Rob Kniaz co-founded Venture Capital firm Hoxton Ventures, specialising in early stage investment. With successes like Deliveroo and cyber defence firm Darktrace, the company’s become one of the most successful, and approached, VC firms in Europe.

In this episode we talk about:  

• Is generative AI, like ChatGPT, the next big thing… or are there others? 
• What a VC does, and doesn’t, do 
• The story behind their support for Deliveroo 
• Is it harder to get VC funding in the current economy? 
• How layoffs in the tech sector could create a new era of entrepreneurship 
• The reason he became a venture capitalist, and how difficult it was to start. 

Rob will be appearing at the Evening Standard’s SME XPO, which is being held at the ExCel London on April 25th and 26th. To find out more about the speakers, and get free tickets, go to smeexpo.co.uk .

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