BVCA proposes emergency funding for VC-backed companies in the UK
The new £500m funding facility would help venture capital-backed companies focused on digital, biotech and life sciences sectors
The new £500m funding facility would help venture capital-backed companies focused on digital, biotech and life sciences sectors
Other investors include ABN Amro Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, IQ Capital, Partech and Accel
Business assumptions are quickly changing as the coronavirus pandemic takes its toll
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Fort Ross Ventures, a California-based investment firm focused on startups in the U.S., Israel and Eastern Europe, said it has closed a $235m second fund, $35m above the original target. Deman...Article
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Local private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) fund managers say they expect deal activity in China to recover in the coming months as the number of new coronavirus infections in
Hellman & Friedman will acquire the company from New York-based venture capital firm Insight Partners
Point72 Hyperscale aims to back startups focused on artificial intelligence and buy operating companies
Venture capital in 2019 had the largest proportion of women
Posted by Ramana Nanda (Harvard Business School), Sampsa Samila (IESE Business School), and Olav Sorenson (Yale University), on Wednesday, February 26, 2020 Editor's Note: Ramana Nanda is the Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business Administration at Harvard
Bristol-based Graphcore’s chips are used to run artificial intelligence and machine learning programmes
Fresh cash injection gives the start-up a valuation of $5.5bn
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Venture capital fundraising is typically strongest in the final quarter, but in 2019, an unexpectedly sluggish Q4 dampened the annual total. According to a Preqin report, at the end of Q3
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The aggregate value of venture capital deals for US-based companies reached a new peak of $104bn in 2019. Despite this, the annual number of deals has decreased continually since 2014 (6,809)...Article
Brandless, which sold generic household products online, all for one price, shut down this week after investors grew frustrated with losses
Atomico was set up in 2006 by chief executive officer Niklas Zennström
The German economy could benefit from this surprise announcement, if it signals the end of the years of indecisiveness at the top
Opalesque Industry Update - ICR, a leading strategic communications and advisory firm, today announced the launch of ICR ESG Diagnostics, a comprehensive Environmental, Social Governance analysis to help private equity and venture capital firms identify
Singapore’s DBS has become the latest foreign bank to receive approval for a majority-owned securities joint venture (JV) in China, as the country continues to open up its financial markets.
VC deal value hit a record-breaking high of €32.4bn in 2019, according to PitchBook
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Europe witnessed an increase in the number of low-value venture capital (VC) deals (investment US$20-50m witnessed both volume and value growth in Q4 2019 compared to Q4 2018. The region saw
