by Bennett Lee | Mar 2, 2023 | Corporate Governance, Insights
Last year, fashion start-up Zilingo came to everyone’s attention for the wrong reasons – its Chief Executive Officer Ankiti Bose was fired as CEO after allegations of financial irregularities surfaced. While this news shocked many, it was not surprising given that...
by Nicholas Cocks | Dec 9, 2022 | Insights, Sustainable Travel
It’s time for tourism businesses to shift investment and financing towards decarbonising our planet’s future. During COP27 held in Egypt last month, the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) urged the tourism industry to take urgent action to reach net...
by Velocity Ventures | Apr 13, 2022 | Insights, Investments
By Renny Chong, Investor Relations Director Dear Friends of Velocity, While many eager travel bugs are busy making long-awaited travel plans, did you know there is a group of savvy investors who have been capitalising on innovations happening in the Travel and...
by Patrick Imbardelli | Feb 24, 2022 | Insights
What does revenue optimisation in restaurants really mean and how will it evolve? I remember when I started my career with Hilton in the ’80s, the idea that same rooms in a hotel will be priced differently based on anticipated demand was not a theory that was held or...
by Jonathon Cocks | Oct 29, 2021 | Insights, Investments
Start-ups don’t have past data that can be used for valuations, so we have to rely entirely on what’s going to happen in the future when valuing potential investments. I’ve worked with lots of super-smart finance graduates and interns who know far more than me...
by Nicholas Cocks | Aug 23, 2021 | Insights
Hello Friends of Velocity,This is my first Velocity Ventures blog, and in thinking about a topic to launch what I am planning to be a stellar blogging career, my mind is boggled with options. Should I write about the work we’ve done here at Velocity over the...
