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  • Tuesday, 5 July, 2022
    Chinese business & finance
    Sequoia targets $9bn China fundraising despite tech crackdown

    Funding round comes as global investors retreat over country’s zero-Covid policy and regulatory onslaught

  • Friday, 1 July, 2022
    Fintech
    Klarna valuation crashes to $6.5bn from $46bn

    Swedish fintech’s decline highlights how investors are souring on ‘buy now, pay later’ sector

  • Monday, 27 June, 2022
    Plural launches €250mn entrepreneur-led fund for European tech start-ups

    Wise’s Taavet Hinrikus among four co-founders in group seeking to disrupt traditional venture capital in the region

  • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
    Lex
    SumUp/FalconX: escalating uprounds will feel the downdraft of recession Premium content

    The appetite of investors for risky tech bets has diminished

  • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
    Fintech
    SumUp struggles to €8bn valuation as tech sell-off hits UK fintech

    London-based payment-services group had earlier hoped to raise funds at €20bn pricetag

  • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
    British Business Bank Plc
    UK state-backed development bank prepares for tech valuation falls

    British Business Bank to use uncommitted funds to support start-ups seeking to raise capital as economy weakens

  • Monday, 13 June, 2022
    Sky backs £100mn climate investment fund

    Former head of Kingfisher will chair new fund focused on start-ups

  • Thursday, 2 June, 2022
    LexTech start-ups
    Tech sell-off: record fundraising has given start-ups breathing space Premium content

    Technology stocks are down but the strength of recent investments means companies have some protection

  • Tuesday, 31 May, 2022
    Indian business & finance
    India’s unicorns cut jobs and close units to conserve scarce capital

    Start-ups scale down their recently expanded operations across the country in an effort to stay afloat

  • Wednesday, 25 May, 2022
    Cryptocurrencies
    Andreessen Horowitz bets on crypto ‘golden era’ with new $4.5bn fund

    Venture capital group launches its largest fund to date focused on digital assets despite market downturn

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    FT Wealth
    Traditional family offices emerge as unlikely venture capitalists

    A growing list of wealthy families are now looking to profit from the Silicon Valley tech boom

  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
    China early-stage fundraising slides to lowest level since 2009

    More than 90% drop in ‘time of uncertainty’ for foreign investment in world’s second-largest economy

  • Wednesday, 4 May, 2022
    A Minsky moment for venture capital?

    Venture capital returns have puked this year. The next dangerous stage is investor outflows.

  • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
    UK business & economy
    UK taxpayer takes stake in cannabis products firm through Future Fund

    Covid support scheme launched by Rishi Sunak in 2020 now holds shares in 337 companies

  • Tuesday, 26 April, 2022
    Your QuestionsLucy Warwick-Ching
    Which prepaid card should I get for my brother’s carers?

    I need one to help pay for his day-to-day personal expenses

  • Sunday, 24 April, 2022
    Cambridge venture fund now runs $1bn of assets after record raising

    CIC likens innovation and entrepreneurship in UK university city to Silicon Valley

  • Wednesday, 20 April, 2022
    Private equity
    Oaktree-backed 17Capital raises almost $3bn for first credit fund

    Vehicle will lend to private equity groups that want to boost returns with extra leverage

  • Thursday, 14 April, 2022
    Lex
    Venture capital: high early-stage funding points to healthy private market for tech Premium content

    While broad market activity has been sluggish, over $70bn in commitments has been amassed so far this year

  • Friday, 8 April, 2022
    News in-depthSequoia Capital
    Roelof Botha: Sequoia’s choice of leader shows shift in balance of power

    South African is ‘senior steward’ rather than global managing partner; China boss Neil Shen is the only other ‘steward’

  • Friday, 8 April, 2022
    Investments
    Venture trusts raise more than £1bn

    Investors pile in record funds despite risk concerns

  • Thursday, 7 April, 2022
    Special Report
    FT High-Growth Companies Asia-Pacific

    The fourth annual ranking of growth champions in the region. Plus: Japan’s bid to spur innovation; webtoons success in South Korea; an Australian start-up takes on odd jobs; and why Bangalore is still India’s main tech hub

  • Monday, 4 April, 2022
    Sequoia Capital
    Silicon Valley’s Sequoia Capital names new leader

    Roelof Botha takes reins at prominent venture capital firm as Doug Leone steps back

  • Monday, 4 April, 2022
    Cannabis industry
    Channel 4’s venture arm invests in cannabis company

    UK public service broadcaster swaps advertising slots for equity in medical marijuana group Cannaray

  • Thursday, 31 March, 2022
    LexTech start-ups
    Russian sanctions: start-ups feel the freeze Premium content

    New businesses have been stymied by sanctions and Moscow’s curb on money leaving the country

  • Friday, 25 March, 2022
    News in-depth
    Venture capitalists pass on board seats to secure deals in hot crypto start ups

    Founders of digital asset groups seek to avoid investor oversight in new Silicon Valley trend

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