Options vs. Restricted Stock in the UK— which is best?

This post is not and cannot be considered as legal or tax advice — proper legal and tax advice should be sought in respect of the content covered in the blogpost. Seriously.

Say hello to LocalGlobe 8

Since 1999, we’ve made over 175 pre-seed and seed investments with over 115 from our base in London & the UK.

• We’ve been founders (Lovefilm, Seedcamp, Kano), operators (Arcadia, Skype), board members (Farfetch, MoneySupermarket, Transferwise, Zoopla) and…

Ten lessons from building and selling a company to McKinsey

In 2004, my business partner Doug Wilson and I co-founded Finalta, a financial services benchmarking company. In 2011, we sold the business to McKinsey. I then spent three years as CEO, scaling the business globally.

What the 3 year plan reveals about a startup or..

‘lets make a plan so we know what we’re deviating from’

Many investors will tell you that a 3 year plan is a complete waste of time. Its a fiction, it never materialises. The…

Trouva’s journey to series A

At LocalGlobe, we like to take our investments on a 18-24 month journey from seed to series A. However, of…

Our investment in Echo

“I’m British, I know how to queue” says Arthur Dent in Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. It seems that Brits are…

Before you leave for the summer

We recently held our annual Showcase — an informal morning of presentations, performance and conversations. Thanks to the founders, investors and members of the ecosystem who attended. It was great to see so many familiar faces in the room:

Our investment in Zego

Self employment, the often ignored little brother to public and private employment, is having a growth spurt. 4.9 million people were self employed in June 2017 — that’s 15% of all people in work. This compares to 5.4 million employed in the public sector. And that gap is closing fast.