Venture Capital Funding

BP Ventures to invest $200m in dozen green energy startups

Corporate venture capital arm of energy giant BP to plough 90% of its investment capacity into disruptive green energy technology

Funding

BGF raises £80m in extra funds through Coutts

Clients of NatWest private bank Coutts back UK Enterprise Fund with £80m to invest alongside main £3bn BGF fund

News

Deals of the Week Oct 17 to Oct 21 – a Growth Business round-up

Deals this week include an environmentally friendly rocket, animal fat created in bioreactors and a start-up looking to fuel planes with agricultural waste

News

US venture capital market resilience gives hope to UK

The first nine months of 2022 has seen a record-breaking $151bn pumped into venture capital funds in the US

Venture Capital Funding

Future Fund: Breakthrough – £375m fund for tech scale-ups to launch

Government to take equity stakes in fast-growing tech companies matching venture capital finance

Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneur interview: Mark Roberts, founder and CEO of Lightfoot

Founder Mark Roberts is expecting large growth this year as Lightfoot looks to disrupt the black box insurance industry.