Informa, the £9bn UK-based B2B events, information and research company which is the world’s largest exhibitions group, has launched “a founder-friendly venture capital fund that makes early stage investments in the Knowledge & Information economy”. The company will offer capital, access to markets, mentorship and expertise to entrepreneurs and founding teams, focusing on start-ups whose products and services are based on content, intelligence and connections, and “where founders have clear vision of how disruption and innovation will challenge and shape these markets”. The fund is headed by the New York-based Richard Stanton, Informa’s Chief Digital and Innovation Officer, who says:”Our investment focus is on start-ups that operate in the global market for information services.” The fund will make Seed and Series A investments.
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Informa launches B2B ventures fund
