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Technology

UK tech sector now worth $1 trillion

The UK becomes the first country apart from the US and China whose tech ecosystem is worth more than a trillion dollars

Venture Capital Funding

Labour wants to link institutional investors with venture capital firms

Lord Jim O’Neill leads Labour start-up review, which would tether pension funds to venture capital firms to encourage start-up investment

Technology

European tech firms lose $400bn in market value over past year

Hundreds of billions wiped off market value of European tech companies as investors are spooked by soaring inflation, the energy crisis and the war in Ukraine

News

Nesta launches £50m fund for social impact start-ups

Nesta Impact Investments will invest up to £1m in 5-10 start-ups promoting social and environmental good each year

Growth Planning

Majority of scaleups say it’s getting harder to grow a business

Half of scaleup CEOs say they do not have enough venture capital investment to meet current growth trajectory

Venture Capital Funding

Capital Pilot makes first 50 investments

Half of start-ups backed by Boost Fund 1 are led by female founders, while nearly one third of start-ups are also run by black or Asian entrepreneurs

News

Number of green scaleups drops by 10% year on year

The number of green businesses growing turnover at 20% over past three years drops by 10% to 256, according to The Scaleup Institute

News

How the High Potential Individual visa works for top tech graduates

Government opens doors to tech graduates from top universities worldwide in order to stem European brain drain due to Brexit

News

Deals of the Week 21 May to 27 May – a GrowthBusiness round-up

This week’s deals include agricultural commodities hedging platform Stable closing £48m in Series B, a new £20m fund for life sciences start-ups in the Greater Manchester area, and Resurgence Novels, a streaming service for books, raising £195,000 in seed funding

News

Earliest-stage tech start-ups being starved of investment, warns Google

UK runs the risk of choking off future tech giants, warns internet giant, as proportion of VC funding for earliest-stage tech companies falls to 5% in 2021 compared with 15% a decade ago

Venture Capital Funding

Number of new venture capital firms drops by two thirds in 2021

Volume of new VCs being founded in Britain drops by two thirds in 2021, reflecting a wider European slowdown in new venture capital firms opening their doors

Technology

British investors ready to invest £1.4bn in university spinouts

Cambridge Innovation Capital takes top spot as biggest investor in university spinouts with £500m under management, with new entrant Northern Powerhouse raising £300m to invest in northern university tech start-ups