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Global VC investment market to grow 35.86 per cent by 2020

The global venture capital investment market is forecast to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 35.86 per cent between 2016 and 2020, according to a report from Research and Markets. The report – Global Venture Capital Investment Market 2016-2020 – has been prepared based on an in-depth market

Amundi details post Brexit situation

Vincent Mortier (pictured), Deputy CIO, Global Head of Multi-Asset Amundi and Pascal Blanqué, CIO, Global Head of Institutional Division Amundi have issued a joint statement on the situation post Brexit.  They write that a few days after the surprise vote in the UK, uncertainty remains high and that they believe

New chair for Invest Europe

Invest Europe has appointed Dr Gerry Murphy, Senior Managing Director and Chairman of Blackstone Europe, as Chair of the Association. He succeeds Max Römer, Founding Partner of Quadriga Capital.  Murphy has been a senior figure in Blackstone’s team in London since joining the US alternative investments manager in 2008. His

Twitter acquires VCT-backed Magic Pony

VCT provider Octopus has announced a successful exit for investors in its GBP300 million Octopus Titan VCT (Titan VCT) as Twitter acquired portfolio company Magic Pony Technology, a technology company which has pioneered new machine learning techniques for visual processing.  Stuart Lewis, VCT Business Line Manager at Octopus, says: “There’s

Invest Europe reports increased activity in European private equity in 2015

Invest Europe’s 2015 European Private Equity Activity report finds that private equity investment into European companies increased by 14 per cent to EUR47.4 billion in 2015, along with high fundraising and exit activity.  The trade association’s report provides verified data gathered directly from more than 1,200 European private equity firms,

Octopus Titan VCT raises a record GBP100 million

Octopus Investments’ Octopus Titan Venture Capital Trust (Titan VCT) has raised a record GBP100 million. This is the largest ever fundraise for Titan VCT, the UK’s biggest Venture Capital Trust (VCT). The news follows swiftly on the heels of the latest figures from the Association of Investment Companies, which revealed

Vasona Networks adds USD14.6m in venture capital

Vasona Networks has closed a USD14.6 million series C Round, bringing total funds raised by the company to USD48 million.  The financing builds on global momentum that has seen the company's solutions used by tier-one mobile network operators in four of the world's largest cities, including announced use by Telefónica

Founders Fund closes USD1.3bn VC fund

Founders Fund has closed a USD1.3 billion sixth fund, bringing the firm’s total amount of capital under management to over USD3 billion. Founders Fund VI will be led by partners Lauren Gross, Ken Howery, Geoff Lewis, Scott Nolan, Luke Nosek, Brian Singerman, and Peter Thiel. Members of the team have

Flint Capital increases share in Creamfinance

Venture Capital fund Flint Capital has bought an EUR1 million minority share in Creamfinance from an Angel investor, which coupled with its original investment in the firm two years ago, makes it CreamFinance’s largest institutional investor. According to Andrew Gershfeld, partner at Flint Capital, the Venture Capital fund decided to

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