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| Jun 1, 2026 | UK music tech faces scale-up crunch as growth funding collapses | Britain’s music tech sector is facing a scaling crisis, with funding for growth-stage firms collapsing by 90 per cent over the last five years despite the rapid rise of AI and growing investor interest in music licensing infrastructure.
A n... |
| Apr 22, 2026 | Fintechs Flock to FCA Sandboxes in Race for Regulatory Clarity | The FCA has set out progress on its new five‑year strategy, launched last year to overhaul its processes and embrace new technology, with the regulator aiming to position itself as a data‑driven, digitally enabled leader for British innovat... |
| Feb 26, 2026 | Software Startup Registrations Jumped 38% in 2025, Finds NatWest | New data from NatWest has revealed that business numbers hit an eight-year high in 2025, with a record 5.66 million active companies across the UK, and Scotland recording among the strongest growth.
According to NatWest and Beauhurst’s late... |
| Feb 3, 2026 | Scotland Leads UK in Patent‑Powered Energy Growth | The UK energy sector is suffering from a widening funding divide, with companies that secure IP outpacing non‑filers in the race for investment, a shift most visible in Scotland, where clean‑tech firms are pulling in a growing share of capi... |
| Feb 3, 2026 | Startup opportunities in 2026: Quantum, regional innovation and the green revolution | If 2025 was the year for setting global ambitions when it comes to technology and innovation, 2026 is the year we start realising our potential.
Over the next 12 months, we will see the maturation of AI as it is applied to more industries. ... |
| Nov 13, 2025 | UK Investment Crowdfunding Deals Tanked in 2024. Why Did this Happen? | Perennial crowdfunding poster Clive Reffell recently posed a pertinent question. In the UK, the number of securities crowdfunding deals tanked in 2024. Reffell asked why this happened. “Is it too hard for retail investors to work out a requ... |
| Oct 30, 2025 | Scotland Leads UK Regional Investment Outside of London | According to the analysis by Barclays Eagle Labs and Beauhurst the number of active UK companies has risen to 5.48 million – a 0.43%increase from the previous quarter.
An estimated 1.05 million of these companies are operating within the ke... |
| Oct 17, 2025 | Inside the UK’s innovation surge: record spinout funding, AI initiatives, and academic momentum | Amid record funding and growth, Britain is shaping itself as a top innovation powerhouse – and it’s doing so by reinvesting in an age-old advantage: its universities. This time, however, it’s not just academia leading the charge.
A three-pr... |
| Oct 15, 2025 | UK Spinouts Look to US as Scale-Up Funding Stalls | University spinouts are facing a funding bottleneck, with only a handful of emerging companies across critical sectors like AI, quantum, and biotech raising enough to scale, according to the latest figures from Beauhurst.
The analytics firm... |
| Oct 14, 2025 | 2025 Beauhurst report on university spinouts | We are delighted to launch our annual report, Equity Investment into University Spinouts 2025, in conjunction with Beauhurst.
Download the full report here
Tuesday 14 October 2025, London: A new report published today by Parkwalk, the UK’s ... |
| Oct 3, 2025 | Converge Secures £1.26m and Scottish Enterprise Partnership | Academic enterprise programme Converge has secured its largest-ever multi-year funding package of £1.26 million over the next three years from the Scottish Funding Council.
The investment will allow Converge to support more university entre... |
| Aug 26, 2025 | Scotland Ranks As Top Spin-out Region Outside ‘Golden Triangle’ | The number of UK corporations has grown from 5.45m in Q1 to 5.46m in Q2, benefitting from rising equity investments and a strong performance among university spinouts, according to the Barclays Regional Investment Map, which provides insigh... |
| Aug 20, 2025 | Scottish Startup Growth Surges 18% in H1 2025 | Scotland saw a sharp rise in startup activity over the first half of this year, recording one of the fastest growth rates across the UK, according to a new report from NatWest.
The bank’s latest New Startup Index, released alongside busines... |
| Aug 7, 2025 | Comment | My Fundraising Journey as a Middle-aged Female Founder | I founded the online brand protection business SnapDragon after my invention, the Totseat – a washable, squashable highchair for babies who lunch – had been counterfeited. I was furious and determined to stop it from happening to others. Bu... |
| Jul 21, 2025 | UK urged to set standards for startup accelerators | A report released today from the UK think tank for entrepreneurship policy, Entrepreneurs Network, urges the UK Government to establish clear programme standards and classifications for startup support schemes, such as accelerators and incu... |
| Jul 1, 2025 | UK Business Incorporations Up Despite Drop in Equity Investment | In a promising sign of business optimism, almost every region in the UK saw an increase in the number of new businesses launched in the first quarter of 2025, according to the Barclays Regional Investment Map.
The bank identified a total of... |
| Jul 1, 2025 | UK Gov Launches New Body to Fast-Track Defence Innovation | The UK Government’s new UK Defence Innovation (UKDI) organisation begins work today to streamline the delivery of new technologies to Armed Forces personnel.
UKDI will now be the focal point for innovation within the Ministry of Defence, ba... |
| Jun 28, 2025 | The UK’s Innovation Ecosystem: A Balancing Act Between Growth and Funding | The UK is at a crossroads. On one side, the British Business Bank (BBB) stands as a beacon of hope for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). On the other, the climate tech sector grapples with a funding crunch. Both narratives reveal a... |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Report: Booming UK Climate Techs Face a Funding Crunch | The UK’s top climate tech companies are now worth a combined £42 billion, having raised more than £19 billion from investors by the end of last year, according to new figures from the Startup Coalition.
After a close examination of the high... |
| May 23, 2025 | Scotland's Investment Landscape: A Tale of Growth and Gaps | Scotland's investment scene is buzzing. The latest reports reveal a surge in funding, but beneath the surface, challenges lurk. The numbers tell a story of both triumph and disparity. In the first quarter of 2025, investment in Scottish bus... |
| May 23, 2025 | Edinburgh Grabs Lion’s Share of State-backed Innovation Cash | Scotland’s state-backed investment bank helped channel more than £210 million into the country’s innovation economy last year, as private capital continues to flock to publicly-backed projects.
According to its 2025 Impact Report, the Scott... |
| May 22, 2025 | Investment in Scottish Businesses Surges 108% in Q1 2025 | Following the release of Beauhurst’s State of UK Investment report for Q1 2025, the data and intelligence firm has gone one better and taken a closer look at the standout figures from Scotland.
From surprising sector standouts to shifting i... |
| May 14, 2025 | Report: Female-Led Startups Shut Out of VC Deals | The UK’s startup ecosystem is suffering from a ‘deep and persistent’ gender funding gap, with women, and especially all-female teams, struggling to raise the same level of investments that male-led ventures typically enjoy.
UK-based policy ... |
| May 7, 2025 | British compute sector surged ahead in 2024, report shows | The UK’s deeptech ecosystem is positioning itself as Europe's infrastructural base for AI, with the compute sector emerging as a central pillar of national tech strategy. A new report by AlbionVC and data platform Beauhurst reveals that equ... |
| May 3, 2025 | Parkwalk named top investor in UK university spinouts – Spotlight on Spinouts 2025 | Parkwalk is delighted to have been named the top investor in UK university spinouts by both deal count and value, in a recent report by the Royal Academy of Engineering and Beauhurst, Spotlight on Spinouts 2025.
The report highlights the st... |
| Apr 9, 2025 | The Startup Surge: A New Era of Innovation and Investment | The startup landscape is a dynamic ecosystem, constantly evolving and adapting. In recent weeks, several companies have emerged as key players, drawing attention from investors and industry watchers alike. This article delves into the lates... |
| Apr 8, 2025 | +++ Enpal +++ MedKitDoc +++ The Exploration Company +++ FinTech +++ B2B +++ | Was gibt’s Neues? In unserem #StartupTicker liefern wir eine kompakte Übersicht über die wichtigsten Startup-Nachrichten des Tages (Dienstag, 8. April). #STARTUPLAND
SAVE THE DATE: Am 5. November findet unsere zweite STARTUPLAND statt. Es e... |
| Feb 19, 2025 | UK’s Female Founders Receive Just 2% of Equity Funding | Despite some progress, female-led businesses in the UK are still suffering from big funding gaps, limited networking opportunities, and continued bias, all of which is considerably stunting their chance to grow.
That’s according to the new ... |
| Jan 23, 2025 | 100 fastest-growing tech companies in Britain revealed – The Times | The Times’ 100 fastest-growing tech companies list, in partnership with Beauhurst, features four Parkwalk portfolio companies – Evolito Ltd, Mind Foundry, BibliU and Symetrica.
Nu Quantum and Xampla were also listed as female-led companies ... |
| Dec 30, 2024 | 2024 Beauhurst report on university spinouts | Parkwalk have launched the annual ‘Equity Investments into Spinouts’ 2024 report, in conjunction with Beauhurst. The report findings are also featured in The Times article “Investment in university spin-outs revives after a tough period”.
D... |
| Nov 25, 2024 | Why Are Women’s Health Startups Growing In Europe and North America? | Women’s health has been a priority issue for academia and the public sector for decades. However, the number of female entrepreneurs in the private sector has been relatively low. Only a handful of medical startups run by women have even se... |
| Oct 23, 2024 | University spinout numbers on the up after universities “drop” stakes | University spinout numbers are on the increase, prompted by universities lowering their stakes in startups, according to the co-founder of a deeptech startup spun out of a UK university.
Many in the startup ecoysysem argue that universities... |
| Apr 27, 2024 | Britain’s startups need young Europeans | The immigration system is designed to attract experienced workers with advanced skills, but UK startups need scrappy and ambitious young people too. A post-Brexit visa scheme for under 30s from the EU would be a boost for growth, says Bella... |
| Feb 13, 2024 | Northern Ireland fastest growing UK region for start-ups last year | Northern Ireland was the fastest-growing UK region for starts-ups last year, according to a new index from Ulster Bank and Beauhurst.
Approximately 14,000 companies were set up in the North in 2023, an increase of 59% year-on-year, with Bel... |
| Jan 29, 2024 | Opinion: Future Food Tech Funding Needs A Complete Overhaul | 12 Mins Read Funding future food innovations is crucial. As traditional VCs look elsewhere, it’s for the sector to welcome new and diverse sources of investment, from blended capital to redeemable equity.
By Sonalie Figueiras, founding edit... |
| Jan 3, 2024 | UK Deep Tech Faces Major Diversity Challenge, Royal Academy of Engineering Finds | A report published by the U.K.’s Royal Academy of Engineering has found that fewer than one in 10 of the country’s deep tech companies is founded by all-female teams, highlighting a stark gender disparity that could hinder growth in the sec... |
| Sep 21, 2023 | GrenTech on the Rise: Trends & SEIS Impact | The Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) has been a linchpin for early-stage investment in the UK, especially in sectors aspiring to make a transformative impact, like GreenTech. The UK’s swelling GreenTech scene, responsible for an imp... |
| Aug 3, 2023 | Spotlight | Some of Edinburgh’s Most Interesting Tech Startups in 2023 | Time and time again, Edinburgh is cited as a prime hub for startups. In fact, it often feels that a business quarter doesn’t go by without being reminded of the Scottish capital’s both growing and continued success on this front.
For instan... |
| Jun 16, 2023 | Что патентуют мировые лидеры edtech-индустрии | Edtеch, или образовательные технологии, сегодня считают одной из самых быстро растущих ниш. Эта сфера не очень богата на патенты, так как в образовательном процессе не так уж много решений, которые можно защитить с помощью этого инструмента... |
| May 12, 2023 | BGF explains: What is patient capital? | Patient capital has a longer time horizon than traditional private equity and venture capital. This long-term investment approach is being used by funds like BGF to better support entrepreneurs up and down the country. Read on to learn more... |
| Mar 8, 2023 | Women-led businesses are on the rise. Why aren’t investment values keeping pace? |
Women are setting up and scaling businesses like never before. In 2022, women in the UK established over 150,000 new companies – more than twice as many as in 2018, according to research in the Rose Review progress report 2023.
The trend... |
| Feb 21, 2023 | Patience As A Virtue - Report Finds Patient Capital Initiative Has Boosted UK Tech Growth | Catherine Lewis la Torre, CEO of British Patient CapitalBritish Patient Capital |
| Nov 30, 2022 | Nesta has a fresh £50m to back UK impact startups with patient capital | Nesta, an innovation foundation based in the UK, has launched a new £50m fund to back early-stage impact startups.
According to recent analysis by Beauhurst, Nesta has been the most active impact investor in the UK, making over 30 deals sin... |
| Aug 31, 2022 | Northern Gritstone continues hiring spree with investment manager recruit | Investment company Northern Gritstone has hired Alison Maughan as investment manager to oversee the firm’s investments in university spinouts and startups rich in intellectual property.
It’s the latest recruitment boost for the firm, which ... |
| Jul 21, 2022 | Investor insights: University spinouts – part one | We’ve been busy these last few months, and temporarily off the airwaves (for the younger reader, this is a reference to broadcast radio and TV: ask your parents or try Wikipedia for more information, if you can tear yourself from your lates... |
| May 15, 2022 | What Makes A U.K. Unicorn? Here’s A Clue, It Might Have Something To Do With An Ability Raise Money | Bruce MacFarlane of MMC Ventures says CEO dynamism is vital MMC Ventures |
| May 12, 2022 | Does Nigeria have too many fintech startups? What the numbers say | Share this article:
There are at least 150 fintech startups in Nigeria, depending on who you ask. Statista reports that there were 144 fintech startups as of 2021 and a 2020 McKinsey report puts the number of standalone fintech startups at ... |
| Feb 10, 2022 | Speedinvest promotes Deepali Nangia from venture partner to full partner | Vienna’s Speedinvest has announced the appointment Deepali Nangia to the position of full Partner as of today. London-based Nangia’s promotion comes from within as she’d previously served as venture partner with the pan-European early-stage... |
| Dec 20, 2021 | Getting Ready to Raise Money for Your Business in 2022 | Our third year of living with Covid-19 is about to start. Given the new omicron variant, we anxiously wait to see if it causes a spike in infection, which may cause a downward turn in economic growth. What does this mean for equity fundrais... |
| Oct 26, 2021 | Female-led businesses have closed the gender funding gap in GreenTech | 26 October 2021: Female-founded, equity-backed businesses have now closed the gender funding gap in GreenTech, according to a new report from the Female Founders Forum - a partnership by think tank The Entrepreneurs Network and Barclays.
Ha... |
| Oct 19, 2021 | A key to Unlocking Growth: Edinburgh comes top of the table for best cities to start a business outside of London | A new report from Barclays reveals that Edinburgh, Manchester and Leeds top the list of local authorities for the highest number of high-growth businesses outside of London
The 'Unlocking Growth' report identifies the key to generating grow... |
| Oct 19, 2021 | Report: Edinburgh Top City Outside London for High-growth Businesses | The new Unlocking Growth report from Barclays and Beauhurst has identified the key to generating growth by exploring the importance of public and private sector partnerships in creating strong local technology ecosystems in which businesses... |
| Oct 13, 2021 | UK Startups Attract Record £20bn in Tech Investor Funding | In 2021 alone, tech investors have backed UK startups with £20 billion in funding, meaning investment has almost doubled in the last three years.
The funding milestone was noted by Beauhurst – which tracks startup deals in the UK – with the... |
| Aug 19, 2021 | Trading places: entrepreneurs and international markets | As ways of doing business evolve, the UK's entrepreneurial creativity and innovation continue to be in international demand, according to a report by Barclays and Beauhurst. Katherine Morgan shares why high-growth British companies are look... |
| Jun 25, 2021 | 8 founders, leaders highlight fintech and deep tech as Bristol’s top sectors | The U.K. is gaining in popularity as a great place to start a tech firm. The country is quickly catching up to China on the tech investment front, with VC investments reaching a record of $15 billion in 2020, according to TechNation. A glob... |
| Mar 18, 2021 | Mercia named the UK’s third most active investor | Despite the unprecedented challenges of the current COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 was another successful year for Mercia Asset Management with the business named the country’s third most active investor. |
| Feb 8, 2021 | Hunting for unicorns could see us miss the easy targets | Every year, the health of Britain’s venture economy, and particularly tech, ecosystem is judged by the number of unicorns – companies that have secured billion-dollar valuations. |
| Jan 19, 2021 | London Remains Europe’s Dominant Startup Investment Magnet But It’s Not All Good News For U.K. Tech | VC investment continues to flow to Londongetty |
| Nov 3, 2020 | Seven Businesses Helping Britain ‘Build Back Greener’ | Katrina Borissova – Founder, Little DanubeLittle Danube |
| Oct 20, 2020 | Rise in Tech Startups Closing During Pandemic Despite Gov Support | Technology startups in Britain are struggling to stay afloat during Covid-19, according to new data conducted by Plexal and Beauhurst.
The research indicated that more than 1000 startups have filed for administration since the start of lock... |
| Oct 16, 2020 | U.K. Digital Startup Administrations Are Rising—What Can Be Done? | Andrew Roughan, Managing Director of PlexalSean Pollock Photographer |
| Oct 16, 2020 | London fintechs secure billions from US investors despite virus and Brexit uncertainty | London fintechs have secured $3.6bn in venture capital investment this year with more than half coming from US investors. |
| Aug 3, 2020 | Feature | How is the Fintech Sector Coping with the Covid-19 Fallout? | The coronavirus pandemic has caused a ripple effect throughout a host of global industries and the financial technology (fintech) sector, to some degree, is feeling the strain of a post-Covid slump.
Figures from fintech trade body Innovate ... |
| Jul 8, 2020 | Covid-19 diaries: Chancellor of the chequered | For the latest updates of government business support for tech companies and community resources, visit our Covid-19 Info Hub.
This blog contains the latest significant updates on the Covid-19 pandemic’s impact on UK and global tech and bu... |
| Mar 5, 2020 | Seedrs and Crowdcube named 2016’s top investors | Crowdfunding platforms dominated investor rankings in 2016 with equity-based crowdfunding platforms Seedrs and Crowdcube named the most active UK investors respectively, according to a new report from Beauhurst.
Analysing investments into n... |
| Jan 30, 2020 | Brexit schmexit: UK saw record fintech investment last year, trumping China and India | The UK has set a new record for investment into financial technology startups, drawing in over $4.9bn last year and putting it at the top of the European leaderboard in spite of uncertainty over the UK leaving the European Union on Friday.
... |
| Dec 10, 2019 | New data from SyndicateRoom reveals the UK's fastest-growing companies | New data from SyndicateRoom reveals the UK's fastest-growing companies
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Seven Cambridge-based businesses are among the UK's fastest-growing companies, according to SyndicateRoom’s Top 100 report, which used a unique method to rank... |
| Dec 6, 2019 | What’s Europe done this month for diversity in tech? | A whole load of diversity-related news has landed on Sifted’s desk over the past month. We didn’t want you to miss out on the good news — or the bad. So here’s a roundup of what Europe’s tech sector has been up to when it comes to diversity... |
| Nov 27, 2019 | Top 10 tips for crowdfunding success | This is a guest post from Custard Factory, the creative and digital quarter in Digbeth, Birmingham.
Crowdfunding can be a superb way to get funding and create a buzz around your budding tech company. Since 2011, equity crowdfunding of tech... |
| Aug 2, 2019 | Meet The Mega Fintechs: Nine UK Businesses That Are Super-Charging Funding | The UK’s fintech sector raised more money in the first half of the year than in any equivalent period on record – a remarkable £1.7bn according to data just release by the growth company market analyst Beauhurst. The sector raised so much m... |
| Feb 4, 2019 | Accelerating support for start-ups | Accelerator programmes are an important part of the eco-system and as part of our aim to support and help businesses at all stages of their growth we’re delighted to be involved in accelerator programmes in the region. |
| Oct 30, 2018 | This ain’t no anecdote – it pays to be diverse in UK tech | I’ve been exploring what ‘good’ corporate governance looks like in UK tech. In our latest piece of research, it’s clear that having a gender diverse and internationally-mixed board leads to better financial outcomes. With diversity in the t... |
| Oct 23, 2018 | Universities are leading the way | UK universities are world renowned and Mercia, which was has a network of 19 university partners, was recently identified as one of the most active investors in UK university spinouts* having completed 23 investments in 2017. Our network of... |
| Sep 11, 2018 | Put your money where your mouth is: how investment is reinforcing the gender gap in tech | They say good ideas will get investment … but maybe that’s only true if the founder is a man.
Months of data work by the Tech Nation Insights team culminated in the annual state of the nation of UK tech – the Tech Nation Report 2018. In my... |
| Jun 13, 2018 | Fintech: the sweetheart sector of UK tech | For a long time London has been the European capital of finance. In the East of the city, hundreds of financial institutions dominate the skyline and the economy. Yet times are a changing, and tech has come in to disrupt. Welcome to the UK ... |
| Jan 26, 2018 | Investment Index Q4: overall growth slows, but annual performance remains buoyant | This article was originally posted on the Tech North website.
Overall investment fell in the final three months of 2017. However, the last 12 months remain the strongest ever year for Northern tech investment – a total of £432m was raised ... |
| Dec 6, 2017 | Fail fast, learn young? Tech business failure in the UK | This article was originally posted on the Tech City UK website.
We have been exploring the failure of high growth startups across the UK. Companies in London tend to fail fast – over 49% of all high growth startup failures in the UK happen... |
| Nov 13, 2017 | Explore the data behind our Northern Stars applicants | This article was originally posted on the Tech North website.
It’s Northern Stars Grand Final week, and we are all getting very excited at Tech North. You can still get your tickets here.
Ahead of the event, I have created a very quick vi... |
| Nov 9, 2017 | MMC Ventures named Growth Investor of the Year 2017 |
Last night, at the Royal Lancaster in London, 450 leading decision makers from the UK’s vibrant SME investment ecosystem celebrated their stellar successes at a the third annual Growth Investor Awards, organised by Intelligent Partnership... |
| Nov 9, 2017 | Investment Index Q3: Best quarter for Northern tech deals since records began | This article was originally posted on the Tech North website.
A total of £202.5m was invested during Q3 2017 across the North of England. In addition, the largest number of individual deals also took place, with a total of 40 individual tr... |
| Oct 25, 2017 | We’re mapping Northern tech, and you can try the beta test | This article was originally posted on the Tech North website.
We’ve mapped the Northern tech ecosystem to show the co-working spaces, accelerators, incubators and digital businesses across the region. This is the beta, so check it out and ... |
| Oct 17, 2017 | How a co-investment fund can boost Northern tech: let’s look at the data | This article was originally posted on the Tech North website.In summary:
Coinvestment funds in London and Scotland have participated in tech investment rounds worth over £130 million
Both schemes have directly resulted in jobs created, whil... |
| Aug 2, 2017 | Investment Index Q2: VC deals flourish but with limited geographic spread | This article was originally posted on the Tech North website.
This post is part of the ongoing investment index series
Northern tech investment continues to perform well, although finance has reduced during Q2 2017 compared to the previou... |
| Jun 21, 2017 | UK Startup Deals: Total Raised Jumps, Number of Deals Tank for Month of May | Beauhurst is out with some research on early stage deals in the UK for the month of May. While the total raised for these startup deals jumped dramatically to £941 million (the most ever tracked by Beauhurst in a single month) the number of... |
| May 30, 2017 | UK P2P Lender RateSetter Secures £13M in Equity Funding [u] | UK P2P lender RateSetter announced that the platform has raised £13 million in equity funding from its existing shareholders, including city fund managers Woodford Investment Management and Artemis, according to Business Insider. The fundin... |
| Feb 6, 2017 | How equity crowdfunding can transform your business | This article was originally posted on the Tech North website.
Tech North is holding a series of equity crowdfunding roadshow events in Liverpool, Manchester, Wakefield and Newcastle on the 8th and 9th of February 2017, where you can find o... |
| Oct 17, 2016 | Private money needs to have more of an impact on Northern tech | This article was originally posted on the Tech North website.
Beauhurst recently published a report analysing five years of equity investment into startups and high-growth companies in the North East of England. Henry Whorwood leads on Bea... |
| Sep 1, 2016 | 4 questions to answer in your crowdfunding pitch / Seedrs | This article was originally posted on the Tech North website.
Seedrs is an equity crowdfunding platform and a sponsor of this year’s Northern Stars pitch competition, so we asked them to tell us what makes for a great crowdfunding pitch. H... |
| Feb 29, 2016 | Equity Crowdfunding Now Most Active Investor Type in UK High-Growth Company Funding | Beauhurst, a leading provider of data on high-growth UK companies, released “The Deal” its 2015/2016 report on equity fundraising for UK private fast-growth companies. Crowdfunding emerges as a leading force in seed investing and is expecte... |
| Founder Series: Leveraging AI for Business Growth in the UK | Orrick's Founder Series offers monthly top tips for UK startups on key considerations at each stage of their lifecycle, from incorporating a company through to possible exit strategies. The Series is written by members of our market-leading... |
| SFC's 2021: The Year in Review | After a record 2020, the pressure was on to keep up the pace in 2021. I am pleased to say that the team overdelivered and made 2021 our busiest year at SFC since we started almost ten years ago.
In 2021 alone, we have invested a total of o... |
| Parkwalk – vaccine breakthrough proves anything is possible for UK science | Our CEO highlights the astonishing achievement by Oxford University and AstraZeneca was only made possible by long term strategic funding of world class UK science. This article orginially appreared in Investment Week |
| Seedrs and Crowdcube named 2016’s top investors | Crowdfunding platforms dominated investor rankings in 2016 with equity-based crowdfunding platforms Seedrs and Crowdcube named the most active UK investors respectively, according to a new report from Beauhurst.
Analysing investments into n... |
| Speedinvest promotes Deepali Nangia from venture partner to full partner | Vienna’s Speedinvest has announced the appointment Deepali Nangia to the position of full Partner as of today. London-based Nangia’s promotion comes from within as she’d previously served as venture partner with the pan-European early-stage... |
| This Week in European Tech: Klarna buys Pricerunner, Vertical Aerospace nabs €177 million, Allegro buys Mall Group, and more | Happy Friday!
This week, the Tech.eu research team tracked more than 100 tech funding deals worth over €850 million, and over 20 exits, M&A transactions, and rumours, and related news stories across Europe, including Russia, and Turkey.... |
| Parkwalk – named the most prolific AI investor in the UK | Research firm Beauhurst has released data to show that Parkwalk are the most prolific investors into UK Artificial Intelligence (AI) since 2011, with 19 deals across 8 of our portfolio companies, including University of Oxford spinout Oxbot... |
| Downing Ventures: we’ve put the UK’s regions firmly on our investment map | When it comes to finding the most entrepreneurial communities, the stats tell us that London is still the place to be. No surprises there then. But a look beyond the headline data tells us that there’s more to life outside the capital.
Lon... |
| Which sectors are getting VC investment in 2023? | Startup businesses attract investors because they innovate, create new ideas and develop products to fill a current business or consumer need. Investors back startups to bring new ideas to market faster than established businesses.
Investor... |
| Investment in Vegan Companies Set to Hit Record Levels in 2021 | You don’t have to spend long in any UK city to realise how popular vegan food is becoming, with vegan options appearing all over menus and vegan-only providers flourishing.
Now though, new research analysing the investment in UK foodtech co... |
