Major VCs link arms in new climate push The new alliance is designed to align firms' portfolios with a "net zero" emissions future, and help individual companies they finance do the same. Axios · Apr 25, 2023
Female angels lead terrible* investment round Merchandising company secures nearly £200,000 in fundraise Insider UK · Apr 25, 2023
Woodford fund compensation for investors likely to total 77p in the pound Takeover of frozen fund’s administrator and FCA ruling could filter extra £235m to 300,000 investors The Guardian - UK · Apr 20, 2023
Woodford fund investors offered up to £235m in FCA’s redress scheme However, the deal is conditional on the completion of a sale of Link Group’s fund solution business to Waystone Group Evening Standard · Apr 20, 2023
Rishi Sunak accused of 'complete lack of transparency' as wife's shares kept secret Details of investments worth hundreds of millions of pounds that are owned by the PM's heiress wife Akshata Murty were not included on a list of ministerial interests Daily Mirror · Apr 19, 2023
British govt publishes PM Sunak and other ministers' interests Britain's government on Wednesday published an updated list of ministers' interests, including an outline of the affairs of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who is under investigation over whether he properly declared his wife's shareholdings. Reuters · Apr 19, 2023
Over £60m raised by credit card start-up backed by former Manchester United star Rio Ferdinand The investment means the company is now valued at more than £70m Manchester Evening News · Apr 17, 2023
US firm 777 Partners retains 'serious interest' in Everton investment after holding talks with Farhad Moshiri Miami-based 777 Partners have held talks with Everton earlier this year over a potential deal Liverpool Echo · Apr 17, 2023
Credit card start-up backed by Rio Ferdinand raises over £60m The investment means the company is now valued at more than £70m Birmingham Post · Apr 17, 2023
Private equity investors Foresight Group launch Newcastle office amid £20m addition to regional fund Foresight's North East Fund has secured funding from the British Business Bank Birmingham Post · Apr 17, 2023
‘A naive and stupid idea’: how Rishi Sunak’s Future Fund spent millions on failed firms The then chancellor’s loan scheme, set up as Covid hit, was supposed to keep dynamic startups going, but ended up giving taxpayer cash to long-established or lame duck businesses The Guardian - UK · Apr 15, 2023
ETZ's £2 million challenge fund opens Grants of up to £250,000 are being made available to help the energy supply chain realise low carbon sector opportunities Insider UK · Apr 13, 2023
Venture Capitalist Lisa Lambert of National Grid on ‘toughing it out,’ disrupting energy grid Lisa Lambert has come a long way from her childhood in Toledo, Ohio, raised by a single mother in subsidized housing. Tribune News Service · Apr 11, 2023
Leaving London: ‘How I swapped renting in Clapham for my own penthouse and a new business in the Lake District’ A home in the Lake District, and a fresh start, all for around the same monthly costs as a room in Clapham Evening Standard · Apr 4, 2023
Insider UK · Apr 4, 2023 £15 million Scottish tech investment fund unveiled 'No warm introduction required' policy aimed at breaking barriers to securing early-stage investment
Birmingham Post · Mar 30, 2023 North East Fund extended to end of year - with extra £10m available The business support fund first launched in 2018 had been due to close at the end of March but will now run longer
Insider UK · Mar 30, 2023 BrewDog boss puts up £5m of own money find the next unicorn The brewery's chief executive also reveals he was rejected twice by Dragons' Den
Birmingham Post · Mar 29, 2023 Swansea learning enterprise raises six-figure funding to support growth plans 2B Enterprising has completed a second investment round from a syndicate of 10 business angels led by Angels Invest Wales
Birmingham Post · Mar 28, 2023 East Yorkshire alternative lender passes £20m funding milestone One Stop Business Finance now aims for £30m target ahead of 10th anniversary
Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 24, 2023 Moody's Changes Saudi PIF's Outlook to Positive Moody's has changed its outlook on Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) from "stable" to "positive" and affirmed its long-term issuer and senior unsecured ratings at A1. According to the performance evaluation, the rating reflects PIF's standalone creditworthiness as expressed by a BCA of A1.
Birmingham Post · Mar 17, 2023 Venture capital flocks to Northern Ireland high growth firms VC investment jumped one third to £139 million last year
The Guardian - US · Mar 16, 2023 Billionaire Peter Thiel claims he has $50m of his own money stuck in SVB fall In the wake of the bank’s crisis, venture capitalists have been trading accusations over who is responsible for the collapse
The Guardian - US · Mar 15, 2023 Wineries to affordable housing: SVB fall knocks out more than startups Demise of Silicon Valley Bank has rattled not just businesses and investors but the ecosystem that grew up around it
Birmingham Post · Mar 15, 2023 The latest equity deals and investment news in Wales Deals include fundraising for Creo Medical, Coincover and CanSense with fund managers invited to bid for the British Business Bank's new £130m fund for Wales.
Bangkok Post · Mar 14, 2023 Venture capital cautious following SVB collapse Local venture capital (VC) firms have raised their guard against investment in fintech and startups following the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) fallout in the US.