News

This is a list of news items that may be of interest to mentors, investors and business angels. If you know of any other news that may be of interest, please drop a note to editor@meteorical.co.uk to have it included.

Regent's view of February 2010

Regent Corporate Finance Services publish their view of February 2010

Posted on 11th March 2010

In January we complained that there were no big deals in the month. February promptly produced the first deal in Europe above $10 billion since Q3 2007. The number of transactions decreased slightly in February, as usual, after hectic activity around the year end. Valuations continue to improve, (more...)

UK listing released

Directory of BA, VC and PE organisations in UK released

Posted on 22nd February 2010

Capital Research have compiled a directory of all the major BA, VC & PE organisations, with what they look for, funding levels, names, titles, mobiles, emails. There are 140+ companies and over 1300+ contacts (more...)

Regent's view of January

Regent Corporate Finance Services publish their view of January 2010

Posted on 15th February 2010

Although there were few big acquisition deals in January 2010, the overall volume of transactions was up by 12% on the month before. More importantly for those companies seeking a sale in 2010, valuations have continued their steady rise as both the trade and private equity buyers are active (more...)

Enhancing Innovative Working

NESTA produces a report on Everyday Innovation.

Posted on 5th February 2010

"Everyday Innovation" Report published by NESTA, December (more...)

BBC2 is Looking for Inventors

A new series for BBC TWO - is looking for new products

Posted on 3rd February 2010

"High Street" - a new series for BBC TWO - is looking for new products that should be sold in high street shops, but have yet to find their market. (more...)

Acquisitions News

Regent Corporate Finance Services publish their view of November 2009

Posted on 8th December 2009

The past three months have seen a very consistent number of TMT M&A transactions in Europe - 218 deals each month. However we are witnessing a ramp up in the size of deals which started in April 09 and has continued through November. This resulted in a combined value of TMT acquisitions last (more...)