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Spark Impact announces appointments to investment team

Early stage venture capital company Spark Impact has hired Marc D'Abbadie and Andy Round to its investment team.

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Greylock closes £97.6 million fund

Venture capital firm Greylock Partners has closed a $160 million fund (£97.6 million) that will invest in enterprise and consumer technology companies in Israel and Europe.

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Shackleton exits OSM after Help/Systems acquisition

Venture capital firm Shackleton Secondaries has exited Open Systems Management (OSM) after global systems management provider Help/Systems acquired the British software company.

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Funds ‘too conservative’ in valuations

Private equity firms are more 'conservative' than 'optimistic' in valuations, with about 75 per cent underestimating final rates of return in the first year of investment, research reveals.

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Investors exit Nanotech after acquisition

Venture capital firm Pond has made a fourth exit of a portfolio company in six months after Gennum Corporation's acquisition of Nanotech Semiconductor for $34 million (£20.8 million).

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DFJ Esprit earns some TLC with fourth exit

Venture capital firm DFJ Esprit is in bullish mood after selling The Listening Company (TLC), a communications outsourcer, to UK conglomerate Serco for £55.9 million.

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Three year-end exits for Pond

Pond Venture Partners has announced the venture capital firm exited three portfolio companies in the final quarter of last year.

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Dawn Capital backs Optimalprint

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Moulton backs Founders Club

The Founders Club, a venture capital 'equity exchange' fund, has won backing from investors including outspoken private equity boss Jon Moulton.

Venture Capital Funding

Leisure seekers

We look to invest in businesses which are resilient to economic shocks, and our companies in the leisure sector have generally proved to be just that, writes Henry Stanford of Albion Ventures.

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UK lacks venture capital industry, says James Caan 

Dragons’ Den investor James Caan claims a scarcity of venture capital backing is stunting the growth of ambitious British businesses.

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Jaeggi to chair The Founders Club

A network of VC-backed entrepreneurs who agree to share profits from their exits has appointed private equity chief André Jaeggi as group chairman.

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