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The firm’s Fund I, which led the smart ring maker’s seed round, holds 19m shares worth $800m at the midpoint of the IPO range

The London-based venture firm, which backs future-of-learning and future-of-work start-ups, is 'seeing more receptivity' from American LPs, says Brighteye co-founder.

How a small accelerator born at the Francis Crick Institute is helping UK start-ups find investors who speak their language

The burgeoning space that mixes biology, engineering, computer science and AI has already delivered some big exits.

The £35bn retirement scheme, a longtime VC investor, works with external GPs at the seed stage, says head of UK productive assets Julia Diez.

What fund managers are experiencing is more complex than the headline numbers suggest.

Trained as a quantum scientific researcher, Kris Kaczmarek shifted his career focus to venture capital, excited by what a quantum-focused funds were building.

Our H1 Fundraising Report shows fundraising totals stabilizing, but the number of funds continuing to decline.

Fundraising stabilized in the first half of this year, with VC firms worldwide collecting $45.2bn, the same amount they raised in H1 2025. But fundraisers are by no means out of the woods.

Increasing the UK pension fund’s VC allocation to £200m, the dedicated VC sleeve signals Nest’s intent to strengthen its support for the asset class, part of a broader vision to expand its private markets exposure up to 30% by 2030.