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UK Cyber Security: Investment and Valuation Data 25 Feb 2020 Investment, Tech, Trends, Valuation - £323m were invested in the Cyber Security sector in 2018. That's almost 40% up from £232m in 2017. The number of deals also saw an increase from 123 to 128.
Serial Entrepreneurs Explained: The Data Liking Experience To Success 17 Feb 2020 Investment, Strategy - Plenty of research supports the claim that repeat Founders are more successful than first-time Founders. But what sets serial entrepreneurs apart?
Get EIS Investment Quicker With Advanced Subscription Agreement (ASA) 21 Jan 2020 Fundraising, Investment - Under an ASA, the investors pays in advance for shares that will be allocated at a later date. This is, usually, when a qualifying Funding Round is raised.
Taking Investment From A Corporate VC: All The Pros And Cons 3 Dec 2019 Fundraising, Investment - The figure of the Corporate VC comes with an aura of mixed opinions. CB Insights surveyed 365 of them to get a deep insight into how and how well they work.
Seedrs Introduce Direct Investment To Their Crowdfunding Platform 29 Nov 2019 Fundraising, Investment - In addition to their nominee structure Seedrs introduced direct investment. Users will be able to control all administrative aspects of their shareholdings.
Beauhurst Publish Scale-Up Index 2019 19 Nov 2019 Investment, Trends - 2018 saw £1.3b invested into visible scale-ups through 63 deals: the largest of these was £150m into Oxford Nanopore, closely followed by Trilico's £149m round.
Is Winter Really Here? David Sacks Thinks So 4 Nov 2019 Investment, Opinion, Trends - Unicorn Founder and investor David Sacks thinks the party is over for companies hoping to raise fund without a clear path to profitability. Let's dig deeper and find out why and why it's actually god news!
IPO: What Is A Direct Listing And Why It Matters 4 Nov 2019 Exit, Fundraising, Investment, Strategy - An increasingly high number of tech start-ups are deciding to list their shares publicly through a direct listing rather than a classic IPO.
UK Equity Investment Declines In Q3 2019 Despite Record Year 22 Oct 2019 Investment - Q3 2019 in the UK was riddled with uncertainty, which pushed investors to prefer later-stage, lower-risk companies, encouraging a number of mega-deals.
Protect Your Minority Stake With Tag-Along Rights 8 Oct 2019 Fundraising, Investment - Tag-Along Rights protect minority shareholders during a sale granting them the right to join a transaction if a majority holder decides to sell their stake.
The Weirdest “Risk Factors” In 2019’s IPO Filings 16 Sep 2019 Exit, Fundraising, Investment, Strategy - One of the requirement for S-1 filings are "Risk Factors". It is a chance for a company to acknowledge its weaknesses and publicly declare what could get in the way of its success.
Drag-Along Clause In Term Sheets: What Does It Mean? 2 Sep 2019 Fundraising, Investment - Drag-along rights enable majority shareholders to force minority shareholders into a sale, provided that minority shareholders are offered the same exact terms as the majority ones.