UK and Ireland is sharply up this year, reports Ascendant, the tech-focused investment group. ‘In Q1, £307m (up 39% from £221m in Q1 2011) was invested in 64 UK/Irish companies (42 in Q1 2011) by 99 investors (72 in Q1 […]
Read MoreIn 2011, £786m (well up from £620m in 2010) was invested in 193 UK/Irish companies (213) by 228 investors (234). “The growth in value is particularly interesting,” says Ascendant md Stuart McKnight, “as there was significant drop in investment in […]
Read MoreIn the UK and Ireland, trade and strategic investors (TSI) are a significant part of the venture scene in the technology sector. According to Ascendant, TSIs have made up about a fifth of the UK and Ireland technology investment pool […]
Read MoreEVO Electric, a developer of advanced electric drive solutions for the automotive sector (earlier post), has formed a joint venture with GKN Driveline, part of GKN plc, to develop, manufacture and sell Axial Flux electric motors and drive systems for […]
Read MoreLondon, England – EVO Electric, a pioneer in advanced electric drive solutions for the automotive sector, announces that it has formed a joint venture with GKN Driveline, part of GKN plc (LSE:GKN), to develop, manufacture and sell Axial Flux electric […]
Read MoreThe value of VC investments in UK tech firms soared by 44 per cent in Q1 2011, despite the number of deals slumping by a third. The aggregate value invested by VCs jumped 44 per cent, to £221m, in Q1 […]
Read MoreAscendant, the technology-focussed investment group, reports that, in Q1 2011, £221m (up from £153m in Q1 2010) was invested in 42 UK/Irish companies (65) by 72 investors (82). “It is worth noting that we have excluded 2 large deals – […]
Read MoreThe number of UK and Irish tech companies taking venture funding fell below 2009 to a four-year low, according to figures published by the investment advisory Ascendant – but overall amounts invested are growing. View full article (gigaom.com) >
Read MoreDuring 2009 the VC investment market in the UK and Ireland suffered its most rapid decline since the bursting of the internet/telecoms bubble in 2000, according to the technology focused investment group Ascendant. In 2009, £622m was invested compared to […]
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