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Following on from its announcement that it would invest in other early-stage VC firms in Europe, and doing so by investing in the UK’s Seedcamp, and Episode 1 Partners, Draper Esprit, the publicly-listed VC firm based in London, has gone a stage further. It’s now acquired Seedcamp Funds I & II for £17.9 million (€20 million / $23.6M). The original Fund 1 size was €2.5m and was raised in 2007, while the Fund II size €5.2m and was raised in 2010. The move delivers a 4x return to the LPs that invested in those two funds, and also means Draper Esprit will pick up a minority (but a significant minority) stake in fintech unicorn TransferWise. Seedcamp’s Fund I, launched in 2007 and Fund II, raised in 2010, comprises some high profile companies including Codacy, Edited, Erply, Fishbrain, Codility, Winnow, Codeship, and Try.com among others. However, Seedcamp said it would continue to operate “as is” and its third fund “is … [Read more...] about Publicly-listed UK VC Draper Esprit acquires Seedcamp’s Fund I & II for $23.6M

Bolt Bikes, the Sydney, Australia-based startup founded in 2017, is taking its electric bike platform designed for gig economy delivery workers to the U.S. and UK. The company is expanding on the heels of a $2.5 million seed round led by Maniv Mobility, European e-mobility firm Contrarian Ventures, individual investors and former executives of Uber and Deliveroo . The company was founded by Mina Nada, former Deliveroo and Mobike executive) and Michael Johnson, a former Bain & Co executive. Bolt Bikes now provides its flexible subscriptions, which include vehicle servicing, in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia, San Francisco and London. The company sells its electric bikes. But the main premise is to rent them out for commercial use. The electric bikes are rented on a week-to-week contract for $39. The Bolt Bikes platform includes a the electric bike, fleet management software, financing and servicing. Subscribers get 24-hour access to the bike. A battery charger, phone holder, phone … [Read more...] about Bolt Bikes launches e-bike subscription platform for gig delivery workers in U.S., UK

As part of a set of defense decisions that British Prime Minister David Cameron described as delighting President Barack Obama, the British government announced plans to purchase nine P-8 Poseidon long-range patrol planes from Boeing through a foreign military sale approved by the US government. The Poseidon, the aircraft built by Boeing to replace the US Navy's aging Lockheed P-3 Orion antisubmarine warfare patrol aircraft, will fill the gap left by the retirement of the Royal Air Force's Hawker Sidley Nimrod fleet over four years ago, and the cancellation of the UK's own follow-on aircraft. It means about $1.5 billion more in business for Boeing and its partners; the Poseidon currently has a "flyaway" cost of $171.5 million per aircraft. The P-8 is based on the Boeing's 737-800 with modified wings and a strengthened fuselage. The plane's main sensor is its AM/APY-10 multifunction radar, a high-resolution radar that can be used both over sea and land for surveillance of … [Read more...] about UK to buy 9 Boeing patrol planes in $18 billion defense budget boost

In a rare display of increased military spending, George Osborne has told the BBC that the UK will significantly speed up its acquisition of new carrier-based F-35 stealth fighters. The chancellor of the exchequer also told the BBC yesterday that anti-terror spending would be increased by 30 percent. These comments precede Wednesday's Spending Review, where Osborne is expected to announce massive austerity measures that will cut the government's annual budget by around £20 billion, with the aim of eliminating the country's deficit by 2020. The UK's original plan was to have eight F-35s in service by 2023. Now, according to Osborne, we'll have 24 of the jets, split across the UK's two new aircraft carriers, the HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales. Further ReadingReport: In test dogfight, F-35 gets waxed by F-16 "We are going to step up the aircraft carrier punch of the United Kingdom. We are going to make sure that when these aircraft carriers are … [Read more...] about UK will speed up purchase of F-35 jets