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Early Stage Funding

Articles, guides and news on early stage funding for UK growth companies and start-ups.

News

Concentric launches Europe’s first bitcoin focused fund

The £18m pre-seed and seed fund is the first dedicated bitcoin venture fund outside the US

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Amount raised by start-ups drops 57% year-on-year

Start-up and scale-up fundraising totalled £2.76bn in Q3 – the lowest quarterly figure since the same period in 2020

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TSP Ventures to back 10 climate tech start-ups in 2023

London-based VC is looking to invest between £250,000 and £1m into 5-10 investments in 2023

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Deals of the Week Oct 24 to Oct 28 – a Growth Business round-up

Deals this week include VR-based training for employees, breast screening for a billion more women and a blood test to better manage TB

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Triple Point Ventures to deploy £15m into B2B tech start-ups in 2023

Around ten new investments and five follow-on investments will be made into B2B tech start-ups next year from the London-based VC.

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Deals of the Week Oct 17 to Oct 21 – a Growth Business round-up

Deals this week include an environmentally friendly rocket, animal fat created in bioreactors and a start-up looking to fuel planes with agricultural waste

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Lightrock launches £742m climate fund

The fund will make investments of between £8.6m and £34.5m in growth-stage businesses driving net zero.

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Deals of the Week Oct 10 to Oct 14 – a Growth Business round-up

Deals this week include a fintech that helps under-18s with financial skills, a website builder for side-hustlers and a psychedelic start-up helping cancer patients

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US venture capital market resilience gives hope to UK

The first nine months of 2022 has seen a record-breaking $151bn pumped into venture capital funds in the US

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Calculus launches EIS fund for impact start-ups

Calculus Knowledge Intensive EIS Fund focuses on technology and healthcare start-ups with a ‘societal purpose’.

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Deals of the Week October 3 to October 7 – a Growth Business round-up

Deals this week include a platform that can spot fake advertising clicks, an ethical eyewear company and a platform which gives small creative agencies a leg-up

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Ada Ventures launches £36m fund for early-stage founders

For its second fund, Ada Ventures will focus on climate, healthcare and economic empowerment

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