11 January

SyndicateRoom has released a study revealing that the UK’s young investors, despite more than half of which voted to Remain, are more committed than ever to invest in Britain’s economic future as the nation gears up to leave the European Union.

10 January

Virtual1, a London-based cloud and connectivity service provider, has secured a £10m investment from BGF as it continues to pursue its growth strategy.

10 January 

Private equity fund manager and Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Venture Capital Trust (VCT) specialist Calculus Capital has invested £3m in Origin Broadband, an award-winning provider of internet and phone services.

10 January 

Octopus Ventures and EQT Ventures invest to improve access to drugs in development for physicians and patients. Former GlaxoSmithKline Chief Medical Officer appointed Chairman. 

10 January

• More than £85 million invested into campaigns, and 159 deals funded,on Seedrs in 2016
• Seedrs Investors from 65 countries made 45,000 investments in 2016drs Alumnus FreeAgent became the first British equity crowdfunded business to IPO, giving Seedrs shareholders liquidity on a public stock exchange
• Sir Andy Murray, Tennis World Men’s No. 1, completed 18 investments into British businesses on Seedrs in 2016

10 January 

Investment manager Oxford Capital has completed the sale of high performance computing (HPC) specialist Allinea to global computer processor giant ARM.  The exit has delivered returns three times greater than Oxford Capital’s most recent valuation of its stake in the business and returned significant cash to investors.

January 2017

Dominic Keen, CEO of High Growth Robotics, asks if this is the year that investment in the robotics sector will reach new heights.

January 2017

Dr Arthur Krebbers asks to what extent investors can really be influeneced by a slick presentation when making investment decisions.

January 2017

Brigitte Baumann is the Founder and CEO of Go Beyond Early Stage Investing  (www.go-beyond.biz), a FinTech company transforming angel investing into a new scalable asset class.  In 2016, she was listed in Europe’s TOP 50 most influential women in the startup and venture capital space and Top Women in FinTech.  Brigitte has 20+ years experience in bringing new technologies to market in the US and Europe. 

January 2017 

Tom Britton, Co-founder of SyndicateRoom looks back over 2016 as a year of radical change, politically, economically and socially. 

9 January

Film and television producer and financier Motion Picture Capital has teamed up with the iconic British production company Hammer to launch a new EIS offering. The Hammer Films EIS Fund 2016/2017 is expected to be a limited offer, and will give investors the opportunity to invest in production companies focused on producing, owning and commercialising film and television productions associated with the Hammer brand.

9 January

Amati will be holding a series of breakfast seminars on "Smaller Companies as an asset class" during 2017. These presentations are designed to give advisers a better understanding of this asset class and the investment choices available for their clients. 

For more information and to register go to http://amatiglobal.com/events.php