In this week’s Private Equity Wire podcast Karin Wasteson interviews Joe Stringer, partner at Octopus Ventures, who shares his views on trends in the healthtech space during the past year, and some of the sector’s key challenges and opportunities moving forward.
Kraken Digital Asset Exchange has backed the newly launched Kraken Ventures, an independent investment fund targeting early stage companies and protocols across the crypto and fintech ecosystem. The fund will invest in the technologies powering the next wave of crypto and fintech innovation and provide entrepreneurs with the financial resources
After the success of its Smart City I Venture fund, Eurazeo has announced the initial closing of its Smart City II Venture fund at EUR80 million to invest in the most promising energy, mobility proptech and logistics start-ups worldwide. This first round of fundraising has brought together top-tier investors including
OpenOcean, an pioneering investor in data solutions and software, has announced a EUR92 million raise for its third main venture fund.
Panoramic Ventures has launched following a partnership between entrepreneur and investor Paul Judge and venture capital firm BIP Capital, which has more than USD550 million in assets under management. Judge and BIP Capital Co-founder Mark Buffington are managing partners of Panoramic Ventures, which has also launched a new fund with
Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) showed extraordinary resilience in 2020 despite the challenges of the pandemic, according to a new survey of VCT managers conducted by the Association of Investment Companies (AIC). In the survey, which was conducted between 1 December 2020 and 6 January 2021, 40 per cent of managers
i5invest and the Vienna University of Economics’ Entrepreneurship Center publish ‘The European Capital Report 2021’, revealing that both Venture Capital and Private Equity Funds have substantially been gaining ground despite Covid-19. With 64 new European funds that have been established in the last 24 months, the total number of players
Astia has launched a USD100m early-stage venture fund aimed at addressing the disparity in funding for companies that include women in founding or executive roles. Led by an investment from Mastercard, the Astia Fund will invest globally in high-growth companies that have at least one woman in an executive,
By Alex Di Santo (pictured), group head of private equity at Crestbridge – It’s a good time to raise assets – which will more than double for the private equity and venture capital space by 2025.
Data presented by Buy Shares indicates the value of funds raised by venture capitalists in Europe surged by 147.78 per cent between 2016 and 2020. Last year recorded the highest value in a decade at USD49 billion, a growth from 2019’s USD42 billion. In 2018, the value was USD33.01 billion
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