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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.

Private equity

Rishi Sunak expects £500bn Long-Term-Asset Fund to launch this year

Half-trillion pound Long-Term Asset Fund will help pension funds invest in venture capital funds and back start-ups

Venture Capital Funding

Harry Stebbings raises £100m to invest in technology companies

Podcaster cum venture capitalist Harry Stebbings raises a further $140m from backers including RIT Capital Partners and MIT's endowment fund

Private equity

Equity investment in small business hits record £9bn in 2020

Half of the money raised last year went to SMEs in the tech sector, highlighting split between tech businesses and the rest of the small business economy

Venture Capital Funding

Draper Esprit raises £111m and plans move to Main Market

Venture capitalist wants to capitalise on 'golden age' for European technology investment

Venture Capital Funding

Why you should build your tech business without VC funding

Will Capper argues that tech businesses do not always need venture capital funding to scale. In fact, VC funds can actually harm your business

Venture Capital Funding

UK scale-ups account for one third of all VC investment in Europe

Venture capital investment in British hits record £5.1bn in first three months but investors shy away from backing start-ups

Venture Capital Funding

Redrice Ventures closes £50m fund for digital-first premium brands

Britain’s luxury brand sector is worth £48bn to the UK economy, yet venture capital investors have shied away from investing

Venture Capital Funding

Seedcamp makes first 17 investments through £78m Fund V

Seedcamp has becomes one of the busiest and most successful early-stage investors in Europe with a portfolio of 400 start-ups including four of the continent’s fastest-growing companies

Venture Capital Funding

Bethnal Green Ventures £10m tech-for-good fund makes second exit

Socially conscious VC fund has £5m of dry powder left to invest in start-ups using tech to change our world for the better

Venture Capital Funding

Venture capital ploughs $15bn into UK tech companies in 2020

Two-thirds of VC investment in British technology last year came from overseas investors, rising to 84% in later funding rounds

Funding

Deals of the week February 22 to February 26 – GrowthBusiness roundup

Growth Business roundup of Deals of the Week, February 22 to 26, listing seed funding, venture capital and crowdfunding deals of note

Funding

Deals of the week January 25 to January 29 – GrowthBusiness roundup

Growth Business roundup of Deals of the Week, January 25 to 29 listing seed funding, venture capital and crowdfunding deals of note