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Venture Capital

Articles, news and analysis on UK and European venture capital financing and its role in heling startups and early-stage companies.

Venture Capital Funding

Venture capital placing bigger bets on fewer scale-ups

Total amount of VC money invested in Britain rises by 37pc to £4.4bn over the first six months, according to KPMG

Venture Capital Funding

Playfair Capital Chris Smith Q&A – ‘This stage of investment is an art’

Seed investment fund Playfair Capital explains what it looks for in start-ups, its new focus on Deep Tech, and what to avoid when pitching to a VC

Venture Capital Funding

Crane VC fund for data-driven European startups raises $90m

New London-based fund aimed at startups harnessing data to provides solutions for business

Venture Capital Funding

Salesforce launches second £99m VC fund focusing on UK startups

Europe Trailblazer Fund wants to back cloud-based businesses offering solutions to enterprise-size companies.

Venture Capital Funding

Venture capitalist Accel closes £440m fund focusing on UK startups

Veteran VC says UK continues to be attractive because of the depth of its talent pool in software and artificial intelligence

Venture Capital Funding

European companies raise £4.4bn of venture capital in first three months

Strongest-ever first quarter sees €5.1bn in VC funding ploughed into 339 deals - a 76pc rise year on year

Venture Capital Funding

Investment in UK growth-stage tech companies stagnated in 2018

Just under €3.4bn went into growth founds for UK tech startups in 2108, down 3pc year on year, while investment in France and Germany remained strong

Venture Capital Funding

UK venture capital in fintech nudges up 2pc in first quarter to £497m

Britain remains top fintech market for VCs in Europe, ahead of Germany

Venture Capital Funding

What is Foresight Group? – a Growth Business guide

Foresight Group, the London-headquartered private equity and infrastructure investment house, has a portfolio of over 70 investees in its venture capital and private equity division in British SMEs with an AUM of over £470 million. Partner James Livingston tells Growth Business what he is looking for in a potential investment

Venture Capital Funding

Venture capital biotech funding increases 35% year on year

Venture capital channels over £2m a day into biotech, accounting for two thirds of all biotech funding

Venture Capital Funding

Omers launches £258m London-based VC fund for tech startups

Canadian pension fund with £55bn in assets previously invested in Shopify and Hopper

Alternative Finance for Business

ThinCats launches £100m drive to back private equity-backed SMEs

Fintech lender has nearly £1bn of capital to small businesses, having lent £400m so far