2023年6月12日

盡管有一些典型的英國(或者更準確的說,英語)報章最近英國風險投資生態係統,不可否認它的再創造能力。見證月火最近的價值1.15億美元的新基金,智力資本的2億美元的基金,科技產業的價值1.8億美元的新基金。還有新鮮的好消息在地平線上的形狀firstminute第三早期風險資本的新基金。由布倫特霍伯曼CBE和斯賓塞克勞利在2017年,新的多麵手基金——目前已經籌集了100美元,最終接近今年晚些時候——將投資早期創業公司在英國和歐洲。新投資者最新的基金包括卡爾亨德森,鬆弛的創始人之一,維珍集團的爵士(Sir Richard Branson)。早在2020年11月,firstminute上調第二早期風險基金是160美元。讓我們分解基金到目前為止。•FMC基金我:£73 m基金我(91美元在今天的美元)•FMC基金II:£132.3 m基金II(160美元)•FMC基金III最初預計今年晚些時候關閉——最終關閉:£80(100美元)•“:£32 m(40美元)firstminute基金是130年由獨角獸的創始人說,包括聯合創始人Palantir, Ocado,超晶胞,MongoDB, samwers檢查站,Wayfair Zalando。等機構也參與Mubadala資本和多級半打我們公司,與許多全球ceo。你可以看到很多以前和目前的有限合夥人。 In a statement, cofounder of the fund, Hoberman said: “One of our superpowers is leveraging our network to help support our founders — whether it’s for business development or bringing on star LPs to invest alongside us as angels.” This is hardly a surprise – Hoberman hosts the elite, invite-only “ Founders Forum ” event ever year which is literally a who’s-who of tech in the US and Europe. The fund’s profortilio has notable startups such as A.Team, Storyblok, Robocorp, Engflow, Wayve, Klang, Clockwork Labs, Ramp, Element) and Generation Home. Many have gone on to raise from the likes of Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz, Atomico, Index, Benchmark, Coatue, Softbank, Tiger, General Catalyst, Northzone, Mubadala Capital, NFX, Balderton, D1, Felicis, Bain Capital and Tencent. With this latest raise, firstminute now says it has an an AUM of $400m and a team of 20 (8 investors, 8 on the platform side and 4 part time venture partners) based in London, Berlin and Nice. Firstminute will have to compete with many other early stage VC funds of course, of which there are many in London, and far more than any other capital in Europe. These include, Index Ventures. Accel Partners, Balderton Capital, Ascension, MMC Ventures, Octopus Ventures, LocalGlobe, Connect Ventures, Downing Ventures, Passion Capital, Notion Capital, Playfair Capital, Fuel Ventures and Beringea, to name just a few.