This week, London-based investment firm Outward VC announced the first closing, at £51 million, of its Fund II. The fund received a £30 million investment from the British Business Bank, which is deploying capital through its Enterprise Capital Funds program. Several private investors also participated…. Read More
This week, the British Business Bank disclosed 10 additional companies in which the Future Fund holds an equity interest. That gives them an equity interest in 711 companies with a total investment of £708 million as of June 30. That’s one company less than in… Read More
The British Business Bank has published an updated list of firms in which it holds equity. According to the bank, there are 44 additional companies now on the list bringing the total to 696 individual firms – as of December 31, 2023. The shares were… Read More
The Future Fund was one of several programs designed by the UK government to backstop firms during the COVID crisis. Managed by the British Business Bank, the Future Fund was created to help early-stage ventures which frequently need ongoing cash injections to get to profitability…. Read More
The British Business Bank has published a list of 67 additional companies in which the Future Fund holds an equity interest, “taking total equity holdings to 591 as at 30 June 2023.” The rate of conversions in Q1 2023/4 increased “compared to the previous quarter,… Read More
The UK government created the Future Fund to provide access to capital to early-stage firms which were most likely unable to access debt capital during the COVID-19 health crisis. The fear was that a generation of innovative young firms would disappear as markets contracted and… Read More
The British Business Bank has posted an updated list that includes new companies backed by the Future Fund, one of several schemes enacted to provide assistance to firms harmed by the COVID-19 health crisis. Created in 2014, The British Business Bank is the UK government’s… Read More
Sure Valley Ventures, a venture capital firm that invests in high-growth software companies in sectors such as the Metaverse, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, has completed an £85m first close of a £95m UK software technology fund. This includes a £50m investment from the British Business… Read More
SuperSeed, a VC company investing in the future of business automation, announced that it has finalized the initial closing of its new fund at £31 million, aiming for a final close of £50 million. The fund will be investing anywhere between £500,000 and £1,500,000 into… Read More
The British Business Bank is committing £50 million through its Enterprise Capital Funds (ECF) program to a new fund: Epidarex Capital III UK LP. The fund, which totals £102 million, will invest in new life science companies from emerging research hubs across the UK. Epidarex… Read More
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