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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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?

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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

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Angel CoFund plans private fund to boost £100m capacity

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

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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

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Angel CoFund plans private fund to boost £100m capacity

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

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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.

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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

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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

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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