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  • Friday, 6 December, 2019
    FT WealthStephen Foley
    WeWork debacle has a silver lining

    The collapse in the company’s valuation has implications for investors in start-ups

  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2019
    Special ReportFT Wealth: December 2019
    Family offices turn attention to tech companies

    A fifth of new venture capital funds raised in Europe come from private wealth

  • Thursday, 28 November, 2019
    AnalysisFT Alphaville
    Rejoice! Venture capital wants to pay for your holiday

    Just when you thought real-estate couldn’t get anymore financialised. 

  • Thursday, 21 November, 2019
    Tech start-ups
    Latest funding round values start-up Celonis at $2.5bn

    Data processing group now belongs to elite group of German unicorns

  • Wednesday, 20 November, 2019
    Trading technology
    Fintech start-up Capitolis raises another $40m

    Latest cash infusion will be used to invest in technology and make new hires

  • Tuesday, 19 November, 2019
    Lex
    Tech start-ups: the WeWork non-effect Premium

    As long as global interest rates remain ultra low, funds will keep arriving

  • Thursday, 14 November, 2019
    Investors race to start-ups despite SoftBank stumbles

    Blackstone, Tiger Global, Lightspeed and Founders Fund all raising huge funds for late-stage companies

  • Friday, 8 November, 2019
    Technology sector
    Blackstone buys Bumble and Badoo dating apps

    Private equity group buys majority stake in $3bn MagicLab

  • Thursday, 7 November, 2019
    Airbnb Inc
    Investors seek to cash in on Airbnb

    Group valued at up to $42bn by those seeking indirect stakes ahead of planned IPO

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  • Wednesday, 6 November, 2019
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    Retailers pump hundreds of millions of euros into start-ups to resist disruption

  • Tuesday, 5 November, 2019
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    Drugmaker will partner CICC and Temasek to invest in local start-ups

  • Monday, 4 November, 2019
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  • Sunday, 3 November, 2019
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    On how to grow tech companies and the drawbacks of a venture capital dominated market

  • Friday, 1 November, 2019
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  • Thursday, 31 October, 2019
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  • Tuesday, 29 October, 2019
    Beyond Meat Inc
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  • Tuesday, 22 October, 2019
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    Only 36 start-ups with a valuation of at least $1bn were created in first half of 2019

  • Sunday, 20 October, 2019
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    UK venture capital arm to write ‘big cheques’ for tech

    A division of British Business Bank is prepared to replace EU funding hit by Brexit

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  • Friday, 11 October, 2019
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  • Friday, 11 October, 2019
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  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2019
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    Incubator focusing on India and south-east Asia has had a significant impact on tech investing

  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2019
    Bessemer Venture Partners
    Bessemer raises first fund for later-stage start-ups

    Venture capital firm says market prices are high but opportunities are ‘pretty fantastic’

  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2019
    China
    Chinese venture capital investment in US hits four-year low

    Funds invested drop by almost half in first nine months to $4bn as Cfius steps up scrutiny

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