by David Yates | Sep 13, 2016 | Blog Post, business, fintech, Investment, PE/VC
UK-based FinTech firms received 80% less VC funding than their German counterparts throughout Q2 2016. According to CB Insights and KMPG’s “The Pulse of FinTech” Q2 2016 report, venture capital-backed FinTech firms in Germany saw more than an 80% increase...
by David Yates | Sep 13, 2016 | Blog Post
Octopus Investments has launched a new fintech business, Octopus Labs, to fix what it considers is ‘the broken financial services sector’, with technology built in-house as well as sourced from later-stage fintech start-ups across the UK. According to the...
by David Yates | Aug 31, 2016 | Blog Post
Arrow Business Communications has geared up for a period of fast growth and M&A activity following a strategic investment by Growth Capital Partners (GCP) that sees both parties hold a 50% shareholding in the business. Arrow has completed seven acquisitions in the...
by David Yates | Aug 11, 2016 | Blog Post
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text] Do You Have the Mind of an Entrepreneur? I found this video on Inc.com which gives you 4 ways you might find out. Whilst I find it obvious that the studies show that entrepreneurs are more optimistic than...
by David Yates | Jul 19, 2016 | Blog Post, business, Investment
How will Brexit impact startups and scaleups? Almost 75% of high-growth businesses in the UK were hoping for a remain vote with tech startups overwhelmingly opposed to Brexit – but the vote didn’t quite turn out the way many expected it to, especially the politicians!...
by David Yates | Jul 14, 2016 | Blog Post, business, Investment, M&A, PE/VC, telecom
Maven has completed the MBO of Indigo Telecom Group, investing alongside fellow private equity manager YFM Equity Partners, to acquire the business from parent TTG-Global Limited. The business will benefit from a £12m funding package to accelerate growth,...
