Full coverage: Venture capital

The Quintas Capital 2025 EIIS Fund is backed by 300 investors. It wants to invest between €2m and €5.5m in each of about five Irish companies.

Wall Street uses roll-ups to buy growth. There’s a much more effective alternative, writes Andy Kessler, The Wall Street Journal.

Simon Coveney speaks about plans to raise €200m for his new defence investment fund Fulcrum, the reputational risk faced by Ireland, and how the "ugly realities" of today's world put Brexit into perspective.

Mina Mutafchieva and Irishman Jack McGuinness are among the first London hires for German venture firm HV Capital. They talk to The Currency about Europe's opportunity to lure US talent, the prospect of an AI bubble, and Ireland's start-up sector.

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.