Last year, the UK government wrote an article about the future of energy, where they stated “The energy system of the future won’t look like today. …

The transportation industry is taking it up a gear. The value chain is no longer delineated by traditional players and their skill sets — instead, a more holistic mobility ecosystem is developing. …

2018 was a bumper year for mobility technology and for transportation. We (finally) saw the integration of AI and Google Assistant within mass manufactured cars, augmented reality help motorcyclists with heads-up displays, as well as the headline-grabbing rise of dock-less electric scooter and bike companies. With the increasing rise of…

In 2017, $782 billion was spent globally on R&D, an 11% increase from 2016, which was largely driven by Chinese efforts as well as by global conglomerates, such as Amazon. Yet, often enough, traditional internal R&D can focus on the development of incremental technologies and innovations that protect and prolong…

Having worked in a Corporate VC fund, I have been exposed to the merry go round that is a ‘deal flow’. As the corporate I worked for didn’t have a well-known brand in the UK, despite having significant subsidiary companies based here, it was imperative that in my role as…

The last mile transport problem is being addressed in many mays, including autonomous vehicles, ebikes and escooters. However, in this particilar post I will focus more on highway based companies, rather than touching upon the already (over) hyped e-bike/scooter companies coming out of the US. aiPod — Autonomous vehicles that…

Upside Energy — technology driven Demand Side Response for energy grids As an aggregator, Upside offers a unique proposition as it can cater for a diverse range of assets classes. Their cloud platform, coupled with analytics and Machine Learning capabiltiesm offers real time flexibilty for those who are generating excess…

Travtus — the World’s First Digital Property Manager They are using machine learning to automate property operation. The software, playfully named Adam, acts like a digital property manager and aims to increase operational efficiency. Tripty Arya (CEO and founder) describes the product as “Adam can talk, text, answer questions, schedule…

Here is a brief list of companies that have caught my eye.. Flux — digitising the world’s receipts The team have built a great additional service for customers, banks and merchants alike — keeping all your receipts (and data) within your internet banking/ banking app. No more pesky paper receipts…