The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has released an educational video introducing venture capital trusts.

US$698.7 billion worth of deals were announced globally during the first two months of 2021, 56% more than the same period last year and a year-to-date total only exceeded twice since our records began, in the years 2000 and 2018, according to Refinitiv Deals Intelligence.

The Learning and Development (L&D) sector has reached a critical stage; with four key areas open for disruption and emerging new innovators, according to a new green paper launched by Emerge Education, the only VC fund backed by the world's leading education entrepreneurs, and FutureLearn.com, the leading social learning platform.

The government has published new statistics that show businesses across the UK have to date benefitted from 1,593,620 government-guaranteed loans worth £72.9bn to support their cashflow during the crisis through schemes delivered by the British Business Bank.

The value of venture capital raised by UK companies surged to the highest quarterly total during Q4 2020 according to research from Refinitiv Deals Intelligence.

Private capital funds face growing demands for transparency as mainstream investors increasingly turn to the sector to chase the higher returns it offers, new research* from Intertrust N.V. and Global Custodian reveals. Intertrust Group, a world leader in providing specialised administration services to clients in over 30 jurisdictions, estimates that around US$5.5 billion will need to be spent to meet these increasing demands worldwide over the next five years.

New research* by money.co.uk has crowned Google as the most successful company to be started at university. 

The search engine sits at the top of the university start-up league table with a current market capitalisation of $1.27 trillion (£926 billion)**. This is 12.7 million times greater than the $100,000 initial funding the company received in 1998.

Narcissists have the most crowdfunding success, research reveals.  Entrepreneurs that display the right level of narcissism are more likely to secure crowdfunding investment, according to new research from Trinity Business School.

A new report by the British Business Bank reveals how private debt has become a valuable source of finance for smaller businesses across the UK 

Angel Investment Network (AIN), the UK’s largest online angel investment platform, has revealed its latest ‘State of the Angel Investment Nation’ findings. It is based on the data of more than 125,000 UK registered businesses looking for funding and 35,000 UK investors.

Research by regional mid-market private equity firm YFM Equity Partners has revealed a growing focus on culture and working practices, rather than simply valuation, after almost a year of interrupted working and repeated lockdowns.

The British Business Bank has published Future Fund data that gives a detailed picture of the 1,055 companies that have been approved for £1,066.6m worth worth of Convertible Loan Agreements since the scheme was launched on 20 May. There have been 1,616 applications in total since the scheme launched. The Future Fund closed for applications on 31 January 2021.