talks about the headlines of the week with fellow reporters Rachel Mortimer and Amy Austin.The FTAdviser Podcast is the weekly podcast for financial advisers brought to you by FTAdviser.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ollie Smith is joined by the contributors to a major report by Octopus Investments into the advice gap to discuss market failure, retiring advisers, and why culture is the key to making advice more accessible. The participants were: Ruth Handcock, chief executive, Octopus Investments Claire Limon, director of learning and acquisition, Openwork Rohan Sivajoti, director, Postcard Planning, and director and head of innovation, NextGen Planners James Priday, managing director, Prydis, and P1 Investment Management Alan Marks, managing director, Harrison Spence

Davinia sat down with Molly and Lisa to tell us about her business Rainchq and her mission to empower women to achieve their financial goals and prepare for that rainy day. Davinia had been working in the investment management and professional services industries for over 15 years including with some with huge names including Fidelity, PwC and Octopus Investments before starting her own business. She opened up about why she started the business and why it's important for women to invest.  Join our Facebook Group here:          https://www.facebook.com/groups/shesonthemoney/ 

Is the back office function moving forward?In this CFO e-Lab session, we examine how the role of the private fund CFO has evolved and how their position enables them to play a pivotal role in leveraging and managing data to drive financial performance and create value.Leading the masterclass are:·       Shaun Collins, CFO for Europe and Asia at Apollo Global Management, one of the world's top 10 private equity firms. Shaun joined Apollo in 2013 as European Chief Financial Officer before taking on his current role. Before Apollo, he spent 13 years at Goldman Sachs, latterly as a Managing Director and European Corporate Controller. He also previously spent four years with NatWest Bank focused on statutory and regulatory reporting for global financial markets, after qualifying as a chartered accountant in 1992 with Ernst and Young.·       Barnaby Piggott, Founder and CEO of Holland Mountain, a leading European consulting firm that delivers operational improvements and maximises efficiency in the private equity, private debt, real estate and infrastructure sectors. Barnaby is a highly accomplished PE project specialist with more than 15 years' experience working with PE fund managers, administrators and investors throughout Europe and the US. He has completed over 50 client engagements with leading industry names, including Coller Capital, Bridgepoint, UBS (now MUFG), IK Partners and Octopus Investments.

In Australia, just 20 coal fired power stations remain operational today. That number is set to fall dramatically over the coming decade; by 2030, 55% of Australia's coal-fired power stations will be over 30 years old, and many of them will be either retired or scheduled for retirement. This creates a massive opportunity for investors, who can benefit from the stability, income, and capital growth that comes with investing in renewable energy.  Sam Reynolds, Managing Director of Octopus Investments, is well familiar with this opportunity, having managed the largest investment team in Europe dedicated to renewable energy. He returned to Australia in 2018, seeing the massive opportunity here. With such a large portion of our power generation requiring replacement, someone needed to fund the investments.  "You're removing 85% of the supply in the market. To replace that 85%, you're looking at about $170 billion to $200 billion of new energy investments required in Australia." In this episode of The Rules of Investing podcast, Sam busts the myths that renewables are expensive and unreliable, and he explains why coal-fired power stations must be replaced regardless of climate change concerns. 

Platforms have made headlines over the past few years as the need for upgrades and differentiation as well as botched replatformings and consolidation in the market have kept platform issues in the spotlight. The latest FTAdviser Podcast examines how the platform space will evolve and whether the future of platforms is customisation. Guests Mark Polson, principal at consultancy The Lang Cat, and Sam Handfield-Jones, co-head of Seccl Technology for Octopus Investments discuss the possibilities.The FTAdviser Podcast is the weekly podcast for financial advisers brought to you by FTAdviser.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Unquote Private Equity Podcast is back this week to discuss how specialist and venture funds fare in the current climate, following a roundup of the action at the latest Unquote Nordic Private Equity Forum. Oscar Geen hosts research manager Gareth Morgan in the studio, while Katharine Hidalgo visits the Octopus Investments offices to talk all things venture with Alliott Cole and Richard Court. Intro (00:00) Nordic Forum roundup & bifurcated UK fundraising market (02:12) Interview with Alliott Cole and Richard Court, Octopus Investments (06:35) Strength of UK venture fundraising (15:47) Theme music: ©2012 Kick Up The Fire

On this week's show Tom Buffham, senior investment analyst at Octopus Investments, explains how emerging markets bonds can generate an attractive income and diversify portfolios. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week's show Paul Latham, head of tax products at Octopus Investments, explains what a venture capital trust (VCT) is, how it is tax efficient and how investors can use them in their portfolios. Zayani Bhatt, meanwhile, profiles a fund focused on a high growth region with the potential to ride out short-term economic and political problems over the long-term. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The future is bionic – but will we ever trust robots with wealth management? Despite the rise of artificial intelligence, chat-bot helplines and automated systems, the majority of savers and investors draw the line at using them for advice and money management. The rise in computer automated technology is making our lives easier in many ways, reducing mundane tasks at home and at work but the rise of the machines has its limits according to research commissioned by Octopus Investments. To discuss the rise in robots vs face to face services is Octopus Investments’ CEO - Ruth Handcock and Hannah Lewis, Behavioural Specialist.

 Ever asked the following questions -  Why does talking among money make people uncomfortable? Why do people find discussing inheritance difficult? How do I bring up the subject of inheritance with my parents or children? Who do I speak to when a loved one dies? What happens if a family member hasn’t written a will when they pass away?  How do I make sure plans are in place for my children?  It's not always easy talking about death, especially with loved ones. But what happens if a family member passes away and plans are not in place? Ben Charrington, Head of Estates and Probate at Octopus Investments and Psychologist Corinne Sweet lead an open conversation around the importance of tackling the inheritance taboo and the necessary steps to take to plan for your loved ones.

In part two we continue William Tunstall-Pedoe’s journey. William discusses his exit from Amazon, his involvement with Toronto based incubator, Creative Destructive Lab and what drove him to be a successful invested investor with over 50 investments with Cambridge Angels and Octopus Investments. He offers us an insight into his passion for big impact, deep tech, in particular, an AI physician app, where he acts as an invested investor and adviser. In this episode we also bring you an Amazon Alexa demonstration carried out by William, we hope you find it as highly entertaining as we do.

Deputy personal finance editor Taha Lokhandwala is joined by Sam Handfield Jones, head of cash at Octopus Investments, Sophie Kilvert, private client manager at Seven Investment Management and James Norrington, specialist writer at the IC, to discuss the best ways investors can get more out of their cash by making small and active changes, along with looking at the pros and cons of cash fund alternatives. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jesse Shemen is the CEO and Co-Founder of Papercup, a company that auto-translates the voice track on videos into the world’s languages. People spend an average of 5 hours watching video every single day but the problem for creators looking to maximise views is that while subtitles are helpful, people want to hear videos in their own language and quality dubbing is prohibitively expensive. That’s where Papercup comes in - they auto-translate the voice track on videos using a groundbreaking approach that combines Bayesian neural networks and speech synthesis, which means that the speaker’s unique voice and emotion is recreated in another language. This means that in one click, you can reach the world’s 7 billion people rather than being restricted to the 1 billion English speakers in the world. Jesse met his co founder Jiameng on EF9 and since founding the company and pitching at the recent EF9 Demo Day, they’ve received a term sheet and are in the process of closing their seed round, as well as securing trials with two large media companies who have sent them their original content. Jesse graduated summa cum laude from Stern School of Business at NYU. He then co-founded Deloitte’s startup incubator and investment arm and co-launched a new venture at Octopus Investments before joining EF9. In this episode Jesse and I discuss:  - How he developed the technical knowledge that underpins Papercup - Jesse’s pitching advice as one of the standout performers at Demo Day - Jesse’s key lessons from raising his first round  We also dive into Jesse’s experiences on EF and how he started working with his co-founder Jiameng on the program so the conversation will offer you a combination of solid practical advice and insight into what it’s actually like to build a company on EF.

In this week's podcast the personal finance team discuss how to generate a decent income in retirement, investing tax efficiently beyond pensions, and healthcare and biotech funds. They are joined by special guests Lauren Peters, wealth management adviser at Helm Godfrey, and Stuart Lewis, business line manager for VCTs at Octopus Investments. Music by Kevin MacLeod See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tom Valentine, Managing Director & Co-Founder at Secret Escapes which curates exclusive, members-only offers for 4 and 5 STAR hotels and holidays.More than £14m of INVESTMENT from angel investors and VC, such as Index Ventures and Octopus Investments.

Debu Purkayastha is the Entrepreneur-in-Residence for Octopus Investments