The Big Takeover — Why big companies buy little ones
The Big Takeover — Why big companies buy little ones Quite often tech giants such as google will buy companies, even startups who have shown potential. We are only 6 months into 2015 and google so far has acquired seven companies in 2015! Here are a few reasons the big guys might want to buy you out ;)…
Read moreInvesting in Startups 101: This is why your investment moolah will go to an early-stage startup.
The quadrant of startup investment. Yes, we made this up ourselves. We humbly posit to you that if you’re an individual looking to start diversifying your current investment porftolio by investing in startups, then the only ones worth your time at this stage in the ecosystem will be early-stage (pre-seed or seed) startups. Besides the…
Read moreGet ready to start raising money -the summer will end soon
Don’t miss your chance as Winter will be here soon:) I warn startups all the time be careful when you need money. Investors like holidays and you can guarantee they will not be around much when the kids have holidays….you might get a few of them but no chance you will see everyone you want…
Read moreLooking for a VC/High Net Worth/Family Office to match our Angellist Syndicate
Looking for a VC/High Net Worth/Family Office to match our Angellist Syndicate We have been thinking about this for a while and now that our UK Angellist Syndicate ( Click here ) is live and doing deals we have realised to make life easier and faster for everyone it would be useful to have a…
Read moreNorthstar Ventures – Venture Capital – VC
Northstar Ventures – Venture Capital – VC Types/sectors – Analytics, Software, Enterprise Software Stages of investing – Seed, Early Stage, and Later Stage History – founded in 2004 Fund value – £95m Founders and partners – Stephen Price, Michelle Cooper,Alex Buchan,Rebecca Roberts,Wesley Hartley,Richard Charnley,Peter Gilson Notable investments, and value – Amplience $10.5M Series B, Ignite…
Read morePiton Capital Venture Capital – VC
Piton Capital Venture Capital – VC Types/sectors – Marketplaces, Web Hosting, Social Network Media Stages of investing – seed to late stage History – Founded in 2010 Founders and partners – Andrin Bachmann,Greg Lockwood,Marja Verbon Notable investments, and value – FanDuel $275M Series E,AUTO1 Group $117.6M Series D Headquarters – London
Read morePassion Capital – Venture Capital – VC
Passion Capital – Venture Capital – VC Types/sectors – E-Commerce, Transaction Processing, Analytics Stages of investing – Seed and Early Stage History – launched in March 2011 as a private-public hybrid fund with an initial fund of $60 million, of which $40 million was from the United Kingdom government Fund value – £407 million Founders…
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