Investment

Philips has invested in Dutch VC Gilde’s new healthcare fund, in what the companies say is a unique cooperation.

In the last two years the number of exists has fallen by 40 per cent and the total amount of VC funding is down 50 per cent, according to new research by NESTA.

SV Life Sciences has announced the final closing of its newest fund, SV Life Sciences Fund V, at over $523 million, well exceeding its target of $400 million.

German entrepreneur Lars Hinrichs has a new, off-the-peg approach to incubating start-ups. Could this plug the yawning gap in Europe’s venture capital system?

Ten years after Dotcom crash, the Nasdaq is still 55% below its March 2000 peak. But the Internet is now spawning a new generation of dotcoms.

The first quarter of 2010 saw 91 Israeli high-tech companies raise $234 million, the lowest quarterly amount for five years.