Haatch Monthly - February 2023

Hello!

We’re back, packed with portfolio news, fundraising, a new northern office and some awesome reads including everything you need to know about Microsoft’s incredible AI deal and the history of carried interest - don’t miss that one!

Portfolio News

• Haatch to drive Northern growth from new Manchester base

• Bodyswaps and Royal Society of Medicine to design healthcare training powered by AI and VR

• CareLineLive snaps £3M to make homecare businesses more effective

• Tash Grossman, founder of Slip is one of the winners of the #YoungInnovators Award 2022/23

• QIS Risk joined innovation accelerator, which offers a pathway to c-suite in large financial institutions and subsequent enterprise contracts

New Investments

• Kuai Commerce raises £2m to bring Western brands to China

Haatch Blog

• Why we invested in Kuai Commerce

• Where to invest in a recession?

Interesting

• Inside the structure of OpenAI’s looming new investment from Microsoft and VCs

• The media loved Sam Bankman-Fried; it hated Brian Armstrong

• Defying gravity, 2022 Climate Tech VC funding totals $70.1B, up 89% on 2021

• A College Kid Built an App That Sniffs Out Text Penned by AI

• A short history of carried interest, by Haatch portfolio co Odin!

• Why the Fed Is Still Raising Rates

• Meta Insiders Debate Key Issue for Reels: Whether to Share Ad Dollars With Creators

Events & Webinars

• Our end-of-tax-year webinar series continues, with the next one scheduled for Tuesday 28th February Register here

Thanks!

Team Haatch