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Ross McNaughton and Moira Sy examine the strategic calculus behind biotech investment decisions, analyzing whether venture capital and M&A activity gravitates toward pioneering first-in-class assets or optimized best-in-class therapies. The analysis explores how advances in AI, regulatory pathways, and market dynamics are reshaping risk profiles and determining which innovation strategies attract capital in today's selective funding environment.

Against an economic outlook that remains gloomy, the government's focus was on investment.

Large, sophisticated investors with long-term liabilities tend to have an allocation to private equity and venture capital. It is not hard to understand why:...

The UK's first-time equity investment market has experienced a significant resurgence in 2025 and H1 2026, with more companies securing external funding than at any point in the last four years.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has called for the introduction of a European-wide database to pull together all available information on financing for technology companies.

In this scenario, an international private client, let's call him John, a UK resident in his early 70s and a widower, found himself confronted with a substantial Inheritance Tax (IHT) bill.

If you are, then you will be interested in our Venture Capital Starter Pack which we have developed to assist companies in your position. It is available free of charge.

Having a great idea is one thing, but success relies on safeguarding it and having a structure that allows you to make the most of it.

The Takeover Panel has published the results of a review it has conducted into the Takeover Code changes that were introduced in September 2011.

A record-breaking 526,446 businesses were set up in Britain in 2013, according to figures from StartUp Britain.

Crowdfunding has seen a huge rise in popularity in recent years becoming an increasingly important means of financing for early stage companies.

The focus of this year's Budget was individuals, particularly savers. Business entrepreneurs appear to have been left largely unaffected by this year's Budget.

New research reveals that over half of Britain's fastest-growing companies have foreign-born founders, collectively valued at £15.84 billion. As the government considers doubling the qualifying period for settlement visas, The Entrepreneurs Network argues that current immigration policies create unnecessary barriers for the entrepreneurs driving UK economic growth.

One of the advantages for companies listed on the Alternative Investment Market is that they can continue to benefit from a number of tax reliefs which are normally only available to unlisted companies. In particular shares in AIM companies can qualify for the purposes of the enterprise investment scheme (EIS) and venture capital trusts (VCTs).

The first quarter of 2025 presented a mixed bag for the cryptocurrency market, marked by significant price volatility, regulatory shifts, and growing institutional interest.

Valuations are a core issue for all stakeholders in the alternative funds sector.

On 26th October 2023 the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA) passed into UK law, marking the most significant change to Companies House since its inception.