Category: Blog
finnCap Tech Chat | Emotional Investment
Categories: BlogfinnCap Tech Chat | Emotional Investment So sport is coming back. Football is coming home (the German Bundesliga kicks off tomorrow). Golfers are teeing up their tournaments and anglers are preparing to cast off. The world is tiptoeing back towards normality, sportsmen are taking their socks off to dip a toe in the water and…
Webcast – ECommerce: Sustaining the 2020 Boom
Webcast – ECommerce: Sustaining the 2020 Boom Recovery through 2021 will be predominantly consumer-led and its speed and extent will be determined by the willingness to spend. Employment levels and real wage growth will be key, but consumers are unlikely to start spending heavily until confidence has recovered. Online retailers have performed strongly, with sector…
finnCap Tech Chat | Checking the conditions
Categories: BlogfinnCap Tech Chat | Checking the conditions finnCap Tech Chat | Checking the conditions TA lot of us are now needing to cut hair as a month of lockdown is taking its toll. Unbelievably, if you trust your dexterity, you can now get a virtual haircut with an actual barber/hairdresser guiding you through what to…
Global pharma and biotech’s fight against COVID-19
Categories: BlogGlobal pharma and biotech’s fight against COVID-19 Perhaps it’s time for some good news. First of all, just today biotherapeutics developer Avacta has announced its partnership with Cytiva, formerly known as GE Healthcare Life Sciences, to develop and manufacture a point-of-care (POC) rapid test to diagnose COVID-19 infection. Meanwhile, finnCap Group recently helped raise £14m…
finnCap Tech Chat | March goes out like a lion, too
Categories: BlogfinnCap Tech Chat | March goes out like a lion, too Now I understand there is something called a lockdown occurring. It’s a very strange thing but having spent the last few weeks of March buried in prelims, Excel spreadsheets and Word documents, as reporting season comes to an end every April the Lesser-Spotted Equities…
finnCap Tech Chat | Escaping rural isolation
Categories: BlogfinnCap Tech Chat | Escaping rural isolation Apocalypse movies often start out in remote areas, and then see all sorts of strange things happen to the unfortunate people who happen to be trapped there. While the current situation bears some resemblance to this for those in rural areas, there are, thankfully, more enjoyable things for…
finnCap Tech Chat | Every silver lining has the cloud
Categories: BlogfinnCap Tech Chat | Every silver lining has the cloud [Geordie accent] Day 2 in the big brother house, and Andy is in the study……. Self-isolation for the household is going to feel far longer than 2 weeks I fear. In fact, the BBC says that government advisors have suggested a period of social distancing…
finnCap Tech Chat | Belgian Waffle
Categories: BlogfinnCap Tech Chat | Belgian Waffle The “name a famous Belgian” game is always a challenge, as one always gets stuck after Audrey Hepburn (counting Leopold II as infamous rather than famous – if you don’t know about him look him up and be disgusted). When visiting fund managers over there we’ve been astonished that…
No waiting time for AI in healthcare
Categories: BlogNo waiting time for AI in healthcare There’s a catch-22 in the great AI debate. You’re unlikely to get a competitive, early-mover advantage unless you invest confidently in AI, but you’re reticent to invest until its success is proven. By which point your horse has bolted. Healthcare is an industry that deals daily with big…
finnCap Tech Chat | Sharing the pain
Categories: BlogfinnCap Tech Chat | Sharing the pain finnCap Tech Chat | Sharing the pain Two hunters are out in the woods when one of them collapses. He’s not breathing so his friend calls the emergency service number. “My friend is dead! What should I do?” The operator replies, “Calm down sir, first make sure that…
