Funds

Vaibhav Jain recently led a Series B funding round for Hubilo, securing £92 million led by Alkeon Capital and additionally, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Balderton Capital. This brings the company’s total funding to £113 million to date…

Having sufficient working capital is important but being able to expand is beneficial too. Here we look at when it’s the right time to raise capital, and times when it’s possibly not.  Raising Funds For Working Capital When the ongoing…

Why is this? Part of the problem is the lack of female angel investors and venture capitalists in the market. I have pitched to some incredibly inspiring women, but they probably amount to about 2% of all pitches, with almost all being…

There is often some confusion when it comes to debentures and bonds, but it’s useful for both business owners and investors to know the difference.

Raising capital for your business is the hardest yet most important task for any young start-up.

eFront’s latest quarterly data show LBO funds globally had an exceptional year in 2018, with strong returns, a low level of risk and short time-to-liquidity.

Successfully raising finance is not as easy as it might seem.

By Louisa Rochford Created by an unknown inventor under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin was the first cryptocurrency in the world, established a decade ago in 2009. Since then, over 4,000 altcoins—or alternate…

Private equity fund distributions have outweighed capital calls by a significant and striking degree over the past five years. Data from eFront, the world’s leading alternative investment management software and solutions provider, shows…

More than half (52%) of UK SMEs are finding it difficult to access funding from banks, while 28% believed the problem has worsened over the past five years according to a survey of business owners and senior decision-makers across a wide…

Data from eFront, covering 4,000 funds globally, shows that Western European private equity funds showed the best returns globally, at the same time as delivering robust performance on the VC side. eFront’s Global Private Equity…

A British think tank believes that a £10,000 payment to people at the age of 25 could help young people expand their careers and start their own businesses. The Resolution Foundation is committed to improving the quality of life for…