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‘A naive and stupid idea’: how Rishi Sunak’s Future Fund spent millions on failed firms

The then chancellor’s loan scheme, set up as Covid hit, was supposed to keep dynamic startups going, but ended up giving taxpayer cash to long-established or lame duck businesses

The Guardian - UK

ETZ's £2 million challenge fund opens

Grants of up to £250,000 are being made available to help the energy supply chain realise low carbon sector opportunities

Insider UK

Venture Capitalist Lisa Lambert of National Grid on ‘toughing it out,’ disrupting energy grid

Lisa Lambert has come a long way from her childhood in Toledo, Ohio, raised by a single mother in subsidized housing.

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Leaving London: ‘How I swapped renting in Clapham for my own penthouse and a new business in the Lake District’

A home in the Lake District, and a fresh start, all for around the same monthly costs as a room in Clapham

Evening Standard

£15 million Scottish tech investment fund unveiled

'No warm introduction required' policy aimed at breaking barriers to securing early-stage investment

Insider UK

North East Fund extended to end of year - with extra £10m available

The business support fund first launched in 2018 had been due to close at the end of March but will now run longer

Birmingham Post

BrewDog boss puts up £5m of own money find the next unicorn

The brewery's chief executive also reveals he was rejected twice by Dragons' Den

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Swansea learning enterprise raises six-figure funding to support growth plans

2B Enterprising has completed a second investment round from a syndicate of 10 business angels led by Angels Invest Wales

Birmingham Post

East Yorkshire alternative lender passes £20m funding milestone

One Stop Business Finance now aims for £30m target ahead of 10th anniversary

Birmingham Post

Moody's Changes Saudi PIF's Outlook to Positive

Moody's has changed its outlook on Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) from "stable" to "positive" and affirmed its long-term issuer and senior unsecured ratings at A1. According to the performance evaluation, the rating reflects PIF's standalone creditworthiness as expressed by a BCA of A1.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Venture capital flocks to Northern Ireland high growth firms

VC investment jumped one third to £139 million last year

Birmingham Post

Billionaire Peter Thiel claims he has $50m of his own money stuck in SVB fall

In the wake of the bank’s crisis, venture capitalists have been trading accusations over who is responsible for the collapse

The Guardian - US

Wineries to affordable housing: SVB fall knocks out more than startups

Demise of Silicon Valley Bank has rattled not just businesses and investors but the ecosystem that grew up around it

The Guardian - US

The latest equity deals and investment news in Wales

Deals include fundraising for Creo Medical, Coincover and CanSense with fund managers invited to bid for the British Business Bank's new £130m fund for Wales.

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Venture capital cautious following SVB collapse

Local venture capital (VC) firms have raised their guard against investment in fintech and startups following the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) fallout in the US.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Arabia Allocates $8b to Support Entrepreneurs, Venture Capital

Saudi authorities allocated $8 billion to support entrepreneurs and venture capital, and the Saudi Venture Investment Company intends to increase the investment allocation in the coming years by $1.6 billion. The Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources and the Small and Medium Enterprises General Authority (Monshaat) signed an agreement to…

Birmingham Post

Cardiff fintech Sonovate surpasses £3.5bn in business lending

The lender provided more than £1bn to firms in 2022 as rising costs forced firms to seek finance to manage cash flow

ABC News

Business NSW takes aim at major parties' lack of vision for startups, calls for venture capital fund

Business NSW criticises the Coalition and Labor for a lack of bold ideas for business in the lead up to the election, saying that startups are slipping through the cracks.

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Evening Standard

The annus horribilis for City fund managers

City Voices: A bum year for many of the top stock market funds

Axios

Silicon Valley Bank spooks Silicon Valley

Several top VC firms, including Coatue and Founders Fund, today suggesting pulling money out of SVB.

Birmingham Post

Funder managers invited to bid to run new £130m investment fund for Wales

The fund from the British Business Bank will be made up of debt and equity elements

Asharq Al-Awsat

Jada Fund of Funds Appoints Mr. Bandr Alhomaly as CEO

The Board of Directors of Jada Fund of Funds – Saudi government-owned by the Public Investment Fund to provide funding to Saudi SMEs through commercially sustainable investments in venture capital and private equity funds - announced the appointment of Mr. Bandr Mohammed Alhomaly as CEO. The Board is highly confident…

Insider UK

How young women can take on the Daves of investment management - and win

Insider spoke to a former entrant - and now mentor - of a scheme to break down barriers in the male-dominated sector

The Times of India

GQG Partners likely to increase Adani investment, says founder Rajiv Jain

NEW DELHI: Rajiv Jain, the founder of fund firm GQG Partners, on Wednesday indicated that the company would probably increase its investment in the Adani group following its recent $1.9 billion infusion into the Indian conglomerate.

Birmingham Post

VentureFest set for May return with expanded event for 10th anniversary

The leading conference celebrates its 10th year with an event in Newcastle

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