Toscafund

http://www.toscafund.com/

Last activity: 05.10.2026

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11-50

Founded date

2000

Mentions in press and media 23

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Sep 22, 2026	Startup Funding News Today, September 22, 2026: Benford, CellPoint, HighLife, BCI-Sonics, Spott & More	Today’s startup funding cycle is shaped less by another billion-dollar foundation-model raise and more by AI entering regulated, operational, and physical systems where software must do more than generate an answer. Paris-based medical-devi...
Sep 8, 2026	How the NHS backlog fuelled a private equity gold rush in UK health market	Private equity firms are circling the UK’s healthcare market as NHS backlogs push a wave of patients towards private providers, experts have said. Britain’s biggest private hospital operator, Spire Healthcare, which operates 38 private hosp...
Sep 6, 2026	Spire Healthcare overhauls board amid £1bn private takeover	The chief executive and chair of Spire Healthcare have stepped away amid a £1bn takeover of the London-listed private hospital group. Veteran boss Justin Ash has said he will retire from the group as it “enters a new phase with strong found...
Jun 9, 2026	VodafoneThree enters race for TalkTalk customers with takeover bid	Vodafone has tabled a bid for TalkTalk’s consumer broadband business, joining a crowded auction as the UK’s largest mobile operator pushes into the home internet market. The FTSE 100 telecoms giant has emerged as a late entrant into the sal...
May 15, 2026	City sounds alarm on £40bn foreign M&A offensive targeting ‘cheap’ UK firms	A group of City grandees has sounded the alarm on the wave of foreign firms picking off rivals from London’s stock market, after a flurry of unsolicited offers took the combined value of UK companies poised to leave Britain’s ailing bourse ...
May 14, 2026	Spire Healthcare shares rocket after £1bn bid approach	Shares in Spire Healthcare shot to the top of the FTSE 250 on Wednesday, after the firm’s board signalled it would back a £1bn bid approach for the company from its second-biggest existing investor. Private equity outfit Toscafund said it w...
Oct 14, 2025	TalkTalk to cut more jobs in ‘necessary’ move	TalkTalk has announced it is looking to cut up to 100 jobs in its consumer business in a move it has described as “necessary”. The company, which has bases in Salford and London, said the move forms part of its bid to ‘returning to its chal...
Sep 19, 2025	Spire Healthcare considering sale amid shareholder pressure	Spire Healthcare has confirmed it is exploring “a range of potential options” for the business, including a possible sale, after mounting pressure from some of its largest shareholders. In a statement to the London Stock Exchange, the priva...
Aug 6, 2025	TalkTalk: Huge losses revealed amid job cuts and fleeing customers	The full extent of TalkTalk’s financial woes have been revealed for the first time amid sky-rocketing losses and huge job losses as customers move to other broadband providers. New accounts for the Salford-headquartered group filed with Com...
May 15, 2025	Exclusive: First AIM VCT in 18 years launches on London Stock Exchange	The first AIM-focused venture capital trust (VCT) in 18 years has launched on the London Stock Exchange, City AM can reveal. Puma AIM VCT, run by Puma Investments, has launched on the market and already made its first investment in quantum ...
Dec 3, 2024	CellPoint Digital: Payment Orchestration Platform Company Raises $30 Million	CellPoint Digital, a leading provider of payment solutions to the airline and travel industries and a global pioneer of Payment Orchestration, announced it has secured $30 million in funding from Toscafund and Penta Capital. This funding wi...
Nov 21, 2024	CellPoint Digital Raises $30M in Funding	CellPoint Digital, a London, UK-based provider of payment solutions to the airline and travel industries and a global developer of payment orchestration solutions, raised $30M in funding. The round was led by Toscafund and Penta Capital. Th...
Oct 1, 2024	Global investors call time on their exodus from China	Asian MarketsGlobal investors call time on their exodus from China By Naomi RovnickSeptember 30, 202411:11 PM UTCUpdated ago Text Small Text Medium Text Large Text Share X Facebook Linkedin Email Link A man walks past a screen displaying th...
Mar 24, 2024	Atom Bank boss on rapid growth, London IPO and why high street challengers are a ‘dying breed’	More than 250 miles from the Square Mile and Canary Wharf, one bank is doing things very differently. Atom became the UK’s first app-based bank when it launched in 2016. It is headquartered in Durham, staff have a four-day working week, and...
Jun 20, 2022	Insurance services infrastructure provider Instanda banks $45 million	London-based Instanda has raised $45 million in a Series B funding round. The company provides a no-code core infrastructure for insurers, allowing them to deploy and orchestrate product portfolios quickly and easily, ten times faster the i...
Dec 30, 2009	Voice-to-text company Spinvox to announce sale to Nuance, source says [confirmed]	[This is confirmed: Spinvox just announced a sale to Nuance in a blog post, and in a press release. The price is $102.5 million, comprising $66 million in cash and $36.5 million in common stock..] Spinvox, the London company that lets you t...
Dec 30, 2009	Voice-to-text company Spinvox to announce sale to Nuance, source says [confirmed]	We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! [This is confirmed: Spinvox just announced a sale...
Aug 4, 2009	SpinVox nabs $25M, demos voice-to-text with mixed results	We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! SpinVox, the service that translates voice into t...
Aug 4, 2009	SpinVox nabs $25M, demos voice-to-text with mixed results	SpinVox, the service that translates voice into text messages, demonstrated its technology to journalists today, emphasizing that its dependence on transcription by human operators will in no way hold the product back. That said, presenters...
Mar 21, 2008	SpinVox raises whopping $100M+ for voicemail to text conversion	SpinVox, a London company that converts your voicemail into text, has raised more than $100 million to expand quickly by signing deals with large telecom carriers around the world — an apparent land-grab. The amount of cash is significant, ...
	Insurance services infrastructure provider Instanda banks $45 million	London-based Instanda has raised $45 million in a Series B funding round. The company provides a no-code core infrastructure for insurers, allowing them to deploy and orchestrate product portfolios quickly and easily, ten times faster the i...
	Payment gateway and orchestration platform CellPoint Digital raises $25 million	Digital commerce and payment solutions provider CellPoint Digital has raised $25 million in a new equity financing round. The London-based fintech offers clients both cross-border payment orchestration and payment gateway solutions. The new...

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FAQ about Toscafund

When was Toscafund founded?

Toscafund was founded in 2000.

What has the press written about Toscafund?

Parsers VC has collected 23 articles mentioning Toscafund, among them “Startup Funding News Today, September 22, 2026: Benford, CellPoint, HighLife, BCI-Sonics, Spott & More” (Sep 22, 2026) and “How the NHS backlog fuelled a private equity gold rush in UK health market” (Sep 8, 2026).

Is Toscafund still active?

Yes, Toscafund is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Oct 5, 2026.