Lingfield College Business

RICHARD REED: ANIMAL SPIRITS There is only one winner when start-ups advertise on Facebook Richard Reed September 3 2017, 12:01am,  The Sunday Times One hell of an ad sales guy: Mark Zuckerberg I think about Mark Zuckerberg every single day. Not in a bromance sort of way. Although anyone who makes billions while wearing a hoodie to work is my kind of guy. No, it is more because every day at Jam Jar, our angel investing fund that backs UK entrepreneurs, we sit through pitch after pitch, for every conceivable type of start-up, from dog food to posh watches, and everyone — and I do mean literally everyone — is selling their equity and raising millions and millions of pounds seemingly for one reason — to pay for ads on Facebook. It is a phenomenon so consistent across the companies we see, the money being raised is so big and the faith in the strategy so absolute, that at the end of every pitch, we are always left with the same conclusion: we should just buy share...

China Drives Record Venture Capital Dealmaking In Asia By Preqin on August 30, 2017 9:10 pm in Business 2017 sees largest ever venture capital deal announced, but fundraising and exit activity fail to match pace The boom in venture capital activity in Asia reached new heights in Q2 2017: the quarter saw a record $47bn in deals announced, including the $5.5bn financing of Didi Chuxing, which became the largest venture capital deal ever. In 2017 so far, Asia represents almost half of global venture capital deal value, the largest proportion of any region. However, fundraising and exit activity is not showing the same level of growth: Asia-focused venture capital fundraising peaked at $11bn in Q3 2014, but since then has trended downward, and in Q1 2017 venture capital funds secured just $1.8bn for the region. At the same time, exit activity for Asian ventur...