Published inHoughton Street Ventures·Jul 13H1 2023 In Review: Economic Silver Linings Playbook“You have to do everything you can, you have to work your hardest, and if you do, if you stay positive, you have a shot at a silver lining.” - Pat, Silver Linings Playbook Six months ago, in my review of the LSE entrepreneurial ecosystem for 2022, I wrote of…Startup6 min readStartup6 min read
Published inHoughton Street Ventures·May 8The Network Effect: How Alumni-Focused VC Funds Empower Tomorrow’s EntrepreneursWith our mandate at Houghton Street Ventures to back London School of Economics entrepreneurs, a week doesn’t go by where we get mistaken for a fund backing the university’s spinouts, and we can see why. The UK’s most prominent university-affiliated funds do exactly that, with Oxford Science Enterprises backing spinouts…Venture Capital5 min readVenture Capital5 min read
Published inHoughton Street Ventures·Mar 8StreetSmarts — Our Implementation of a Custom Chatbot with OpenAI’s ChatGPTSince the launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT only a matter of months ago, many of us have been entranced, exploring how this technology can be used to create a multitude of applications and having a lot of fun along the way. At Houghton Street Ventures, we have been seeing where we…ChatGPT5 min readChatGPT5 min read
Published inHoughton Street Ventures·Dec 29, 20222022 In Review: 24,000+ Reasons“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was…Lse6 min readLse6 min read
Published inHoughton Street Ventures·Jun 13, 2022Mining for Data: How We Built ThisOur last three blog posts have provided the world with a window into the LSE entrepreneurial ecosystem, first looking into the incredible year that was 2021 before zooming out and exploring the whole ecosystem as well as the LSE entrepreneurs themselves. Today, we have something a little different, and, fair…Dealflow7 min readDealflow7 min read
Published inHoughton Street Ventures·Apr 5, 2022The LSE Entrepreneur: What the Data ShowsAt Houghton Street Ventures, we back alumni, faculty and student founders from the London School of Economics and Political Science. In our previous two blog posts, we have explored the macro, the record-breaking year that was 2021 and the LSE ecosystem as a whole. …Lse6 min readLse6 min read
Published inHoughton Street Ventures·Feb 20, 2022The LSE Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in DataWelcome back to the Houghton Street Ventures blog. When we published our review of the LSE entrepreneurial ecosystem for 2021 back in December, we promised to dig even deeper and share with everyone our insights into the community as a whole. So today, we are doing just that. As usual…Lse6 min readLse6 min read
Published inHoughton Street Ventures·Dec 16, 20212021 In Review: Looking at the DataWelcome to our first blog post, the first of many to come as we dig deeper into the London School of Economics entrepreneurial ecosystem. We wrote today’s blog post as we approach the end of 2021 and look back at everything that has happened over the last 12 months. Bottom…Lse5 min readLse5 min read
