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Being a VC

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Founders Stories

Portfolio News

Is your pitch deck good enough to raise?

Jan 6, 2025

3 min

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By

Adam Shuaib

Thought Pieces

The Definitive Guide to Raising a Series A in the UK in 2024

Mar 27, 2024

20

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By

Paul Fifield

Thought Pieces

Being a VC

Announcing our £76m third fund

Feb 6, 2024

3 min

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By

Hector Mason

Being a VC

Unleashing the Power of Data: An Overview of Episode 1’s Approach to Identifying and Investing in Promising Founders

Aug 2, 2023

3 min

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By

Katie Conn

Being a VC

Thought Pieces

Identifying Unicorn Founders Early

Mar 9, 2023

4 min

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By

Hector Mason

Being a VC

Thought Pieces

Omnipresent $120m Series B

Mar 23, 2022

1 min

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By

Carina Namih

Portfolio News

The definitive guide to raising a blockbuster seed round by leveraging FOMO

May 6, 2021

7 min

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By

Hector Mason

Thought Pieces

Phasecraft: Why we invested

Dec 11, 2020

3 min

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By

Carina Namih

Portfolio News

How founders raise VC money could be changing

Sep 7, 2020

4 min

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By

Hector Mason

Thought Pieces

Omnipresent: Why we invested

Aug 11, 2020

2 min

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By

Carina Namih

Portfolio News

QuestDB: Why we invested

Jul 6, 2020

4 min

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By

Paul McNabb

Portfolio News

In the hot seat with James Coombes, CEO and Co-founder of Raft

May 26, 2020

5 min

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By

Episode 1

Founders Stories

Why we invested - Vector AI

May 12, 2020

3 min

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By

Episode 1

Portfolio News

Should VCs invest in young or old founders? We find out what the data says

Apr 16, 2020

3 min

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By

Hector Mason

Thought Pieces

Being a VC

Where can founders find lots of VCs in one place? The Seed Stage.

Mar 16, 2020

3 min

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By

Hector Mason

Thought Pieces

Evolve or die: why trying to preserve culture at all costs fails

Feb 6, 2020

6 min

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By

Guest

Thought Pieces

What's it like being a VC? the good and the bad.

Jan 23, 2020

4 min

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By

Hector Mason

Being a VC

Dan Coyle - "Talent Code" and "The Culture Code"

Jan 16, 2020

3 min

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By

Adrian Lloyd

Thought Pieces

The hit-maker: meet the tech investor with a 20 year track record

Jan 9, 2020

9 min

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By

Guest

Being a VC

In the 'Hot Seat' with Martin Bysh, CEO of Huboo

Dec 16, 2019

4 min

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By

Leah Martin

Founders Stories

30 Awesome Coaching Questions to Nail Your Next One-to-One

Dec 4, 2019

5 min

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By

Episode 1

Thought Pieces

The secret to rocking your one-to-ones

Nov 22, 2019

7 min

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By

Guest

Thought Pieces

In the 'Hot seat' with Sven Al Hamad

Nov 6, 2019

5 min

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By

Leah Martin

Founders Stories

Onboarding, Shmonboarding!

Oct 24, 2019

11 min

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By

Anouk Agussol

Thought Pieces

In the 'Hot Seat' with Daniel Scott

Oct 11, 2019

5 min

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By

Leah Martin

Founders Stories

Why is Quality So Important? (And How Can You Be a Leader in Quality?)

Sep 26, 2019

3 min

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By

Guest

Founders Stories

In the 'Hot Seat' with Hector Mason

Aug 22, 2019

2 min

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By

Leah Martin

Being a VC

In the ‘Hot seat’ with Paul Coggins, CEO of Adludio

Aug 8, 2019

5 min

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By

Leah Martin

Founders Stories

What I learnt at an Episode 1 CEO dinner

Jul 18, 2019

3 min

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By

Guest

Founders Stories

GTM Series II: Inside Out — The Mistakes, History & Expected Journey

Jun 13, 2019

4 min

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By

Guest

Thought Pieces

Diversity VC Internship 2019 — Interview with Rumbi Makanga

Jun 11, 2019

4 min

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By

Leah Martin

Being a VC

In the ‘Hot Seat’ with Kane Halsey

Mar 21, 2019

5 min

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By

Leah Martin

Founders Stories

In the ‘Hot seat’ with Anouk Agussol

Mar 12, 2019

3 min

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By

Leah Martin

Being a VC

Death (and reincarnation) of a salesman

Mar 12, 2019

4 min

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By

Guest

Thought Pieces

The robots are coming! (Or not)

Mar 12, 2019

10 min

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By

Anouk Agussol

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Episode 1: Our code of conduct for employees and entrepreneurs as part of #MovingForwardUK

Mar 12, 2019

3 min

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By

Leah Martin

Being a VC

A series of unfortunate (sales) events (Or the biggest mistakes founders make and how to avoid them) By Siobhan Clarke

Jan 24, 2019

5 min

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By

Guest

Thought Pieces

Investing in Computing Architecture — Part II

Dec 6, 2018

4 min

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By

Guest

Thought Pieces

Investing in Computing Architecture

Nov 29, 2018

4 min

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By

Guest

Thought Pieces

In the ‘Hot seat’ with Adrian Lloyd

Nov 22, 2018

4 min

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By

Leah Martin

Being a VC

GTM V — Pitching to VCs — What to tell us about your customers.

Nov 8, 2018

5 min

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By

Guest

Thought Pieces

GTM IV — What tools should we use and where can I access advice? By Siobhan Clarke

Oct 30, 2018

4 min

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By

Guest

Thought Pieces

Episode 1 GTM Series By Siobhan Clarke

Oct 20, 2018

2 min

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By

Guest

Thought Pieces

Debut @ Episode1

Jul 19, 2018

7 min

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By

Guest

Being a VC

Beyond the pitch: Moving towards the deal

Jul 12, 2018

8 min

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By

Episode 1

Thought Pieces

In the ‘Hot Seat’ with Paul McNabb

Jul 4, 2018

2 min

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By

Episode 1

Being a VC

Ecosystem Fusion at Global Ecosystems Summit (GES) 2018

Jun 19, 2018

5 min

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By

Guest

Being a VC

In the ‘Hot Seat’ with Simon Murdoch

Jun 7, 2018

3 min

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By

Simon Murdoch

Being a VC

GTM III — What doing it correctly actually looks and feels like?

May 24, 2018

6 min

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By

Guest

Founders Stories

Part 2 — Delivering your pitch by Adrian Lloyd

May 18, 2018

6 min

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By

Adrian Lloyd

Thought Pieces

Perfecting your pitch: Insider tips from Episode 1

May 9, 2018

6 min

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By

Episode 1

Thought Pieces

The thing about startups — A new kid on the block

May 3, 2018

3 min

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By

Leah Martin

Being a VC

GTM II — Playful Customer Dynamics: Connecting with People

Apr 26, 2018

4 min

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By

Guest

Thought Pieces

More Thoughts About Data and Things…

Apr 17, 2018

8 min

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By

Paul McNabb

Thought Pieces

The Boring GTM Detail That Really Matters

Mar 26, 2018

3 min

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By

Guest

Thought Pieces

We are entrepreneurs too. We feel your pain.

Mar 14, 2018

6 min

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By

Adrian Lloyd

Thought Pieces

Why data about things is worth more than things themselves

Feb 16, 2018

5 min

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By

Paul McNabb

Thought Pieces

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Insights

news

Is your pitch deck good enough to raise?

The Definitive Guide to Raising a Series A in the UK in 2024

Announcing our £76m third fund

Unleashing the Power of Data: An Overview of Episode 1’s Approach to Identifying and Investing in Promising Founders

Identifying Unicorn Founders Early

Omnipresent $120m Series B

The definitive guide to raising a blockbuster seed round by leveraging FOMO

Phasecraft: Why we invested

How founders raise VC money could be changing

Omnipresent: Why we invested

QuestDB: Why we invested

In the hot seat with James Coombes, CEO and Co-founder of Raft

Why we invested - Vector AI

Should VCs invest in young or old founders? We find out what the data says

Where can founders find lots of VCs in one place? The Seed Stage.

Evolve or die: why trying to preserve culture at all costs fails

What's it like being a VC? the good and the bad.

Dan Coyle - "Talent Code" and "The Culture Code"

The hit-maker: meet the tech investor with a 20 year track record

In the 'Hot Seat' with Martin Bysh, CEO of Huboo

30 Awesome Coaching Questions to Nail Your Next One-to-One

The secret to rocking your one-to-ones

In the 'Hot seat' with Sven Al Hamad

Onboarding, Shmonboarding!

In the 'Hot Seat' with Daniel Scott

Why is Quality So Important? (And How Can You Be a Leader in Quality?)

In the 'Hot Seat' with Hector Mason

In the ‘Hot seat’ with Paul Coggins, CEO of Adludio

What I learnt at an Episode 1 CEO dinner

GTM Series II: Inside Out — The Mistakes, History & Expected Journey

Diversity VC Internship 2019 — Interview with Rumbi Makanga

In the ‘Hot Seat’ with Kane Halsey

In the ‘Hot seat’ with Anouk Agussol

Death (and reincarnation) of a salesman

The robots are coming! (Or not)

Episode 1: Our code of conduct for employees and entrepreneurs as part of #MovingForwardUK

A series of unfortunate (sales) events (Or the biggest mistakes founders make and how to avoid them) By Siobhan Clarke

Investing in Computing Architecture — Part II

Investing in Computing Architecture

In the ‘Hot seat’ with Adrian Lloyd

GTM V — Pitching to VCs — What to tell us about your customers.

GTM IV — What tools should we use and where can I access advice? By Siobhan Clarke

Episode 1 GTM Series By Siobhan Clarke

Debut @ Episode1

Beyond the pitch: Moving towards the deal

In the ‘Hot Seat’ with Paul McNabb

Ecosystem Fusion at Global Ecosystems Summit (GES) 2018

In the ‘Hot Seat’ with Simon Murdoch

GTM III — What doing it correctly actually looks and feels like?

Part 2 — Delivering your pitch by Adrian Lloyd

Perfecting your pitch: Insider tips from Episode 1

The thing about startups — A new kid on the block

GTM II — Playful Customer Dynamics: Connecting with People

More Thoughts About Data and Things…

The Boring GTM Detail That Really Matters

We are entrepreneurs too. We feel your pain.

Why data about things is worth more than things themselves

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