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Why It’s A Great Time To Raise Finance Through Crowdfunding 18 May 2020 COVID-19, Fundraising, Investment - With VC and institutional investment made uncertain by the COVID-19 pandemic, crowdfunding platform are a great and reliable alternative to raise finance.
What’s Next For Start-Up & Scale-Up Investment 7 May 2020 Investment, Trends - Three investors discuss their investment focus and priorities in the near future, how valuations will be impacted by COVID and ultimately the effect this is going to have on investor relationships.
UK Cyber Security: Investment and Valuation Data 25 Feb 2020 Investment, Tech, Trends, Valuation - £323m were invested in the Cyber Security sector in 2018. That's almost 40% up from £232m in 2017. The number of deals also saw an increase from 123 to 128.
Serial Entrepreneurs Explained: The Data Liking Experience To Success 17 Feb 2020 Investment, Strategy - Plenty of research supports the claim that repeat Founders are more successful than first-time Founders. But what sets serial entrepreneurs apart?
Get EIS Investment Quicker With Advanced Subscription Agreement (ASA) 21 Jan 2020 Fundraising, Investment - Under an ASA, the investors pays in advance for shares that will be allocated at a later date. This is, usually, when a qualifying Funding Round is raised.
Taking Investment From A Corporate VC: All The Pros And Cons 3 Dec 2019 Fundraising, Investment - The figure of the Corporate VC comes with an aura of mixed opinions. CB Insights surveyed 365 of them to get a deep insight into how and how well they work.
Seedrs Introduce Direct Investment To Their Crowdfunding Platform 29 Nov 2019 Fundraising, Investment - In addition to their nominee structure Seedrs introduced direct investment. Users will be able to control all administrative aspects of their shareholdings.
Beauhurst Publish Scale-Up Index 2019 19 Nov 2019 Investment, Trends - 2018 saw £1.3b invested into visible scale-ups through 63 deals: the largest of these was £150m into Oxford Nanopore, closely followed by Trilico's £149m round.
Is Winter Really Here? David Sacks Thinks So 4 Nov 2019 Investment, Opinion, Trends - Unicorn Founder and investor David Sacks thinks the party is over for companies hoping to raise fund without a clear path to profitability. Let's dig deeper and find out why and why it's actually god news!
IPO: What Is A Direct Listing And Why It Matters 4 Nov 2019 Exit, Fundraising, Investment, Strategy - An increasingly high number of tech start-ups are deciding to list their shares publicly through a direct listing rather than a classic IPO.
UK Equity Investment Declines In Q3 2019 Despite Record Year 22 Oct 2019 Investment - Q3 2019 in the UK was riddled with uncertainty, which pushed investors to prefer later-stage, lower-risk companies, encouraging a number of mega-deals.
Protect Your Minority Stake With Tag-Along Rights 8 Oct 2019 Fundraising, Investment - Tag-Along Rights protect minority shareholders during a sale granting them the right to join a transaction if a majority holder decides to sell their stake.