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Draft for discussion purposes only These best practice guidelines for venture capital investing are derived from my recent research into venture capital fund performance and the investment practices of VC firms in Europe and USA. The research is the most up to date, complete and extensive qualitative review of the entire VC investment process featuring […]

Director_Aug-Sep_Conversation The “can-do” attitude, energy and positive approach referred to in the article on California in the June/July issue of “Director” magazine, published by the Institute of Directors in the UK, are all features of this US state, and in particular its Silicon Valley area, that were mirrored in my recent research into the investment practices […]

  Real Deals article – July 2019 Real Deals magazine interviewed me recently on my research into venture capital investment practices in Europe and US and other factors that might have given rise to the historic difference in performance between European and US VC funds. The above is a copy of the article by the Editor which appeared […]

Last week I was invited to participate in a forum on FinTech and VC by the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI). It was a good discussion and, from the feedback, was well received. In addition to myself, the other panel members (all VCs) were: Dan Chaplin, Associate, Dawn Capital (B2B FinTech and enterprise software) […]

The following appeared in “Letter to the Editor” in the Pittsburgh Business Times on 3 July 2019 at: https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2019/07/03/letter-to-the-editor-an-outsider-s-inside-view-of.html  “I have been coming over to Pittsburgh from the UK for 35 years ever since I met my future wife whilst I was working at Price Waterhouse in the 1980’s whilst on tour from the London office. […]

  I am delighted to have been appointed to the Advisory Board of TenX Health, a new hands-on VC fund dedicated to healthcare ( https://www.tenx-health.com ). TenX is co-founded by Joe Stringer and Dr Pooja Sikka, both formerly with the ventures and healthcare practices at EY in the UK. The Advisory Board is chaired by […]

The first Thursday in March is World Book Day in the UK: https://www.icmacentre.ac.uk/wbd-2019 It is a while since I wrote my book “Raising Venture Capital Finance in Europe” (Kogan Page), although I have of course since written my PhD thesis ( a very different exercise and for a very different audience) and I am about to commence […]

I will be presenting a one-day course on Venture Capital Deals in London on Friday 28 March 2019 in association with Ascentium Associates. An Introduction to Venture Capital Deals is a one day interactive executive education course tailored specifically to the venture capital industry. It is aimed at investment executives who are relatively new to […]

  There should not be too much impact on SME’s post Brexit from a raising finance viewpoint as the usual sources of early-stage finance from the local high-street banks, crowdfunding and business angels should still be available. Where they may be a problem is with finance from the so-called 3 Fs (friends, family and “fools”). […]

Research into venture capital fund performance and investment practices in Europe and USA (“Exploring the difference in performance between UK/European venture capital funds and USA venture capital funds”: PhD thesis, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow) Key messages 1) The research is the most up to date, complete and extensive qualitative review of the […]