One of Europe’s most active VC investors, DN Capital has made more than 100 investments into 60+ early stage start-ups through seed or growth stage rounds, often to enable start-ups to scale internationally. The firm prides itself on its “start-up mentality” and are searching for the next Google, Facebook, or Shazam, they say. DN are …
Trip Advisor, Yelp Rival TruRating Raises £9.5m To Fund Growth, Expansion Into North America Shortly After Announcing 2 Million Rating Milestone
Will TruRating, after a £9.5m Series A fundraising, be able to exploit a gap in the market for “honest and transparent” customer service and product reviews? TruRating, a start-up which captures real-time ratings from point-of-sale customers in the UK and Australia, has raised £9.5m in a Series A funding led by international investment office for …
Sustainable Sundried? Ethical Sportswear Brand For Triathletes, Cyclists and Runners Launches CrowdCube Campaign To Raise £125k
Sundried clothing is a new business being launched by Daniel Puddick, the entrepreneur behind Sunglasses Shop, acquired by Precision Eyewear in 2010 An ActiveWear clothing brand led by a successful entrepreneur and design graduate, and with a founding team that includes designers who have worked with household names like LuluLemon and Sweaty Betty, has launched …
Silicon Roundup; The Good Ship Startup Plots A Course Through The Brexit Storm
Whilst everyone in London discusses a potential “Brexit”, startup’s are quietly getting on with the job of scaling There’s been good news for maturing early stage startup’s based in London in the past week. It’s good to see the seed / Angel / VC model working just like it’s supposed to. Last week, Polystream founders …
Mistakes On A Plane – Why Airlines Can’t Capitalise On Digital Add-on Services
They are the ultimate captive audience, sitting on board one of mankind’s greatest inventions, but in a strangely anachronistic twist if a passenger on a flight requires food, drink, entertainment or assistance they must run the gauntlet of the food trolley, sharp edged metal doors flapping, blocking off at least two of the available bathrooms. …
A Record Breaking Quarter For US Venture Capital Fundraising In Q1 Is Good News For Entrepreneurs Everywhere
US VC firms raised $12.6bn in Q1 2016 – the most for a decade They’re studying your metrics; they’re holding a red pen and occasionally making notes. You’re sweating. They’re asking how long will it be until you start to deliver real, tangible returns? It may be of some considerable comfort to startup founders everywhere …
Silicon Roundup; In A Week That May Have Kickstarted The Fundraising Season, We Ask, Are London’s Entrepreneurs building for the 1%?
London is the most expensive city to live in in the world – are entrepreneurs increasingly catering to the rich and powerful? Is this the week that London’s tech startup scene finally burst into life in 2016? After the highs of 2015, when Venture Capital grew 70% year on year to £3.6bn, $2.8bn of which …
With $14m Series B Fundraising Planday Are Leading Wonderful Copenhagen’s Startup Charge
All eyes on Copenhagen; the city’s startup scene is one of the most talked about in Europe London isn’t the only European capital with a thriving startup scene; Copenhagen’s entrepreneurs are every bit as resourceful as their British counterparts, although until recently raising large funding rounds in the Danish capital might have been considered a …
The First 5 Things You Need To Do As A Founder After You Have Raised Seed Funding
You’ve done it! For many start-up founders in London the thrill of raising capital for a venture is what got them into the start-up scene in the first place. The UK is renowned for being one of the best countries in the world to do business – you can start a business in just 15 …
Ivo Spigel Just Published The Bible Of European Startup Success, & Launched It At Startup Bookshop Libreria!
Spot the celebrity rockstar (founder)? Last Tuesday night Libreria, the tiny bookshop with the labyrinthine trompe d’oeil opposite the Second Home Incubator on Hanbury Street, owned by SH founder Rohan Silva and journalist Sally Davies, was the setting for the launch of journalist Ivo Spigel’s new book “The European Startup Revolution”. Ivo was interviewed by …
Lobster, The Marketplace For Discovery And Licensing Of Your Creative Content, Smashes Crowdfunding Target – But There’s Still Time To Invest!
Ever wondered what it’s like to be a professional photographer – supplying the fruits of your work to top media agencies like Mashable? Sites like Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat and Facebook are making it possible to show the world how creative you can be – but with 1.8 billion photos being shared on social media every …
London’s Top VCs: Charlotte Street Capital are VC’s dark horses, 3 founders running a lean, mean start-up funding machine
A little later than we anticipated (sorry folks), the final part in our “London’s top VC’s” series. A few weeks ago we decided to research 5 different sized VC’s, with different areas of expertise, contrasting investment targets and sizes, and different kinds of internal cultures and investment strategies. The results have been well received by …
“You can’t be cynical enough!” Praising Raising Finance at KCL E-Connectors event
Did you know that start-up business plans are not worth the paper they are written on, but merely “an exercise in mental masturbation”? Were you aware that investors may trick you into meeting with them simply because you represent their real investment’s competition? Perhaps you hadn’t considered the fact that entrepreneurs like you are overgrown …