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New solo GP firm backing early-stage AI and deeptech startups hits first close of maiden fund
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September 21, 2026
New solo GP firm backing early-stage AI and deeptech startups hits first close of maiden fund
Project Ventures, founded by Shahryar Barati, will back pre-seed and seed startups with ties to Imperial College London
Tom Nugent
UK government seeks fund manager for £150m northern scaleup fund
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September 7, 2026
UK government seeks fund manager for £150m northern scaleup fund
The fund, which will come from money already allocated to the British Business Bank, will provide investments of £5m-15m to companies in the north of England
Tom Nugent
UK spinout investor Northern Gritstone to open San Francisco office
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August 14, 2026
UK spinout investor Northern Gritstone to open San Francisco office
The north of England investor launched in 2021 and backs spinouts from the universities of Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield and Liverpool
Tom Nugent
Index Ventures doubles down on AI with fresh $2bn fundraise
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August 3, 2026
Index Ventures doubles down on AI with fresh $2bn fundraise
Fresh capital takes VC's assets to $3.5bn as it expands bets across seed and growth-stage startups
Martin Coulter
Visionaries cuts investment team to two lead partners for next fund
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July 28, 2026
Visionaries cuts investment team to two lead partners for next fund
Sifted previously reported that at least two investors were leaving their full-time partner roles ahead of the upcoming fund
Anne Sraders and Maya Dharampal-Hornby
Exclusive: Visionaries shakes up investment team ahead of new fund
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July 21, 2026
Exclusive: Visionaries shakes up investment team ahead of new fund
Robert Jäckle and Marton Sarkadi Nagy are leaving their current partner roles
Maya Dharampal-Hornby and Anne Sraders
Exclusive: ETCI-backed VC firms split over plan to limit non-European investments
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July 3, 2026
Exclusive: ETCI-backed VC firms split over plan to limit non-European investments
Some VCs believe being required to invest more into Europe could limit their appeal to private LPs
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet and Anne Sraders
Ex-Speedinvest partner Rick Hao closes $50m solo GP fund for deeptech startups
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July 1, 2026
Ex-Speedinvest partner Rick Hao closes $50m solo GP fund for deeptech startups
Ruya Ventures will invest in startups working on everything from batteries and semiconductors to robotics, AI and novel compute
Tom Nugent
Exclusive: British Business Bank to back UK scaleups with £400m per year
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June 29, 2026
Exclusive: British Business Bank to back UK scaleups with £400m per year
The state bank will write first-time cheques of £10m-40m
Maya Dharampal-Hornby
Exclusive: British Business Bank backs 10 VC funds with £90m pot
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June 25, 2026
Exclusive: British Business Bank backs 10 VC funds with £90m pot
It’s the first time the UK’s state economic development bank has committed capital specifically for underrepresented groups
Maya Dharampal-Hornby
Exclusive: British Business Bank eyes stake in EU’s €5bn Scaleup Fund
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June 25, 2026
Exclusive: British Business Bank eyes stake in EU’s €5bn Scaleup Fund
The UK’s involvement in the superfund now rests on the incoming British prime minister and the European Union
Maya Dharampal-Hornby and Freya Pratty
Exclusive: NIF hires ex-EIB investor to run fund of funds programme
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June 12, 2026
Exclusive: NIF hires ex-EIB investor to run fund of funds programme
The role was previously left unfilled after founding partner Thorsten Claus departed in 2024
Anne Sraders and Freya Pratty
Continuation fund craze: who really wins when VCs sell to themselves?
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June 11, 2026
Continuation fund craze: who really wins when VCs sell to themselves?
Critics warn continuation funds can introduce conflicts of interest
Freya Pratty
Exclusive: Isar and IQM backer Vsquared opens UK office to bridge London-Munich axis
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June 11, 2026
Exclusive: Isar and IQM backer Vsquared opens UK office to bridge London-Munich axis
The firm wants to link Munich's engineering talent to London's capital markets
Freya Pratty
All female-GP firm Thena Capital raises £45m for debut healthcare fund
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June 8, 2026
All female-GP firm Thena Capital raises £45m for debut healthcare fund
The firm aims to back 25 healthcare and medtech startups and believes “AI is going to completely transform healthcare”
Anne Sraders
Exclusive: The secretive group recruiting whistleblowers to shake up the VC industry
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May 14, 2026
Exclusive: The secretive group recruiting whistleblowers to shake up the VC industry
"All powerful industries need accountability"
Freya Pratty
Arāya Sie Fund raises £7.5m first close for women-led startups amid tech ‘bro renaissance’
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May 8, 2026
Arāya Sie Fund raises £7.5m first close for women-led startups amid tech ‘bro renaissance’
The fund is a rare joint venture between Arāya Ventures and female founder-focused accelerator Sie Ventures, aiming to back up to 40 startups
Anne Sraders
Fidelity quietly shuts down VC arm, sources say
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May 7, 2026
Fidelity quietly shuts down VC arm, sources say
Fintech-focused CVC said to have sold off stakes in Moneybox, Greenly and other startups
Damisola Sulaiman
Ex-Creandum partner launches fund to help scaleups raise capital via bonds
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April 23, 2026
Ex-Creandum partner launches fund to help scaleups raise capital via bonds
Swedish Voi previously raised €90m through bonds. Now growth fund Always Summer wants to deliver similar deals for other scaleups
Mimi Billing
‘The next big thing’: Newfund raises €60m to back brain technologies
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April 14, 2026
‘The next big thing’: Newfund raises €60m to back brain technologies
The Paris-based firm is one of the only European VCs to dedicate a fund exclusively to brain technologies
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
UK pension providers back £200m fund aimed at supercharging homegrown startups
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April 1, 2026
UK pension providers back £200m fund aimed at supercharging homegrown startups
Ministers cheer landmark deal to unlock capital for fast-growing companies
Tom Nugent
Speedinvest cuts 10% of team after a period of churn
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March 27, 2026
Speedinvest cuts 10% of team after a period of churn
Following a period of employee churn, the early-stage investor is making further cuts to increase efficiency
Anne Sraders and Amy Lewin
Dozens of scaleup execs back new VC to find Europe’s next decacorn
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March 17, 2026
Dozens of scaleup execs back new VC to find Europe’s next decacorn
Enzo Wälchli, the former chief commercial officer at Swiss robotics scaleup ANYbotics, is general partner at Operator Circle
Tom Nugent
UVC Partners raises €77m first close of new growth fund in ‘move into multi-stage investing’
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March 12, 2026
UVC Partners raises €77m first close of new growth fund in ‘move into multi-stage investing’
The VC is planning to launch more, and larger, funds in the future
Anne Sraders

# VC news

New solo GP firm backing early-stage AI and deeptech startups hits first close of maiden fund

UK government seeks fund manager for £150m northern scaleup fund

UK spinout investor Northern Gritstone to open San Francisco office

Index Ventures doubles down on AI with fresh $2bn fundraise

Visionaries cuts investment team to two lead partners for next fund

Exclusive: Visionaries shakes up investment team ahead of new fund

Exclusive: ETCI-backed VC firms split over plan to limit non-European investments

Ex-Speedinvest partner Rick Hao closes $50m solo GP fund for deeptech startups

Exclusive: British Business Bank to back UK scaleups with £400m per year

Exclusive: British Business Bank backs 10 VC funds with £90m pot

Exclusive: British Business Bank eyes stake in EU’s €5bn Scaleup Fund

Exclusive: NIF hires ex-EIB investor to run fund of funds programme

Continuation fund craze: who really wins when VCs sell to themselves?

Exclusive: Isar and IQM backer Vsquared opens UK office to bridge London-Munich axis

All female-GP firm Thena Capital raises £45m for debut healthcare fund

Exclusive: The secretive group recruiting whistleblowers to shake up the VC industry

Arāya Sie Fund raises £7.5m first close for women-led startups amid tech ‘bro renaissance’

Fidelity quietly shuts down VC arm, sources say

Ex-Creandum partner launches fund to help scaleups raise capital via bonds

‘The next big thing’: Newfund raises €60m to back brain technologies

UK pension providers back £200m fund aimed at supercharging homegrown startups

Speedinvest cuts 10% of team after a period of churn

Dozens of scaleup execs back new VC to find Europe’s next decacorn

UVC Partners raises €77m first close of new growth fund in ‘move into multi-stage investing’