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Venture Capital Funding

Articles, news and expert analysis on venture capital funding in the UK and Europe.

Investment in UK growth-stage tech companies stagnated in 2018

Just under €3.4bn went into growth founds for UK tech startups in 2108, down 3pc year on year, while investment in France and Germany remained strong

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SoftBank to launch second Vision Fund for late-stage startups

Japanese investment bank poised to reap benefits of early investments in Uber, WeWork and Slack as they go public

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Checkout.com raises Europe’s biggest ever early-stage funding round

Checkout.com raises $230m in record Series A funding, valuing it close to $2bn.

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UK venture capital in fintech nudges up 2pc in first quarter to £497m

Britain remains top fintech market for VCs in Europe, ahead of Germany

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Total EIS funds down by one third in 2018

But money for tech-driven start-ups increases as government corrals investors towards growth businesses

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Beringea raises £64 million for venture capital trusts

Transatlantic venture capital firm, Beringea, has raised a record amount in funding for ProVen venture capital trusts.

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What is Foresight Group? – a Growth Business guide

Foresight Group, the London-headquartered private equity and infrastructure investment house, has a portfolio of over 70 investees in its venture capital and private equity division in British SMEs with an AUM of over £470 million. Partner James Livingston tells Growth Business what he is looking for in a potential investment

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Venture capital biotech funding increases 35% year on year

Venture capital channels over £2m a day into biotech, accounting for two thirds of all biotech funding

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What is Foresight Group? – a Growth Business guide

Foresight Group, the London-headquartered private equity and infrastructure investment house, has a portfolio of over 70 investees in its venture capital and private equity division in British SMEs with an AUM of over £470 million. Partner James Livingston tells Growth Business what he is looking for in a potential investment

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Venture capital biotech funding increases 35% year on year

Venture capital channels over £2m a day into biotech, accounting for two thirds of all biotech funding

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VGC Partners closes fund at over £50m to invest in consumer, media tech

Fund will invest between £2-5m apiece in consumer, media and tech companies

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Omers launches £258m London-based VC fund for tech startups

Canadian pension fund with £55bn in assets previously invested in Shopify and Hopper

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If you want to raise money, call yourself an AI company

Median funding round for an AI start-up is about 15% higher than for other software companies - research

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Blossom raises £65m Series A fund for European tech startups

Fund launched by ex-Facebook, Deliveroo and Index Ventures execs aims to invest $5-10 million apiece in 4-5 deals per year.