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Venture Capital Funding

Northern Gritstone on track to raising £500m fund for northern universities

Fund has found backing for its first £100m with another £300m in discussion, enabling it to back two dozen northern university spinouts a year

Funding

Deals of the week Nov 8 to Nov 12 – a GrowthBusiness roundup

This week’s deals of note are Kleene.ai closing £11m Series A for its data platform and youth employment start-up Hundo raising £1.5m seed funding

Expansion

Scale-ups see EU as declining market when it comes to export

Scale-up bosses want the international trade department to offer tailored support to help them sell more overseas

Funding

Deals of the week Nov 1 to Nov 5 – a GrowthBusiness roundup

This week’s deals include audience platform Permutive closing a £56m Series C round, a Scottish vertical farming tech firm closing a £42m Series B and team building platform Unlock raising £1.5m in seed funding

News

Qatar to invest billions in British green technology start-ups

Gulf state in talks with VCs and private equity about creating multi-billion fund to create five green tech unicorns by 2030

Funding

Deals of the week October 25-29 – a GrowthBusiness roundup

This week’s deals include Octopus Ventures investing £3.6m in digital ID start-up APLYiD, underwear brand JustWears finding a snug fit with investors, and yet-to-launch shopping app BASKET ringing up £2m

Funding

Rishi Sunak pushes for pension funds to invest in tech start-ups

Chancellor announces consultation on changing regulatory charge cap for pension schemes, unlocking potential billions for investment

News

Government offers £1.4bn match funding for foreign tech investment

Overseas investment in life sciences and electric vehicles to be encouraged with grants for 'strategically important' industries

Funding

Deals of the week October 18 to October 22 – a GrowthBusiness roundup

Proptech Proportunity gets on the funding ladder with a £105m funding round, while Balderton Capital joins in on £92m Series B for events platform Hubilo

News

Chancellor to drop target to spend £22bn annually on R&D by 2024-5

Treasury decision to renege on annual £22bn target for Government R&D spending means £11bn private investment in British tech will go elsewhere, warns expert

Funding

Deals of the week October 11 to October 15 – a GrowthBusiness roundup

This week’s deals include e-commerce solution Juni raising £38m, earbud brand Nothing closing £36m and travel agent Travel Seen raising £1.6m

Venture Capital Funding

British start-ups raise £20bn so far this year, setting new record

UK start-ups have already raised one third more investment cash by end of third quarter than they did throughout 2020