Top entrepreneurs demand ‘radical reset’ in new campaign Entrepreneurship Britain is entrenched in a narrative of decline that can only be reversed with a radical political and cultural reset, a group of top entrepreneurs has warned at the launch of a campaign to improve the investment and trading environment for Britain’s fastest-growing companies. Spearheaded by Ovo Energy founder Stephen Fitzpatrick and Founders Factory chair [...]
Exclusive: Octopus to swerve new private stock exchange Markets Octopus Energy will not join the delayed Pisces private stock market when it launches, its boss Greg Jackson has said, in a sign the utilities giant is distancing itself from the project after attending an event for interested companies last summer. Jackson told Morning Wire that his multi-billion-pound firm had “no plans” to trade its [...]
Euan Blair edtech Multiverse laid off dozens more staff after losses widened Tech An edtech firm founded by Tony Blair’s son Euan laid off dozens more staff after reporting widening losses, its latest accounts show. Multiverse, which was launched in 2016 and hit a valuation of £1.2bn in a 2022 funding round, said it made 55 payments for loss of office in the year to the end of [...]
Euan Blair shrugs off Multiverse troubles to become one of Britain’s richest people May 17, 2024 Tony Blair’s son Euan has appeared on a list of the richest Brits for the first time on the back of a hefty stake in his educational tech ‘unicorn’ Multiverse.
Multiverse snaps up US-based AI software company Searchlight April 9, 2024 Multiverse plans to use Searchlight's technology to speed up the integration of generative AI and machine learning into its operations.