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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

Are fundraising prospects improving?

Mark Tasker, a specialist in the technology sector at corporate law firm Fox Williams, considers the current outlook for businesses seeking funding.

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.

Venture Capital | Profiles

The UK's hottest VC prospects

From the founder of Glasses Direct to the CEO of microlending company Wonga, GB talks to the leaders of five of the UK's hottest VC-backed companies about how they raised the cash and what they're doing with it.

Dealmakers club together

Entrepreneurs are typically thought of as lone rangers who sink or swim based on their individual skills or luck. Andrew Romans, general partner of The Founders Club, has a slightly different notion.

A steady hand: David Hall

A question-and-answer session with David Hall, the managing director of venture capital firm YFM.

Deal Zone AIM, VC and PLUS deals as they happen

Latest Deal Zone deals
Company	Market	Type	Amount	Date
iVision UK	Cleantech	VC	£700,000	Feb 2010
Jeyes	Health	VC	£20 million	Feb 2010
PrismTech	Software/IT	VC	£1.5 million	Feb 2010
Synseal Extrusions	Textiles	VC	Undisclosed	Feb 2010
AQS	Cleantech	VC	£2 million	Feb 2010
Mi-Pay	Investment	VC	£3 million	Feb 2010
HCT Group	Transport	VC	£3 million	Feb 2010
FDM Group	Software/IT	VC	£28.4 million	Feb 2010

VC Deals, AIM Deals, PLUS

Research

Directors' Pay AIM 2009

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.

5 Things You Need to Understand About Your Nexus Footprint

Understand how to monitor your business activities as well as how states enforce Nexus.

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.

Trying to raise business finance?

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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.

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