Fundraising
CVC sets out fundraising plans for 2025
Progress across secondaries, infrastructure, credit and private wealth revealed in latest market update
Small funds are a big problem if we are to revive London flotations
The asset managers that help most of the companies that list in the UK are struggling
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Aurelius plots €750m+ target for fund V
The private equity firm is set to come to market with European Opportunities V towards the end of this year
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Stripe valuation jumps to $65bn in employee share-sale deal
Fintech giant’s employees will get a chance to cash out over $1bn of stock
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Litigation funder Harbour targets $400m war chest to invest in legal cases
Harbour wants to bulk up again after funding lawsuits against RBS, Hiscox and the Bank of Asia
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Venture capital funding to dry up amid ‘red flags’ in first half of 2022
Deal volumes in the last quarter were down to their lowest level since 2018, according to research
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Litigation funder Therium hires from Slaughter and May, Wachtell as it embarks on record fundraise
Litigation financer brings in new team as it eyes record fund raise
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SoftBank-backed fintech giant Klarna looks for new funds at lower valuation
Buy-now-pay-later startup, valued last year at $46bn, could see its valuation fall by one-third in a tough environment for tech companies
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Revolut valued at $33bn after SoftBank injection as UK’s most valuable fintech
Funding to be used for global expansion and development of new bets in crypto and digital wealth management
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Blackstone backs Stripe rival with €665m fundraise
Asset management giant gets behind Mollie as it takes on the European payments space
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Atom Bank mulls listing via Spac ahead of IPO plans
A Spac would speed up Atom’s 2022/23 listing timeline
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City fintech startup TrueLayer raises $70m from Coinbase exec, Lee Fixel’s Addition
Investors known for early bets on Spotify, Peloton and Flipkart
Plaid raises $425m following flopped merger with Visa
Plaid's sale to Visa was called off earlier this year following regulatory concerns
Wall Street Spac mania may be on US watchdog’s probe list
The SEC has reportedly written to banks for more information on their Spac dealings
City fintech PensionBee to go public in London float
More than 8,000 customers have expressed an interest in participating in the float
UK fintech funding slips 23% as tech sector breaks records despite Brexit
Revolut raised the UK’s largest tech venture capital round of 2020, raking in $580m
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Starling Bank nets £272m in late-stage funding led by Fidelity and Qatari investor
Starling says it’s still profitable, having exceeded £1.5m in net income every month since October
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Klarna valued at $31bn after Swedish fintech raises $1bn from funding round
The round makes Klarna the second most valuable fintech company worldwide, the Swedish firm said
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Moonpig shares soar on London IPO
Shares were priced at 350p each; the stock traded at around 426p on its debut, with a high of 440p by 9:30am
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The UK is still the top fintech hub in Europe with $4.1bn in funding
Companies based in London accounted for more than 90% of the UK's total fintech investment
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