‘Duolingo for your career’: coaching app Bloom launches with $10 million raise November 13, 2023 Bloom, a new career coaching app, has officially launched in the UK and US on Monday after raising $10 million in seed funding.
UK risks falling in scientific investment, industry warns November 13, 2023 Jeremy Hunt’s ambition to turn the UK into a “science superpower” is at risk unless he increases tax relief, the BVCA has warned.
Former Hambro Perks CEO makes comeback with new firm November 13, 2023 The new business marks the first significant move by Perks since he abruptly stepped down from Hambro Perks in April.
All-male venture capital funds raise 10 times more than all-female November 7, 2023 A new report has exposed that in the UK, all-male-owned VC funds collectively raised around 10 times more capital than all-female-owned funds.
The Notebook: Nora Bavey on how lack of diversity stymies innovation October 30, 2023 Where top thinkers get a few things off their chest. Today, Nora Bavey, co-founder of Unconventional Ventures, takes the pen Diversity reports are vital in rooting out our unconscious biases This month, a pioneering bill in California marked a significant milestone in the venture capital industry in the US, mandating that venture capital (VC) firms [...]
‘A huge win’: Top venture capital firms back plans to pump pension cash into the economy October 24, 2023 Top venture capital firms have thrown their weight behind a move to channel pension cash into start-ups today as the government accelerates its efforts to get more retirement money flowing into the economy.
How the great tech layoff is having unexpected positive consequences October 19, 2023 The wave of layoffs to have struck the tech sector over the past year is conversely boosting the flow of top talent into early-stage start-ups, a top VC firm has said.
Why a new Edinburgh fund is putting £100m into firms outside of London October 16, 2023 A new venture fund backed by the state-owned British Business Bank has launched in Scotland today with the aim of rebalancing start-up investment away from London towards the north of the UK.
Investing in women could boost UK economy by £250bn, MP to say October 1, 2023 Investing in women at the same rate as men could create £250bn in new value for the UK economy, Harriett Baldwin is set to say. The former City minister and now chair of the Treasury select committee will tell the WVC:E summit that inequality between investment in men and women is unacceptable. Baldwin is expected [...]
Funding fears as UK university ‘spin-out’ investment tumbles September 25, 2023 Spin-out experts have sounded the alarm today after new figures showed funding for start-ups born in British universities has slumped.