Private Equity

Western Europe

UK's VC market in position to emerge strongly from downturn

The region closed on $5.3 billion in VC funding during the first five months of the year, representing more than half the capital collected by UK's start-ups in 2018.

2 min read · 15 June 2020

British Patient Capital to invest £2.5bn into UK venture funds

The organization hopes to show other UK LPs the benefits of well-diversified venture portfolio.

5 min read · 11 May 2020

FTV leads $98m growth investment in venture-backed UK pet insurer Bought By Many

The London start-up has seen its sales of its cat and dog policies grow by more than 150 percent over the last year, according to the investor.

2 min read · 05 May 2020

SFC Ventures receives £10m commitment from BBI to leverage its capital

The firm will pull from this pool of capital and its network of angels for seed deals in consumer and enterprise deals.

2 min read · 28 April 2020

OMERS Ventures launches $750m transatlantic fund

Damien Steel of OMERS Ventures says teleconferencing is making fundraising more productive and helping create a human connection with entrepreneurs and investors.

3 min read · 28 April 2020

Atomico raises larger pool for more European, US deals

The firm raised $820m for Atomico V, its largest vehicle yet, from new and existing investors.

2 min read · 18 February 2020

European VC activity last year declines, but still tops 2018

There was more than €32bn invested across the European VC landscape across 5,017 deals during 2019.

2 min read · 11 February 2020

Aiven raises $40m led by IVP

Helsinki, Finland-based Aiven, which develops cloud infrastructure, announced that it has raised $40 million in a Series B round of funding from IVP and existing investors Earlybird VC and Lifeline Ventures, among others.

1 min read · 05 February 2020

Growing Underground kicks off £15m Series A

Co-founder Steven Dring says the start-up expects to reach its target 'pretty soon' and is working on building out a new cohort of hydroponic farms with partners.

2 min read · 29 January 2020

UK startups capture $13.2bn in a record-breaking 2019

The UK venture market saw a record amount of funding during 2019 after a 31 percent, $3.9 billion, increase over 2018.

2 min read · 17 January 2020

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