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Financial Times

Top-down mandates from governments rarely build great companies. This golden rule of business growth was sadly not on show at the splashy launch of UK chancellor Rachel Reeves’ ambitious, but flawed Mansion House accord (Report, May 14) forcing pension funds to invest in the UK will not encourage growth, and as rightly noted in the follow-up piece by George Parker and Mary McDougall (Report, May 14) may have the opposite effect.

Sifted

A new generation of hardware startups is helping rebuild Europe’s industrial base

Impact Loop

AI solutions abound in the impact space, with algorithms purporting to be able to find emissions-reduction opportunities in supply chains, predict climate events and even direct farmers where to plant.

Sifted

Industry experts say tariffs could drastically impact supply chains, global interest rates and the flow of VC capital into startups

Wealth DFM

Strategists, economists and other experts have been sharing their reaction to what Chancellor Reeves had to say in her Spring Statement.

Yahoo! Finance

The Office for Budget Responsibility confirms it is cutting its 2025 growth forecast from 2% to around 1%. This puts UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves in an awkward position, but what does the wealth sector say after the Spring Statement?

Business Cloud

Pan-European venture capital firm reveals €100m first close and has already made first investments into two startups

Startbase

Early-stage VC invests specifically in disruptive software companies with an AI focus. The new fund aims to take data-driven innovation to a global level

VentureCapital

The VC firm, established by founders of MySQL and MariaDB, has secured a €100M first close with increased support from Isomer Capital and KRR Fund of Funds

Silicon Canals

OpenOcean, a pan-European venture capital firm, announced its fourth main venture fund.

Startups Magazine

OpenOcean, a pan European venture capital firm specialising in early-stage investments in business software that drive AI innovation, has announced its fourth main venture fund.

Sifted

The deeptech-focused fund will invest in up to 20 startups and is targeting a final close of €130m by summer

Financial Times

Top-down mandates from governments rarely build great companies. This golden rule of business growth was sadly not on show at the splashy launch of UK chancellor Rachel Reeves’ ambitious, but flawed Mansion House accord (Report, May 14) forcing pension funds to invest in the UK will not encourage growth, and as rightly noted in the follow-up piece by George Parker and Mary McDougall (Report, May 14) may have the opposite effect.

Sifted

A new generation of hardware startups is helping rebuild Europe’s industrial base

Impact Loop

AI solutions abound in the impact space, with algorithms purporting to be able to find emissions-reduction opportunities in supply chains, predict climate events and even direct farmers where to plant.

Sifted

Industry experts say tariffs could drastically impact supply chains, global interest rates and the flow of VC capital into startups

Wealth DFM

Strategists, economists and other experts have been sharing their reaction to what Chancellor Reeves had to say in her Spring Statement.

Yahoo! Finance

The Office for Budget Responsibility confirms it is cutting its 2025 growth forecast from 2% to around 1%. This puts UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves in an awkward position, but what does the wealth sector say after the Spring Statement?

Business Cloud

Pan-European venture capital firm reveals €100m first close and has already made first investments into two startups

Startbase

Early-stage VC invests specifically in disruptive software companies with an AI focus. The new fund aims to take data-driven innovation to a global level

VentureCapital

The VC firm, established by founders of MySQL and MariaDB, has secured a €100M first close with increased support from Isomer Capital and KRR Fund of Funds

Silicon Canals

OpenOcean, a pan-European venture capital firm, announced its fourth main venture fund.

Startups Magazine

OpenOcean, a pan European venture capital firm specialising in early-stage investments in business software that drive AI innovation, has announced its fourth main venture fund.

Sifted

The deeptech-focused fund will invest in up to 20 startups and is targeting a final close of €130m by summer