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Venture capital funding

Articles, guides and news on venture capital funding, and its role in supporting innovation, entrepreneurship, and economic growth in the UK.

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UK gets top spot in Europe for venture capital funding

Globally, the UK is behind only the US and China for levels of start-up VC funding so far this year

Venture Capital Funding

24 venture capital firms you need to know about – Growth Business guide

Here are 24 venture capital funds you need to know about to fund your start-up, in every sector from AI through to deep tech

Venture Capital Funding

Venture capital funding way down on last year

Amounts raised by VCs in H1 2023 fall by nearly two thirds compared with same period in 2022

Venture Capital Funding

Target Global to deploy €130m into tech companies  

The global VC will back tech companies in fintech, edtech, healthtech and business software, both at seed and venture stage

News

Sustainable start-ups earn a 15% premium

Start-ups with a poor sustainability track record could see their valuation reduce by up to 4%

News

Steven Bartlett hunts unicorns with $100m Flight Story Fund

The fund will back entrepreneurs focusing on blockchain, biotech, health and wellbeing, commerce, technology and space.

Venture Capital Funding

Labour wants to link institutional investors with venture capital firms

Lord Jim O’Neill leads Labour start-up review, which would tether pension funds to venture capital firms to encourage start-up investment

Venture Capital Funding

Number of new venture capital firms drops by two thirds in 2021

Volume of new VCs being founded in Britain drops by two thirds in 2021, reflecting a wider European slowdown in new venture capital firms opening their doors

News

Deals of the Week, October 30 to Nov 6 – Growth Business roundup

Growth Business roundup of Deals of the Week, October 30 to Nov 6, listing seed funding, venture capital and crowdfunding deal of note

Funding

Deals of the Week, August 14 to 21 – Growth Business roundup

Growth Business roundup of the Deals of the Week, August 14 to 21, listing every seed funding, venture capital and crowdfunding deal of note

Venture Capital Funding

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

Opinion

Why venture capital investment is like rock climbing

Venture capital investor and rock climber Simon Goldman explains the parallels between investing in start-ups and navigating a rock face, clinging to the side of a mountain