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Videos, Sustainability, Infrastructure, General
Sustainable Energy, Land and Food: Foresight in conversation with Lord Deben
Lord Deben, Founder and Chair of Sancroft Consultancy and Chairman of the Climate Change Committee, discuses the future of our energy and agricultural systems with Dan Wells, Partner at Foresight.
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Littlebrook is a 2.3 million square feet asset (roughly 64 football pitches) on the banks of the River Thames and in close proximity to the M25 and QE2 bridge. The facility has been let to Amazon and is under construction at present. When complete...
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With viable alternatives to bricks and mortar funds available for property exposure, there is an imperative for investors to consider whether issues with bricks and mortar funds warrant leaving the sector altogether.
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What does the future have in store for postal services? How are we re-imagining our current system in this digital era?Adam Huckerby, Investment Manager, caught up with Marvee-Lisa to discuss the digitisation of the economy, work during lockdown,...
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Where are all the early-stage hardware technology investors?
The world's key challenges - smarter cities, more responsible manufacturing and cleaner energy to name a few - can't be solved by software alone. Hardware innovation, and therefore hardware early-stage investment, is critical but, managing the ris...
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Mental Health Webcast: Back to Normality
Head of People at Foresight, Suzie Ruffley, and Dr Alex Morris, Foresight’s Leadership Coach, discuss our return to normal, navigating changes to life, work and the workplace.
Read more DA Languages, a fast-growing language services provider, has reported its best-ever year after a rapid response to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic saw it invest significantly in technology and IT infrastructure to support clients, i...
Read morePrivate Equity, General, Videos
Shining a light on ambitious entrepreneurs
Sometimes, to be inspired to drive change it’s important to listen. There are some fantastic female-led businesses within our private equity portfolio, and some inspiring stories. To celebrate this, our short video shines a light on some of the fe...
Read more In December 2019, FWT invested £2 million in Novosound, a revolutionary ultrasound technology company that had developed the world’s first truly flexible ultrasound sensor; able to operate continuously at high temperatures, offering high-resolutio...
Read morePodcasts, Sustainability, General
New Foresight Sustainability Series Podcast: Carbon Credit Considerations
In our latest Foresight Sustainability Series podcast, Natasha Frost, Investment Manager at Foresight is joined by Rachael Nutter, Director of Nature Based Solutions at ClimateCare to explore some of the latest developments in carbon market trends...
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Women in Finance: Adela Baho
Adela Baho has been recognised for her contributions to finance and was featured as one of Paperjam’s ‘100 Women Who Lead’, an empowering list of women who are forging the future of business in Luxembourg.
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The Foresight Williams Unique Collaboration
The concept of the collaboration between Foresight and Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) is a unique one. Foresight and WAE began working together in late November 2016 when the Foresight Williams Technology EIS Fund was launched.
Read morePrivate Equity, Regional, General
Driving Deals and Pioneering Change
We are delighted to see that Claire Alvarez recently was one of four women to make the North West Insider Professional Power List; a ranking of the 30 most influential and visible figures in accountancy, law and finance. We’re delighted to be able...
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Does deep tech investing with a positive ESG impact have mutually exclusive objectives?
The Foresight Williams Technology Funds invest in early-stage, deep technology hardware and software companies with potentially game-changing innovations.
Read more The FWT Share class invests primarily into deep-technology-based companies at both pre-and post-revenue stages. Click here to read our four compelling reasons why a VCT investor should consider the FWT VCT fund.
Read more How is it possible to accurately replicate ‘true’ 3D audio using consumer electronic devices? FWT’s latest investment, Audioscenic, has solved this problem through the development of Virtua, a patent-protected software solution. In this blog post,...
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