Tech Nation has released it’s 2020 report — the most comprehensive guide to the UK’s digital tech ecosystem to date. Using a rich mix of official, open and web data, the Tech Nation Report 2020 dives deep inside the themes that are essential to the success of the UK’s tech entrepreneurs. For the full [...]
Crunchbase News has released its report on European Venture Report for 2019 which shows that over $122 billion has been invested in European startups in 48 countries, in the last five years. In 2019 $36.05 billion was invested in 4275 companies, up from $17.2 billion invested in 2016. However the number of deals has [...]
A review of the european seed funding landscape in 2018 by Venture Beat published in August 2018.
Dealroom has released a new report on capital flows within Europe which provides some interesting perspective on capital flows in the venture market, particularity as we approach Brexit in 2019. The 10 page report can be found on here
Tech Nation has released it's 2018 report — the most comprehensive guide to the UK’s digital tech ecosystem to date. Using a rich mix of official, open and web data, the Tech Nation Report 2018 dives deep inside the themes that are essential to the success of the UK’s tech entrepreneurs. For the full [...]
PayPal (PYPL) to acquire Swedish based payments company iZettle for $2.2 billion to expand its geographical footprint and to enter the market for on-premise payment solutions. Seen as the European equivalent of the US based company Square, this acquisition creates many new industry dynamics within the payments industry. The company's devices and platform are being [...]
Today Spotify (SPOT) delivers a direct listing on the NYSE by closing trading at $150 per share, above its reference price of $132. A direct listing is highly unusual process that does not involve the normal process of using one or more brokers to run and underwrite the IPO. The shares offered of sale [...]
Given London's position as the global financial centre and a core technology hub it is not unsurprising that Fintech has become a core area for innovation. The interest in the sector has created a specific ecosystem based in London supporting the sector with industry bodies, incubators and venture funds dedicated to the sector. This [...]
Looking across the many organisations providing data on the venture market place a few trends are very clear and should be factored into any company fund raising activity: total venture investments are up strongly for both deal count and amount invested for all main regions. Current EU venture investment rate is double that in 2012 [...]
Much as already been written about the steep rise in Bitcoin’s value, particularly over the last few months and as it approaches $10,000 per BTC. This article aims to look at some of the broader issues behind the headlines. To any one who has been through a few bubbles the most striking feature of the [...]
