Preference Shares vs Ordinary Shares
Shares come with specific ownership rights and these rights can differ between the types of shares available. Have you ever …
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Former Booking.com CEO invests in profitable vacation rental company during COVID
Despite the coronavirus-led dent on the travel sector, vacation rental company Holidu is growing rapidly and eyes further expansion with funding from former Booking.com CEO Kees Koolen.
Jeff Bezos invests in UK startup: A case study in attracting dynamic investment
Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos has made an investment in a British tech startup.
COVID-19 funding, a view from a VC
By Oliver Holle
Oliver Holle, Managing Partner and CEO at investment firm, Speedinvest,?gives us an insight into what venture capital firms are thinking about during the coronavirus pandemic.
“Sit tight and ride out uncertainty”: COVID-19 investment outlook revealed
By John Hockney
Only a few weeks ago, COVID-19 seemed like a faraway threat, but today it’s disrupting western markets and investments. John Hockney explains.
What should a mid-market firm ask a potential private equity investor?
By Rami Cassis
Taking your business to the next stage of growth is a major challenge for many management teams. Mostly, new funding is involved, which usually means finding and assessing the options for business investors.
Businesses that (might*) make you rich
Here are the key industries that are tipped to become popular and profitable this year.
How can VCs attract diverse employees and unlock better investments?
The results of a recent survey indicate that British VCs are as white and male as ever. How can firms stop missing out on lucrative opportunities that diverse staff, founders and businesses offer?
If you are considering property for your next investment, be cautious
By Marc Trup
Investing in property is very different now to how it was when I started out. Buy-to-let does not pose the same opportunity as it once did, with rental yields increasingly falling flat. Increased tax bills and changes to stamp duty on the purchase of second homes have also deterred some people from becoming landlords in recent years.
Forget Dragon’s Den how does pitching to VCs really work?
Concentric’s Denis Shafranik looks at the realities of ?pitching” to VCs and why it doesn’t resemble what’s portrayed on Dragon’s Den.