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Venture Capital Funding

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

Oxford Capital to back 12 start-ups in 2023  

Oxford-based VC will back seed-stage companies with £500,000 to £1m in digital and deep tech space

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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Cambridge Innovation Capital closes £225m second fund

CIC’s first fund made more than 30 investments in potentially world-leading deeptech and life sciences companies

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

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Cambridge Innovation Capital closes £225m second fund

CIC’s first fund made more than 30 investments in potentially world-leading deeptech and life sciences companies

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Using data science to reshape the VC industry

As AI becomes more sophisticated, more VCs will be turning to data science, says Jonathan Serfaty of Telstra Ventures

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What is a venture capital term sheet?

Mountside Ventures has produced a report demystifying the world of term sheets for founders. What is a term sheet? What's the difference between types of shares? How long do VC deals take to close?

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Digital Horizon to back eight start-ups a year

London and Tel Aviv-based VC offers multistage investment all the way up to Series D through separate funds.

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Venture Capital Trusts driving early stage UK tech funding

Will Fraser-Allen, managing partner at Albion Capital, explains how venture capital trusts are driving growth in UK tech start-ups