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Dom is a feature writer for Growth Business and Small Business, focused on matters concerning start-ups and scale-ups. He has also been published in the Independent, FourFourTwo magazine and various lifestyle publications.

Technology

Michael Lewis on how Moneyball changed how business views data 

On the 20th anniversary of bestselling book Moneyball, its author Michael Lewis explains how data and analytics changed sports and business

News

Sustainable start-ups earn a 15% premium

Start-ups with a poor sustainability track record could see their valuation reduce by up to 4%

Entrepreneurs

Green business tips from Deborah Meaden 

Deborah Meaden shared three top tips for any start-up founder who wants to run a green business at the SME XPO in London.  

Alternative Finance for Business

What is venture debt?  

What is venture debt? How do you get it and who are the providers in the UK?

News

Most active venture capital firms revealed

There were 2,722 equity rounds in 2022 – down 7 per cent on 2021 but higher than years prior.

Venture Capital Funding

One in five VC-backed companies go bust

New study finds 45 per cent of European VC portfolio companies underachieve, one in five go bust and one in 10 produce tenfold returns

News

Call for pension “super funds” to help UK science and tech start-ups

New pension super funds could limit the flow of UK tech and life sciences start-ups choosing to go overseas for listing and investment

News

Vast majority of UK’s most active angel investors are men

The research covers the 100 most active angel investors in the UK over the past two years

Venture Capital Funding

Foresight WAE Technology to invest £20m in engineering start-ups in 2023

London-based VC backing up to 15 hardware engineering start-ups with £500,000 to £3m investments

Technology

Force-feeding start-ups to become unicorns hasn’t gone well, says start-up tsar 

Former music industry boss Jeremy Silver now helps start-ups collaborate with industry to encourage the early adoption of advanced digital tech

News

Midlands universities launch £250m spinout investment company  

The newly formed Midlands Innovation group will focus on clean technology and AI spinouts

News

Medium sized firms weathering inflation rises  

Revenue for medium sized businesses increased by 12 per cent in 2022 with financial services companies in London increasing revenue by 47 per cent