VCTA member Maven Capital Partners has led a £4.25m investment in eco-ethical baby care brand Pura. The funding will support Pura's expansion into B2B sales targeting the supermarket sector, including the US. Read more here: bit.ly/3CmCOUB

VCTA member Downing Ventures has contributed to a £7.3M investment into nanotechnology business @mip_dx. The funding will allow the sector-leader to develop new products and hire new specialists, creating new jobs within the UK. Read more here: bit.ly/3pMqkk0

VCTA member Foresight Group has led a £2.58m funding round for semiconductor start-up Zero Point Motion Ltd. This funding will enable the Bristol-based company to bring its products to a commercial market and to expand its team, creating new jobs across the UK. bit.ly/3CHHWCT

VCTA member Maven Capital Partners has contributed to a £3 million funding round for AI tech platform RevLifter. The funding will help the London-based company to expand into the US and relocate part of the business to Newcastle, creating new jobs in the North East: bit.ly/3Dw5yuJ

VCTA member Foresight Group has invested £2.5m into Kognitiv Spark, the provider of real-time 3D data to field service workers in remote locations. The funding will enable them to expand into new industries and geographies, creating new jobs: bit.ly/380Ll4d

VCTA member YFM Equity Partners has completed a £5m investment into Relative Insight The investment will enable Relative Insight to grow its customer base as well as develop the platform to provide greater customer insights and data integrations bit.ly/35FBCzw

Albion Capital announces its role in a £13m Series A extension in TransFICC. It resolves the issue of fragmentation in fixed income markets by providing banks and asset managers with a unified low-latency, robust and scalable API. Find out more here:bit.ly/3NSA7iS

VCTA member Maven Capital Partners has completed a profitable exit from energy services specialist RMEC. The trade sale to Aberdeen-based Centurion Group has generated a 2.26x blended return for investors, and presents huge opportunities for both business partners: bit.ly/37gq6LL

.AlbionVC has contributed to a £4.6 million seed funding round for the Cambridge University spinout RegGenome. The company provides AI-powered regulatory content that empowers organisations to digitise their compliance and risk management processes: bit.ly/3MAdrCj

.Octopus Ventures has invested £6.2m in fintech Delio. The UK-based company digitises the private markets strategies of leading banks + wealth managers such as Barclays Bank and UBS. The investment will further enhance Delio’s international operations: bit.ly/3LihpPZ

The VCTA has responded to the Treasury Select Committee inquiry into #VentureCapital, highlighting the vital role #VCTs play in the UK funding ecosystem ifamagazine.com/article/vcta-r…

Will Fraser-Allen, Head of the VCTA Public Policy Committee, featured on Money Marketing’s Quote of the Day urging the UK government to reassure the industry and entrepreneurs that they will continue to support the VCT scheme beyond 2025: bit.ly/3zAjofn

The VCTA welcomes the governments’ UK Digital Strategy policy paper, which highlights #VCTs as key to maintaining the flow of innovation and #startups in the UK #techsector. gov.uk/government/pub…

Will Fraser-Allen, new Chair of the VCTA, spoke with City A.M. about his new role and the future of the #venturecapital industry: cityam.com/exclusive-gove…

What role do VCTs play in the development of the UK’s start-up economy? Will Fraser-Allen, new Chair of the VCTA, discusses this and more in @BLeaderNews:

🚨📗 New APPG for Entrepreneurship briefing paper! 🚨📗 “Funding to Flourish: The case for tax relief on early stage investment” is written by Aria Babu and Sam Dumitriu. Thread on its contents below! 👇 appgentrepreneurship.org/research/2023/…

Chancellor Sir Jeremy Hunt MP has reasserted the government's intention to extend the #VCT and #EIS schemes beyond the Sunset Clause following calls from the Treasury Committee (Harriett Baldwin) to provide certainty for small business investors in next week's #Budget.

We welcome the swift response by Sir Jeremy Hunt MP and the government resulting in HSBC's acquisition of SVB in the UK. It provides the much needed reassurance to the UK #tech sector and all affected businesses held within #VCT portfolios regarding their ability to access deposits.

“Yesterday’s #Budget [...] provided welcome clarity to entrepreneurs raising capital using #SEIS," said our Chair Will Fraser-Allen. "We will continue to engage with relevant stakeholders to ensure that the same level of clarity is extended to the #VCT and #EIS schemes."

Our Chair Will Fraser-Allen reemphasised support for the topline recommendations surrounding #taxrelief schemes at the parliamentary launch event for our 'Funding to Flourish' report. Great to celebrate UK's dynamic entrepreneurial ecosystem with #entrepreneurs and #investors!