http://www.calibreone.com CalibreOne Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:33:16 +0000 en-us http://www.calibreone.com/industry-insight-detail.php?The-New-Dotcom-Boom-7 Oliver Bennett finds out how broadband is turning Britain into a nation of entrepreneurs...<br/> <br/> ...“There has been spectacular growth,” says James Brocket of Calibre One, a head-hunter in the internet sector. “Funding in the UK has gone up considerably. In the first quarter of last year, $24m of VC funding to internet companies was disclosed. In the second quarter, it had risen to $75m.” He adds that this figure is conservative – much more will have gone undisclosed. <br/> <br/> The number of British-based start-ups is also hard to gauge: it includes everything from minor-league bloggers hoping to attract a few ads to web applications for bricks-and-mortar companies. But Brocket says that, again, there has been a significant rise in serious start-ups: “In the second quarter of 2007, 58 were started, with 63 in the third quarter. I’m talking about motivated businesses with over $2m behind each of them.” Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:58:21 +0000 http://www.calibreone.com/industry-insight-detail.php?The-New-Dotcom-Boom-7