15 Nov 2021
European venture capital thrived in 2020 despite the presence of a pandemic. In fact, VC deal value for the region set a new annual record of €42.8 billion, a noteworthy achievement given the…
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20 Sep 2021
Matillion Reaches Unicorn Status with the completion of $150 million Series E fundraising round, led by General Atlantic. This is a very exciting moment for Matillion, as it values the company at…
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12 Jul 2021
NICE Redefines Proactive Conversational AI for Digital Experiences With CXone SmartReach
NICE (NASDAQ: NICE), today announced the launch of CXone SmartReach following the acquisition of…
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25 May 2021
TYPICAL DAY OF AN INVESTMENT ASSOCIATE
Private equity is an extremely complex business, and an associate’s daily responsibilities vary tremendously depending upon the firm the associate works for as…
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16 Feb 2021
The funding round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from Battery Ventures, Sapphire Ventures and Scale Venture Partners, along with financing from Silicon Valley Bank U.K.…
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16 Feb 2021
InvestSuite, with HQ in Leuven, Belgium but with a growing international presence in London, Sydney, Warsaw, Copenhagen, Madrid and Amsterdam has already acquired enterprise clients in multiple…
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31 Jan 2021
Despite the COVID crisis, 2020 saw over 700 tech M&A deals in the UK and more than 4,700 globally. ICON believes the market will remain buoyant in 2021 boosted by low interest rates, high…
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08 Jan 2021
It’s been as great few years for Tech M&A. In the past four years 800-900 deals have been announced per year, 2019 was a vintage year. One of the drivers behind the wave of deals has been the…
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09 Dec 2020
UK-based Doctor Care Anywhere (DOC) raised $102 million after selling its CHESS Depositary Interests – a share equivalent generally used when the company is domiciled in another country – for 80¢…
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19 Oct 2020
Low interest rates mean money is cheap. Understandably, many FinTech founders are asking whether now is the time to dust off the business plan and seek new investment?
Is this really the moment to…
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05 Oct 2020
Monica Shupikai Simmons, Director at ICON discusses with Corporate Financier the Cross-border pan-African deal that will boost growth and inclusion. Read the article here
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05 Oct 2020
ICON Corporate Finance has expanded with a new location in San Francisco in addition to its UK offices in London and Bristol. Ben Kolada, former vice-president for big data investment banking at…
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