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Early Stage Funding

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Redrice Ventures deploying up to £10m a year into early-stage consumer brands

The Holborn-based VC is investing £60m over 10 years into early-stage consumer brands and tech solutions

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Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme must be overhauled, say experts

Tax-based funding scheme for start-ups is ‘out of date’ says lobby group Coadec as investor SFC Capital calls for investment cap to be doubled to £300,000

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Creator Fund launches £15m fund to back student founders

Fund will invest in next generation of student founders in the British university deep-tech space

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What metrics do start-up investors look for?

What metrics really matter when trying to secure funding? Here are the metrics start-up investors look for and which ones are key to seed investors and successful founders

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Investment into university spinouts nearly doubled in 2021

A record £2.54bn was raised in 2021 with Oxford university spinouts topping the list, but gender imbalance remains

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Deals of the Week 28 March to 1 April – a Growth Business round-up

This week’s Deals of the Week features start-ups aiming to reduce carbon in supply chains, make holiday rental visitors behave and enable customers to buy NFTs with credit cards

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Climate VC to invest £35m in overlooked climate tech start-ups

Investments to be made in 120 start-ups with the highest potential impact on climate change

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Sure Valley closing £95m software fund to invest in 25 early-stage start-ups

Tech VC fund opening office in Manchester as it looks beyond London and the golden triangle for software investment opportunities

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Number of start-up funding rounds down 36% from 2018 peak

Government faces blowing its own science superpower goals unless more is done to support early-stage tech start-ups, warns financier

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Octopus Ventures plans to launch a £100m fund for health tech companies

In its most recent announcement, Octopus Ventures is planning to launch a £100m fund for early-stage health tech companies

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Deals of the Week, January 8 to 15 – Growth Business roundup

Growth Business roundup of Deals of the Week, January 8 to 15, listing seed funding, venture capital and crowdfunding deals of note

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Deals of the Week, January 1 to 8 – Growth Business roundup

Growth Business roundup of Deals of the Week January 1 to 8, listing seed funding, venture capital and crowdfunding deals of note