Help me doctor – I have a pain in my Cap Table…
The boom in venturing funding the UK has been particularly prevalent at the seed stage (see the stats here). Many of the parties involved in these early stage deals – seed investors, incubators, accelerators and other service providers – struggle […]
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Q1 2016 PAGE ONE Life Sciences
Investment Trends in Life Sciences Q1 2016 View Q1 2016 PAGEONE Life Sciences report >
Read MoreQ1 2016 PAGE ONE TECH
Investment Trends in tech Q1 2016 View Q1 2016 PAGEONE tech report >
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Finance chief: ‘there is no funding gap’ for growth firms
Article originally appeared in Daily Business Group on 4th October 2015 A new entrant to the Scottish corporate finance sector claims there is ‘no funding gap’ in the market. Stuart McKnight, whose company Ascendant Corporate Finance has just opened an […]
Read MoreThe ten biggest technology venture capital investments of 2015
Article originally appeared in RealBusiness on 10th March 2016 More companies in the technology space were backed by venture capital and institutional sources than during the market peak back in 2000, new findings from Ascendant Corporate Finance have found. A […]
Read MoreUK and Ireland’s fintech funding scene lags
Article originally appeared in Finextra on 11th March 2016 Is London’s much-lauded fintech scene overhyped? New figures suggest that the value of UK and Ireland financial technology investments grew last year at a far slower rate that the general tech […]
Read MoreUK & Ireland fintech fails to live up to the hype as investment drops
Article originally appeared in CBR Online on 11th March 2016 News: What is behind the fall in investment? UK and Ireland’s fintech investments are falling short of the hype that has predicted so much for the market. Lauded as having […]
Read MoreQ4 2015 PAGEONE report
Investment Trends in Q4 2015 Explosive growth in Tech Venture Investment 2015 was an outstanding year for venture investment in UK/Irish technology companies. More companies received venture backing than the previous market peak in 2000 – the year the Internet […]
Read MoreRaising VC is a long tail marketing game…
Congratulations for another excellent survey of technology and healthcare executives by SVB (with over 900 respondents). It (http://www.svb.com/innovation-economy-outlook/startup-outlook/uk/) is full of interesting commentary on topics such as how innovation companies are faring, hiring projections and how government policies are affecting business […]
Read MoreUK Fintech – getting to facts behind the hype
Nearly every week in the papers, twitter, Linkedin, etc we hear that Fintech is the “big thing” and the UK is leading the world in this area. We have all heard of fantastic success stories of Funding Circle, World Remit, […]
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