Venture capital

It's time to start celebrating European venture capital. More »

Nic Brisbourne explains how the falling cost of doing business in tech is making space for thriving regional ecosystems, calling for better local funds in these new emerging hubs. More »

Nic Brisbourne on why the technology start-up ecosystem will remain an important part of the global economy, despite some recent missteps. More »

Nic Brisbourne explains why venture capitalists are often much older than the entrepreneurs they back. More »

Springboard is going mobile with Europe's first mobile-focused accelerator programme. More »

Romanian entrepreneur Emi Gal is on the board of a new Bucharest-based accelerator that promises you more than just cash: they'll fix the problem of that elusive technical co-founder, too. More »

Serial entrepreneur and investor Jos White says the recent Coutts report on European venture capital is fundamentally wrong. More »

Ben Tompkins says that being a venture capitalist in Europe today is a bit like being an entrepreneur, but it's way too early to count European VCs out of the game just yet. More »

Fred Destin says that while venture capital is being disrupted there are still significant opportunities out there, provided VCs are willing to embrace the wave of change that is approaching them. More »

A report published on Friday by Coutts, which concluded that venture capitalists in Europe are incompetent and poorly regarded by entrepreneurs, is 'bizarre and convoluted', according to investors. More »

It isn't the government's job to keep investors in business, writes Fred Destin, who says the European venture capital market may be set to contract even further. More »

Milo Yiannopoulos explains why European venture capital has not traditionally yielded returns. More »

New fund Connect Ventures has announced a £13 million first close, for investment in early-stage web and mobile plays. More »

Investors should stop targeting start-ups that will make a quick buck and focus on long-term purpose-led businesses, writes David Erasmus. More »

Stian Westlake dispels the myth that the technology industry is in meltdown. More »

Plans for a hotly anticipated venture fund, to be co-managed by Google's former European head of corporate development Anil Hansjee and transatlantic uber-connector Judith Clegg, have fallen apart, The Kernel has learned. More »

Increasingly, European venture capital funds are turning to public bodies when they fail to raise funds from traditional limited partners. Milo Yiannopoulos asks whether this is a good use of taxpayers' money. More »

Notion Capital Partners has raised an impressive amount of money in a hostile environment for their second fund, to be deployed in enterprise software businesses throughout Europe. But are there enough of them around, asks Milo Yiannopoulos. More »

Everybody answers to somebody, Nic Brisbourne reminds us. What happens when VCs are hauled into the boardroom to justify their investment decisions? More »

Traditional European VCs are nonplussed by France Télécom and Publicis' choice of fund manager for their new venture capital vehicle, says Milo Yiannopoulos. More »