Private equity investors worried about valuations
Venture capital and private equity investors are becoming concerned over the exit environment, and the majority believe the asset class is overvalued, a new survey from Preqin shows. Venture capital is the asset class the research firm views most at risk from current economic and market volatility because venture-backed firms have much in common with […]
Venture Capital’s Billions Are Taking Over London Finance
In the City of London’s 1980s heyday most well-behaved investment bankers paid little heed to King’s Cross, then a seedy, drug-ridden den of vice a few miles away from their trading floors and wine bars. Today the area attracts tech giants, startups and global investors, even as the centuries-old heart of London’s financial world stands still. At the heart of the renaissance is Alphabet Inc., which has built Google’s […]
Hedge Funds Continue To Expand Into The Private Equity Market
VCs have dominated private funding and the start-up space for decades, while hedge funds focused largely on publicly listed companies. The reason for this is simple: hedge funds prefer to invest in stocks such as Google and Facebook that will offer them high returns on investment (ROI) in a short period of time. In 2014, […]
African startups drew record $5.2 billion in venture capital last year, industry group says
African start-ups attracted a record $5.2 billion in venture capital last year, bouncing back from a pandemic-induced dip in 2020 with a nearly five-fold increase in investments, according to data released by an industry group on Tuesday. The success of companies like Nigeria’s Paystack, acquired in 2020 by U.S. payments firm Stripe, and fellow fintech […]
Spanish private capital hit second highest level in 2021
According to the first estimates obtained by the Spanish Association of Capital, Growth and Investment (ASCRI) through the European platform EDC, the volume of private capital investment in Spain during 2021 reached EUR7.49 billion from a total of 841 investments. Despite the new global pandemic scenario, the venture capital segment hit a record high while […]
London tech set to reach new heights in 2022 following record year for VC investment
The future looks bright for London’s tech sector, according to a new report from London & Partners and Dealroom.co, showing that 2021 was another record year for venture capital investment into London’s tech firms. 2021 marks the year London tech came of age, with a large increase in megarounds (USD100 million-plus rounds), an unprecedented number […]
Riello Investimenti Partners expands into Venture Capital
Riello Investimenti Partners Sgr expands into Venture Capital. The launch of this new asset class – which joins Private Equity and Private Debt – takes place through the promotion of Linfa Ventures, the first venture capital fund in Italy focused on investments in innovation in the agro-food chain. This is the most important sector of […]
Zoom Unveils Its $100M Venture Fund
On Monday, Zoom Video Communications (NASDAQ: ZM) announced a $100 million fund dedicated to investing in startup software applications that rely on their technology. The fund plans to invest around $250,000 – $2.5M into each startup, where the primary goal is for software companies to create new features and functionalities that provide Zoom users with […]
Venture capital funding in India hits $3.1 billion in fourth quarte: KPMG
This compares to $3.6 billion in the previous quarter, said a KPMG report With 294 deals, venture capital investment in India reached $3.1 billion in the fourth quarter of 2020, compared to $3.6 billion in the previous quarter, said a KPMG report. While VC investment dropped somewhat during the fourth quarter of 2020, India saw […]
UK scaleups finish 2020 with record rates of VC investment
Fast-growth UK businesses closed 2020 in their strongest position, attracting more than GBP3.8 billion of Venture Capital (VC) investment during the final quarter of the year, according to new figures. Despite further Covid-19 related restrictions being in place, Q4 was the strongest quarter of the year for VC-backed deals, according to KPMG’s Global Venture Pulse […]
