Venture Capital Funding

Venture Capital Trusts Guide – What are VCTs?

Venture Capital Trusts currently manage £6bn worth of investment in UK start-ups invested in more than 1,000 companies. But what is a VCT and how does it differ to regular venture capital?

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Technology

Future fintech industry trends

Consolidation as bigger brands incorporate fintech startups and opportunities in America as the US finally embraces open banking are just two trends fintech founders need to watch out for this year

Venture Capital Funding

What kind of startups are VCTs looking to invest in?

Drug testing that doesn't involve animals, supplying clean energy directly to businesses, and businesses focused on older consumers are business ideas VCTs want to see in 2024, they tell Growth Business

Venture Capital Funding

Venture capital guilty of ‘diversity washing’ says Ada Ventures

Men dominate venture capital firms when it comes to senior leadership positions and ownership of VC firms, according to new Ada Ventures research

Venture Capital Funding

Founders talk about their experience with corporate venture capital

Three founders who have taken on corporate venture capital explain what made them partner with an enterprise business as opposed to going down the conventional VC route

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BP Ventures to invest $200m in dozen green energy startups

Corporate venture capital arm of energy giant BP to plough 90% of its investment capacity into disruptive green energy technology

Venture Capital Funding

AstronauTx biotech closes £48m Series A for Alzheimer’s drugs

London-based biotech developing drugs to cure Alzheimer’s, a disease which affects 55m people a year and costs the economy tens of billions

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Pembroke VCT raising another £60m of investment

One third of money raised will be invested in new growth-stage businesses, with the rest going on follow-on rounds for existing portfolio companies

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Investment in university spinouts drops for second consecutive year

Investment in UK university spinouts looks set to fall dramatically this year, following a year-on-year drop to £2.3bn in 2022, down from £2.7bn the year before

Technology

Just 7% of UK startups actively involved with AI

Despite the UK pushing for global leadership in artificial intelligence, the number of startups actually capitalising on or developing AI is sparse

Venture Capital Funding

Venture capital funding way down on last year

Amounts raised by VCs in H1 2023 fall by nearly two thirds compared with same period in 2022