Richard Anson

Venture Partner, @OctopusVentures; Academic Lead, @conceptionxtech; Senior Teaching Fellow in Entrepreneurship, @UCLSoM; Founder, @reevoo.

[David Barber @davidobarber]

The UCL Venturer Programme is a new way to fund PhD studentships and Postdocs and create a startup. If you're an investor or corporate looking to access world leading AI talent for innovation, please do join us at the UCL AI Centre on 14th November https://t.co/9J0gcd6cRm

[Conception X @conceptionxtech]

We're excited to host hybrid training sessions at our HQ in @22Bishopsgate today 🥳

Our Deeptech Academic Lead @richard_anson is training our Cohort in partnering and ecospheres, as well as offering practical networking tips.

#venturescience #AcademicChatter #phdchat #deeptech

[Riam Kanso @Riam_Kanso]

Happy 5th Birthday to @conceptionxtech. We've come a long way from the 2018 tweet but we're still as excited and committed!🩵
@AgaZborowska @rodolfor @latticecut @Twinpathvc @richard_anson

[Conception X @conceptionxtech]

Cohort 6 bootcamp has begun at @BishopsgateInst!

The 100+ venture scientists pictured have the potential to create innovative #deeptech ventures across climate, health & more. Over the next 2 days, they'll learn what it takes to grow from PhD students to early-stage founders🚀

[Conception X @conceptionxtech]

Cohort 6 is ready to launch! 🎉

Here are some of our latest Venture Scientists taking part in our first session together! We're excited for everyone to meet in person next week at the @BishopsgateInst, where they'll take part in our two-day bootcamp led by @richard_anson 🚀

[Conception X @conceptionxtech]

THAT'S A WRAP💫

Thanks for helping us make this our biggest event yet!

A few numbers we're proud of:
💸70+ investment firms joined our #CohortVDemoDay (@Siftedeu)
🧑‍🎓20+ universities
🦄Last but not least, ~50% of our finalist startups were founded by women

Onwards and upwards🚀

[Conception X @conceptionxtech]

It's that time of year again! Applications for Cohort 6 are now open 🚀

If you're looking for ways to translate your PhD research – or know someone who is – we look forward to hearing from you 👇

https://t.co/PSLtdxaXZb

[Riam Kanso @Riam_Kanso]

Super proud of our finalists!

[Conception X @conceptionxtech]

The top early-stage PhD teams from Britain’s leading universities. Game-changing tech. Three minutes to pitch.

Announcing our Cohort V Demo Day, 10 November 2022 – in partnership w/ XTX Ventures @xtxmarkets.

Register to discover our finalist startups 👇

https://t.co/JLdYIcCjdf

[Richard Anson @richard_anson]

Scaling A Deep Tech Startup: Lessons From The Front Line via @forbes https://t.co/GWwj4hiBbT

[Richard Anson @richard_anson]

@FerBerlinckDV @conceptionxtech Yup it does. Applications for Cohort VI will open later this autumn, via the website.

[Richard Anson @richard_anson]

Valuable advice for early stage founders....

https://t.co/WvJIIZ4cAQ

[UCL Innovation and Enterprise @UCLEnterprise]

UCL staff, we can help you:
• realise impact from your research (e.g. improving community quality of life)
• apply your research discoveries through income-generating activity
• develop your leadership

Find out more at our information session 🔽 https://t.co/NDsBxFPqLH

[True. @Truegloballive]

Are you an eComm wiz or a digital master who’s looking to reimagine brands of the future? Check out some the businesses from our community who are hiring. There are roles available with @RibbleCycles, @CotswoldCo & @bedfolkhq - links on their brand pages on our website.

[Sonia Dembowska @SDembowska]

Huge props to @richard_anson for making the virtual @conceptionxtech training sessions extremely engaging!

So many people are replying in the chat and answering questions!

[Riam Kanso @Riam_Kanso]

Launching @conceptionxtech Cohort V! 95 venture scientists, 30 universities, fascinating tech. @22Bishopsgate

[UCL Innovation and Enterprise @UCLEnterprise]

UCL’s Artificial Intelligence Society has launched an international competition, Climate https://t.co/QF3gkoSSES, in which students at 25 universities will compete to use #AI to help reduce global carbon emissions. https://t.co/b4oEpzpilk

[Richard Anson @richard_anson]

Science PhDs develop entrepreneurial qualities through their research experience. "Catching The Next Wave Of Investment Opportunity: Three Misperceptions About Deep Tech That LPs Need" ... via @forbes https://t.co/lqG5ow73E6

[Richard Anson @richard_anson]

Enjoyed listening to this podcast around the evolution of VC with @azeem and @scmallaby: https://t.co/VkQ1uVSPAg