Data from eFront, covering 4,000 funds globally, shows that Western European private equity funds showed the best returns globally, at the same time as delivering robust performance on the VC side.

Strategic investors and private equity firms around the world turned to transactional risk insurance in record numbers in 2017 to reduce deal risk in a highly competitive merger and acquisition (M&A) environment, according to a new report published today by Marsh, a global leader in insurance broking and innovative risk management solutions.

Funds advised and managed by YFM Equity Partners (YFM), the specialist private equity fund manager have backed a £3m investment into Arcus Global Limited (Arcus), a provider of cloud-based software solutions to local and national public sector organisations.

New figures show that SETsquared Surrey’s Digital Business Acceleration Hubs (DBAH) have helped over 100 UK tech start-ups raise a combined total of more than £8m in investment.

Acceleris have announced that they have advised upon the completion of a £2.9m funding round into Power Roll’s novel energy creation and storage technology from existing shareholders and High Net Worth Individuals.

Following research into the Key Information Documents (KIDs) being published by its members, the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) is calling on the FCA to take steps to protect consumers.  The methodologies and disclosures required by KIDs lead to misleading information and the FCA should take steps to prevent this information being more widely distributed than it needs to be.

Ken Skates, Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Transport has formally launched a new £8 million fund that will encourage business angel investment across Wales.  Speaking at events held in Cardiff and Wrexham this week, Mr Skates said that the Development Bank of Wales will work with Angels Invest Wales (AIW) to bring together syndicates and facilitate increased investment across Wales.

The Amberside ALP team were delighted to sponsor the Great British Private Investor Summit run by Angel News.  The level interest in their ISA qualifying bonds was overwhelming.

So you've made contact with a busy invested investor.  How on earth do you get from that initial contact to an investment?  In the last 36 hours, I have been sent 9 pitch decks.  I invest in about one in every 200 plans that I see.  How does the entrepreneur beat the odds and the active angel find the gold nuggets from river? And how and when to say no?

The latest research from national audit, tax and advisory firm Crowe Clark Whitehill, together with the University of Portsmouth’s 

The number of scale-up businesses in the UK is rising fast and almost half (42%) have been founded by people aged 34 and under, according to a new report.

Ultromics, the UK start-up behind breakthrough artificial intelligence (AI) technology for the diagnosis of coronary heart disease, has raised £10 million in Series-A investment. The funding was led by Oxford Sciences Innovation (OSI), with Neptune, RT Ventures, GT Healthcare, Tanarra, Fushia and personal investors Andre Crawford-Brunt and Dieter Spälti also participating.