Tagged: vc

March 2, 2025 @ 5:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  The venture capital  or VC funding landscape in the UK market saw a year-on-year (YoY) decline in deal volume by “12.6% from January 2024 to January 2025, with the number of deals dropping from 87 to 76.” Despite this decrease in deal volume, the… Read More

February 9, 2025 @ 2:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Several venture capital firms in Latin America are reportedly planning to increase their investments in startups offering loans and artificial intelligence products. According to a report from Bloomberg, these efforts are driven by the region’s potential for financial-technology growth. This focus on Fintech lending and… Read More

January 22, 2025 @ 8:03 am By JD Alois  |  

2025 may be a far better year for risk capital in Europe. According to a report, around $31 billion in “dry powder” is available for European early-stage firms. Dealroom.co says over 4X the amount of cash available compared to ten years ago, and “Unicorn creation”… Read More

January 21, 2025 @ 8:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In 2024, VC investment in Ireland remained stable despite the challenging funding environment. According to the KPMG Venture Pulse report, VC investment picked up in Q4, with “29 deals closing in the quarter worth $255.16 million, compared to 26 deals worth $174.76 million for the… Read More

January 10, 2025 @ 9:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Risk capital is experiencing a period of heightened risk, it seems, as venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) financed firms have registered all-time high bankruptcies, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence data. S&P reports that bankruptcy filings made by US companies backed by PE… Read More

December 30, 2024 @ 8:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A total of 2,313 venture capital (VC) funding deals were announced in China during Jan-Nov 2024, while the total disclosed funding value of these deals stood at $32.3 billion, a new report has revealed. This represents a year-on-year (YoY) decline of 23.1% in VC deal… Read More

November 30, 2024 @ 8:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A total of 984 venture capital funding deals were announced in India during January-October 2024 which was a YoY improvement of 5.8% in deal volume. This, according to an update from GlobalData. Notably, the total disclosed funding value of these deals in India surged by… Read More

November 8, 2024 @ 9:03 am By JD Alois  |  

Some positive news regarding risk capital. S&P Global Market Intelligence says Venture Capital (VC) and Private Equity (PE) deal value increased globally during the month of October. While four weeks does not make a quarter this could be good news for the innovation sector which… Read More

November 6, 2024 @ 1:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

The British Business Bank has published a report on venture capital activity in the UK. The research states that the performance of UK VC funds declined slightly during the 2023/24 period, matching the US and the rest of Europe. While conditions are said to be… Read More

October 8, 2024 @ 4:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

Florida, and the Miami region specifically, has emerged as a fast-growing startup/entrepreneur ecosystem. The warm weather (minus the occasional hurricane), combined with a business-friendly state government and no state income taxes, has helped shift activity from elsewhere to the Sunshine State. Some big firms have… Read More

October 4, 2024 @ 8:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at CBInsights has released their latest State of Venture Q3’24 report. As noted in the research report from CBInsights, AI startups have managed to acquire 1 in 3 VC dollars. The research study released by CBInsights pointed out that Silicon Valley is becoming… Read More

September 24, 2024 @ 11:49 am By JD Alois  |  

UK startups received $10.1 billion in venture capital (VC) funding from January through August 2024 according to a report. The funding was committed to 673 individual deals. GlobalData reports that this is an improvement by 14.8% in funding year over year. At the same time,… Read More

September 1, 2024 @ 2:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based startups raised $9 billion funding through 704 venture capital (VC) deals announced during January-July 2024, which is a 7.9% year-on-year (YoY) increase in funding value despite a 14.3% decline in deal volume. This reflects an improving appetite for big-ticket investments in promising startups, positioning… Read More

August 27, 2024 @ 8:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Switzerland-based VC firm redalpine has opened a new office in the UK while announcing a new $200 million fund. redalpine has backed some successful Fintechs in the past like Klarna and N26 among others. Founded in Zurich in 2007, redalpine also has offices in San… Read More

August 26, 2024 @ 8:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The total venture capital (VC) funding raised by the US-based startups reportedly improved by 2.4% year-on-year (YoY) during January-July 2024 despite a 41% decline in VC deal volume. The country continues to lead the global VC landscape “with a significant gap over its peers, leading… Read More

August 25, 2024 @ 9:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Carta has shared the VC Fund Performance for Q1 2024. Carta’s inaugural VC fund performance report analyzes benchmarks for more than 1800 funds across six recent vintages. There has been tremendous upheaval in the venture capital markets “since interest rates began to rise in early… Read More

August 13, 2024 @ 6:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Balderton has recently announced $1.3B in new funds to back Europe’s top entrepreneurs as they build world-changing businesses. Balderton Capital, which claims to be one of Europe’s technology venture capital firms, confirmed in a blog post its $615 million Early Stage Fund IX and $685… Read More

August 12, 2024 @ 3:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The US venture market continues a slow evolution by way of correcting expectations and valuations, “at least in some arenas of the market,” according to an update from PitchBook. Artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI & ML) is “driving interest across the strategy, with company… Read More

August 9, 2024 @ 10:54 am By JD Alois  |  

It has been widely reported that funding of private firms has been moribund for the past couple of years. There have been a few bright spots but overall, investment has not returned to the robust level seen in recent years. A report distributed today, indicates… Read More

August 9, 2024 @ 9:07 am By JD Alois  |  

Boston-based Flint Capital has closed on a $160 million venture capital fund. The vehicle aims to support early-stage firms in Cybersecurity, Fintech, B2C, SaaS, and other sectors. The fund will seek European and Israeli startups that want to expand into the US market. Flint has… Read More