Alliott Cole is an Investment Director at Octopus Investments, the most active seed and early stage tech  investor in the UK. Since 2008, Alliott Cole has been involved with entrepreneurs in the earliest phases of company formation and the founding teams of graze.com, Secret Escapes, Sofar Sounds, TrialReach and Conversocial among others.

Hot Topics sat down with Alliott Cole to discuss his investment philosophy,  tips for entrepreneurs when fundraising and key industry trends he is following.