News - Investors

‘There is unmet investor appetite for early-stage companies’

There is a discrepancy between the appetite for investing in early-stage companies and advisers’ b...

Praetura Asset Finance appoints MD

Praetura Asset Finance has appointed Ric Simmons as managing director following a sustained period o...

Mercia figure joins NVM’s Manchester office

NVM Private Equity is expanding its investment team with the appointment of Alex Wilson, who will jo...

Northern Gritstone secures final close of £312m

Northern Gritstone, the investment business focused on university spin-outs and IP-rich businesses i...

New NordicNinja COO ‘to help firms go from zero to IPO’

NordicNinja has appointed a new COO in tech industry leader Row Knapp. Knapp, who has worked at f...

BBRC appointments to support growth plans

BBRC (Bristol & Bath Regional Capital) has introduced two new senior roles to its team, with a f...

Building My Startup: Rob Illidge, CEO, Vulse

In the first edition of a series profiling companies from our Startups 2.0 lists, we speak with Rob ...

BGF expands Reading team with new appointment

BGF has appointed a new investor to strengthen its Reading-based team which supports the growth pote...

Former BBC Dragon reveals metrics founders can’t afford to ignore

Former Dragons’ Den star and co-founder of Implement AI, Piers Linney, has warned founders not to ...

Par Equity launches £100m fund to scale Northern tech firms

Edinburgh-based venture capital firm Par Equity has announced the launch of its new venture fund - P...

Tech Nation relaunches with £10bn funding pledge

Tech Nation has officially relaunched with a £10 billion funding pledge and new focus on startups. ...

New entrepreneurs should draw upon ‘social capital’

Several of the most resilient startup entrepreneurs I have met have a traditional career behind them...