The European venture capital industry scored a remarkable victory in 2020 by setting new annual records for deal value and fundraising despite the volatility caused by the coronavirus crisis, new research shows.
Venture capital investors including IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft and Earlybird Venture Capital have sold their stakes in electric vehicle charging company Ubitricity to oil and gas company Shell.
A string of venture capital firms have helped HR software platform Personio hit a $1.7bn valuation by backing the company's latest funding round.
Oncue, the leading software and booking service for the moving industry, has completed a $10 million Series A round of funding. U.S. venture capital firm Rethink Impact led the round, with additional...(PRWeb January 26, 2021)Read
Synergo Capital has held a €30m first close for its debut venture capital fund, Sinergia Venture Fund, which was launched with a €150m target.
Octopus Ventures has announced its intention to launch a £100m healthcare-focused fund.
Xplorer Capital and Futury Venture have led a $22m series-A funding round for Germany-based delivery drone developer Wingcopter.
Wintermute, an algorithmic liquidity provider for cryptocurrency assets, has closed its Series B round on $20m, as it looks launch its request to quote (RFQ) solution.
Sustainability-focused investment house Impax Asset Management has completed the sale of largest operational solar PV farm in the Netherlands.
Multiasset, multistage, global venture firms attracted more capital in 2020
Ian Connatty, managing director of British Patient Capital, talks about the state-owned agency’s journey to becoming the UK’s largest investor in venture growth funds and the increasing blurring of the lines between venture capital and
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Europe beat its previous annual high of $41.9 billion in VC investment (2019), attracting $49 billion in VC investment in 2020, said a study. According to the KPMG Private Enterprise Venture
The firm raised "well beyond" initial target of €183m
Interest in taking clean technology companies public surged after a decade when few such companies reached public markets
ICG has hired Bridge Valley Ventures' life sciences investment team, to be led by Allan Marchington.
Eight Roads Ventures has promoted Lucile Cornet to partner.
The asset manager is seeding its NB Crossroads Private Markets Access Fund with $208m, including $34m invested by employees
