Index Ventures announces the close of two new funds with a total of $2 billion in funds. Of this $1.2 billion is for investment in later stage growth rounds and $800 million in emerging startups. As we navigate these choppy waters, we are witnessing the emergence of a new generation of exceptional leaders who, [...]
Balderton Capital, one of the top early stage VC firms in Europe has closed a new $400m fund to back European tech startups at the Series A round. This is their seventh early stage European fund bringing total funds under management to over $3bn. We believe Europe has the potential to build the next [...]
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
Angular Ventures has closed it first fund with a focused on early stage enterprise technology companies with deep technology foundations. Based in London but investing in Europe and Israel in companies that have global ambition, outstanding founding teams and domain expertise. The team is based around Gil Dibner but has the support of a [...]
Atomico has published the third "State of European Tech" report supported by by both Silicon Valley Bank and Orrick at the Slush event held between 4 and 5 December 2017 in Helsinki. The full report can be found here but given it is a very comprehensive 143 pages long and a weighty 42Mb file I have pulled out some of [...]
The UK government is a major player in the UK early and growth stage marketplace with multiple programmes to fund and support innovation and the knowledge economy. Just to pick three; SESI/EIS tax relief assisted over 5 thousand companies to raise more than £2bn in 2015-16, the Enterprise Capital Funds programme has committed over [...]
Atomico publishes the second edition of it's "State of European Tech" report with the tag line: the future is being invested in Europe. We set out to establish a clear picture of how Europe's ecosystem has evolved in 2016, and where we need to do more to better [...]
Accel has raised $500 million for Accel London V, a fund focused on Series A and B investments in Europe and Israel. This fund follow the $475 million London IV fund raised three years ago. Prior investments include Deliveroo, Funding Circle, BlaBlacar and ForgeRock with the fund investing in a wide range of sectors from marketplaces to fintech startups and [...]
