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YFM’s new £95.5m fund shatters target

YFM Equity Partners has closed its latest fund at £95.5 million. The private equity firm says Bu...

Molten Ventures in £41m swoop for rival tech VC

Molten Ventures has swooped to acquire fellow tech-focused venture capital firm Forward Partners in ...

110 growth measures: Tech sector reacts to Chancellor’s Autumn Statement

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt plans to introduce 110 measures to boost the UK’s economic growth. Deliv...

Building Our Startup: Ian & Lisa McCartney, Plytime Learning

Our series profiling companies from our Startups 2.0 lists continues with Ian McCartney, co-founder ...

‘Founders must work IN the business, not just ON it’

Founders must avoid taking a strategic role too early before the company is ready for it. That’...

Advisory board appointed by Scotland’s Kelvin Capital

Kelvin Capital, the Scottish-based investor in early stage globally disruptive technologies, has app...

New chair revealed at Molten Ventures plc

Molten Ventures plc has revealed the identity of its next chair. The investment house said Lauren...

‘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...