Private Equity
Barclays Private Equity has more than doubled its investment in Kurt Geiger, the luxury shoe retailer, by selling it to mid-market player Graphite Capital for £95m. Kurt Geiger, which is also headquartered in the UK capital, sells its own and third party premium and luxury footwear brands such as Prada, Gucci and Jimmy Choo.
1 min read · 01 April 2008
Hedge funds and large institutional investors are competing with VCs for large deals according to data from Go4Venture, a London-based corporate finance advisory firm for European technology entrepreneurs and their investors.
1 min read · 01 April 2008
The UK Department for Innovation, University and Skills (DIUS) has released a Science and Innovation White Paper which calls on the government to increase spending to create demand for new innovative products and services.
2 min read · 01 April 2008
2 min read · 17 March 2008
2 min read · 17 March 2008
2 min read · 17 March 2008
Mydeco.com is a UK internet business founded by the team behind lastminute.com, the online travel and leisure business. An interior design website, it has just raised £5m in a seed round, which is, according to lead investor SPARK Venture, is of the largest internet seeds rounds in Europe.
2 min read · 01 March 2008
European technology companies tapping into non-traditional pools of capital
1 min read · 01 March 2008
White Paper sets out to encourage UK creativity
2 min read · 01 March 2008
1 min read · 01 March 2008
