Having exited her company though a £725m take-private exit in November 2014, Vin Murria has been appointed an independent non-executive director at online property marketplace Zoopla.
In a week which is supposed be be showcasing the fast-growth London technology sector, it is alarming that a special on-ramp designed to make it easier for these companies to float has only had two takers.
The chief financial officer of consumer-facing local business marketplace Yelp, Rob Krolik, has joined the board of media engagement firm Shazam, which suggests an IPO could be on the way.
Both BuzzFeed and Snapchat announced plans for IPOs, following discussion about the companies’ futures.
Following one of the biggest venture capital deals in UK history that took place on 23 April, here are the VC trends that happened across the wider European business market throughout the first quarter of 2015.
Benedict Smith has announced he will be leaving his post as CFO at high street and online entertainment retailer GAME Digital after two years on the board.
News that Uber’s CFO has thrown the towel in, the company’s Paris offices have been raided and CEO Travis Kalanick is the subject of a criminal indictment in South Korea begs the question: can Uber, even with all of its financial firepower, weather the storm it is currently embroiled in.
By James Lyons
James Lyons, partner at law firm Ashfords, explains the different ways businesses can interact with the capital markets, and what the pluses and minuses of doing so are.
In possibly Europe’s largest initial public offering (IPO) since 2011 and the second biggest in Spanish history, state-backed airport operator Aena will be making its debut on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
After a dearth of capital markets activity, due to the financial and credit crises of late, initial public offerings (IPO) came back with a vengeance in 2014 with a record amount of funds raised through IPOs in London and globally. In the UK we saw many large household names securing IPOs in 2014. However, the flurry in the capital market in the first half of 2014 was not reflected in the second half, with market volatility resulting in many prospective IPO candidates having to delay their plans
