Augmentum Fintech pulls back on fresh investment as ‘price correction’ looms July 4, 2022 Fintech venture vehicle Augmentum reported a “strong performance” in its portfolio last year but said it had pulled back on fresh investments in the past six months amid a rout in global tech firms.
Stripe and LinkedIn founders back $158m entrepreneur fund June 29, 2022 The founders of LinkedIn and payments giant Stripe are among a group of heavyweight tech entrepreneurs to back a $158m funding round for scale-up investor Entrepreneur First, the firm revealed today.
Wise co-founder Taavet Hinrikus launches €250m venture platform Plural June 28, 2022 The co-founder of London listed fintech giant Wise has launched a new €250m venture platform today alongside a host of tech entrepreneurs, as they look to spur growth among early stage tech firms across Europe.
Withdrawing investor tax breaks could choke off start-up investment, VC bodies warn MPs June 27, 2022 Venture capital bodies have today warned MPs that the withdrawal of tax incentives for investors could choke off the flow of capital into UK start-ups and restrict the growth of the country's tech sector.
Payments firm SumUp hits €8bn valuation after fresh funding round June 23, 2022 London payments firm SumUp revealed it had bagged a $590m funding injection today as it looks to fuel a growth push and rollout new products this year.
Lakestar: Pension funds are key to plugging UK’s £1.5 trillion funding gap June 6, 2022 New research has revealed that the UK needs to invest £1.5 trillion into high growth companies in the next twenty years to plug the financing gap and triple the UK’s GDP.
Venture capitalist Julie Meyer fails to overturn six-month suspended sentence May 28, 2022 Venture capitalist Julie Meyer has failed in her bid to overturn the six-month suspended sentence handed down to her in February, following her long-standing refusal to pay almost £200,000 in legal fees to London law firm Farrer & Co. At a hearing on Thursday, a Court of Appeals judge rejected the businesswoman’s appeal, as he [...]
Exclusive: Tech exits surge as unicorns are ‘out’ and recurring revenue is the new valuation for venture capital May 19, 2022 European technology exit values and counts have skyrocketed in the past year, reaching $133.4 billion in value, a 400 per cent year-over-year increase, across 1,247 exits. In 2021, there were approximately 186 public listings, including names such as UiPath, Wise, GitLab, OVH, and SUSE. In addition, M&As reached an all-time high with 687 European companies being acquired. The deep pool of [...]
Passion Capital fires founder following sexual assault charge April 2, 2022 Venture capital Passion Capital has fired its founder tech tycoon Stefan Glaenzer following a sexual assault charge. Funded by the British Business Bank, Passion Capital – which is Monzo’s majority shareholder – severed all ties with the 60-year-old adding it was seeking to stop him from making future profits, the Telegraph reported. “We are in [...]
City exclusive: London court issues arrest warrant for high-profile venture capitalist Julie Meyer February 23, 2022 The High Court has issued an arrest warrant for Julie Meyer, the founder and CEO of Swiss investment fund Viva Investment Partners (VIP), after she failed to attend a court hearing last week. The decision to issue a warrant for Meyer’s arrest comes after the High Court this month handed the high-profile businesswoman a [...]