5/8/2026 10:05:47 AM Venture capital: European funds raise less capital, but invest more By Samantha Wulfson 316 venture capital funds raised a total of €17 billion in 2025. This represents a 29% decrease compared to the previous year, which had...
8/4/2025 9:42:49 AM 10 years that changed European VC: trends, sectors, and the road ahead By Samantha Wulfson The latest Invest Europe report highlights a major leap: €143b invested in more than 26,000 startups, a million new jobs, and a new sense...
2/18/2025 8:07:25 PM Venture capital’s latest strategy: private equity–style roll-ups By Sarah Wolter Venture capital firms have increasingly been acting like private equity firms by investing in or buying mature businesses in need of a...
1/17/2025 3:04:41 PM Sydecar raises $11m in Series A funding By Cristobal de Atucha Houston based deal execution platform for venture investors raised $11m in Series A funding led by Deciens Capital.
11/14/2024 8:58:39 PM VC firms and tech startups face growing pressure for liquidity. Enter private equity By Sarah Wolter Tech as a percentage of total PE deal value was 28.3% in the third quarter, up from 18.7% in the second, as buyers and sellers had an...
11/15/2023 2:15:11 AM Phoenix Group’s With-Profits Funds take GP equity stake in global early-stage investor Antler By FinTech Collective Phoenix Group, the UK’s largest long-term savings and retirement business, has acquired a minority equity stake in Antler, the most...
10/10/2023 6:57:29 PM California passes law mandating VC firms to release investments’ diversity information By Sarah Wolter This week, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 54, which will require venture capital firms in the state to...
9/12/2023 1:11:55 PM Will generative AI revolutionise the way VCs find deals? By Sarah Wolter VC has long been criticised for relying too much on gut feel and warm intros to make bets. But as the number of VC firms has exploded,...
8/22/2023 10:01:06 PM The French VC snapshot: 2023 By Samantha Wulfson With over 22k startups, 1,500 investors and $65bn worth of deals over the past decade, France has surpassed Germany for new startup...
7/19/2023 7:35:12 PM Anduin raises $15.6m in Series B funding By FinTech Collective San Francisco based relationship platform for private market investors raised $15.6m in Series B funding led by 8VC.
11/8/2022 5:26:58 PM Pitchbook VC Valuations Report By Samantha Wulfson Though there has been a slowdown in deal count, momentum from the market growth in recent years continues. The record number of closed...
4/22/2022 3:10:48 PM Venture Capital: Whaling in the digital age By Sarah Wolter The early roots of VC can be traced back to pioneer times when high risk ventures required the backing of a financial sponsor with...
4/22/2022 3:07:45 PM VC: An American History By Sarah Wolter This book tells the story of how the venture capital industry arose from America’s longstanding identification with entrepreneurship and...
3/11/2022 8:49:01 PM 2021 marks a record breaking year for African venture funding By Samantha Wulfson African fintech startups received over half of the total VC funding in 2021, while Nigeria topped African VC investment destination,...
11/11/2021 1:06:20 PM ‘Every firm is talking about it’: Venture capital is having its New York moment By Sarah Wolter In the 1980s, venture capital firm Sequoia set a tone for the tech investing industry with a Silicon Valley-first mantra: if we can’t...
6/4/2021 11:41:41 AM Venture capital fund plays role of credit union-fintech matchmaker By Carlos Alonso Torras Because of their smaller size and scale relative to banks, many credit unions find it hard to draw the attention of fintechs. A new...