start-ups

Why the white-hot VC market is nothing like the dot com-era boom and bust

May 5, 2022

A global surge in start-up funding has prompted some commentators to draw comparisons with the dotcom boom and bust at the turn of this century. A cursory glance at the numbers does hint at some parallels says private markets investment platform Titanbay.

Maximillian Gehrmann: How to lose the family wealth

April 7, 2022

With a family history that has seen fortunes rise and fall on numerous occasions, Maximillian Gehrmann discusses the main reasons why intergenerational wealth is lost.

There’s a very good reason why Maximillian Gehrmann feels an affinity for a famous quote from Germany’s first-ever chancellor Otto von Bismarck: “The first generation earns the money, the second manages the wealth, the third studies history of art, and the fourth degenerates completely.”

The disruptive medtech company aiming to minimise patients’ need for invasive mechanical ventilation intervention

April 4, 2022

INSPIRA is developing a cost-effective respiratory support system which will function as an artificial lung for deteriorating respiratory patients. Ahead of presenting at the 32nd edition of the MedTech investing (MTi) forum on June 6 and 7, president and co-founder Joe Hayon explains the benefits and potential future applications of the system.

INSPIRA is an innovative medical device company which is developing the ART system, a cost-effective early extracorporeal respiratory support system which will function as an artificial lung for deteriorating respiratory patients.

The ART system utilises a new approach based on hemo-protective technology aimed at rebalancing oxygen saturation levels while patients are awake and breathing, potentially minimising the patient's need for invasive mechanical ventilation intervention.