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All Sidekick Articles


Consumers are becoming the CEOs of their own health
Consumer health has become a hive of startup activity, helping people learn about their bodies, adjust their behaviours and work towards healthier lives. We dove into this space and formed a market map to summarise our understanding of the market and highlight areas of opportunity.


Me, Myself, and My AI - the rise of AI companions
We dive into the proliferation of AI companions and the roles we can expect them to play in our lives, in our finances, our health, our education and our wider lifestyle.


Gen Z and the new education compact
We canter through how Gen Z is reshaping our approach to learning and work, based around an article from Balderton.


Construction keeps starting over: the $1.6T elephant in the room
Each construction project brings new people and new expectations, but when knowledge doesn’t flow and compliance gets reinterpreted on every site, the sector repeats its most costly mistakes. A new layer of tools is helping teams preserve both insight and integrity. We dove into this space.


Factories don’t run on machines alone: the $1 Trillion skills gap in manufacturing
Factories are evolving, but without a workforce enablement layer, the machines won’t matter. Let’s fix that before production grinds to a halt. We explore the market for learning and work solutions tackling this important problem.


Research Tools: breaching new frontiers
Research is a powerful driver of progress, helping us explore and understand the unknown, build new knowledge, and solve complex problems. We dive into how tools used in scientific, technical and academic research are evolving, including a market map.


Why we invested in Shakers
When we met Héctor , Nico , Jaime and Adri in July 2023, it was clear they were building more than just a product, they were creating a...


AI for Enhancing Productivity - learning in the flow of work
A dive into the use of AI for enhancing productivity in corporate environments, featuring expert comments, a market map and opportunities.


The inside story of the EU's AI Act from the person that wrote it - with Gabriele Mazzini (Part 1)
We sat down with Gabriele Mazzini, Architect and Lead Author of the EU's AI Act, to get his reflections on the Act, including his critiques.


The European Edtech Funding Report 2025
The European Edtech Funding Report 2025 has landed! Check it out for global and European insights on all things Edtech and its adjacencies.


AI in Edtech Series: Summary
A downloadable summary of our AI series that has covered K12, Higher Education and Vocational Education.
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