Tagged: draper esprit

November 9, 2021 @ 8:41 am By JD Alois  |  

Draper Esprit (LSE:GROW) is rebranding to Molten Ventures. Draper Esprit trades on the London Stock Exchange as well as the Euronext Growth Market in Dublin, and is included in the FTSE 250. The venture capital firm has invested in numerous Fintechs including companies like Revolut,… Read More

September 17, 2021 @ 10:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Draper Esprit (LSE:GROW), a publicly-traded venture capital firm, has distributed an update on investment activity. Key to its results is the exit opportunity from Cazoo, a firm that was recently listed on the NYSE generating $1 billion in proceeds. Cazoo’s current market cap is around… Read More

September 2, 2021 @ 7:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Draper Esprit (LSE: GROW), a publicly-traded venture capital group, will join the FTSE 250 with a market cap of around £1.6 billion. Year to date, shares in Draper Esprit have almost doubled. Draper Esprit seeks to reinvent European venture capital investing in early-stage as well… Read More

June 10, 2021 @ 1:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

Ledger, a popular seller of wallets for digital assets, has raised $380 million in a Series C funding round. The funding was led by 10T, alongside other investors from our Series B round such as Cathay Innovation, Draper Associates, Draper Dragon, Draper Esprit, DCG, and… Read More

April 26, 2021 @ 10:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Draper Esprit (LSE:GROW), a publicly-traded venture capital firm that has invested in multiple Fintechs, has distributed a full year update for the year ending March 31, 2021. Draper Esprit states that the “fair value growth in the period reflects strong performance across the breadth of… Read More

March 23, 2021 @ 8:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Freetrade, a commission-free trading app that is regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has raised a $69 million Series B funding round led by Left Lane Capital. The valuation was not disclosed. Draper Esprit and L Catterton also participated in the round. Freetrade… Read More

October 29, 2020 @ 8:18 am By JD Alois  |  

Draper Esprit (LSE: GROW, Euronext Growth: GRW), a venture capital firm that invests in a variety of digital businesses including Fintechs, has posted a mid-year update regarding its portfolio ahead of results scheduled for release on November 30, 2020. According to Draper Esprit, it has… Read More

October 2, 2020 @ 5:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Draper Esprit (LSE:GROW) has announced an “accelerated investment strategy to capture a greater share of technology investment opportunities” driven by COVID and the increasing velocity of digital transformation. Announced yesterday, Draper Esprit sought to raise around £100 million in a share placement. The placement was… Read More

July 29, 2020 @ 7:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Thought Machine, a core banking technology firm, has acquired an additional $42 million in capital as part of its massive Series B round – which brings the total funds raised during the round to $125 million. Thought Machine had secured $83 million via the Series… Read More

March 2, 2020 @ 8:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Thought Machine has raised $83 million in a Series B funding round, according to the company. Thought Machine is a “cloud native core banking tech firm.” The additional capital will help fuel the company’s mission to “transform banking” as it continues to build out its… Read More

November 28, 2019 @ 11:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Draper Espirit (LSE:GROW.L), the Europe-focused tech investment firm, has recently posted interim results as of September 30, 2019. According to Draper Esprit, the company remains on course to achieve its stated goal of delivering a portfolio return of 20% for the full year, having generated… Read More

November 5, 2019 @ 9:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

London-based Freetrade, a challenger stockbroker that provides free share trading in smartphones, recently closed a €13.4 million (appr. $14.9 million) series A funding round in which it received investments from its first capital investor. This past summer, Freetrade closed a crowdfunding round on Crowdcube raising… Read More

November 21, 2018 @ 7:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Form3,  cloud-based platform for global payments processing, announced on Tuesday it secured $13 million through its Series B funding round, which was led by venture capital firm, Draper Esprit plc, with participation from existing shareholders Barclays Bank plc, Angel CoFund, and several individuals. Founded in 2016, Form3… Read More

November 7, 2018 @ 7:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Leading European VC group, Draper Esprit, has led a £8.5 million funding round in UK crowdfunding platform Crowdcube. According to a release by the company, Draper Esprit has taken a £6 million stake in Crowdcube. The funding round also saw the participation of Balderton Capital… Read More

January 18, 2018 @ 11:35 am By Erin Hobey  |  

French cryptocurrency and blockchain security company Ledger nabbed a $75 million (EUR 61 million) Series B round, led by Draper Esprit. The investment funds will enable the company to scale up its operations as demand for its security products increases. While the round was led by… Read More

January 8, 2018 @ 6:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Seedrs, a UK based crowdfunding platform, has published full year results for 2017.  According to the company, during the year £125 million was invested in 168 different deals – the biggest year since platform launch. Investors came from 58 different countries making more than 46,700… Read More

July 26, 2017 @ 5:04 pm By Cole Lyons  |  

Draper Espirit (LSE:GROW), an AIM listed venture capital firm backing promising digital technology companies, has announced their results for the end of the year, the 31st of March. Simon Cook, the CEO Draper Esprit, commented: “At the time of the IPO in June 2016, we… Read More

July 17, 2017 @ 7:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

London-based employee engagement platform Perkbox has receives a $8.6 million (6.6 million) from venture capital firm, Draper Esprit. This news comes nearly nine months after the company secured more than £4,3 million on equity crowdfunding platform, Seedrs. As previously reported, Perkbox has more than 300,000 paying… Read More

June 2, 2017 @ 8:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Draper Esprit (AIM: GROW, ESM: GRW) has raised £100 million via new and existing investors. The listed VC said a further £60m in new capital has been raised via their EIS, VCT and secondary co-investment funds which invest alongside their PLC. The additional capital, totaling £160… Read More

April 11, 2017 @ 10:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

Draper Esprit (AIM: GROW, ESM: GRW), a publicly traded venture capital firm, has provided an update since its IPO back in June 2016.  According to management, the VC has been “very active” since its admission to AIM & ESM. Draper Esprit was originally launched in… Read More