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Fintech reporter Damisola Sulaiman makes her first Sifted podcast appearance to discuss her recent reporting on the culture at Danish fintech Pleo. Interviews with seven former employees revealed a company transformed by the leadership overhaul. They described a tougher management culture, internal friction among executives and growing internal concerns that Pleo’s product is losing ground to rivals.
UK spinout investor Northern Gritstone to open San Francisco office self.__wrap_b(":r0:",0.7)
Northern Gritstone, the investment vehicle which backs spinouts from universities in the north of England, is opening an office in San Francisco as it chases more US capital for its portfolio companies. Gritstone was launched in 2021 to invest in companies created from research at the universities of Leeds, Manchester and Sheffield. Since then it’s raised £382m and expanded its remit to include companies coming out of the University of Liverpool.
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