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UK corporate venture capital firms by sector

Growth Business

By Dom Walbanke on Growth Business - Your gateway to entrepreneurial success In the UK, cleantech, AI, health and biotech dominates venture capital funding – a trend that looks to continue into Q4 and early in the new year. At a time of great change, the firm looks to invest in the companies that can help accelerate the shift to net-zero.

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IBM acquires Apptio from Vista for $4.6B in cash to double down on hybrid cloud services

TechCrunch: M&A

billion to take it private back in 2018. To capitalize on these changes, it is essential to optimize investments which drive better business value, and Apptio does just that,” said Arvind Krishna, CEO and chairman, IBM, in a statement. Apptio is currently owned by PE firm Vista Equity Partners, which paid $1.94

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Will There Be an IPO for a Specialty Consulting Company in 2024?

Focus Investment Banking

In that environment, very few firms sought IPOs, and there was a major slowdown in overall exits, whether private or public. And will that mean that some of the privately held management consulting firms or other professional services companies will choose an IPO this year? But those companies have been public for more than 20 years.

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Go1 snaps up speed reading app Blinkist to expand in enterprise learning

TechCrunch: M&A

Blinkist’s last valuation was $160 million in 2018 , when it raised $18.8 It had raised just over $37 million, per Pitchbook data , with backers in addition to Insight including Left Lane Capital, T-Ventures, and more. million and the company is “significantly bigger” than it was then, Barnes said.

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Active UK corporate venture capital firms

Growth Business

By Dom Walbanke on Growth Business - Your gateway to entrepreneurial success Corporate venture capital is venture capital supplied by large corporates to high-growth start-ups. It is interested in companies at pre-Series A through to pre-IPO stage.

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24 venture capital firms you need to know about – Growth Business guide

Growth Business

By Rory Bennett on Growth Business - Your gateway to entrepreneurial success On the face of it, Britain’s venture capital firms have never been more ready to invest in your start-up. Last year, venture capital raised £6.8 Capital invested by venture capital trusts increased by 8 per cent last year to £664 million.

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Highlights from Cooley’s M&A Dealmakers Roundtable: SPACs!

Cooley M&A

is the increased frequency at which SPAC IPOs are occurring. As reflected in Chart 1 , 102 SPAC IPOs have been announced this year as of September 18, 2020—almost double the number of SPAC IPOs in all of last year (and more than double the number of SPAC IPOs in 2018). SPAC vs. IPO. Competition / Variation.

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