Global venture capital investment more than doubled to a record $330.9bn in the first quarter of this year, KPMG said, fuelled by "an extraordinary concentration of capital in large megadeals".
Eka Ventures has closed its sophomore fund on £80m, saying the raise makes it the UK’s largest early-stage impact VC investing across health, wellbeing and sustainability.
European investor Vesper Infrastructure Partners has reached a final close of more than €1bn for its Next Generation Infrastructure Fund I, beating its €800m target.