Simon King

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Simon King

@SimonpKing

VC Investor at Octopus Investments interested in EdTech, IoT, Machine Learning and learning new things. Views expressed are my own.

London Katılım Aralık 2011

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Octopus Ventures@OctopusVentures·10 Şub

The quantum race is on, but what will it take to win? @SimonpKing spoke to @ZDNet about the importance of supporting academic entrepreneurship if the UK is to retain its status as a frontrunner.

ZDNET@ZDNET

The global quantum computing race has begun. What will it take to win it? zdnet.com/article/the-qu…

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Rishi Sunak@RishiSunak·12 Oca

Great to see Kickstarters get going at so many exciting companies. If you're a business and would like to join our Kickstart scheme, just head here: kickstart.campaign.gov.uk

Jolt.io@jolt_io

Meet our second #Kickstart cohort! Welcome! 👋 We're so excited to spend the next 4 weeks together before you start your work placements with our employer partners - @BulbUK, @allplants, @iamYiam, @plumguide, @keepfiteatfit, @workhappyuk & @rolecatcher. #WhatInspiresMe

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Octopus Ventures@OctopusVentures·21 Ara

Here's a welcome distraction from world events: be transported through space as Mason Sinclair launches this month's Deep Thoughts newsletter. bit.ly/34xgDeA

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Great British Entrepreneur Awards & Community@EntrepreneursGB·8 Ara

Our first ever national #GBEA Health & Wellbeing Entrepreneur of the Year goes to Tania Boler of @elvie! 👶🏻

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Missive@missivecomms·19 Kas

It’s been another busy morning in front of the media for @OctopusVentures, with @SimonpKing joining @IanKingSky to discuss the latest figures from the firm’s Entrepreneurial Impact Ranking 2020 📺🎥👇

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TechTides@techtides_hq·19 Kas

Brill hearing @OctopusVentures @SimonpKing talk about how @QUBelfast @QUB_Innovation @EnterpriseSU_ @vcoulter_ @franmorelli__ @brianamc @judithsarah12 @maguirekat are the leading UK Entrepreneurial Uni @IanKingSky on @SkyNews Congrats to the above & everyone else at Queens!

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Octopus Ventures@OctopusVentures·18 Kas

"The societal benefits of universities’ capabilities have never been more prominent,” @SimonpKing spoke to @thetimes about the significance of spinouts and the release of our latest Entrepreneurial Impact Ranking. thetimes.co.uk/article/univer… #EIR2020 #deeptech #spinouts

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Stephen Wolfram@stephen_wolfram·14 Nis

I never expected this: finally we may have a path to the fundamental theory of physics...and it's beautiful writings.stephenwolfram.com/2020/04/finall…

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Memrise@memrise·14 Mar

100 digits of pi in 10 languages... from memory. Happy #PiDay 🎉🎉

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Zoë Chambers@_Zoe_Chambers·13 Mar

Augmentation of humans ➡️ starting with👂🏼#DeepTech investing at @OctopusVentures @itskaranmehta @SimonpKing @akritidokania

Octopus Ventures@OctopusVentures

Last week we announced our investment in @AudioTelligence, a company that has developed technology that impressively isolates speech from a noisy background. @_Zoe_Chambers tells us why this a company that our #deeptech team is excited to be backing. bit.ly/2UdNgYX

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Alex Asseily@aasseily·9 Eki

First Elvie Pumps delivering the goods in the wild! Watch and believe! cc @helloelvie @darren_e_goode

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WaveOptics (Snap Inc)@Wave_Optics·21 May

@Wave_Optics delighted to be included as a case study in the UK Immersive Tech Sector report @ImmerseUK_ #AR @OctopusVentures @GobiPartners @IPGroupplc @SimonpKing twitter.com/ImmerseUK_/sta…

Innovate UK Immersive Tech Network@IUK_Immersive

Launched today! The Immersive Economy in the UK report highlights the rapid growth of the immersive tech sector. Read more bit.ly/2s3PsUO #UKimmersivereport @KTN_Creative @nesta_uk @UKRI_News

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Ed Cooke@tedcooke·11 Haz

Nice article on Memrise's $15.5m Series B via @uktnofficial uktech.news/news/language-…

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Simon King@SimonpKing·12 Haz

Memrise raises $15.5M as its AI-based language-learning app passes 35M users tcrn.ch/2LFz2tP via @techcrunch

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Fred Lardieg@FredLardieg·24 Nis

Very proud to be among the first backers of the @wearetrouva team. Now one of the UK's 5 fastest growing tech companies according to The Next Web. Well done @mandeepsinghuk and @alexloiz! thenextweb.com/tech5/finalist…

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Simon King@SimonpKing·26 Nis

There's a new tech partnership designed to bring augmented reality to the masses - read about @OctopusVentures portfolio company @Wave_Optics. Very exciting stuff for the future of #AR cnb.cx/2HMajpx

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Opensignal@opensignal·21 Mar

"OpenSignal, which taps sensors on 100M #smartphones to monitor network speed, raises $8M in Series B led by @OctopusVentures" buff.ly/2u4PDmV #telecom @TechCrunch @ingridlunden

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Luke Hakes@Lukehakes·30 Oca

Congrats to the team at Behaviosec, and welcome Trident! lnkd.in/g9y5DDd

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Simon King@SimonpKing·19 Ara

Tweet – Principal We @OctopusVentures are hiring a Principal to join our team to focus on Venture Capital Growth investments. Know anyone who might be a good fit? Please send them this link bit.ly/OVPrincipal

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