The VCT (venture capital trust) offer season is in full flow and recent launches include Octopus Group's £35 million fundraise for its Octopus Apollo VCT (OAP3) and Gresham House's £76 million raise for its generalist product Mobeus Growth & Income VCT (MIX).The Mobeus offer opened on 17 October and raised £52 million in the first three days, showing the popularity of these types of funds. Mobe

If you want to add some spice to your portfolio and mitigate your tax bill it is worth looking at the current range of venture capital trust (VCT) offers.Investing in a VCT enables you to get immediate exposure to a portfolio of small businesses which the VCT's manager reckons have significant growth potential. They might be companies that are disrupting existing sectors or ones offering opportuni

Investors have raced to buy a part of Crowdcube. The crowdfunding platform was hoping to raise £5 million by offering the public a chance to take a stake in its business, but more than £50 million had been pledged in a pre-registration period which closed on 18 July.In 2016 investors arguably have more options than ever before when it comes to gaining exposure to start-up investments. The growth

For a product that is typically trailed as both illiquid and high-risk as well as demanding a long-term commitment from investors, venture capital trusts (VCT) have rarely been more popular.And that's not the sales patter of fund managers with a product to tout, this comes straight from the taxman. Her Majesty's Revenues & Customs (HMRC) maintains that in the 2013-14 tax year, inflows to VCTs reac