How long have you been an Angel Investor for? 1 year investing in startups and working operationally at Dream Factory. What’s your backstory how you came to be an Investor? The long story (kept reasonably short) is that my family and I grew Lovehoney, the online sex toy retailer, into a global brand and household name in the UK. It was a lot of fun bringing the message of…

How long have you been a Founder for? Four years Are you a first-time or serial Founder? Kanjo is my second start up, I don’t know if I can justify calling myself a serial founder yet! What’s your backstory. How did you come to be a Founder? It’s a weird…

Written for Forward Partners, June 2021 Last Thursday, we held our 4th edition of the VC Investor Ask Me Anything power hour. A 60-minute session held by the Forward investment team, to offer advice in a safe space — answering the burning questions founders have going into a first fundraise…

Written for Forward Partners. Originally published on their website in April 2021. Last week, we launched The More Than Money Report 2021. The launch event brought together insights from the report and an expert panel to discuss its findings and their opinions. …

Written for Forward Partners, post their AMA Investor event in March 2021. Last week, we held our power hour, where our investors offered fully transparent advice on all you need to know about approaching VCs. From preparing for a pitch through to the steps and timescales of the negotiation process. …

Written for Forward Partners post their Expanding to US webinar. We got together with expert Daniel Glazer to discuss the most important considerations in expanding a startup business to the US market. About our speakers. Daniel Glazer is an experienced American technology lawyer, strategic business advisor and the founding partner…

Written for Forward Partners post their January 2021 event, VC Investor AMA. We held a power hour where our investors offered 100% transparency about how to successfully raise VC capital. After great feedback from our first event… “It was to-the-point. No nonsense.” “Very specific and granular insights” “The answers were…