In the Spotlight: True’s Seed Investment Analyst, Taos Grisdale Taos joined True 18 months ago, and, as there are only two full-time members of my seed team, I have had the chance to get to know him pretty well. I met Taos during the interview process. When I saw his exotic name, I did not expect a ginger northerner…

Our third founder Q&A from the founder of Unmind and his journey so far. Describe yourself in 3 words. Hardworking, personable, proactive. Where are you from? I was born in London, grew up in Oxfordshire and Wiltshire and did my undergrad in Manchester. Fun fact — I was a chorister…

In our monthly ‘Founder’s Dozen’, we will be speaking to some of the leading founders from our portfolio to find out more about their motivation for starting their businesses, as well as trying to uncover some of the little known facts about them to try and decipher some of the secrets to their success! In our inaugural post, we speak to Nick, founder and CEO of innovation platform Klydo, which True invested in at the end of 2018.

In December 2018 we closed True’s second early stage fund and pivoted our investment focus that we’d followed for Fund I. As a result, we felt it was time to outline how we review and shortlist potential investments. The main area to outline is our robust “filtering” — it allows…

In December 2018 we closed True’s second early stage fund and pivoted our investment focus that we’d followed for Fund I. As a result, we felt it was time to outline how we review and shortlist potential investments. The main area to outline is our robust “filtering” — it allows…

Investment in Klydo, a unique intelligent research platform, kicks off True’s second seed fund. Klydo is reshaping the business intelligence and analytics industry. At a time when an increasing number of senior executives are recognising the value of market intelligence tools in unlocking valuable data and insights, Klydo supports consumer…

Mums the word: investing in the baby care & parenting sector As a new mum and a VC investor I now have experience investing in a new human as well as newly created businesses. Both occupations require copious amounts of research — although sometimes I’m not sure which one requires…