Annual review: 2018

The astonishing development of the private capital markets for fast-growing companies in the past five years is easy to record but only when put against public markets does the transformation in liquidity become apparent.

The IP Group-owned fund management unit closed three university funds targeting Cambridge, Oxford and Bristol-linked companies last year.

An undisclosed industrial company is reportedly set to lead a series E round for the 3D metal printer producer, which is backed by Ford, GV, Stratasys, Saudi Aramco, GE, Techtronic and Lowe's.

The LivaNova-backed mitral valve replacement system developer has collected $36.3m in a round that increased its funding to almost $57m altogether.

The home renovation software developer has raised $33m in a round co-led by Redfin, Goldman Sachs and WestRiver, taking its total funding to more than $50m.

The Citi Ventures-backed bookkeeping software provider has increased its total funding to almost $43m in a Bessemer Venture Partners-led round.

Microsoft’s M12 subsidiary led an extension that brought Innovaccer’s series B round to a $35m close, and the company’s overall funding to $51m.

SetSquared affiliates together raised 34% more than the equivalent generated in 2017 in what was hailed as a stellar year for the program.

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