The Outlook for VC in 2025tment Programme.pdf OVERVIEW It is clear that the VC industry is going through a period of significant change. After hitting record highs in 2021/22, VC fundraising, investment and liquidity have all fallen significantly as the industry resets itself back to more sustainable levels. In particular: 2024 saw…
Professor David Gann joins Board of VenCap International plc
Monday 19 October, 2020
VenCap International plc and VenCap (Channel Islands) Limited (the "Company" or "VenCap") Addition to Board VenCap is delighted to announce that Professor David Gann has joined the Board of VenCap International plc, the Oxford, UK, based advisor to VenCap (Channel Islands) Limited, Manager of the VenCap funds. David was Vice President, Innovation…
Three-Minute CEO: Tim Cruttenden, ASIP, Chief Executive Officer, VenCap
Wednesday 09 December, 2020This interview was conducted with, and the article first published by, the Professional Investor of the CFA UK. https://youtu.be/IcoEEgjOjp8 Every company in the future is going to be a technology company, says Tim Cruttenden, ASIP In 1994, the web browser Netscape took the world by storm. At its peak, it had a…
How to build a VC investment programme - Why past performance is the best guide to future performance
Monday 13 January, 2025How to Build a VC Investment Programme.pdf 1. OVERVIEW For family offices looking to build a VC investment programme, there are a few key considerations that they must bear in mind: VC is hard. Most VC-backed companies are unsuccessful and median VC fund returns are disappointing. VC is a power law industry.…
Launch of New Flagship Fund VenCap 16
Thursday 19 November, 2020
VenCap is excited to announce the launch of its latest fundraising - VenCap 16. The new flagship fund will follow VenCap's long tradition of investing in a highly selective group of top-tier venture capital fund managers ("Core Managers") via primary and secondary transactions. The Core Manager approach provides investors with a focused…
VenCap 2022 Year in Review
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Wednesday 23 December, 2020See the VenCap 2020 Year in Review
VenCap 2021 Year in Review
Friday 18 February, 2022David Clark: Lessons from 32 Years of Fund Investing - Why Exits Will Be Larger
Friday 19 April, 2024David Clark joins Harry Stebbings on the 20VC podcast to answer the questions: What about fund investing do you wish you knew from the start? How do the best firms do generational transition? Why do you believe exit sizes will increase and fund sizes could be even larger? And much more! Listen…
Mansion House White Paper Oct 2024
Monday 14 October, 2024Mansion-House-White-Paper-Oct-2024.pdf 1. OVERVIEW In July 2023, the former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, announced the "Mansion House Reforms" which called for UK Defined Contribution (DC) pension schemes to allocate 5% of their default funds to unlisted equities by 2030. Following the UK election in July, the new Chancellor Rachel Reeves,…