Delilah Saxena, Author at Velocity Capital

Venture Capital is the growth engine the country needs to drive innovation.

The birth of venture capital is generally considered to have immediately followed the end of the second world war. In 1946 Harvard economist Georges Doriot set up a fund to provide capital for the commercial applications of new technologies developed for the war effort. This began VC’s close association with innovation and the important role …

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Digital health startup, Feel, secures a £10M investment to continue growth in the wellness market

Finance / By Delilah Saxena

The wellness brand has plans to use a data-first tailored approach to user journeys and expand to new markets Feel, is a digital health and wellness subscription brand offering a broad range of science-led, high-quality nutritional products. Feel offers consumers the convenience of a subscription service, ensuring that wellness is only ever a click away. …

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7 Reasons Why Companies Fail

Business Strategy / By Delilah Saxena

According to ONS statistics, the business death rate between 2019 and 2020 hit 10.5%, with London reaching the highest business death rate of 12.1%. Why is this important? The key to survival and being one of the minority of businesses to reach a series B funding round is failure. Learn from other business’s common, but …

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5 Reasons Why You Should Invest In Managed ‘EIS’ Funds

Finance / By Delilah Saxena

The Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) is an HMRC-run scheme introduced by the government in 1994 to encourage investments in young, high-risk companies to help them raise funds and grow. In return, investors are offered generous tax benefits. An EIS fund is therefore a managed investment vehicle that raises finance from individuals for the purpose of …

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Delilah Saxena

Venture Capital is the growth engine the country needs to drive innovation.

Digital health startup, Feel, secures a £10M investment to continue growth in the wellness market

7 Reasons Why Companies Fail

5 Reasons Why You Should Invest In Managed ‘EIS’ Funds

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