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Daniel conducts data manipulation and analysis as part of the Research & Consultancy team. He has a background in business analysis and commercial copywriting in Australia and the UK, having worked at The Sunday Times Fast Track, Oxford University Press, and advertising network MullenLowe Group.

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The Regtech Paradox: Are Early-stage Regulatory Technology Firms Being Overlooked?

10 October 2024 · Dan Robinson

The Regtech Paradox: Are Early-stage Regulatory Technology Firms Being Overlooked?

The Regtech Paradox: Are Early-stage Regtech Firms Being Overlooked? Table of contents As artificial intelligence and machine learning transform industries from stock trading to customer

Not All Hot Air: How Hydrogen Could be Here to Stay

9 March 2023 · Dan Robinson

Not All Hot Air: How Hydrogen Could be Here to Stay

Not All Hot Air: How Hydrogen Could be Here to Stay DAN ROBINSON, 09 MARCH 2023 UK hydrogen technology companies collectively raised a record £299m via 36 equity fundraising deals during the year, bucking the overall decline in investment in 2022. The total amount raised is up from £147m via 28 deals in 2021. While … Not All Hot Air: How Hydrogen Could be Here to Stay

How & Why VCs Are Becoming More Like Hedge Funds

23 February 2022 · Dan Robinson

How & Why VCs Are Becoming More Like Hedge Funds

How & Why VCs Are Becoming More Like Hedge Funds 23rd February 2022 By Dan Robinson Share This article was first published in our annual equity report, The Deal, under the title “The Hedge Fund-ification of Venture Capital”. We saw record equity investment in the UK in 2021, both in terms of the total amount invested … How & Why VCs Are Becoming More Like Hedge Funds

The Startup Valuation Bubble: Fact or Fiction?

30 June 2021 · Dan Robinson

The Startup Valuation Bubble: Fact or Fiction?

Data from Beauhurst shows that stakes in the UK’s venture capital and private equity-backed businesses underwent a significant price increase throughout 2020. Prices have now seen a slight correction back towards pre-pandemic levels. The mean price of a basket of companies based on equity-transaction derived valuations rose by 69% from £203m in Q4 2019 to … The Startup Valuation Bubble: Fact or Fiction?

Analysing the Future Fund: Where Did Our £800m Go?

29 October 2020 · Dan Robinson

Analysing the Future Fund: Where Did Our £800m Go?

Figures released last week by the British Business Bank show