Midven Venture Capital – VC
Types/sectors – Software, Games, Health Care Stages of investing – Seed, Early Stage, Later Stage, and Private Equity History – Started in 1990 when six Midlands based entrepreneurs established the business.The Company went through a management buy-out in October 2007, when the investment team acquired the business from the original founders. Fund value – £230m…
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Types/sectors – Biotechnology, Software, Trading Stages of investing – Seed and Private Equity History – Founded in 2010, after a buyout of WM Enterprise Founders and partners – Mark Payton,Mike Hayes,Tim Hazell,Stuart Palmer,Peter Dicks Notable investments, and value – Crowd Reactive Ltd$1.5M Seed,Kwanji£450k Seed,Friendly Score$375k Seed Headquarters – Henley In Arden
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Types/sectors – Mobile, Software, Security Stages of investing -Seed, Early Stage Venture, Later Stage Venture, and Private Equity History – founded in 2010 Founders and partners – Joseph Kim, Laurent Souviron Notable investments, and value – Noom ₩2.8B Venture,Evernote $85M Secondary Market,Aylus Networks $16M Series D Headquarters – London, United Kingdom
Read moreDFJ Esprit Venture Capital – VC
Types/sectors – Semiconductors, Software, Hardware + Software Stages of investing – Venture Capital that does Seed, Early Stage Venture, Later Stage Venture, Private Equity, and Debt Financing Investments History – founded Draper Associates in 1985, which led to funds branded Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), and led the development of a network of US affiliate funds…
Read morePeople have been sending pink bandanas in the post
People have been sending pink bandanas to VC’s Seems like someone has been sending pink bandanas in the post to VC’s….who could that be:):) It honestly was not me…honest I never touched one. My staff may have though it would be amusing though:) Doug Follow my Syndicate on Angellist Connect with me on Linkedin
Read moreRichard Fearn – Angel Investor
Richard Fearn – Angel Investor Fearny sings and dances on the beaches of Sydney, unfortunately I could not find any pictures of him on the beach, but I did find some pictures of him beneath the bridge. Not only was he great at dancing but whilst in Sydney he became a world class surfer and…
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Simon Murdoch – Episode 1 – VC Simon Templar (is his real name the ITV version of James Bond ) commonly called The Saint: Later in life he moved onto be James Bond and became an international superstar. As he got more and more famous he changed his Southern English accent to the one he…
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