Venture Capital Funding
Venture Capital Funding
Northern Gritstone on track to raising £500m fund for northern universities
Growth Planning
Venture Capital Funding
Andrew Scott, co-founder of 7percent Ventures, started investing in early stage companies because of his frustration at the timidity of European VCs. Too often, he says, British founders downplay their vision to appease investors
Venture Capital Funding
Fund has found backing for its first £100m with another £300m in discussion, enabling it to back two dozen northern university spinouts a year
Funding
This week’s deals of note are Kleene.ai closing £11m Series A for its data platform and youth employment start-up Hundo raising £1.5m seed funding
Growth Planning
Scale-up bosses want the international trade department to offer tailored support to help them sell more overseas
Funding
This week’s deals include audience platform Permutive closing a £56m Series C round, a Scottish vertical farming tech firm closing a £42m Series B and team building platform Unlock raising £1.5m in seed funding
News
Gulf state in talks with VCs and private equity about creating multi-billion fund to create five green tech unicorns by 2030
Funding
This week’s deals include Octopus Ventures investing £3.6m in digital ID start-up APLYiD, underwear brand JustWears finding a snug fit with investors, and yet-to-launch shopping app BASKET ringing up £2m
Funding
Chancellor announces consultation on changing regulatory charge cap for pension schemes, unlocking potential billions for investment
News
Overseas investment in life sciences and electric vehicles to be encouraged with grants for 'strategically important' industries
Funding
Proptech Proportunity gets on the funding ladder with a £105m funding round, while Balderton Capital joins in on £92m Series B for events platform Hubilo
News
Treasury decision to renege on annual £22bn target for Government R&D spending means £11bn private investment in British tech will go elsewhere, warns expert
Funding
This week’s deals include e-commerce solution Juni raising £38m, earbud brand Nothing closing £36m and travel agent Travel Seen raising £1.6m