Infinity CEO and founder Paul Walsh talks to us about developing a business outside of a major city and why the time was right to open Infinity’s first London office this Summer.

Diversity.VC recently published a report on the state of gender diversity in the UK Venture Capital industry. As part of the team that worked to produce the report, I want to highlight some key statistics and offer my view on what we can do next, both to improve gender diversity and diversity more broadly in the venture / tech ecosystem.

In the famous words of Peter Drucker: “culture eats strategy for breakfast”. The benefits of a positive, strong and aligned company culture have been proven time and again, from improved employee retention to boosted productivity and performance. With the right strategy but a poor team culture, outcomes are often negative — but a team with a strong culture is better equipped to overcome the challenges that spring from a faulty strategy, and ultimately prevail.