Tagged: Venture Capital

Senior liquidation preferences create tensions between VCs

A new PitchBook analysis show that senior liquidation preferences create tension between collaborating VCs.

State of the private markets: Q3 2023

Carta has published a preview of their Q3 2023 private market report.

Deep dive into Q3 2023’s funding landscape

Jamesin Seidel, Investment Partner at the VC fund Chapter One, has analyzed Q3 data on the funding landscape from Crunchbase, based on US-based investments.

VCs believe the worst times are over

VCs believe the worst times are over   In Q4 2022, US-based venture capital funds experienced a sharp decline with an IRR of -16.8%, marking the asset class’s worst quarterly return in a decade. The downturn was attributed to the need for venture capital funds to devalue their late-stage portfolio companies, aligning them with comparable […]

Female GPs are an undervalued asset

A new 2023 report from European Women in VC highlight new findings of diverse investment teams in the growth and venture space.

How much equity do founders sell investors in each venture round?

LPs push GPs to tie fund fees to impact goals

As the markets have turned for more negotiation power with LPs, expectations are going green, according to PitchBook: LPs are demanding terms aligning managers of impacts funds more closely with their sustainability outcomes.

VCs shift focus to AI

Pitchbook’s Emerging Tech Indicator (ETI) tracks global investment activity across types of technologies, with special focus on successful VCs.

New venture report

Aumni, a J.P. Morgan company, have published a new first half 2023 venture report, showing the status of the private capital markets.

New Nordic Impact Startups 2023 report

Danske Growth, a part of Danske Bank, has published their new Nordic Impact Startups 2023 report.

New advance tax ruling regarding simple agreement for future equity (SAFE)

On 3 October 2023, an advance tax ruling was published according to which the National Tax Board has decided that an investment product structured as a Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE) was not a “subscription right” covered by the Danish Share Capital Gains Act but was deemed a “financial contract” governed by article 29 of the Gains on Securities and Foreign Currency Act

VC funding for female founders keep steady

Despite the recent surge in venture capital funding, female founders are still facing challenges.

Invest Europe Private Equity 2022 Benchmark Report

The 2022 Private Equity Benchmark Report for 2022 has been published.

Private equity fundraising in Europe hit a record high in 2022

New VC trends from Q1

European VC funding drops in Q1

New ESG KPI Report by Invest Europe

Invest Europe, the trade association representing Europe’s private equity and venture capital sector, has published its first ESG KPI report with data from 2021.

ESMA has Issued Guidelines on Marketing Communication

The guidelines apply to all marketing communication addressed to investors or potential investors for AIFs, including amongst others when they are set up as EuVECAs.

The Value Reporting Foundation – The Merger of IIRC and SASB

The International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) has merged to form the Value Reporting Foundation. 

Ruling on Taxation of SAFE

On 23 October 2020, the Danish Tax Agency published a ruling from the Danish National Tax Board regarding taxation of a SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) issuable by a US company.

Rules Concerning the Tax Treatment of Equity Compensation to Employees in Startups

On 21 August 2020, the Danish Ministry of Taxation published for consultation a draft proposal according to which previously adopted amendments to the Danish Tax Assessment Act concerning the tax treatment of equity compensation to employees in “start-ups” will enter into force on 1 January 2021.