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How the first global university venture fund hopes to change the world
Future Planet Capital wants to connect investors to startups to help solve the biggest issues…
Biodegradable: The Rise of Bluepha
Bluepha, winner of the Future Planet Award for SUSTAINABLE GROWTH, is pioneering a revolutionary cost-effective method for producing bioplastics. This week, FPB speaks with CEO Terance Teng LI about his firm’s latest technical advances and commercial progress as they transition from the lab to the factory floor.
Why Xfund Loves “Liberal Arts” Entrepreneurs
“Peter Thiel [the PayPal co-founder] studied Philosophy at Stanford. Ben Silbermann [co-founder and CEO of Pinterest] read Political Science. Brian Chesky [co-founder and CEO of Airbnb] studied Industrial Design. But now entrepreneurs with non-scientific backgrounds can’t even get meetings with most venture capital firms,” says Patrick Chung, General Partner and Co-Founder of Xfund.
Future Planet Capital press release: Tuesday 23rd May 2017
Today, Future Planet Capital hosted an inaugural awards ceremony honouring the best start-ups across five…
On the Hunt for World-Changing Companies
On May 23rd a panel of judges, chaired by Lord Norman Foster, will quiz five fascinating start-ups, all winners of the 2017 Future Planet Awards, debating their merits in front of a live audience of investors and venture funds. The ultimate victor will carry away the ceremony’s top prize.
Future Planet Capital press release: Tuesday 16 May 2017
DMS Governance (“DMS”), the world’s leading fund governance firm, is delighted to announce the addition…
Taking Flight: Inside a Drone Insurance Innovation
Since launching in 2016, Flock has raised half a million pounds from a combination of VC, angel and corporate investors. Pioneering a smarter drone insurance model based on Big Data analytics for quantifying drone flight risk in real time, the start-up has garnered interest from insurers, drone users and tech experts alike…and the first product hasn’t even been launched yet. In this week’s Future Planet Blog, CEO Ed Klinger tells us how they got started and explains why his investors have been “transformative” for the business.
Future Planet Capital press release: Thursday 27 April 2017
Congenica, a world leader in clinical genomics software for inherited diseases, today announced completion of…
The Education Entrepreneur
Rajeeb Dey MBE, the youngest member of Future Planet’s advisory committee at the age of 31, has been founding and leading organisations since he was just 17. From entrepreneurial internship platform “Enternships.com” to professional learning services provider “Learnerbly,” Raj’s businesses have channelled his passion for reshaping the landscape of work and education in the 21st century. This week in the Future Planet Blog we pick his brains on start-ups, social impact and the “series A crunch.”
From Beijing Venture to Global Growth
"Tsinghua University has been the number one-ranked university in China for years. Yet most people outside of Asia haven't even heard of it," says Dan Cowen, Director of International Affairs for Tsinghua Holdings Capital.