Future Planet Capital acquires Midven Ltd, one of the UK’s oldest venture capital firms

LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Future Planet Capital (FPC) has announced its acquisition of one of Britain’s most respected venture capital firms, Midven Ltd. The deal will enable Future Planet to grow its extensive global innovation network, which includes Berkeley, Cambridge, Harvard, MIT and Oxford, by combining them with Midven’s access to top-ranked UK Government funded scientific research. FPC is already a leader in this sector and was one of the first to bring sovereign wealth fund investors to British university venture.

Future Planet Capital is unique in its impact led approach, built to invest in growth companies from the world’s top universities. The firm has built a track record of catalysing growth to scale…