18 May 2012
Executives warn of funding gap in UK
UK micro-processing company Arm's vice president of corporate business development says the UK needs to develop a culture where people want to talk about entrepreneurship at a dinner party.
A top UK-based corporate venturing executive and an adviser to a government body designed to promote investment in the UK warned innovative start-ups have insufficient funding in the country, and called for further overseas and venture capital investment.
The executives were speaking in the opening panel session of Global…Read More.
Supporting articles: Chip makers polish $48m Smooth-Stone A round / Profile: General Motors Ventures / Case study: Cognovo / Arm and Qualcomm tame Thunder / Feature: information technology / Fidelity fires Moonray at Amantys / Keeping corporate entrepreneurs happy / Gaule's Question Time: ARM / Corporate venturers rise to prominence / Tech-Scout, Awards and Symposium, 14-15 May, 2012 / A sci-fi homage to Catalonia / Tech Scout Finalists and Speaker Biographies / Executives warn of funding gap in UK
21 May 2012
Royal Mail launches platform
UK-based postal service Royal Mail Group is today to launch a small and medium-sized enterprises growth platform where companies can use its services in return for a fee or potentially some equity.
…20 May 2012
The Big Deal: Who watches the watchmen?
Roman writer Juvenal asked in his Satires: "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? [Who watches the watchmen?]"
A glib answer this week would be "the elite of…
- 20 May 2012 – Truth spings from argument among good friends
- 18 May 2012 – Flooved and Unveillance win challenge
- 17 May 2012 – Willetts welcomes corporate venturing to the UK
- 15 May 2012 – 2012 lifetime achievement award: Roy Davis
- 15 May 2012 – 2012 Exit and IPO of the Year: Amobee
- 15 May 2012 – 2012 investment of the Year: GreatPoint Energy
- 15 May 2012 – 2012 firm of the Year: Naspers
- 15 May 2012 – 2012 personality of the Year: Martin Kelly
- 15 May 2012 – 2012 fundraising/launch of the year: Chesapeake
- 14 May 2012 – 15 entrepreneurs to meet $5bn
- 14 May 2012 – Steiner sets up OIOVentures
- 13 May 2012 – Why patriotism is a hard question to ask
- 13 May 2012 – The Big Deal: Coulomb Technologies
- 11 May 2012 – Eli Lilly reaches BioCrossroads $8.25m fund
