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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

Future Fund – government tech start-up bailout scheme how it works

The Treasury has announced the £500m Future Fund tech start-up bailout scheme, which could see the government owning half of some of Britain's fastest-growing companies

Funding

Future Fund opens to British start-ups headquartered overseas

Future Fund extends to allow UK tech start-ups that have joined US accelerator programmes to apply for emergency coronavirus bailout funding

Venture Capital Funding

How to get £150,000 invested in your London tech start-up

Triple Point launches Kickstart Fund to back London-based tech start-ups with seed equity and mentor advice

Venture Capital Funding

British tech start-ups have raised over £4bn so far this year

Government report warns that many investment deals were only agreed on paper before UK economy went into lockdown mid-March, and that tech start-ups face upward investment battle from now on

Venture Capital Funding

Future Fund approves just approves 10% of loan applications

Government’s tech start-up bailout fund has lent £56m so far to 53 companies, despite receiving 533 funding applications

Venture Capital Funding

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

Funding

Investment in start-ups increases by one third to £663m since lockdown

Investors double down on existing tech investments but start-ups in other sectors struggle to find the investment they need

Growth Planning

Revenue or user growth: what should come first for tech start-ups

Revenue or user growth: seasoned investor, TMT Investments' Alexander Selegenev, examines how successful early stage start-ups manage the balance.

Alternative Finance for Business

Food tech start-up fresh-range raises £300k in 24 hours

Bristol-based start-up, fresh-range has raised over £300,000 via crowdfunding to make ethical buying from local producers as convenient as from mass retailers.

News

Tech start-ups in the regions beat out London for investment for the first time

For the first time in 2016, companies based in the regions received more VC and private equity investment than companies based in London and the South East, but Brexit fears still linger.

Mergers & Acquisitions

What tech start-ups need to know about M&A

As part of the GrowthBusiness M&A Guide, Seal Software's Christina Wojcik outlines the four key things tech start-ups need to know about M&A deals.

Technology

Tech Innovators 2016: BrickVest

Emmanuel Lumineau set up BrickVest as a way to democratise real estate investment. This is his story.