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Venture Capital Funding

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

Demand for Future Fund drains its £250m capacity within just one day

Start-ups apply for over £400m worth of funding from Future Fund on its first day, exhausting initial £250m capacity

Venture Capital Funding

Venture Capital Funding

Start-up founders give £250m Future Fund the thumbs-down

EU state aid rules prevent government’s £250m Future Fund being combined with existing tax reliefs such as Enterprise Investment Scheme

Venture Capital Funding

Jim O’Neill calls for £25bn post-coronavirus patient capital fund

Ex Treasury minister and Goldman Sachs chief economist says patient capital fund will help businesses get out of Covid-19 debt mountain

Venture Capital Funding

Government eyes taking equity stakes in tech start-ups

Treasury considering making convertible loans to start-ups with scheme to be managed by Business Growth Fund

Venture Capital Funding

Blossom Capital launches $5m angel investment programme

Today, Blossom Capital launches an angel investment program to connect 'industry-defining' entrepreneurs with well-known unicorn founders.

Venture Capital Funding

Venture capitalist calls for £1bn start-up bailout fund

France has launched a £3.5bn bailout fund for tech start-ups, argues VC Public, so why isn’t Britain doing the same?

Venture Capital Funding

IQ Capital growth fund invests in first two companies

Thought Machine and Consirus are first two fast-growth tech businesses to access IQ Capital £100m growth fund

Venture Capital Funding

Angel CoFund plans private fund to boost £100m capacity

Angel CoFund eyes private fund to co-invest Series A money alongside angel investors

Venture Capital Funding

IQ Capital growth fund invests in first two companies

Thought Machine and Consirus are first two fast-growth tech businesses to access IQ Capital £100m growth fund

Venture Capital Funding

Angel CoFund plans private fund to boost £100m capacity

Angel CoFund eyes private fund to co-invest Series A money alongside angel investors

Venture Capital Funding

Why venture capital needs to stop hunting unicorns

Unicorn hunting promises a high bounty, but real returns come from investing at an earlier stage, argues Daniel Pitchford.

Venture Capital Funding

Three companies raise £50m between them through MMC Scale-Up Fund

MMC Scale-Up Fund has raised £100m from institutions to fund growth for scaling companies, offering EIS investors an exit route

Technology

Parkwalk raising £200m scale-up fund for university tech spinouts

UK’s largest EIS fund says UK is woefully underfunded when it comes to backing Britain’s bleeding edge tech scale-ups

Venture Capital Funding

VC funding for UK tech start-ups breaks new record

Over £10bn of VC funding for UK tech start-ups last year, a 44% year on year increase

Partner content

Why upgrading your tech regularly will help your business grow

To run an optimal business, you must have optimal tech. We explain why you must upgrade your business technology on a regular basis

Accounting and Finance Software

Desktop vs cloud accounting: What to consider 

What are the key differences between desktop and cloud accounting software, and what should you consider when it comes to choosing a solution for your business

Accounting and Finance Software

Accounting and financial management software: What you need to know 

Fast-growth businesses need a solution that can cope with the demands of an ever-increasing volume of data, transactions, and tasks.

Opinion

Boosting confidence in outsourcing your customer service function to call centres in Africa

CCI Kenya discusses why outsourcing key of your business processes to call centres in Africa may be beneficial