Envestors, a private investor network dedicated to helping investors source dynamic companies in need of growth capital, has launched a specialised service for early-stage businesses. Rising Stars has been introduced in response to demand from its investor network for high-quality, pre-screened investment opportunities. Interest in early-stage companies is growing amongst

Boutique hotel guide and booking service Mr & Mrs Smith is seeking to raise capital to finance its future expansion plans by tapping into the nascent SME retail bond market. Leveraging its strong brand loyalty as a means of funding the next phase of its ambitious growth plan, the firm

During the first quarter of 2012, the drop in venture capital (VC) deal activity for European companies was slight compared to the sharp drop in the amount of capital invested over the same period last year, according to Dow Jones VentureSource. Venture-backed companies based in Europe raised EUR762 million for

During a meeting held as part of the China-Russia Investment and Trade Forum, First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Igor Shuvalov and Executive Vice-Premier of the State Council of China Li Keqiang announced the dates to create the Russia-China Investment Fund and outlined the sectors earmarked for the first investments.

Jersey will be well positioned to grow its alternative funds business when the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive comes into place, according to expert speakers at a conference organised by Jersey Finance in London last week. An audience of almost 300 fund professionals at Jersey Finance’s London Funds Conference, held

BDO’s Private Companies Price Index (PCPI) has seen price/earnings (p/e) multiples paid by trade buyers for private companies fall from an average multiple of 12.1 in Q4 2011 to 11.5 in Q1 2012, but is up from an average multiple of 9.0 seen in Q1 2011. The number of trade

The Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index for the first quarter of 2012, based on a March 2012 survey of 34 San Francisco Bay Area venture capitalists, registered 3.79 on a 5 point scale (with 5 indicating high confidence and 1 indicating low confidence.) This quarter’s index rose significantly from

Irish law firm Dillon Eustace has opened an office in the Cayman Islands. The new office makes Dillon Eustace first European Union legal firm to establish a fully-serviced practice on the islands. The office opening reflects the firm’s view that while the impact of the introduction of the Alternative Investment