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Venture Capital | Quick Guides
Top 10 equity providers for UK companies
Find out who the biggest equity investors are in UK companies, ranked in order of number of deals.
What VCs are looking for
Nenad Marovac, managing partner of venture capital firm DN Capital, throws light on what makes VCs say ‘yes’, and what management teams can expect from them when they have done so.
Why venture capital needs help
Marleen Groen, CEO at asset management company Greenpark Capital, gives her take on the state of private equity and venture capital funds
Venture Capital | Analysis
A crisis in venture capital
Cash-burning portfolio companies, dissent among co-investors and a tepid response to fundraisings are making life difficult for venture capital firms. GB speaks to key players about the industry's future.
VCTs: cascades of cash
Venture capital trusts have more than £600 million on their balance sheets, ready to invest in growing companies. GB reports on the latest research.
Why private equity regulation may be unnecessary
The European Commission wants to impose new legislation on the private equity industry.
Venture Capital | Profiles
A steady hand: David Hall
A question-and-answer session with David Hall, the managing director of venture capital firm YFM.
Patrick Reeve: a question of trust
A perennial figure on the VC scene, Albion Ventures’ Patrick Reeve talks to GB about VCTs, monster exits and riding tanks.
Dream team: PROfounders Capital
After quitting one of Europe’s major venture capital firms in the summer, Sean Seton-Rogers decided to set up a brand new fund with a little help from his friends, Michael Birch and Brent Hoberman. GB meets him.
Deal Zone AIM, VC and PLUS deals as they happen
| Company | Market | Type | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exosect | Chemicals | VC | £2.25 million | Feb 2010 |
| Cognitive Match | Aerospace | VC | $2.5 million (£1.6 million) | Feb 2010 |
| Gardner | Aerospace | VC | £20 million | Feb 2009 |
| DRC Group | Recruitment & Outsourcing | VC | Undisclosed | Feb 2010 |
| Minivator | Construction | VC | Undisclosed | Feb 2010 |
| Oxford Nanopore | Electronics | VC | £17.4 million | Feb 2010 |
| Mycitydeal.co.uk | Leisure | VC | E4 million (£3.5 million) | Jan 2010 |
| Land Energy | Forestry | VC | £350,000 | Jan 2010 |
Research
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What should an AIM company pay its CEO or FD?
What should a non-executive director or chairman expect to be paid?
What benchmarks should AIM remuneration committee members be using when
setting pay?
VCT Special Report 2009
This reports principle aim is to provide business owners seeking funding with information about the amount of funds that VCTs have to invest.
Cash Shells Special Report 2009
A comprehensive overview of cash shells on AIM and PLUS, companies that have become a significant feature on the market landscape.
White Papers
ABA Banking Journal
Covers the commercial banking industry in the United States, focusing on a wide variety of banking technologies and solutions.
Accountants World Daily Newsletter
Provides a large collection of relevant news stories that are sourced from over 2,000 different publications daily.
Enterprise-class e-commerce for mid-sized businesses
Online shopping has become ubiquitous and has changed customers' expectations. But how can mid-sized companies tackle e-commerce?
View now the ATG webinar with Forrester Research to find out how enterprise-class e-commerce can work for you. Click here to find out more
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Weekly Advice & Tips on Raising Capital
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Venture capital OR private equity capital
Venture capital (also known as VC or Venture) is a type of private equity capital typically provided to early-stage, high-potential, growth companies. Venture capital typically comes from institutional investors and high net worth individuals and is pooled together by dedicated investment firms.
Latest from Raising Finance
Why standard listings are a mistake
James Crux, editor of Growth Company Investor, argues that a new LSE listing category is decidedly sub-standard.
Who really funds innovation?
Mariana Mazzucato, professor of economics at The Open University, believes the state plays a greater role in entrepreneurship than it gets credit for.
Currency control
Exporters and financial experts explain how to make currency moves work in your favour.
Sticking to those new year’s resolutions
Although most people will have made and broken their personal New Year’s Resolutions by 24 January, there are seven good habits every business should stick to.
Greed and the City
The salaries of AIM CEOs continue to climb ever higher, despite the outcry over bankers’ salaries and the City culture of rewarding boards for failure. GrowthBusiness unveils unique research into directors' pay on AIM.
The downside of factoring
Sue Stedman, founder of Sue Stedman Corporate Clothing, explains why she’s always avoided invoice factoring.
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Events Calendar
Rosenblatt New Energy Awards 2010
25th February, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD
Blogs
Michael Jackson
Starting up in a recession
Oct 28 2009Recessions bring about change, and that’s the perfect environment for a new business.
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AIM Guide 2009/2010
The 2009/2010 AIM Guide contains essential information for anyone interested in the Alternative Investment Market.
Business XL
Business XL is written by leaders for leaders. The magazine is a fountain of inside information and knowledge, which can only be delivered by people who have started, bought and grown their own business.
M&A Magazine
M&A Magazine is the leading mid-market monthly corporate finance publication in the UK.
