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Venture capital investment

  • Thursday, 17 April, 2025
    John Thornhill
    Three ideas to energise British tech

    A vibe shift is needed to close the gap between the UK and Silicon Valley

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  • Sunday, 13 April, 2025
    News in-depthTech start-ups
    UK start-ups consider switch to US as funding falls to post-pandemic low

    Leading British tech groups explore moving headquarters in effort to tap deep-pocketed American investors

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  • Wednesday, 9 April, 2025
    Special Report
    FT High-Growth Companies Asia-Pacific

    The 2025 ranking of fast growing companies in the Asia-Pacific region. Including: the Philippines looks beyond call centres, India’s Meesho taps WhatsApp, extending EV battery life, and cameras to keep drivers’ eyes on the road

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  • Wednesday, 9 April, 2025
    Special ReportFT High-Growth Companies Asia-Pacific
    Collaboration not disruption is key to start-up success in Asia, say academics

    South-east Asia should look to Japan and South Korea rather than Silicon Valley, research suggests

  • Tuesday, 1 April, 2025
    TikTok Inc
    Andreessen Horowitz in talks to help buy out TikTok’s Chinese owners

    Venture capital group could join last-gasp bid by allies of Donald Trump to take control of video app owned by ByteDance

    Marc Andreessen
  • Wednesday, 19 March, 2025
    Hannah Bernard
    Female-led start-ups are increasingly starved of funding

    Investment decisions in the UK follow the same outdated patterns — even in booming AI

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  • Thursday, 13 March, 2025
    Special ReportEurope’s Leading Start-up Hubs 2025
    Founders Factory: helping connect start-ups with the right investors

    The infrastructure to help young companies grow in the UK is varied and well established

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  • Thursday, 13 March, 2025
    Business InsightElaine Moore
    Who needs revenue when you’re a multibillion-dollar AI start-up?

    Companies with no products or idea yet on how to make money are seeking huge valuations in funding deals

  • Sunday, 9 March, 2025
    News in-depth
    AI frenzy leads US venture capital to biggest splurge in three years

    Investor excitement over fast-developing technology has led to a flurry of massive funding rounds this year

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  • Sunday, 9 March, 2025
    Fintech
    Martin Gilbert rules out selling Revolut stock as he backs share-buying fund

    LTC aims to buy technology companies’ stock through secondary share sales

  • Friday, 7 March, 2025
    Special ReportWomen in Business
    Wanted: more female voices in venture finance

    The lack of funding for women-led start-ups is both well-known and obstinately low

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  • Monday, 3 March, 2025
    Artificial intelligence
    Anthropic’s valuation triples to $61.5bn in bumper AI funding round

    Start-up raises $3.5bn from Silicon Valley venture firms in race against OpenAI and DeepSeek

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  • Monday, 3 March, 2025
    Fintech
    Peter Thiel-backed fintech Ramp nearly doubles valuation to $13bn

    US payments start-up completes share sale as business rebounds after period of low customer spending

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  • Friday, 28 February, 2025
    Moira O'Neill
    Venture capital trusts have little reason to celebrate turning 30

    Fundraising for the tax-efficient assets is up 10 per cent this year — but they remain a niche choice

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  • Monday, 24 February, 2025
    Technology sector
    Pre-product AI ‘company’ now valued at $30bn

    This is nuts. When’s the crash?

  • Monday, 24 February, 2025
    Qatar
    Qatar uses sovereign wealth to entice venture capital to Doha

    QIA will continue to invest most of its wealth outside the Gulf state but wants to make the country a regional hub for VC

  • Sunday, 23 February, 2025
    VC backed by Cambridge university launches £100mn start-up fund

    Cambridge Innovation Capital’s fund counts Aviva Investors and an arm of British Business Bank as backers

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  • Friday, 21 February, 2025
    Personal Finance
    Bonus season: how does yours measure up?

    Our annual survey of FT readers shows bonus payouts are on the rise, but so too are tax concerns and school fees

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  • Thursday, 20 February, 2025
    LexElon Musk
    Musk’s elevated status could raise X’s value too Premium content

    These days, political influence matters as much as metrics such as ‘daily active users’

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  • Thursday, 20 February, 2025
    FT CollectionsTech Exchange
    Accel’s Harry Nelis: ‘Many entrepreneurs realise Europe is a great place to start a business’

    The venture capital group’s long-serving partner reflects on how the continent’s start-up industry has evolved and discusses the AI boom

  • Wednesday, 12 February, 2025
    Tech start-ups
    VC funding in European defence and security tech surges to record $5.2bn

    Big funding rounds for software developer Helsing and drone maker Tekever defy broader downturn in venture investing

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  • Tuesday, 11 February, 2025
    Special Report
    The Future of Cities

    From Gen Z urban Africans’ frustrated ambitions and development density disputes in Sydney to tackling ‘heat islands’ and community-splitting highways. Plus improving refugees’ lot; natural flood resilience; how the ‘15-minute city’ became politicised; and rethinking places of worship

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  • Friday, 24 January, 2025
    Andreessen Horowitz
    Andreessen Horowitz to close London office in pullback from UK crypto investing

    Silicon Valley investor says it wants to refocus on US market with Donald Trump in office

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  • Tuesday, 14 January, 2025
    Intel Corp
    Intel to spin off venture capital arm as chipmaker tries to cut costs

    Troubled Silicon Valley company also under pressure for investments in China

    Intel sign at its headquarters in Santa Clara, California
  • Friday, 10 January, 2025
    News in-depthTech start-ups
    Silicon Valley’s largest start-ups to shun IPOs in 2025

    Huge recent fundraising deals for Databricks, SpaceX and OpenAI further delay need for stock market debuts

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