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VC investment in 2011 suffers

Venture capitalists invested £1.2 billion through 274 deals in the UK during 2011, marking a 36 per cent decline in value and a 17 per cent drop in deal volume, research finds.

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Ingenious backs new UK jazz festival

The UK's first outdoor camping jazz festival has received a £2 million investment from The Ingenious Entertainment VCTs.

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MMC Ventures backs house exchange website

Investor MMC Ventures has led an £850,000 round in home-swapping website Love Home Swap.

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Huawei acquires CIP Technologies

Chinese telecommunications business Huawei has increased its investment in UK companies through the acquisition of CIP Technologies.

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BACTEST raises £900,000 in latest round

Cambridge-based technology business BACTEST has closed a £900,000 round of funding led by the Low Carbon Innovation Fund (LCIF).

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Lineup Systems secures investment

NVM Private Equity has invested nearly £3 million of development capital into advertising and media software business Lineup Systems.

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Entertainment One’s Darren Throop picks up Entrepreneur of the Year gong

Last night saw the best in show of the listed business arena acknowledged at the annual Quoted Company Awards.

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VCTs produce strong showing in 2011

Half of the top ten performing investment companies in 2011 were VCTs, despite the sector being down as a whole by 3 per cent compared to 2010.

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Entertainment One’s Darren Throop picks up Entrepreneur of the Year gong

Last night saw the best in show of the listed business arena acknowledged at the annual Quoted Company Awards.

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VCTs produce strong showing in 2011

Half of the top ten performing investment companies in 2011 were VCTs, despite the sector being down as a whole by 3 per cent compared to 2010.

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Middle managers feel the heat

UK middle managers are under increasingly excessive pressure as a restult of the economic downturn, research finds.

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Second round of fundraising for PHG

Marketing technology business Performance Horizon Group has secured a second round of fundraising, with growth capital coming from investors including Greycroft Partners and DN Capital.

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New funds deployed by Playtech

Playtech, a software company founded by technology entrepreneur Teddy Sagi, has acquired UK-based e-gaming business Geneity in a deal worth £1 million.

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Digital Barriers continues acquisition drive

AIM-listed Digital Barriers has made its first acquisition of the new year through the purchase of LMW Electronics.

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