Full coverage: Venture capital

Electric cars are old school. China’s investors are betting on the next technology trends, with live-in robots among the hottest tickets, writes Ian Lahiffe in Beijing.

From a seaside village in Co Louth to the heart of San Francisco’s tech scene, Patrick Murphy has turned a childhood fascination with computers into Tapestry VC, a lean, four-person firm that has experienced significant success. Murphy explains the strategy.

The UK government has set about reducing the regulatory burden placed on smaller private fund managers while also securing a commitment from the pension industry to pump billions of pounds into British SMEs. Will it work?

Generating EU demand for the products of the bloc’s start-ups may be a good place to start, but a lot more is needed to make the European ecosystem less dependent on US venture capital.

International law firm Hogan Lovells set up in Ireland in the wake of Brexit. Partner Eimear O'Brien speaks of the continued stream of firms choosing Ireland for European access.

Venture capital syndicate CircleRock is now five years old. It has backed start-ups like Yonder, Nory and Platform Golf but has ambitions to do a lot more.

Ireland’s start-up and scaling ecosystem has never been more vibrant but for founders, choosing the correct funding at the optimum time can often prove difficult. There are many options out there.

Sustainability-focused VCs gathered in Wicklow to look for investment opportunities in Irish companies. Event mastermind Faye Walsh Drouillard says funds are looking to Ireland for new opportunities and she wants to put the country on the map.

What if a single company could be formed, raise funds and distribute shares to its staff across Europe? The EU Inc project, backed by the likes of Stripe's Patrick Collison and Skype's Niklas Zennstrom, is getting traction in Brussels.

The serial entrepreneur from Northern Ireland raised over $40 million from the likes of Peter Thiel and the Collison brothers for his LinkedIn rival. As he winds it down, he has already set his sights on his next venture.