Simon King

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

[Octopus Ventures @OctopusVentures]

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.

[Rishi Sunak @RishiSunak]

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: https://t.co/xg3xYD3lAZ

[Octopus Ventures @OctopusVentures]

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

https://t.co/gAzAXbqpzX

[Great British Entrepreneur Awards & Community @EntrepreneursGB]

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

[Missive @missivecomms]

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 📺🎥👇

[TechTides @techtides_hq]

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!

[Octopus Ventures @OctopusVentures]

"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.

https://t.co/5MgtxZxvL6

#EIR2020 #deeptech #spinouts

[Stephen Wolfram @stephen_wolfram]

I never expected this: finally we may have a path to the fundamental theory of physics...and it's beautiful
https://t.co/1zNCYDMxhM

[Memrise @memrise]

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

[Zoë Chambers @_Zoe_Chambers]

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

[Alex Asseily @aasseily]

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

[WaveOptics (Snap Inc) @Wave_Optics]

@Wave_Optics delighted to be included as a case study in the UK Immersive Tech Sector report @ImmerseUK_ #AR @OctopusVentures @GobiPartners @IPGroupplc @SimonpKing https://t.co/IEEjYsUk3N

[Ed Cooke @tedcooke]

Nice article on Memrise's $15.5m Series B via @uktnofficial https://t.co/CFdQRAr03b

[Simon King @SimonpKing]

Memrise raises $15.5M as its AI-based language-learning app passes 35M users https://t.co/JrFCYx9qJS via @techcrunch

[Fred Lardieg @FredLardieg]

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! https://t.co/9Pi7iB2Ayb

[Simon King @SimonpKing]

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 https://t.co/wYapA0vCUf

[Opensignal @opensignal]

"OpenSignal, which taps sensors on 100M #smartphones to monitor network speed, raises $8M in Series B led by @OctopusVentures" https://t.co/8M1QVTZVa6 #telecom @TechCrunch @ingridlunden

[Luke Hakes @Lukehakes]

Congrats to the team at Behaviosec, and welcome Trident! https://t.co/5fvOXKYa7Q

[Simon King @SimonpKing]

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 https://t.co/7NsAzIfmrX