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4th December 2020
Living Map raises £850k from Mercia and Committed Capital
Living Map, the digital map and data platform, has completed an £850,000 funding round led by existing investors Committed Capital and Mercia Asset Management. The funding will allow the Bath-based company to further enhance its technology and support the continued roll-out of its new service to guide passengers transferring between flights at airports. Living Map’s software allows companies to locate and track assets or people in real time and, unlike other mapping products, can operate seamlessly across both outdoor and indoor spaces. In particular Living Map is a leader in indoor location services, and its technology offers greate...
4th December 2020
UK’s most entrepreneurial hotspots in 2020 revealed
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4th December 2020
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2nd December 2020
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30th November 2020
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30th November 2020
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Angel Academe backs Envolve Tech £720K funding
25th November 2020
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23rd November 2020
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20th November 2020
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NVM Private Equity Exits Agilitas IT Solutions
1st December 2020
NVM Private Equity has sold its stake in Agilitas IT Solutions Limited to the international priva...
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Gresham House Ventures invests in RevLifter
27th November 2020
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YFM makes investment into fast growing marketing automation platform
25th November 2020
YFM Equity Partners has boosted its growing portfolio of high-growth technology businesses with a...
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Maven exits Symphonic Software investment with 2.9x realisation
18th November 2020
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2nd December 2020
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Seneca Partners' 21st exit returns £2.8m to investors
20th November 2020
Seneca Partners EIS Portfolio Service has returned £2.8million to investors following the t...
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Ingenious invests in Igloo Vision
19th November 2020
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TIME Investments bolsters fund distribution team
19th November 2020
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Moretti launches new asset manager Atypical Partner
30th November 2020
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Funding Focus supports female and ethnic minority entrepreneurs
30th November 2020
Funding Focus, the social enterprise seeking to level the playing field for female and ethn...
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ScaleUp Group bolsters team with entrepreneurial champion Guy Rigby
27th November 2020
Entrepreneurial Champion & Atlantic Rowing Philanthropist Guy Rigby has joined ScaleUp ...
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Bethnal Green Ventures partners with NorthInvest to support business in the North
24th November 2020
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SME Finance Monitor Q3 2020
3rd December 2020
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Private debt funds record another year of robust growth
3rd December 2020
The third annual edition of the KPMG Private Debt Fund Survey in colla...
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Research shows how UK retail investors responded to COVID stock market falls
18th November 2020
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British Business Investments publishes full year results to March 2020
13th November 2020
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13th November 2020
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3rd November 2020
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27th October 2020
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12th October 2020
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London fintech Updraft raises £16m led by Quilam
4th December 2020
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3rd December 2020
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Hams Hall secures £800k boost from MEIF Debt Finance
24th November 2020
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NatWest Rapid Cash integration with Xero helps SMEs access funding
23rd November 2020
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Turquoise's Low Carbon Innovation Fund backs 8power £2m fund raise
4th December 2020
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4th December 2020
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Infogrid raises $15.5m to make any building smart
3rd December 2020
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4th December 2020
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Living Map raises £850k from Mercia and Committed Capital
4th December 2020
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3rd December 2020
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Threat intelligence tech firm EclecticIQ raises €20 million
3rd December 2020
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Great Point takes over Seren Stwidios Complex in Cardiff
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10th September 2020
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3rd September 2020
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1st December 2020
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27th November 2020
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Opteran secures £2.1m seed funding led by IQ Capital
24th November 2020
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Downing Ventures leads £625k in funding round for Dragonfly AI
19th November 2020
British predictive analytics platform, DragonflyAI, has completed a £625...
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UK biotech company ILC Therapeutics announces first international investment
2nd December 2020
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AlbionVC backs uMed £3.7m venture capital fund raising
1st December 2020
Research technology company uMed has raised £3.7m in venture ca...
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Future Planet backs Navenio ‘uber-for-indoors’, to control COVID-19 infection rise
27th November 2020
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Silverfleet Capital sells medical workwear supplier 7days
27th November 2020
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London fintech Updraft raises £16m led by Quilam
4th December 2020
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Insurtech Startup, Bdeo, Raises €5M Series A
19th November 2020
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Crane Ventures leads £2.2m seed funding for Paid
17th November 2020
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British Business Investments commits £15m to Compass Business Finance
13th November 2020
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23rd November 2020
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11th November 2020
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Mills & Reeve advises Delta Financial Systems on £23m acquisition of Bravura Solutions
5th November 2020
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flypop secures investment from the Future Fund
5th November 2020
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Warwick-based energy consultancy Utility Stream has obtained a signif...
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31st July 2020
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