Suhail Ahmad, MBA

Tech Investor & Entrepreneur | Founder AIx Group

  • Venture capital (VC) funding in the UK soared to a record high during the first half of this year, bolstered by a growing appetite for tech investments. Venture capital spending hits all-time high in 2019. Funding in VC rose to £4.3bn during the first half of 2019, rising 45 per cent on the same period…

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  • The search for the first drugs to tackle Alzheimer’s disease has taken a “fantastic step forward”, it was announced today. A venture capital fund established by David Cameron’s government to boost dementia research announced a £6.5 million investment in a new biotech company that builds on research at University College London. AstronauTx, the UCL spin-off, will develop medicines…

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  • The most prestigious banking relationship in crypto has ended. Barclays, the London-based global bank, is no longer working with cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, industry sources told CoinDesk. And while Coinbase found a replacement in U.K. upstart ClearBank, according to people familiar with the situation, the change has indirectly inconvenienced the exchange’s users. That’s because, aside from…

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