In this busy world it can be tough to find that someone special, especially if you’re a business angel sitting on a pile of cash itching to invest in some promising entrepreneur if only you can find one. Angels Den, a company that specialises in putting investors together with start-ups, has come up with a […]
UK venture capital firm Eden Ventures has teamed up with enterprise software company salesforce.com to find the next generation of online software. Early-stage companies will compete for prize of up to £1m, in the form of an investment from Eden, which launched the Force.com Investment Challenge in May. Winners will be announced in November at […]
UK venture secondaries firm Shackleton Ventures has closed its second fund on £25m and made its first acquisition with the purchase of a 13-strong investment portfolio from 3i for an undisclosed amount. Shackleton Secondaries II (SSIILP) received the majority of its backing from an unnamed European fund-of-funds investor with over €1.5bn under management. The new […]
More money is the key to making good returns on investments in the biotech sector says a survey by HBM Partners, the Swiss venture capital house. It looked at all trade sales of venture-backed biotechnology and specialty pharma companies from 2005 to 2007 and found that investments that generated returns of 3x or more, known […]
UK venture firm MTI has reached a first close on University of Manchester spin-out vehicle UMIP Premier Fund, raising £32m of a final target of £50m. The fund will have first approval of any investment opportunities generated by the university’s technology research, which has already produced companies like Renovo, a wound treatment business, which floated […]
DN Capital, the UK-based software and digital multimedia venture capital firm, has reached a first closing on its second fund, Global Venture Capital II (GVC II). The London-headquartered VC has raised just under half of its €100m target, and expects to reach final close by the end of the year. The fund will invest two-thirds […]
Entrepreneurs in the UK are not concerned about protecting intellectual property (IP) according to a survey carried out by VentureNavigator, the online service for small businesses, start-ups and entrepreneurs.
Isango!, an online travel agency, has closed its first institutional round on US$8m.The round was led by London-based VC SPARK Ventures which committed half of the total round amount, with Beringea adding US$2.5m and the remaining US$1.5m coming from existing shareholders.
Small, private companies in the UK could find the year ahead a challenging one according to Modwenna Rees-Mogg, managing director of Venture Index.
Dutch investment firm Waterland Private Equity has ended its investment in German amusement arcade operator Löwen Play by selling its majority stake to fellow buyouts house AXA Private Equity for an undisclosed sum.