Tag

Venture Capital

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

News

Deals of the Week Nov 28 to Dec 2 – a Growth Business round-up

Deals this week include electronic coating to stop liquids getting into mobile phones and gaming technology that can help with early Alzheimer’s diagnosis

News

Nesta launches £50m fund for social impact start-ups

Nesta Impact Investments will invest up to £1m in 5-10 start-ups promoting social and environmental good each year

News

Form Ventures to back 10 start-ups in heavily regulated markets in 2023

London-based VC to invest £200,000 to £1m into eight to 10 companies next year.

News

True looking to deploy £10m into retail start-ups in 2023

London-based investment firm willing to invest up to £5m into 10 to 12 consumer-based start-ups in 2023.

News

Concentric launches Europe’s first bitcoin focused fund

The £18m pre-seed and seed fund is the first dedicated bitcoin venture fund outside the US

News

Amount raised by start-ups drops 57% year-on-year

Start-up and scale-up fundraising totalled £2.76bn in Q3 – the lowest quarterly figure since the same period in 2020

News

TSP Ventures to back 10 climate tech start-ups in 2023

London-based VC is looking to invest between £250,000 and £1m into 5-10 investments in 2023

News

Triple Point Ventures to deploy £15m into B2B tech start-ups in 2023

Around ten new investments and five follow-on investments will be made into B2B tech start-ups next year from the London-based VC.

News

Career moves – a Growth Business round-up

This quarter saw moves to Manchester-based VC Praetura Ventures, Northern Gritstone and fintech Nucleus

Funding

Hambro Perks to invest £200m on environmental impact scale-ups

London-based VC to invest £10m-£20m in 12 to 15 scale-ups tackling environmental problems

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

First quarter investment in UK scale-ups hits £6.9bn

There were 745 deals completed in the first three months of 2022 but number of exits stall