14 February 2024 • 4 min
Unlocking the secrets to drive growth from the UK
In the fast-paced world of business, catching the eye of the right UK investor can be the turning point from a great idea to a groundbreaking business success.
But what exactly are investors looking for? And more importantly, how can you make your company stand out?
In this blog post, I will share some key insights into UK investor appeal and further tools available to help you drive growth from the UK.
20 December 2023 • 3 min
The UK - A thriving hub for ambitious founders
Exciting news for international founders looking to grow and scale in Europe - the UK venture capital & growth equity landscape is ramping up initiatives that have the potential to transform the outlook for pension savers and the UK economy.
The Venture Capital Investment Compact was launched earlier this year by the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA), with major VC firms like Atomico, Molten and Balderton signing on.
27 April 2023 • 4 min
A vision for a sustainable future and related business opportunities – check out London!
The Venture Capital Matchmaking (VCM) team recently hosted a remarkable event in Copenhagen as part of the Nordic - Baltic Growing Green Together campaign.
This event brought together start-ups, scale-ups and venture capital companies from across the region to discuss clean growth opportunities in the UK. During the event, VCM facilitated a session with a selection of UK regions, including Scotland and the Northern Powerhouse.
In the session, we also explored London-based opportunities in cooperation with colleagues from London & Partners.
14 October 2022 • 3 min
Two great investment opportunities in West Midlands – insights from Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
As well as being an unforgettable sporting spectacle, Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games shone a spotlight on the significant investment potential of the West Midlands’ business landscape.
So, where do the greatest opportunities lie?
27 April 2022 • 3 min
Five tips to prepare for raising capital in the UK
To kick off the spring season, the VC Matchmaking team and Christian Kumar of Capital Kinetics delivered over the course of three weeks a mini-series of online sessions on Raising UK Capital.
Here are the five main tips we gathered from the mini-series:
16 November 2021 • 3 min
Four tips to prepare for funding
On 8 November 2021, the VC Matchmaking team at the Department for International delivered the fourth Masterclass. For approximately one hour our speakers Christian Kumar, Director of Capital Kinetics and Travis Bruffy from Ligo Partners LLC, delivered practical insights on how can companies prepare for a funding round using modern methods.
Here are our four main tips we gathered from the Masterclass:
22 June 2021 • 3 min
Matchmaking tool premiere
It was with tremendous satisfaction that on the 9 June 2021 the VCMatchmaking team from the Department for International Trade premiered its latest addition to its toolkit: A specially tailored matchmaking session, where investors and experts form the UK met with the winners of the Tech Rocketship Awards.
08 June 2021 • 3 min
VCM launches tailor-made matchmaking sessions
Last year DIT Europe launched its version of the Tech Rocketship Awards (TRA). The event received entries from every corner of the continent in a bid to identify the brightest and best tech start-ups and help them to expand from a UK base.
DIT’s Venture Capital Matchmaking (VCM) team has now joined the Awards to offer winners across the eight categories a tailor-made matchmaking session with UK investors to help with the soft landing business development plan offered as part of the prize.
6 April 2021 • 3 min
Are men better entrepreneurs than women?
Last week I had the pleasure of chairing DIT's VC Matchmaking Female Founders Masterclass session together with some of the UK's leading female voices to discuss funding and entrepreneurial opportunities.
I was delighted to share the stage with Abi Mohamed of Tech Nation, Olivia Sibony founder and member of the Global Entrepreneur Programme, Shalini Khemka founder and CEO of E2E as well as diversity champions Laura Durand and Catarina Caria from DIT’s Gender Network. These are the key takeaways.
25 March 2021 • 3 min
Funding for underestimated founders
Inclusion in funding is abysmal. When looking at the statistics Crunchbase puts the figure at approximately 3% for women receiving VC funding and the Harvard Business Review finds that less than 1% goes to Black founders. Worse, these effects are compounded for Black women, who receive only 0.0006%.
