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Venture Capital Funding

Why Europe’s tech millionaires put their money where their mouth is

Nearly 20 per cent of all money invested in European startups is coming from individual investors, making private wealth the main source of venture funding

Venture Capital Funding

Investors plough £9bn into British tech funding in 2019, up nearly 50%

UK pulls ahead of closest rivals Germany and France as investment magnet, despite Brexit uncertainty

PR and Marketing Strategy

Why venture capital funds need to develop a social conscience

When will VCs catch up with brands and prioritise purpose? When consumers demand it, argues Kelli Lane Macdonald

Venture Capital Funding

UK venture capital produces similar returns to that of US

Contrary to misperceptions, UK venture capital funds produce similar returns to those out of the US since 2002

Venture Capital Funding

Hiro Capital VC to invest €100m in European gaming startups

New VC fund will target UK and European games studios and deep tech for sports technology, esports and wearables for professional athletes

Venture Capital Funding

UK fintechs raise on average £20m each in 2019, up one-third since 2017

UK fintechs expected to raise total of £2.6bn in their next funding round, with Series A funding accounting for over a quarter

Venture Capital Funding

British Business Bank puts €100m into European VC fund of funds

British Business Bank supports €300m fundraise by US financier Top Tier to create European fund-of-funds for tech and healthcare

Venture Capital Funding

Europe raises record-breaking €10.6bn of venture capital in first half 2019

Total amount of venture capital for European companies up 61pc in H1 2019 but deal volume drops by 7pc as investors back later-stage companies,

Funding

Venture capital doesn’t work, says chief executive of BGF

Stephen Welton, who runs the UK’s busiest investment vehicle, Business Growth Fund, says VC funding is too hit-and-miss

Growth Planning

Stephen Welton, BGF Q&A: ‘We want to help you make a quantum leap’

BGF was set up after the financial crisis to help fast-growing companies accelerate even faster. It has become the most active investor in Britain, ploughing £2bn into scale-ups

Venture Capital Funding

UK companies set for record year of venture capital investment

VC funding for UK technology companies hits $4.9bn in H1, twice the amount of capital secured by this time last year

Venture Capital Funding

IQ Capital raises $300m for investment in ‘deep tech’ growth business

Cambridge-based IQ Capital raises $125m for scale-ups and third $175m fund for start-ups working in the artificial intelligence, biotech and internet of things 'deep tech'

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