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This week, together with Ironbridge, we hosted a room full of UK business leaders at our offices to debunk four common myths that prevent businesses from adopting AI. Thanks to our guests Malak Sadek (Centre for Human-Inspired Artificial Intelligence (CHIA)) and Ben Freeman (Meta) for sharing their stories. cc Norman Fiore, Owen Brooks, Jan Bzik, Nils Howland

Was great fun to be on this panel - thank you Francis Thomas and UK Private Capital for having me. So much left to build - a privilege to be witnessing founders in AI infra create global winners from the UK 👷♂️🏗️🤖

Delighted to speak at the opening panel of Money2020 Riyadh today on capital flows, liquidity and IPOs! Thanks so much to the team at Money20/20 for a fantastic session #fintech

Josh Bell spoke at Money20/20 Middle East today alongside Lukas Bonko, FCMA, CGMA, Ali Samir Oosman, Cindy Ai, Abdulaziz Al Omran and Cristina Ventura Serra 👇 The wide-ranging panel dug into what it takes for capital to flow, grow and recycle; touching on everything from market access, regulatory certainty, liquidity, IPO readiness and secondary markets. Thanks to the team at Money20/20 for a fantastic event 🤝

🥨🥨🥨 I'll be at Bits & Pretzels in Munich at the end of the month - joining Rob Moffat (Balderton) and Rupert Schaefer (10x Founders) on the Investor Stage, Tuesday at 9:30am, to talk about how VCs win deals in today's landscape. Looking forward to the conversation, the pretzels, and catching up with friends, founders and investors. See you there? #bits26 #venturecapital #startups Dawn Capital

It is an incredible honor to be recognized among the top innovators in our region. Blackwall has officially been named to the Sifted 100: DACH & CEE 2026 leaderboard, which highlights the fastest-growing startups and scaleups across DACH & CEE. This milestone is entirely about our team who made it happen and to the partners who are keeping pace with the ever-growing web traffic threats alongside us. It is a privilege to share this space with so many impressive builders driving the region forward. Huge congratulations to our peers who also made the list this year, like Flowpay, Cello, Swotzy, Pave Bank, and n8n among others. Thank you to Sifted for the recognition. We are proud to be part of this group, and we are just getting started!

Next week Josh Bell will be speaking at Money20/20 Middle East on building competitive investment ecosystems. The session looks at what it takes for capital to flow, grow and recycle: market access, regulatory certainty, liquidity, IPO readiness and secondary markets. Joining Josh on the panel will be Lukas Bonko, FCMA, CGMA (Bratislava Stock Exchange), Ali Samir Oosman (Disrupt.com), Cindy Ai (Dream VC), Abdulaziz Al Omran (Impact46) and Cristina Ventura Serra (White Star Capital). Catch them here: ⏰ Monday 14 September, 01:05 PM—01:45 PM 📍 RECC Malham, Riyadh

The Sifted 100: DACH & CEE 2026 is here 🎉 The report ranks the region's 100 fastest-growing startups by revenue growth over the last three financial years, and this year's list shows a region growing fast and building real substance: fintech FLOWPAY tops the ranking with an 816.31% two-year revenue CAGR, AI-native startups are climbing higher than ever, and a record 31 startups report they're profitable. The data tells a compelling story: → 157.61% average two-year revenue CAGR → 17% of companies are AI-native, up from 12% last year, with n8n the only one in the top five → 31 of the 100 startups report they're profitable → Berlin remains the dominant hub, home to 24% of the ranking → Five companies have crossed €100m in revenue Download the report to see the full ranking, sector breakdowns and regional growth trends: https://lnkd.in/dTt4H2Mz #Sifted100 #Startups #DACH #CEE #VentureCapital

Our Partner Shamillah Bankiya will be on stage at HumanX EMEA in Amsterdam, breaking down the current funding climate for founders and the specific metrics VCs are now using to judge PMF. Plus addressing the question every founder wants answered: where are investors putting their money over the next few years? 💵 💶 💷 Show Me the Money: Investors' Funding Insights 🎤 With Amrit Saxena (SaxeCap), Alexander Schmitt (Lightspeed) and Gené Teare (Crunchbase) 📓 24 September, 11:55 to 12:20, The Cube, RAI Amsterdam #HumanX #AI

Some inflection points come as a surprise, others don't. What we're seeing at Oneleet is not a surprise. Its is a steady layering of stratospheric ambition, customer obsession, and building real infrastructure to scale. Awesome to see Brex ranking this team among the fastest growing AI companies today (and the fastest non-infra vendor) Excited for what is coming around the corner here Bryan Onel Erik Vogelzang Ora Onel