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Tech start-ups

Articles and news on UK tech startups and their role in driving innovation, transforming the way we live, work, and interact in the digital age.

Venture Capital Funding

Venture capital ploughs $15bn into UK tech companies in 2020

Two-thirds of VC investment in British technology last year came from overseas investors, rising to 84% in later funding rounds

Funding

ARIE Capital raising £10m EIS fund with eye on Chinese market

New fund from veteran financier offers path for tech companies to enter the vast Chinese market with its 1.4bn potential customers

News

33 fastest-growing tech start-ups in Britain in 2021 – are you one of them?

Tech Nation picks the 33 fastest-growing tech start-ups in Britain during 2021. Healthcare companies account for 1 in 5 of this year’s cohort

News

Call for digital adoption fund to boost small business productivity

Tech start-ups call for a Singapore-style fund to help small businesses cover the cost of upgrading digital solutions, boosting the UK’s woeful productivity

News

Supernode Global rebrands with £28m fund for mediatech start-ups

Rebranded VC plans to make eight early stage seed investments per year in early stage media technology companies

News

Over 1,000 tech start-ups have gone bust since lockdown

Sharp acceleration in number of high-growth businesses filing for bankruptcy as short-term effects of government Covid-19 support wear off.

Venture Capital Funding

Founders need to think bigger, says VC Draper Esprit

Founders approaching venture capital need to think of the largest possible market for their solution, says Draper Esprit managing partner

Funding

7 things to do if you want to raise money for your tech business

With venture capital sitting on its hands and angel investors taking flight, how do you raise money for your technology start-up?

News

Rainmaking Venture Studio raising £65m for corporate start-ups

UK fundraise is part of bigger plan to raise £150m for corporate venturing worldwide

Technology

FoundersLane to create €1bn worth of start-ups by end-2022

Corporate venture builder creates health and climate start-ups for billion-euro corporates, with three launched so far

Venture Capital Funding

Untitled Ventures raising £46m for AI-driven start-ups in Eastern Europe

London-based VC raising second fund says it is backed by institutional investors in Eastern Europe

Opinion

What the Government needs to do to save British start-ups

Government must acknowledge the failures of the Future Fund and pursue longer-term solutions, argues Michael Buckworth.