Alexandra Heal
@alexandraheal.bsky.social
Private capital reporter at the Financial Times
Contact me at alexandra.heal@ft.com
Previously FT visual storytelling | Previously previously environment and social affairs at The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
Contact me at alexandra.heal@ft.com
Previously FT visual storytelling | Previously previously environment and social affairs at The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
SCOOP! Sachin Duggal, founder and "chief wizard" of the now defunct tech unicorn Builder.ai, made $20mn from selling shares in the company
Builder.ai collapsed last month, after raising half a billion dollars, when revenues had to be dramatically restated
With @bondhack.ft.com
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Builder.ai collapsed last month, after raising half a billion dollars, when revenues had to be dramatically restated
With @bondhack.ft.com
on.ft.com/4k8t44A
Builder.ai ‘Chief Wizard’ Sachin Dev Duggal made $20mn in share sales
[FREE TO READ] Former chief executive of collapsed Microsoft-backed start-up also borrowed against holdings
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June 25, 2025 at 12:25 PM
SCOOP! Sachin Duggal, founder and "chief wizard" of the now defunct tech unicorn Builder.ai, made $20mn from selling shares in the company
Builder.ai collapsed last month, after raising half a billion dollars, when revenues had to be dramatically restated
With @bondhack.ft.com
on.ft.com/4k8t44A
Builder.ai collapsed last month, after raising half a billion dollars, when revenues had to be dramatically restated
With @bondhack.ft.com
on.ft.com/4k8t44A
Did you know our food system spreads human sewage contaminated with PFAS (forever chemicals) onto the crops we eat?
Absolutely gross. Important story by @ellieodonnell.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Absolutely gross. Important story by @ellieodonnell.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Warning over 'dirty secret' of toxic chemicals on farmers fields - BBC News
Campaigners say that farmers' fields are being contaminated by chemicals and microplastics in sewage sludge.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 10, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Did you know our food system spreads human sewage contaminated with PFAS (forever chemicals) onto the crops we eat?
Absolutely gross. Important story by @ellieodonnell.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Absolutely gross. Important story by @ellieodonnell.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
NEW: The full story of how Microsoft-backed Builder.ai, the UK tech startup that raised over half a billion dollars, is alleged to have artificially inflated its revenues before collapsing into scandal last month
Somehow the tale even includes tennis
W/ @bondhack.ft.com 🎾
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Somehow the tale even includes tennis
W/ @bondhack.ft.com 🎾
on.ft.com/4kwMNfa
Inside the collapse of Microsoft-backed UK tech unicorn Builder.ai
[FREE TO READ] Top investors including Qatar are realising they may have backed a business that largely reported artificial revenues
on.ft.com
June 5, 2025 at 6:53 AM
NEW: The full story of how Microsoft-backed Builder.ai, the UK tech startup that raised over half a billion dollars, is alleged to have artificially inflated its revenues before collapsing into scandal last month
Somehow the tale even includes tennis
W/ @bondhack.ft.com 🎾
on.ft.com/4kwMNfa
Somehow the tale even includes tennis
W/ @bondhack.ft.com 🎾
on.ft.com/4kwMNfa
SCOOP - An internal investigation at Builder.ai, the UK tech start-up that had received over $500mn from major investors including Microsoft, found evidence of potentially bogus sales at the start-up before it collapsed this week
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with @bondhack.ft.com
Microsoft-backed Builder.ai collapsed after finding potentially bogus sales
[FREE TO READ] Failed UK start-up revised down revenues to just a quarter of prior estimates
on.ft.com
May 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
SCOOP - An internal investigation at Builder.ai, the UK tech start-up that had received over $500mn from major investors including Microsoft, found evidence of potentially bogus sales at the start-up before it collapsed this week
on.ft.com/4jhmQPc
with @bondhack.ft.com
on.ft.com/4jhmQPc
with @bondhack.ft.com
Very deserving winners.
Just read their latest instalment - a family who owed £10,000 for having earned just a £2 or so over the limit each week, now having to pay back everything they received in benefits.
Despite DWP not alerting them years ago when they first went over
Just read their latest instalment - a family who owed £10,000 for having earned just a £2 or so over the limit each week, now having to pay back everything they received in benefits.
Despite DWP not alerting them years ago when they first went over
And the winners of the Paul Foot Award for investigative and campaigning journalism 2025 are... Patrick Butler and Josh Halliday of The Guardian.
#PaulFootAward2025
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#PaulFootAward2025
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May 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Very deserving winners.
Just read their latest instalment - a family who owed £10,000 for having earned just a £2 or so over the limit each week, now having to pay back everything they received in benefits.
Despite DWP not alerting them years ago when they first went over
Just read their latest instalment - a family who owed £10,000 for having earned just a £2 or so over the limit each week, now having to pay back everything they received in benefits.
Despite DWP not alerting them years ago when they first went over
Reposted by Alexandra Heal
Builder.ai just went bust. Around half a billion dollars invested from the likes of Microsoft, QIA and Insight Partners wiped out.
Full story here with @alexandraheal.bsky.social. Comes after a run of probing FT stories (led by Alex) on the company and its founder Sachin Duggal
on.ft.com/43gI8YN
Full story here with @alexandraheal.bsky.social. Comes after a run of probing FT stories (led by Alex) on the company and its founder Sachin Duggal
on.ft.com/43gI8YN
Microsoft-backed UK tech unicorn Builder.ai collapses into insolvency
[FREE TO READ] Once high-flying group founded by Sachin Dev Duggal says its was unable to recover from ‘past decisions’
on.ft.com
May 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Builder.ai just went bust. Around half a billion dollars invested from the likes of Microsoft, QIA and Insight Partners wiped out.
Full story here with @alexandraheal.bsky.social. Comes after a run of probing FT stories (led by Alex) on the company and its founder Sachin Duggal
on.ft.com/43gI8YN
Full story here with @alexandraheal.bsky.social. Comes after a run of probing FT stories (led by Alex) on the company and its founder Sachin Duggal
on.ft.com/43gI8YN
The total value of big European buyout deals increased at more than twice the rate of the rest of the world last year, according to my analysis of Dealogic data.
Private equity firms are taking advantage of the continent's economic headwinds to snap up cheap companies
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Private equity firms are taking advantage of the continent's economic headwinds to snap up cheap companies
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Private equity targets Europe for big buyout deals
[FREE TO READ] Total value of large private equity deals in Europe increased at twice the rate of the rest of world in 2024
on.ft.com
January 13, 2025 at 8:34 AM
The total value of big European buyout deals increased at more than twice the rate of the rest of the world last year, according to my analysis of Dealogic data.
Private equity firms are taking advantage of the continent's economic headwinds to snap up cheap companies
on.ft.com/3WbZeTG
Private equity firms are taking advantage of the continent's economic headwinds to snap up cheap companies
on.ft.com/3WbZeTG
What an incredible woman. Jaw dropping courage
Gisèle Pelicot, the woman at the heart of a trial that has shocked France on.ft.com/4fY6rhs
Gisèle Pelicot, the woman at the heart of a trial that has shocked France on.ft.com/4fY6rhs
Gisèle Pelicot, the woman at the heart of a trial that has shocked France
[FREE TO READ] She has shown extraordinary strength as a court hears how she was drugged by her husband and raped by strangers
on.ft.com
November 23, 2024 at 9:49 AM
What an incredible woman. Jaw dropping courage
Gisèle Pelicot, the woman at the heart of a trial that has shocked France on.ft.com/4fY6rhs
Gisèle Pelicot, the woman at the heart of a trial that has shocked France on.ft.com/4fY6rhs
Reposted by Alexandra Heal
A tale of two platforms:
BlueSky user numbers have hit a new record high in recent days, while the number of people deleting their accounts on X/Twitter has rocketed 🚀
BlueSky user numbers have hit a new record high in recent days, while the number of people deleting their accounts on X/Twitter has rocketed 🚀
November 13, 2024 at 11:21 AM
A tale of two platforms:
BlueSky user numbers have hit a new record high in recent days, while the number of people deleting their accounts on X/Twitter has rocketed 🚀
BlueSky user numbers have hit a new record high in recent days, while the number of people deleting their accounts on X/Twitter has rocketed 🚀