Early Career In the early days of the internet and soon after graduating from university, Nicole embarked as an entrepreneur by building and selling her first business, the gaming platform Winamax. Afterwards, she worked at LDCOM, which would later merge with Neuf Telecom to become Neuf Cegetel, one of the largest telecommunications companies in France. … Continue Reading
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Diagram announces close of $55-million second fund and adds Hamnett Hill as Partner
Diagram teams up with experienced entrepreneurs to build technology companies pursuing big ideas in the financial and insurance sectors. Continue Reading
DB Schenker deploys autonomous mobile robots as “next-generation supply chain”
DB Schenker has put Gideon Brothers’ autonomous logistics robots into service at its Leipzig, Germany, facility following a successful trial. Continue Reading
Gideon Brothers raises €2.65 million in new funding and partners with DB Schenker
Leading global logistics provider DB Schenker has introduced Gideon Brothers autonomous logistics robots into service at its Leipzig facility. Continue Reading
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Healthtech – A Continuing Area of Growth
I attended the HealthTech 2.0 conference hosted by Women of Wearables Global. At this event, I heard a fascinating panel discussion about investing in healthtech. The digital health market is expected to reach $536 billion by 2025 and 2020 will be the largest funding year ever for the sector. Led by Jenny Thomas, Director of DigitalHealth.London, the panel discussed many interesting questions,… Continue Reading
Is GreenTech a ‘New Industrial Revolution’?
As an early investor in both the healthcare and biotech sectors, I am always on the lookout for good opportunities to support early stage companies utilising the latest advancements in technology, for example the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning – to improve the health and wellbeing of people across the world. My… Continue Reading
Nicole Junkermann: female entrepreneurship in Femtech
We have to work to improve the fact that only 1% of venture capital funding to new businesses is to female-led UK start-ups. Continue Reading
Nicole Junkermann and Real Madrid: the Future of Broadcasting Services in Sport
The rise of technology has transformed the way we are consuming all forms of media, and the sports industry is no exception. A report from Drake Star Partners forecast that the global sports technology sector will reach $31.1billion by 2024. However, in these unprecedented times, the restrictive lockdown measures in place across the world have… Continue Reading
The Halo Effect in Food Selection
I recently attended the Livestock, Environment and People (LEAP) Conference 2020, which included several thought-provoking and varied presentations. Heidi Zamzow from the London school of economics and political science gave an incredibly engaging presentation on a psychological effect known as the ‘halo’ effect. She opened her talk with “do you think David Attenborough pays his taxes on… Continue Reading
LEAP Conference 2020: Is lab-grown meat the future?
At the recent Livestock, Environment and People (LEAP) Conference with the University of Oxford, I was very interested to hear about the benefits of lab-grown or cultured meat in a talk by Professor Burkhard Schafer. I also found Professor Schafer’s discussion of some of the issues in bringing cultured meat products to the market highly illuminating. Lab-grown meat can… Continue Reading