Venture Capital

Venture capital is a type of private equity, a form of financing that is provided by firms or funds to small, early-stage, emerging firms that are deemed to have high growth potential, or which have demonstrated high growth.

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UK Tech Lobby Warns Coronavirus Could Wipe Out Startups

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April 03, 2020  |  Economy

The U.K. tech lobby is reasserting the need to help EU startups with funding as venture capital money dries up in the wake of the...

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