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

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Funding rounds: A Growth Business guide

From pre-seed stage to Series C and beyond, here’s what the fundraising jargon means and what to expect for each round

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Venture capital needs more diversity, committee says   

Businesses with all-female founded teams received only two per cent of venture capital funding in 2021, with even less going to black and ethnic minority-led businesses

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How do you know it’s time to raise venture capital?

There’s a lot to consider when looking to raise venture capital. Chris Lascelles, investor at Triple Point Ventures, gives his low-down on how to get it right

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Investment into UK businesses beats pre-pandemic levels

Over £27.5bn of private equity and venture capital was invested into UK businesses in 2022 – 22 per cent more than 2019

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What is pre-seed funding?

Pre-seed funding means bootstrapping your business, either using your own cash or raising money through family and friends. However, some venture capitalists do offer pre-seed for the right kind of business

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Sapphire Ventures to invest $1bn into AI start-ups

Sapphire Ventures will use capital from existing funds to invest directly into AI start-ups – including generative AI companies

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RTP Global launches $1bn fund

The fund is the firm’s largest to date and will focus on disruptive technology start-ups at seed and Series A stage.

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Growth Business publishes UK VC directory

The list reveals the ticket size and sector focus of over 200 UK venture capital firms

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Most active venture capital firms revealed

There were 2,722 equity rounds in 2022 – down 7 per cent on 2021 but higher than years prior.

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One in five VC-backed companies go bust

New study finds 45 per cent of European VC portfolio companies underachieve, one in five go bust and one in 10 produce tenfold returns

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Call for pension “super funds” to help UK science and tech start-ups

New pension super funds could limit the flow of UK tech and life sciences start-ups choosing to go overseas for listing and investment

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Foresight WAE Technology to invest £20m in engineering start-ups in 2023

London-based VC backing up to 15 hardware engineering start-ups with £500,000 to £3m investments

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