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British Business Bank backs Portal Biotech via Regional Angels Programme - - 2025-07-04

The British Business Bank has made a second investment under its new co-investment strategy as part of its £350m Regional Angels Program...

S Yorkshire tech startups offered new TECH SY incentive - - 2025-07-04

South Yorkshire tech startups are being offered support to validate their new early-stage ideas through a new incentive programme launched to boost the region's tech startups. The support c...

AI digital audio workstation Mozart AI raises £530k - - 2025-07-04

Mozart AI, a next-gen Music AI Startup on a mission to 10x every artist, has raised £530K in pre-seed funding and unveiled its first product - a revolut...

Female-led tequila brand Pimentae raises £1.5m - - 2025-07-04

Pimentae, the female-founded tequila cocktail brand redefining the ready-to-drink (RTD) category, has secured £1.5 million in new funding. The ro...

Our Rainwater raises funding from SFC Capital to scale platform - - 2025-07-04

Our Rainwater has successfully secured investment from SFC Capital marking a significant milestone in its journey to tr...

Roomix secures £850,000 from VCs and angels - - 2025-07-04

Roomix, the UK-based furniture brand known for its customisable, made-to-order pieces, has successfully raised £850k in its latest funding round, a move ...

Fuel Ventures leads £525k investment in Eventwise - - 2025-07-04

Fuel Ventures has led a £525,000 investment round into Eventwise, the end-to-end event budgeting platform that gi...

AI drives record share of UK venture capital investment in 2025 - - 2025-07-04

UK AI startups secured $2.4 billion in venture capital funding in the first half of 2025, representing 30% of all UK VC raised - the highest share on record, according to new analysis from ...

Perci Health raises £3m to scale AI-powered virtual cancer clinic - - 2025-06-27

Perci Health, the UK's most comprehensive virtual cancer clinic, has successfully raised a total of £7.7 million funding, after closing a new £3...

Candid secures backing for new venture to reshape hospitality recruitment - - 2025-06-27

The entrepreneurs behind two of the UK's most successful hospitality tech businesses have joined forces to launch a new venture that aims to reshape hospitality recruitment. Sam Brown and N...

Barbering platform Appacut raises £600k - - 2025-06-27

Appacut, the UK's leading mobile barbering platform, has raised £600k in seed funding to accelerate its national expansion, led by musicMagpie co-founder...

Glyde raises £450,000 to disrupt the FX market - - 2025-06-27

Glyde, the currency platform that empowers individuals and businesses to send, receive and convert money on their own terms, has secured £450,000 in pre...

Giles AI secures over £700,000 in pre-seed funding to accelerate AI-powered Healthcare research - - 2025-06-27

Giles AI, which supports faster, smarter, and more compliant decision-making by delivering an AI-powered tool that enhances wo...

Antler Bio takes investment to $8.5m to revolutionise dairy farming - - 2025-06-27

Antler Bio, an AgriTech company transforming dairy farming with gene expression technology, has raised $4.3 million investment to scale its world-first EpiH...

OutSee raises £1.8m to advance AI-driven genomic target discovery - - 2025-06-27

OutSee, a genomics and drug discovery company pioneering a unique AI-based predictive genomics approach to target discovery, has secured £1.8M in see...

British Business Bank commits £6.6bn to back innovation and unlock potential for entrepreneurs - - 2025-06-27

The Secretary of State for the Department for Business and Trade has announced that £6.6bn of new capital is being committed by the British Business Bank to boost growth, marking a major step...

Business angels a significant source of equity investment for start ups - - 2025-06-27

Business angels continue to be a significant source of equity investment for start up and early stage businesses with 70% of angels investing in early-stage businesses. ...

Embedl raises €5.5m to maximise the efficiency of AI - - 2025-06-20

Sweden: Swedish deeptech company Embedl has raised €5.5M in a pre-series A funding round from Chalmers Ventures, Fairpoint...

Serendipity: It Doesn’t Happen by Accident. A new book by David Cleevely - - 2025-06-20

"A dinner conversation once led me to set up Abcam, a company that later sold for $6billion," says Dr David Cleevely CBE, telecoms pioneer, deep tech investor and innovation ecosystem architect...

Blocktype secures £315,000 to tackle UK's housing planning crisis - - 2025-06-20

Blocktype, the residential planning platform helping to unlock the UK's housing pipeline, has announced a new round of investment led by ...

CPIN Angel Investment Network marks successful first year - - 2025-06-20

Six companies have received investment from a new angel investor network in the past 12 months, with a number of additional funding rounds due to complete in the next few weeks, according to the gr...

Yorkshire set to lead UK's AI revolution with new investment fund - - 2025-06-20

Yorkshire is positioning itself at the forefront of the UK's artificial intelligence (AI) revolution, as the newly launched Oberon Yorkshire AI EIS Fun...

SFC Capital backs Simplisales $500,00 pre-seed funding round - - 2025-06-20

Simplisales, the AI-powered commerce and ERP platform for wholesalers, distributors, and manufacturers, has closed a $500,00 pre-seed funding round. The round...

Paapi raises £420k led by SFC Capital to reinvent ad measurement - - 2025-06-20

Paapi, a next-generation Ad Measurement Platform, has closed a £420,000 pre-seed funding round led by SFC Capital, the UK...

Green Angel Ventures leads £1.1m fund raising for Anzen - - 2025-06-20

Anzen, a pioneering climate tech startup, has secured £1.1 million in its pre-seed funding round. The investment was led by ...

Good With lands £200k from EHE Ventures to fix broken credit scores - - 2025-06-20

A UK fintech startup founded to make lending fairer and more inclusive has secured new investment to transform how lenders assess creditworthiness, especially for the 16.2 million UK adults current...

Teal raises £1.4m to transform credit checks with real-time payroll data - - 2025-06-13

Teal, the payroll data platform building financial data solutions for the credit industry, has raised £1.4 million in pre-seed funding led by ...

Altura secures €8m to accelerate growth - - 2025-06-13

The Netherlands: Altura, an AI-powered bid management startup, has raised €8 million Series A funding as it becomes the first to launch autonomous AI ag...

Artesian leads A$850k pre-seed funding for Voltavate - - 2025-06-13

Voltavate, an early-stage battery tech company, has raised A$850,000 in an oversubscribed pre-seed round led by Ar...

Minerva looks to boost membership and diversity - - 2025-06-13

The Minerva Business Angels investment network - part of the University of Warwick Science Park - brought new investors and business founders together as part o...

Stablecoin revolution firm Noah gains $22m seed funding - - 2025-06-13

Noah has announced a $22 million Seed funding round to build the definitive infrastructure for the burgeoning Stablecoin Revolution. Its mission: to forge a tru...

Flomark secures £300k investment - - 2025-06-13

Chesham-based startup, Flomark Ltd, has secured a £150,000 investment from British Design Fund (BDF...

b2venture invests in Kiin Bio - Marissa Krummrich, b2venture - 2025-06-13

Marissa Krummrich, Investment Manager at b2ventures, explains the thinking behind leading Kiin Bio's $2.2m pre-seed round, with co-investment from Heartfelt...

TRICAPITAL Angels leads £750k investment into ScreenIn3D - - 2025-06-13

A pioneering Scottish technology that could dramatically speed up the development of life-saving cancer treatments has secured a £750,000 seed investment. ...

Foresight invests £3 million into content intelligence provider Ad Signal - - 2025-06-06

Foresight Group has invested £3 million in Ad Signal, a provider of content intelligence for the media and e...

NavLive raises £4m to launch real-time AI scanner for architecture and construction - - 2025-06-06

Oxford Capital has backed NavLive, a University of Oxford spin-out that uses artificial intelligence and LiDAR to turn any building...

Legal tech disruptor Valla lands £2m to put workplace rights in workers hands - - 2025-06-06

Valla, the trailblazing legal platform placing employment rights back into workers' hands, has secured £2 million in seed funding to democratise access to just...

Ankar raises £3m to build 'AI operating system for inventors' - - 2025-06-06

Ankar, a platform leveraging AI agents to transform how innovators and companies across the world capture, protect and monetise their intellectual property (IP), has...

Healthtech startup Motion raises over £250,000 - - 2025-06-06

Motion, a London-based care technology startup, has closed a funding round of over £250,000 to accelerate the digital transformation of UK care homes. T...

Lifted Ventures forms strategic partnerships to drive investment in women-led ventures - - 2025-06-06

Lifted Ventures, the female-founded investment network championing women entrepreneurs, has formed a strategic partnership with prominent law firm ...

AIATELLA raises €2M to scale AI-powered cardiovascular imaging tools - - 2025-06-06

Finland: Medtech startup AIATELLA has secured €2 million in funding to accelerate the development and scaling of its AI-powered cardiovas...

Northern Gritstone invests into energy-efficient AI startup Literal Labs - - 2025-06-06

Northern Gritstone has led a £4.6 million seed investment into Newcastle University spinout Literal La...

AUAR secures £5.1m led by Planet A to scale robotic micro-factories for affordable timber housing - - 2025-06-06

Construction tech company Automated Architecture (AUAR) has closed £5.1m in funding to make sustainable, affordable housing universally accessible. Its groundbr...

ZOEX secures £531K to propel breakthrough cleantech - - 2025-05-30

Aberdeen-based ZOEX Ltd, the UK's only female-founded wave energy company, is riding a wave of investment success after securing £531,000 funding incl...

Hybrid fitness platform RoxFit secures £800,000 investment - - 2025-05-30

DSW Ventures, the venture capital investment arm of Dow Schofield Watts, has led a pre-seed investment into RoxFit, a York-based ...

Development Bank of Wales £152m helps 502 businesses create 6,185 jobs in Wales - - 2025-05-30

Debt and equity funding totalling £152 million from the Development Bank of Wales helped 502 businesses to create and safeguard 6,185 jobs across ...

Scotland's business angels hold steady in turbulent times - - 2025-05-30

Despite the uncertainty and volatility of the financial year to March 2025, Scotland's angel investors maintained their support for Scotland's emerging high-potential SMEs, according to the latest ...

Playsafe ID raises $1.12m to make online gaming safer - - 2025-05-30

PlaySafe ID, the platform for gamers that keeps cheaters, hackers, bots, and predators out of games, has raised $1.12M (€1 million) in pre-seed funding to...

Emerald raises £625k in angel funding to launch AI-powered preventive health platform - - 2025-05-30

Emerald, a preventive health platform that combines diagnostics, AI and continuous GP access, has officially launched out of stealth with backing from a numbe...

Tech innovators secure investor interest at Dorset Business Angels’ pitch event - - 2025-05-30

Dorset Business Angels hosted a successful pitch event on 22 May with three of the five presenting companies receiving expressions of interest from...

Angel Investor Forum increases Fund V investment capital - - 2025-05-30

USA: Angel Investor Forum has reported an increase of its AIF Seed Fund V to $1.35 million as well as new investments of $125,000 in Reach Neuro an...

Outmin raises €4 million to scale AI bookkeeping - - 2025-05-30

Outmin, an intelligent bookkeeping start-up that automates financial data production and eliminates manual data entry, has raised €4 million led by ...

Fuel Ventures launches challenge to back the best AI co-founder startup - - 2025-05-23

Fuel Ventures is inviting startups to pitch businesses built with an AI co-founder, with up to £250,000 available for investment in the strongest idea...

Oxford spinout Mode Labs raises £3 million - - 2025-05-23

Oxford University Innovation (OUI) spinout Mode Labs has raised £3 million in seed funding to take chemical...

Lifted Ventures and British Business Bank join forces to grow pipeline of women founders and angels - - 2025-05-23

Lifted Ventures has announced a new partnership with the British Business Bank aimed at transformi...

Angels will invest more in startups in 2025 - - 2025-05-23

Despite a complex global landscape, angel investors are planning to invest more in startups in 2025 than last year, with cautious optimism the prevailing mood. This is the key finding from the late...

SCI Semiconductor raises £2.5m to develop world's first ‘memory safe' chip - - 2025-05-23

SCI Semiconductor, a UK start-up that aims to win the race to develop the world's first ‘memory safe' computer chip has raised £2.5m in a funding ...

Persi raises £660,000 pre seed funding led by Haatch and ESM - - 2025-05-23

Persi, the fashion-tech start-up determined to repair what it calls the "broken" state of online personalisation, has closed a £660,000 pre-seed fundr...

Rivan raises £10 million to build energy security for the UK and Europe - - 2025-05-23

Rivan, a company enabling energy security through synthetic fuels, has raised £10 million in funding led by Plural, w...

Sention Technologies raises £3.7m to commercialise AI battery diagnostics - - 2025-05-23

Green Angel Ventures has backed Sention Technologies in its latest seed round, bringing the company's total fundi...

Wull Technologies raises £300k from GM Advance and University of Manchester - - 2025-05-23

Wull Technologies, a joint venture between Manchester-based Vector Labs and Wool Insulation Wales, has received backing from the ...

Doubleword raises $12M Series A led by Dawn Capital - - 2025-05-16

Doubleword, the leading self-hosted inference platform for enterprises, has completed a $12m Series A led by Dawn Capital...

Martello raises £1.2m from Fuel Ventures to transform property risk assessment - - 2025-05-16

Martello, the AI-powered platform reimagining how environmental and property risks are assessed during conveyancing, has raised £1.2 million in a fundi...

British Business Bank makes first Regional Angels Programme investment - - 2025-05-16

The British Business Bank has made the first investment under its new co-investment strategy as part of its £285m Regional Angels Progra...

Number of female founders risen by half over the past decade - - 2025-05-16

A new report from one of the UK's most prolific VC firms, ...

Everybody Counts raises £500K led by Fuel Ventures to transform maths education - - 2025-05-16

Everybody Counts, the UK-based EdTech social enterprise delivering inclusive, AI-powered maths education, has raised £500,000 in the latest phase...

Ulla Technology Secures £500,000 Investment - - 2025-05-16

Ulla Technology Ltd. has secured £500,000 to unveil Ulla, an AI-powered assistant designed to revolutionise meeting management. The innovative tool transforms ...

Cepro secures £335k angel investment - - 2025-05-16

Bristol-based renewable energy company Cepro has raised £335,000 angel investment to accelerate its mission to decarbonise and decentralise home energy and...

Green Angel Ventures backs PES Technologies with follow-on investment - - 2025-05-16

Green Angel Ventures has made a follow-on investment in PES Technologies, which has just closed a £...

Carbon Cell secures £1.2m to scale production of innovative low-carbon foam material - - 2025-05-16

Carbon Cell, a materials innovation company, has raised £1.2m in a pre-seed round to scale its novel, plastic-free foam made from biochar and natural ...

Railway safety startup secures £2m from Praetura and Blackfinch - - 2025-05-09

Tended, the company behind a wearable safety solution, which helps to improve the safety of railway staff and prevent avoidable incidents, has raised £...

Oxford Innovation Finance invests in cutting-edge sensor technology firm Gardin - - 2025-05-09

Oxford Innovation Finance's EIS Growth Fund and OION Angel Network have invested in Gardin, the firs...

Loxa secures funding from Angel Investment Network as part of £1.69m seed round - - 2025-05-09

Loxa, a UK-based Insurtech firm focused on revolutionising product protection, has successfully raised £125,000 through ...

Neurotech startup MindSpire secures £850K from SFC Capital and other investors - - 2025-05-09

MindSpire, the neurotech start-up dedicated to helping people regulate stress and unlock peak performance, has raised £850,000 in pre-seed funding. This...

Solena Materials raises $6.7m to scale up production of sustainable protein fibres - - 2025-05-09

Solena Materials, a biomaterials company developing novel protein fibres for high-performance, intrinsically sustainable clothing, has secured $6.7 m...

Clothes Doctor secures £500,000 follow-on investment for global expansion - - 2025-05-09

Following initial investment in 2022, Clothes Doctor, leader in premium eco-friendly laundry care products, has secured a £500,000 follow-on equity f...

Zeus Sleep secures investment from British Design Fund - - 2025-05-09

Hampshire based startup, Zeus Sleep, has secured a £150,000 investment from British Design Fund to help...

Wholesale food platform Platter raises £350,000 to reduce inefficiency & food waste - - 2025-05-09

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SFC and angel investors back AI insurtech startup Simpli - - 2025-05-09

Simpli, an insurtech startup building AI agents for the insurance industry, has closed a pre-seed funding round. The round was led by ...

AVIEL Intelligence raises £350k from Fuel Ventures to tackle UK's ‘Scamdemic' - - 2025-05-02

A new intelligence-led startup, AVIEL Intelligence, has emerged from stealth with an ambitious mission: to stop financial scams before they happen. Founded by ...

Tech startup Trusted raises £1m to reshape how B2B companies grow - - 2025-05-02

Trusted, a UK-based technology startup transforming how B2B enterprises harness customer advocacy, has closed a £1 million pre-seed funding round led by ...

Etiq AI raises €900k seed funding led by GapMinder - - 2025-05-02

Etiq AI, a female-founded AI-startup based in London, has raised €900,000 in seed funding led by GapMinder VC, following ...

The missing piece in UK angel investing - openness and collaboration - - 2025-05-02

Jake Fox of South East Angels looks at how better collaboration and openness could improve the angel investing market in the UK. Britain doe...

Midven and Angel Academe backed Inicio AI £2.6m funding - - 2025-05-02

Inicio AI, a Coventry-based FinTech company, has secured £2.6M in seed funding to transform how organisations assess affordability for customers, including ...

British Business Bank to invest £7m alongside emerging angel syndicates - - 2025-05-02

The British Business Bank has committed £7 million to a new platform enabling it to invest alongside five of the UK's promising and emer...

Green Angel Ventures invests in Arda Biomaterials - - 2025-05-02

Green Angel Ventures has invested in Arda Biomaterials, a chemistry technology company creating high-performance ma...

Building materials marketplace Materials Market raises £2m - - 2025-05-02

Materials Market, the innovative online marketplace for heavy side building materials, has raised £2 million in a funding round led by its existing ...

Astrato secures £3.7m seed investment led by Big Pi Ventures - - 2025-05-02

Astrato, the cloud-native BI platform that empowers teams to build and share live, self-serve analytics directly on top of their cloud data warehouse, has rais...

WineFi secures £1.5m led by Coterie Holdings for its fine wine investing platform - - 2025-05-02

WineFi, a London-based fintech, has raised £1.5m in seed funding led by Coterie Holdings, a British fine wine g...

Mindset AI raises £4.3m - - 2025-04-25

Mindset AI, an embedded AI agent platform, has raised £4.3 million in funding to expand its operations in the UK and open an office in Chicago, US. The r...

Homemove raises $5 million to reimagine the moving experience - - 2025-04-25

Homemove, the innovative proptech brand which allows users to manage their complete home move process from a single, easy to use platform, has announced the succ...

Archangels leads investment in CSignum's underwater wireless networks - - 2025-04-25

CSignum, the leading provider of wireless technology extending IoT communications beneath the surface, has completed a £6 million Series A funding round...

Fuel Ventures backs £3 million fund raise for 51toCarbonZero - - 2025-04-25

Fuel Ventures has led an investment round for pioneering climate-success company, 51toCarbonZero, the first pl...

Vizzy raises £3.7m led by Adjuvo for digital CV platform - - 2025-04-25

Early-career hiring platform Vizzy has raised £3.65 million in a seed round led by Adjuvo, with participation from notable a...

Cloud Retail raises new VC & angel funding - - 2025-04-25

Cloud Retail, the e-commerce software platform founded by Marat Bolatov and Artur Shamalov and formerly known as Jiffy, which provides full-stack software ...

Hammer Missions raises £1.4m led by ACF Investors - - 2025-04-25

Hammer Missions an AI company revolutionising how owners, architects, engineers and contractors inspect built structures, has raised £1.4 mi...

Cloud Capital raises $7.7M to put CFOs back in control - - 2025-04-25

Cloud Capital, a startup founded by repeat SaaS entrepreneurs, has launched out of stealth with $7.7 million in funding to help CFOs regain financial cont...

AICHITECT secures funding to develop its pioneering technology - - 2025-04-25

Aichitect, the first AI-powered platform designed by an architect to revolutionise and streamline construction and development projects, has closed a pre-seed f...

Castlemere Developments. Opportunity to invest in one of London's most desirable neighbourhoods - - 2025-04-23

Castlemere Developments. Opportunity to invest in one of London's most desirable neighbourhoods. Earn 14% returns from this London property hotspot Find out more about the investmen...

Viral Gen-Z rental app Loby raises $500K pre-seed - - 2025-04-17

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New York Angels members double investments in 2024 - - 2025-04-17

NEW YORK: The final numbers are in, and 2024 was a very successful year for New York Angels (NYA). Asserting itself as one of the most active angel inve...

Energy management firm raises funds for new platform - - 2025-04-17

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Rylan joins Waken as investor & Creative Director - - 2025-04-17

British oral care brand Waken is shaking up the industry with a major new signing: much loved TV and radio broadcaster, podcaster and number one bestsell...

Flock Mobility raises £1m to drive expansion - - 2025-04-17

Flock Mobility, the UK cleantech startup transforming how organisations run shared transport, has secured £1 million in funding to fuel its next phase...

Grid Edge raises £2.8m for AI software - - 2025-04-11

Grid Edge, a UK company whose AI-powered software helps reduce carbon emissions and energy costs in commercial buildings has raised over £2.8m from the...

Alacrity start-up Lumin Solutions secures equity investment - - 2025-04-11

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Ryft secures £7.4m - - 2025-04-11

Ryft, a PSD2 and FCA-approved decentralised payments innovator, has successfully raised £5.7 million Series A funding for the development of technology that...

Dealstack raises $5.5m - - 2025-04-11

Dealstack has closed a $5.5 million seed funding round, with participation from current and former professionals at industry-leading...

nettle raises £1.45M to fix risk engineering - - 2025-04-11

Insurance giants are facing a critical shortage of risk engineers - 40% are set to retire in the next five years, creating industry-wide backlogs, lost business, and rising costs. Today, risk engin...

Matoha completes first phase of £1.5m raise - - 2025-04-11

UK-based startup Matoha, manufacturers of AI-powered material identification scanners, have completed a first phase of Seed funding which will enable them to solve...

Neuranics raises $8M to revolutionise magnetic sensing - - 2025-04-11

Neuranics, an award-winning Scottish deep-tech semiconductor company pioneering the future of human-machine interaction, has raised $8 million in seed funding t...

Damisa Secures £2.25 Million Pre-Seed - - 2025-04-11

Damisa, the next-generation payments platform co-founded by fintech entrepreneur Jordan Lawrence, has announced the successful close of...

Invest in fast growing UK whisky brand Broski - - 2025-04-09

An opportunity to invest in Broski, one of the fastest growing Whisky brands of 2004, to support its continued expansion. This is an HMRC EIS approved investment offering 14.3X returns with...

Cambridge Wide Open annual event returns in June - - 2025-04-04

The buzzing Cambridge Wide Open annual event returns in June, this time as a week-long interactive festival showcasing Cambridge's pioneers, the ...

WAC secures £500,000 funding supported by Lifted Ventures Angels - - 2025-04-04

Lifted Ventures has backed an angel investment round for WAC, the UK's number one app designed to empower hourly-paid workers by ensuring every minute of work is ac...

Returnal secures £300,000 investment from SFC Capital - - 2025-04-04

Returnal Ltd, a tech-driven platform enabling retailers to take ownership of their secondary markets through seamless trade-in solutions, has successfully ...

HBAN angels invest €25m in 82 Irish start-ups - - 2025-04-04

Ireland's population of angel investors is on the rise with 290 new members joining the Halo Business Angel Network. More than €25m was inve...

BGF leads £9 million funding for Phlux Technology - - 2025-04-04

Phlux Technology, a Sheffield-based infrared sensor startup, has raised £9 million in a Series A funding round led by ...

Flagright raises £3.3m seed round led by Frontline Ventures - - 2025-04-04

AI-native AML compliance platform Flagright has closed a £3.3m seed round to further develop Flagright solutions and fund international expansion. The...

Seed & early-stage investments make up 75% of UK VC term sheets says HSBC Innovation Banking - - 2025-04-04

HSBC Innovation Banking has published its latest ...

POCKLA raises £1.6m seed round led by Venrex to scale AI-powered content strategy platform - - 2025-04-04

MarTech startup POCKLA has raised £1.6 million to scale its proprietary AI-powered content strategy and creation platform in a seed funding round led by ...

Asset backed investment opportunity in UK Property - - 2025-04-02

Castlemere (DK) Limited is a fast-growing Private Residential Real Estate Developer already responsible for several successful projects. It creates aspirational and affordable modular penth...

Manchester United’s Diogo Dalot invests in Bioniq - - 2025-03-28

Bioniq, which is renowned for its personalized nutritional supplements based on blood biomarker data, has signed up football star Diogo Dalot, right-back for M...

Fintech start-up Qlarifi closes pre-seed funding round - - 2025-03-28

Qlarifi, a fintech start-up transforming credit reporting for Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL), has completed a pre-seed funding round backed by a combination of Hon...

Agritech start up Elaniti secures scale up funding - - 2025-03-28

UK agritech startup Elaniti has closed its recent funding round with participation from early-stage biotech investor biotope by VIB, Planetary Impact Ventures...

Komodo Energy raises £340.000 funding from investors - - 2025-03-28

Komodo Energy, the Cambridge based software company tackling the energy grid challenge of electrifying heat, has raised £340,000 from investors who deeply...

Bolt Cover secures £380k investment through FundMyPitch - - 2025-03-28

Bolt Cover, a pioneering insurtech company, has successfully raised £380,000 through FundMyPitch (FMP), mar...

ET Capital's new fund to drive investor access to Cambridge startups - - 2025-03-28

ET Capital is launching a new investment fund designed to make investing in Cambridge's thriving startup ecosystem more accessible to investors, particular...

Healsgood secures £1.5 million funding to transform NHS service delivery - - 2025-03-28

Healsgood, the pioneering healthtech company behind Flexzo AI, has successfully closed a £1.5 million funding round to revolutionise staffing and operatio...

Rival comes out of stealth with $4.2m funding led by SpeedInvest - - 2025-03-28

Rival, a startup that develops technology to enable millions of users to create and share 3D content, has come out of stealth and announced it has raised a $4....

Personalised coaching platform MySalesCoach raises £935,000 - - 2025-03-28

The highly effective sales coaching platform developed by MySalesCoach has netted the company a furthe...

Eventum Orthopaedics secures £3.8m as it rolls out knee op device - - 2025-03-21

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ReactWise raises $3.4m to transform big paharma with AI - - 2025-03-21

Reactwise has secured $3.4 million in pre-seed funding, including a competitive Innovate UK grant, to enable AI-driven robotic laboratories and speed up pha...

Vouchsafe raises £1m to build the next generation of identity verification - - 2025-03-21

Vouchsafe, the next-generation identity verification platform dedicated to solving global ID poverty, has announced the successful £1m close of their overs...

Biotech firm Lentitek secures £1 million to advance next-gen cancer treatments - - 2025-03-21

Edinburgh-based biotech company Lentitek Ltd has secured £700,000 in private funding from Equity Gap, a leadi...

Oxford Innovation Finance backs AI educational platform Study Hall - - 2025-03-21

Oxford Innovation Finance's EIS Growth Fund and OION Angel Network have invested £350,000 in Study Hall...

Health and Care Innovations secures £375,000 from the South West Investment Fund - - 2025-03-21

Health and Care Innovations (HCI) has secured a £375,000 equity investment from the British Business Bank's South West Investment Fund via appointed Fun...

Invest in a fast growing UK TV & film production company - - 2025-03-20

Studio Pictures Ltd is an exciting British Film & TV production company currently raising funds via KickStart Capital's platform. Clic...

Finalrentals raises funds expand car rental tech platform - - 2025-03-14

Finalrentals has secured a six-figure Pre-Series A i...

Natural energy drinks company MISSION raises £2 million - - 2025-03-14

MISSION , a natural energy drink and performance tea company, has successfully extended its equity fundraising round to £2 million, including a...

AI marketing platform YAi raises £250,000 - - 2025-03-14

YAi, a platform helping marketing agencies and brands create, evaluate, and improve AI-generated content at scale, has raised £250,000 in Seed Enterprise I...

Health tech StimOxyGen secures £1.5m to advance breakthrough therapy - - 2025-03-14

StimOxyGen, a spin-out from Ulster University, has raised £1.5m, led by DSW Ventures...

Lancashire County Council launches angel investor network Fhunded - - 2025-03-14

A pioneering angel investment initiative, fhunded angels, has been officially launched by Lancashire County Council (LCC). Part of LCC's highly successful fhun...

CapRelease secures £1.7m pre seed funding - - 2025-03-14

CapRelease, the UK's first logistics-embedded finance platform, has secured £1.7 million in pre-seed funding to redefine how eCommerce retailers acce...

UNA Watch secures £300k pre-seed from SFC Capital for repairable sports watch - - 2025-03-14

WEARABLE tech start-up UNA Watch has secured more than £300,000 investment from SFC Capital as it prepares to tak...

Noxus raises £1.2m led by SFC Capital to help enterprises build AI workforces - - 2025-03-14

Noxus, a startup helping enterprises build their own AI workforces to unlock business-changing productivity, innovation and growth, has raised $1.5m in pre-Seed ...

Lant Medical receives angel investment for clinical trial design - - 2025-03-14

Lant Medical has secured £500,000 investment from Innovate UK, the UK's innovation agency, and two angel investors from the ...

Legal tech firm adeus secures £295,000 pre-seed angel funding - - 2025-03-14

adeus, a registered trademark of Mankind Technologies Ltd, has closed a pre-seed funding round, raising £295,000 from a global network of angel investors ...

Araya Ventures rolls out £20m first fund - - 2025-03-07

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MedTech startup Approxima secures € 7.3m financing - - 2025-03-07

Approxima Srl has closed the first part of a Series A financing round securing €7.3M. The round was co-lead by...

Pre-loved school uniform platform CRESS raises £234k angel funding - - 2025-03-07

CRESS, a pioneering pre-loved school uniform platform, has successfully raised £234,000 in a pre-seed funding round led by ...

Safety tech firm Notify raises £1.5m to improve workplace safety with AI - - 2025-03-07

Notify Technology, a UK-based Safety Tech company whose clients include McDonalds, Siemens and the NHS has raised a further £1.5m from Calculus...

Hands in secures £1m + to expand split payment solutions - - 2025-03-07

Hands In, a fintech innovator in split payment solutions, has successfully raised over £1 million in its latest funding round. This investment will acce...

GC Angels backs £400k funding for health tech start up Prorizon - - 2025-03-07

Prorizon, a Manchester-based health and sports tech start up, has raised £400k in a pre-seed funding round, with GC Angels ...

Bower Collective secures funding for sustainable household products - - 2025-03-07

Bower Collective, a leading sustainable home and personal care product brand has secured equity funding from the British Business Bank's South West Invest...

Lifted Ventures partners with Anya to drive AI in women’s healthcare - - 2025-03-07

Lifted Ventures has invested in Anya, a pioneering force in AI-driven women's healthcare. As a key partner in Anya's l...

Just Move In raises £6m - - 2025-03-07

Just Move In, a leading home setup service provider, has successfully raised $8 million in a Series A funding round led by EOS Ven...

Investment opportunity in fast growing healthcare brand - - 2025-03-04

Check out the latest investment opportunity from KickStart Capital. Maxwellia is a fast-growing, female-founded consumer healthcare company revolutionising access to medicines. They convert...

FundMyPitch secures pre-seed funding to expand its investment platform - - 2025-02-28

FundMyPitch, the investment platform connecting angel and institutional investors with early-stage businesses, has secured a significant pre-seed funding ...

Atria AI secures £720,000 to revolutionise legal workflows with lawyer-grade AI - - 2025-02-28

Atria AI, a pioneering provider of generative AI solutions tailored for the legal industry, has completed a £720,000 pre-seed funding round led by ...

Alfa raises $625,000 pre-seed funding to build AI recruiter agent - - 2025-02-28

Alfa, an AI recruitment start-up, has secured over $625,000 placing them at a $6 million valuation. The round was led by ...

Cambridge Uni entrepreneurship programme leads charge in battery revolution - - 2025-02-28

Cambridge University's impulse programme alumni is leading the charge in battery innovation. WITH the world racing to f...

Monument Therapeutics secures £850k to advance schizophrenia treatment - - 2025-02-28

Monument Therapeutics, an innovative neuroscience company applying digital biomarkers to psychiatric drug development, has secured £850k in further fu...

Reporti secures investment from RCA Design & Innovation Fund - - 2025-02-28

The Royal College of Art (RCA) - via its Design & Innovation S/EIS Fund hand - and Infinity Asset Management LL...

Bourn closes £1.5m seed funding to reinvent the business overdraft - - 2025-02-28

UK fintech innovator Bourn has closed a £1.5 million seed round with a mission to transform the SME finance landscape with its Flexible Trade Account (FTA). Th...

Leafr secures a £600k fundraise led by Haatch Ventures - - 2025-02-28

Haatch Ventures has made a pre-seed investment in Leafr, a marketplace connecting mid-market businesses with vetted independen...

Augmetec raises £2m in seed funding from Fuel Ventures and angels - - 2025-02-28

Augmetec, the legal tech startup founded and led by Kritin Sundaram, today announces that it has raised over £2m in seed funding to turbo charge its growth...

Calling companies making waves in urban mobility and smart city innovation - - 2025-02-27

Are you a startup in the urban mobility or smart city sectors? Are you fundraising or thinking about doing so in the next 24 months? AngelNews is proud to part of a consortium behind ...

OneID new funding to transform digital identity verification - - 2025-02-21

OneID®, the UK's only provider of bank-verified digital identification services, has secured new funding led by ACF Inves...

FLIT secures £1.2m to scale production of lightweight e-bikes - - 2025-02-21

FLIT, an engineering company that builds folding electric bikes for urban commuters, has raised £1.2 million in new funding with participation from ...

Healthtech startup raises £5.5M pre-seed funding - - 2025-02-21

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Fuel Ventures backs PlanningHub’s AI solution - - 2025-02-21

Fuel Ventures, a leading UK venture capital fund, has co-led a £300k funding round in PlanningHub, an innovati...

IMPOSSIBREW crowd funding success at 315% - - 2025-02-21

IMPOSSIBREW® is a team of London-based beer lovers who are harnessing tech to create en...

Angels join Development Bank in Driverly fundraising round - - 2025-02-21

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Aura Funerals secures £750,000 through AIN - - 2025-02-21

Aura Funerals, the digital end-of-life planning and funeral service, has announced a successful £750,000 funding round through ...

Distil.ai closes £1m funding round - - 2025-02-21

Big Business Intelligence, trading as Distil.ai, has successfully secured a £350,000 equity investment from the ...

University of Sussex Business Angels Invest in Naurt - - 2025-02-21

The University of Sussex Business Angels (USBA) group has announced the latest investment by its local business angels in a pre...

Air Aware Labs secures pre-seed funding - - 2025-02-14

Air Aware Labs, a London-based tech start-up tackling the global health crisis caused by air pollution through personalised data, has announced the first...

Dorset Business Angels pitch event marks strong start to 2025 - - 2025-02-14

Dorset Business Angels (DBA) kicked off 2025 with its first pitch event of the year on February 3rd at the Carlton Hotel in Bournemouth, introducing an innovative new ‘Meet the Founder' sessi...

TRICAPITAL Angels leads £800,000 funding in Sisaltech - - 2025-02-14

An innovative Scottish company looking to revolutionise the way buildings are insulated has secured a substantial six-figure investment. Sisaltech has s...

GRYD Energy raises £1m to scale its zero-cost solar tech - - 2025-02-14

GRYD Energy, a solar tech startup and developer of the UK's first true solar subscription, has raised £1 million to fund its national expansion. Investors in the pre-seed round includ...

CareLoop secures £1.8m funding - - 2025-02-14

CareLoop, a digital therapeutic platform and University of Manchester spinout that focuses on tackling severe mental illness has closed a £1.8m funding ...

Astral Systems raises £4.5m - - 2025-02-14

Astral Systems, the ambitious deeptech firm pioneering multistate fusion (MSF) technology, has closed over £4.5M investment led by ...

Aston University launches transformational enterprise strategy - - 2025-02-14

Aston University launched its Enterprise Strategy to an audience of industry executives, entrepreneurs and local leaders at John Cadbury House in Birmingham c...

Lifted Ventures announces Athena VC Festival 2025 - - 2025-02-14

The highly anticipated Athena VC Festival is set to take place on 13 May 2025 at Nexus, Univ...

British Business Investments extends commitment to SFC Capital - - 2025-02-14

SFC Capital, the UK’s most active seed-st...

Investment Opportunity: Broski - - 2025-02-12

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Investment Opporunity: Castlemere - - 2025-02-12

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AI startup Soource raises €1.5m to fund growth - - 2025-02-07

Soource, a startup founded in 2024 in Bolzano by former European diving champion Maicol Verzotto (pictured) together with Nazareno Mario Ciccarello,...

Lithium Salvage secures £1.7m to build pioneering recycling facility - - 2025-02-07

Lithium Salvage ("Li-Sal") UK Limited has secured significant funding to scale production in a new facility in Sunderland, Tyne & We...

Northern Gritstone leads £4m funding for robotic software firm BOW - - 2025-02-07

BOW, a robotics software company, has secured a combined £4 million seed round investment led by Northern Grits...

Fuel Ventures leads £4m Investment in wealth management platform Prosper - - 2025-02-07

Fuel Ventures has invested £2 million in Prosper, a wealth management platform targeting high net worth indiv...

Fuel Ventures and NatWest back AI platform Serene - - 2025-02-07

Financial services AI platofrm Serene has successfully raised £930,000 in pre-seed funding to improve how financial services detect and support customer...

Oxford Innovation Finance launches first SEIS Growth Fund - - 2025-02-07

Oxford Innovation Finance, the home of OION and Oxford Innovation EIS Growth Fund, has launched its first independent SEIS Growth Fund. This...

Open Banking fintech Yavrio raises $2.4m - - 2025-02-07

Yavrio, a London-based Open Banking fintech, has raised $2.4 million in seed funding to accelerate the fast-growing firm's mission to transform the enterprise res...

Cult Mia set to buck industry trends following fund raising success - - 2025-02-07

Cult Mia, the London-based online fashion marketplace that is redefining luxury retail, has announced a significant milestone following its latest Seed Funding in...

Digital commerce platform Shopblocks raises £2m - - 2025-02-07

Shopblocks, the Stockport-based business that is a pioneer in digital commerce, has raised £2m from NPIF II - ...

Innovative life science companies benefit from Medilink competition - - 2025-01-31

The North of England has some of the most exciting innovations in healthcare, but finding funding to develop and commercialise many of these ground-breaking ideas can often be very difficult. ...

SFC Capital reaches investment milestone backing its 500th UK start up - - 2025-01-31

SFC Capital, the UK's most active early-stage investor, has made its 500th portfolio company investment, marking a significant milestone in its mission to supp...

AI veterinary platform Lupa raises $4m to help tackle pet boom - - 2025-01-31

Lupa, the AI-native veterinary practice management platform, has closed a $4M seed from top investors including firstm...

Atelerix raises £750k from ACF to revolutionise biological transport - - 2025-01-31

Atelerix, a Newcastle University spinout that is transforming the way that biosamples essential for drug discovery and pharmaceutical research are stored a...

Almanax secures $1m to accelerate growth and innovation in web3 security - - 2025-01-31

Web security company Almanax has secured $1 million investment which will enable the company to accelerate its growth. This funding round brings o...

Kodesage raises €2.3m pre seed funding for AI platform - - 2025-01-31

Kodesage, a pioneering startup specializing in AI-powered solutions for legacy software modernization, has raised €2.3 million in pre-seed funding led by ...

LifeArc Ventures 2024: new investments, follow ons and portfolio progress - - 2025-01-31

LifeArc Ventures, which invests in innovative early-stage life science companies as part of LifeArc, has announced significant progress in 2024, with thre...

Royal College of Art Design & Innovation fund backs PulpaTronics - - 2025-01-31

The Royal College of Art (RCA) and Infinity Asset Management LLP have invested...

TalentMapper raises £2m to help companies tackle the skills challenge - - 2025-01-24

TalentMapper, a London-based company whose platform helps identify and develop the skills within an organisation, has raised £2m from Mercia Ve...

British Business Investments announces a £20m funding facility with Sprk Capital - - 2025-01-24

British Business Investments has p...

Oxford Capital backs $1m funding for Egregious - - 2025-01-24

Oxford Capital and Fuel Ventures have co-led a $1 million pre-seed funding round in Egregiou...

4T2 Sensors raises £800k in seed funding led by Midven - - 2025-01-24

4T2 Sensors, a Birmingham-based company developing real-time fluid analysis technology, has secured £800k in seed funding. The round was led by the ...

Unum secures funding from ACF Investors and Origin Capital Partners - - 2025-01-24

Unum has announced the completion of an over-subscribed funding round, backed by existing shareholders, including ACF Invest...

VitVio secures €1.8m for AI-powered operating rooms in hospitals - - 2025-01-24

VitVio, a London-based startup at the forefront of integrating AI into healthcare, has raised €1.8 million in pre-seed funding to transform surgical opera...

Aston University reaches business partnership milestone - - 2025-01-24

A government programme that was founded half a century ago has reached a milestone at Aston University. ...

OnHand Secures £750,000 Investment from Northstar Ventures - - 2025-01-24

Northstar Ventures has led a £750,000 investment round into OnHand, the innovative social impact pl...

Dorset Business Angels announces first pitch event of 2025 - - 2025-01-17

Dorset Business Angels first pitch event and investors' dinner of 2025 will be held on February 3rd at the Bournemouth Carlton Hotel. Five ...

Dyers Company £25k Seed Capital Investment fund launched - - 2025-01-17

Building on the success of the inaugural and second-year Seed Capital Investment Fund, The ...

Aspect Biosystems raises US$115m Series B - - 2025-01-17

CANADA: Aspect Biosystems, a biotechnology company pioneering the development of bioprinted tissue therapeutics as a new category in regenerative med...

Pelly scores £355,000 pre-seed investment - - 2025-01-17

Three young entrepreneurs have secured their first investment thanks to the Development Bank of Wales and M-SParc's Angel Network. The investment marks the ...

Black business entrepreneurs conference returns in 2025 - - 2025-01-17

Black entrepreneurs are invited to prepare to be inspired, empowered, and equipped for success as the UK Black Business Entrepreneurs Conference (BBEC) return...

Natural energy snack brand raises £2.4m to fuel further growth - - 2025-01-17

TRIBE, the natural energy snack brand, has raised £2.4m in a funding round led by Mercia Ventures and including Yeo V...

Northstar Ventures lead £1.6m funding round into Wordnerds - - 2025-01-17

Gateshead-based Wordnerds' innovative AI customer insight analysis tool has gained the company £720,000 of investment from ...

Dyneval secures £515k from Lifted Ventures and angels - - 2025-01-17

Dyneval, the pioneering fertility technology company, has raised £515,772 in a new round of investment to advance its flagship product, the Dynescan. T...

Mint Ventures invests in legal tech firm Transparently - - 2025-01-17

The Scottish women-led angel investment group, Mint Ventures, has added to its portfolio by investing in Hampshire-based legal case management platform...

Wellhub joins forces with Fitprime in Italy - - 2025-01-10

Wellhub, the leading global corporate wellness platform which provides employees with the best benefit plans for fitness, mindfulness, therapy, nutrition, a...

Abu Dhabi based Hub71 announces angel investor initiative - - 2025-01-10

ABU DHABI: Hub71, Abu Dhabi's global tech ecosystem, has unveiled its Angel Investor Support Package, a strategic initiative designed to foster the growth of an...

Scottish seaweed business Kaly Group secures angel backing - - 2025-01-10

A Scottish start-up looking to net its share of Europe's £9 billion seaweed market has secured a substantial six-figure investment. Kaly Group has succes...

TRICAPITAL Angel backs net zero technology firm H2CHP - - 2025-01-10

Groundbreaking new technology capable of generating power without emitting carbon will be developed in Durham, Edinburgh and Aberdeen following a major investment deal. ...

MedTech SaaS startup Mulder raises £500,000 led by SFC Capital - - 2025-01-10

Mulder, a UK-based, female-led, and minority-owned MedTech SaaS startup, has raised £500,000 in its rolling pre-seed round. Led by ...

Implement AI raises £250k in seed funding from SFC Capital - - 2025-01-10

mplement AI, a fast-growing innovator in managed AI agent solutions, has raised £250,000 initial seed investment from SFC Capital, the UK's leading s...

Development Bank backs Coffi Lab with seven-figure investment - - 2025-01-10

Dog-welcoming coffee shop business with premises across South Wales and South-West England is set to grow following a £1.7 million investment from the ...

Development Bank of Wales investment opens doors for Dragon Fire Doors - - 2025-01-10

Conwy-based Dragon Fire Doors is scaling-up the maintenance and fitting of commercial fire doors following a £35,000 investment by the ...

Underdeveloped female angel ecosystem is holding back women led startups - - 2024-12-20

A new report, launched in Parliament by The Entrepreneurs Network, a think tank, and the Invest in Women Taskforce, an initiative to boost investment...

Next generation oral care brand Waken secures £950,000 - - 2024-12-20

Waken Mouthcare, a next generation oral care brand creating innovative, award-winning mouthcare products, has closed its latest funding on ...

Development Bank & SFC Capital back DNA-tech startup Amped PCR - - 2024-12-20

A mid-Wales-based start-up which plans to make DNA testing technology as easy to use as a smartphone has been backed with a £350,000 equity investment from the ...

Synthavo secures €4m to revolutionize spare parts management with AI - - 2024-12-20

Synthavo has secured a €4 million seed investment co-led by Samaipata, the pan-European venture capi...

The Bettii Pod secures £337,000 from Lifted and Equity Gap - - 2024-12-20

The Bettii Pod Ltd, a pioneering FemTech start-up founded in 2021 by CEO Elaine Galston, has successfully raised &poun...

UK AI platform hired to assist toolkit for American Angel Association - - 2024-12-20

AI Simulator, a world-first technology that uses AI to replicate the private investment market, is set to join the ...

Investment Fund for Northern Ireland deploys £6m equity in its first year - - 2024-12-20

The Investment Fund for Northern Ireland (IFNI) has deployed £5.95m of equity investment in its first year of operation, leveragin...

West Midlands Pitch Up event registration closes 6th January - - 2024-12-20

The established premier pitching competition of the West Midlands is back, with a closing date for applications at 9.00 am on 6th January 2025. The ...

Axial3D secures $18.2M in latest investment round - - 2024-12-20

Axial3D, a leader in creating AI-powered 3D medical imaging algorithms, automated planning and patient specific 3D solutions, has announced the completion of a ne...

Wilder Sensing secures investment for biodiversity monitoring - - 2024-12-13

Wilder Sensing, a developer of software for biodiversity monitoring using audio and Artificial Intelligence (AI), has secured a £300,000 equity invest...

New data highlights decline in private R&D investment - - 2024-12-13

Business research and development (R&D) investment in the UK has fallen, according to new data. In r...

Dcycle closes a €6 million Series A funding round - - 2024-12-13

MADRID, Spain: Dcycle, Spain's leading ESG data management platform, has closed a €6 million Series A round led by Sama...

Seneca Partners achieves 7.5x return on exit of 23.5 Degrees - - 2024-12-13

Seneca Partners, the North West-based private equity and investment manager, has successfully exited its investment in ...

Climate tech carbmee announces €20m Series funding round - - 2024-12-13

carbmee, a leader in AI-powered carbon management software, has completed a €20 million funding round. The round was led by CommerzVentures, the ...

Oxford Innovation Finance backs Peacock Technology - - 2024-12-13

Oxford Innovation Finance's EIS Growth Fund and OION Angel Network have invested over £315,000 in ...

Northern Gritstone invests into aftersales platform Partful - - 2024-12-13

Partful, the Manchester-based manufacturing aftersales technology solution provider, has raised £5 million Series A funding to develop its 3D SaaS platform ...

Netacea raises a further £4m from Mercia - - 2024-12-13

Netacea, the cybersecurity specialist that helps companies prevent online fraud by protecting them against bot attacks, has raised a further £4m from ...

FSE Investor Network fuels growth across diverse sectors - - 2024-12-13

Business angels from the FSE Investor Network, in collaboration with investment funds and funding escalators managed by The FSE Gro...

Angel backed Resalis Therapeutics secures strategic investment from Sanofi - - 2024-12-06

Resalis Therapeutics, which received investment...

Success for entrepreneurs pitching at Dorset Business Angels event - - 2024-12-06

Dorset Business Angels (DBA), the region's leading angel investment network, hosted its final pitch event of 2024 on Monday, November 25th at the C...

Biotangents secures £2.3m from Eos to revolutionise dairy farming - - 2024-12-06

Scottish bio-tech Biotangents has completed a £2.3 million investment round led by Eos and B...

Animal Health Angels invests in SageTech Medical - - 2024-12-06

Animal Health Angels, group of veterinary and animal health professionals committed to advancing innovation in the animal health industry, has inv...

Live AI company Pathway secures $10m led by TQ Ventures - - 2024-12-06

France. Pathway, the data company that builds live AI, has raised $10 million seed funding to build live AI systems that think and learn in ...

Wexler announces $1.4 million pre seeding funding - - 2024-12-06

Wexler AI, the AI-powered legal fact intelligence platform, has completed a $1.4 million pre-seed funding round led by Myriad Venture Partners, with support fr...

Newcells raises new £1.2m funding from existing investors - - 2024-12-06

Newcells Biotech - whose laboratory models help speed up drug development and reduce reliance on animal testing - has raised a further £1.2m from...

Bleap raises £1.8m pre-seed led by Ethereal Ventures - - 2024-12-06

Bleap has announced a £1.8 million pre-seed round to launch a self-custodial payments app enabling customers to spend stablecoins 1:1 with a debit car...

Barton Blakeley raises £2.4m led by Elbow Beach Capital - - 2024-12-06

Carbon utilisation company Barton Blakeley has raised £2.4m in a funding round, with £1.7m of this coming from ...

Stackfix raises $3M Seed Round - - 2024-12-06

Stackfix, the AI-powered software comparison platform, has raised $3M in Seed funding to speed-up software buying for small businesses globally. ...

Qminder secures €3m from Practica Capital and angels - - 2024-11-29

Qminder has secured €3 million in seed funding led by Practica Capital - its first investment in Estonia fro...

BGF backed Invest in Women Taskforce has secures £250m to date - - 2024-11-29

The Invest in Women Taskforce has secured over £250 million of funding to support female entrepreneurs in the UK. This milestone exceeds ...

Northern Gritstone leads £4m raise for Sheffield Uni spinout Exciting Instruments - - 2024-11-29

Northern Gritstone has led a £4 million seed investment in Sheffield University spinout Exciting I...

Virtue Drinks secures £2 million investment - - 2024-11-29

Virtue Drinks, the UK's fastest-selling clean energy drink, has closed a £2m investment round, bringing its total funding to over £5m. This l...

Eden AI raises €3 million seed funding led by Galion - - 2024-11-29

Eden AI has raised €3 million in its latest seed round. This funding, led by Galion.exe with participation from 50 Par...

SFC Capital leads investment in health-tech startup Chiron Health AI - - 2024-11-29

Chiron Health AI, a health-tech startup which provides a breakthrough model in chronic disease management, has announced the successful completion of its pre-se...

SETsquared event ignites opportunities for investors to tap into start-ups and spin-outs - - 2024-11-29

In a vibrant display of entrepreneurial spirit, SETsquared highlighted the investment potential of university start-ups and spinouts at its Investment Fu...

Scotland's rugby stars lead £1m investment in whisky app Bevvy - - 2024-11-29

Bevvy.com has completed a further £1 million funding round led by Scotland's most celebrated rugby icons, including Pierre Schoeman, Duhan van Der Merwe, Hami...

W2W aims to increase Scottish female angel investor numbers - - 2024-11-29

Scotland's first all-female business angel syndicate, Investing Women Angels (IWA), and its sister organisation ...

Development Bank invests in sustainable fashion Black & Beech - - 2024-11-22

Black & Beech, a Cardiff-based online sustainable fashion retailer is expanding with new ranges of ethically sourced clothing and eco-friendly accessori...

Salesfire raises £2.75m to help e-commerce stores boost sales - - 2024-11-22

Salesfire - a Middlesbrough company whose platform helps e-commerce stores to increase sales - has raised a further £2.75m from NPIF II - Mercia Equ...

VCs and angels back £6m fund raise for pediatric startup Little Journey - - 2024-11-22

Little Journey, the healthtech company transforming the delivery of paediatric care through personalised psychological support, has raised £6m ...

Bath-founded startup Naturbeads receives major new funding for factory - - 2024-11-22

Naturbeads, a startup company founded by University of Bath researchers, has received new funding to build a new factory to increase production of its plan...

MintNeuro secures £1m to advance semiconductor technology for neural implants - - 2024-11-22

MintNeuro, a pioneer of scalable, low-power semiconductor technology for minimally-invasive neural implant applications, has raised £1 million in a fund...

Research Grid raises $6.5m in seed funding to make trials admin-free - - 2024-11-22

Research Grid, the AI startup that helps medical research institutions automate back-office admin for clinical trials, has raised a $6.5m seed round. The company w...

Good Boost secures £500k investment for its ‘world-first’ aqua rehabilitation technology - - 2024-11-22

Bristol start-up, Good Boost, has secured a £150,000 investment from British Design Fund, as part of...

Northern Gritstone backs £4 million seed investment in Silveray - - 2024-11-22

Northern Gritstone has led a £4 million Seed extension into the Manchester digital X-ray technology company ...

Obituary for Peter Cowley: entrepreneur, angel investor and friend to many - - 2024-11-20

Peter Cowley, celebrated entrepreneur and serial investor, passed away peacefully at his home in Cambridge on Saturday November 16, surrounded by his family. He was 69. In private, Peter wa...

Opportunity to invest in fast-growing whisky brand Broski - - 2024-11-19

Opportunity to invest in fast growing whisky brand Broski - an HMRC Approved Investment with projected 382% profit. Broski has become one of the fastest growing whisky brands in 2024. ...

Scotland’s tech showcase partners with European Tech Tour - - 2024-11-15

Scotland's tech showcase, EIE25, will co-host the Tech Tour's Growth Deeptech event next year, bringing later-stage companies and investors from across the...

Investa raises £700K in crowdfunding campaign - - 2024-11-15

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2024 a record year for Oxford University Innovation - - 2024-11-15

Oxford University Innovation (OUI), the technology transfer office of the University of Oxford, has launched its ...

Medical AI company LaennecAI closes pre seed funding - - 2024-11-15

LaennecAI, a pioneering medical AI company based in Cardiff,has announced the successful completion of its pre-seed funding round. The company has secured investme...

Lifted Ventures backs innovative adhesives company Bindethics - - 2024-11-15

BindEthics, an innovative company dedicated to the development and commercialisation of sustainable adhesives for engineered wood products, has secured inv...

Dorset Business Angels pitch event is back on 25 November - - 2024-11-15

Dorset Business Angels will host its next pitch event on November 25th at the Bournemouth Carlton Hotel where investors will hear pitches from five...

Angel Academe named as finalist in two Growth Investor Award categories - - 2024-11-15

Angel Academe has been named as a finalist in 2 categories at The Growth Investor Awards with winners bei...

Castlemere Developments. Asset Backed investing in UK Property with 14% annual returns - - 2024-11-13

Castlemere (DK) Limited is a fast-growing Private Residential Real Estate Developer already responsible for several successful projects. We create aspirational and affordable modular pentho...

SetSquared Investment Futures event returns on 19th November - - 2024-11-08

Following its successful debut in 2023, SETsquared's Investment Futures event returns on 19 November with a brand-new line-up of deep tech start-ups and spin-outs ...

Artio secures £550k to revolutionise early-stage carbon insurance - - 2024-11-08

Climate insurtech startup Artio has raised £550k to pioneer insurance solutions for early-stage carbon removal projects through its proprietary risk...

Lifted Ventures spearheads North of England as gender-smart investment capital of the UK - - 2024-11-08

Lifted Ventures is proudly celebrating its first year of activity, working to proclaim the North of England as the go-to destination for female-founded b...

University of Sussex Business Angels backs £1.1m raise for CybaVerse - - 2024-11-08

The University of Sussex Business Angels (USBA) group has backed a significant £1.1m fundraising round for cyber security...

Midven and 51% Club unlock £2m to fuel female entrepreneurship - - 2024-11-08

Birmingham-based venture capital firm Midven, in partnership with The 51% Club, has ann...

AllFocal gets $5m for optical tech that recreates human vision - - 2024-11-08

AllFocal Optics, the deeptech startup pioneering nanophotonic lens technology for always-in-focus images, has raised fresh $5.3million funding, compris...

SFC Capital, leads £475K funding for Reneural - - 2024-11-08

ReneuralTM has raised £200K in a pre-seed funding round led by SFC Capital, with an additional £275K in suppor...

AI KAT raises £290,000 led by SFC Capital - - 2024-11-08

AI KAT, a pioneering brand-building company using AI technology to revolutionise brand creation and management, announced that it has secured £290,000 in f...

EBAN announces its new Board - - 2024-11-08

EBAN has announced its newly elected EBAN Board at EAIS24. Jesper Jarlbæk has been elected as President and expressed his excitement by saying: "It is a great honour to have b...

Investment opportunity in Addlington-West Legal with 20%-25% fixed returns for 18 months - - 2024-11-04

Addlington-West Legal (part of...

Celebrating 25 Years of Innovation and Collaboration at EAIS24 - - 2024-11-01

EBAN proudly celebrated its 25th anniversary at this year's European Angel Investment Summit (EAIS24). The two-day event brought together angel investors, startu...

Under half of UK startups understand the fundraising process - - 2024-11-01

UK startups need more support in understanding an increasingly complex early stage funding process. A new survey from Angel Investment Network (A...

South East Angels partners with Harbottle & Lewis - - 2024-11-01

South East Angels, a prominent angel investment network, has announced a strategic partnership with prestigious law firm ...

Scalpel AI raises £3.8m to transform surgical logistics with AI - - 2024-11-01

Scalpel AI, a London-based medtech transforming the management of surgical tools and implants using computer vision, has raised &poun...

Eco travel platform GreenGo raises €3m to accelerate development - - 2024-11-01

FRANCE: Eco-friendly booking platform GreenGo has raised €3 million in funding. The funding round was led by impact investment pioneers ...

Angel investors commit US$350,000 at CANEX WKND 2024 - - 2024-11-01

ALGIERS:African Export - Import Bank's (Afreximbank) Angel investors participating in a pitch session at the just-concluded ...

What the Budget means for the UK’s venture capital schemes - - 2024-11-01

Nicholas Hyett, Investment Manager at Wealth Club comments on what the Budget means for the UK's venture capital schemes. Venture Capital Trusts...

Diffblue secures $6.3m in new funding amidst 3x growth period - - 2024-11-01

Diffblue...

British Business Bank response to Autumn Budget 2024 - - 2024-11-01

The British Business Bank has welcomed the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s announcement at Wednesday's Autumn Budget confirming over &poun...

Fantasy tennis platform Fungiball secures €2.2m and signs up tennis stars as ambassadors - - 2024-10-25

FRANCE: Fungiball, the revolutionary fantasy tennis platform, has announced a €2.2 million PreSeed funding round, by a combination of private b...

Green Angel Ventures backs carbon fibre recycling company Lineat - - 2024-10-25

Green Angel Ventures has made a new investment in Lineat, an innovative sustainable technology in the carbon fibre ...

Emirates Angels elects new board - - 2024-10-25

The Emirates Angel Investors Association, usually known as Emirates Angels, recently held its elections, resulting in the selection of a new board of dir...

Scottish female-led companies set to leverage £4.5m investment - - 2024-10-25

Investing Women Angels (IWA) will back a series of investment rounds over the next four months raising more than £4.5m for four female-founded ...

measureable.energy banks £4m of new investment - - 2024-10-25

measurable.energy, the UK tech company that designs and manufactures AI-powered plug sockets that reduce electricity costs and carbon emissions in offices b...

adCAPTCHA launches with £1m funding to tackle ‘bots epidemic’ - - 2024-10-25

adCAPTCHA, a new specialist security verification platform, has launched with £1m funding to tackle the ‘bots epidemic' and protect organisations ag...

Britain's newest business mentors: Virgin StartUp welcomes top names to mentoring community - - 2024-10-25

Behind every successful entrepreneur is a good business mentor. That’s why, on National Mentoring Day (Sunday 27 October), Virgin Start...

Western European centres continue to dominate green finance - - 2024-10-25

The 14th edition of the Global Green Finance Index (GGFI) evaluates green finance offerings...

Aenitis secures strategic funding to redefine bioproduction - - 2024-10-18

FRANCE: Aenitis Technologies, a pioneer in acoustic-based cell manipulation, has successfully closed its equity financing with the ...

New £300m fund to drive innovation in the South and West - - 2024-10-18

The SETsquared Partnership universities and leading regional investment firm QantX have announced plans for a new &pou...

Investor passion for ESG investing cools further - - 2024-10-18

The number of private investors who say they consider ESG when investing has dropped for the third year in a row, according to the annual ESG Attitudes Tracker fr...

Chip tech startup Siloton secures £860k funding - - 2024-10-18

Siloton, the Bristol-based health technology start-up, has secured £860,000 to progress the commercial roll-out of its groundbreaking eye imaging chip t...

Shift Bioscience raises $16M to advance cell simulation AI platform - - 2024-10-18

Shift Bioscience is a biotech company using generative AI models to understand how activation of different genes can reverse the aging process. This r...

SMEs in state of flux: One in three owners plan to sell by 2027 - - 2024-10-18

New independent research conducted on behalf of Handelsbanken Wealth & Asset Management reveals a significant year-on-year increase in ...

Mathys & Squire partners with British Design Fund to support UK startups - - 2024-10-18

European intellectual property law firm, Mathys & Squire, has become an official partner of British D...

Medtech Kaydiar funded by Development Bank and Women Angels of Wales - - 2024-10-11

Kaydiar, a Welsh business using pioneering technologies to create an innovative range of footcare products has received the backing of a group of angel inve...

Holistic disease management startup Dia Beta Labs wins INVENT '24 - - 2024-10-11

A holistic metabolic disease management start-up, Dia Beta Labs Ltd has been named the overall winner of the ...

Student doctor wins £20k funding for AI medical support tool at Ignite event - - 2024-10-11

A young entrepreneur whose AI social enterprise will help medical professionals save time, money and lives has won £20,000 after wowing the judges at a hotly contested funding competition at ...

USA: Robin Hood Ventures leads funding round in Vytala Health - - 2024-10-11

USA: Vytala, a US-based food technology company dedicated to advancing nutrition, has announced its launch and the initial close of its pre-seed financin...

USA: Singulate raises $2.3m pre seed funding from angels and VCs - - 2024-10-11

USA: Singulate, a generative AI marketing platform, has raised a $2.3 million pre-seed round of funding from angel investors and venture capital firms. The ...

Spain: 4Founders Capital leads €520k funding for AI startup Anyformat - - 2024-10-11

SPAIN: Anyformat, the Spanish startup aiming for a new era of collaboration between humans and artificial intelligence, has raised €520,000 in a pre-see...

Healthspan biotech firm clock.bio raises $5.3 million seed funding - - 2024-10-11

clock.bio, a healthspan biotech, has raised $5.3 million in seed funding led by LocalGlobe, with participation from...

Development Bank of Wales invests £1.7m in Welsh University high-growth spinouts - - 2024-10-11

The Development Bank of Wales has taken an equity stake in Cardiff-based Llusern Scientific as part of a substantia...

DSW Ventures leads pre-seed investment into TheNextLevel - - 2024-10-11

DSW Ventures, the venture capital investment arm of DSW Capital, has led a pre-seed investment into TheNextLevel, a Manches...

SFC Capital leads £250,000 funding round for Nesti - - 2024-10-04

Nesti, a platform designed to equip sales development teams to exceed their targets with personalised outbound videos at scale, has secured £250,000 in a c...

Corryn Biotech raises £550,000 for wound dressing tech - - 2024-10-04

Medtech startup Corryn Biotechnologies Ltd has secured a £150,000 investment from British Design F...

Anaphite raises $13.7m to scale dry-coating technology - - 2024-10-04

Anaphite, which specialises in production technology for battery electrodes, has raised a $13.7 million (£10.4 million) Series A round. The funding was...

Impulse’s female entrepreneurs eye up $1 trillion FemTech sector - - 2024-10-04

With the FemTech market set to be worth $1 trillion by 2027 (McKinsey & Company), impulse, the University of Cambrid...

Club deglie Investitori business angels invest in Inventio.AI - - 2024-10-04

ITALY: Inventio.ai has closed a pre-seed round of €555,000 led by the business angels of the Club degli ...

Carlo Tassi named Business Angel of the Year at Italian Tech Week - - 2024-10-04

Carlo Tassi, president of ...

Digital banking platform Plumery secures $3.3m funding - - 2024-10-04

NETHERLANDS: Plumery, a digital banking experience platform for true customer-centric banking, has announced it has secured $3.3M in additional funding from ...

Medical textiles innovator Revolution-ZERO secures £1m equity - - 2024-10-04

Revolution-ZERO has secured £1 million equity from the ...

Morphose completes angel funding for tuition platform Sherpa - - 2024-10-04

Morphose Capital Partners has c...

Female Founder Office Hours event open for applications - - 2024-09-27

Playfair's Female Founder Office Hours (FFOH) event, which aims to tackle the gender funding gap, lau...

Phacet raises €4m for customised AI application platform for SMEs - - 2024-09-27

Paris: Phacet, a pioneer in personalised artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has raised a seed round o...

Platformatic raises $4.3 million seed round - - 2024-09-27

USA: Platformatic, the cloud-native Node.js application platform, raises $4.3 million in its latest seed funding led by ...

Catalyst’s Inbound Investors event welcomes VCs to invest in Ireland - - 2024-09-27

Last week, investors from 48 venture capital firms from the UK and Ireland ascended on Belfast for Catalyst’s annual Inbound Investors event. ...

Crowdcube founder raises £150k for social media music app Disco - - 2024-09-27

Crowdcube founder Darren Westlake and co-founder Paul Rose have raised £150,000 from 230 retail investors, along with four angel investors who ‘cornerstoned' the round, for ...

Quin AI secures £1.5m to revolutionise customer personalisation for enterprises - - 2024-09-27

Quin AI has raised £1.5 million in seed funding led by Blackfinch Ventures with support from ...

Infact raises £4 million and Secures FCA authorisation - - 2024-09-27

Challenger Credit Reference Agency, Infact has raised a £4 million seed funding round after securing FCA authorisation to establish the first real-time credit...

Green Angels backs ground-breaking bio-materials company Deakin - - 2024-09-27

Green Angel Ventures has completed a new investment in Deakin Bio-Hybrid Materials, whose technology creates...

Inbolt raises €15m to make industrial robots smarter with AI - - 2024-09-20

PARIS: Inbolt, the pioneer of real-time robot guidance solutions, has secured a €15 million Series A round. ...

Digital funeral firm Aura Life secures Coast to Capital investment - - 2024-09-20

Aura Life, a provider of funeral services and funeral plan sales, has secured a £350,000 equity investment from the ...

The Investing in Women Code backs UK female founders - - 2024-09-20

The Department for Business and Trade has published its annual Investing in Women Code which finds tha...

Anglia Capital Group to host female Angel investing seminar - - 2024-09-20

Anglia Capital Group (ACG) is holding a female Angel investing seminar and pitching day at The EpiCentre, near Cambridge, on Friday 27th Septembe...

Pet care startup Petsy raises €1.1 million angel funding - - 2024-09-20

Polish pet sitting and pet care startup Petsy has raised more than €1.1 million in funding from business angels. It is estimated that around eig...

Compliance startup Falco wins South East Angels’ Kent roadshow - - 2024-09-20

Compliance-AI startup Falco has been announced as the winner of the South East Angels Kent roadshow. Founde...

We Donate and Bluco win AXA Startup Angel competition - - 2024-09-20

WeDonate, a reward platform for blood donors to encourage participation and Bluco, a WhatsApp-based app to make job applicatio...

COREangelsMEA backs Plain Tiger to revolutionize B2B hospitality sector - - 2024-09-20

COREangelsMEA, a member of COREangels International, has invested in Plain Tiger, an innovative startup transforming the B2B hospitality sector. This inves...

Morphose completes angel funding for new social platform Hospitaliti - - 2024-09-13

Morphose Capital Partners, a London-based firm specialising in mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, and finance, has completed an oversubscribe...

Evelyn Partners to empower aspiring angels with AI technology - - 2024-09-13

Evelyn Partners, the professional services group, has teamed up with impact investment platform, Ethical Equity, t...

NanoSyrinx closes £10m funding and appoints Edwin Moses as Chairman - - 2024-09-13

NanoSyrinx, a synthetic biology company developing nanosyringes as a novel platform for targeted intracellular delivery of biologic therapeutics, has closed ...

PhoreMost extends Series B financing to $50m - - 2024-09-13

PhoreMost Ltd, a leading UK biopharmaceutical company unlocking the next generation of drug targets, has added USD $12 million to its Series B financing, br...

Outward VC raises £51m in first close of Fund II to back early-stage founders - - 2024-09-13

London-based investment firm Outward VC has reached the first closing of its Fund II at £51 million. The fund has received a cornerstone investment of &po...

Solasta Bio raises $14m to accelerate nature inspired crop protection - - 2024-09-13

SOLASTA Bio, a leading agri-biotech company specialising in the next generation of green insecticides, has completed an oversubscribed $14 million Series A fun...

Optalitix secures further $3m led by Calculus Capital - - 2024-09-13

Optalitix, the specialist finance software provider, has raised ...

New name and director for Hunter Centre - - 2024-09-13

The University of Strathclyde's Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Innovation has a new name and a new...

Development Bank Wales backs £500,000 Investment in Menna.ai - - 2024-09-13

A syndicate of 20 business angels led by lead investor Simon Bell has invested £250,000 in Menna.ai, the first small business finance assistant powered by...

SFC leads £800k funding for biotech startup PlantSea - - 2024-09-06

PlantSea, an emerging biotech start-up from St Asaph is turning the tide on plastic pollution, having successfully closed a significant funding round totalling...

Proptech Viability secures £500k to tackle housing crisis sustainably - - 2024-09-06

Viability, a pioneering PropTech startup, formerly known as Hesti LTD, has raised £535,000 in funding. This significant investment comes from a consortiu...

Fundmypitch facilitates £350k pre-seed fundraise for Stratiphy - - 2024-09-06

Fundmypitch has supported a successful £350k pre-seed fundraise for Stratiphy, an AI-...

Catalyst’s Co-Founder Programme open for aspiring entrepreneurs - - 2024-09-06

Northern Ireland science and technology hub, Catalyst has opened appli...

Sustainability startup Signol raises £2.5 million - - 2024-09-06

Sustainability startup Signol, which uses behavioural science to reduce emissions in shipping and aviation, has raised £2.5m from leading industry-focused i...

Dorset Business Angels confirms pitching companies for next event - - 2024-09-06

Dorset Business Angels will hold its next pitching event on 30th September, its fourth such event this year. It has confirmed the five comp...

Italian angels back HR tech Skillvue with $2.8m funding - - 2024-09-06

MILAN: HR tech startup Skillvue has announced a $2.8m funding round for its AI platform to boost better talent allocation, higher capability to anticipate job ...

Past, Present and Future of Angel Investing at #EAIS24 - - 2024-09-06

EBAN has revealed details of the interactive roundtables which will be part of the Past, Present, and Future of Angel Investing discussions taking place at the European Angel Investment Summit on O...

Angel network SWAN publishes 2023 Impact Report - - 2024-08-23

USA: Since 2015 SWAN Impact Network has been dedicated to uniting angel investors and visionary entrepreneurs to drive significant change by tackling the world...

ReliON closes $3 million funding round - - 2024-08-23

MONTREAL: ReliON, a pioneering provider of management and maintenance (O&M) solutions for electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure based in Mont...

workforce management tools Workstaff closes $1.6 seed round - - 2024-08-23

MONTRÉAL: Workstaff, a Montreal-based provider of workforce management tools for businesses that manage temporary and flexible staff, has closed $1.6M CA...

Development Bank of Wales invests in cancer therapeutics start-up - - 2024-08-23

University spin-out Awen Oncology has secured a substantial equity investment from the Development Bank of Wales and co-investors Start C...

Development Bank of Wales backs Mallows Bottling - - 2024-08-23

Award-winning Mallows Bottling is ramping up production with a significant seven-figure equity investment by the Development Bank of Wales that will more...

Sensor tech business Nanusens seeks £500k to advance innovative RF DTC product - - 2024-08-20

Pioneering semiconductor company, Nanusens, is set to revolutionise next generation mobile phones with more sensors to make them smarter plus new antenna tuner technology to handle more data. ...

Invest in Castlemere Developments.... - - 2024-08-20

14% fixed annual return (paid monthly) - UK Property Investment - Proven track record. Find out more about how to invest ...

Digital lending marketplace Qardy secures funding - - 2024-08-16

Qardy, the first digital lending marketplace in Egypt and the MENA region for financial institutions to fund MSMEs (Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises), ha...

Wine platform WineFi partners with Timeless Investments - - 2024-08-16

Angel-backed company WineFi, the innovative p...

Data intelligence firm Fundpath announces senior appointments - - 2024-08-16

Following on from a second round of funding with its venture capital partner...

Evelyn Partners to empower aspiring angels with AI technology - - 2024-08-16

Evelyn Partners, the professional services group, has teamed up with impact investment platform, Ethical Equity, t...

VoiceLine secures seed investment to fund growth - - 2024-08-16

Munich based VoiceLine has closed its Seed Funding Round marking a significant milestone in its journey to revolutionize how field teams work through Voi...

SFC backed Onfido acquired by Entrust in one of SEIS's greatest successes - - 2024-08-16

The identity verification startup Onfido has announced its acquisition by US payments giant Entrust with SFC Angel Network...

ESG risk management company Bendi secures £815k - - 2024-08-16

Birmingham-based supply chain risk management company Bendi Software Limited, has secured a £815,000 seed funding round to support the development of its AI-po...

How investors can harness technology to manage portfolios - Julie Cunningham, Founder & CEO Portend - 2024-08-09

Julie Cunningham, Founder and CEO of Portend considers how investors can harness technolog...

Start-up to invest £2.5m into Manchester’s hospitality industry - - 2024-08-09

Shuffle, a start-up hospitality investment platform, is committed to investing an initial £2.5 million into Manchester’s hospitality industry to ...

Government R&D spending is vital to rectify stagnation - - 2024-08-09

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British Business Bank commits record £2.3bn in smaller business finance - - 2024-08-09

British Business Bank has commited a record £2.3bn in smaller business finance to the market in 2023/24, but reports unrealised loss due to short-term fall in valuations. 2023 activities ar...

Health start up Boundless secures £1.5m angel investment - - 2024-08-09

Following a recent investment round of £1.5 million, Boundless...

Liverpool Angel Network renamed Gateway Angels - - 2024-08-09

LCR Angel Network, the prominent angel investment network operating in the Liverpool City Region, has rebranded to Gateway Angels. The new name a...

Fundmypitch appoints David Hall as NED - - 2024-08-09

Fundmypitch has announced the appointment of David Hall, Executive Chair of private equity group YFM, as their new Non-Ex...

Southwest tops average UK AI funding over past 10 years - - 2024-08-09

New analysis from the O3 platform, an AI-powered venture classification platform developed by the University of Oxford and ...

£1 million game-changing investment for SPORTTAPE - - 2024-08-09

Caerphilly-based SPORTTAPE is gearing-up for global growth following a £1 million investment by the Development...

Deeptech Labs joins forces with British Business Investments - - 2024-08-02

Deeptech Labs, a specialist in catalysing cutting-edge early stage deep tech companies and building regional ecosystems, has announced a partnership with ...

Nasekomo enhances neonate delivery - - 2024-08-02

Sofia, Bulgaria: Nasekomo, the leading biotech innovator dedicated to advancing the insect industry, has announced an upgrade to its neonate ...

South East Angels named Most Active Investor in the Regions - - 2024-08-02

South East Angels, a prominent angel investment group, has been honoured with the ‘Most Active Investor in th...

Rental advance platform Rent2Cash closes €3M pre-seed round - - 2024-08-02

Rome, ITALY: Rent2Cash, the first Italian start-up to bring "rental advance" services to landlords, offering upfront payouts of up to 3 years' rent, has clos...

British Design Fund partners with Innovate UK supporting growth - - 2024-08-02

British Design Fund has been selected as an official investment partner to deliver Innovate UK...

£750k pre-seed investment into startup for first-time buyers - - 2024-08-02

Stairpay, a platform that simplifies the customer journey of shared ownership to help more people achieve their dream of owning a home, has raised £750...

Chromacity secures £1m funding to roll out ultrafast laser - - 2024-08-02

Chromacity, a Scottish laser technology business, has secured over £1m of new funding from existing investors - ...

Fundmypitch: £155k pre-seed fundraise for Exact Comms - - 2024-08-02

Fundmypitch has played a pivotal role in the recent successful fundraising campaign of Exact Comms, which has secure...

The North emerges as the new hub for women angel investors - - 2024-08-02

A female-focused investment network is on a mission to establish the North of the UK as the premier investment capital for women. ...

Women now as entrepreneurial as men in Scotland, analysis shows - - 2024-07-26

Women are starting and running new businesses at virtually the same rate as men for the first time, while one in five entrepreneurs are non-white, according to new analysis of entrepreneurship acti...

Edtech platform Wealthbrite raises £200k to close financial literacy gap - - 2024-07-26

Wealthbrite, an award-winning company whose AI-powered accelerator programmes enable businesses to build financially savvy teams, has closed a pre-seed ...

Music tech audio platform Submix secures $1m funding - - 2024-07-26

Pioneering audio technology company Submix has closed a $1 million funding round. This investment will drive Submix's mission to enhance remote collaboration fo...

Recruitment intelligence platform Tech1M raises $750K - - 2024-07-26

Tech1M, a recruitment intelligence platform, has raised $750K in pre-seed funding to revolutionise the talent acquisition landscape. Led by co-founders Tommie Edwa...

First equity deal for £70m Investment Fund for Northern Ireland - - 2024-07-26

INQDATA, a data solutions company which hails Northern Ireland as a global centre of excellence when it ...

4D Medicine raises £3.4m for unique biomaterial platform - - 2024-07-26

4D Medicine – a UK company whose innovative biomaterial has potential to be used for a wide range of 3D printed implan...

Scotland retains its position as a top performing market - - 2024-07-26

Scottish Enterprise’s new risk capital market report indicates that despite challenging market conditions, Scotland ...

6 figure equity investment to help optimise energy management - - 2024-07-26

The winner of the Wales Technology Awards 2024, Optimise-AI has secured a significant six-figure investment led with equity of £300,000 fr...

Morgan Stanley acquires stake in UK fintech Sokin - - 2024-07-26

Investment funds managed by Mo...

Exit for angels as medtech business Aparito acquired by Eli Lilly - - 2024-07-19

Global pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Company has acquired Aparito, the Wrexham-based med-tech business set up by D...

Agritech startup Permia Sensing raises £150k from British Design Fund - - 2024-07-19

London based Permia Sensing, an agritech startup on a mission to sustainably increase productivity on palm plantations, has secured a £150,000 inves...

Cloud storage platform Cubbit raises $12.5m - - 2024-07-19

Cubbit, the first geo-distributed cloud storage enabler, has closed its $12.5M funding round. With this new funding...

LegalFly secures €15m to set security standard in AI legal services - - 2024-07-19

LegalFly, a pioneering legal AI platform, has raised over €15 million in Series A funding led by Notion ...

Development Bank & partners back heart drug firm Argonaute - - 2024-07-19

The Development Bank of Wales has led a £1.75 million round in a biotech company currently working on demonstrating a new type of drug to treat ca...

Travel tech startup Yond raises £150k from Jenson - - 2024-07-19

Yond, a revolutionary travel planning app that will transform how travellers explore the world, has secured £150,000 in a pre-Seed round led by early-stage ...

AI fuelled editing platform Edit Cloud raises £2 million - - 2024-07-19

Edit Cloud, a new cloud based, AI-fuelled editing platform has secured £2m funding to empower collaboration in...

AI adult learning venture Educational Intelligence secures £750k - - 2024-07-19

Educational Intelligence, an innovative B2B/SaaS company specializing in online adult learning, has successfully closed its seed round at £750k – ...

Oxford spinout Amber Therapeutics raises $100m - - 2024-07-19

Amber Therapeutics (Tx), a start-up involving the University of Oxford, has just completed a ...

Akcela Ventures gets funding to support digital tech startups - - 2024-07-12

Akcela Ventures, Norwich’s only startup incubator, has been awarded a £110,000 grant. The funding has been secured as part of the Ecosystem Par...

BetaDen Incubate welcomes first businesses to its tech incubator - - 2024-07-12

BetaDen, the award-winning Worcestershire-based organisation providing support for innovative technology-based businesses, has welcomed the first intake of s...

Catalyst names finalists for entrepreneurial startup awards - - 2024-07-12

Catalyst has announced the finalists of INVENT 2024, the leading competition for aspiring innovat...

UK fintech NALA raises $40m to fuel international expansion - - 2024-07-12

NALA, a leading UK fintech company has raised $40 million in Series A funding to support its global expans...

Unum Aircraft Seating secures £3.5m to scale manufacturing - - 2024-07-12

Unum Aircraft Seating, a UK-based manufacturer of business class seats, has raised £3.5m with participation from ...

Saltroad raises £575,000 pre-seed funding - - 2024-07-12

Saltroad, a new online platform which aims to tackle the waiting list backlog for accessi...

NTU Enterprise launches new angel investor network programme - - 2024-07-12

NTU Enterprise has launched its new Angel Investor Network Programme, funded by the UK Share...

Animal Health Angels backs MI:RNA Diagnostics $4 million Series A - - 2024-07-12

Animal Health Angels has invested in MI:RNA Diagnostics, t...

UKBAA Investment Awards winners - - 2024-07-12

The UKBAA Angel Investment Awards took place on 3rd July at Illuminate at the Science Museum in London. The evening saw 400 key players for the early-stage ecosystem come ...

Supercede secures $15m to pioneer transformation of reinsurance industry - - 2024-07-05

Supercede, the leading reinsurance technology platform, has completed a $15 million Series A funding round. This significant investment, led by Alven with con...

Central Texas Angel Network invests over $500k in Endomedix - - 2024-07-05

USA: Central Texas Angel Network (CTAN) has announced the closing of its first investment of the year, with an investment over $500,000 in ...

Archangels backed 1nhaler makes senior industry hires - - 2024-07-05

Edinburgh-based 1nhaler, which is backed by Archangels, has appointed two experts in inha...

Brainspark Games secures £1.4m grant and angel investment - - 2024-07-05

Brainspark games has secured £1.4m in angel investment and its 7th Innovate UK ...

750 join Catalyst’s Generation Innovation Work Experience Programme - - 2024-07-05

Over 750 young people, with a passion for innovation, took part in Catalyst’s free work experience programme, ...

Veridian Ventures backs workplace stress reduction firm Ambr - - 2024-07-05

Veridian Ventures, a leading London-based angel syndicate, has made an investment in ...

Investors back £4 million fundraising for cargo bike delivery company Zedify - - 2024-07-05

Zedify, the UK’s largest cargo bike delivery network, has secured a further £4m investment from ...

Online ski operator Heidi raises £5.6 million - - 2024-07-05

Heidi, a fast-growing online tour operator specialising in flexible ski holidays, has raised £5.6m in a funding round led by ...

Athena Festival for female founders announces inaugural event - - 2024-07-05

The inaugural Athena Festival is set to take place at Nexus Leeds, bringing together female founders and investors in a groundbreaking event designed t...

SME-university collaboration is the backbone of the economy - - 2024-06-28

Over 100 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and universities have collectively underscored the vital role of SME and university collaborations in a new report from the National C...

Healthtech startup reducing heat stroke deaths secures £800k - - 2024-06-28

London based startup Cryogenx, whose portable body cooling device offers a rapid response for heat-related illness, has secured a £150,000 investment f...

Industrial biotech startup Vertus Energy raises €8.75 million - - 2024-06-28

Vertus Energy, a Waste-to-X* industrial biotech startup specialising in advanced control of bacteria behaviour, has closed a €8.75 million seed...

Investors back OSS Ventures with €8.5m funding - - 2024-06-28

OSS Ventures, a leading industrial start-up studio in France, has raised €8.5 million, led by Tikehau Capital...

Entrepreneur and investor Joanna Jensen appointed EISA Chair - - 2024-06-28

The Enterprise Investment Scheme Association (EISA) has appointed Joanna Jensen as its new Chair. Joanna has extensive experience as one of Britain’s most s...

EIS Association celebrates 2024 award winners - - 2024-06-28

The Enterprise Investment Scheme Association (EISA) has announced the winners of the 2024 EISA Awards at the House of Lords, Westminster. The awards, which recognise the outstanding achieve...

iGii secures £8.8m investment to accelerate growth - - 2024-06-28

Nanomaterial producer iGii has raised £8.8 million of new funding to accelerate growth. The Stirling-based company, formerly known as Integra...

South East Angels backs air traffic control tech startup Skyverse - - 2024-06-28

Sussex-based angel investment group South East Angels has invested in ...

Henley Business Angels & NatWest partnership to fuel startup growth - - 2024-06-28

Henley Business Angels (HBA) has announced a new strategic sponsorship partnership with NatWest, one of the UK’s largest retail and commercial ...

Proofs raises $2.6 million to launch AI Agents - - 2024-06-21

USA: Proofs, which uses AI agents to dramatically accelerate the proof-of-concept phase in software sal...

Wave Photonics secures £4.5 million - - 2024-06-21

Wave Photonics, a Cambridge-based deep tech start-up, has received £4.5M to develop onchip photonics designs for quantum technologies, sensors, a...

CPI Enterprises invests in pioneering bioplastics firm - - 2024-06-21

Floreon Technology, a cutting-edge bioplastics firm which was spun out of a successful partnership with the University of Sheffield is set to receive a £...

University of Liverpool spin-in company to transform the insurance sector - - 2024-06-21

The University of Liverpool has become a founding shareholder in a spin-in company which has been formed to take forward technology for use in the insurance and financial sectors....

OnePlanetCapital leads investment into ESG360° - - 2024-06-21

ESG360°the technology platform that helps businesses comply with regulations and mitigate ESG risks has secured an investment round led by ...

OGI Bio secures £650k led by TRICAPITAL Angels - - 2024-06-21

OGI Bio, a leading Scottish biotechnology company, has secured follow-on funding of £650,000 in a deal led by ...

Adventuro secures investment with Lifted Ventures - - 2024-06-21

Adventuro, the innovative marketplace platform dedicated to adventure sports, has closed its latest funding round with the support of esteemed angel i...

Vehicle charge point platform Fuuse closes £8.7m funding - - 2024-06-21

Fuuse, the UK’s leading electric vehicle charge point management platform, has secured substantial funding to propel its next phase of growth in the UK and Ire...

atmio raises €5.1m to help natural gas companies tackle methane leaks - - 2024-06-21

atmio, the operating system for effortlessly finding, fixing, and reporting methane emissions has raise...

VoltShare secures £500,000 funding led by SFC Capital - - 2024-06-14

VoltShare, a leading provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions designed specifically for the hospitality industry, has secured £500,000 g...

Ford Family Foundation launches £50,000 social enterprise grant Ignite - - 2024-06-14

Social entrepreneurs with transformative enterprises are being urged to enter a new funding competition which will culminate in a glamorou...

GreenSky Ventures leads $2.2M equity seed round in Mesosil - - 2024-06-14

Canada: Toronto-based nanotechnology startup ...

5 Northern Irish startups win £10K proof of concept grants - - 2024-06-14

Five of Northern Ireland’s most inspiring entrepreneurial teams have each been awarded £10,000 proof of concept (POC) grants from Techstart Ventures...

Rockfish secures £1.25m to fuel expansion in the South West - - 2024-06-14

Rockfish, the South West seafood restaurant group, has secured £1.25 million in equity financing from the British Business Bank’s South West Inv...

Five entrepreneurs pitch for investment at Dorset Business Angels June event - - 2024-06-14

Investors at the recent Dorset Business Angels pitch event were presented with a diverse range of companies seeking angel investm...

Cambridge Biotech firm receives £500k investment package - - 2024-06-14

Evoralis Ltd is one of the first company to benefit from the programme and its investment portfolio will be managed by ...

RCA innovation fund backs climate tech business BlueNose Technologies - - 2024-06-14

The Royal College of Art's RCA Design & Innovation S/EIS Fund and Infinity Asset Management LLP has in...

RCA backs medtech startup Revive Innovations + - - 2024-06-14

The Royal College of Art's RCA Design & Innovation S/EIS Fund has invested in Revive Innovations +, a med-tech b...

Overcast HQ raises $1.2 million from angel investors - - 2024-06-07

Dublin-based tech firm Overcast HQ has raised an $1.2 m bridging round to help the world’s largest brands and broadcasters manage te...

AI startup Iris.ai raises €7.64 million to fund growth ambitions - - 2024-06-07

Iris.ai, a provider of a world-leading and award-winning AI engine for scientific text understanding, has raised €7.64m in its latest funding round. This investm...

Overview of EBAN Congress 2024 - - 2024-06-07

The 2024 EBAN Annual Congress in Tallinn, co-organised with Estonian Business Angels Network (EstBAN), has been a rounding success, bringing together 600+ angel investors and entrepreneurs, 50+ sta...

Celebrating the 2024 EBAN award winners - - 2024-06-07

During the EBAN Gala Awards Dinner, angels from across Europe celebrated those who have made the greatest impact within the community. This year EBAN announced awards fo...

SWEBAN angel network launches - - 2024-06-07

The creation of a new angel network, SWEBAN Network (formerly Nordic Angels) was formally announced a...

Development Bank of Wales leads £440k investment in Tendertec - - 2024-06-07

The Development Bank of Wales has invested £250,000 in a £440,000 a funding round for Hestia whose AI-powered technology is helpin...

EMV Capital backs £3.4m funding for SatCom leader Sofant - - 2024-06-07

EMV Capital, a VC investor specialising in high-growth deep tech companies, has led a c.£3.4m investment round into its portfolio company ...

Packaging innovator Aeropowder secures £150k - - 2024-06-07

West London startup, Aeropowder, whose innovative solutions made from surplus feathers offer a sustainable alternative to single use plastics and other har...

Oxford University Innovation appoints new Chief Executive - - 2024-06-07

Oxford University Innovation (OUI) has appointed Dr Mairi Gibbs as its news Chief Executive Officer. Mairi has a track record of more than 20 years ...

Henley Business Angels members re-invest in KYMIRA - - 2024-05-31

KYMIRA, a smart garment company developing specialist infrared technology to aid recovery in athletes, has again received investment from two ...

GP Bullhound annual report on European tech ecosystem - - 2024-05-31

GP Bullhound has announced the release of its Titans of Tech 2024 report. For the tenth year in a row, GP Bullho...

Robin Hood Ventures participates in S2N Health's seed funding - - 2024-05-31

USA: S2N Health, Inc. has successfully secured seed funding to fuel the growth of the company’s RepSignalTM...

En Carta Diagnostics secures €1.5M in pre-seed funding - - 2024-05-31

FRANCE: En Carta Diagnostics, a deeptech start-up developing rapid Point-of-Care (POC...

Skyverse receives South East Angels Funding - - 2024-05-31

Sussex-based angel investment group South East Angels has announced its recent investment in Skyverse ...

IAG Invests in XTRA alongside IVC Partners - - 2024-05-31

The startup led by the Raiola brothers and supported by IAG and ...

ZTLment has secured €2.4m in pre-seed funding - - 2024-05-31

DENMARK: Copenhagen-based fintech startup, ...

Lola secures funding to tackle loneliness and isolation - - 2024-05-31

Lola Cares, a pioneering health tech company, has announced the successful closure of its first funding round, raising £250,000 from ...

Medi2data secures £2.1m Wealth Club and existing investors - - 2024-05-24

Medi2data, whose suite of digital products and services aim to simplify the process of transacting medical data quickly and securely, has raised £...

WineFi appoints new Operations Director - - 2024-05-24

Angel-backed fine wine investment platform WineFi has appointed Oliver Thorpe as their Operations Director. Thorpe, who previously led operations at Sequoia-backed start-up Nomio, previousl...

Down trajectory in EIS HMRC data hides regional growth - - 2024-05-24

The record-breaking results of the 21/22 tax year were always going to be tough to trump in this year’s data. However, the figures for the tax year 22/23 indicate some green shoots of growth ...

Innovators chosen to drive immersive tech in North East - - 2024-05-24

Digital Catapult, the UK authority on advanced digital technology, welcomes eight new companies onto the ...

Prova backs ‘EV Health Checker’ ClearWatt - - 2024-05-24

Prova Investments has continued to grow its European portfolio of early-stage businesses operating at the forefront of cleantech, sustainability ...

£8m angel fund boost for East Mids early stage companies - - 2024-05-24

D2N2 LEP Chair Elizabeth Fagan launched D2N2 LEP’s Early Stage Angel Investment Fund at the UK’s Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum (UKRE...

Salar Pursuits nets angel backing for innovative fish pen shield - - 2024-05-24

Salar Pursuits, a Scotland-based company that has developed permeable lice and algae/jellyfish bloom shields that fit inside net pens, has been given a fi...

Ada names 10 angels ready to invest in Danish startups - - 2024-05-24

Ada Ventures has unveiled 10 new angel investors for its inaugural European angel investing...

ZCC secures £20m Fund for early stage climate tech ventures in Europe - - 2024-05-24

Zero Carbon Capital (ZCC) has closed a £20 million fund to invest in European pre-seed and seed-stage companies developing transformative scientific s...

Catalyst names headline partners for Generation Innovation - - 2024-05-17

Northern Ireland’s independent, non-profit science and technology hub, Catalyst has announced Bank of Ireland, EY and AVEV...

Two startups win funding at San Diego Angel Conference - - 2024-05-17

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Purple Dot raises $10m to help brands reduce unsold inventory - - 2024-05-17

Purple Dot, the pioneering e-commerce pre-order and waitlist platform, has closed a $10 million Series A funding round. The round was led by leading Euro...

Intelligent workforce management platform Sona raises $27.5m - - 2024-05-17

Sona, the next-generation, intelligent workforce management platform for front...

Angel investment powers the circular economy - - 2024-05-17

A syndicate of 15 female investors from Women Angels of Wales (WAW) is helping to improve recycling rates of single-use plastic with an equity investme...

Carbon13 Venture Launchpad backs six new companies - - 2024-05-17

Carbon13, the Venture Builder for the climate emergency, has announced new investments in six ventures through it...

Oxford Innovation Finance invests in deployable antennas for space - - 2024-05-17

Oxford Innovation Finance’s EIS Growth Fund 3 and OION Angel Network have invested in ...

Investors to gather at the Angel Investor Summit on 6 June - - 2024-05-17

The Angel Investor Summit hosted by South East Angels is set to take place in the vibrant city of Brighton on 6th June. Offering a unique platform f...

Sustainable travel platform You. Smart. Thing secures £1.2 m in race to net zero - - 2024-05-10

Midlands-based travel demand management platform You. Smart. Thing. (YST) has secured £1.2 million in f...

Development Bank backs £2.2m funding for Kubos Semiconductor - - 2024-05-10

Semiconductor manufacturer Kubos is set to bring its revolutionary new compound semiconductor material to South Wales, with a £670,000 equity investment ...

Angel Academe backs healthcare tech company PreActive - - 2024-05-10

Angel Academe has made its 50...

Where You At raises funding from Angel Academe - - 2024-05-10

Where You At ("WYA") an app which uses indoor mapping and offline bluetooth positioning to allow users to precisely locate and contact friends in spaces...

Scaleup Landing Pad Hamburg supports green-tech scaleups - - 2024-05-10

The Scaleup Landing Pad Hamburg - an initiative launched by the Hamburg Invest business development organisation and the City of Hamburg - has selected five highly promising high-growth companies f...

Superfy raises $6.7m for Gen Z-targeted social networking app - - 2024-05-10

Superfy, the AI-powered social networking platform catering to Gen Z, has raised a furth...

Manchester fintech Firenze has raised £750k angel funding - - 2024-05-10

Firenze, a Manchester-based fintech has raised £750K in a pre-seed angel round. The investment will be used to accelerate its mission to democratise a...

Emirati data company Lune Technologies secures $1.5m - - 2024-05-10

Dubai, UAE - Lune, a leading Emirati Financial Data Analytics company, has successfully concluded a seed funding round of $1.5 million. Thi...

EstBAN invested €13.32m in startups in 2023 - - 2024-05-03

The Estonian Business Angel Network (EstBAN) has published its annual report for 2023, showing that members invested €13.32m into startup companies during the ...

FiBan report shows 30% fall in angel investments - - 2024-05-03

The Finnish Business Angels Network (FiBAN) reports a significant decline in angel investments in Finnish startups during 2023, with funding dropping from €37 ...

Startup investors more optimistic says Czech angel group report - - 2024-05-03

The Czech startup landscape stands a significant chance of strengthening this year, as investments in technology companies are expected to increase markedly following a leaner last year. Fu...

Italian Angels for Growth joins Rubedo €40m funding round with Khosla Ventures - - 2024-05-03

Rubedo Life Sciences Closes $40M Series A Financing Led by Khosla Ventures and Ahren Innovation Capital. Series A financing to advance clinical development of lead candidate RL...

Pollen Careers secures £112,000 funding - - 2024-05-03

Pollen Careers, a job platform on a mission to transform the entry-level job market into a more inclusive and equitable space, has rai...

Symbe raises £1.2m to help sales teams win deals - - 2024-05-03

Symbe, an AI-powered platform that helps sales teams win more deals by automating the creation of tailored business cases, has raised a £1.2m p...

South East Angels backs space science data startup Blue Skies Space - - 2024-05-03

South East Angels has invested in Blue Skies Space - a startup on a quest to enable the world’s re...

Club degli Investitori invests in Glaut - - 2024-05-03

ITALY: Club degli Investitori has invested in Glaut’s $1.4 million pre-seed round. ...

Relevic secures £150,000 led by Jenson Funding Partners - - 2024-05-03

Relevic, a web personalisation SaaS platform, has secured £150,000 in a pre-Seed round led by early-stage venture capital firm ...

British Design Fund launches Evergreen Fund - - 2024-04-29

The British Design Fund has opened its sixth fund, and first Evergreen Fund, to investors . It will seek to continue championing the ver...

Fintech startup Fundpath raises £2m from Fuel Ventures - - 2024-04-26

Fundpath, the critical data and business intelligence service for the wealth and asset management industry, has copmpleted a £2 million funding round with ...

Dorset Business Angels announces pitch event on 20 May - - 2024-04-26

Dorset Business Angels will hold its next pitch event on 20th May. It has already confirmed four pitching companies who are seeking funding an...

AI insurtech PeppercornAI secures £3.25million - - 2024-04-26

Insurtech PeppercornAI has raised £3.25 million in its latest funding round. The funding, of which ...

What do rising startup insolvency rates mean for companies and their angel backers? - - 2024-04-26

Startup* companies are falling into insolvency at the fastest rate in a decade. What does this mean for founders and their angel backers? ...

Cornwall Angel Network to boost local businesses - - 2024-04-26

Cornwall is set to develop its own angel investment network to foster the growth of local businesses. The Cornwall Angel Network is a joint initiative from the Cornwall Chamber of Commerce ...

University of Liverpool spin-out Atomik to reshape advanced manufacturing - - 2024-04-26

A new University of Liverpool spin-out company, ...

UK’s 100 fastest growing female led businesses revealed - - 2024-04-26

THREE businesses who have turbo-charged employee growth are featured in a prestigious list of the UK’s fastest growing businesses le...

British Business Bank appoints Kristen McLeod as Chief Strategy Officer - - 2024-04-26

The British Business Bank has appointed Kristen McLeod CBE as its new Chief Strategy Officer, effective from September 2024. ...

Clean Growth Fund backs Oriole Networks' £10m seed round - - 2024-04-19

Clean Growth Fund has invested in the £10m seed round of Oriole Networks, a new ...

Scottish dental tech business Calvicus raises £5 million - - 2024-04-19

Edinburgh-based biotechnology firm Calcivis, has secured £5m in funding to roll out its cutting-edge dental technology. The firm's patented system ...

Animal Health Angels makes first investment in Marleybones - - 2024-04-19

Animal Health Angels has made its first investment in Marleybones, a female founded business which is a fresh do...

Onfido makes largest student-led company ROI for Oxford Uni - - 2024-04-19

Onfido, an innovative start-up created by students at the University of Oxford which uses artificial intelligence to verif...

Fintech start-up Propser secures £520,000 from syndicate of angels - - 2024-04-19

Investment and pension provider Prosper is establishing a back office at Capital Quarter in Cardiff following an investment of £520,000 from the ...

Ready2Scale Project brings €1.5m grant funding to startups - - 2024-04-19

Ready2Scale is an EU funded project that is providing 25 digital and deep tech startups with €1.5 million of funding through 60k equity-free grants. The...

Ingenion Medical achieves CE Mark and seeks £3m equity - - 2024-04-19

Ingenion Medical has been awarded a CE Mark for cymactive™ 2.0R, its novel indwelling catheter designed to mimic natural urination, a key milestone for the...

Enegy start-up Clyde Hydrogen secures over £1 million - - 2024-04-19

Clyde Hydrogen, a University of Glasgow start-up that is set to revolutionise the hydrogen energy sector has raise...

Development Bank invests in global healthcare AI tech - - 2024-04-12

Bridgend-based AI technology firm Clinithink is helping to improve patient care, relieve workloads for stretched clinicians and deliver sign...

UK economy at risk without university-business collaboration - - 2024-04-12

New data shows the alarming impact that financial pressures are having...

Empirical Ventures leads early stage deep science rounds - - 2024-04-12

Empirical Ventures is targeting a £10M fund to lead pre-seed and seed investments for deep science startups in the UK. Founded by two scientist...

Gingo Partners raises $350k from angel investors - - 2024-04-12

DUBAI: Gingo Partners, an Investor Outreach Service and Startup Community, has completed its fundraising campaign, securing $350k in capital from a gro...

EIS marks 30th anniversary with over £30b raised - - 2024-04-12

The Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS), a cornerstone of the UK's entrepreneurial ecosystem, celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. Since its inception in 1994, the EIS has played a pivotal rol...

AB Akola Group invests in Brite - - 2024-04-12

AB Akola Group has signed an agreement with Brite Drinks Ltd, a UK functional drinks start-up, to invest 450 t...

MOMO Kombucha raises £1 million - - 2024-04-12

South London-based start-up, B-Corp rated MOMO Kombucha has announced a £1million fund raise. The brand is also rolling out to ...

EdTech Gaia Learning celebrates record year - - 2024-04-12

The EdTech company, founded by Salisbury mum-of-three Kirstin Coughtrie (picutred, right), has gone through its biggest growth quarter to date – with both significant new angel investments, a...

BBI announces a £15m facility to Performance Finance Limited - - 2024-04-12

British Business Investments has announced that it is providing a £15m facility to Performance Finance Limited. The transaction will b...

ACF Investors leads Veremark's $3 million funding - - 2024-04-12

Veremark, a global background screening company, has secured $3 million in a Pre-Series B round led by Sa...

Ingenion Medical wins Innovate UK Grant and seeks £3m - - 2024-04-09

Ingenion Medical has been awarded a £182,890 grant to support its £406,000 development project, to complete development of its next novel device to address chronic urinary control issue...

AI fraud protection startup Meysey secures £250,000 - - 2024-03-29

Meysey, a fraud protection startup...

LCR Angel Network backs Jardin Living and AI Sight - - 2024-03-29

LCR Angel Network has made investments in two of the region’s most exciting start-up businesses follo...

Clean Food Group raises £2.5m from Clean Growth Fund - - 2024-03-29

Pioneering UK-based bio-tech business Clean Food Group hasraised £2.5 million from Clean Growth Fun...

Scaleup Finance announces $8 million funding round - - 2024-03-29

Scaleup Finance has raised an $8million (£6.4million) pre-Series A round to ‘solve the challenge of financial management’ for startup an...

Future Fund: Breakthrough succeeding in increasing later stage capital investment - - 2024-03-29

A new assessment of British Patient Capital’s Future Fund: Breakthrough reveals that the programme is successfully increasing later stage capital investment into deeptec...

AI based job board JOINRS closes €1.7m investment round - - 2024-03-29

JOINRS, a start up AI based job board that puts the university students and junior profiles in front of the big corporations, has receieved its latest ro...

British Design Fund backs plumbing startup Water Kinetics - - 2024-03-29

East Kilbride plumbing startup, Water Kinetics, has secured a £150,000 investment from ...

Climate tech accelerator 350 PPM raising funds to expand - - 2024-03-26

350 PPM LTD is an incubator and accelerator which provides investors with a gateway to invest in...

Lithium Salvage seeks £1.5m for Li Ion battery recycling - - 2024-03-26

Lithium Salvage UK Ltd uses a&n...

SETsquared ranked in the top three start-up hubs in Europe - - 2024-03-22

The SETsquared Partnership has been ranked as the 3rd leading start-up hub in Europe and the top entry from the UK and Ireland by the Financial Times and...

Wine investment platform WineFi partners with Wealt - - 2024-03-22

Winefi, a UK-based start-up building a nextgeneration wine investment marketplace which successfully raised £400,000 from ...

Molten Ventures backs $12m funding for healthcare tech Anima - - 2024-03-22

Anima, the next-generation care enablement platform, has completed an oversubscribed $12 million Series A funding round, led by ...

Cell tech company CryoLogyx raises £500k from angel investors - - 2024-03-22

CryoLogyx, a University of Warwick spinout redefining cell technology through cryopreservation, has closed an oversubscribed seed funding round. The &po...

Catalyst launches Open Innovation Service - - 2024-03-22

Science and technology hub Catalyst has has launched its Open Innovation service, des...

Greensphere secures £66m for UK climate & nature fund - - 2024-03-22

Greensphere Capital, a leading specialist investment adviser, has raised £66.3 million in conditional capital for its...

ACF leads £2m funding for Arrow Risk Management - - 2024-03-22

Arrow Risk Management, a specialist managing general agency (MGA) underwriting platform that provides brokers and carriers with real-time data across the in...

Oxford Innovation appoints Mairi Gibbs as Interim CEO - - 2024-03-22

Oxford University Innovation Chief Executive Dr Matt Perkins will stand ...

Investment in NI tech firms reached £143m in 2023 - - 2024-03-22

Investment into tech firms in Northern Ireland has reached its highest level ever in 2023 at £143.2 million, according to the latest data from ...

Action needed to stop stagnation in UK R&D investment - - 2024-03-15

New data released by the&n...

Angel-backed Solivus wins major solar PV contract with bp - - 2024-03-15

Solivus, a pioneering developer of lightweight solar solutions has been awarded a 3-year contract for the engineering, procurement, construction, and installa...

Catalyst & Techstart announce £50,000 Proof of Concept grants - - 2024-03-15

Following on from the success of last year’s partnership, Catalyst and Techstart Ventures are teaming up again...

Vawlt receives €2.15m from existing and new investors - - 2024-03-15

PORTUGAL: Vawlt Technologies, the visionary start-up in the global long-term data storage market, today announced that it closed an additional €2.15 millio...

Greater London Investment Fund backs 159 SMEs with £87.8m of investments - - 2024-03-15

Funding London, the successful early-stage institutional investor bridging the funding gap for London-based SMEs, is announcing the end of the investment period for its fund of funds, ...

Jetbio commercialises its groundbreaking 3D bioprinting - - 2024-03-15

Newcastle University spinout Jetbio is introducing 3D bioprinting products in the global multi-billion-dollar 3D bioprinting ...

Oxford University Innovation to back more female founders - - 2024-03-15

Oxford University Innovation proposes a new target to increase the proportion of women founders or co-founders from 15 per cent in 2015-16 to 50 per cent ...

Catalyst ranked in top 10 start-up hubs in the UK & Ireland - - 2024-03-15

Catalyst, the independent, non-profit science and technology hub focused on creating opportunity for all through world leading innovation and ent...

E2E Welcomes Global Entrepreneur Bassim Haidar to its Advisory Board - - 2024-03-15

E2E, a leading organisation dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship and innovation, has appointed Bassim Haidar to its advisory board. Haidar, a highly suc...

Virtual keyboard technology leader Thingthing seeks £500k - - 2024-03-15

Here's something I bet you didn't know. ThingThing’s Fleksy® keyboard technology is has made it a 2 times Guinness World R...

Newcells Biotech raises £2.35m for lab models that help avoid animal testing - - 2024-03-08

Newcells Biotech – whose laboratory models are used in drug development and reduce reliance on animal testing – has raised a furt...

Northstar backs Dragonfly Insulation with £500,000 - - 2024-03-08

Dragonfly Insulation, an advanced materials manufacturer, has raised £935,000 in an investment round led by the North East Innovation Fund...

Catalyst's Invent 2024 launches with £55K prize fund for entrepreneurs - - 2024-03-08

Catalyst’s 2024 INVENT competition has opened for applications with a top prize of £25,000 up for grabs for the overall winner and six new categorie...

The Investors Club backs Resalis Therapeutics - - 2024-03-08

ITALY: The Investors Club has invested in the 10 million euro round of Resalis Therape...

London technology startup Asterias raises £600k - - 2024-03-08

Asterias, the London-based technology startup, has announced the successful closure of an oversubscribed £600k Pre-Seed round. Led by ...

UK fintech Nuke From Orbit raises £500k pre-seed funding - - 2024-03-08

Nuke From Orbit, a fintech startup based in the UK, has raised £500,000 in a pre-seed round to take its product to market. The startup, which aims to revolutio...

Jenson welcomes new partners - - 2024-03-08

Jenson Funding Partners, a leading early-stage Venture Capital fund manager, has announced a strategic collaboration with Simon Andreas Hofmann and Mitul Ruparelia, f...

Spring Budget 2024 - reaction roundup - - 2024-03-08

An overview of reactions to UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's Spring Budget Paresh Raja, CEO of Market Financial Solutions, said: "In his attempt...

Cogna raises £3.76m to transform how traditional industries use AI - - 2024-03-08

London-based Cogna has raised £3.76m to transform how traditional industries solve unique, difficult problems. The funding round was led by ...

Arksen raising £6m to support expansion plans - - 2024-03-04

Arksen is launching its first public equity round of up to £6m to continue its growth and expansion to the US and other key markets. ...

Mint Ventures invests in premium bone broth brand Freja - - 2024-03-01

Mint Ventures as invested in the UK’s best-selling bone broth brand, Freja as part of their £2m f...

London prosthetics startup Koalaa rasies $1.2 million - - 2024-03-01

London startup, Koalaa, whose world-first soft prosthetic arms are aiding independence for individuals with limb differences around the world, has clo...

Circadacare raises £1.3m to launch care at home solution Heleos - - 2024-03-01

Circadian Lighting Limited, trading as Circadacare, has raised £1.3 million led by the North East Innovation Fund, supported by the European Region...

Judith Hartley joins Northstar Ventures - - 2024-03-01

Northstar Ventures has appointed a new board member, Judith Hartley, former CEO of British Business Investments and Interim CEO of British Patient Cap...

Yurtle raises £1.37m to eradicate workplace caregiver burnout - - 2024-03-01

Yurtle, a London-based insurtech helping workplaces combat caregiver burnout, has closed a Seed funding round of £1.37m co-led by ...

Validient secures £300,000 from Development Bank of Wales - - 2024-03-01

Validient, a Newport-based tech business that is helping the professional services sector to keep up with increasing regulatory compliance, has secured a s...

Exam marking platform Graide raises £1.6m to target US - - 2024-03-01

Graide, a University of Birmingham spinout whose assistive AI-based platform helps teachers mark student homework, has raised £...

Tech for good startup HACE secures £450,000 funding - - 2024-03-01

HACE: Data Changing Child Labour, has raised £450,000 in its pre-seed funding round, beating its initial target by 20%. The Tech for Goo...

Sonichem secures £1.2m to convert sawdust into high-value bio-based chemicals - - 2024-03-01

Sonichem, an East Midlands-based startup that converts low-value forestry by-products into high-value, renewable biochemicals, has secured £1.2 million in ...

TSL seeks £1.25m to drive ambitious expansion - - 2024-02-27

TSL Professional Products is a broadcast & media technology company delivering advanced, integrated hardware and software solutions in audio monitoring, control and power distribution...

New angel investment network for female founders - - 2024-02-23

Newly launched angel network, Lifted Ventures, is on a mission to drive change in the female founder space. Start-up funding is quo...

AIC report reveals who owns investment companies - - 2024-02-23

The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has released a comprehensive report on the ownership of investment companies. The ...

Emobility startup OX Delivers secures £1.2m funding - - 2024-02-23

OX Delivers, UK-based emobility start-up, has received a £1.2 million funding grant from Energy Catalyst...

Mercia leads £7 million financing for MIP Discovery - - 2024-02-23

MIP Discovery, an innovative developer of non-biologica...

Entrepreneurs raise £350k for coffee cup re-use system - - 2024-02-23

A café operator who set out to find an alternative to single-use coffee cups has helped to develop a new re-use system that claims to be the most simple and cost-effective to date. A...

GameCentric secures $1.5 million in funding - - 2024-02-23

GameCentric, the region's newest gaming platform at the forefront of connecting brands with gamers, has raised $1.5 million (AED6 million) in capital from a Dubai-based angel investor, Bilal Mercha...

Angel Academe backs PheroSyn - - 2024-02-23

Angel Academe has made its 49...

Bolton’s Wellsprings Innovation Centre set to open - - 2024-02-23

Oxford Innovation Space, which already runs 32 centres in the UK and Ireland, have come on board to run and operate the ...

Angel-backed water tech InferSens launches legionella solution - - 2024-02-23

Cambridge-based Infersens has launched Cortense®, its first commercially available solution to transform Legionella risk management and dramatically cut...

Investor Hub relaunch set to create more diverse investment opportunities - - 2024-02-16

After growing to support a membership of 200 Angel Investors in the last five years, the Newcastle Angel Hub has relaunched as the ‘...

Seedrs January figures + 2024 Sector Report - - 2024-02-16

Seedrs’ January 2024 Highlights Seedrs participated in 13 primary equity campaigns, secondary campaigns and pri...

UK continues to slip in quality of entrepreneurial environment - new GEM report - - 2024-02-16

The United Kingdom’s score in the National Entrepreneurial Context Index (NECI) continues to fall, according to the ...

FundIQ launches to revolutionise the UK’s startup funding landscape - - 2024-02-16

Coenseo Ventures has announced the launch of FundIQ, a groundbreaking platform designed to transform the early-stage investment market in the...

Generation Innovation launches to inspire innovators of the future - - 2024-02-16

Focused on fostering the equal opportunity for all within innovation and education, Catalyst has launched its free work experience program...

Biotech start-up BugBiome secures investment for pioneering research - - 2024-02-16

BugBiome, a biotech harnessing nature’s microbial defences for pest protection to benefit human and planet health, has successfully closed a pre-seed fundi...

Survey to find out if there really is a disconnect between investors and founders - - 2024-02-16

The team behind Scotland’s flagship event for business founders and investors has launched a ...

Imaginario AI secures £800k pre-seed investment - - 2024-02-16

Global digital video consumption grew 24% in the previous year, according to a recent report [1], and now accounts for 82% of all Internet traffic according to Cisco [3]. Meanwhile, investment in a...

London prosthetics startup Koalaa raises $1.2 million - - 2024-02-16

London startup, Koalaa, whose world...

Clue Software raises £4m led by Frog Capital - - 2024-02-09

Clue Software, the leading provider of software for investigations and intelligence management, has raised £4 million funding led by ...

The Investors Club invests in Algor Education - - 2024-02-09

Algor Education has received investment from the Investors Club...

GenAI-powered AudioStack raises £2.5 million - - 2024-02-09

London-based startup AudioStack has raised a £2.5 million pre-Series A round led by Quadri Ventures to revolutio...

BGF and DSW Ventures back The Insights Family for global growth - - 2024-02-09

Manchester-based The Insights Family, a global leader in kids, parents, and family market intelligence, has announced a significant £5.6 million investment round led by BGF...

SQCDP unlocks funding to modernise factories - - 2024-02-09

SQCDP, a Newcastle-based SaaS startup, has successfully raised £200k to increase manufacturing efficiencies and support workforce engagem...

27 expressions of interest registered at Monday's pitch event - - 2024-02-09

Dorset Business Angels received 27 expressions of interest from investors at their most recent angel investing pitch event held at the Bournemouth ...

Spin-out raises £1.4m for lung test to aid early diagnosis of asthma - - 2024-02-09

PulmoBioMed - a ...

Catalyst appoints new head of entrepreneurship - - 2024-02-09

Northern Ireland science and technology hub Catalyst has appointed Pauline Timoney as its new Head of Entrepreneurship. ...

Angel syndicate Veridian back financial wellbeing firm Maji - - 2024-02-02

London-based angel syndicate, Veridian Ventures, completed a £150,000 investment in Maji, “a ma...

HDM Solar secures backing from Angel Invest and DF Capital - - 2024-02-02

HDM Solar, one of the UK's fastest-growing wholesalers of renewable energy products, has announced a major £10.2m funding boost led by a multi-million ...

Wondercraft raises $3m to build AI-powered ‘Canva of Audio’ - - 2024-02-02

AI audio content pioneer Wondercraft has raised a $3m Seed round to scale its ‘Canva of audio’ platform in a round led by ...

ALKemist Bio announces a €6.9M investment from IAG - - 2024-02-02

Newly launched TCR company ALKemist Bio has closed a €6.9 million funding round to develop first-in-class TCR Cell Therapy for ALK-Positive Tumors....

IAG lands in Silicon Valley: investment, business angels and networking - - 2024-02-02

Italian Angels for Growth (IAG), the leading investor network in Italy, has strengthened its presence in the U.S. territory and on the West Coast, wh...

Sixth Wave Ventures to grow its angel investment fund - - 2024-02-02

Sixth Wave Ventures, a UK-based investment group, has revealed new plans to develop its Angel Investment Fund in 2024. Operated via Si...

GaN Systems founder Girvan Patterson joins QPT - - 2024-02-02

The second co-founder of GaN Systems, Girvan Patterson, has joined his fellow co-founder, Geoff Haynes, as an advisor at QPT, an independent power elec...

12 Years On: E2E CEO Shalini Khemka reflects on her entrepreneurial journey - - 2024-02-02

Shalini Khemka CBE, the visionary CEO and founder of E2E, takes a moment to look back on a remarkable entrepreneurial journey, sharing insights and lessons...

Angels need to understand new rules for investing - Steve Holt, Development Bank of Wales - 2024-02-02

Steve Holt is Director of ...

WineFi strengthens leadership team - - 2024-01-26

WineFi, the fine wine investment platform, has appointed Jonathan Keeling (pictured) as their Chief Commercial Officer. Keeli...

Metris Energy raises £2m to ‘power up’ the UK’s £22B solar economy - - 2024-01-26

Metris, the first AI-powered solar energy platform for commercial property owners, has raised £2 million in a pre-Seed funding round led by ...

3rd phase of British Business Bank’s Recovery Loan Scheme offers £1bn - - 2024-01-26

The British Business Bank has announced that the third iteration of its Recovery Loan Scheme (RLS) has supported £1bn of finance offers ...

Should changing market conditions influence VCs’ decision-making? - - 2024-01-26

Nicolas Barthalon, Principal at Ventech VC, asks to what extent changing market conditions should influence VCs&rsquo...

Automated field system wins funding from Innovate UK - - 2024-01-26

Sheep producers will be able to improve their flock’s efficiency thanks to Innovate UK and Defra funding towards developing a field based automated system to monitor lamb growth and in ...

About:Energy launches initiative to support battery skills development - - 2024-01-26

Angel-backed spinout About:Energy, a world-leading innovator in battery developme...

Southampton Uni's women entrepreneurs programme returns - - 2024-01-26

Female founders of science, digital and technology businesses based in the South are invited to take part in a women-o...

QPT is raising £1m for tech to cut electricity wastage & global CO2 emissions - - 2024-01-24

Did you know that 45% of the world’s electricity is used by electric motors? QPT is a next generation power ele...

Oxford Innovation backs unique solution for cardboard manufacturing - - 2024-01-19

Oxford Innovation EIS Growth Fund has made a follow-on investment in the latest funding round for ...

Northstar Ventures launches EIS fund for individual investors - - 2024-01-19

Northstar Ventures has launched its first...

Nasekomo secures €8m - - 2024-01-19

BULGARIA: Nasekomo, the European scale-up focused on insect bioconversion for sustainable high-quality protein production, has closed a Series A financing round...

AI startup NumberEight secures $2.7m led by ACF Investors - - 2024-01-19

NumberEight, a London-based startup using on-device AI to deliver ‘privacy-first’ identity solutions for the advertising industry, has raised $2.7 ...

Recraft secures $12m to advance the use of AI in design and branding - - 2024-01-19

Recraft, the professional AI graphic design generator, has closed a $12 million in Series A funding in a round led by Khosla Ventures and former GitHub CEO, Na...

Octopus Ventures leads €5m funding for Harbiz - - 2024-01-19

MADRID: Harbiz, the leading technology platform for fitness professionals, has closed a €5 million funding round to strengthen its intern...

AIC reveals highest yielding equity investment trusts - - 2024-01-19

As markets hope for interest rate reductions in 2024, some investors may well be considering how to invest for income and capital growth over the long term. The ...

Cambridge biotech firm HutanBio secures £2.25m funding - - 2024-01-19

HutanBio, a bio-tech company founded by scientists from Cambridge University, based in Cambridge (UK) and in Malaysia, has secured a £2.25m investment from...

Calculus launches new knowledge intensive EIS fund - - 2024-01-19

Calculus, a leading provider of tax efficient investments, has announced the launch of its HMRC-approved Knowledge Intens...

Low Carbon Innovation backs enviro firm Weeding Technologies - - 2024-01-19

Turquoise, the UK merchant bank specialising in energy, environment and efficiency, has announced an investment by Low Carbon Innovation Fu...

DSW Ventures and NGBio invest £1.4m in Mesenbio - - 2024-01-12

Mesenbio, a Univer...

Oxford Innovation invests in sustainable farming tool Deep Planet - - 2024-01-12

Oxford Innovation EIS Growth Fund 3 and the OION Angel Network have invested in Deep Planet, a...

SFC Capital and PHTA sign Investment Partnership - - 2024-01-12

SFC Capital, the UK's most active seed-stage investor, and the University of Birmingham's Precision Health Technologies Accelerat...

Venture Capital Trust Association appoints Chris Lewis as Chair - - 2024-01-12

The Venture Capital Trust Association (VCTA), which campaigns for the vital role played by Venture Capital Trusts (V...

Archangels invests £13.8M in tech & life science companies - - 2024-01-12

Edinburgh-based investment syndicate, Archangels, invested more than £13.8m during 2023 in eleven of Scotland’s best early-stage tech and l...

FA Bio secures £5.3m from Clean Growth Fund and others - - 2024-01-12

FA Bio, the British bio-tech company with a vision to protect natural ecosystems by identifying superior microbial bio-products that will improve soil health and b...

Climate-tech firm Furbnow raises £950k to decarbonise 1m homes by 2030 - - 2024-01-12

Furbnow, a new UK climat...

Dorset Business Angels announces first pitch event of 2024 - - 2024-01-12

Dorset Business Angels will hold its first pitch event and investors' dinner of 2024 on February 5th at the Bournemouth Carlton Hotel. ...

UK innovation on upwards trajectory as VC investment turns a corner - - 2024-01-12

2024 could be the year of recovery after UK venture capital turned a corner in H2 2023 according to new analysis from ...

Bed bug detection tech company Spotta secures £3m funding - - 2023-12-22

Spotta, the smart pest detection tech company, has raised a £3 million growth investment round led by The...

Seedrs’ November 2023 Highlights - - 2023-12-22

Seedrs participated in 21 equity campaigns, secondary campaigns and private deal room deals1, in rounds totalling over &...

Myni completes major financing round with the support of leading investors - - 2023-12-22

Quebec: Myni, a pioneering company in ecological cleaning products for the body and home, has announced the conclusion of a major round o...

Artemest and IAG: an innovative love story – winning exit strategies - - 2023-12-22

Artemest is an online platform that connects art and design lovers with talented Italian artisans.&...

Top photonics startup raises seed funding - - 2023-12-22

Sussex-based angel investment group South East Angels has announced its recent investment in ...

Angel Investor fintech Obu closes first investments - - 2023-12-15

Obu, the angel investment platform, has announced the closure of the first two female-founded businesses to raise funds on its ...

Hope Macy to use investment to fight financial vulnerability - - 2023-12-15

Hope Macy, the FCA authorised UK Fintech, has obtained £1.5m in seed investment from the Development...

Tech startup Lyko raises €1.4m to accelerate its international expansion - - 2023-12-15

In a demanding economic environment, international expansion remains a major challenge for many startups. However, Lyko is the exception, with over 70% of its business already based abroad. An exce...

CMC Invest survey reveals 2023 investment trends - - 2023-12-15

With 2023 approaching its end, UK Investment platform, CMC Invest, has released new data showing investing behaviours throughout 2023. The ...

Prosper smashes Crowdfunding target raising over £1m - - 2023-12-15

Wealthtech platform Prosper has closed its first crowdfunding campaign, raising over £1 million and topping up the £3.2m already raised from ...

Seedrs publishes 2023 Portfolio Report - - 2023-12-15

Seedrs, Europe's leading private investment platform, has released its 2023 Portfolio Report, one of the mos...

Spacetech startup BirdsEyeView raises seven-figures - - 2023-12-15

BirdsEyeView, a European Space Agency-backed insurtech startup, has closed an investment round led by the Euro...

Proptech Homemove reaches £5m revenues in first year - - 2023-12-15

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Angel investing is an exit business - - 2023-12-08

EBAN President Janne Jormalainen shared his insights on angel investing at the recent 4Angels Finland event....

NCUB analysis reveals robust resurgence in university-business interactions - - 2023-12-08

New analysis reveals a robust resurgance in university-business interactions since the pandemic, according to NCUB's State of the Relationship report 2023....

Sunsave secures £5.4m to launch solar subscription - - 2023-12-08

Sunsave,the UK’s first solar subscription service, has raised £5.4 million seed funding for its missi...

Maven Capital acquires Newable Ventures - - 2023-12-08

Maven Capital Partners, a leading private equity and alternative asset manager, has completed the acquisition of ...

About:Energy and Eatron Technologies secure further funding - - 2023-12-08

Spinout About:Energy and Eatron Technologies have been ...

FiBAN study shows angels are actively looking for new opportunities - - 2023-12-08

In a recently conducted member study with over 250 responses, FiBAN mapped the activity, interests, and demographics of its members, painting a detailed image of Fi...

EBAN releases 2022 Statistics Compendium - - 2023-12-08

EBAN presents the EBAN Annual Statistics Compendium for 2022, Europe’s most extensive annual research on the activity of business angels and business angel...

Harriet raises £1.2 million to transform HR with AI - - 2023-12-08

Harriet, the first full-stack AI solution designed to get companies’ internal ...

QuantumDiamonds secures €7m funding - - 2023-12-01

QuantumDiamonds, the quantum sensing company, has raised €7m in seed funding led by IQ Capital&...

Archangels leads £2m fundraise by 1nhaler - - 2023-12-01

1nhaler, a Scotland-based drug delivery device developer, has raised £2 million to develop its unique single-use dry powder inhaler (DPI), led ...

SIS Ventures investment supports big impacts on people and planet - - 2023-12-01

Scotland’s first impact investor, SIS Ventures has released its inaugural Im...

Catalyst launches inclusive innovation programme - - 2023-12-01

Catalyst has formally launched its new inclusive innovation project ...

Aikido Security raises €5 million - - 2023-12-01

BELGIUM: Security, a developer-first so...

Green Angel invests in battery storage transformation firm LIND - - 2023-12-01

Green Angel Ventures has completed an investment in LIND Limited, a pioneer in alternative battery storage ...

SETsquared investment event gains valuable insights ahead of 2024 - - 2023-12-01

SETsquared has held its 20th investment event – an annual high-prof...

Generative AI and its impact on IP: what investors need to know - - 2023-12-01

Lakmal Walawage, a Partner specialising in intellectual property at JMW Solicitors, looks at the impa...

Anglia Capital backs biomaterials research company Cellexcel - - 2023-12-01

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Anglia Capital backs pioneering Suffolk drinks brand Crossip - - 2023-11-24

Crossip, a Suffolk business creating a stir in the growing non-alcoholic drinks sector, has received investment from ...

Henley Business Angels invests in Renovos Biologics - - 2023-11-24

Renovos Biologics, a biotechnology company that is developing a proprietary nanoclay gel carrier system to precisely deliver therapeutic agents for regenera...

New review shows the importance of university spin-outs - - 2023-11-24

The ...

Angels unite to back workplace training platform Academii - - 2023-11-24

The Development Bank of Wales and a syndicate of nine business angels are backing Academii, a Cardiff start-up with an equity investment of &p...

Winefi secures £400k funding with strong investor demand - - 2023-11-24

Winefi, a UK-based start-up, has successfully raised £400,000 to build a nextgeneration wine investment marketplace. Despite having an impressive ...

Samudra Oceans secures £800k for innovative sea farming robots - - 2023-11-24

London robotics startup, Samudra Oceans, has secured a £150,000 investment from Bri...

University of Cambridge entrepreneurship programme impulse opens for 2024 - - 2023-11-24

Alumni of University of Cambridge&rs...

Mitra Bio named winner of the London Startup Roadshow - - 2023-11-24

Biotech start up Mitra Bio has been named the winner of South East Angels hosted London Start...

Angel backed health startup CARI Health establishes advisory board - - 2023-11-17

SAN DIEGO, USA: Digital health company has CARI Health formed an Advisory...

British Business Investments full year results - - 2023-11-17

British Business Investments, a wholly-owned commercial subsidiary of British Business Bank plc, has published its ...

Global PE markets show upward trend says eFront quarterly - - 2023-11-17

eFront, the leading financial software and solutions provider dedicated to private markets, and a part of ...

Mocean Energy raise £2.2m plus a £500k grant - - 2023-11-17

Wave energy pioneer Mocean Energy has raised £2.2 million new equity alongside a £500,000 grant to drive the commercialisation of its wave energ...

Dyers launches 2nd seed fund for entrepreneurs in colour / dyeing industries - - 2023-11-17

Following the success of last year’s inaugural Seed Capital Investment Fund, ...

DN Capital co-leads €5.1m funding in ‘PetTech’ startup filu - - 2023-11-17

DN Capital, the leading European early-stage venture capital firm, and health-tech VC, YZ...

Kelvin Capital appoints new senior Advisory Board - - 2023-11-17

Kelvin Capital, the Scottish based investor in early stage globally disruptive technologies, has appointed a new senior Advisory Bo...

Interview with Sarah King, CEO & Co-Founder of Obu Invest - - 2023-11-17

We spoke to Sarah King, CEO & Co-Founder of Obu Invest, about how and why she founded Obu and asked her to share her views on angel investment and why e...

Sales development platform Uhubs receives South East Angels funding - - 2023-11-17

Early-stage investor community South East Angels has invested in Uhubs, a SaaS platform helping revenue leade...

Firglas Ltd is raising £500k to launch algae product - - 2023-11-16

Firglas is a seed-stage company focused on the production of microalgae for use in the aquaculture, cosmetics and nutraceuticals sector....

Winefi unveils innovative platform to democratise fine wine investment - - 2023-11-10

Winefi has announced its upcoming platform launch, poised to revolutionise the landscape of fine wine investment, making it an accessible mainstream asset c...

Prosper raises £3.2m angel round to build the Wise of Wealth-Tech - - 2023-11-10

New wealth-tech platform Prosper, which plans to revolutionise how we save and invest, has raised a £3.2 million angel round. ...

OION Angels invest in digital planning tool for the funeral sector Aura - - 2023-11-10

Oxford Innovation Finance’s Angel Network (OION) has invested in the latest funding round for ...

Ellia AI secures $1.5m funding - - 2023-11-10

Eilla AI, a generative AI platform designed to assist M&A, venture capital (VC), and private equity (PE) professionals with financial research, analysis, and doc...

Interior design platform Portaire secures £550K funding - - 2023-11-10

Portaire, a UK-based startup, has successfully raised £550,000 to build a workflow platform for interior designers. Portaire is creating the fu...

Virtuall bags €829k pre-seed to connect fashion brands with the digital generation - - 2023-11-10

Virtuall, a Danish FashionTech startup, has raised €829k pre-seed funding to bring fashion brands to virtual spaces. Th...

Tech South West launches Angel Programme to address funding gap and foster innovation - - 2023-11-10

A new Angel Investor Programme launching in the Great South West is set to play a pivotal role in driving economic growth....

New event set to explore the landscape for tech start-up investment - - 2023-11-10

Investment Futures 24, a new event taking place on 28 November in London, is set to explore the landscape for in...

LawBite seeks £250k working capital - - 2023-11-09

LawBite, is a fast-growing lawtech enterprise is solving the issue for SMEs in to get access to affordable, good...

Agritech startup Airponix secures Henley Business Angels funding - - 2023-11-03

Airponix, an agri-tech company providing systems that allow the growth of high-quality produce with no soil, 95% less water and lower energy consumption, has rec...

AI startup Fantix raises $1.6 million - - 2023-11-03

Fantix , a no-code federated learning infrastructure that allows companies to collaborate on training and building AI models and without s...

VCs and angels back Shop Circle funding round - - 2023-11-03

Shop Circle, a scale-up focused on the creation and acquisition of e-commerce applications and tools which was founded in 2021 in...

Covesta investment platform set to revolutionise angel investing - - 2023-11-03

Covesta has launched its new digital platform which enables different angel groups to collaborate on, and easily manage, startup investments. Develope...

BGF and Par back green innovator Artus Air - - 2023-11-03

Artus Air Limited has raised a multi-million-pound investment from BGF and leading venture capital firm ...

Pet healthtech firm Vivivet raises six figures from fund:AI - - 2023-11-03

Leading pet health-tech platform company VidiVet Limited has raised a six-figure investment from ...

New report shows the gender funding gap remains vast - - 2023-11-03

Despite the number of women starting businesses in the UK rising to record levels, female-led startups continue to receive just a fraction of the equity investment male-led companies do, according ...

Kuva Space raises €16.6m to launch microsatellite constellation - - 2023-11-03

FINLAND: Finnish Earth observation company Kuva Space...

Green Angel Ventures invests in soil health company - - 2023-11-03

Green Angel Ventures has completed an investment in PES Technologies, which claims to be "The Futur...

CARI Health awarded $2.8m NIH Grant - - 2023-10-27

San Diego, USA: Digital health startup CARI Health has been awarded an SBIR Fast Track grant from the National Institute on Drug Abu...

UAE marks a successful second participation in CEATEC Japan - - 2023-10-27

For the second consecutive year, the United Arab Emirates has participated in CEATEC Japan 2023, reinforcing its commitment to nurturing innovation, technol...

Fox Robotics wins £1m DEFRA and Innovate UK Grant - - 2023-10-27

Henley Business Angels investee company, ...

EIS extension a boost for UK growth businesses - - 2023-10-27

The Enterprise Investment Scheme Association (EISA), representing entrepreneurs, advisers and investors providing early stage investment for many of the country&r...

New start-ups join Geovation Accelerator Programme - - 2023-10-27

Geovation, a community of innovators and collaborat...

Seedrs authorised under new EU regulation - - 2023-10-27

Seedrs, Europe's leading private investment platform, is now officially licensed under the new EU regulation for equity crowdfunding providers. Seedrs wil...

DN Capital and angels back €13m funding for AI startup Oxolo - - 2023-10-27

GERMANY: Oxolo, a pioneering AI startup with its headquarters in Hamburg, Germany, has successfully raised €13 million to propel its mission of transfor...

GC Angels launches Angel Academy to empower investors - - 2023-10-27

GC Angels, Manchester’s early-stage investment vehi...

Manufacturing tech startup Holdson secures £150k - - 2023-10-27

Huddersfield based startup, Holdson, has secured a £150k investment from British Design Fund, as it gea...

Oxford University Innovation publishes Impact Report on university-led innovation - - 2023-10-20

Ahead of the Government review of the UK spinout landscape, Oxford University Innovation (OUI) has published...

Beta Bugs secures £1.72m to scale up sustainable insect farming - - 2023-10-20

Scottish insect genetics business Beta Bugs Limited has secured &...

Catalyst launches Co-Founders Programme - - 2023-10-20

Catalyst has launched its Co-Founders programme, inviting people with passion, drive and ambition to come toget...

South East Angels appoints Sue Walter as Non-Executive Director - - 2023-10-20

South East Angels has appointed Sue Walter as Non-Executive Director joining Alex Cowell and Founder Kristina Pereckaite on the bo...

EBAN celebrates success of #EAIS23 - - 2023-10-20

As always, the Summit was a glimpse into the future of angel investing. Here's what you missed from the 2023 event! See you at #EAIS 2024 in Tallin. ...

Cybersecurity company Zygon raises $3m seed funding - - 2023-10-20

PARIS: Zygon, the cybersecurity solution for protecting enterprises from the risks brought by the uncontrolled spread of Software-as-a-Service applications am...

SETsquared investment programme to support creative and green tech businesses - - 2023-10-20

Creative tech and green tech businesses in the South West are set for a boost this Autumn with two new programmes of spe...

VCs and angels back Bullet Express MBO - - 2023-10-20

Panoramic Growth Equity and Maven Capital Partners, through its professional client investment platform, Maven Investor Pa...

Angel backed Haia finds success as events partner for Wales Tech Week - - 2023-10-20

Haia, the cutting-edge virtual and hybrid events platform ...

Yotta Energy secures $8M funding - - 2023-10-20

TEXAS, USA: Yotta Energy, a leading provider of innovative solar+storage solutions, has announced a successful $8 million funding round led by ...

Carbon13 ramps up climatetech startup funding - - 2023-10-13

Carbon13, the Cambridge-based venture builder for the climate emergency, is announcing their...

BILRS secures pre-seed investment from Haatch - - 2023-10-13

BILRS, a dynamic and innovative startup specializing in cross border bill payment solutions, is thrilled to announce its investment from ...

IoT start-up FourJaw raises £1.8m to maximise manufacturing productivity - - 2023-10-13

A Sheffield IoT start-up that helps manufacturers to maximise productivity and reduce energy use has raised £1.8m from ...

Climate-tech company raicoon secures €4m seed funding - - 2023-10-13

VIENNA: raicoon, a climate-tech company and world leader in autonomous solar operations, has announced a €4 Million seed funding round to tap into...

Neurotech startup FC Labs secures £150k from Design Fund - - 2023-10-13

Edinburgh based startup FC Labs has secured a £150,000 investment from British Design Fund, for its inno...

Retail tech startup Vector secures £600K funding - - 2023-10-13

Vector, a UK startup at the heart of a rapidly growing retail media landscape, has launched this week, with over half a million pounds in investment from a...

Use of external finance showing signs of recovery says British Business Bank report - - 2023-10-13

The British Business Bank’s third annual Nations and Regions Tracker, published this week, finds the use of external finance a...

Thomas Hal Robson-Kanu attracts high profile investors for The Turmeric Co - - 2023-10-13

The Turmeric Co. has closed a Series A funding raise, after attracting investment for growth from a number of high-profile investors ...

Zixty is seeking £500k investment - - 2023-10-12

Zixty, a new insurance company helping cover people on their journeys with on-demand, flexible eco-friendly insurance products, is seeking £500k for product development & customer growth....

EBAN interviews #EAIS23 Keynote Speaker Christer Fuglesang - - 2023-10-06

In anticipation of the European Angel Investment Summit 2023 (#EAIS23), we had the privilege of sitting down with astronaut an...

British Business Bank's core programmes support over £12.4bn of finance - - 2023-10-06

The British Business Bank has supported more than £12.4bn of finance through its core programmes and met its objectives, but reports a loss for 2022/23 due to falls in ma...

Green Angels invests in home heating innovation company heata - - 2023-10-06

Green Angel Ventures has completed an investment in heata, a home heating innovation coming from data centres. Hea...

Low Carbon Innovation Fund 2 invests in Archipelago Technology Group - - 2023-10-06

Turquoise, the UK merchant bank specialising in energy, environment and efficiency, has announced an investment by Low Carbon Innovation Fund 2 (LCIF2) in ...

Launch of Investment Fund for Scotland provides £150m boost for small businesses - - 2023-10-06

The British Business Bank is launching its new £150 million Investment Fund for Scotland ...

British Business Bank welcomes Stephen Welton CBE as Chair - - 2023-10-06

The Government has appointed Stephen Welton CBE as the new Non-executive Chair of the British Business Bank. ...

Roberto Marsella named best Business Angel in Italy of 2023 - - 2023-10-06

The final of the Business Angel of the Year Award has just ended: Roberto Marsella is the "Best Angel Investor of Italy 2023". The award ceremony took pl...

OnePlanetCapital leads £1.7m round into MDFRecovery - - 2023-10-06

The OnePlanetCapital Climate Change EIS fund has led a £1.7m round into the groundbreaking technology company ...

Gower Electric Co generates £35,000 benefit for the community - - 2023-10-06

The Gower...

Northstar Ventures celebrates investment milestone - - 2023-09-29

Northstar Ventures celebrates the milestone of investing over £95m into small and medium-sized businesses and social enterprises across the...

Renew Risk secures £1.7 million seed funding - - 2023-09-29

Renew Risk, a London-based clean-energy risk analytics SaaS startup, has raised £1.7 million seed funding to im...

Student review platform StudentCrowd raises £2.5m - - 2023-09-29

StudentCrowd, a company which aims to be the ‘Tripadvisor of higher education’ has raised over £2.5m through the ...

Kelvin Capital closes record half year in 2023 - - 2023-09-29

Kelvin Capital, the Scottish based investment syndicate, has closed the first half of 2023 having concluded record investment tota...

Skills crisis holding back 7 in 10 SMEs from scaling up - - 2023-09-29

Nearly 7 in 10 (69%) SMEs say that recruiting and developing adequately skilled staff is their biggest barrier to growth, a think tank has revealed. The Soc...

New research reveals rise in angels backing tech for good startups - - 2023-09-29

Bethnal Green Ventures (BGV), in partnership with HSBC Innovation Banking UK...

Green Angel Ventures joins top level Climate Change investment coalition - - 2023-09-29

Cleantech for UK, a coalition designed to lead the policy debate for climate change investment, has invited ...

Health tech start-up Milbotix secures £125K for SmartSocks™ - - 2023-09-29

Bristol based health tech start-up, ...

Laverock Therapeutics raises £13.5m for gene silencing platform - - 2023-09-29

Laverock Therapeutics, established in 2021 to commercialise the gene editing induced gene silencing (GEiGS...

VCs converge on Belfast at Catalyst's Inbound Investors event - - 2023-09-22

Catalyst’s Inbound Investors event has welcomed investors from more than 50 venture capital firms based in the UK, Ireland, and the US to Bel...

Driverless car company Conigital secures £500m - - 2023-09-22

Pioneering driverless car company Conigital...

Location tech scaleup Navenio secures $6.3m - - 2023-09-22

Navenio, the UK location tech scaleup, has announced its £5m million investment to help revolutionise healthcare efficiency wor...

Life science start-up MarraBio raises funding for protein technology - - 2023-09-22

Three North East based investment funds have combined forces with a biotech industry specialist to support Newcastle University’s latest spin out company,...

Angel Investment Network launches new investor focused app - - 2023-09-22

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UKRI Report reveals impact of COVID-19 on research and innovation funding - - 2023-09-22

A new independent report released by UKRI underscores the pivotal role played by UK researchers and innovators in tackling the pandemic. Conducted by Tec...

AngelAcademe follows on investments in ImproveWell - - 2023-09-22

AngelAcademe has made a follo...

SETsquared’s Scale-Up Programme members will contribute £1.3bn to UK economy - - 2023-09-22

A new independent report published by Warwick Economics and Development at ...

AI catering solution Retail Robotics Solutions secures €0.5m - - 2023-09-22

PARIS: Retail Robotics Solutions (RRS), a pioneering French startup specializing in AI-driven self-service checkout solutions, has successfully raised €0...

Insights from Anthony Clark’s Trailblazing Journey – An Exclusive Interview with EBAN - - 2023-09-15

The landscape of angel investment has experienced a remarkable evolution over time, and at the heart of this transformation lies the insightful journey of Anthony Clarke. His experiences offer a pr...

Dorset Business Angels pitch event celebrates 10th Anniversary - - 2023-09-15

Dorset Business Angels has announced its next pitch event which will take place on October 9th at the Bournemouth Carlton Hotel where th...

Economic Intelligence Wales looks back at “turbulent” financial year - - 2023-09-15

Welsh businesses showed resilience in the face of a difficult financial year, with a strong increase in exports and growing business confidence. Economic Intelligence Wale...

Delio launches Vaults functionality - - 2023-09-15

Delio, the financial technology firm that digitises the private market strategies of leading fin...

Q-BOT secures £3.5m investment to drive expansion - - 2023-09-15

With Q-Bot’s advanced insulation installed in over 200 homes every month and following a 60% increase in revenue over the past 12 months, Q-Bot has secured a n...

Treefera raises $2.2m to transform carbon offsetting with AI - - 2023-09-15

Treefera, a pioneering AI-powered data platform that revolutionizes forest data and conserv...

Kuano raises £1.8m to accelerate quantum drug discovery - - 2023-09-15

Kuano, a Cambridge-based drug discovery company combining quantum mechanics with AI to design the next generation of medicines, has closed a £1.8m seed fun...

Goldilock secures $1.7 million seed round - - 2023-09-15

British cybersecurity company Goldilock has secured investment and support from members of two well-known investor groups – ...

Zak Mobility secures £520k for unique in-wheel suspension technology - - 2023-09-15

Nottinghamshire startup, Zak Mobility, has secured a £140k investment from the ...

Digital identification startup OneID raises £1 million from ACF - - 2023-09-08

OneID, the UK's only provider of bank-verified digital identification services, has secured £1 million in new funding from ...

Catalyst celebrates being named 'a great place to work' - - 2023-09-08

Science and technology hub Catalyst has officially been certified as a Great Place to Work® following an extensive culture audit and excellent empl...

Development Bank of Wales backs Operati Limited - - 2023-09-08

Waterspring Ventures, an award-winning early-stage venture capital firm b...

Around the world in 700 angel networks - - 2023-09-08

Back in May AngelNews embarked on a small but important project designed to help connect entrepreneurs and start ups with angel investors across the UK. Well, that seed of an idea ...

Exclusive Interview with #EAIS23 Keynote Speaker Janneke Niessen - - 2023-09-08

In an exclusive interview with Janneke Niessen, a founding partner at ...

Solar heating startup SolarisKit secures BDF investment - - 2023-09-08

Dundee based startup, SolarisKit, creator of the world’s first flat-pack, self-assembled solar water heat...

VCTs increase support for businesses amid wider decline in VC funding - - 2023-09-01

The Venture Capital Trust Association (VCTA) has published new data gathered from over 600 early-stage companies that have benefited from VCT funding, which shows...

Finnish startup Videobot secures €2M funding - - 2023-09-01

TURKU, Finland: Videobot, a Finnish SaaS startup, has successfully raised €2...

80% of Finnish startups seek angels for networks and expertise - - 2023-09-01

FiBAN’s June startup survey results collected answers from 90 startups that have sought funding through FiBAN. According to the results, networks, a...

Startup applications for #EAIS23 are open - - 2023-09-01

Are you a startup or scaleup looking to secure funding and connect with some of the top business angels in the world? Look no further than the ...

Join the European Angel Investment Summit - - 2023-09-01

Join the European Angel Investment Summit taking place in Brussels on October 10-11! #EAIS23 is where a...

Kamma raises £3.6 million to tackle Net Zero - - 2023-08-25

Clean Growth Fund, the UK clean tech venture capital fund, has led a £3.6m investment in Kamma, a UK pr...

GC Angels and NorthInvest join forces to fuel Fund Her North - - 2023-08-25

GC Angels, has joined forces with NorthInvest to spearhead the execution of ...

Futraheat lands £700k from Innovate UK to deliver industrial heat pilot - - 2023-08-25

Industrial heat pump startup Futraheat has secured £689,000 from Innovate UK to develop and deplo...

Splint Invest and TheCarCrowd launch partnership with record-breaking Ferrari - - 2023-08-25

Splint Invest has partnered with the innovative, UK-based automotive investment platform TheCarCrowd. This new s...

PROSPECT 100 secures $750K pre-seed round - - 2023-08-25

PROSPECT 100, a UK-based startup, has successfully raised $750,000 to build the go-to platform for co-creation; a digital space which allows brands to connect...

Women 16% more likely than men to succeed at crowdfunding - - 2023-08-18

Money.co.uk Business Loans research into UK Kickstarter campaigns for the past five years has revealed that women are more successful at hitting...

BDD secures £2M to fuel expansion in early phase clinical trials - - 2023-08-18

Integrated drug formulation and clinical trials company, BDD has secured a further round of investment for £2M to aid the company’s expansion in...

The standout startup secrets for Angel Investors - - 2023-08-18

Steven Mooney, Founder of FundMyPitch, looks at what startups need to look like to attract investors ...

OION angels invest in a temperature regulating solution - - 2023-08-18

Oxford Innovation Finance’s Angel Network (OION) has invested in the latest funding round for ...

South East Angels Invest in tech start-up Toolbox - - 2023-08-18

Brighton-based startup funding group South East Angels has invested in Toolbox, a r...

Pioneering project set to boost innovation in UK financial services - - 2023-08-11

Smaller Scottish businesses, which often struggle to keep pace with big financial institutions when it comes to harnessing the latest growth-enabling technologies, will soon be able to benefit from...

Oxi-Tech receives record investment from Henley Business Angels members - - 2023-08-11

Oxi-Tech, a company that has developed ground-breaking, clean-in-place disinfectant technology using water and electricity, has received the largest ...

Wealth Club invests £2.4 million under EIS in Kore - - 2023-08-11

To keep pace with its rapid growth, Kore, the RegTech Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform that enables large financial institutions to fast track regulato...

Six figure follow-on investment for Reel Labels - - 2023-08-11

The Development Bank of Wales has completed a further six figure investment in Reel Label Solutions...

Wavely Diagnostics announces new funding to accelerate commercial launch - - 2023-08-11

Seattle, USA: Wavely Diagnostics, Inc., a digital diagnostics company developing smartphone-based apps to bring accurate, data-driven virtual pediatric care...

Kavida.ai raises £900k seed capital to build innovative supply chain GPT - - 2023-08-11

London-based supply chain startup, Kavida.ai, has secured a further £900k investment to enhance its platform with artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT....

Cytomos secures £4M to advance new approach to cell analysis - - 2023-08-11

Cytomos, an Edinburgh-based life science company that has developed a proprietary new approach to analysing cells, has secu...

Low Carbon Innovation Fund 2 invests in Furlong Renewable Energy Developments - - 2023-08-11

Turquoise, the UK merchant bank specialising in energy, environment and efficiency, has announced an investment by Low Carbon Innovati...

Archangels secures £12m co-investment agreement with British Business Investments - - 2023-08-04

Archangels, a leading business angel syndicate investing in early-stage Scottish life sciences and technology companies...

Béa raises £2.5m to launch at-home fertility treatment - - 2023-08-04

Béa Fertility, the pioneering fertility tech startup making clinical-grade fertility care available at home, has raised £2.5m/$3.2m to release i...

The Investor Club participates in 1000Farmacie round - - 2023-08-04

ITALY: 1000Farmacie has announced the completion of the second tranche of its Series A round, raising an additio...

Remedial Health raises $12 million - - 2023-08-04

Remedial Health, a healthtech startup that develops solutions to make Africa’s pharmaceutical value chain more efficient, has secured $12 million in an ...

Industry affinity rivals substantial returns as the driving force for retail investors - - 2023-08-04

Seedrs - Europe's leading private investment platform - has revealed the results of its 2023 Investors Survey, one of the most comprehensive surveys of retail in...

eFront releases latest quarterly private equity performance benchmarks - - 2023-08-04

eFront, the leading financial software and solutions provider dedicated to private markets, and a part of BlackRock,...

Startup Call for European Angel Investment Summit 2023 - - 2023-08-04

Are you a startup or scaleup looking to secure funding and to connect with some of the top business angels in the world? Look no further than the ...

ScaleUp Group client eflow Global secures £7 million - - 2023-07-28

ScaleUp Group client eflow Global has secured £7 mi...

thymia raises $2.7m to expand video game-inspired mental health AI - - 2023-07-28

thymia, a healthtech startup building gamified AI tools to revolutionise how we ass...

Space DOTS raises $1.5m to develop in-orbit testing solution - - 2023-07-28

Space DOTS, a startup developing miniaturised in-situ testing for advanced materials in any space environment, has secured $1.5m in pre-seed funding....

British Business Bank joins forces with Mint Ventures to drive female angel investment - - 2023-07-28

The British Business Bank is working with Mint Ventures – Scotland’s wom...

Anglia Capital Group members support UEA spin-out Beep - - 2023-07-28

Beep has created a unique digital campus card, allowing university students to gain door and facilities access around campus via a smartphone. ...

Ras Al Khaimah to host 8 countries for Middle East Start Up Awards in Jan 2024 - - 2023-07-28

The Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovation of American University of Ras Al Khaimah is gearing up to host innovative technology s...

What do angel investors look for in a startup? - Rasha Almasri, Fastercapital - 2023-07-28

Rasha Almasri of Fastercapital looks at the fundamental...

tem. raises £2.5m to fix broken energy markets - - 2023-07-28

tem. – the startup taking aim at the systemic failings of the energy sector by reimagining how renewable energy is bought and sold – has raised a &...

QVentures invests in AI start-up Intanify - - 2023-07-28

QVentures has invested in Intanify...

New MD appointments at Henley Business Angels - - 2023-07-21

Prof Norbert Morawetz...

40% of SMEs stopped or paused business due to lack of finance - - 2023-07-21

Two in five (40%) small and medium sized enterprises have had to stop or pause an area of their business because of a lack of finance over the last couple of years – a significant increase fr...

Birmingham Uni spinout Delta g raises £1.5m - - 2023-07-21

A new University of Birmingham spinout, Delta g, has raised £1.5 million in its pre-seed investment round to ...

Huq Industries raises £4m to accelerate growth - - 2023-07-21

Huq Industries, the mobility intelligence company that provides highly-accurate data on footfall and visitor frequency to local councils, retail businesses and real es...

Thalia raises £2.1m - - 2023-07-21

Thalia, a UK-based company whose software platform enables semiconductor businesses to develop new products using existing chip designs, has raised £2...

South East Angels surpasses £1 million invested - - 2023-07-21

South East Angels, an active and growing angel group based in Brighton, has surpassed £1 million in investments into startups. Since b...

The big wide world of angel networks - - 2023-07-21

We have been busy building up our map of angel networks around the world - and it's certainly true that the...

Invest in the next generation of social media - - 2023-07-20

Here is an opportunity to invest in the next generation of social media. HI-YA, a new platform where users create and share customised c...

ID verification solution Outdid raises $2.5 million - - 2023-07-14

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Tech logistics startup BoxxDocks secures £250k investment - - 2023-07-14

London startup BoxxDocks, whose world-first tech logistics boxes offer a smart solution to improving efficiency and reducing carbon footprints in shipping, ...

Green Angel Ventures scoops two top awards in a week - - 2023-07-14

Within the space of a week, Green Angel Ventures has been named winner of the two prime categories for early stage investment in the UK. ...

Angel Academe makes two new investments - - 2023-07-14

Female founder-focussed Angel network ...

British Business Bank launches £200m South West Investment Fund - - 2023-07-14

The British Business Bank has launched the £200m South West Investment Fund aimed at fostering growth and prosperity ...

QVentures invests in climate-tech software company Renewabl - - 2023-07-14

Renewabl, a London, UK-based climate-tech software company, raised £...

Anglia Capital invests in mobile tech startup Easology - - 2023-07-14

Anglia Capital Group has invested into mobile technology company easology. Through their innovative s...

Archangels appoints Daniel McKiddie as Investment Manager - - 2023-07-14

Archangels, has appointed Daniel McKiddie as investment manager to join its executive team, led by joint Managing Directors Niki McKenzie and David Ovens...

Craft Gin Club closes Seedrs crowdfund with £800k raised - - 2023-07-14

Craft Gin Club, the UK’s biggest gin subscription service, has successfully completed...

MSIF appoints first LCR Angel Network Director - - 2023-07-07

MSIF has appointed Katie Nicholson as Director of the Liverpool City Region Angel Network.&...

Sustainable Ventures completes investment into Windscope - - 2023-07-07

Sustainable Ventures, alongside several angel investors, has completed an investment into Windscope, which h...

Henley Business Angels to partner with Innovate UK - - 2023-07-07

Henley Business Angels has been selected by Innovate UK to become one of their Inves...

Clean Growth Fund backs “leather” made from beer - - 2023-07-07

Arda Biomaterials’ mission to transform waste into a valuable, animal and plastic-free leather alternatives has just received a major boost with &poun...

Berry Health raises $1.6m - - 2023-07-07

London-based consumer health startup ...

Plant-based fast food brand Ready Burger raises £250k - - 2023-07-07

Ready Burger, a plant-based fast food brand, has closed ...

Green Angel Ventures backs Qualis Flow for second time - - 2023-07-07

Green Angel Ventures has followed its original investment in...

Customer data platform Distil.ai raises £1.1 million - - 2023-07-07

Distil.ai – a customer data platform that helps e-commerce businesses to understand customers’ behaviour and boost sales – has raised a f...

FinTech MIPISE raises €1.3 million to accelerate offering in Europe - - 2023-07-07

MIPISE, a Fintech-Regtech specialized in development of “end-to-end white-label” solutions for the digitalization of fi...

Female founders still struggle to get share of venture capital investment - - 2023-07-07

Recent research from the British Business Bank found there has been no improvement in the value of investment deals to all-female founder teams over th...

SQUAKE raises €3.5m to help travel & logistics players make more sustainable choices - - 2023-06-30

Germany: SQUAKE, a climate tech startup...

Investors believe ChatGPT could give reliable financial advice in the future - - 2023-06-30

A move towards AI as a trusted ‘advisor’; the impact of the cost of living crisis and a move away from ethical investing are just some of the key findings published from the ...

SFC Capital wins 'Best SEIS Investment Manager' at EISA Awards - - 2023-06-30

SFC Capital has been awarded the prestigious 'Best SEIS Investment Manager' and 'EISA Impact Award' at this year's EISA Awards. ...

New Motion Labs secures new Green Angel investment - - 2023-06-30

Green Angel Ventures has made a follow-on investment in an early stage venture produci...

First investment for Welsh all-women angel syndicate - - 2023-06-30

Wales’ first all-female angel investor syndicate has marked its first investment into a new business intelligence platform, supported by the Developme...

GreenTech to create 3 million EU jobs by 2030 - - 2023-06-30

The increased use of heat pumps in line with the EU’s REPowerEU plan will create 3 million net additional jobs by 2030. The reason: GreenTech heating is much more energy-efficient than fossil...

Payment card comparison platform Statement raises £1.5 million - - 2023-06-30

Statement, the platform comparing card payment providers for small businesses, has launched in the UK with £1.5...

Haia celebrates double victory at Startup Awards Wales 2023 - - 2023-06-30

Haia Communications, a leading online and hybrid events platform, has announced its remarkable success at the esteemed ...

Quantum scaleup Algorithmiq raises $15m Series A - - 2023-06-30

Helsinki: Algorithmiq, a scaleup developing quantum algorithms to solve the most complex issues in life sciences, has raised $15 million. The Series A rou...

Social media platform NewComma gets funding from SFC Capital - - 2023-06-23

NewComma, a groundbreaking social media platform empowering African and Black creatives, has successfully closed its pre-seed funding round in partnership with ...

Six trends shaping the future of angel investment - - 2023-06-23

Mike Lebus, co-founder Angel Investment Network, considers the key trends in the angel market. ...

Eos secures £10m from British Business Investments - - 2023-06-23

Eos Advisory, an impact investment firm based in St Andrews, has received a £10 mil...

Electronics marketplace Eze secures $3.7m funding - - 2023-06-23

USA: Eze, a wholesale marketplace for used and new electronics, has secured $3.7 million in seed funding to develop its technology infrastructure, b...

Oliva secures €5m to expand workplace mental health support - - 2023-06-23

Oliva, a healthtech platform offering specialist, on-demand mental health and wellbeing support to employees, has announced a €5 million fundraise in a ...

£100k proof of concept funding for NI’s most promising start-ups - - 2023-06-23

Ten of the most promising start-ups in Northern Ireland have each been awarded £10,000 proof of concept (POC) grants following their involvement in Cataly...

Green Angel backs PVC recycling innovator Halocycle - - 2023-06-23

Green Angel Ventures has completed an investment in ...

New angel investment platform aims to close gender gap - - 2023-06-23

A new fintech platform is shaking-up angel investing in the UK by aiming to address the current gender gap. The Obu Angel Investmen...

Cult Wines raises seed funding to revolutionise the wine industry - - 2023-06-23

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Renewables firm Canigou seeks investment for solar projects - - 2023-06-21

Canigou is a global leader in renewable energy, providing bespoke financing, project management, development, construction and operation,...

The importance of angels to the investment ecosystem - - 2023-06-16

Claire Lewis, CEO of Baltic Ventures, considers the key role that angel investors play in the early stage ecosystem. There is much debate over what ...

Jay & Joy raises €2m to expand its plant-based cheese alternatives - - 2023-06-16

Jay & Joy, the leading organic plant-based creamery in France, has raised €2 million led by César Augier and supported by renowned investors....

Birmingham spinout About:Energy secures £1.5m seed investment - - 2023-06-16

Spinout About:Energy has closed a seed investment round with funding of £1.5 million with participation from ...

Manus Neurodynamica secures £2.6m from VCs and angels - - 2023-06-16

Manus that it has closed a £2.6m funding round to support the commercialisation of its innovative NeuroMotor Pen™. ...

InnovationRCA celebrates women in investment and entrepreneurship - - 2023-06-16

InnovationRCA, the Royal College of Art Accelerator and home of AngelClubRCA, hosted a showcasing and networking event “Celebrating...

South East Angels exits investment in ORB Innovations - - 2023-06-16

South East Angels investment ...

SetSquared's Tech-Xpo 2023 unveils cutting-edge technology startups - - 2023-06-16

Sixteen startups will promote their innovative technologies to an audience of influential investors and business ...

When in Rome exceeds fundraising target - - 2023-06-16

The alt format, eco-friendly, Italian wine brand When in Rome has closed its latest round of investment, exceeding its fundraising target. The funds wil...

Anglia Capital launches investment readiness programme for entrepreneurs - - 2023-06-16

The Halo Programme, from local angel investment organisation, Anglia Capital Group, aims to support locally based companies at the very start of ...

Whiskey & Wealth raising £1m for cask whiskey portfolio - - 2023-06-14

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Invest in the future of global sanitation - - 2023-06-13

Here's something I didn't know....only 30% of people on Earth today have access to functional sewers... Innovative sanitation company Loowatt Ltd is trying to do something to change all tha...

#EBANCongress Sum-Up - - 2023-06-09

The 2023 EBAN Annual Congress in Thessaloniki brought together 500+ angel investors, entrepreneurs, and industry ex...

Grow Lab Organics launches Europe’s first community owned cannabis business - - 2023-06-09

Grow Lab Organics (GLO), a British cannabis company headquartered in the Isle of Man, has closed a £1m seed round from investors including Saul Milt...

INVENT 2023 finalists revealed - - 2023-06-09

The ten finalists have been announced for INVENT 2023, the premier showcase for aspiring innovators and entrepreneurs. From an inclusive, purpose-driven fas...

How Grubby grew £5m in revenue in just 3 years - - 2023-06-09

“Funding for startups can be a tough game, and it's getting tougher,” says Grubby Founder Martin Holden-White. “Investors are less active than ...

Dorset Business Angels Summer pitch event announced - - 2023-06-09

Dorset Business Angels (DBA) will hold their Summer pitch event on June 19th at the Bournemouth Carlton Hotel. The event will serve as a platform f...

Green Angel Ventures backs green innovation Carbogenics - - 2023-06-09

Green Angel Ventures h...

Low carbon cooling innovation Albotherm attracts Green Angel investment - - 2023-06-09

Green Angel Ventures has invested in ...

Tech company GoReport secures investment from Scaleup Capital - - 2023-06-09

Northern Ireland based technology solutions company GoReport is set for further expansion after receiving new investment from ...

Invest in the future of transport with Cityshuttle - - 2023-06-07

The utopian dream of traffic free, zero emission cities may not be just a dream after all. Companies like ...

Halo Therapeutics raises £1.5m to bring first antiviral spray into clinic - - 2023-06-02

Clinical trials of an easy-to-use home therapeutic treatment for SARS-CoV-2 (coronaviruses), developed by Cardiff based Ha...

Angel Networks back $4m raise for Deployed - - 2023-06-02

Deployed has raised $4M in a seed funding round co-led by Amrock Ventures and M12...

Encare raises €1.5m EUR to advance surgical care with innovative SaaS solution - - 2023-06-02

SWEDEN: The Swedish health tech company Encare has secured funding of EUR 1.5 million to support the company's continued expansion, product development, and entran...

Roomless completes €1.7 million operation - - 2023-06-02

MILAN: Roomless, a proptech startup based in Milan, has raised 1 million euros in the form of convertible financing. Th...

Only 1 in 10 European firms scale up more than 10% annually - - 2023-06-02

Scaling is a multifaceted phenomenon with a steep path to hypergrowth that only a few European companies are able to climb – in fact only 1 in 10 firms are able to scale more than 10% annuall...

XONAI raises $3.5M to accelerate big data workloads - - 2023-06-02

XONAI, a cloud optimization solution helping organizations reduce data infrastructure costs, has closed $3.5 million in Seed funding. ...

StarWolf Media Ltd seeks £450,000 investment - - 2023-06-01

StarWolf Media Ltd, an international media and finance company supporting empowering films and streaming content, is raising &pou...

Interview with EBAN Annual Congress speaker Angel Gambino - - 2023-05-26

Angel Gambino is a renowned entrepreneur, investor, and a keynote speaker at this week's&nbs...

Catalyst appoints Fiona Bennington as Director of Entrepreneurship - - 2023-05-26

Experienced product designer and entrepreneur Fiona Bennington has been appointed as the new Director of Entrepreneurship at ...

Green Angel Syndicate changes name to Green Angel Ventures - - 2023-05-26

Green Angel Syndicate, the UK’s largest network of specialist ...

Women in Business: Scaling and Selling Your Business - - 2023-05-26

Fiona Hudson-Kelly, author of ‘Grow and Sell your Startup', identifies some of the main issues which female entrepreneurs face in scaling their businesses and offers her perspective on how to...

Angel Academe backs Dem DX new funding round - - 2023-05-26

Angel Academe, has made a fol...

Real-time uncertainty quantification platform Signaloid secures £3m - - 2023-05-26

Signaloid, the computing platform allowing companies to understand real-time uncertainty for autonomous decisions, has raised a seed round of £3 million l...

SaaS startup zero44 closes financing round of €2.5 million - - 2023-05-26

Berlin: zero44, a SaaS startup for CO2 management of merchant ships, has raised €2.5 million. The round is led by early-stage investor Atlantic Labs....

QVentures and angels back career mentoring platform CareerPaths - - 2023-05-26

QVentures has led a pre-seed funding round in CareerPaths, one of the world’s largest career mentoring platfor...

Join Ambrose Healthcare's £1 million fundraising - - 2023-05-24

In March 2023, Ambrose Healthcare launched a £1 million Founders Round share offer and is rais...

HBAN 2.0: A new era of digitally driven angel investing in Ireland - - 2023-05-19

Last week saw the re-launch of HBAN, the All-Island Angel Investment Network. The network is now managed by Dogpat...

GC Angels unlocks £15.4m for early-stage businesses in Greater Manchester - - 2023-05-19

The GM LEP backed GC Angels, a UK’s leading early-stage investor, has made total investments in Greater Manchester startups...

New funding sees Rosa Biotech accelerate pre-clinical trials - - 2023-05-19

Following its latest funding round, Rosa Biotech ...

Cornerstone joins $3m funding for fashion rental platform By Rotation - - 2023-05-19

Cornerstone Partners has...

DSW Ventures closes Seed EIS fund to invest in regional start-ups - - 2023-05-19

DSW Ventures, the venture capital business of the Dow Schofield Watts Group, has closed its debut ...

Sticky raises £1.5m to transform the value of physical spaces - - 2023-05-19

Sticky, the technology company solving companies’ inefficient and often unprofitable physical spaces, has raised £1.5m in seed funding from prominent UK...

Meet the EBAN Congress startups and scaleups - - 2023-05-19

EBAN Congress - taking place in Thessaloniki, Greece, on May 24-26 - will feature 37 handpicked startups and scaleups, 20 from...

Green Angel backs clean water innovation Molymem - - 2023-05-19

Green Angel Syndicate has completed a new investment in a technology innovation for cleaner water worldwide. This vitally important breakthrough has ...

Tech for good angels - - 2023-05-12

Bethnal Green Ventures has launched a research project looking into angel investments in tech for good businesses. If you're an angel act...

Treekly secures funding from Anglia Capital Group - - 2023-05-12

Treekly, an app which encourages people to walk and help the planet, has secured funding from Anglia C...

Tech start-up Heero secures six-figure sum for energy-saving app - - 2023-05-12

Heero Technologies, a high-growth clean tech software and data company based in Dun...

Spend intelligence platform Spendkey raises £358k - - 2023-05-12

Spend intelligence platform Spendkey has raised £358,000 in pre-seed funding from early-stage investors Fu...

cleantech start-up Heatio secures funding for home energy management system - - 2023-05-12

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Archangels appoints Academic in Residence - - 2023-05-12

Archangels, has appointed Professor Adam Stokes as its Academic in Residence. Professor Stokes, Co-Lead of The National Robotarium and Deputy Director of the Edinb...

Eos bolsters portfolio and team - - 2023-05-12

Eos, the St Andrews-headquartered ...

Angel Groups backs schools SaaS platform Habitude - - 2023-05-12

Angel Groups has supported Habitude, an SaaS workflow management platform for Multi Academy Trusts, with the...

Leading angel investor groups join forces to back Truckstars - - 2023-05-12

Two of southern England’s leading angel investment networks – the University of Surrey's S100 Club and the ...

Spot the angel network! - - 2023-05-12

We have had a great response to our Angel Networks map and we have already added a few that we had missed (sorry about that!). Due to popular demand we are s...

ESG marketplace Tesel raises £320K - - 2023-05-05

Tesel, a platform created to simplify the process of ESG assessments for buyers and suppliers throughout the supply chain, has raised £320,000 ...

IAG's business angels fund Israeli startup Votis - - 2023-05-05

Italian Angels for Growth , the leading Network-Powered Venture Capital investor in Italy, announces participation in a SAFE investment round of $2,270,000 ...

Green Angel backs climate tech startup Mykor - - 2023-05-05

Green Angel Syndicate has led a pre-seed round into innovative carbon-negative insulation materials. The round raised for Bristol- and Lisbon-based c...

Angel Investment in Europe: EBAN interview with Lars Rasmussen - - 2023-05-05

EBAN interviewed Lars Rasmussen, co-founder of Google Maps and angel investor in Canva, ahead of his keynote talk at the EBAN Congress 2023. Read on to see what he has to say about entr...

The importance of communication.... - - 2023-05-05

Caroline Sai, head of Angels Sant&eac...

VentureWave leads $40m investment in Funderbeam - - 2023-05-05

VentureWave, an Irish-based venture private equity group committed to impact investing and supporting high-impact entrepreneurs, and ...

Trophi.ai raises $3.3 million - - 2023-05-05

CANADA: St. John’s-based trophi.ai has raised a $3.3 million seed round led by Halifax venture capital fund ...

Female angels lead Terrible* investment round - - 2023-05-05

Investing Women Angels (IWA), Scotland’s first all-female angel investment syndicate, has led a circa £200K equity investment round into ...

Let's go to the movies... - - 2023-05-04

M and M Film Productions is an award-winning film production company that develops, produces, and finances films and TV product...

Vertical Farm startup GrowPura seeks £2m funding - - 2023-05-03

Vertical Farming is a fast growing market and GrowPura is at the forefront of it...changing the future of verti...

Bullnet Capital led the first round of investment in LeapWave - - 2023-04-28

MADRID: Bullnet Capital, an independent Spanish venture capital investment firm, has led the first round of investment in ...

New BBC series launches Wired Differently - - 2023-04-28

An online branded series presented by Innovate Finance has launched on BBC.com, highlighting the g...

Study reveals growing confidence amongst UK SMEs - - 2023-04-28

New research from the UK’s leading insurance premium finance company, Premium Credit, shows nearly five times more SMEs expect to see growth in re...

Decline in appetite for risk in agritech investing - - 2023-04-28

There is still money out there, but less appetite for risk and greater demand for faster returns, says Sarra Mander, CMO of Small Robot Company (SRC...

Homemove secures £350k in pre-seed equity funding - - 2023-04-28

Norwich-based tech business Homemove has secured funding through Anglia Capital Group as part of a £350...

Founders Forum acquires Tech Nation - - 2023-04-28

Founders Forum Group (FF Group), a global community and group of businesses supporting entrepreneurs at every stage of their journeys, has formally acquired ...

Green Angel backs recycling trailblazer Descycle - - 2023-04-28

Green Angel Syndicate has made a significant investment in one of the most important recycling breakthroughs this year. ...

Hydregen raises £2.6 million in latest funding round - - 2023-04-28

HydRegen, the Oxford-based biotechnology company enabling sustainable chemical manufacturing, has secured a £2.6 million investmen...

AI powered technology company Centuro secures £3.3m - - 2023-04-28

Centuro Global, the one-stop-shop for businesses looking to expand overseas, will expand its offering as a cost-effective alternative to larger consulta...

Don't miss the EBAN 2023 Annual Congress next month - - 2023-04-28

Get ready to elevate your angel investing game and expand your network at the EBAN 2023 Annual Congress in Thessaloniki, Greece, from May 24-26!...

An investment to improve your wellbeing - - 2023-04-27

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Sustainable marketplace Canopey.com gets backing of leading chief execs - - 2023-04-21

Canopey, an online marketplace for environmentally sustainable and eco-conscious brands, has secured investment from two leading technology executives. ...

GAS portfolio companies join forces to conquer climate change - - 2023-04-21

Green Angel Syndicate portfolio companies have announced that Zedify is to partner with ...

Residential energy services firm Hometree raises $46m and makes acquisition - - 2023-04-21

As the energy crisis continues to paint a bleak picture across the economic landscape, London-based residential energy services provider Hometree has secur...

SOLASTA Bio secures £4m to scale up eco-friendly insecticides - - 2023-04-21

SOLASTA Bio , a UK agritech specialising in the next generation of green insecticides has secured a further round of investment totalling £4 million to s...

Bioliberty Secures £2.2M to Fund Soft Robotic Glove - - 2023-04-21

Scottish technology firm Bioliberty has secured £2.2 million in funding to develop a unique soft robotic glove which can restore upper limb mobil...

Oxford Innovation backs biometric implant businesses OSSTEC - - 2023-04-21

Oxford Innovation EIS Growth Fund alongside OION angel investors, have invested in the £1.2 million oversubscribed funding round for ...

Blackfinch invests £11m in early and growth-stage companies in last tax year - - 2023-04-21

Blackfinch Ventures has completed investment deals valued at £11m in...

Round up of Dorset Business Angels pitch event - - 2023-04-21

Dorset Business Angels (DBA) hosted its quarterly pitch event at the Bournemouth Carlton Hotel and welcomed entrepreneurs based a...

Vulse secures £150,000 early-stage funding - - 2023-04-21

Vulse.co, whose groundbreaking AI technology is reducing content creation times from hours to seconds, has secured a pre-seed round of angel investment worth £1...

Spotted Zebra raises $1.8m to solve $11.5 trillion skills-gap crisis - - 2023-04-14

London-based startup Spotted Zebra has secured USD1.8m in seed funding in a round led by Playfair Capi...

Spinout About:Energy launches revolutionary battery design platform - - 2023-04-14

University spinout About:Energy has announced the launch of its battery design software platform, ...

Nanovery secures over £1.85 million for cancer diagnostic solution - - 2023-04-14

A Newcastle-based company has raised over £ 1.85 million of funding to help its quest to save more lives through better testing for prostate cancer. The funding includes £500,00...

Angel-backed MiAlgae launch omega-3 product NaturAlgae - - 2023-04-14

Leading biotech company MiAlgae has officially launched its omega-3 product NaturAlgae to market thanks to recent expansion of its commercial production site ...

Digital-first jewellery business Taylor & Hart raises £3.5m - - 2023-04-14

Taylor & Hart, the digital-first bespoke jewellery business, has raised £3.5 million in funding from ...

Tropic Skincare founder and CEO regains full ownership of the business - - 2023-04-14

Twelve years after his initial investment, Lord Alan Sugar, 76, and Susie Ma, 34, have ag...

Cambridge Wide Open Day to drive inward investment - - 2023-04-14

o2h group, the creators of innovative SciTech communities, has launched the Cambridge Wide Open Day, offering a unique...

Learn how to be an angel investor at DBA’s workshop and pitch event - - 2023-04-14

Dorset Business Angels (DBA) will host its inaugural Angel Investing Workshop on April 17th, at the Bournemouth Carlton Hotel. The workshop will ta...

EBAN’s commitment to angel investing - Janne Jormalainen, EBAN President and FiBAN Chair Emeritus - 2023-04-14

In recent years, there has been a growing focus on gender diversity in the investment world, both in the venture capital and angel investment spaces. As the President of ...

Cross-border e-commerce solution Glopal raises €20m - - 2023-04-06

Glopal, a cross-border e-commerce software solution that enables brands to develop their international sales, has announced a €20 million ...

Flagship Founders closes €3.5 million seed funding round - - 2023-04-06

Germany: Flagship Founders, the first European venture studio focused on maritime technologies, logistics and shipping, has closed its €3.5 million f...

Law tech firm Legislate raises $3.6m - - 2023-04-06

UK-based Legislate has added $3.6M in funding in a round led by Parkwalk Advisors, with participation ...

Oxford Innovation supports growth journey of ethical insurtech Arma Karma - - 2023-04-06

OION Angels has invested in the latest £1.5 million funding round of Arma Kar...

Online education agency Studee receives £16.5 million - - 2023-04-06

Chris Morling, one of the UK's most successful tech entrepreneurs and the CEO and co-founder of Online Education Agency ...

New female-focused wellness brand closes pre-seed investment round - - 2023-04-06

The SABI has successfully closed its pre-seed investment round, securing €150,000 from a group of industry focused investors. The company's pre-see...

British start-up Reskube Ltd raises £500,000 - - 2023-04-06

Reskube Ltd, the British start-up responsible for an innovative re...

Futraheat achieves £1.5m seed round, led by Clean Growth Fund - - 2023-04-06

London-based clean heat technology start-up, Futraheat, has closed a £1.5 million seed round led by Clean Growt...

How to scale up innovation from the R&D lab into a successful business - Tim Pryce, Chair, Cellexcel Ltd - 2023-04-06

Tim Pryce chair of biomaterial start-up Cellexcel, looks at how to get a business from the Univeristy R&D lab into th...

Dorset Business Angels gears up for next pitch event - - 2023-03-31

Dorset Business Angels is gearing up for its next pitch event on 17th April where a number of exciting businesses will be pitching for investment f...

€37 million invested in 248 startups by Finnish angel investors in 2022 - - 2023-03-31

In 2022, Finnish angels invested €37 million in 248 growth companies, says the latest study conducted by the Finnish Business A...

Connect Earth Raises $5.6m to drive decarbonisation in the financial sector - - 2023-03-31

Within a year after its first funding, Connect Earth closes a $5.6 million seed round to grow its API-first environmental data offering that drives sustainable finance. The r...

Carbonaide raises €1.8m to make concrete carbon negative - - 2023-03-31

Finland: Carbonaide, a spin-out company from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland...

UK investment environment risks Government’s Tech Superpower’ ambitions - - 2023-03-31

New research* from Pragmatic Semiconductor has revealed that more than three in five (61%) UK science and technology business leaders surveyed agree** B...

Angels Invest Wales members back 2B Enterprising follow-on round - - 2023-03-31

A syndicate of 10 business angels led by Angels Invest Wales lead investor Ashley Cooper has...

Silicon Microgravity raises £1.8m for commercialisation - - 2023-03-31

Silicon Microgravity (SMG), the disruptive technology company developing innovative Inertial and Gravity sensors, closes the first stage of its £2.8 mi...

Tech Nation in talks with Founders Forum - - 2023-03-31

Having received and carefully evaluated dozens of expressions of interest, Tech Nation confirms that it has entered into discussions with ...

QV Bioelectronics wins £860k funding for its innovative brain tumour treatment - - 2023-03-31

QV Bioelectronics, creators of an innovative surgically implanted Electric Field Therapy (EFT) device for the treatment of brain...

Armoured car business ARP Global is fundraising.. - - 2023-03-29

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Water water everywhere...join WET Global's water revolution - - 2023-03-27

cleantech water business WET Global whose innovative water enhancing technology provides sustainable, waste-f...

JamJar backs “Work Near Home” initiative Patch - - 2023-03-24

Patch, a company on a mission to reignite UK high streets by empowering thousands of people to ...

US: San Diego Angel Conference finalists announced - - 2023-03-24

USA: San Diego Angel Conference (SDAC), a ...

Germany: METYCLE raises €1.5m to digitalize global metal recycling - - 2023-03-24

GERMANY: METYCLE, an online trading platfor...

45% of UK investors unsure about taxes due on their investments - - 2023-03-24

Almost half of retail investors in the UK do not have a good understanding of the taxes they must pay on their investments, new research from Shojin has...

Antiverse raises $3m for AI-driven drug discovery platform - - 2023-03-24

Antiverse Ltd, a biotechnology company developing a computational antibody drug discovery platform, has closed a $3 million investment round that will enable...

Archangels...here's to the next 30 years! - - 2023-03-24

Founded in 1992 by Mike Rutterford and Barry Sealey, Archangels is considered to be the oldest, continuously operating business angel syndicate in the...

Green Angel backs Piclo to accelerate decarbonisation of power grid - - 2023-03-24

Green Angel Syndicate has made a further investment in flexible energy marketplace Piclo to support its positi...

Green Angel Climate Change Fund completes record raise - - 2023-03-24

Green Angel Syndicate has closed its Climate Change Fund fifth round with a record amount that is almost twice the size of its previous round, raised ...

Meet the founders on Virgin StartUp's new angel accelerator - - 2023-03-24

Not-for-profit, Virgin StartUp, has an...

Smart cities are the future... - - 2023-03-23

Grid Smarter Cities is fundraising, seeking £2.5 million growth funding to support its mission to help reduce CO2 emissions and provide better air quality for a cleaner and smarter city. ...

A refreshing investment opportunity in SoHo Juice - - 2023-03-20

The SoHo Juice Company is a multi-award winning non-carbonated soft drinks in 100% recyclable cans. The company is seeking investment of &po...

Maritime industry marketplace FrontM secures $1.5m investment - - 2023-03-17

FrontM, an “Intelligent Collaboration. Anywhere®” platform for the maritime industry, has raised $1.5 million in a pre-Series A funding round led b...

The RCA launches first ever Design & Impact S/EIS fund - - 2023-03-17

The RCA has launched a new Seed / Enterprise Investment Scheme (S/EIS) Design & Impact fund inve...

Oxford Innovation backs digital health platform Cognitant - - 2023-03-17

Following its initial investment in 2021, Oxford Innovation EIS Growth Fund alongside OION angel investors, has made a follow-on investment ...

45% of funds raised by SetSquared go to businesses led by women - - 2023-03-17

Businesses led by women accounted for a record 45% of the funds raised by companies at tech incubator SETsquared Bristol, according to their 2022 imp...

Connectd raises $2.6m to help founders navigate the startup ecosystem - - 2023-03-17

Connectd, the lea...

Fire alarm disruptor Phare Labs secures £300K investment - - 2023-03-17

London startup Phare Labs, who is reimagining the design and capabilities of domestic fire alarms, has secured a &...

Angels back cleantech building firm Vector Homes - - 2023-03-17

Vector Homes, a cleantech company which is developing new techniques and materials for affordable and sustainable modular housing, has closed its seed i...

Medtech firm Eventum £2.5m for knee surgery device - - 2023-03-17

Eventum Orthopaedics, medtech company which has developed a device that could improve the success of knee replacement surgery has raised £2.5m in a Series A funding round. ...

Catalyst research shows investment in NI tech reached £139m in 2022 - - 2023-03-17

Venture capital investment in Northern Ireland firms reached an all-time high in 2022 with the overall number of deals also surpassing previous record fi...

Morgan Goodwin is raising funds for expansion - - 2023-03-17

EIS investment opportunity in Morgan Goodwin, creators of Edge Combined Trading Platform, which combines 7 essent...

Electra Vehicles raises $21 million - - 2023-03-10

USA and ITALY: Electra Vehicles, Inc., the B2B electric vehicle AI...

Q Ventures and angels back pre-seed funding for Presentient Technologies - - 2023-03-10

Venture Capital firm, QVentures, has announced its latest pre-seed fund investment into Presentient Technologies, ...

Cancer diagnostics company GenoME closes £1.4m funding - - 2023-03-10

Belfast-based cancer diagnostics company GenoME Diagnostics has closed a £1.4 million funding round with investment from ...

Angel-backed Modern Milkman delivers 100 per cent growth - - 2023-03-10

Online sustainable grocery-delivery service Modern Milkman, which received a £2.25m investment in July 2022 from ...

Archangels backed dental tech Calcivis targets US expansion - - 2023-03-10

Archangels-backed dental imaging technology company Calcivis is settin...

Angel Academe backs fashion SaaS Dressipi - - 2023-03-10

Angel Academe has made an inv...

Gyroscope raises $4.5M in seed funding - - 2023-03-10

Gyroscope has raised $4.5M in seed funding to build Gyro Dollars (GYD), a decentralized stablecoin featuring a novel all-weather stablecoin de...

Henley Business Angels backs Fact360 with £500k investment - - 2023-03-10

Fact360 utilises leading-edge machine learning technology and artificial intelligence (AI) to detect anomalies in organisations. In particular, within the fraud, f...

Verv Energy seeks £250,000 - - 2023-03-09

If you are interested in environmental tech, take a closer look at Verv Energy, AI specialists on a mission to create market leading te...

Rype Office seeks funding for expansion - - 2023-03-09

Rype Office is raising ...

CanSense raises £1.5m for blood test to detect early-stage bowel cancer - - 2023-03-09

CanSense - a Swansea company which has developed a blood test that aims to save lives by diagnosing bowel cancer at an early stage - has raised ...

24 Haymarket backs £10m funding for patient engagement platform DrDoctor - - 2023-03-03

YFM has led a £10m investment into healthtech company DrDoctor along with Ananda Impact Ventures and ...

Oxford Innovation Finance invest in a fully sustainable colouring technology - - 2023-03-03

Oxford Innovation EIS Growth Fund 2 invests in the innovative coloured advance materials company ...

South East Angels launches initiative to diversify the pool of angel investors - - 2023-03-03

South East Angels, Brighton’s most active business angel investment network, has launched a new initiative to t...

Challenger and specialist bank lending reached record high of £35.5bn in 2022 - - 2023-03-03

The British Business Bank’s Small Business Finance Markets 2022/23 report shows £35.5bn of bank lending came from challenger and s...

Robin AI raises $10.5m to scale its unique ‘lawyer-in-the-loop’ AI model - - 2023-03-03

Robin AI, the generative AI startup, has raised $10.5m led by Plural, with participation from Episode 1. Other investors in the round include angel investor ...

London startup Devyce raises £2.2m VC & Angel funds - - 2023-03-03

Devyce, a UK SaaS company that provides digital phone numbers to multinational businesses, has closed a $2.7 million (£2.2 million) seed fund...

Fold-away toilet invention raises £160k from BDF - - 2023-03-03

A design engineer and TV presenter, skilled in creating space-saving architectural innovations for the home, is feeling flush after securing £160,000 backing from the ...

How to raise your profile and boost your attractiveness to investors - - 2023-03-03

The Flywheelers, a specialist comms agency for high-g...

Beauty tech firm Sourcerie raises £1.8m - - 2023-03-03

Sourcerie, which is building a community-driven data platform and personalisation software for the beauty industry, closed a £1.8m pre-seed round last year...

Lights, camera, Action! - - 2023-03-02

Studio Pictures is fundraising. Your chance to invest in an exciting new independent UK production company dedicated to quality British film and television productions. Click ...

Time to enjoy a 'drop' of wine - - 2023-02-28

Investment Opportunity: Drop Wine, a personalised virtual wine cellar delivering quality wines on-demand to doorstepsand in person across the UK, is fundr...

Fitness game firm Quell raises $10m led by Tencent - - 2023-02-24

Quell, the UK-based fitness gaming developer and publisher pioneering the future of fitness gaming technology, has announced the completion of a $10m Series A f...

Wealth Club leads £4.5m funding for licensing platform Fabacus - - 2023-02-24

Wealth Club has led a £4.5 million investment round raising £2.35 million, or 52% of the total raise, under the Enterprise Investment Scheme ...

Paperless shipping platform sails to six-figure funding - - 2023-02-24

eTEU, a SaaS platform that removes the need for physical shipping paperwork, has secured a new round of funding from early-stage focused venture capital firm Jenso...

Norfolk based Gravitilab Aerospace Services closes £500k funding - - 2023-02-24

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Anglia Capital Group backs £350,000 funding for Homemove - - 2023-02-24

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Innovative health app Holly Health gets £1.5m investment - - 2023-02-24

Innovative health app, Holly Health, marks a £1.5 million investment milestone with supp...

Gigged.AI raises £1.6m seed investment led by Par Equity - - 2023-02-24

Gigged.AI is set to scale its HR tech as companies address hiring freezes and staff retention. The company has also secured its latest investment, a &p...

Green Angel backs £3.8m Powervault equity round - - 2023-02-24

Smart electricity storage company Powervault has closed a scale-up investment round of £3.8 million from existing and new investors, including ...

GWC backs £4.3m in Cydar Medical - - 2023-02-24

Cydar Medical, a global, cloud-based surgical software company, announces it has successfully completed a £9.3 million Series A funding round. ...

Luxury water brand Neue Water is fund raising - - 2023-02-23

Just when you thought mineral water couldn't be exciting.....check out this opportunity to invest in NEUE Water, a...

The National Enterprise Network launches report on the value of the SME economy - - 2023-02-17

The National Enterprise Network (NEN) has released its report ‘Adding Value Across Enterprise’ calling on the government to prio...

Curacel secures $3 million seed funding - - 2023-02-17

NIGERIA: Curacel, Africa’s leading insurance infrastructure provider, has raised $3 million in seed funding to roll ou...

Snab closes €1.1 million investment round - - 2023-02-17

SPAIN: Snab, the Spanish payment platform that allows payments and transfers be...

INVENT 2023 launches with £50k prize fund to support new wave of entrepreneurs - - 2023-02-17

Catalyst’s INVENT 2023 competition for aspiring entrepreneurs and innovators has opened for entries, with a top pri...

Innitius closes a €1.8 million financing round - - 2023-02-17

SPAIN: Innitius, the Spanish startup focused on improving diagnostics for women's health, has closed a €1.8 million financing round led by ...

Now for Something (Co) you don't want to miss - - 2023-02-16

A clean investment opportunity to consider....Something Co, which produces sustainable, high performance hygiene and cleaning products, is raising EIS capital f...

Clean Growth Fund & Foresight back Vector Photonics - - 2023-02-10

Clean Growth Fund has co-lead a £2.4m investment alongside Foresight WAE Technology (FWT) Funds into ...

Water filtration spinout Molymem gets £500,000 funding boost - - 2023-02-10

A spin-out company based at The University of Manchester that is developing a breakthrough water filtration technology, which ...

Hut Six Security scales for growth with £1m funding round - - 2023-02-10

Hut Six Security, the Newport-headquartered developer of software-based information security training products has completed a third f...

Evonetix closes $24 million financing - - 2023-02-10

Evonetix, the synthetic biology company bringing semiconductor technology to DNA synthesis, has completed a USD $24 million ...

75% of LGBTQ+ founders conceal their gender or sexuality - - 2023-02-10

Proud Ventures, a UK collective of LGBTQ+ investors and investors, has released a new data ...

Green Angel backs £3m funding for pioneering seaweed company Kelpi - - 2023-02-10

Green Angel Syndicate has invested in pioneering seaweed company, Kelpi as part of the £3 million seed roun...

Telecoms encryption firm Sitehop raises £1 million for roll-out - - 2023-02-10

Sitehop, a Sheffield based compnay which has developed a new encryption solution for telecoms and data networks, has raised over £1 mi...

Medtech innovator Optimise Health is fundraising - - 2023-02-09

Optimise Health, an innovative new medtech company, has launched its latest SEIS*/ EIS qualifying fund...

Italy: crowdsourcing platform Unguess raises €10m - - 2023-02-08

ITALY: The close of a fundraising round of over EUR 10 million for UNGUESS, Italy's leading innovative crowdsourcing platform, has been announced. The lead...

Italy: Ecommerce startup Wora secures €600,000 investment - - 2023-02-08

ITALY: Wora, the Milanese startup that offers same-day delivery services by appointment, dedicated to e-commerce and ret...

Italy: Medtech firm MgShell raises €500k investment - - 2023-02-08

ITALY: MgShell, a MedTech that aims to revolutionise the treatme...

Crisis drives AgTech and reshapes investment strategies - - 2023-02-08

Report shows investment in startups with a strong focus on sustainability and food security is growin...

SidebySide is raising £1m to back high growth businesses - - 2023-02-08

If you are interested in EIS but want exposure to more mature businesses, take a closer look at ...

Vev raises €5m to help entrepreneurs kickstart a business - - 2023-02-08

Vev, a company founded by former Apple employees, has raised €5m from Notion Capi...

Zayndu is seeks £500,000 equity - - 2023-02-07

Agritech firm Zayndu, which has created the world’s first ‘activated air’ seed processing system that boosts productivity yields by up to 25%, ha...

Youth media platform FUBAR seeks £4m investment - - 2023-02-06

Fubar, Britain’s biggest uncensored online talk-radio platform, is seeking funds of £4 million to support its amb...

Knowledge gap is biggest barrier to accessing finance - - 2023-02-03

Early-stage company entrepreneurs are hamstrung by a lack of information on how to access the external funding needed to support their growth plans, according to new research published today by the...

Women's football kit brand Foudys secures Fearless Adventures investment - - 2023-02-03

A venture capital firm focused on supporting direct to consumer (DTC) entrepreneurs, Fearless Adventures, has invested a significant six figure s...

Why do so few companies manage to scale and sell – and what needs to change? - - 2023-02-03

Fiona Hudson-Kelly, author of ‘Grow and Sell your Startup’, shares her insights.... ...

Welsh Govt Covid-19 support saw 1/3 of companies grow - - 2023-02-03

A new report by ...

Tech Nation to cease operations - - 2023-02-03

After a decade as a government-backed organisation serving the UK scaleup tech ecosystem, Tech Nation will be closing its doors from 31st March 2023.&...

HealthTech start-up Healistic raises £1m pre-seed funding - - 2023-02-03

Healistic, an innovative HealthTech mobile app and the first pharma-based speedy delivery service in the UK, has ...

Businesses urged to tackle late payments to help small businesses grow - - 2023-02-03

Businesses must tackle late payments to unlock growth for the UK’s small businesses, according to campaigning organisation Good Business Pays. ...

Pet care app Fluffy secures £450k pre-seed funding - - 2023-02-03

Fluffy, the pet care app helping owners to raise healthy and happy pets through training, vet care and insurance has announced its pre-seed round, a total ...

Cambridge is top tech sector spot in Europe - - 2023-02-03

Cambridge University’s spinout and technology founders have contributed significantly to the UK retaining the #1 tech sector spot in Europe according to a ...

Brining in external investment can increase valuation - - 2023-01-27

EU: Opening a company to external investment can increase its value by 6.5%, new research from Vlerick Business School has found. Dr. J...

pH3 launches Beyond Blue Accelerator to transform blue green ecosystem - - 2023-01-27

pH3 Capital Ventures has launched its Beyond Blue Accelerator p...

Finalrentals closes six-figure funding round - - 2023-01-27

Finalrentals, a Cardiff-based global online car rental web-application business has secured the backing of a syndicate of four business angels led by lea...

Clothes Doctor raises £1m to meet demand for sustainable fashion care products - - 2023-01-27

Eco-friendly clothing care business, Clothes Doctor, has secured £1million of investment to fuel growth of its business, as consumer ...

Extreme weather drives investment surge in climate risk solutions - - 2023-01-27

Rising losses from extreme weather are driving a global surge in investment in climate risk digital solutions, a new report from leading independent research...

Archangels-backed Blackford Analysis acquired by Bayer - - 2023-01-27

Blackford Analysis, one of the leading strategic imaging Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform and solutions provider, has announced its acquisition...

DSW Ventures leads £675k investment round into Hike SEO - - 2023-01-27

Hike SEO, a Leicestershire-based start-up, has raised £675,000 of funding in an investment round led by ...

BaaS – it’s about service not just banking - - 2023-01-25

There’s a reason why FinTech continues to attract so much airtime with investors. The market is huge and there are so many segments within it which are ripe for disruption. New so...

Releaf secures $3.3 million pre-series A funding - - 2023-01-20

Nigeria: Releaf, a technology company that makes it easier for consumer goods manufacturers in Africa to access high-quality ingredients for their factor...

Invest Europe marks 40th anniversary - - 2023-01-20

Invest Europe, the association representing Europe’s private equity, venture capital and infrastructure sectors, today launched a new microsite, the...

Early-stage businesses target £2m of new equity says VCTA report - - 2023-01-20

New research published today reveals that the UK’s class of small, fast-growing entrepreneurial businesses are looking to raise an a...

Kuai Commerce raises $2.4m for social commerce solutions for D2C brands - - 2023-01-20

Kuai Commerce has closed a Pre-Seed Round, raising $2.4m to build its social commerce solution for D2C brands looking to sell in the world’s larges...

Biopharmaceuticals firm Ensilicated Technologies raises £1.2m - - 2023-01-20

EnsiliTech, the award-winning biopharmaceuticals company has raised £1.2 million in pre-seed funding to aid the development of a pioneering refrigera...

Nottingham uni spinout Scintam Engineering secures £325K investment - - 2023-01-20

University of Nottingham spinout, Scintam Engineering, has developed an innovative technology that uses electricity to help relieve a major problem faced within...

Women angels unite to invest in female founders in Wales - - 2023-01-20

More than 30 of Wales’ most successful female entrepreneurs and business leaders have united to form ...

ClimateTech investment on the up in 2022 says Seedrs report - - 2023-01-20

Seedrs has launched its 2022 Sector Report which reveals the sectors that filled investors with conv...

Medical cannabis facility Hilltop Leaf raises £2 million - - 2023-01-20

Hilltop Leaf, the company behind one of the UK’s first medicinal cannabis cultivation and production facilities, has raised £2m from ...

Royal College of Art investment fund will back cutting edge startups - - 2023-01-20

Following the launch of The RCA's first Design & Impact S/EIS Fund, a £5 million multi-sector fund investing in early-stage Roy...

Asset management tech firm seeks £3m equity - - 2023-01-18

Asset managment tech firm Maanch is raising up to £3 million to drive growth, deliver tech integrations and become the leading interoperable solution for asset management....

Fancy a nice glass of rose wine? - - 2023-01-16

Fast-growing UK wine business Brose is seeking equity investment. Rosé wine is currently the fastest growing and strongest trending wine category globally, and the market is fo...

Invest in a fast-growing UK wine business - - 2023-01-16

Fast-growing UK wine business Brose is seeking equity investment. Rosé wine is currently the fastest growing and strongest trending wine category globally, and the market is fo...

Angel investing in Lebanon: helping to build an early-stage ecosystem - - 2023-01-13

EBAN board member Dr. Nicolas Rouhana (PhD) is cur...

Co-Fund NI hits landmark of investing in 100 companies - - 2023-01-13

One hundred Northern Ireland companies have now benefitted from investments totalling over £42M through Co-Fund NI since the programme began in 2011....

Innovate Finance reveals the 2022 global FinTech investment trends - - 2023-01-13

New data by Innovate Finance, the industry body representing the FinTech community in the UK, reveals the global FinTech investm...

QV Bioelectronics raises £2m - - 2023-01-13

QV Bioelectronics, creators of an innovative surgically implanted Electric Field Therapy (EFT) device for the treatment of brain tumours – has secured &...

Zero Carbon Capital invests in Actuation Lab - - 2023-01-13

Zero Carbon Capital has announced an investment in ...

Clean Growth Fund leads £4.5m investment in measurable.energy - - 2023-01-13

Clean Growth Fund has invested £...

Oxford Innovation backs Qkine’s £4.3 million fund raise - - 2023-01-13

Oxford Innovation EIS Growth Fund and OION Angels invest 14% of Qkine’s latest £4.3 million fun...

Par Equity reports record-breaking 2022 of investment in the North of the UK - - 2023-01-13

Par Equity invested £38m in early-stage technology businesses across the North of the UK in 2022, up from £25m in 2021, making it one of the mos...

Employee experience platform Huler raises £2m - - 2023-01-13

HR tech company Huler, whose platform has attracted a host of blue-chip clients within its first year has raised £2m from Mercia’s EIS funds, t...

UK involvement M&A declines 38% from 2021 says Refinitiv - - 2023-01-06

UK involvement M&A declines 38% from 2021 to 3-year low despite 2nd highest deal count on record; Lowest Mega-deal count in 5 years; Private equity-backed deals decline 25%. ...

Made in Britain and the British Design Fund launch joint initiative - - 2023-01-06

Made in Britain and the ...

Angels are vital in challenging times - - 2023-01-06

Since Dorset Business Angels was founded almost a decade ago, its USP and appeal to entrepreneurs, investors and the business community has been co...

CyberCube announces $50m in growth capital financing - - 2023-01-06

USA: CyberCube, the market leader in cyber risk analytics, has announced $50 million in additional growth capital from investmen...

Fact360 receives backing from Henley Business Angels - - 2023-01-06

Fact360, a cyber-security SaaS platform that specialises in detecting fraud, financial crime and compliance anomalies within businesses, has received investment fr...

Health and lifestyle coaching platform Added Health raises £1m - - 2023-01-06

Two leading doctors who developed a new health coaching platform after the untimely death of a colleague have raised over £1m in a funding round led by private equity firm ...

Archangels invests £13.4m to fuel growth of Scotland’s early-stage businesses - - 2023-01-06

Edinburgh-based investment syndicate, Archangels, invested £13.4m during 2022 in some of Scotland’s most promising early-stage tech and life ...

Selling in the Seedrs Secondary Market - - 2023-01-06

James Murdoch considers a reduction in sales from his portfolio during the financial crisis. It is January, the the season to be jolly fades into the season to finalise ta...

Wealthtech startup 1fs Wealth secures angel backing - - 2022-12-16

Finance and technology heavyweight, Dominique Cerutti (pictured), has given his backing to London based early stage fintech, 1fs Wealth, and its innovative platfor...

Chemistry automation startup CheMastery backed by Science Angel Syndicate - - 2022-12-16

CheMastery has raised a seed round led by Science Angel Syndicate, the deep science investor group, and ...

Development Bank of Wales backs biotech firm in £8.7m investment round - - 2022-12-16

Jellagen, an innovative biotech company and leader in biomaterials derived from jellyfish, has closed a successful £8.7m Series A equity investment round...

Investors and Startups need to do their due diligence - - 2022-12-16

Elizabeth Humphrey, Financial Crime Researcher at Themis discusses the issues around mangaing financial risk due diligence and why it is such an imporant...

US ADHD wearable startup lands $250,000 from The Launch Place - - 2022-12-16

USA: The Launch Place has announced its $250,000 investment in ...

Collective Equity launches UK’s first equity pooling fund to liberate founders - - 2022-12-16

An innovative British start-up, Collective Equity, has launched the UK’s first equity pooling fund to give liquidity to founders...

Nottingham university spinout TextureJet raises £400k - - 2022-12-16

Foresight Group has provided a £400,000 growth capital investment into TextureJet Limited from the ...

EU fruitcore robotics raises €23m - - 2022-12-16

fruitcore robotics, pioneer of intelligent robotics and automation s...

HBAN-backed Vaultree raises $12.8m to boost encryption tech - - 2022-12-16

Irish cybersecurity start-up Vaultree has closed a $12.8m Series A funding round led by ...

EMV Capital leads £4.2m investment in 5G and SATCOM leader Sofant - - 2022-12-09

EMV Capital, the deeptech and venture capital specialist, a wholly owned subsidiary of NetScientific plc, the international life sciences and sustainable technology in...

SETsquared supported companies contribute £15.7bn to the UK economy - - 2022-12-09

A new independent report which has been published today by Warwick Economics and Development estimates that companies supported by the ...

UK VC fund performance holds up despite economic conditions - - 2022-12-09

New research from the British Business Bank finds that fund valuations for recent fund vintages have held up in the year to 31st March 2022....

SFC Capital leads round into green tech startup Harvst - - 2022-12-09

Cardigan-based green tech company Harvst has successfully closed a funding round with ...

GP Bullhound's 2023 Tech predictions - - 2022-12-09

In its 16th year, GP Bullhound’s ...

Virtual hospital ward solution secures £1 million investment - - 2022-12-09

Healthtech startup, Virtue Health Group Limited, has secured £1 million in seed funding in an investment round led by the ...

Green Angel Syndicate backs battery tech startup enee.io - - 2022-12-09

Manchester-based green tech start-up enee.io...

Duppy Share Rum secures £2m from stellar shareholder base - - 2022-12-09

Duppy Share, the London-based Caribbean rum brand has just completed a fundraising round of £2 million, recruiting a new stellar set of investors ...

EU Classified Cycling secures €22m to disrupt the cycling industry - - 2022-12-07

Belgium: Classified Cycling, a Belgium-based company developing innovative technology for the cycli...

EU Making a difference through angel investing - - 2022-12-07

Rita Sakus, co-founder of the Lithuanian Business Angel Network (LitBAN) & board member of th...

EU Female-led deep-tech startup Pathway raises $4.5m - - 2022-12-07

FRANCE: Pathway - the female-led deeptech startup unlocking the power of real-time data - has announced it has made its machine learning platform free and open t...

Raising finance is easier for men says Female Founders Forum - - 2022-12-02

To understand the barriers facing high-growth female founders, the Female Founders Forum has brought together a panel of the UK’s most ...

Oxford University start-up EcoSync raises £1.1m - - 2022-12-02

EcoSync, an Oxford University start-up offering innovative dynamic, room-by-room energy management solutions for commercial buil...

Hearing Diagnostics eyes market breakthrough following £1.1m angel funding - - 2022-12-02

Hearing Diagnostics, the Edinburgh-based healthtech company, is eyeing commercialisation in the domestic and US markets following a £1.1m fundraise. ...

Catalyst & Techstart to offer co-founders chance to win £10k grants - - 2022-12-02

A collaborative new partnership between Catalyst and Techstart Ventures is offering 10 entrepreneurial teams who take part in ...

Job design platform RoleMapper raises £1.75m - - 2022-12-02

A HR Tech company, which helps organisations design and structure jobs that improve diversity and skills-based hiring, has raised £1.75m in a funding round led by ...

YFM and Maven lead £6.5m funding in deep tech AI company Biorelate - - 2022-12-02

Maven Capital Partners and YFM Equity Partners, have announced the completion of a £6.5m Series A investment for ...

Anglia Capital Group supports £260k seed round for Greenr - - 2022-12-02

Sustainable shopping platform Greenr.co.uk has raised £260k supported by Anglia Capital Group...

Idris Elba join forces with Huel in latest $24m funding round - - 2022-12-02

Plant-based food brand Huel has closed a $24 million funding round led by Highland Europe, welcoming SAG-winning act...

Climate tech start-up IPG secures £1m led by Seedrs - - 2022-12-02

Climate tech start-up IPG has secured £1 million investment following a successful crowdfunding campaign on equity funding platform ...

Entelechy: future proofing the workplace - - 2022-12-01

Entelechy is the world’s first EdTech/HRTech platform that enables the development of the Character Qualities that unde...

DNA startup Biomemory raises €5m seed investment - - 2022-11-30

France: Biomemory, a start-up focused on DNA data synthesis and storage, has closed of a 5 million euros seed investment for the development of its tec...

Defense Angels and Airbus Development become partners - - 2022-11-30

France: Guy Gourevitch (pictured, right), President of Defense Angels...

ACA Angel Funders Report 2022 - - 2022-11-30

USA: The Angel Capital Association publishes the Angel Funders Report annually to increase awareness about angel investor activity and bu...

Remote working software platform Flabba raises £400,000 - - 2022-11-25

A Leeds-based tech company whose advanced remote working software is used by the Home Office and the NHS has raised £400,000 from ...

Sexual health brand Here We Flo raises £1.7m from Angel Investment Network - - 2022-11-25

London-based Period care and sexual health brand Here We Flo has raised £1.7m in an angel funding round, supported b...

Crowdfunding v angels: why investors must understand the visibility of failure - - 2022-11-25

In light of the recent Theronos fraud case, as reported in the Times this weekend, James Murdoch considers the question of whether crowdfunding platforms have a particular issu...

British Business Bank publishes Nations and Regions Tracker - - 2022-11-25

The British Business Bank’s second annual Nations and Regions Tracker, published today, finds usage of externa...

Development Bank and angels back fintech startup Market Dynamics - - 2022-11-25

Market Dynamics, a pioneering fintech start-up on a mission to democratise systematic trading for retail financial traders, has moved its operations to Br...

Birmingham Uni incubator scores on female entrepreneurs watchlist - - 2022-11-25

Two student start-ups supported by the University’s B-Elevate incubator have been honoured by their founders’ inclusion in a prestigious listing of UK-based women shaping the future of ...

Henley Business Angels back Extend Robotics £34,000 funding - - 2022-11-25

Extend Robotics, a business that has developed an immersive software interface which allows the use of consumer virtual-reality headset to interact wit...

Debbie Frith joins Dorset Business Angels Board - - 2022-11-25

Chairman Don McQueen and the Board of Dorset Business Angels Network (DBAN) have welcomed a new director to the Board, the DBAN Marketing Manager,&...

Gender bias or how investors are missing the best investment opportunities - - 2022-11-23

EU: EBAN recently published its "Manifesto For a...

Development Bank backs next-gen global fintech AGAM - - 2022-11-23

The Development Bank of Wales was among a number of global backers which supported international fintech startup AGAM in ...

Seed the Future Campaign raises further $300k - - 2022-11-23

The Angel Investor Foundation (AIF) has securred a $300,000 pledge to its Seed the Future capital campaign f...

East Valley Ventures-backed Picketa Launches LENS - - 2022-11-23

Canada: East Valley Ventures-backed agtech company Picketa Systems&nbs...

Net zero consultancy Faradai raises $2.4 million - - 2022-11-18

Faradai, a London-based net zero intelligence company, raised $2.4M Pre-Series A to expand its carbon & energy analytics solutions globally and to develop furt...

Loyalty cloud platform Antavo closes €10m funding round - - 2022-11-18

Enterprise Loyalty Cloud platform, Antavo, has successfully closed its Series A round at €10M led by Euroventures ...

ChromaTwist lands angel funding to develop fluorescent dyes - - 2022-11-18

University of Birmingham spinout ChromaTwist Ltd has secured £487k of equity investment to develop its new class of fluorescent dyes for the flow ...

Boodil raise £525K to scale consumer focused payments solution - - 2022-11-18

Boodil, a Manchester founded open banking payments and consumer engagement app that makes it more rewarding, simpler and safer for consumers to pay online, has...

Northern Angel Networks make over £4m of investments - - 2022-11-18

More than £4m has been injected into eight innovative Northern businesses thanks to the collaborative efforts of three Angel networks to bring investors and opportunities together. &nbs...

Watertech startup Untap secures BDF backing - - 2022-11-18

Untap, a UK start-up that has developed a device capable of detecting and monitoring the spread of infectious diseases in sewage, has just secured a £...

GrandNanny raises £400,000 pre seed funding - - 2022-11-18

GrandNanny, a new intergenerational childcare service supporting mature job seekers into work and providing vital childcare for working parents, has closed i...

North Wales Business Angels back smart self-storage providers - - 2022-11-18

A syndicate of nine business angels has joined the Development Bank of Wales and M-SParc in backin...

Autumn Statement roundup - - 2022-11-18

Thoughts on yesterday's budget from a range of perspectives in the private investor ecosystem. David Ovens, Joint Managing Director of ...

Middle East Blnk raises $32mto power consumer credit in Egypt - - 2022-11-16

Blnk, a fintech startup that enables instant consumer credit in Egypt, has raised $23.7 million in equity and debt funding, and $8.3 million in securitized bond i...

EU Finnish Business Angel Network announces its Angel Awards for 2021 - - 2022-11-16

Finland: The Finnish Business Angel Network announced its Angel Awards for 2021, recongising work of exceptional angel investors. Since 2011, FiBAN has...

US MABA invests in 3D Shape Sensing Technology - - 2022-11-16

Mid Atlantic Bio Angels Group (MABA) has made an investment in The Shape Sensing Company (TSSC). TSSC joins a pr...

US Queen City Angels closes investment in Pittsburgh-based C360 - - 2022-11-16

Queen City Angels (QCA) has announced the closing of an investment in C360, a Pittsburgh-based computer vision SaaS ...

EU Private equity investment in CEE set for strong growth - - 2022-11-16

Private equity in Central and Eastern Europe (“CEE”) is poised to enter a period of strong growth, overcoming geopolitical risks and macroeconomic turbulence, according to a new ...

Something & Nothing raises £2.5m for premium soda and low-alcohol spritz - - 2022-11-11

Something and Nothing, a London-based premium drinks company, has raised a total of £2.5M in an investment round that included ...

Renewable energy platform PF Nexus raises £625,000 - - 2022-11-11

London-based renewable energy investment platform ...

Pembroke VCT leads £1.5m funding for womenswear brand Ro&Zo - - 2022-11-11

Pembroke VCT has invested £1.5 million, alongside a number of angel investors, into accessible womenswear brand ...

Worldr brings in $11m in new round led by Molten Ventures - - 2022-11-11

Worldr, the zero trust architecture for the world’s most popular collaboration and communications platforms, is announcing that it has raised a total of $11 ...

Should female angels only invest in female-founded businesses? - - 2022-11-11

Julia Elliott Brown, founder of Enter The Arena and author of ...

British Business Investments commits £15m to Science Creates Ventures - - 2022-11-11

British Business Investments, a wholly-owned commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has announced a commitment of up to £15m to ...

ACF backs £1.92m raise for social planning app Howbout - - 2022-11-11

Howbout, a London-based startup that makes it easier for groups of friends to make plans, has raised a total of £1.92 million from investors including ...

Cloud platform TOffeeAM secures £5m series A - - 2022-11-11

TOffeeAM, the software company using artificial intelligence to design the super-green machines of the future, has successfully raised £5 million in ...

Cyber intell platform Lab 1 gets £1m VC & Angel funding - - 2022-11-11

Cyber intelligence platform Lab 1 has announced a £1m funding round supported by MMC Ventures Co-Founder & Chairman and invest...

Nominations open for 2023 Veuve Clicquot Bold Woman Award - - 2022-11-11

The call for public nominations has officially opened for the next prestigious Bold Woman Awards, celebrating incredible ...

CV6 Therapeutics to invest £8m for new cancer drug development - - 2022-11-08

A company based at Queen’s University, Belfast which has developed a potentially life-saving new cancer treatment is to invest almost £8m to take its first anti-cancer drug through a fi...

Log my Care raises £3.25m to help care sector ‘go digital’ - - 2022-11-08

Log my Care - a fast-growing company whose software platform enables care homes and social care organisations to ‘go digital’ - has raised £3.25m in a funding round led by ...

Startup Investor Accelerator 6 finalists to compete for $110,000 angel investment - - 2022-11-08

The Startup Investor Accelerator has unveiled the six compa...

Fund Her North celebrates second birthday - - 2022-11-08

Fund Her North is celebrating its second birthday, having successfully closed 14 deals leveraging a total of £4.5m for female founded businesses, a...

Apheris raises €8.7m to power development of smarter AI - - 2022-11-08

Berlin: Apheris, the platform for creating collaborative data ecosystems, has raised €8.7m to further develop its u...

Global Green Finance Index 10 - - 2022-11-04

The tenth edition of the Global Green Finance Index (GGFI) evaluates the green finance offering of 84 financial centres. The GGFI serves as a va...

Nix and Kix secures investment from Henley Business Angels - - 2022-11-04

Nix and Kix, a low-calorie carbonated soft drink brand with a focus on natural, vegan ingredients, has received investment from one ...

European Angel Investment Summit wrap-up - - 2022-11-04

EBAN has announced that yet another very successful edition of the European Angel Investment Summit was c...

Industrial tech startup STILRIDE raises €3.7m - - 2022-11-04

Swedish electromobility and industrial tech startup STILRIDE has raised &...

YFM and angels back £3m funding for product intelligence platform Vypr - - 2022-11-04

Fast-growing consumer insights business Vypr has received an additional £3m of in...

Pembroke VCT & angels fund makeup brand VIEVE with £1m funding - - 2022-11-04

Pembroke VCT, the venture capital trust focused on backing early-stage businesses led by exceptional founders and man...

UK to double investment into climate tech in 2022 - - 2022-11-04

Tech Nation, the UK’s leading growth platform for tech scaleups, has published its Climate Tech Report 2022, to she...

Invest in classic cars... - - 2022-11-01

The CarCrowd is seeking £500k in angel investment. Please click here to see full information about this investment opportunity ...

Adland legends back 'social network for good' Supernova with £2m investment - - 2022-10-28

The founders of Saatchi & Saatchi and M&C Saatchi are new investors and advisors to one of social media’s most promising new stars, Supernova. ...

Investors set to live the journey as Voltric scales up in Wales - - 2022-10-28

Electric vehicle subscription business Voltric has opened offices in Newport ahead of a seed fundraise. Established by chief executive Julian Mensah and...

Female founded gynae startup Daye raises £10m - - 2022-10-28

UK-based gynaecological health startup Daye, which is known for having invented the CBD tampon that is now used by over 60,000 women in the UK, has completed a &...

Healthtech start-up BlueSkeye AI raises £3.4m to transform mental health diagnoses - - 2022-10-28

Award winning, early stage Healthtech company, BlueSkeye AI Ltd, has secured £3.4m in funding to pursue its mission to improve people’s quality ...

Finnish startup Book Salon launches in the UK - - 2022-10-28

Book Salon, a payment and booking service provider specializing in hair, bea...

Angels Invest Wales and CAMAU NESAF drive business investment in North Wales - - 2022-10-28

Early stage businesses in North Wales are set to benefit from a new collaboration between Angels Invest Wales and busi...

The new model for angels with Tienko Rasker of Leapfunder - - 2022-10-28

Leapfunder is a Europe-wide, online angel club which aims to disrupt the long-standing models we are used to. We asked CEO Tienko Rasker to tell us more. ...

British Business Bank publishes updated list of 464 companies - - 2022-10-28

The British Business Bank has published a list of 67 additional companies in which the Future Fund holds an equity stake, taking the total to ...

Nicolaus Henke backs VR training for doctors in £2.1M round - - 2022-10-28

Oxford Medical Simulation (OMS), a provider of highly realistic virtual reality healthcare training, has raised a further £2.1 million in a ...

Insurtech Peachy raises $1.6m to democratise access to private healthcare - - 2022-10-21

New insurtech Peachy has raised $1.6m seed round from a number of angel investors from the insurance world, reflecting both the strength of Peachy...

Hedgehog exceeds funding target to raise £1.56m - - 2022-10-21

Hedgehog, the fractional investing app making real-world investments accessible to a wider audience, has completed its crowdfunding round on Seedrs ah...

Emirates Angels backed ClimateTech startup to present CEATEC - - 2022-10-21

Archireef Limited, which is supported by Emirates Angels, an NGO focusing on angel investing and tech startups, is a Forbes Asia...

PBD Biotech raises £2.4m for ‘breakthrough’ TB blood test - - 2022-10-21

PBD Biotech, a Nottingham company which has devised a blood test that could revolutionise management of tuberculosis (TB), has raised a further £2.4m to ...

New partners add “valuable insight and expertise” to Economic Intelligence Wales - - 2022-10-21

Two major research bodies will join a Development Bank-led research partnership to provide new insights and data-backed perspectives on the Welsh business environment. ...

Cleantech startup Nova Pangaea rasises £5.25m - - 2022-10-21

Nova Pangaea Technologies, the Teesside-based Clean Tech business, has raised £5.25m in a funding round led by Mercia Asset Management Plc, ...

Smart Kiwi closes £250k pre-seed round led by SFC Capital - - 2022-10-21

Smart Kiwi, the data intelligence platform for shared mobility companies, has raised £250k in a pre-seed round led by ...

Next-Gen integration platform Versori gets £500k from Y-Combinator - - 2022-10-21

Manchester based Versori has been funded by world-famous accelerator Y-Combinator for it's In...

Enhanc3D Genomics raises £10 million Series A - - 2022-10-21

Enhanc3D Genomics, a functional genomics company unlocking the full potential of the human 3D genome to transform therapeutic developmen...

Entrepreneurs pitch for capital from Dorset Business Angels - - 2022-10-14

Dorset Business Angels recently hosted their quarterly pitch event at the Bournemouth Carlton Hotel. In a ‘Dragons type De...

Development Bank of Wales joins Admiral Pioneer in backing Wagonex - - 2022-10-14

The Development Bank of Wales has confirmed its third equity investment in Wagonex, the UK’s leading mobili...

Archangels board appoints MatchPoint founder Neil Cunningham - - 2022-10-14

Neil Cunningham, founder of MatchPoint Hospitality Group, has been appointed to the board of the world’s longest continually running investment syndicate, ...

Financial wellbeing platform Blackbullion secures £2.5m - - 2022-10-14

Financial wellbeing platform Blackbullion has announced a £2.5m investment round to accelerate financial wellbeing for students. The new funding rou...

Solar tech firm Sunstone raises £1m to fund growth - - 2022-10-14

British technology company, Sunstone Systems, has ...

EBAN manifesto calls for gender balanced angel ecosystem - - 2022-10-14

EBAN has launched the Manifesto For a Gender Balanc...

Net Purpose raises £10m to mobilise billions for sustainable investing - - 2022-10-14

Net Purpose, a platform for sustainable investors, has raised £10 million in a Series A round led by ETF Partn...

German 3D printing startup iFactory3D investment from private investor network - - 2022-10-14

Düsseldorf-based technology startup iFactory3D has announced the successful completion of a financing round on the investment platform ...

Report highlights most active investors into Bristol tech startups - - 2022-10-14

Bristol Private Equity Club is one of the leading investors into Bristol based tech startups, according to a new report from ...

Green Angel Syndicate closes 4th round of latest fund - - 2022-10-07

Round 4 of the Green Angel Syndicate EIS & SEIS Climate Change Fund opened on Friday 1st July and closed on 22nd September, having exceeded its mi...

Archangels generates up to £1.4bn for Scottish economy - - 2022-10-07

Archangels, the world’s longest continually running investment syndicate, has generated up to £1.4 billion Gross Value Added (GVA) for the Sc...

Catalyst Co-Founders to focus on Sustainable Development Goals - - 2022-10-07

Catalyst is inviting budding entrepreneurs across Northern Ireland to apply to their Co-Founders pro...

AI-driven legal startup Lawhive raises £2 million - - 2022-10-07

Lawhive, the AI and data-driven Legaltech platform, has successfully raised $2M in seed funding to increase transparency and democratise...

Water purification startup Sküma Water secures £300,000 investment - - 2022-10-07

Sküma Water has raised £300,000 in a pre-seed funding round led by early-stage focused venture capital firm...

Wearable medtech Acurable raises €11m Series A funding - - 2022-10-07

Acurable, an award-winning wearable medical devices company, has announced an €11m investment as a result of its Series A funding round. The funds will be u...

Blackfinch invests £2.4m in fintech firm Currensea - - 2022-10-07

Open banking-powered fintech Currensea has secured £2.4m from leading Venture Capitalists Blackfinch Ventures...

KYP raises £800,000 and appoints new directors - - 2022-10-07

Building on its recent launch and in line with its growth plans for North America and Europe, KYP has announced the closure of its pre-seed funding round with total ...

Innovative secondary glazing start-up Gecko secures £150k from British Design Fund - - 2022-10-07

Edinburgh startup, Gecko Glazing, has created an affordable, easily-installed al...

SME recovery stalls says BVA BDRC report - - 2022-10-07

BVA BDRC's latest quarterly SME Finance Monitor findings shows that rising costs, the economic environment and climate change are contributing a stall in ...

Sidekick raises £3.33m pre-seed to build a modern investment manager - - 2022-10-04

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UK KTN’s Sustainable Impact Investment Programme selects 13 startups - - 2022-09-30

Innovate UK KTN has chosen 13 startups of ...

Pembroke VCT leads £3.7m investment into ethical glasses brand Bloobloom - - 2022-09-30

Pembroke VCT plc, the venture capital trust f...

Rock Extraction secures £500K for groundbreaking mining cleantech - - 2022-09-30

Lisburn-based engineering company, Rock Extraction...

Signum Surgical secures additional €2.9 million HBAN investment - - 2022-09-30

Signum Surgical, the medical technology company developing innovative solutions to tre...

Ronspot Ltd secures €1.1m from HBAN - - 2022-09-30

Ronspot has raised €1.1 million in investment funding. The news follows the recent d...

Boost Fund 1 backs female founders - - 2022-09-30

Capital Pilot's Boost Fund 1, the first automated, high-volume fund for UK-based startups, has now reached its halfway milestone by completing the first ...

TRIB3 investors further pledge significant funds - - 2022-09-30

TRIB3, the fast-growing global boutique fitness franchise, has seen significant further investment from its board-level backers to expedite its expansion across t...

How will the Budget impact seed funding in the UK? - - 2022-09-30

Investor James Muroch shares some thoughts on how the mini Budget this week is likely to affect seed funding in thre UK. I was wondering h...

HBAN investors back CropBiome's €1.3m fund raise - - 2022-09-23

HBAN (Halo Business Angel Network) a...

'First responder’ motorcycle start-up secures £300k British Design Fund investment - - 2022-09-23

White Motorcycle Concepts (WMC), a Northampton start-up that has designed a unique hybrid motorcycle and is already grabbing the attention of UK p...

Aegiq to develop world’s first deployable quantum light with latest funding - - 2022-09-23

Aegiq, a start-up developing solutions to enable wide-scale adoption of quantum technologies around the world, ...

Kaiko Systems raises €2m to digitize frontline work in ocean shipping - - 2022-09-23

Kaiko Systems, a Berlin-based software startup digitizing maritime shipping, has completed a seed financing round of € 2 million....

Catalyst signs partnership with Fujitsu - - 2022-09-23

Catalyst has announced a new partnership with global IT service provider Fujitsu, which has become its latest Platinum Partner. The two organisations plan t...

EISA calls on Chancellor to look to entrepreneurs and their investors to drive economic growth - - 2022-09-23

The Enterprise Investment Scheme Association (EISA), representing entrepreneurs, investors and ad...

Drug discovery company AMPLY Discovery raises £900,000 - - 2022-09-23

AMPLY Discovery Limited has raised £900,000 in a mix of equity and grant funding to develop new drug products using its proprietary AI-driven drug di...

Hedera Dx raises €14 million - - 2022-09-23

Swiss techbio company Hedera Dx, founded in 2021 by veteran healthcare entrepreneurs and executives, has raised €14m to ...

Cello raises €2.3m to build the world first User-Led Growth platform for SaaS - - 2022-09-23

Cello has raised €2.3m in pre-seed funding, in a round led by byFounders, with participation from Tiny VC, Possible Ventures and Notion Capital;...

Female angel investors behind more than £2 billion of investment - - 2022-09-23

Female angel investors have helped drive more than £2bn of investment in companies across the UK in the past decade, a new study reveals today, a new study reveals today. ...

British Business Investments commits up to £10m to Haatch Ventures - - 2022-09-16

British Business Investments, a wholly-owned commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has an...

Catalyst strengthens its board with appointment of three industry leaders - - 2022-09-16

Catalyst has appointed three experienced non-executive directors to its board to help oversee the implementation of its new five-year strategy and further st...

Calculus leads £4m funding for insurtech business Optalitix - - 2022-09-16

Optalitix, the SaaS, data analysis and AI company that enables insurers to turn their legacy excel-based processes into online systems, has received £4m in a funding round led by ...

British Design Fund 4 now open for applications - - 2022-09-16

British Design Fund (BDF) is an early-stage investment fund that supports innovative, purpose-driven, British product businesses. Following the cl...

Par Equity leads £2.2m raise for RAB Microfluidics - - 2022-09-16

Par Equity has invested in a £2.2 million ...

Jobbatical raises €11.6m from Nordic VCs and angels - - 2022-09-16

Jobbatical has announced a €11.6m funding round, led by experienced Nordic VC Inventure, to meet the demands of the ann...

Network profile: Kelvin Capital - - 2022-09-16

We chat with Susie Fisher, Investment Director at Kelvin Capital...

blinkwall receives investment from Henley Business Angels - - 2022-09-16

blinkwall, a business that has created and patented a digital multi-display solution that is powered by a mobile app and integrated into the smart-home ecosys...

Innovative angel-backed EV scheme takes hold in Barnet - - 2022-09-09

Motorists in one of London’s biggest boroughs are set to benefit from a multi-million pound investment in on-street, residential, electric vehicle (EV) charging spaces. Barnet will see the in...

Body armour start-up Vikela Armour named winner of INVENT 2022 - - 2022-09-09

Body armour start-up Vikela Armour has been named as the winner of this year’s ...

Mindset AI raises £1.65m to bring knowledge economy into 21st century - - 2022-09-09

Mindset AI - which helps businesses within the knowledge economy to ...

Two realisations in a month for Wealth Club investors - - 2022-09-09

Wealth Club has announced realisations from two investments arranged by Seneca in the space of a month, r...

Fund Her North to launch Women Angels Education Hub - - 2022-09-09

As part of its mission to tackle to UK funding gap for female-led UK businesses, Women Angels of the North, the all...

Radiology technology start-up Hexarad raises further £2.2m - - 2022-09-09

Radiology technology start-up Hexarad has completed its Series A funding round with an additional raise of £2.2 million. This is in addition to £2...

‘Green’ water treatment firm raises £2.3m to accelerate growth - - 2022-09-09

A Birmingham company which has developed a nature-based wastewater treatment solution has raised a further £2.3m to help establish itself as the technological leader in ‘circular’...

Further reflections on Republic purchase of Seedrs - James Murdoch - 2022-09-09

It is done! The press release on the completion of Republic’s purchase of Seedrs can be found on Angel News ...

Investment opportunity: NewPath seeks £500k angel funding - - 2022-09-06

Back a fast growing UK tech company. NewPath is seeking £500k from angel investors following a £1m equity fund raise. ...

Election software company wins £700K led by HBAN members - - 2022-09-02

Software company, Modern Democracy has secured a £700,000 investment round to facilitate further growth in the UK and international markets. ...

Wealth Club members invest £1m in Anaphite - - 2022-09-02

Bristol-based Anaphite, which is developing new technology to improve batteries for electric vehicles, has raised just under £1 million from ...

Climate for small firms in Wales “remains difficult” - - 2022-09-02

Economic Intelligence Wales has published its ...

Mavenoid raises $30m for AI-powered hardware support platform - - 2022-09-02

Mavenoid, the leading hardware support platform, has secured $30 million in a Series B financing round led by Smedvig Capital. Previous investors, Creandu...

Startup Thalamos raises $1m to digitise Mental Health Act - - 2022-09-02

Thalamos, a platform digitising the Mental Health Act has raised a $1million (£900k) Seed Round, backed by ...

SFC Capital leads funding for Compliant payment system Ryft - - 2022-09-02

Ryft, the revolutionary PSD2 compliant payments system, has raised a large seed round, led by SF...

Investors more likely to back sustainable funds when sad and depressed - - 2022-09-02

Emotions have a strong influence on purchasing decisions. Because of the growing popularity of assets with a strong focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals, scholars decided to lo...

Republic completes Seedrs acquisition - - 2022-09-02

Republic, the U.S. based private investment firm which operates the Republic investment platform, has announced the successful completion of the acquisition of ...

North East is a top spot for investors looking to back UK innovation - - 2022-08-26

Ahead of the Accelerating Investment & Innovation S...

Biotechnology start up MiAlgae secures multi-million pound funding - - 2022-08-26

MiAlgae, an Edinburgh-based biotechnology start-up, has secured further investment of £2.3m to help drive the next stage of its growth journey. ...

HOMETAINMENT raises £400,000 in crowdfunding campaign - - 2022-08-26

Home entertainment and hospitality platform, HOMETAINMENT, has announced it has raised nearly £400,000 (£390,000) in funding through a crowdf...

Roleshare secures $1.2M seed funding - - 2022-08-26

Roleshare, creator of a unique job sharing marketplace and management platform, has announced a $1.2 million seed round from a notable slate of investors. R...

Invest Northern Ireland is marking 20 years of supporting business growth - - 2022-08-26

Since establishing in 2002 Invest NI has provided 66,000 offers of support to almost 15,000 businesses, and helped to create 125,000 jobs, with over two thir...

British Business Bank backs Propel to enable £165m of asset finance for smaller UK businesses - - 2022-08-26

The British Business Bank thas announced new ENABLE Funding facility to Propel, one of the UK&rsqu...

The Energy Crisis: is disaster inevitable? asks Green Angel - - 2022-08-26

In 2013 David Cameron supposedly ordered aides to ‘get rid of all the green crap’ from energy bills in a drive to bring down costs. Far from reducing fuel costs, this ensured the ...

Support for Women Wanting to Start a Business - - 2022-08-26

A newly launched series of business support tailored to the needs of aspiring female entrepreneurs has been launched by MENTA Business Support across Norfolk...

The value of investing in early-stage startups - Luis O’Cleiry, Co-Founder and CMSO, LastBasic - 2022-08-19

2021 was a record year for investment for businesses at every stage of funding, from those going for the first round of funding to those seeking much later stage investments. The year closed out wi...

DrinkWell secures £1m investment to scale - - 2022-08-19

DrinkWell, the low-calorie alcohol retailer, has secured £1M investment from a private investor to fuel its ambit...

Martina Tierney wins Catalyst Impact Award 2022 - - 2022-08-19

Occupational therapist Martina Tierney from Limavady has been named the Catalyst Impact Award Winner 2022 for her exceptional work with ...

Online recruitment platform set to double in size after £2m investment - - 2022-08-19

The company behind a fast-growing online recruitment platform is planning to double in size after raising a further £2m in investment. ...

Company insolvencies up 67% year-on-year - - 2022-08-19

Insolvency figures released for July 2022* by the UK Government’s Insolvency Service showed corporate insolvencies at 1,827, up 67% compared to the same month last year (1,827 in July 2022 an...

SaaS solution provider LiSA raises €2.7 million to expand - - 2022-08-19

Live and social shopping SaaS solution provider LiSA has raised €2.7 million investment in a seed round led by TechVision Fonds (TVF). The investment...

Seedrs launches venture partner programme to fuel private investing ecosystem - - 2022-08-19

Seedrs, the leading private investment platform with over £2BN in investments recorded to date, has today launched the inaugural ...

Green Angel Syndicate invests in £12m in QLM Technology series A - - 2022-08-19

GAS welcomed QLM to its portfolio in Spring 2021 and has now invested in a £12 million Series A funding round ...

Zero Carbon Capital invests in ClimateCrop - - 2022-08-19

Zero Carbon Capital has made a seed investment in ClimateCrop Ltd, an Israeli company using state-of-the-...

Will Hobhouse and Sir John Rose join the British Design Fund Investment Committee - - 2022-08-19

The British Design Fund is delighted to welcome two experienced investors to its Investment Committee. Meeting regularly to select the very best B...

CamGraPhIC raises over £800k to scale up - - 2022-08-12

Cambridge University spin out, GamGraPhic has raised £813,475 from Wealth Club clients through...

‘Airbnb for house shares’ raises a further £500k - - 2022-08-12

A proptech company which aims to be the ‘Airbnb for shared living’ has raised over £500,000 in additional funding from existing investors. Worceste...

Old Street Digital announces $2.8m seed funding - - 2022-08-12

Old Street Digital has closed a $2.8m Seed funding round led by Draper Associates. OSD is building an institutional ass...

Med spinout VascVersa completes £500,000 funding - - 2022-08-12

VascVersa, an award winning, early-stage regenerative medicine spin out from Queen’s University in Belfast, has c...

Profile of an angel investor: Joshua Wohle - - 2022-08-12

Joshua Wohle is a EdTech/Learning enthusiast, advisor, investor. He was previously CPTO & co-Founder of SuperAwesome, the largest kidtech company in the world and is curr...

The National Security and Investment Act 2021: An overview - - 2022-08-12

The National Security and Investment Act 2021 (The NSI Act) came into force on 4 January 2022. The act strengthens the UK Government’s power to scrutinise transactions on grounds of national ...

Quarter of UK tech companies are reaching some form of exit, but... - - 2022-08-12

New data from Tech Nation reveals that nearly a quarter of UK tech companies are making it to Series C or an exit in 2022, but warns that these large liquidity ...

Innovation SuperNetwork leverages £25m in investment for North East entrepreneurs - - 2022-08-12

A specialist business support organisation is celebrating after leveraging more than £25m in investment for North East companies in the last three years. ...

BuiltAI raises £2m to deliver big-data transparency to UK’s commercial real estate - - 2022-08-05

Spotting the next ‘big thing’ in the UK’s $1.6 trillion commercial property market is no mean feat. Rising to the challenge, ...

British food-tech start-up to bring revolutionary palm oil alternative to market - - 2022-08-05

Clean Food Group - a pioneering UK-based food-tech business developing cultivated food, has announced that it is one step closer to producing a viable yeast-b...

Gatenox Announces $2.5m Seed Funding Led by C3 VC Fund - - 2022-08-05

Gatenox, the UK-based provider of corporate client verified credentials, has raised a seven-figure amount from ...

British Business Bank updated list of companies with Future Fund equity stake - - 2022-08-05

The British Business Bank has published a ...

Biggest rate hike since 1995 and recession on the way - - 2022-08-05

The Bank of England has put interest rates up from 1.25% to 1.75%, the biggest increase in rates for years. It is the...

Sir John Rose & Will Hobhouse to join the British Design Fund Investment Committee - - 2022-07-29

As the fourth round of the British Design Fund comes to a close at the end of July it has welcomed two experie...

Anatomy of a crowdfunding investor Part 4: Confessions of a serial crowdfunder and predictions for the future - - 2022-07-29

In this final part of our series, we asked our five investors about the most important lessons they have learnt along their crowdfunding journey, what they see happening in the futu...

HBAN-backed CropBiome receives €1.3M investment - - 2022-07-29

HBAN (Halo Business Angel Network), the all-island organisation responsible for the promotion of business angel investment...

42 high-yielding investment companies revealed by AIC - - 2022-07-29

Interest rates may be edging upwards, but the average interest rate on a savings account is still less than 1% according to MoneySupermarket.com. ...

24Haymarket leads £1.25m funding in Hypetex - - 2022-07-22

Hypetex, the world’s first manufacturer of coloured carbon fibr...

Andy Gregory appointed to CEO of BGF - - 2022-07-22

BGF has appointed Andy Gregory, current Chief Investment Officer, as Chief Executive Officer, effective on 1 September 2022. Stephen Welton, Executive Chair, will step up to Non-Executive Chair eff...

New data by Innovate Finance on global FinTech investment trends - - 2022-07-22

New data released by Innovate Finance, the industry body representing the FinTech community in the UK, reveals t...

Passionfruit raises $4.3m to build the future of Gen Z freelance - - 2022-07-22

Passionfruit has raised $4.3m with the support of firstminute Capital and ...

Inheritance Tax Receipts reach £1.8 billion in April 2022 to June 2022 - - 2022-07-22

The latest figures from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) show that inheritance tax receipts received by HMRC increased by £300 million to £1.8bn in the three months pe...

Dyman Advanced Materials secures £882k funding - - 2022-07-15

Revolutionary synthetic diamond production business, Dyman Advanced Materials, based at the ...

WiseWorks AI lands $1.2m to help financial institutions analyse virtual communications - - 2022-07-15

WiseWorks AI, the communications intelligence platform, has secured a $1.2m investment to build a one-stop solution for financial institutions to analyse surging...

High demand for CoFund NI investment fund in Q2 of 2022 - - 2022-07-15

Demand for funding from early-stage businesses in Northern Ireland remains strong, with more than 20 co-investment deals closed in the second quarter of this year, according to the managers of the ...

Investors join Gravitilab for the launch of its “Space as a Service” programme - - 2022-07-15

Investors with an interest in space innovation recently joined representatives from across government, industry and academia, at a special event held in Norfolk showcasing the developing area of 'S...

Hintsa Performance raises €5.1 million - - 2022-07-15

Hintsa Performance, a global leader in high-performance coaching ...

What angel investors really need to know about tech - Sophia Matveeva - 2022-07-15

The tech sector was not what it is today when most angel investors graduated from university. This is why, in the UK especially, the majority of angel investors have backgrounds in traditional indu...

University spinouts twice as likely to succeed when funded by UK funding agencies - - 2022-07-15

University spinouts [1] that emerged from research council investments and receive funding from both the British Business Bank and Innovate UK are more likely to have better business and emplo...

Winners of the UKBAA awards announced - - 2022-07-15

The 2022 awards recognise the outstanding achievements of early stage investors and the busi...

Anatomy of a crowdfunding investor Part 3: Hunting for outsized returns is the uncertain work of startup crowdfunding - - 2022-07-15

In part 3, our five investors share what they have learned about risk and reward approach, use of funds and asset allocation. Knowing your limitations – whether they are finan...

Investment opportunity: join the Agri-tech revolution - - 2022-07-12

Investment Opportunity: With population projections of 10 billion by 2050, crop yields will need to increase by over 60 per cent to meet future food demand. ...

Tik-Tok style investment startup Zeed secures £205k funding from SFC Capital - - 2022-07-08

Zeed, the first-ever investment platform that uses short-form video to empower Gen-Z investors in Europe, has secured £205,000 in pre-seed funding led by SF...

New investment platform Further will broaden retail investor access to VC funds - - 2022-07-08

Further, a London-based startup has launched its investment platform, designed to connect retail investors with high-quality venture capital funds, at sca...

Deep science investing: a 21st century opportunity - - 2022-07-08

This month we talked to Jonathan Matlock, a serial investor in deep science and founder of Science Angel Syndicate, about the ...

Anatomy of a crowdfunding investor Part 2: What’s your secret to success? - - 2022-07-08

In the second part in our series about what makes crowdfunding investors tick, our five investors reveal more about their investment strategies, including the platforms they prefer to use...

SCOOCS secures €1 million angel investment - - 2022-07-08

Virtual event and communities platform SCOOCS has raised €1 million from business angel Sebastian Loh. The funding will be used to develop the platform further...

PhysioMedics poised for growth with £1.5m Archangels investment - - 2022-07-08

PhysioMedics is poised to scale its commercial operations after securing growth capital from investors led by Archangels, the world’s longest conti...

Smart-EV startup WAU raises £650,000 powered by Angel Investment Network - - 2022-07-08

Birmingham-based smart-EV and energy storage startup ...

Konsileo secures £4.7m funding from angel investors - - 2022-07-08

Konsileo, the commercial insurance broker and risk management adviser, has completed a £4.7 million Series A funding round. The round was led by ...

Angel investors back university battery spinout About:Energy - - 2022-07-08

About:Energy, a spinout founded from battery research at Imperial College London and the University of Birmingham, has closed its pre-seed funding round tha...

Magical Mushroom Company raises £3m to remove plastic packaging - - 2022-07-01

Magical Mushroom Company, the sustainable packaging challenger harnessing the magic of mushrooms, has raised &...

BBI backs SFC Capital with extra £5m to invest in regional start ups - - 2022-07-01

SFC Capital, the UK’s most active seed-stage investor, has received a further £5 million commitment from British Business Investments to invest int...

Family investment app Beanstalk exceeds £650k crowdfunding target - - 2022-07-01

Beanstalk, the family app that invests for your kids, has exceeded its crowdfunding target with new investments taking the company into overfunding ahead of...

£20m for Praetura Ventures following Regional Angels Programme success - - 2022-07-01

Manchester based early-stage investor Praetura Ventures has announced an additional £5m funding commitment from ...

Bristol's Blue Earth Summit aims to raise £10m+ for impact businesses - - 2022-07-01

Entrepreneurs, founders and adventurers are being given the chance to live pitch for investment and sponsorship available at the Blue Earth ...

Torsion raises £1.1m to expand data access governance software - - 2022-07-01

Data Access Governance software firm Torsion Information Security has closed a £1.1 million funding round co-led by Bayes Entrepreneurship Fund, Juno ...

Cytomos secures £1.6m from Archangels and Scottish Enterprise - - 2022-07-01

Cytomos, an Edinburgh-based life science company that has developed a proprietary new approach to analysing cells, has secured £1.6m funding t...

Anatomy of a crowdfunding investor: Part 1 - - 2022-07-01

More and more people are turning their hand to crowdfunding these days. Some do it for fun, some see it as an important part of their overall investment portfolio and others see it as a good ...

Pembroke VCT leads £2m investment in My Expert Midwife - - 2022-07-01

Pembroke VCT plc, the venture capital trust focused on backin...

Par Equity commits £31m to tech companies last year - - 2022-06-24

Par Equity has supported 12 high growth technology companies in the first quarter of 2022 and has made record investments in the past year of £31.4m, ...

SCF Capital leads funding in insurtech startup BirdsEyeView - - 2022-06-24

Insurtech startup BirdsEyeView has closed a seed funding round led by SFC Capital, with the funds match...

Investment competition launched for UK startups - - 2022-06-24

Startups across the UK are being invited to enter a competition to practice their pitching skills, get connected with investors, and win prizes worth more than £10k plus a money-can’t-b...

Journee lands £1.75m from Depop's founders and Fuel Ventures - - 2022-06-24

Journee, the online tour operator that matches people with experiential trips to mystery destinations, has secured £1.75 million in...

Equity investment into smaller UK businesses rose by 88% in 2021 - - 2022-06-24

Equity investment in the UK’s smaller businesses increased by 88% in 2021 to £18.1bn compared to the previous year, the highest yearly amount since the Beauhurst data series began in 20...

Next-gen automated market maker SithSwap raises $2.65m - - 2022-06-24

SithSwap, a next-generation automated market maker (AMM) on StarkNet, has successfully raised $2.65 million at a $25 million valuation in a seed funding round le...

CityFALCON raises $2 million on Seedrs - - 2022-06-24

London and Malta based fintech CityFALCON closed an equity fundraising campaign on Seedrs of £1...

Calculus invests in Jude Law’s Riff Raff Entertainment - - 2022-06-24

Calculus has invested in Riff Raff Entertainment (RRE), co-founded by BAFTA Award-winning and Academy Award®-nominated actor Jude Law and cr...

Sonrai Analytics announces £2.175m ‘Seed Plus’ - - 2022-06-24

Sonrai Analytics, an emerging global innovator in AI Cloud Data Analytics, has announced a ‘seed plus’ funding round of £2.175 million t...

Spirea raises £2.4m to develop antibody drug conjugates for cancer treatment - - 2022-06-17

Spirea Limited, a Cambridge company created to advance a new generation of antibody drug conjugate (ADC) therapeutics, has announced that it has secured fundin...

REAP Bikes raises £300,000 funding for expansion - - 2022-06-17

The team behind REAP Bikes has received widespread support from the cycling community reaching their initial crowdfunding target of £300,000. ...

Sky To Anchor Founders Factory £100m Planet Fund - - 2022-06-17

Sky is anchoring a new £100m ‘operator-first’ venture capital fund powered by Founders Factory that will champion early-stage entreprene...

Top sectors for UK startups in 2022 - - 2022-06-17

With more than 4 million companies registered in the UK and over 500,000 new companies incorporated each year...

Hiphops raises $650K in pre-seed funding round - - 2022-06-17

Hiphops, which automates the complex business of releasing code, has raiseda $3.5 million pre-seed round co-led by f...

Rayon raises $2m pre-seed for next gen space design software - - 2022-06-17

Rayon, the space design software ...

High levels of co-investment as the Development Bank publishes strong results for 2021/22 - - 2022-06-17

An increase in the overall volume and value of deals coupled with high levels of co-investment in Welsh businesses has resulted in a strong performance by the ...

AI decarbonisation platform Ecolibrium launches in the UK with angel backing - - 2022-06-17

Machine learning-led decarbonisation platform Ecolibrium has today launched its revolutionary sustainability solution in the UK, as the race to reduce carbon...

Sharesy receives investment from Henley Business Angels - - 2022-06-17

Sharesy, an organisation revolutionising the venue-hire marketplace platform for community spaces, has received investment from ...

Merge raises $9.5m for its API-based banking and payments platform - - 2022-06-10

Merge, has raised $9.5 million in a seed round to develop its API-based banking and payments platform, bridging the gap between fiat and crypto ecosystems....

Sports platform backed by Serena Williams and Usain Bolt raises $60 million - - 2022-06-10

Let’s Do This has raised $60 million Series B funding, bringing its mission to 'inspire people across the world to come together to exper...

Catalyst Co-Founders supports 10 NI start-ups with £10k proof of concept grants - - 2022-06-10

Ten start-ups from Northern Ireland have each won £10,000 proof of concept grants to further develop their innovative ideas after successfully completing ...

Kita, the world's first carbon insurer, raises £350k in pre-seed round - - 2022-06-10

Kita, the world’s first carbon insurer, has raised a heavily oversubscribed £350k pre-seed round led by Ins...

AllotMe secures £250,000 to grow blooming business - - 2022-06-10

The first-ever online marketplace for allotments – AllotMe – has unveiled plans for rapid expansion after securing more than £250,000 inve...

African entrepreneurs 'set for take off' - - 2022-06-10

African business leaders are expecting the entrepreneurial spirit to take off across the continent over the next three years on the back of an improved environment ...

Entrepreneur raises £550k to disrupt dry cleaning industry - - 2022-06-10

A Stamford entrepreneur who aims to disrupt the dry-cleaning industry by installing automated drop-off points in shopping centres and railway stations has raised £550,000. ...

British Business Bank appoints Louis Taylor as its new CEO - - 2022-06-10

Louis Taylor has been appointed CEO of the British Business Bank, the UK’s economic development bank, and will take up the role from 1 October. Louis Taylor is currently CEO of UK Export Fina...

Green Angel Syndicate leads funding round for Smile Plastics - - 2022-06-10

Smile Plastics raised £980k from Green Angel Syndicate members, the GAS ...

Spacetech startup Gravitilab receives £100k from British Design Fund - - 2022-05-27

UK-based space services startup, Gravitilab, is on a mission to make conducting research in space more accessible and affordable. The company...

Stamp Free raises £600k in oversubscribed funding round - - 2022-05-27

Stamp Free Limited, the digital postage company, has raised £600k in an oversubscribed funding round as the business progresses towards the commercial...

Kapaga raises £1.5 million angel-backed seed round - - 2022-05-27

Kapaga, the UK-based cross-border payment platform for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), has announced a £1.5m funding round led by ...

Charity fundraising platform secures £1.25m investment - - 2022-05-27

GivePenny Technologies, a West Midlands company which has developed a unique charity fundraising platform has secured £1.25m in investment to ...

Aramune Technologies raises £800k to scale and trial its first product - - 2022-05-27

Aramune Technologies has raised £800,000 of new equity funding to develop an industrial-scale process for manufacturing its first product. ...

NatureMetrics raised $15m to bring nature data to the boardroom - - 2022-05-27

DNA-based biodiversity monitoring company NatureMetrics has raised $15m in new funding. The investment is led by urban sustainability-focused VC fund ...

Flexa raises £2.3m to bring transparency to the global hiring market - - 2022-05-27

Flexa Careers, the platform bringing transparency to the hiring market, has raised a £2...

£1 million boost for Liverpool City Region Angel Network - - 2022-05-27

Steve Rotheram, Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, has announced a £1m funding boost to the LCR Angel Network in a bi...

Blue Skies Space closes funding round to deliver space science data - - 2022-05-20

SFC Capital has made a new investment in ...

Oxford Drug Design receives £2.2m from existing investors and angels - - 2022-05-20

Oxford Drug Design Limited (ODD), a biotechnology company with a proprietary computational and machine learning platform, has raised ...

£8.7m capital raise for Recognise Bank - - 2022-05-20

Challenger bank, Recognise Bank, will benefit from £8.7 million in new capital following the latest successful round of fund raising by the City...

A good year for existing crowdfunding investors but fewer opportunities - - 2022-05-20

James Murdoch reviews how his investments have fared in the last 12 months. My first investment on Seedrs was in 2013, some 9 years ago. In 2017-18 I extended my investments to Syndicate Ro...

Biotangents secures £2.2m to accelerate rapid disease detection tech - - 2022-05-20

Biotangents, a Scottish biotechnology business, has secured £2.2m of new funding made up from £1.6m from the UK Government’s Innovate ...

Green Angel Syndicate invests in aerosol tech company Salvalco - - 2022-05-20

Green Angel Syndicate has backed a £2.5m funding raising in Salford Valve Company Ltd (Salvalco), alongside ...

Former students raise £800k for edtech platform that automates grading - - 2022-05-20

Three University of Birmingham students who developed a software platform that cuts the time taken by teachers to mark maths and science papers have raised £800,000 to help them commercialise...

Catalyst launches 5-year strategy with focus on inclusive innovation - - 2022-05-20

Catalyst has unveiled a new strategy for the next five years which it believes will generate significant economic benefits for Northern Ireland by enabling ...

Cyscale raises €3m led by Notion Capital - - 2022-05-20

Cyscale, a graph-based cloud security analysis company, ha...

Ian Macleod appointed chair of Archangels - - 2022-05-13

Archangels, the world’s longest running business angel investment syndicate, based in Edinburgh, has appointed Ian Macleod as the new chair of its...

Henley Business Angels backs innovative manufacturing company Mayku - - 2022-05-13

Mayku, an organisation that is redefining the manufacturing industry for small businesses with their platform to allow creators to access machines, materials and...

Green Angel Syndicate welcomes £10m from British Business Investments - - 2022-05-13

Green Angel Syndicate has received a further £5m commitment from British Business Investments, bringing i...

HBAN syndicates lead €1.9m investment in SymPhysis Medical - - 2022-05-13

HBAN (Halo Business Angel Network) syndciates have led a €1.925M investment in Galway-based start-up, ...

Henley Business Angels backs oil & gas industry safety tech business Process Vision - - 2022-05-13

Process Vision, a technology company developing specialist pipeline monitoring solutions to detect contamination in the...

Smart mentoring & coaching platform Guider raises $3m - - 2022-05-13

Guider has raised $3M seed inves...

SFC and NorthInvest back manufacturing data analytics platform FourJaw - - 2022-05-13

FourJaw, whose manufacturing data analytics platform is unlocking five-fold increases in shopfloor productivity, has secured a second round of angel investment an...

DSW Ventures leads £1m funding for Aston Particle Technologies - - 2022-05-13

A Birmingham company which has developed a novel dry powder coating technology that opens up new possibilities in pharmaceutical manufacturing has completed a £1m funding round led by DSW Ven...

Green Angel Syndicate wins Green Finance Award - - 2022-05-13

Green Angel Syndicate has been awarded the Green Finance category of the Better Socie...

Invest in the future of British design and manufacturing - - 2022-05-11

The British Design Fund, which is dedicated to supporting, mentoring and investing exclusively in early-stage purpose-led pro...

Profile: Chris Lord of Mustard Kick shares his passion for angel investing - - 2022-05-06

Mustard Kick is the family office of successful entrepreneurs Chris Lord and his business partner to make ange...

RideTandem raises £1.75m seed round to tackle “transport poverty” - - 2022-05-06

RideTandem, a mobility-as-a-service startup providing affordable and reliable transport solutions for people affected by “transport po...

ESG Start-up Nossa Data raises £1.2m seed investment - - 2022-05-06

Nossa Data, the fintech start-up that is helping corporates to streamline their ESG reporting, has raised a £1.2m seed r...

tell.money completes £2m funding round - - 2022-05-06

tell.money, the fintech platform that delivers innovative and rapidly deployable Open Banking solutions for banks and other account providers, has closed its g...

One Planet Pizza impress Anglia Capital Group - - 2022-05-06

The One Planet Pizza team first pitched to the Anglia...

Record deals show innovation in agri-finance models - - 2022-05-06

A record £1.3bn value in UK agri-tech deals was reached in 2021*, showing sustained interest in technologies that offer solutions to the challenges of rising input costs, food security and en...

Angels are vital to generating the next generation of startups - - 2022-05-06

Tim Mills, Managing Partner of ACF Investors, about the ups and downs of angel investing and the important role that angels continue to play in backing a...

Quin AI secures £582k to streamline online efficiency at e-commerce businesses - - 2022-05-06

Quin AI, a predictive AI startup founded by two sisters, Gonca Gulser and Gulsah Gulser, has raised £582K funding led by ...

Insurtech Bluezone raises £1.5M - - 2022-05-06

Bluezone, an insurtech reinventing life insurance for people with chronic illnesses has announced a £1.5m seed round led by ...

Why now is the time to consider becoming an angel investor - Oliver Woolley, Envestors - 2022-05-06

Oliver Woolley of Envestors makes the case for becoming an angel investor and why now is a good time to jump into the pool. Data suggests Brits are resigning at the highest rat...

Panthera Biopartners raises £10m for clinical trial sites - - 2022-04-29

Panthera Biosciences (Panthera) has secured £10 million of investment from BGF and ...

Science Angel Syndicate backs MitoRx Therapeutics - - 2022-04-29

MitoRx Therapeutics secures investment from Science Angel Syndicate to develop its first-in-cl...

Elbow Beach Capital and Science Angel Syndicate announce partnership - - 2022-04-29

Science Angel Syndicate co-founders, Dr Ben Miles and Dr Johnathan Matlock will be joining the Advisory Board of ...

SFC Capital calls for reform to outdated aspects of SEIS - - 2022-04-29

The number of first-time funding rounds into UK seed-stage startups remained flat in 2021, despite venture capital overall seeing another record year of fun...

Fearless: David Newns shares his investment experiences - - 2022-04-29

Fearless Adventures invests in D2C (direct to consumer) startups, and its co-founder is ...

Hoxton Ventures leads $4m funding for employee benefits platform Juno - - 2022-04-29

Employee benefits platform Juno has raised $4m to transform outdated ‘work perks’ schemes by empowering employees to choose benefits...

52 North Health raises £1m for cancer care management device - - 2022-04-29

52 North Health, a UK and US-based med-tech start-up, has raised £1 million in its first round of funding from leading UK and European specialist inv...

How not to lose your EMI tax relief if you reorganise or restructure - - 2022-04-28

Gannon's Catherine Ramsay asks "what are the key issues and pitfalls encountered where a company is reorganising and it has subsisting enterprise management...

Wait… wait… wait… waaiiit… Buy! - - 2022-04-28

Wait… wait… wait… waaiiit… Buy!What is inflation going to do to the angel investment market, or the VC market for that matter?The smart mon...

Insurtech startup ETAP secures $1.5 million pre-seed funding - - 2022-04-22

ETAP, an insurtech startup that makes it easier to buy and claim insurance, has secured $1.5 million in pre-seed funding to grow its team and drive the ado...

Arbor Steel raises £200,000 for ‘digital identity citadel’ - - 2022-04-22

Arbor Steel has raised £200,000 in a pre-seed funding round from angel investors to bring its digital identity citadel to customers. ...

SIS Ventures fund secures £1m from leading Scottish investors - - 2022-04-22

Scotland’s leading impact investor, SIS Ventures, has secured £1 million for its pioneering investment fund – Impact First - from ...

Green Angel Syndicate leads £3.8m investment in Swytch - - 2022-04-22

Green Angel Syndicate, the UK's largest network of specialist investors fighting climate change, has invested in a £3.8m investment round into ...

Femtech startup LatchAid secures £1m seed funding - - 2022-04-22

SETsquared Bristol member LatchAid, an award winning breastfeeding and early parenthood support in...

Enterprise Investment Schemes – four tax reasons that make them great - - 2022-04-14

Since 1994, Enterprise Investment Schemes (EIS) have been an important tool in the investors’ kit, but many potential investors worry that EIS-eli...

Forgiveness: should investors be kinder to failed entrepreneurs? - - 2022-04-14

It's Easter, and James Murdoch wonders if perhaps it's time for investors to think of being kinder to failed entrepreneurs. “A book...

IP considerations for angel investors - - 2022-04-14

By Peter Finnie, partner and patent a...

Carmoola fuels up with £27m funding - - 2022-04-14

Turning car finance on its head putting consumers in the driving seat, ...

€1.6M seed investment in Clarity CX1 - - 2022-04-14

DBIC Ventures has led a €1.6M funding round in industry cloud CRM company, C...

State-of-the-art start-ups meet influential investors at £10m TV pitch event - - 2022-04-14

State-of-the-art start-ups came face-to-face with influential investors at an innovative pitch event filmed by University of Essex students. ...

Startup co-designed by retirees on mission to end loneliness raises £1.1m - - 2022-04-14

A start-up inspired by an adventurous granny and co-designed by a team of retirees has raised £1.1m in funding to tackle the loneliness epidemic amongst older people. ...

Catalyst partnership with female founder community AwakenHub - - 2022-04-14

Catalyst has announced a new partnership with all-island female entrepreneurial community, ...

Low Carbon Innovation Fund backs EV startup Electric Miles - - 2022-04-08

Turquoise, the UK merchant bank specialising in energy, environment and efficiency, has made a £150k investment in ...

Shoosmiths sponsors The Gender Index - - 2022-04-08

UK law firm Shoosmiths has sponsored the 2022 Gender Index report, with fi...

Clarendon calls investors to sign up to Investing in Women Code - - 2022-04-08

Northern Ireland investors must commit to doing more to support female led businesses and encourage entrepreneurship among women if they want to ensure t...

Capital Pilot launches Boost Fund for UK startups - - 2022-04-08

Capital Pilot Advisory has launched its Boost Fund 1 to invest in high-growth UK startups using a unique automated selection and completion process....

IPCC Report 2022: is the funding gap just too big? asks Green Angel - - 2022-04-08

Green Angel Syndicate Founder and President Nick Lyth asks whether the monetary cost of reaching Net Zero is just too much to bear. ...

Helping startups to embed sustainable practices - - 2022-04-08

Patrick Pichette, a partner at Inovia Capital and an active environmentalist through his directorship of the Kenauk Institute, shares his views on what entrepre...

Biomedical startup Adapttech raises £2.25m from VCs and angels - - 2022-04-08

Biomedical startup Adapttech has raised £2.25&n...

Impact-first fund Climate VC makes 3 new investments - - 2022-04-08

Climate change investor, Climate VC, an 80% angel backed fund which launched only last week, has made three new investments. ...

Profile: Olivia Sibony, Head of Impact Investing at Angel Investment Network - - 2022-04-08

Olivia Sibony is Head of Impact and International Partnership at Angel Investment Network (AIN), the largest angel investment community i...

ParkBee secures EUR 30m in equity funding - - 2022-04-01

Koolen Industries, the clean energy investor headed by Kees Koolen, has invested in ParkBee, the leading tech p...

Mental health platform Oliva raises £4.84 million - - 2022-04-01

Oliva, an advanced workplace mental health platform founded in 2020, has raised £4.84 million seed funding. The round was led by Stride VC, a see...

UK legal tech divorce company amicable secures £1.2m - - 2022-04-01

Lawyer-free UK divorce services company amicable has secured a further £1.2m in funding, led by ...

Monterosa raises £3.5m growth capital led by 24Haymarket - - 2022-04-01

Monterosa has raised £3.5m ($4.5M USD) of growth capital to accelerate development of its Real-time Engagement (RTE) platform and drive the company&rsq...

Business angel investing resilient to Covid in 2021 says research - - 2022-04-01

The onset of the coronavirus pandemic in early 2020 raised concerns that it would result in a collapse in business angel investing causing the loss of an entire generation of early-stage companies....

BeamUP launches with $15 million seed investment - - 2022-04-01

BeamUP, Ltd, the AI platform that designs and manages enterprise building systems, has launched with a $15M round of seed investment led by Israel-based StageOn...

Green Angel Syndicate portfolio companies nominated for Earthshot Prize - - 2022-04-01

Two of Green Angel Syndicate's portfolio companies have been nominated for this year’s prestigious ...

Clean Growth Fund closes first fund and invests in Sunswap - - 2022-04-01

The Clean Growth Fund, a venture capital fund investing in the most promising early-stage UK clean technology ventures, has closed its first fund with...

New Climate VC launches impact-first investment strategy - - 2022-04-01

Climate change investor, Climate VC, has launched to exert a gigatonne scale impact on climate change in the next decade and influ...

London Technology Club launches international investment hub in Dubai - - 2022-04-01

The London Technology Club (LTC), the leading community for investment opportunities in the technology sector, has launched LTC Dubai, its first ...

Cambridge healthtech startup Sano Genetics raises $11m - - 2022-04-01

Sano Genetics, co-founded by three University of Cambridge genomics postgraduates, has raised $11M in a Series A funding round led by ...

Kelvin Capital leads £1.65m raise for e-bike innovator FreeFlow Technologies - - 2022-04-01

East Kilbride based FreeFlow Technologies (FFT), which has developed a light power to weight e-Bike motor, is moving into production following th...

Renewables software firm Sennen wins major investment - - 2022-03-25

A technology company that specialises in developing software for the renewables industry has secured new investment to accelerate its product development. Bristol-ba...

Scottish renewable tech firm Innovatium raises £900k - - 2022-03-25

Innovatium, a Scottish technology business focused on reducing the carbon impact of industrial processes, has secured over £900,0...

Lune raises $4m to help businesses integrate climate impact - - 2022-03-25

Lune, which aims to change this by offering an API and s...

Haia gets £210,000 VC and angel funding boost - - 2022-03-25

Anglesey-based online events platform, Haia celebrates this week with the announcement of significant investment deals from early-stage funder ...

Green Angel Syndicate critical of UK Government 13 Environmental Targets - - 2022-03-25

On the 16th March, UK Government made the following announcement: "New, long-term environmental targets have been announced by the government today. The proposed targets are a cornerstone of th...

Angel Investment Network reports impressive rise in startup investment activity - - 2022-03-25

Global Data from ...

Elbow Beach leads funding in bioenergy company WASE - - 2022-03-25

Wastewater treatment and bioenergy company, WASE, has raised £400,000, to be followed by a further £300,000, following closure of th...

Using the Secondary Market as a portfolio risk management tool - - 2022-03-25

James Murdoch investigates the use of secondary markets as a risk management tool. My articles advocate spreading risk i.e. not putting all the eggs into one basket. Hence...

Gabriel : Angels play a leading role in funding Scottish start ups - - 2022-03-25

Gabriel Investments was founded in 2012, with the aim of helping entrepreneurs make the leap to first-stage funding by creating disciplined, high-growth bus...

ACF leads £3.75m funding for fitness startup BLOK - - 2022-03-18

Award-winning hybrid studio and digital fitness platform BLOK has secured £3.75m in a funding round led by ...

Development Bank of Wales appoints Duncan Gray to head tech ventures - - 2022-03-18

Experienced equity investor Duncan Gray has been appointed as Technology Venture Investments Director following a successful period of growth in the Develop...

€10bn angel funding targeted as Ireland hosts European business angel reunion - - 2022-03-18

CorkBIC will host an all-Europe angel reunion at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork, on 18th and 19th May in the presence o...

Par Equity leads investment into Miralis Data - - 2022-03-18

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Green Angel Syndicate leads £1M investment into Glaia - - 2022-03-18

Green Angel Syndicate, the UK's largest network of specialist investors fighting climate change, has welcomed Glaia to its portfolio. Glaia, the start...

Green Angel Syndicate invests in deep tech engineering startup New Motion Labs - - 2022-03-18

Green Angel Syndicate, the UK's largest network of specialist investors fighting climate change, has invested in ...

Par Equity continues support for Speech Graphics as part of $7m Series A - - 2022-03-18

Par Equity has announced their continued support...

UEA Spin-Out Beep Secures Investment through Anglia Capital Group - - 2022-03-18

Beep, which has created a unique digital campus card, allowing university students to gain door and facilities access around campus via a smartphone, has sec...

Tonic Health secures investment from Henley Business Angels - - 2022-03-18

Tonic Health, a natural healthcare company that combines all-in-one vitamins, minerals and plants into a drink that fuels the immune system to help end unn...

Back innovation in life sciences - - 2022-03-15

WAPG is seeking £3 million - £6 million for its Pioneer Life Sciences EIS Knowledge Inten...

Driving diversity in UK venture capital and angel investing - - 2022-03-11

To mark International Women’s Day on 8 March, Judith Hartley, CEO of British Patient Capital, comments on the need for more diversity wi...

Solar tech firm Solivus smashes £2.3m raise on Crowdcube - - 2022-03-11

Solivus, a pioneering clean tech firm, has closed a £2.3m raise on Crowdcube...

Catalyst Deal Tracker: Investment in NI tech firms topped £100m in 2021 - - 2022-03-11

Investment in Northern Ireland tech firms reached its highest level ever in 2021, hitting over £100m, with the number of deals and a...

Angel Academe backs $5m fundraise to help Provenance tackle greenwashing - - 2022-03-11

Angel Academe has made a significant follow-on investment in Provenance, the leading tech platform to tackle greenwas...

e-bate raises £1.3m for software platform from Mercia and angels - - 2022-03-11

An award-winning entrepreneur has raised a further £1.3m for her software platform which helps companies manage complex rebate and price incentive schemes....

Wellfish Diagnostics secures £1.2m to transform fish health in aquaculture - - 2022-03-11

WellFish Diagnostics, a new spinout company from the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) is set to trans...

Plant-based egg alternative Perfeggt extends round - - 2022-03-11

Just three months after its pre-seed round, an impressive group of Europe’s leading food tech entrepreneurs, startup founders and investors have joined Berlin food tech company, ...

Meet the investor: Konstantin Sidorov - - 2022-03-11

Konstantin Sidorov, a long-time angel investor and the Founder and Chief Exec of the London Technology Club (LTC...

Ingenion Medical seeks £2 million - - 2022-03-08

Ingenion Medical Limited is seeking investment of up to £2 million to support its ongoing product development and commercialisation of its 1st...

Green Angel Syndicate invests in green construction firm Sphera - - 2022-03-04

Green Angel Syndicate (GAS), the UK's largest network of specialist investors fighting climate change, has led a £1.9 million funding round in s...

EdTech startup Vygo raises £1.5m supported by Angel Investment Network - - 2022-03-04

Fast growing Edtech startup Vygo has raised £1.5m in a pre-seed funding round supported by ...

Equity investment in smaller businesses doubled in 2021 - - 2022-03-04

British Business Bank's Small Business Finance Markets 2021/22 report highlights a surge in equity investment into smaller UK businesses last year. £14bn was invested over the first three qua...

Fox Robotics secures funding from Henley Business Angels - - 2022-03-04

Fox Robotics, an agritech company specialising in the development, manufacture and sale of autonomous robots in agriculture, has received investment from mult...

Cybertech startup Schwarzthal secures £150k from SFC Capital - - 2022-03-04

Financial Crime Intelligence startup Schwarzthal Tech has raised £150,000 in a pre-seed funding round from SFC Capi...

Wave energy firm Mocean Energy lands £730k funding - - 2022-03-04

Wave power specialists Mocean Energy have secured major new investment to accelerate the commercial roll-out of their ground-breaking wave energy technology...

Delio secures $8.3m to help angel networks to connect and share opportunities - - 2022-03-04

Delio has raised a further $8.3m to enable angel networks and fellow financial institutions to create greater investor access to alternative assets such as...

FluoretiQ closes £1.1 million funding round - - 2022-03-04

Our member and University of Bristol spin-out, FluoretiQ, has today announced the completion of a £1.1 million, pre-series A i...

Detected raises £1.5m in fourth funding round - - 2022-03-04

Detected, the critical infrastructure component for global KYB compliance, has raised an additional £1.5 million in just three weeks, adding ...

An EIS fund designed for angel investors - - 2022-03-01

The Oxford Innovation EIS Growth Fund 2 is open for investment until 31 March 2022. It offers the opportunity to invest in a portfolio of high-potential scienc...

Boundary Capital seeks up to £5m for impact EIS fund - - 2022-03-01

Are you looking for financial returns, benefit from excellent tax breaks, and have a positive impact on society and the environment? Impact investment firm ...

Gigamine to deliver a step-change in lithium-ion battery recycling - - 2022-02-25

Gigamine, a UK start-up, is developing technology and solutions to provide lithium-ion battery recycling that will deliver a step chan...

Sustainable success story Wild raises £5m - - 2022-02-25

Wild Cosmetics, a design-led personal care start-up who pioneered the UK’s first plastic-free refillable deodorant in 2019 has...

Umazi signs with Artesian:DueDil and closes $1m investment - - 2022-02-25

Umazi, the due diligence platform automating enterprise identity verification, has secured $1m investment from ...

Semarion raises £2.14 million seed funding - - 2022-02-25

Semarion Ltd, a University of Cambridge spin-out company from the Cavendish Laboratory...

Gaming Company Backbone Announces $40M Series A - - 2022-02-25

Backbone, a platform powering game streaming and core gaming on mobile d...

Digital nursery Babbu receives investment from Henley Business Angels members - - 2022-02-25

Babbu, an early development ed-tech company that has launched an online nursery app to support the parents and guardians of children...

SpaceBands receives investment from Henley Business Angels members - - 2022-02-25

SpaceBands, a company that creates wearable technology solutions to make workplaces safer by tracking social ...

Storm clouds gathering over the angel investment market - - 2022-02-22

Modwenna Rees-Mogg considers the storm clouds gathering across the angel market. Should you buy a helmet made of gold or heave to with the ...

Checking the Oxygen level of SyndicateRoom's unique offering - - 2022-02-22

James Murdoch shares insights on the performance of his investments A year ago, I looked at my new Syndicate Room Access EIS Fund and it is time to look at its perfor...

Angel investors make an average of 14.7% return investing in start ups - - 2022-02-22

Envestors, the marketplace for early-stage investing, has published the results of its research into the Real Returns of Angel Investing. ...

Zoopla + former Airbnb angels + Monzo founder back Lottie - - 2022-02-22

A young British business owner who was declared “Britain...

Exiting founders: How to resolve disputes and structure the purchase of shares - - 2022-02-22

John Deane and Alex Kennedy of Gannons e...

AgriTech firm Drone Ag secures £350k innovation investments - - 2022-02-18

A Northumberland-based AgriTech firm has secured a six-figure investment and received innovation grant funding to transform how farmers and rural landowners m...

New app to help children prepare for surgery raises £1.5m - - 2022-02-18

A doctor who has developed an app to help reduce anxiety in children undergoing surgery has raised £1.5m from NPIF – ...

Gabriel IS exits investment in CuanTec - - 2022-02-18

Gabriel IS has completed an exit deal with Scottish biotech business ...

Newcastle University spin out Atelerix secures £425k investment - - 2022-02-18

Atelerix, a business at the forefront of cell preservation with aims to revolutioni...

Angel Academe backs AI startup Dem DX - - 2022-02-18

Angel Academe has made its latest investment is in&n...

Why Northern Ireland is now on the radar of UK’s tech sector investors - - 2022-02-18

Chris Trotter from Clarendon Fund Managers sheds some light on why Northern Ireland's tech sector is attracting the attention of investors - from angel...

CybExer Technologies raises €5m in funding from leading investors - - 2022-02-18

CybExer Technologies, a NATO-awarded cyber range company with global customers spanning international defence organisations, financial institution...

Nous raises $9m to help households face living cost crisis - - 2022-02-18

Nous (to rhyme with ‘house’) a London-based fintech start-up, has raised a $9m seed financing round to build out i...

Music App SPOKE gets £1.1m to improve GenZ mental health with music - - 2022-02-18

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Transforming the face of charitable donation - - 2022-02-17

Investment Opportunity: Kynder, the worlds first percentage based fundraising platform, is seeking s £250,000 to support its expans...

Medical Cannabis S/EIS fund seeks investment - - 2022-02-16

Oskare Capital is seeking investment for the first ever EIS and SEIS fund targeting the Medical and Pharmaceutical Cannabis sector....

Investment Opportunity: it's good to be green - - 2022-02-15

GreenTribe, a seed fund for companies making a positive impact to our environment, the planet and society, is raising up to £10m. Join the gre...

Proptech firm raises £275k to create ‘Airbnb for house shares’ - - 2022-02-11

The entrepreneur behind a new property management platform COHO has raised £275,000 to establish it as the ‘Airbnb for shar...

Cancer detection platform C the signs raises £500k - - 2022-02-11

AI-driven cancer detection platform C the Signs has raised £5,000,000 in Series-A funding from MMC, Ataraxia an...

E-commerce platform aisle-3 secures £400k angel funding - - 2022-02-11

As aisle-3 prepares its early consumer launch, founders of the London-based eCommerce start-up have confirmed they are accelerating the rel...

Par Equity leads £2.5m investment in Verlume - - 2022-02-11

Intelligent energy management and storage technologies specialist, Verlume, has received a £2.5m investment from a consortium led by ...

Startups seek funding at Dorset Business Angels event - - 2022-02-11

Dorset Business Angels have hosted their quarterly online pitch event where members hear from five businesses looking for funding. ...

Onboarding angels to accelerate the scale up journey - - 2022-02-11

Achille Traore, CEO of White Label Loyalty discusses the important role that international investors can play in he...

UK’s first women’s urinal secures £250K in funding round - - 2022-02-11

The team behind the UK’s first female urinal have raised £250,000 in their first funding round, as they strive to pioneer ‘pee-equality’ for women and make...

Sportening launches after raising £5.3million in seed funding - - 2022-02-11

A new social app built for sports fans, Sportening, has officially launched out of beta stage after raising £5.3million in seed funding, with a significa...

Going Green: supporting climate change innovation - - 2022-02-11

Green Angel Syndicate (GAS) is the UK's largest network of specialist investors fighting climate change. Since it was launched in its prese...

Fintech incubator The Quantum Group seeks £10m - - 2022-02-09

The Quantum Group, a leading fintech investment incubator, delivering regulated financial solutions through a range of core products, including state-of-the-art security ...

Cauldron raises $1.4m to debut Sci-Fi project in Web3 gaming - - 2022-02-04

Cauldron was labelled one of ...

Entitlement fears over entrepreneurs who don’t want to ‘sweat’ - - 2022-02-04

Britain’s new wave of entrepreneurs need to avoid falling into the trap of entitlement in our online era says Jeb Buckler, the founder...

Climate-Tech innovators AgriSound secure funding via Anglia Capital - - 2022-02-04

Climate-Tech innovator AgriSound has secured funding through Anglia Capital Group, a leading group of busines...

REHAUS launches consumer platform with £500K pre-seed money - - 2022-02-04

REHAUS, a marketplace dedicated to matching pre-owned designer furniture with new owners, has announced the launch o...

Skincare brand Oodee raises £700k supported by Angel Investment Network - - 2022-02-04

The Allergen Neutral™ skincare brand, Oodee has raised £700,000 supported by ...

Green Angel Syndicate closes Climate Change Fund 50% ahead of target - - 2022-02-04

Green Angel Syndicate has closed the 3rd round of its EIS Climate Change Fund, more than 50% ahead of its target – setting a new fundraising record for the Fund. Its...

Scottish angels double investment in 2021 - - 2022-02-04

Before the pandemic struck, 2019 had been a high point in the angel investment market in Scotland, with a record number of deals and a record £86 million invested. The market slowed i...

Vertical Future complete £21m fund raise - - 2022-02-04

Vertical Future Limited, , which grows crops without soil and with artificial light, has successfully completed a £21m Series-A Equity Fundraise f...

24Haymarket leads a £1.7m in Smartia to support industrial sectors - - 2022-02-04

Smartia, the leading UK industrial intelligence technology company, announced a £1.7m investment, led by 24Haymarket...

UAE-based Takalam raises $1 million led by Emirates Angels - - 2022-02-01

The UAE-based company Takalam has raised $1 million in funding that was led by Emirates Angels members. A group of Emirates Angels’ members have invested along with Nowaisi Investments, Plug ...

DSW Ventures opens new office in Manchester city centre - - 2022-01-28

DSW Ventures, the venture capital business and a partner in British Business Investments’ £100m Regional Angels Programme, has opened a new office in Manche...

Fashion mystery box startup HEAT closes $5m funding round - - 2022-01-28

Streetwear mystery box start-up HEAT has closed a multi-million dollar seed round with investors including global venture capital investor ...

Adrian Johnston joins Catalyst in new strategic role - - 2022-01-28

The former director of Digital Catapult in Northern Ireland has joined Catalyst as its Director of Strategic Business Development, a new role created to hel...

Skiller Whale raises $2.9M to grow on-job tech training offer - - 2022-01-28

Skiller Whale, the online live training platform that marries skills assessment with small expert-led classes tailored to upskill tech teams, has raised a $2...

Green Angel Syndicate leads £1.2m raise for Zedify - - 2022-01-28

Sustainable delivery pioneers, Zedify, have raised £1.2m to support their growth into cities across the UK, in a round led by ...

Get ready for growth in 2022 - - 2022-01-28

While 2021 may have been defined by survival, 2022 presents an opportunity for growth. Jordan Dargue, co-founder of ...

FourthRev secures $8 million Series A funding - - 2022-01-28

Online education company FourthRev has raised $8 million. The lead investor is ...

Do carbon markets work? - - 2022-01-26

Nick Lyth, Founder and President of Green Angel Syndicate – the UK's largest specialist network of investors fighting climate change – takes an in-depth look at carbon markets. ...

Par Equity deploys more than £25m into tech sector in 2021 - - 2022-01-21

Par Equity has more than doubled its annual investment into innovative technology businesses, from £12m in 2020 to £25m last year. This was in a...

HNW angels back 1Password's $620m funding round - - 2022-01-21

1Password, the leader in human-centric security, has closed a $620 million (USD) Series C that raises the company’s valuation to $6.8 billion. Led...

Female-led angel network defies pandemic to help 130 businesswomen - - 2022-01-21

A ground-breaking female-led business network has defied the pandemic and helped more than 130 businesswomen launch disruptiv...

Start-up raises £2.5m for sustainable e-scooters - - 2022-01-21

Swedish technology and design startup STILRIDE has raised £2.5m to produce sustainable electric motorcycles and scooters using a ground...

Stripe & Stare raises £2.5m VC and angel funding - - 2022-01-21

BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active growth capital investor, has led a £2.5 million investment round into sustainable female underwear brand, ...

Aegiq secures VC and angel seed backing - - 2022-01-21

University of Sheffield spinout company Aegiq has secured seed investment from an investor syndicate led by...

Has the ClearlySo closure put “niche” impact investing firms into question? - - 2022-01-21

Nick Lyth, Founder & President of Green Angel Syndicate asks if the news about the closure of impact investment firm puts other similar investment companies under the microscope. Yester...

HBAN’s Business Angel Conference to focus on Impact Investing - - 2022-01-21

HBAN, the all-island organisation responsible for the promotion of business angel investment and a joint initiative between Enterprise Ireland, InterTradeIreland...

BDO advises on acquisition of B2B publisher HPCi Media - - 2022-01-18

BDO LLP has advised on the acquisition of HPCi Media, a leading B2B publisher, specialising in cosmetics, b...

Cognism raises $87.5 million - - 2022-01-18

Cognism, the globally compliant international sales intelligence provider has secured $87.5 million in funding led by new investor ...

GoStudent raises €300m led by Prosus - - 2022-01-18

Vienna-based GoStudent, which provides one-to-one video-based online tutoring, raised €300M in Series D funding led by new investor P...

Strong year in 2021 for Inflexion - - 2022-01-18

Inflexion Private Equity Partners supported 97 new investment opportunities for its portfolio in 2021, helping to d...

Deepbridge portfolio company AlgaeCytes secures €16m - - 2022-01-18

Deepbridge Capital portfolio company AlgaeCytes has secured €16m of funding to develop a commercial plant...

BGF reports record year in 2021 - - 2022-01-18

BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor, has announce details of its 2021 investment activity that mark a record year for the firm and underline it...

Green Angel Syndicate announces exit of portfolio company Zeigo - - 2022-01-18

Green Angel Syndicate (GAS) has sold Zeigo, a climate tech platform that helps as many businesses as possible gain ac...

Tribe Technology Group funds from Invest NI to fuel growth - - 2022-01-18

Innovative automation focused mining equipment manufacturer Tribe Technology Group has closed a substantial Series A funding round which will be used t...

Connection Capital backs Silverfish MBO with £8.5m investment - - 2022-01-17

A strategically differentiated supplier of premium mountain bike and crossover brands, Silverfish UK Limited, which supplies some of the most desi...

Arctic Shores takes aim at global skills shortage with SVB funding - - 2022-01-17

Arctic Shores, the psychometric assessment pioneers, have received £1.5m in venture debt funding from Silicon Vall...

LoopMe announces investment from Mayfair Equity Partners - - 2022-01-17

LoopMe, a leading brand-focused mobile advertising platform, has announced Mayfair Equity Partners, a leading tec...

Press on Vinyl raises £475,000 from North Invest - - 2022-01-17

A Middlesborough-based vinyl pressing company, Press on Vinyl, is set to disrupt the growing vinyl record market after raising £475,0...

Innovate Finance strengthens its board with new appointments - - 2022-01-17

Innovate Finance, the industry body representing the UK FinTech sector, has kicked off 2022 with a further strengthening of its Board, including the appo...

British Patient Capital sets out its 2022 vision - - 2022-01-14

Ian Connatty, Managing Director, Co-investment and direct investments at Brit...

Carebeans completes funding from Development Bank of Wales - - 2022-01-14

Software specialist Carebeans Limited has established an office in Monmouth, Wales, having secured a significant six-figure equit...

Livingbridge announces sale of Carousel Logistics - - 2022-01-14

Livingbridge, one of the UK’s leading mid-market private equity investors, has agreed the sale [1] of Ca...

BGF invests £3.25 million in InsurTech leader KYND - - 2022-01-14

KYND, a leading provider of pioneering cyber risk management solutions for the insurance industry, has announced a &p...

Foresight leads £5m investment into Newsflare - - 2022-01-14

Foresight Group LLP has made a £4m investment into Newsflare Limited from its VCT funds, together with an...

Ground-breaking female-led network defies pandemic to help 130 businesswomen - - 2022-01-13

A ground-breaking female-led business network has defied the pandemic and helped more than 130 businesswomen launch disruptive tech companies in ...

Circularity Capital appoints Nicola Keen as Operating Principal - - 2022-01-13

Circularity Capital LLP, the specialist private equity firm supporting growth stage European SMEs in the circular ec...

Two new partners among raft of promotions at Palatine - - 2022-01-13

Private equity firm Palatine has announced a raft of promotions reflecting the team’s contribution over the past 12 months, which saw ...

Sanctus secures £4.25 million - - 2022-01-13

Sanctus, one of the first organisations in the UK to offer proactive mental health support through 1-2-1 coaching for employees in the workplace, has closed a &pou...

ProVerum raises €30M in Series A funding - - 2022-01-13

ProVerum Limited, an Irish medical device company developing a minimally invasive solution to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in the doctor's...

Fitness Tech Company Myzone secures BGF investment - - 2022-01-12

Myzone, the global manufacturer of wearable fitness tracking technology, has secured a 17.2 million dollar investment from BGF...

ConTech start-up CONXAI raises €2.7m for No Code AI Platform - - 2022-01-12

CONXAI, the first No Code AI Platform for the AEC industry, has raised €2.7m ($3m) in a pre-seed funding round co-led by Earlybird and Pi Labs, Europe&rsq...

Sports scientists raise £800k for wellbeing app - - 2022-01-12

Two sport and exercise scientists who established ART Health Solutions, an app to improve employee wellbeing and performance have raised £80...

Deepbridge Technology Growth EIS exceeds £100m landmark - - 2022-01-12

Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) investment manager Deepbridge Capital has now deployed over £100m of capital via the Deepbridge Technology Gr...

Vala appoints new investment director - - 2022-01-12

Vala Capital, the entrepreneur-led venture capital firm, ...

Brainomix closes £16m funding to expand AI-enabled platform - - 2022-01-11

Brainomix, the AI-powered medtech solutions company, has closed a series B financing round, raising £16M ($21.2M) to fund its expansion into new marke...

Hypi secures £150,000 pre-seed funding from SFC Capital - - 2022-01-11

Hypi, the London-based SaaS platform that makes no-code app development accessible to ever...

Maven leads £5.5m funding for transport tech platform Liftango - - 2022-01-11

Maven Capital Partners has led a £5.5 million funding round for Liftango, a cloud-based technology platform...

HBAN business angels have invested median of £167K each in start-ups - - 2022-01-11

HBAN (Halo Business Angel Network), the all-island organisation responsible for the promotion of business angel investment, and a joint initiative of Enterprise ...

Plastron signs up to SPRINT - - 2022-01-11

Plastron UK Ltd, a specialist in safe operations for the NewSpace industry, has signed up to the national SPRINT (SPace Re...

Cleantech start-up WATR secures £75k from Anglia Capital Group - - 2022-01-10

After an impressive pitch to the Angel Investors from Anglia Capital Group, WATR successfully secured funding fo...

Praetura targets growth after record-breaking £253m year - - 2022-01-10

Praetura Group, the North West-based debt and equity capital provider to small and medium sized businesses, has celebrated a record £253m year as demand ...

MMC announces promotions on the back of record year in 2021 - - 2022-01-10

MMC Ventures, the leading UK Series A investor, has promoted three individuals to its senior leadership team, and added a partner, following a record year in 2021 &nda...

Connection Capital sees record demand from private investors with £77m raised in 2021 - - 2022-01-10

Connection Capital, the specialist private client alternative investments business, saw its highest ever levels of demand from private investor cl...

Parent tech startup Onoco raises £150,000 - - 2022-01-10

Onoco, the parenting app designed to help organise families through planning, documenting infant care and tracking their development, has raised...

Scalpel receives investment from Henley Business Angels - - 2022-01-07

Scalpel, a healthcare services company that automates surgical protocols using sensor-driven event detection technology, has received investment from ...

Future Fertility raises Series A to improve IVF outcomes - - 2022-01-07

Future Fertility, a fertility technology company developing AI-enabled and non-invasive fertility solutions to optimize clinical decision making in fertil...

Foresight invests £3.5m into Hospital Services Limited - - 2022-01-07

Foresight Group, a leading listed private equity and infrastructure investment manager, has announced a £3.5 million investment into ...

AIC launches guide to investment companies - - 2022-01-07

The Association of Investment Companies has launched a new guide to investment companies...

Green-tech start up Matter receives $0.5m backing - - 2022-01-07

Bristol-based technology start-up, Matter, has just completed a successful Pre-Series A investment round securing $0.5m of new funding from ...

24Haymarket secures £10m commitment from British Business Investments - - 2022-01-06

24Haymarket, the London and Edinburgh-based private capital group, has secured a £10m commitment from ...

Livingbridge invests in cyber security services provider Quorum Cyber - - 2022-01-06

Livingbridge has invested in UK-based Quorum Cyber, a lead...

Cognomie closes £385k crowdfund to lead Mental Fitness market in 2022 - - 2022-01-06

Cognomie, the Mental Fitness start-up, has raised £385,000 in its firs...

Challenges for PE in 2022 will be resisting ‘FOMO’ and developing ESG data provision - - 2022-01-06

Richard Hope, Managing Director and Head of EMEA at Hamilton Lane, says 2021 set sector records and the big challenges for private equity in 2022 will be...

Guernsey Finance appoints Strategic Advisor - - 2022-01-06

Guernsey Finance has strengthened its Strategy & Technical team, appointing Henry Freeman as Strategic Advisor....

Applications open for Sheffield Hallam's health business accelerator - - 2022-01-05

The application window for Sheffield Hallam University’s latest ...

Another dealmaker joins YFM as it builds its presence across the Midlands - - 2022-01-05

Experienced investor, lender and adviser Stephen Murray has joined YFM Equity Partners, which has offices in Bir...

Equity Gap hits £25m milestone following strongest year to date - - 2022-01-05

Edinburgh-based angel syndicate, Equity Gap, has reached a £25m investment milestone following its most successful year to date. ...

New full-fibre broadband provider lands £100m investment - - 2022-01-05

£100m of private funding has been made available to a new-generation internet service provider on a mission to provide hypersonic broadband access to 1,...

Henley Business Angels members invest in ape2o - - 2022-01-05

ape2o, a company that is looking to eradicate bottled water waste by setting up a network of sophisticated vending machines for ‘on the ...

Newcastle entrepreneur secures investment for Safer Date app - - 2022-01-04

A Newcastle-based entrepreneur with ambitions to disrupt the online dating industry has raised £225,000 in a bid to create a dating platform with user safety at it...

Miss Group accelerates international growth with Swiss acquisition - - 2022-01-04

Fast growing, international web hosting business, Miss Group...

9 types of investor – which should your business be targeting? - - 2022-01-04

To help founders navigate the complex world of fund raising Oliver Woolley of Envestors has provided an overview to help ...

Vorwerk Ventures, Acton Capital and Picus invest €7M in MedKitDoc - - 2022-01-04

MedKitDoc, a German telemedicine platform, has raised 7 mi...

Archangels leads record year of investment in tech and life sciences stars - - 2022-01-04

Archangels, the Edinburgh-based business angel investment group, led investments totalling a record £23.7m in prom...

theUp.co nets £7M cash injection - - 2022-01-04

Two London entrepreneurs who pivoted their mobile phone charging business into a successful mobile order and pay app and hand sanitiser network as the pandemic hit, generating ...

Silverfleet announces the sale of CoreDux - - 2022-01-04

Silverfleet has announced that Arcline Investment Management has undertaken t...

IoT software company raises £2.1m - - 2022-01-04

A UK business which aims to transform industry with its internet of things software platform has raised £2.1m to accelerate its international expansion....

YFM makes £8m follow-on investment in DSP-Explorer to fund further growth - - 2022-01-04

One of the UK’s largest independent Oracle partners, DSP-Explorer, a database and cloud managed services provide...

Genasys secures £12.25M investment from Frog Capital - - 2021-12-17

Leading insurance software solutions provider, Genasys, has announced a major investment of £12.25M from leading software Scale-Up investor, ...

Antler closes £21.4m fund for UK tech companies - - 2021-12-17

Global venture capital firm Antler is set to enter 2022 in robust health, having closed its new UK fund beyond its initial target of $30m. This update follows t...

Cyber firm Talion raises 7-figures from NPIF - - 2021-12-17

Talion, a leading cybersecurity specialist that provides services for some of the UK’s bi...

Warwick Acoustics raises £2.8m - - 2021-12-17

Warwick Acoustics – the Midlands-based company which aims to disrupt the delivery of entertainment within the next...

QVentures Invests in Alectro, a virtual sustainability officer for SMEs - - 2021-12-17

QVentures has made an investment into Alectro, a Virtual Sustainability Officer...

Pirum Systems secures capital from Hg Capital - - 2021-12-16

Pirum Systems, a leading provider of post-trade automation and collateral management technology for the global securities finance industry, announces that ...

Inflexion appoints healthcare Advisory Board - - 2021-12-16

Inflexion Private Equity Partners has launched a Healthcare Advisory Board to help shape its investment strategy and drive value across healthcare investmen...

‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ provider Bumper raises $12m - - 2021-12-16

UK-based auto fintech startup Bumper has raised $12M in Ser...

Wade Ceramics secures £400k MEIF capital - - 2021-12-16

Stoke-On-Trent business Wade Ceramics, has secured a £400,000 investment to help safeguard its...

Reflections on Republic purchase of Seedrs! - - 2021-12-15

Seedrs and Republic, the major US private investing platform founded in 2016, have on 2 December 2021 announced Republic’s purchase of Seedrs. Repub...

Karmacist raises £700k for the world’s first nutrigenomics wellness supplement - - 2021-12-15

Karmacist, the world’s first nutrigenomics-based wellness supplement, has closed a £700k pre-seed investment led by ...

The outlook for 2022 - - 2021-12-15

After a very busy year for the angel market in the UK, Modwenna Rees-Mogg asks what there is to look forward to in 2022? The angel market is changing or perhaps has already changed. T...

Future growth for Operational Solutions following £8m BGF investment - - 2021-12-15

BGF has made a £8 million investment in Operational Solutions Ltd (OSL), a leading counter drone tech...

Circularity Capital expands portfolio with £8m investment in P2i - - 2021-12-15

Circularity Capital has continued to build its portfolio of European growth-stage businesses enabling the circular economy, with an £8m investm...

SPRINT awarded additional £200,000 funding from UK Space Agency - - 2021-12-14

The national SPRINT (SPace Research and Innovation Network for Technology) business support programme has been awarded additional funding worth £200,00...

Atom Learning raises $25m in largest evet UK eddtech series A funding - - 2021-12-14

Atom Learning, the fast-growth adaptive learning edtech platform, announces that it has raised $25m in a Series A round led by ...

The Startup Race calls for submissions from ambitious entrepreneurs - - 2021-12-14

The Startup Race Accelerator has launched a call for submissions for its hackathon, a new opportunity in advance of its £10,000 Startup Race, wh...

Authentica raises £150,000 to become ‘Amazon of 3D printing’ - - 2021-12-14

Autentica, a disruptive tech start-up has raised over £150,000 of investment – and is set to make 20 key hires by the end of 2022 &ndas...

gigl closes $1.5m round - - 2021-12-14

gigl, a video-based job platform on a mission to solve the UK hospitality staffing shortage, has closed a $1.5m round. gigl’s mo...

LENA Space to collaborate with Sprint to develop pumps for satellite launch systems - - 2021-12-13

Salisbury-based LENA Space, an SME chemical rocket propulsion product development company, has signed up to the national SPRINT ...

Glucose Republic raises £500,000 to build app focused on the impact of food - - 2021-12-13

Glucose Republic (GR) has raised a £500,000 investment round from leading equity investors Deepbridge C...

Crowd backed laundry startup Oxwash targets net zero by 2023 - - 2021-12-13

Oxwash, leading on-demand laundry service provider, which closed a £500,000 crowdfunding capital raise last month, has announced that they are aimin...

WELL Training secures £625,000 MEIF - - 2021-12-13

Leading digital training solutions provider, WELL Training (WELL), has secured £625,000 funding from ...

Cambridge University innovators programme to help foster intrapreneurship - - 2021-12-13

The renowned University of Cambridge Impulse Programme, created to nurture the brilliant minds of international academia, business and...

Easol raises $25m to power experiences and travel market - - 2021-12-10

Easol, the leading experience commerce platform, is announcing an investment of $25 million from Tiger Global with participation from existing investors Notion Capi...

UK proptech investment climbs to record high in 2021 - - 2021-12-10

Investment into the UK’s property technology (‘proptech’) sector has reached record levels in 2021 and more than quadrupled since last year, as the growing sector matures. ...

Fintech firm SPG raises $34m Series A funding - - 2021-12-10

The UK based FinTech group, SPG that owns and operates Shieldpay and ...

VC review site Landscape to launch OpenScout for companies to 'scout' VCs - - 2021-12-10

Landscape, t...

2022 technology trends predicted by new GP Bullhound report - - 2021-12-10

The ‘creator economy,’ decentralized finance, supercharged supply chains, ARM-based chips, and the metaverse virtual playground are among ten key trends that will drive digital transfor...

Angel Investment Network reports surging rise in annual growth - - 2021-12-10

Angel Investment Network (AIN), the world’s largest online angel investment platform, has seen significant annual growt...

lool Ventures announces first close of $100m seed fund - - 2021-12-10

lool ventures, an early stage investor ba...

Beechbrook Capital reaches first close of its third UK SME Credit fund - - 2021-12-10

Beechbrook Capital has achieved a first close on its third UK ...

Rising ‘PE to PE’ deals make it prime time for software due diligence - - 2021-12-09

Philippe Thomas, CEO at ...

NPIF – Maven Equity Finance invests £500,000 in Advanced Bacterial Sciences - - 2021-12-09

NPIF - Maven Equity Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF) h...

WhatsApp customer engagement tool WATI.io raises $10m - - 2021-12-09

WATI.io (WhatsApp Team Inbox), a comprehensive WhatsApp customer engagement tool for small businesses, has raised $8.3Mn in Series A led by Sequoia Capital India ...

Antler launches Web3 investment drive for ambitious founders - - 2021-12-08

Antler, a global early-stage venture capital investor, with 350 portfolio companies across 17 cities across the world, has officially put out a call to founders...

Inflexion invests in logistics tech firm Withwise - - 2021-12-08

Inflexion has made a minority investment in WithWise, a software provider for logistics delivery firms serving th...

Syntaxis Capital secures investment from Goodhart Partners - - 2021-12-08

Syntaxis Capital Group, a leading provider of private credit in Central Europe, and Goodhart Partners LLP...

Hinterview raises £3m as video secures a place in the future of work - - 2021-12-08

UK-based technology company Hinterview has raised £3m in Series A funding. The award-winning video platform for the recruitment sector has experien...

Beringea leads $10m funding in Learnerbly - - 2021-12-08

Learnerbly, the SaaS-enabled marketplace for workplace learning and development, has secured $10m ...

Vinehealth raises $5.5m led by Talis Capital - - 2021-12-07

Vinehealth has raised $5.5m in seed funding. The round was led by Talis Capital, with participation from pr...

Oxford Capital leads $2.5m seed round in National MRI Scan - - 2021-12-07

As the UK experiences record waiting times for diagnostic imaging, Digital Health startup, National MRI has raised $2.5m seed led by ...

Automotive spare part start-up E4-3D raises £150k - - 2021-12-07

A Blackpool-based automotive spare parts platform is poised to shake up the automotive industry after raising over £150,000 in investment. E4-3D has c...

Stitched, an digitised ecosystem for curtains and blinds, raises £200,000 - - 2021-12-07

Stitched, a digitalised platform providing curtains and blinds to customers using a combination of 3D customisation and augmented reality, has secured &pou...

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ARIE Capital Technology EIS Fund seeks £350,000 to £10,000,000. For more information go to https://www.fundingforentrepre...

DataQube secures €26 million from RGREEN INVEST# - - 2021-12-06

DataQube Global Ltd, developer of the world’s first standalone edge data centre module, has acquired a €26 million Series A funding from ...

Neuro-tech firm Neurovalens secures funds from Invest Northern Ireland - - 2021-12-06

Neurovalens, a global leader in non-invasive neuro-technology, has secured new funding towards the development of mental health treatments that target General...

Logistics business AP Taylor secures £750k MEIF backing - - 2021-12-06

AP Taylor Ltd has secured a £750,000 funding package from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF), for the East...

Ultraleap raises £60 million Series D funding - - 2021-12-06

Ultraleap, the world leader in interface technologies, hand tracking and ...

MMC backs intelligent automotive software platform, Eatron - - 2021-12-06

Eatron®, a fast-growing scale-up with its unique ‘intelligent automotive software’ platform for the edge and the cloud has raised $11M in its Serie...

SMEs are cautiously optimistic as confidence grows - - 2021-12-03

Despite lingering anxieties about the pandemic and a variety of economic and commercial issues, the majority of SMEs believe it is now imperative to begin building back from the crisis. They are re...

Global M&A reaches $5.2 trillion YTD - - 2021-12-03

US$464.7 billion worth of deals were announced globally during November 2021, 22% more than the value recorded during the same month last year and the highest November total since 1999 according to...

Hair care brand Champo secures £550,000 GLIF funding - - 2021-12-03

A London based contemporary hair care brand has secured £550,000 from the Greater London Investment Fund to support its range expansion. The funding will enable...

Gresham House Ventures invests £5m into Preservica - - 2021-12-03

Preservica, a market leader in Active Digital Preservation software, has announced $6.8M (£5M) in investment funds from ...

Edtech startup Mindstone crowdfunds £1.4 million - - 2021-12-03

Mindstone, an edtech platform rethinking online education to help people learn faster and remember more, has raised £1.44 million through ...

Foot Anstey advises Access Group to acquire Legal Bricks - - 2021-12-03

The Private Equity team at Foot Anstey LLP has supported and advised Access UK Ltd, on its acquisition of Legal Br...

Armaros secures £100,000 from British Design Fund - - 2021-12-03

UK equestrian start-up, Armaros, which has developed an innovative new type of flexible body armour for horse riders, has secured a £100k investment from...

Rightcharge raises £700k to accelerate adoption of smart electric vehicle charging - - 2021-12-03

All-in-one charge point and EV-friendly energy tariff comparison service Rightcharge, has raised £70...

PE acquisitions stabilise after market turbulence, say Rickitt Mitchell - - 2021-12-03

The number of acquisitions made by private equity-backed businesses across the UK shown signs of stabilising after a buoyant period, according to Rickitt ...

Food brand Wild Jacks secures £250,000 growth capital from MEIF - - 2021-12-03

A food & drink producer based across Lincolnshire has secured £250,000 to upgrade its production facilities, create eight jobs and service its growing customer base. ...

Enterprise Capital Funds help close the ‘equity gap’ - - 2021-12-02

An independent evaluation of the British Business Bank Enterprise Capital Funds (ECF) pro...

SALESmanago acquired by SilverTree & Perwyn - - 2021-12-02

GP Bullhound acted as exclusive financial advisor to SALESmanago, the leading no-code omnichannel customer enga...

Haydn Mursell appointed chair of YFM-backed Checkmate Fire - - 2021-12-02

Infrastructure and construction veteran Haydn Mursell has been appointed as chair of fire protection specialist ...

Haatch Ventures appoints new Head of Platform - - 2021-12-02

Sophie Weavers-Wright has joined Haatch Ventures as Head of Platform, from Quotient (previously Elevaate) where she led Self Serve Tier 1’s within the Sponso...

Mobeus VCT sells stake in Tushingham Sails - - 2021-12-02

The growth equity investor Gresham House Ventures has sold its stake in Vian Marketing, the holding company for successful stand-up paddleboard owner...

Cerbos raises $3.5m seed round to transform software ‘permissions’ - - 2021-12-02

Cerbos, a new open source software startup helping tech scaleups and other companies manage user permissions more efficiently, has raised a $3.5 million seed round...

Praetura backs Coadjute's £6m fundraise - - 2021-12-02

Coadjute, the blockchain network for the UK property market that aims to transform the ease and speed of home purchasing, has announced a £6m investmen...

Metaview raises $6m to help businesses offer fairer interviews - - 2021-12-02

Metaview - the pioneering Interview Intelligence platform - has announced its $6 million seed funding round, bringing t...

NatWest launches peer-to-peer coaching for entrepreneurs - - 2021-12-01

NatWest, the UK’s biggest business bank, has launched a new free support scheme for business owners who want to problem solve and gain insi...

British Patient Capital announces €30m commitment to Partech Growth II - - 2021-12-01

British Patient Capital has made a €30m commitment to Partech Growth II, which has announced its final close at €650m. ...

Cybersecurity provider METCLOUD secures £1m MEIF investment - - 2021-12-01

METCLOUD, the innovative cloud and cybersecurity provider, has secured £1,000,000 funding from ...

Low Carbon Innovation Fund 2 invests in Switchd - - 2021-12-01

Turquoise, the UK merchant bank specialising in energy, environment and efficiency, has invested in Switchd via ...

Marine conservation business ARC Marine secures £2m investment - - 2021-12-01

ARC Marine has secured £2 million in funding during its latest round. The deal was led by the FSE Gro...

Triple Point backs €4.4m funding for 5G telemedicine solutions firm knok - - 2021-11-30

NOS 5G Fund, created by NOS and managed by Armilar Venture Partners, and Triple Point Ventures, have co-invested ...

Gagan Arora appointed as senator for India at WBAF - - 2021-11-30

The World Business Angels Investment Forum has appointed Gagan Arora, Founder & CEO of Vertex Group as Senator for India. Senator...

Pentech and Outward Ventures lead £4.7m investment in Vauban - - 2021-11-30

Vauban, the platform that provides venture capital fund managers with everything they need to raise a fund ...

FYLD raises £10 million in Series A funding - - 2021-11-30

FYLD, the London-based, AI-driven digital platform designed to revolutionise the safety and efficiency ...

British Business Investments commits £7m to FOLK2FOLK - - 2021-11-30

British Business Investments, a wholly-owned commercial subsidiary within the British Busines...

British Patient Capital backs Quell Therapeutics’ $156m funding - - 2021-11-30

British Patient Capital has participated in Quell T...

NPIF Maven backs data insight firm Margin Guardian - - 2021-11-30

NPIF – Maven Equity Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners and part of t...

New London Representative for Guernsey Finance - - 2021-11-30

Guernsey Finance has resumed a permanent presence in London with the appointment of Jo Kitcat as UK Representative. Jo’s role will b...

The Entrepreneur Ship’ getting ready to set sail - - 2021-11-29

Guy Rigby and David Murray will shortly attempt to become the oldest pair ever to row across any ocean as they prepare for their Atlantic crossing in this year’s...

UK VC fund performance rose sharply in past year says British Business Bank - - 2021-11-29

Latest British Business Bank market research finds that higher company valuations, combined with strong exit activity in 2020 and 2021, has cont...

Cam Ross appointed CEO of Green Angel Syndicate - - 2021-11-29

Green Angel Syndicate (GAS) is preparing for its next phase of growth with several si...

What proportion of your portfolio should angel investments be? - - 2021-11-29

Following the publication their latest White Paper, Brian Moretta of Hardman & Co delves into the tricky question of how investors should decide...

AR start-up Dent Reality secures £2.5m - - 2021-11-26

Dent Reality, the London-based start-up behind a pioneering AR platform, has raised £2.5m ($3.4m) in funding to expand its pioneering work acr...

Angels Invest Wales backs 2B Enterprising - - 2021-11-26

Primary school children throughout the UK are being inspired to develop their enterprise skills with the help of a syndicate of 15 business angels who have completed a £400,000 investment in ...

R&S Tonks secures £200k MEIF funding - - 2021-11-26

R&S Tonks, a Stoke-on-Trent-based joinery company has secured a £200,000 funding package to create new jobs and expand its operations....

Delio launches Ventures initiative - - 2021-11-26

Delio, the private markets technology specialist, has launched Ventures, a new initiative that will see them f...

One Stop Business Finance strengthens team - - 2021-11-25

SME funding specialist One Stop Business Finance (OSBF) has further strengthened its finance brokering and operations management expertise with the appointment o...

Haatch Ventures and Wealth Club back merchandising platform Advanced Commerce - - 2021-11-25

Haatch Ventures and Wealth Club have led an investment round of £1.67 million into ...

Kieran Dalton joins Catalyst as new 'head of scaling' - - 2021-11-25

Experienced tech sector executive Kieran Dalton has joined Catalyst as Head of Scaling, a new role that has been created for the purpose of helping ambitiou...

YFM backs fast-growing ERP business Cooper Software - - 2021-11-25

YFM Equity Partners has completed an investment from its Buyout Fund II into Cooper Software, a Scottish-based Enterpr...

Nominations soon to close for 2022 Bold Woman Awards by Veuve Clicquot - - 2021-11-25

The call for public nominations will close on Friday for this year’s prestigious ...

Companies raise £16.1m in 18 months with innovative University of Essex support - - 2021-11-24

Disruptive bleeding-edge tech companies have secured a staggering £16.1m of funding in just 18 months after being supported by the ...

Low Carbon Innovation Fund 2 invests in Weeding Technologies - - 2021-11-24

Turquoise, the UK merchant bank specialising in energy, environment and efficiency, has announced its 13th deal for the Low Carbon...

Arete leads £3m investment into global customer analytics platform - - 2021-11-24

North west-based multi-family investment office, Arete, has announced it has led a £3m investment into experience analytics platform, ...

Online travel firm Luxury Cottages secures investment - - 2021-11-24

High-end online travel agency, Luxury Cottages, is set to create a significant number of new jobs after securing a substantial investment from the ...

Payhawk raises $112m - - 2021-11-24

Payhawk, the payments and expense solution with offices in London, Sofia, Berlin and Barcelona, has raised $112 million just three years after its inception, valu...

Shield-IoT raises $7.4m led by NextLeap Ventures and Bloc Ventures - - 2021-11-23

Shield-IoT, a leader in mass-scale IoT and IIoT network cyber security and operational monitoring, has closed a $7.4 million Series A round of funding. The Serie...

Exus opens hub in Turkey for renewable investments - - 2021-11-23

Exus Management Partners, a leading expert in powering sustainable investments through operational excellence, has continued its global expansion by anno...

YFM closes £60m fund for tech businesses in 7 weeks - - 2021-11-23

YFM Equity Partners, has once again seen the offers for its two managed Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) fully subscribed in a matter of weeks. After launching on 22&n...

Continuity raises €5m led by Elaia Partners & Bpifrance - - 2021-11-23

Continuity, the company using AI to help insurers improve underwriting for SMEs, has raised €5m from ...

Bereavement tech start-up Settld raises £800k for scale up - - 2021-11-23

A TECH start-up that eases the administrative burden left with bereaved families has set its sights on rapid expansion, after receiving support from a team of North East innovation experts. ...

Pioneering medtech firm Glyconics secures £1.5m in oversubscribed raise - - 2021-11-22

Award-winning medtech firm, Glyconics© has secured £1.5million in an Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) funding round ahead of a series A round next ...

Pixie raises £2.25m from Triple Point Ventures, Seedcamp and MMC Ventures - - 2021-11-22

Pixie, a UK-based startup creating a simpler approach to practice management and workflow automation for small accounting and b...

Palatine brings sustainable and impact credentials to the fore in rebrand - - 2021-11-22

Palatine has unveiled a major rebrand to reflect its leading position in driving and delivering sustainable business growt...

Seneca Partners EIS portfolio company Wejo completes US $1 Billion Nasdaq listing - - 2021-11-22

Seneca Partners, the specialist SME investment business based in the North West has announced that EIS portfolio c...

A record year of commitments worth £473m for British Business Investments - - 2021-11-22

British Business Investments, a wholly-owned commercial subsidiary of British Business Bank plc, has published its ...

Charco raises $10m for wearable device to ease Parkinson’s symptoms - - 2021-11-19

Charco Neurotech, a medical technology company that develops solutions for people with Parkinson’s, has raised $10m seed investment round, co-led by...

Siltech is seeking £700k capital - - 2021-11-19

Smart ink technology company Siltech Limited is seeking funding. Find out more at https...

Think-Tank launches platform for retail investors who want to invest sustainably - - 2021-11-19

Independent think-tank, 2° Investing Initiative (2DII), has launched its retail investment platform, MyFairMoney, which aims to provide transp...

Cybersecurity: investing in underlying trends - Stephan Gueorguiev, Foresight - 2021-11-19

Stephan Gueorguiev, Investment Director at Foresight...

Eskuta receives £1 million from MEIF West Midlands Debt Fund - - 2021-11-19

Eskuta Limited has received a total of £1m worth of funding from The Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF), W...

Sleek launches in UK with $14m funding led by White Star Capital - - 2021-11-18

Sleek.com, a leading platform providing incorporation and accounting services for SMEs and entrepreneurs, has raised $14 million in Series A funding led by ...

British green-tech, Oxwash clinches £500K in crowdfunder - - 2021-11-18

Putting a sustainable spin on laundry, Oxwash, a UK-based startup backed by Twitter co-founder B...

Bowmark Capital invests in Kubrick Group - - 2021-11-18

Bowmark Capital, the mid-market private equity firm, has completed an investment in Kubrick Group...

Bristol-based Clue raises £5m from Frog Capital - - 2021-11-18

Clue, a SaaS platform for managing investigations has raised growth investment of £5 million from ...

BGF investing £8.7 million in Kick ICT - - 2021-11-18

High growth IT group, Kick ICT, has secured an £8.7 million investment from ...

Parkwalk makes three new appointments - - 2021-11-18

Parkwalk, the UK’s most active investor in world changing technologies from UK universities and research institution...

North East Business and Innovation Centre welcomes new members - - 2021-11-18

The North East Business and Innovation Centre’s (BIC) Social Enterprise T...

Halal baby food manufacturer For Aisha secures £400k loan - - 2021-11-18

Nottinghamshire-based halal baby food manufacturer, For Aisha Baby Foods (For Aisha), has received a £400,000 investment to develop ne...

Tech firm Adludio raises £4m for US expansion - - 2021-11-18

Adludio, the London-based adtech company that is a leader in the field of mobile advertising, has secured a £4m investment from ...

Are Accelerator Funds (on the Seedrs Platform) still doing well? - - 2021-11-17

James Murdoch assesses the performance of accelerator funds on Seedrs. Sustainable Accelerator (SA) are launching their fund’s 5th round on Seedrs with a launch...

£51 million support for Welsh businesses in the first half of 2021 - - 2021-11-17

£51 million of loans and equity investments have been made into 220 Welsh businesses by the Development Bank of Wales during the six-month period ...

Mimica secures $6 million from Khosla Ventures - - 2021-11-17

Mimica, a software company b...

10 tips for eventual angel backed businesses - - 2021-11-17

It's tough out there and competition for investors is fiercer than ever. Modwenna Rees-Mogg shares her top tips of what fund raising entrepreneurs need to think about when planning ...

Trends in funding legal disputes - - 2021-11-17

Alex Kennedy from Gannons explores the latest trends in how companies are financing their litigation costs. In the covid and post covid world, the n...

Graphite Capital acquires recruitment business Opus Talent Solutions - - 2021-11-16

Graphite Capital, a leading UK mid-market private equity specialist, has acquired ...

Pizza kit company Birtelli’s receives £500k MEIF investment - - 2021-11-16

Growing artisan pizza business, Birtelli’s, has secured £500,000 funding fro...

Contract research firm Gentronix set to expand following £700k investment - - 2021-11-16

Gentronix – the UK-based contract research organisation (CRO) that is a leader in the field of genetic toxicology – has raised £700,000 in a...

Matter secures £150k investment from British Design Fund - - 2021-11-16

Bristol-based technology start-up, Matter, has just secured a £150,000 investment from ...

NVM backs customer data specialist with investment of £14.8 million - - 2021-11-16

NVM Private Equity has invested £14.8 million into The Salocin Group to fund the acquisition of customer data specialist...

Palatine capital supports Acora’s latest acquisition - - 2021-11-15

Fast-growing IT services company Acora has made a third bolt-on acquisition since the investment by Palatine in ...

Customer data and marketing platform Ometria raises $40m - - 2021-11-15

Customer data and marketing platform Ometria has completed a $40M Series C round, led by InfraVia Growth, with particip...

The fundamentals of fundraising for entrepreneurs - - 2021-11-15

Oliver Woolley from Envestors considers at what information really matters when you are courting investors for funding. When your business needs an inje...

Stressfreecarrental.com secures £534k investment from DSW - - 2021-11-15

Stressfreecarrental.com, a new challenger in the online car rental market, has raised £534,000 in a funding round led by ...

Riverside appoints Allison Cole as Head of Fundraising & IR - - 2021-11-15

The Riverside Company, a global private investor focused on the smaller end of the middle market, a...

Kernel Capital portfolio company B-Secur raises £8.8m - - 2021-11-12

Kernel Capital portfolio company B-Secur Ltd, a Belfast-based health tech company, has completed a total ra...

Honeycomb Network secures £127,000 pre-seed funding from SFC Capital - - 2021-11-12

Honeycomb Network, an Imperial College London spinout developing smart charging and storage infrastructure for e-s...

BGF appoints Roshni Bandesha as Head of ESG and Sustainability - - 2021-11-12

BGF has appointed Roshni Bandesha to the role of head of ESG and Sustainability. In her role at BGF, Roshni will be responsible for embedding its sustaina...

Framework raises £1.5m for on-demand business school - - 2021-11-12

A radical overhaul of business education is coming as some of the world’s most influential investors and business leaders from the world of tech, entrepreneurship and education, invest £...

Oxford University breaks record for number of spinouts - - 2021-11-12

Oxford University, through Oxford Universtiy Innovation has created 31 new companies over the past year, setting a new record for company creation at the ...

ARIE Capital launches Tech EIS fund - - 2021-11-11

ARIE Capital has launched its new ARIE Tech EIS Fund. The ARIE Capital Group is a significant tech investor, with £500 million of assets under ...

Pallite receives £750k MEIF funding - - 2021-11-11

A Wellingborough-based paper honeycomb board manufacturer has secured £750,000 to expand its product range, create jobs and enter new markets. The Alternative Pallet...

Guinness Enterprise Centre completes €10m expansion - - 2021-11-11

Guinness Enterprise Centre (GEC), a top global incubator in the heart of Dublin City – in the presence of Leo Varadkar TD, Tánaiste and Minister for E...

Foresight MEIF and GMCA invests £1.5m into TMAC - - 2021-11-11

Foresight Group, a listed private equity and infrastructure investment manager, has made a £749,000 growth capital investment into ...

Shojin Property funds £7m student accommodation scheme - - 2021-11-11

Global co-investment platform Shojin Property Partners has secured the junior funding element of a £7m student accommodation scheme in Leicester city c...

Maven leads £2.1m investment in online food & drink marketplace FodaBox - - 2021-11-10

Maven Capital Partners has led a £2.1 million investment in FodaBox (formerly BoroughBox), a provi...

British Entrepreneur raises £170,000 to launch winter jacket company, SQI - - 2021-11-10

A London-based entrepreneur has launched SQI, a brand new e-commerce clothing startup. The company, which champions multi-use, diverse, and sustainable winte...

SPRINT funds Clutch Space Systems to develop digitally-controlled antenna system - - 2021-11-10

Clutch Space Systems (CSS) has signed up to the SPRINT business support programme to design, develop and test an experimen...

Female Invest closes funding round of £3.3 million - - 2021-11-10

Female Invest, an EdTech platform and community which, ...

YFM Appoints Marcus Karia as CFO - - 2021-11-10

Experienced private equity and venture capital finance director Marcus Karia has joined fast growing YFM Equity Partners as chief financial office...

Equity Gap appoints new board members as portfolio expands - - 2021-11-09

Equity Gap, the Edinburgh-based angel investment syndicate, has announced key board member and advisory appointments, as it looks to expand its relationsh...

Smallspark Space Systems to create satellite thruster funded by SPRINT - - 2021-11-09

Cardiff-based Smallspark Space Systems will collaborate with the University of Southampton on a new project to design, manufacture and test fir...

Deputy Mayor backs innovative pay-per-mile EV taxi funding - - 2021-11-09

FinTech platform Zeti has been contracted by the ...

Bitcoin pushing towards fresh all-time highs this week - - 2021-11-09

Bitcoin could hit fresh all-time highs this week, which will bring upside to other cryptocurrencies, particularly those directly involved in fintech development. This is the bullish predict...

BGF’s Clean Growth advisory board expands - - 2021-11-09

BGF, the UK & Ireland’s most active investor, has added two new high-profile names to its clean growth advisory board, which was set up earlier this y...

Fischer Farms to launch world's largest vertical farm - - 2021-11-08

A vision to feed Britain in a more resilient and sustainable way lies behind multimillion-pound plans to create the world’s largest vertical farm, which has been launched by green energy expe...

Sofant Technologies signs €7.3M contract with European Space Agency - - 2021-11-08

Scottish radio technology company, Sofant Technologies, has received significant financial backing (€7.3M) from the ...

British Business Investments commits £5m to Green Angel Syndicate - - 2021-11-08

British Business Investments, a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has announced a new £5m commitment to green economy investor, ...

sureCore-led consortium wins £6.5m Innovate UK grant - - 2021-11-08

Innovate UK has awarded a grant of £6.5 million to a seven-member consortium led by sureCore ...

UK healthtech firm Forth raises £1.6M for ground-breaking FemTech product - - 2021-11-08

Chepstow based health tech firm Forth is set to capitalise on the growth in the female science and technology market as it has secur...

Private Equity investors are making an impact - Anna Morrison, bfinance - 2021-11-05

Anna Morrison, a Senior Director of Private Markets at bfinance...

Proptech startup Evo secures £1m investment round - - 2021-11-05

Proptech startup Evo has secured a £1 million investment round via the GroVentive investment platform, suppor...

Arcmont closes second Senior Loan Fund at €5 billion - - 2021-11-05

Arcmont Asset Management, a leading European private debt asset management firm, has announced the successful completion of the fundraising of its Senior Loan Fun...

Maven leads £2.5m investment in Durham-based solar film provider - - 2021-11-05

Maven Capital Partners has led a £2.5 million funding round in Power Roll, a developer of ultra-low-cost and ligh...

BGF bolsters Central Scotland team to drive growth - - 2021-11-05

BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor, has expanded its Central Scotland team following the appointments of investors, John Devine and Chris Nixo...

Could SME investment be the best way to tackle climate change? - - 2021-11-04

Luke Davis, CEO of IW Capital, discusses why he sees the UK's small business community as a vital source of inspiration in reaching net...

Dr Manjari Chandran-Ramesh joins Amadeus as deep tech partner - - 2021-11-04

Amadeus Capital Partners has expanded its deep tech investment team with the appointment of Dr Manjari Chandran-Ramesh as a Partner in its Early Stage ...

Vehicle comparison site VU Compare raises £70,000 pre seed funding - - 2021-11-04

VU Compare, a revolutionary vehicle finance and insurance comparison site, has secured £70,000 in pre-seed capital to support product development and marke...

Palatine realises first exit from Impact Fund with Estio Training - - 2021-11-04

Palatine's Impact Fund has made its first exit with the sale of Estio Training to global education provider BPP Education Group. Estio is a specialist provider of NVQ level 3...

BGF leads £13m investment in Closed Loop Medicine - - 2021-11-04

Closed Loop Medicine, the global leader in the development of single prescription drug plus digital therapy (...

Foresight completes the sale of Selazar - - 2021-11-04

Foresight Group has sold Selazar Limited, a logistics management software platform, to an independent global inve...

UK Landscapes on growth trail after PE investment from Mercia - - 2021-11-04

A landscaping usiness which maintains sites nationwide for leading supermarkets and utilities companies has secured a significant investment from Mercia’s ...

Forward Partners VC Louise Rix joins Béa Fertility as Chief Medical Officer - - 2021-11-04

Dr Louise Rix, a former VC at Forward Partners, is stepping into the start-up world ...

Maven invests £3.25 million in healthcare analytics specialist RwHealth - - 2021-11-04

Maven Capital Partners, one of the UKs most active investors in growing businesses, has invested £3.25 million in London-based ...

JPIN VCATS leads investment round for Koovers - - 2021-11-03

Startup investment bank for the emerging markets JPIN VCATS has completed a significant fundraise for Koovers, India's...

SETsquared secures £2m to support businesses in South West - - 2021-11-03

SETsquared has secured an additional £2m of funding from Innovate UK to run a...

Töastie Kids raises £300k MEIF investment - - 2021-11-03

Coalville-based children’s clothing business, Tiny Explorer Apparel, trading as the Töastie Kids brand, has secured a £300,000 investment to develop a new...

British Business Investments commits £30m to Mobeus fund - - 2021-11-03

British Business Investments, a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has announced a &po...

Par Equity scores a century - over £100m invested - - 2021-11-03

Par Equity’s investments in high-growth technology businesses have smashed through the £100m mark. The milestone was passed when the compa...

Cambridge Impulse Programme 2022 to focus on deep tech - - 2021-11-02

The renowned University of Cambridge Impulse Programme, created to nurture the brilliant minds of international academia, busine...

Forensic Analytics secures £4.5m investment from Mercia - - 2021-11-02

Forensic Analytics, a digital forensics company whose communications analysis software is used by police forces throughout the UK, has secured a &...

Permutive raises $75m Series C funding round - - 2021-11-02

Permutive, an audience platform for publishers and advertisers, which enables media to be traded in a privacy-safe way, has secured $75M in Series ...

Insurance platform Ripe secures investment from Aquiline Capital - - 2021-11-02

Ripe Thinking Limited (Ripe), a UK-based digital underwriting and insurance distribution platform, has entered into a definitive agreement for ...

Former Audi CEO participates in €2.6million funding for automotive startup - - 2021-11-01

AutoFill, a Dutch deep tech company revolutionising inspection workflow processes for the automotive and rail industries, has secured €2.6 million i...

Scottish fintech startup taps top industry talent - - 2021-11-01

Scottish AI software company Aveni has announced the appointment of ...

Culture-as-a-service start-up Unlock raises $2m seed investment - - 2021-11-01

UK-based Unlock, a SaaS-enabled marketplace to build culture among remote teams, has raised a $2m seed round. ...

Anglia Capital Group invest in exciting robotics start-up Fox Robotics - - 2021-10-29

After an impressive pitch to the Anglia Capital Group Angels, Fox Robotics successfully re...

Global VC Antler invests in eight new Swedish startups - - 2021-10-29

Global venture capital firm Antler has invested in eight new portfolio companies as part of its Stockholm cohort....

DeHaat raises $115 Million Series D from Sofina, Lightrock and Temasek - - 2021-10-29

DeHaat, the technology-based platform offering end-to-end agricultural services to farmers in India, has raised $115 million...

London Technology Club takes part in Cogniac’s US$20 Million Series B Raise - - 2021-10-29

The London Technology Club has invested in Cogniac, a leadi...

Research platform Attest announces $60m Series B Funding - - 2021-10-29

Market research platform Attest has raised $60 million in Series B funding, to continue its mission in helping brands be truly cu...

Top tier banks invest in TAINA's regulatory technology - - 2021-10-29

TAINA Technology, an award-winning regulatory technology company, has announced that it is closing a substantial funding round, welcoming onboard ...

Sphere Fluidics closes a $40 million funding round - - 2021-10-29

Sphere Fluidics, a company that has developed and is commercialising single cell analysis systems underpinned by its propr...

SaaS engineering simulation platform SimScale raises €25M Series C extension - - 2021-10-29

SimScale, the SaaS platform making high-fidelity simulation technically and economically accessible to engineers worldwide, has raised an additional €25...

HUBX raises $1.5m extension led by Mandalore Partners and ACF Investors - - 2021-10-28

HUBX, a deal syndication platform for banks and brokerage firms, has raised over $1.5 million extension led by M...

Admix raises $25m Series B to monetize the metaverse with In-Play - - 2021-10-28

Admix, the leading In-Play monetization company that bridges the gap between gaming content and brands, has raised USD $25 million in a Series B ...

13% of Entrepreneurs' Relief claims for gains of £1m+ - - 2021-10-28

More than one in eight (13%) claims for Entrepreneurs’ Relief were for gains of more than £1 million in 2019/20 with the average claimed at just over £627,000, new analysis* from ...

Palatine agrees sale of CET Group's specialist claims management division - - 2021-10-28

PALATINE the leading mid-market private equity investor has made a successful partial exit from ...

Maughan Capital completes investment into Climate Solutions Exchange Ltd - - 2021-10-28

Climate Solutions Exchange Ltd. has received an initial £500,000 investment from Maughan Capital, a str...

Blockchain to drive the future of tech - - 2021-10-28

A majority (62%) of private capital fund managers in the UK, Europe, North America and Asia will increase the amount of automation and new techno...

Budget roundup - comments from a range of perspectives - - 2021-10-28

A number of experts have submitted comments on yesterday's budget; a selection of them is below: Stephen Welton, Executive Chairman of ...

Green Angel Syndicate Climate Change Fund III now raising - - 2021-10-28

Green Angel Syndicate Climate Change Fund 3 is now raising between £500k and £2m. Visit Funding for for Entrepreneurs...

Lack of cross-border investing by Angels harms innovation - - 2021-10-28

The EU lags behind both the US and China in its number of high growth entrepreneurial firms (HGFs). These firms play a critical role in economic development as sources of innovation, investment and...

Altia acquires field intelligence and evidence software business - - 2021-10-27

NorthEdge-backed Altia has acquired VeriSaaS, a f...

Getsafe receives European Insurance Licence - - 2021-10-27

The digital insurer Getsafe received its insurance licence from Germany's financial regulator, ...

Low Carbon Innovation Fund 2 makes follow-on investment in Spark EV Technology - - 2021-10-27

Turquoise, the UK merchant bank specialising in energy, environment and efficiency, has announced a follow-on investment by ...

ACF Investors passes landmark 100th startup investment - - 2021-10-27

ACF Investors, the UK venture capital fund that works alongside sector expert business angels to invest...

UK greentech bridges gender funding gap - Female Founders Forum report - - 2021-10-27

Female founders raise only 15 per cent of all equity funding, which is a shortfall of £1.6bn per year, according to a report published by the ...

Pharmacierge raises £1.25m seed funding - - 2021-10-27

Pharmacierge, the healthtech company t...

BGF exits investment in high-growth tech business, Lightfoot - - 2021-10-27

BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor, has announced a successful exit from ...

Traced receives investment from Henley Business Angels members - - 2021-10-27

Traced, a SaaS company that delivers cybersecurity powered by artificial intelligence for mobile devices to protect businesses fro...

Xergy successfully closes £4.25 million investment - - 2021-10-27

Xergy Group Limited has announced the closing of a £4.25 million Series A+ fundraise to significantly scale-up ...

VALK surges to $4 billion deals on platform in the past year - - 2021-10-26

Market-leading private market digital platform VALK is building for expansion after achieving $4 billion-plus in assets and deals managed on its platform in a y...

Pembroke VCT leads £2.6m JustWears fundraise - - 2021-10-26

Pembroke VCT, the venture capital trust focused on backin...

Maven exits Manchester-based tech solutions provider inTEC - - 2021-10-26

Managed by Maven Capital Partners and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund, NPIF - Maven Equit...

Recovery Loan Scheme offers over £1bn to smaller businesses - - 2021-10-26

The British Business Bank has announced that the Recovery Loan Scheme has passed a significant milestone, wit...

Ethical data pioneer raises £1.5m to prepare for cookie-free future - - 2021-10-26

A UK company that provides an ethical alternative to the ad tracking techniques used by tech giants such as Facebook and Google has raised a £1.5m investment t...

Aiven achieves $2B unicorn valuation with its Series C extension - - 2021-10-25

Aiven, a software company that combines the best open source technologies with cloud infrastructure, has announced a $60M Series C extension at a $2B valua...

Investors recognise climate responsibility, but ambivalence to act remains - - 2021-10-25

The Embark Investor Confidence Barometer has revealed that the majority of investors believe that it is their responsibility to invest in a way that...

Par Equity backs aircon tech firm Artus - - 2021-10-25

Par Equity has made a multi-million pound investment in Artus, the designer and supplier of innovative HVAC (Hea...

Form Ventures closes £30m Fund II to help startups navigate public policy - - 2021-10-25

Form Ventures has reached the final close of a £30m ($39m) Fund II at its target fund size. Form invests in startups at pre seed and seed stage in s...

The real costs of raising capital - - 2021-10-25

Oliver Woolley from Envestors asks 'What budget do you need for a fundraise?' ...

Seedrs Private Deal Room gives professional investors access to private equity deals - - 2021-10-25

Leading online investment platform, Seedrs, has launched Seedrs Private Deal Room, a new feature to improve professional investor access to ang...

eFront report shows persistent recovery to the global Buyout and VC markets - - 2021-10-25

eFront, the leading financial software and solutions provider dedicated to Alt...

Customer data platform Distil.ai raises £400k from Mercia - - 2021-10-25

A UK company whose software platform helps businesses to understand their customers’ behaviour and identify buying signals has raised £400,000 investmen...

Global Green Finance Index 8: London takes the lead from Amasterdam - - 2021-10-22

The eighth edition of the Global Green Finance Index (GGFI) evaluates the green finance offering of 80 financial centres. The GGFI serves as a v...

property.xyz raises £268k to create the Amazon of property investment - - 2021-10-22

Intelligent property search portal property.xyz has secured a seed round of angel investment of £268,000 from eleven, experienced investors in th...

GP Bullhound reveals top 100 finalists for the 2021 Northern Tech Awards - - 2021-10-22

GP Bullhound, the global technology advisory and investment firm, has revealed the 2021 Northern Tech Awards Top 100 shortlist, recognising the faste...

Satellite Vu raises £15m to battle climate change - - 2021-10-22

British satellite scale-up Satellite Vu, founded in 2016, has successfully raised £15 million ($20.7 million), as it looks to ramp up its plans to launch seven thermal and infrared imaging sa...

Flexciton raises £15m to boost global semiconductor industry - - 2021-10-22

Flexciton, an optimisation technology company that has developed a unique solution to radically improve the efficie...

VC investors in Belfast to seek deals with NI firms - - 2021-10-21

Northern Ireland startups and scale up companies have been given the opportunity to meet and pitch their companies to more than 80 venture...

Payments disruptor Primer raises $50m Series B led by ICONIQ - - 2021-10-21

Primer has closed a Series B funding round that values the payments infrastructure startup at $425 mill...

Smaller businesses responsible for half of all UK greenhouse gas emissions - - 2021-10-21

The British Business Bank reveals today that, based on its estimates, smaller businesses[1] account for...

Investors missing out on an ‘ocean of opportunity’ in blue economy - - 2021-10-21

The Funding Atlantic Network for Blue Economy Technology Transfer (FANBEST) has identified a worrying lack of adequate funding opportunities to help conserve the w...

Emerging e-grocery company, Alorsfaim, raises €4M in Seed funding round - - 2021-10-21

Alorsfaim, a Paris-based e-grocery company specializing in authentic and high-quality Asian food, has raised €4M in seed funding, enabling the fast-gro...

Foot Anstey completes acquisition of shares for Simply Conveyancing - - 2021-10-21

The corporate team at national law firm, Foot Anstey LLP has advised ...

Birmingham graphics and print manufacturer secures £250,000 investment - - 2021-10-21

Birmingham-based Hollywood Monster has secured a £250,000 loan enabling it to safeguard 40 employees whilst crea...

SoMo sets goal of lending £250m over next 12 months - - 2021-10-20

SoMo, one of the UK’s leading specialist lenders, has set itself a target of lending £250m over the next 12 m...

BGF appoints new head of London & South East - - 2021-10-20

BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor, has appointed industry veteran Nicol Fraser (pictured) to lead its investment team in London and the South...

A retrospective on Future Fund equity crowdfunding - - 2021-10-20

James Murdoch draws some conclusions and poses some questions from his experiment in investing in the Future Fund through Equity Crowd Funding. During Autumn 2020, &...

Third of UK investors see Covid wipe value off of their investments - - 2021-10-20

A new survey of 1,479 UK-based investors has revealed how they have responded to the financial disruption caused by the pandemic, as well as their outlook for the year ahead. It found: ...

TrustedHousesitters lands $10m to fund US expansion - - 2021-10-20

TrustedHousesitters, the world’s largest pet-sitting network, has secured $10m in Series A funding ...

BGF exits investment in Magma Global - - 2021-10-20

BGF – the UK and Ireland’s most active growth capital investor – has announced its ...

Calculus delivers 4x return with sale of CloudTrade - - 2021-10-20

Calculus portfolio company, CloudTrade, has been acquired by ...

3DEO to create 20 jobs after £750k funding - - 2021-10-20

3DEO, whose new interactive 5D mapping platform that makes it easier to monitor and manage complex infrastructure has raised £750,000 from t...

DSW Ventures promotes Eleanor Boardman to support growth - - 2021-10-19

DSW Ventures, the venture capital investment business of the Dow Schofield Watts group, has promoted Eleanor Boardman to Investment Manager in a period of significant g...

MMC Ventures funds deeptech automatically managing robo workforce - - 2021-10-19

The first automated RPA management platform, RPA Supervisor has raised $5m in a Seed round led by ...

Founders Factory & Nesta join forces to build ventures for sustainable futures - - 2021-10-19

Founders Factory and the innovation agency Nesta have joined forces to create new commer...

Eight UK universities to join national SPRINT Associate Member programme - - 2021-10-19

The national SPRINT (Space Research and Innovation Network for Technology) business support programme has selected eight UK universities to joi...

Your favourite teacher is raising £500k - - 2021-10-19

For more information go to Funding for Entrepreneurs....

Sustainable battery pioneer Aceleron raises further £2.5m to boost growth - - 2021-10-18

Aceleron, the UK company which is pioneering sustainable battery technology, has raised a further £2.5m as it continues to expand its global...

NatWest pledges £100 billion of climate and sustainable funding - - 2021-10-18

A report published by NatWest sets out the potential opportunity that exists for the UK economy from the transition to net-zero, finding that SM...

ilumoni launches on Android and iOS after £1.63m investment - - 2021-10-18

Borrower wellbeing app, ilumoni ha...

Fuel Ventures’ £1.5m supports Materials Market expansion - - 2021-10-18

Materials Market, founded in November 2020 by Co-Founders Samuel Hunt and Andrew Haehn, has raised £1.5m to grow its digital building materials mark...

Why are VCs throwing money at the creator economy? - - 2021-10-18

Lotanna Ezeike, co-founder of XPO, considers the increase interest amongst investors in opportunities in ...

Sustainable cycling apparel business Velobici secures £500,000 funding - - 2021-10-15

Velobici Ltd, a cycling apparel manufacturer, has secured a £500,000 investment to fuel expansion and strengthen its position in global markets. ...

GE announces multi-million investment to create new generation of UK engineers - - 2021-10-14

General Electric (GE) has announced a five-year, $3.5 million (£2.5m) investment in the UK as part of its global Next Engineers...

Angular Ventures raises 2nd fund for European and Israeli deeptech - - 2021-10-14

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9fin raises £8m to expand debt capital markets intelligence platform to the US - - 2021-10-14

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Small firms to lead economic growth revival says IW Capital - - 2021-10-14

Luke Davis, CEO of IW Capital, discusses why small businesses and the support given to them will be key to continuing this growth. ...

QVentures secures 17x return on sale of Go Instore - - 2021-10-14

QVentures portfolio company Go Instore has been acquired by...

Continental leaders of angel investors join Angel Investors’ flagship - - 2021-10-14

72 countries celebrate the World Business Angel Investors Week, 18 – 24 October 2021. World Business Angel Investors Week is envisioned as a gr...

Praetura Ventures and Blackfinch invest £2m in WatchMyCompetitor - - 2021-10-14

WatchMyCompetitor (WMC) has secured £2 million in an investment round through Blackfinch Ventures a...

Fearless Adventures launches new fund by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs - - 2021-10-14

Innovation in North West England, already home to 14 ‘unicorns’ companies, received a major shot in the arm today as Fearless Adventures ...

Investment into mid-stage tech companies breaks all-time record - - 2021-10-14

Tech Nation, the UK’s leading growth platform for tech scaleups, has announced the 31 mid-stage scaling tech companies that have been accepted into Upscal...

Playfair Capital to host Europe’s largest fundraising event for women founders - - 2021-10-13

On Thursday 24th November, 2021, Playfair Capital and 120 of the world’s leading venture capital funds, including Accel, Amadeus, Atomico, Balderton...

Par Equity named Best EIS Manager 2021 - - 2021-10-13

Par Equity has won Best EIS Manager at the prestigious 2021 EISA (Enterprise Investment Scheme Association) awards. ...

Circularity Capital further expands European team with senior appointment - - 2021-10-13

Circularity Capital LLP, the specialist private equity firm supporting growth stage European SMEs in the circular ec...

Funder seeks £150k-£300k expansion capital with £200k already committed - - 2021-10-13

Visit Funding for Entrepreneurs for more information....

Zouk Capital backs initial £30m investment in EV charging company Zest - - 2021-10-13

Zouk Capital has committed an initial £30m investment to launch a new public EV charging company called Zest, s...

Which are the best cities to launch a startup? - - 2021-10-13

The world’s most entrepreneur-friendly cities have been revealed in a new report by the personal finance experts at money....

Arete leads £1.6m investment in social media travel firm Travel Seen - - 2021-10-13

North west-based multi-family investment office Arete, has led a £1.6m investment into Travel Seen, an ear...

Top 50 UK tech firms announced to join the 2021 SVC2UK Scale Up Club - - 2021-10-13

Silicon Valley Comes to the UK (SVC2UK) has unveiled its annual list of the 50 most ambitious,...

Getsafe extends Series B Round to $93 million - - 2021-10-12

Getsafe, the digital insurer targeting millennial buyers in Germany and the UK, has expanded its Series B funding round to $93M. The ...

Imophoron raises £4m led by Octopus and Science Creates - - 2021-10-12

Imophoron, the developer of a novel, next generation rapid-response vaccine platform, ADDomer(TM), to combat pre...

External finance used by four in ten businesses across the UK - - 2021-10-12

More than four in ten businesses in the UK were using external finance in 2021 but a lack of local investors means economic potential continues to be wasted across ...

JPIN VCATS and Cambridge Cleantech partnership to support climate change startups - - 2021-10-12

JPIN Venture Catalysts Ltd, a world-leading startup investment bank, has joined Cambri...

Land Energy secures £6 million funding from IGF - - 2021-10-12

Rapidly growing biomass fuel manufacturer ...

GP Bullhound closes oversubscribed Fund V at €300m - - 2021-10-11

GP Bullhound has announced that Fund V has closed oversubscribed at the hard cap of €300m. ...

Foresight provides £15 million debt facility to Reto Finance - - 2021-10-11

Foresight Group, an award-winning listed alternative investment manager, has provided a senior secur...

Bowers Electrical Engineering secures £250,000 funding - - 2021-10-11

Bowers Electrical Engineering Services Ltd has secured £250,000 from Maven Capital Partners ...

BGF invests $12m in virtual oncology business Entia - - 2021-10-11

Entia, a medical technology business, which recently announced a commercial partnership with Pfizer UK, raised $12 millio...

EquiTrace secures funding €1.25m from HBAN and Enterprise Ireland - - 2021-10-08

EquiTrace, a unique app for horses that combines identity, GPS and medical records data using a scanner, a microchip and a mobile phone, has signed an investmen...

Pembroke VCT invests £1m into food delivery disrupter Peckwater Brands - - 2021-10-08

Pembroke VCT, the venture capital trust focused on backing early-stage businesses with exceptional founders and manage...

Maven raises £12.7 million for new residential property project - - 2021-10-08

Maven Capital Partners has agreed a joint venture with Taggart Homes, the award winning housebuilder, to develop 150 new-build family homes in Mansfield, Nott...

AIC report - VCTs' vital role supporting SMEs throughout the pandemic - - 2021-10-08

The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has released the report, ...

Investing in people: the three key things investors look for before deploying capital - - 2021-10-07

Andrew Aldridge, Partner at Deepbridge Capital, considers the key things investors must do before making an investment. ...

coachbetter secures $1m seed funding - - 2021-10-07

Digital soccer coaching platform coachbetter has announced the close of its seed funding round,...

CreaTech startup Octaive raises £500k in angel investment round - - 2021-10-07

London-based conversational media platform Octaive has raised £500k in an ange...

techspert.io raises $12m from BGF and Nauta Capital - - 2021-10-07

techspert.io, the AI technology innovator connecting businesses with experts for domain-specific industry insights, has closed a $12 million investment round...

Fintech Reaches All-Time Record Investment in Q3 - - 2021-10-07

Tech Nation, the UK’s leading growth platform for tech scaleups, today announces the 30 companies who have been accepted into Fintech 4.0 - the fourth iteration of Tech Nation’s sector-...

5 real-life (expensive) lessons from experienced angel investors - Chantelle Arneaud, Envestors - 2021-10-06

Chantelle Arneaud of Envestors looks at the potential pitfalls for angel investors One of the greatest appeals of angel in...

Cancer treatment startup Stim OxyGen wins INVENT 2021 - - 2021-10-06

Stim OxyGen, an innovative cancer treatment technology company has been named as the overall winner of the 2021 Northern Ireland ...

Deepbridge Capital exceeds £200m of investments - - 2021-10-06

Tax efficient investment manager Deepbridge Capital has announced that it has exceeded £200m of funds deployed across its EIS and Estate Plann...

Why the right tax cuts will boost the UK economy - - 2021-10-06

Luke Davis, CEO of IW Capital discusses the cuts and reliefs that could benefit the UK economy: This week, Prime Minister...

Fundraising record for investment companies already reached in 2021 - - 2021-10-06

Fundraising by existing investment companies (known as secondary fundraising) has bounced back strongly this year, with £8.71 billion raised so far.[1]...

NorthInvest strengthens Board with senior appointment - - 2021-10-06

Investment non-profit NorthInvest has appointed senior business leader, Jordan Dargue, to its Board of Dir...

Share the love. Why sharing equity is more valuable than ever! - - 2021-10-05

Nick Berry extolls the benefits of using equity to empower staff, differentiate from the competition and accelerate success in small b...

Selling a Business - how to get it right - - 2021-10-05

Gannons recently presented a webinar on the important topic of what it takes to successfully sell a business. The webinar focused on giving fou...

Birmingham spinout Salinity Solutions enters lithium ‘gold rush’ - - 2021-10-05

A new University of Birmingham spinout, Salinity Solutions, is partnering with the mineral exploration and minin...

At last, it’s your turn - - 2021-10-05

Modwenna Rees-Mogg considers the challenge angel investors face in valuing companies and offers a solution…. Angels invest in tech, but they have ...

BGF exits investment in Helecloud - - 2021-10-05

BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor, has successfully exited its investment in HeleCloud, a leadi...

Method Grid raises £1 million funding for expansion - - 2021-10-05

Method Grid, providers of an enterprise-level connected assurance platform for regulated sectors, including engineering-construction and consultancy, with plan...

Get up to 50% tax relief by investing in the UK film industry - - 2021-10-05

Redrock Entertainment offers tax benefits to investors. For more information, visit Funding for Entrepreneurs ...

Former Goldman Sachs Asset Management chair Sheila Patel joins Antler - - 2021-10-05

Goldman Sachs veteran Sheila Patel has joined the board of Antler, as...

Only 3% of Nordic FinTechs have female engineering leads - - 2021-10-05

The latest diversity report from FinTech recruitment company ...

NorthInvest extends strategic partnership with law firm Gordons - - 2021-10-04

Digital and tech start up investment network NorthInvest has extended its strategic partnership with law firm Gordons...

Alcohol-free spirit manufacturers need to up their game - - 2021-10-04

Richard Horwell of Brand Relations looks at the reality of the...

Money transfer fintech TransferGo closes $50m Series C - - 2021-10-04

TransferGo, one of the world’s fastest growing money transfer companies, has secured $50m in a Series C funding round. This latest fundr...

Heydoc raises $8.3m Series A led by Smedvig Capital - - 2021-10-04

Heydoc, an integrated clinical operating system and electronic health record (EHR), has closed a $8.3m Series A round led by ...

Online handbag reseller Handbag Clinic raises £800k - - 2021-10-01

A company that restores and resells luxury handbags to clients worldwide has raised £800,000 from the ...

Aviva invests £10m in start-ups and extends partnership with Founders Factory - - 2021-10-01

Aviva, the UK’s leading insurer, has announced a £10 million investment and a five year extension to its innovation partnership with ...

Foot Anstey's Corporate team advises Air IT on acquisitions - - 2021-10-01

The corporate team at national law firm, Foot Anstey LLP has advised on two major deals for Air IT, the award-winnin...

Moda Furnishings seals £17m funding line - - 2021-10-01

Leading multi-channel garden furniture retailer Moda Furnishings has agreed a new £17m funding package with ...

IGF helps Pryme Group expand capabilities through merger - - 2021-10-01

Independent Growth Finance (IGF) has supported Pryme Group to secure a transformation...

Profian secures $5 million in seed round - - 2021-10-01

Profian, a Confidential Computing platform focused on bespoke open source solutions, has secured ...

Finance Durham Fund leads £300,000 investment in Project Control Tools - - 2021-09-30

The Finance Durham Fund, established by Durham County Council and overseen by Business Durham, the business support service for Durh...

Downing partners with Spaghetti Bridge to build special educational needs platform - - 2021-09-30

Downing has completed an investment in Spaghetti Bridge Ltd in the UK, which is improving the lives and d...

Deepbridge Capital Announces Renewable Energy EIS Exit - - 2021-09-30

Tax efficient investment manager Deepbridge Capital has completed an exit for investors i...

30 companies join Tech Nation programme to support black and multiracial founders - - 2021-09-30

Tech Nation, the leading scaleup accelerator for UK tech companies, has announced the 30 companies joining its newest growth programme, Libra, which is designed...

Pitalia Capital backs CCM Motorcycles - - 2021-09-30

Pitalia Capital, the North West-based investment firm, has backed Bolton-headquartered CCM Motorcycles with a signi...

Female-founded companies receive less than 1% of European VC investment - - 2021-09-29

Research by Yoppie reveals that European companies with female-only founders receive less than 1% of all VC capital investment despite the number of female-le...

Imperial leads £1m round for energy storage startup Cheesecake Energy - - 2021-09-29

The Imperial College Innovation Fund (ICIF) has led a £1 million seed investment round for UK energy storage startup, ...

Low Carbon Innovation Fund 2 invests in Outfield Technologies - - 2021-09-29

Turquoise, the UK merchant bank specialising in energy, environment and efficiency, has announced its 12th deal for the Low Carbon Innovation Fund 2 (...

Livingbridge invests in advertising technology platform Venatus - - 2021-09-29

Livingbridge, one of the UK’s leading mid-market private equity investors, has inv...

Sanome raises £2m led by Heal Capital - - 2021-09-29

Sanome, a European health start-up, has raised £2m as its first round of funding from a number of leading UK and European HealthTech specialist investors. The round was led by ...

Book Salon raises €1M seed funding - - 2021-09-28

Book Salon, a Finnish payment and booking service provider specializing in hair, beauty, and wellness companies, has announced the successful closure of a...

Maven manages £250k funding for nanotech developer Hardide - - 2021-09-28

AIM-listed Hardide plc has secured a £250,000 funding package from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) East &am...

Vuealta secures multi-million pound investment from YFM - - 2021-09-28

Vuealta, the connected planning specialist, has secured a multi-million pound investment backed by YFM Equity partners, which...

NorthEdge completes sale of Usleep subsidiary to Vita - - 2021-09-28

NorthEdge and The Belfield Group have completed the sale of Usleep, a specialist mattress manufacturer, to ...

Made for Drink secures £300k to expand its product range - - 2021-09-28

Maidenhead based company, Made for Drink, has secured a £300k loan from the ...

The potential for success vs. the reality of risk in equity crowdfunding - - 2021-09-27

James Murdoch uses some examples to illustrate both the full potential of success but also the reality of risk from companies in his portfolio. A serial Equity Crowdfunder will hopefully be...

European VC shakes off COVID-19 in 2020 with strong start-up support - - 2021-09-27

Invest Europe, in partnership with the European Investment Fund (EIF), has published ‘The VC Factor - Pan...

Sustainable textile manufacturer Ananas Anam secures growth funding - - 2021-09-27

A London-based, textile brand which promotes, social, ecological, and cultural development has secured £250,000 to further develop its products and recruit additional senior ...

Sunamp launches Series B with £6 million from Scottish National Investment Bank - - 2021-09-27

Sunamp, the thermal storage technologies company, has received a 6 million-pound ($8.3 million) convertible loan note investment from ...

Founders Factory and Woven Science partner - - 2021-09-27

Poor mental health has grown to be a global crisis, with 1 in 5 people experiencing common mental health symptoms like anxiety and depression in any given year...

Angel investment Network announces launch of Institutional investment arm - - 2021-09-24

Angel Investment Network, the world’s largest online angel investment platform, has launched its Private Equity and Ven...

Deepbridge Capital announces Renewable Energy EIS Exit - - 2021-09-24

Tax efficient investment manager Deepbridge Capital has announced an exit for investors in its Deepbridge Renewable Energy Enterprise Investment Sch...

Tech startup Boulevard secures £2.2m for ambitious growth - - 2021-09-24

Marketplace ‘super seller’ and tech startup, Boulevard, h...

AIM-listed nano-technology developer secures £250,000 growth injection - - 2021-09-24

AIM-listed Hardide plc (“Hardide”) has secured a £250,000 funding package from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (“MEIF”) Ea...

Tech Nation announces 15 companies to join Future Fifty Programme - - 2021-09-23

As the spotlight shines on the UK tech sector for the second day of London Tech Week, Tech Nation, the UK’s leading growth platform for tech scaleups, has...

Jeff Yabuki joins Motive Partners as Chairman and will Co-lead the Firm - - 2021-09-23

Motive Partners, a specialist private equity firm focused on control-oriented growth equity and buyout investments in software and information services c...

BGF invests £3m in fintech business Wiserfunding - - 2021-09-23

London-based Wiserfunding, a leading provider of credit risk assessment for SME lenders, has announced it has...

Start-up raises £1.9m to drive uptake of digital ID - - 2021-09-23

cheqd – a start-up whose technology could drive widespread uptake of digital IDs – has secured a £1.9m investment to support the launch of its ...

Tech Nation CEO comments on The Global Startup Ecosystem report - - 2021-09-23

Gerard Grech, Founding CEO of Tech Nation, comments on The Global Startup Ecosystem report from Startup Genome: ...

BGF invests £8.5 million in tech for social care business - - 2021-09-22

Birmingham-headquartered Antser, a leading innovator in social care, has announced an £8.5 million investment from growth capital investor, ...

PepsiCo lead €40 million investment into a more sustainable bottle option - - 2021-09-22

German-based drinks technology, air up, has successfully closed its latest funding round having raised over EUR 40 million. This is after completing their...

British Business Bank managing £89bn of finance support to 1.77m businesses - - 2021-09-22

British Business Bank is managing £89bn of finance support to 1.77m businesse...

MarketFinance raises £280m and is approved for RLS lending - - 2021-09-22

Fintech business lender MarketFinance has announced a £280m debt and equity fundraise and its accreditation under the...

Sneaker marketplace Futures Factory raises $2.5m - - 2021-09-22

Futures Factory, a marketplace for selling sneakers, that merges both the physical and digital worlds through Augmented Reality (AR) and NFTs, has rai...

British Business Investments commits £15m to Liberty Leasing - - 2021-09-21

British Business Investments, a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has made a new £15m commitment to ...

Trees for Life raises £2 million in less than 48 hours on Crowdfunder - - 2021-09-21

A crowdfunding bond in partnership between leading rewilding charity Trees for Life and ...

Tyk secures $35M investment to revolutionise software delivery for businesses - - 2021-09-21

Tyk, a London-based global tech company, has closed a $35M growth equity funding round led by new investors Scottish Equity Partners...

Number of UK involvement in deals hits all-time YTD high - - 2021-09-21

The number of UK deals announced so far this year has increased 49% to the highest year-to-date tally since our records began in 1980, driven by a 54% increase in the number of deals targeting UK c...

Softbank-backed THG Ingenuity invests in cloud technology platform Civo - - 2021-09-21

Civo, the first pure-play cloud native service provider, and THG plc (THG), a global technology platform that specialises in taking brands direct to consumers, h...

Bowmark Capital expands portfolio management team - - 2021-09-21

Bowmark Capital has further strengthened its portfolio management and value creation team with the appointment of Ben Hollowood as a portfolio director. ...

Mayfair Equity Partners leads $41 million growth equity investment in EGYM - - 2021-09-21

EGYM, a leading global fitness technology developer, has received 41 million US dollars in a Series E financing round from ...

Promotions and appointments reinforce strength of Graphite Capital team - - 2021-09-21

Graphite Capital, a leading UK mid-market private equity specialist, has made several promo...

Is the UK heading for Unicorn boom post-pandemic? - - 2021-09-20

Luke Davis, CEO of IW Capital, discusses what can be done to encourage Unicorn creation, including extending ...

Tech Nation welcomes 32 climate tech companies to Net Zero programme - - 2021-09-20

Tech Nation, the UK’s leading growth platform for tech scaleups, has announced 32 climate tech companies who have been accepted into Net Zero 2.0 - the se...

Online notarization platform Legitify takes advantage of the legal momentum - - 2021-09-20

Legitify has experienced a peak in demand for its Remote Online Notarization solution. After launching a Beta solution early this summer, Legitify is cur...

Specialist skin care supplier Essentially Yours secures £200k MEIF injection - - 2021-09-20

Essentially Yours, a Kidderminster-based skin care supplier, has secured £200,000 from the Midlands Engin...

Ascension Ventures leads BEPPS Snacks £400,000 fund raise - - 2021-09-20

London-based startup, BEPPS Snacks, are all about their pea, pulse and grain snacks, whilst hero’ing the...

Multimedia publisher Town & Country secures £400k from FSE Group - - 2021-09-17

Print and Digital media business, Country and Town House, based in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, has secured a £400,000 lo...

Pictet raises $350m for debut Private Equity fund - - 2021-09-17

Pictet Alternative Advisors (PAA), the alternative investment specialist of the Pictet Gro...

Cattleeye announces $2.5m seed investment - - 2021-09-17

Belfast-based livestock monitoring technology company, CattleEye, has completed a $2.5m seed investment. The funding round was a syndicate led by ...

Doccla raises £2.4m for virtual hospital wards - - 2021-09-17

Doccla, the healthtech startup pioneering virtual ward technology to ease pressure on hospitals, has s...

New funding boosts the UK’s future in Quantum manufacturing - - 2021-09-17

Ionoptika Ltd and the University of Surrey have be...

Crypta Labs develops first space compliant Quantum Random Number Generator - - 2021-09-16

Crypta Labs has completed its SPRINT (SPace Research and Innovation Network for Technology)-funded project, in coll...

Edtech platform Tutorful raises £3m for international expansion - - 2021-09-16

A platform that helps parents and students to find online tutors has raised a further £3m investment amidst a boom in business following the pandemic. ...

PassFort closes $16.2 million funding for global expansion - - 2021-09-16

PassFort, the SaaS RegTech provider whose platform automates financial crime and compliance processes, today announced the close of its Series A funding, which...

Illuma Technology secures £1.1 million from Blackfinch - - 2021-09-16

London-based llluma Technology, a contextual advertising company which uses AI to expand online campaigns by reacting to live browsing behaviour, has secur...

Octopus Ventures backs £2m funding for fintech platform Integrated Finance - - 2021-09-16

Fintech infrastructure platform Integrated Finance has raised £2 million in Se...

VGC invests £3.5m in luxury sneaker brand Kick Game - - 2021-09-15

London-based Kick Game, a luxury sneaker and apparel retailer, is on track to grow revenues to £50m in 2022 following a £3.5m injecti...

Taking off: How angels are investing in space - Rémy Astié - 2021-09-15

For angels and other investors interested in space, Rémy Astié, CEO of Vauban has advice o...

Cardiff Uni joins the SETsquared Partnership - - 2021-09-15

Cardiff University has become the sixth partner of SETsquared, the world’s top-ranked university-business ...

Vala fund to plug funding gap for homegrown start-ups - - 2021-09-15

Vala Capital, the entrepreneur-led venture capital firm, has launched a new tranche for its EIS portfolio – targeting f...

BGF backs sustainable nappy company with £13m investment - - 2021-09-15

Bambino Mio, the UK’s most popular reusable nappy brand, has announced a £13m investment by ...

Dow Schofield Watts launches debt advisory service in London and South East - - 2021-09-14

Independent advisory firm Dow Schofield Watts has expanded its debt fundraising arm with the launch of a n...

Techstars doubles down on European commitment - - 2021-09-14

Techstars, the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed, has announced the launch of two new accelerator programs in Paris and Stockholm. The laun...

UK ‘megadeals’ increase tenfold - - 2021-09-14

The number of venture capital ‘megadeals’ in the UK has increased tenfold over the last decade, according to a report by leading UK law firm ...

Gresham House acquires Mobeus VCT business - - 2021-09-14

Gresham House, the specialist alternative asset manager, has agreed to acquire the Venture Capital Trust (VCT) business (&po...

GED Capital invests in three startups through its venture capital fund Conexo - - 2021-09-14

The independent Iberian alternative assets manager GED Capital has added three new te...

IGF appoints Jamie O’Neill as Asset Based Lending director - - 2021-09-13

Independent Growth Finance (IGF), a leading independent commercial finance provider, has app...

Plend secures £700,000 funding to revolutionise personal lending - - 2021-09-13

Plend, the UK’s first social lending marketplace, has secured £700,000 of investment from early-stage VC’s...

NorthEdge invests in Meet to advance global growth - - 2021-09-13

Lower mid-market private equity firm NorthEdge has backed the primary management buyout of ...

Maven invests in rapidly growing eCommerce business Candle Shack - - 2021-09-13

Maven Capital Partners, one of the UK’s most active private equity houses, has led a £4.4 million investment in ...

EIS Association research: financial advisers need training in SEIS investments - - 2021-09-13

Research conducted by the EIS and SEIS representative organisation, the EIS As...

Leading sustainable wine producer secures £375,000 funding - - 2021-09-13

Worcestershire-based Sustainable bag-in-box wine brand, When in Rome, has secured £375...

MSDUK Awards Winners Announced - - 2021-09-13

The winners for the MSDUK Awards have been announced. From one of the largest c...

PE acquisitions continue to reach record levels in 2021, says Rickitt Mitchell - - 2021-09-13

The number of acquisitions made by private equity-backed businesses in the UK hit record numbers in H1 2021, with 286 transactions completed during the first six months of the year, ...

Bloc Ventures appoints Andy Green CBE as SID and Sue Prevezer QC as NED - - 2021-09-13

Bloc Ventures, the venture capital company focused on ...

Record-breaking attempt to complete the ‘world’s toughest row’ raises funds for social entrepreneurs - - 2021-09-10

Two of the UK’s most well-respected business brains – Guy Rigby, founder and now Chair of the Entrepreneurial Services Group at Smith & Williamson, and his fellow crew member, entre...

Green robotics start-up raises £1.6m - - 2021-09-10

A green robotics company slashing the cost of maintaining wind turbines is flying high after securing £1.6million in its latest funding rou...

Revaia announces closing of Europe's largest female-founded VC Fund - - 2021-09-10

Revaia, formerly known as Gaia Capital Partners, has announced the final closing of its first growth fund, Europe's largest female-founded VC fund, ...

Cambridge University biotech spinout PetMedix announces £27m Series B - - 2021-09-10

PetMedix™ has announced the completion of an oversubscribed $37M (£27M) Series B financing round that will be used to advance it...

Landmrk secures £225k from Greater London Investment Fund - - 2021-09-10

Southwark based technology platform business, Landmrk, has received a £225,000 loan from the Grea...

Low Carbon Innovation Fund 2 invests in bio-bean - - 2021-09-09

Turquoise, the UK merchant bank specialising in energy, environment and efficiency, has invested in ...

Innovate Finance releases new analysis of SME market share - - 2021-09-09

New data released by Innovate Finance, the industry body representing the UK fintech industry, reveals the share split in the SME lending market betwe...

Austrian healthtech contextflow raises €6.7m - - 2021-09-09

contextflow, a leading provider of artificial intelligence for medical image analysis, has announced a EUR 6.7 Million Series A funding round. ...

Elvie announces extension of Series C with further £12.7m - - 2021-09-09

Elvie, the global health and lifestyle brand developing iconic products for women, has announced an exten...

Culture Shift raises £1.5m to help UK workplace culture ‘build back better’ - - 2021-09-09

Manchester-based technology business Culture Shift has secured £1.5m investment in a funding round led by ...

YFM expands with another portfolio director as it moves to new Manchester offices - - 2021-09-08

YFM Equity Partners (YFM) in the North West is continuing to grow with the appointment of portfolio director Gav...

Maven provides substantial funding package for Differentology - - 2021-09-08

Maven Capital Partners, one of the UK’s most active SME finance providers, has provided a substantial debt funding package to ...

Digital marketing entrepreneur secures backing from Yorkshire private equity house - - 2021-09-08

Yorkshire-based entrepreneur, Tim Whitworth, of private equity house TIM Group Holdings, has backed an exciting new digital marketing start-up. ...

Hospitality software firm raises £500k as it looks to good times ahead - - 2021-09-08

A company whose software helps hospitality businesses to boost sales has raised £500,000 from...

Startup raises $2.8m to eliminate CV fraud on a global scale - - 2021-09-08

Veremark, the global pre-employment screening service that helps companies verify employee credentia...

BGF exits investment in BHR Group - - 2021-09-07

BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active growth economy investor, has exited its investment in ...

E-Commerce enablement solution GoKwik raises $5.5m - - 2021-09-07

GoKwik, an e-commerce enablement company on a mission to democratize the shopping experience and increase GMV realization...

Capacity, Connectivity and Capability, the 3 big ‘C’s that can help regional investment landscapes evolve. - Jordan Dargue, Innovation SuperNetwork - 2021-09-07

Jordan Dargue, Head of Access to Finance at Innovation SuperNetwork ...

OLIO raises $43m Series B to take a bite out of global food waste - - 2021-09-07

OLIO, the community sustainability app, has announced a $43million Series B round to fund its f...

Founders Factory & EU tech leaders launch global sustainability seed program - - 2021-09-07

Recognising the critical need for scalable, innovative technology in creating a more sustainable, greener future, ...

Pollinate announces winners of Small Business Filmmaker Competition - - 2021-09-06

Pollinate, the global fintech that partners with banks to help business customers succeed and grow, has announced the winners of “...

Becoming a business angel - Gavin Heys, Envestors - 2021-09-06

Gavin Heys of Envestors Private Investment Club looks at the ins and outs of becoming an ang...

Trill Impact raises EUR 900 million for its inaugural Fund - - 2021-09-06

Trill Impact has closed EUR 900 million in commitments for its inaugural impact mid-market buyout Fund from prominent institutional investors globally, ma...

BGF starts flurry of exits with Clearway - - 2021-09-06

BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor, has announced a successful exit of The Clearway Group, a vaca...

Changing the world one founder at a time - - 2021-09-06

An entrepreneur who invented 3D printed personalised gummy vitamins tailored to people’s nutritional needs, lifestyles and goals is just one of the high...

Praetura Ventures leads £2.2m funding round in Bankifi - - 2021-09-03

BankiFi, a fintech business specialising in payment processing and financial administration services for SMEs, has secured a ...

Responsibly raises $2M - - 2021-09-03

Responsibly, the supplier data platform for r...

Seneca Partners launches new AIM only EIS Fund - - 2021-09-03

Seneca Partners, the specialist SME investment business based in the North-West, has ann...

BGF-backed ROI acquires Effective Marketing in continued growth - - 2021-09-03

Lead generation technology company, ROI Media UK, has acquired Norwegian digital marketing business, Effective Marketing. This...

BGF invests more than £316m and completes 15 exits in H1 - - 2021-09-02

BGF, the UK & Ireland’s most active investor, has invested more than £316 million across nearly 80 businesses in the first six months of 2021. Exit activity reached record levels du...

Martech disruptor Modo25 secures fourth six figure investment - - 2021-09-02

Having delivered growth beyond expectations, digital martech innovator, Modo25 has secured a fourth six-figure investment round for its award-winning BOSCO&...

Ex-Amazon marketplace team raise $165m to disrupt online commerce - - 2021-09-02

Olsam Group, a company which buys and scales category leading e-commerce businesses, has successfully raised ...

QUBIS launches seed investment fund - - 2021-09-02

The QUBIS Innovation Fund has been established specifically for university spin-out and start-up companies operating in the ...

Palatine Private Equity announces successful exit from Verdant Leisure - - 2021-09-02

PALATINE Private Equity has exchanged contracts for the sale of its stake in V...

The slowdown in early-stage investment is bad news for women and minorities - Gary Stewart, FounderTribes - 2021-09-01

Gary Stewart, founder and CEO of FounderTribes, ...

Shoosmiths advises global firm on clean energy business acquisition - - 2021-09-01

Leading UK law firm Shoosmiths has advised the shareholders of Go Geothermal L...

Early-stage Northern Ireland companies attract higher levels of funding - - 2021-09-01

Early-stage businesses in Northern Ireland are attracting larger equity funding rounds than in previous years but could raise even higher amounts if more external investors were aware of the qualit...

Welsh manufacturer of eco sash windows secures £14m investment for growth - - 2021-09-01

BGF – the UK and Ireland’s most active growth capital investor – has announced a £14 million investment...

Foresight provides £25 million debt facility to specialist lender Fresh Thinking Capital - - 2021-09-01

Foresight Group, an award-winning listed alternative investment manager, has provided a senior secur...

Linearity secures $20million to make vector design more accessible - - 2021-09-01

Vectornator by Linearity – the vector-focused platform revolutionising how people design – has raised $20 million of funding led by ...

World first for University of Gloucestershire and Versarien PLC - - 2021-08-31

Versarien PLC, an advanced materials group, has commissioned the University of Gloucestershire to carry ...

Abtrace raises £2.1m to deliver game-changing AI tech to GP surgeries - - 2021-08-31

Abtrace, a healthtech start-up which uses machine learning to transform how chronic and long-term healt...

Livingbridge announces investment in remote access software provider RealVNC - - 2021-08-31

Livingbridge, one of the UK’s leading mid-market private equity investors, has invested in ...

Arete and Svella join forces with investment in £40m platform - - 2021-08-31

North west based multi-family investment office, Arete, has announced it has led a private investment into business s...

Music production platform Musiversal raises €1,36 million Seed round - - 2021-08-31

Musiversal, a global platform designed for making music creation and prod...

Investing sustainably in emerging markets - - 2021-08-27

Whilst nations around the world have adopted net zero commitments, there is still much debate about how to balance growth and sustainability in emerging ma...

Scottish dental tech firm prepares to take on fight against tooth decay - - 2021-08-27

As dentists worldwide begin to tackle the backlog of patients whose tooth decay may have worsened during the Covid-19 pandemic*, Edinburgh-based dental technology c...

Companies raise record amounts, says Hampleton Partners’ M&A report - - 2021-08-27

The Digital Commerce M&A sector registered 1,037 deals in the first half of 2021 – a 25 per cent increase from 787 deals in the same period last year &nda...

Livingbridge invests in leading social media publisher Jungle Creations - - 2021-08-27

Livingbridge, one of the UK’s leading mid-market private equity investors, has invested in leading social media pu...

Cancelling shares - there are ways to do it - - 2021-08-26

Gannons' Commercial law expert Alastair Manning looks at creative solutions for cancelling shares in a private company...

Backing more diverse founders can benefit the whole startup ecosystem - - 2021-08-26

Nadine Campbell, of the ...

New business hot spots identified by Bruntwoods - - 2021-08-26

For those thinking about starting a business in the UK, research from ...

Burda invests £16m in sustainable food platform Oddbox - - 2021-08-26

BurdaPrincipal Investments (BPI), the growth capital arm of media and tech company Hubert Burda Media, has invested in UK-based ...

Can (UK) angels do it on their own? - - 2021-08-26

The news, as reported in The Times on 24th August, that US VC investment in the UK hit £4.5bn in 2020 is significant. That is mo...

Female-led Scottish tech firm raises £1.2m to tackle global counterfeit goods trade - - 2021-08-25

SnapDragon Monitoring, an online brand protection business, has raised £1.2m in its latest funding round - bringing the total raised to just over &pou...

Should networks subscribe to a SaaS investment platform or build their own? - Chantelle Arneaud, Envestors - 2021-08-25

Chantelle Arneaud of Envestors looks at how networks can best connect with investors and companies. ...

UK hydrogen strategy: more good intentions? - - 2021-08-25

The UK Government has published its first Hydrogen Strategy, in a Policy Paper which has been greeted with a fanf...

£10M fundraise for batteries powering the energy transition - - 2021-08-25

Echion Technologies is a leading developer of next generation materials for Lithium-Ion batteries. Its products deliver a un...

AI E-Commerce tool DataMilk secures $1.75m seed round - - 2021-08-24

DataMilk, an artificial intelligence (AI) tool which autonomously optimizes E-Commerce websites to improve the customer experience and drive increased s...

Healthcare startup Lime Global Ltd exceeds crowdfunding target at 117% - - 2021-08-24

Lime Global Ltd, the UK’s leading pr...

Investment to the North: we shouldn’t just level up, we should leapfrog! - Estelle Blanks, Innovation SuperNetwork - 2021-08-24

Estelle Blanks, CEO at Innovation SuperNetwork, has more than a levelling up agenda...

MEIF Debt Finance backs Derbyshire brewery with £150,000 funding package - - 2021-08-24

Howard Town Brewery has secured a £150,000 funding package from the Midlands Engine Investmen...

Exus closes sale of 11 Spanish wind farms to China Three Gorges - - 2021-08-24

Exus Management Partners, a leading expert in powering sustainable investments through operational excellence, has facil...

Investor lineup and new speakers announced for Wolves Summit - - 2021-08-23

Wolves Summit, the largest startup technology conference in the CEE (Central and Eastern European) region has announced its most exp...

Consumers demand payment choice - - 2021-08-23

Leading cash handling supplier Volumatic has released a new white paper sharing the research t...

Seneca Partners invests £1.2m into biotech start-up SolasCure - - 2021-08-23

Seneca Partners, the specialist SME investment business based in the North West,...

QVentures invests in Semeris, a LegalTech AI startup for Financial Services - - 2021-08-23

QVentures has announced their latest fund investment into Semeris, a legal AI startup tha...

Unlocking the unlisted - - 2021-08-23

Due to the Covid Pandemic, the economy and SMEs (Small Medium Enterprises) are suffering and they need help. Which means money. There is a large pool of equity money locked up that can be freed and...

Despite numbers of workers rising, now is no time for complacency - - 2021-08-20

New Office for National Statistics (ONS) statistics show the number of UK workers on payrolls rose by 182,000 between June and...

SME Finance Monitor Q2 2021 - - 2021-08-20

BVA BDRC has published its latest quarterly SME Finance Monitor findings. The largest and most frequen...

British Business Bank increases Shire Leasing’s total ENABLE Funding commitment - - 2021-08-20

The British Business Bank has announced a further £62.4m of financing to ...

World changing inventions as MSDUK Innovation Challenge Finalists announced - - 2021-08-20

What makes a winning business? When it comes to awards and entering them, a question we regularly get asked is – what makes a winning business, what do t...

Launch of new investment platform aims to raise £10m/year for growth businesses - - 2021-08-19

The Enterprise Investment Scheme Association (EISA), in conjunction with Capital Pilot, has launched an investment pla...

Excellerant appoints Marco von Pfetten as Chairman - - 2021-08-19

Excellerant Inc., a technology focused investment holding, has appointed Mr. Marco von Pfetten as Chairman of the company, w...

Liverpool FC launches new partnership with ThinkMarkets - - 2021-08-19

Liverpool FC has welcomed global online trading broker, ThinkMarkets, as its new Official Global Trad...

Ordnance Survey invests in InsurTech startup Flock - - 2021-08-19

Ordnance Survey, Britain's national mapping service, has decided to exercise its stock options in UK InsurTech, ...

Mafic secures major investment - - 2021-08-18

Mafic, a leading UK construction technology company, has secured a major investment in its innovative Safeguard Internet of Things (IoT) solution for the construc...

Trojan Energy secures £2.2 million to address lack of EV charging points - - 2021-08-18

Trojan Energy, the clean energy company, has secured a late seed round investment of £2.2 million to roll out its unique, flat-and-flush on...

The best growth tip - be great at priority alignment - Matt Roberts, ZOKRI - 2021-08-18

Matt Roberts, founder of the company alignment and growth software platform ZOKRI, looks at how to acheive useful growth. We are a...

Polaris establishes investor relations function and strengthens the investment team - - 2021-08-18

After a very strong 2020 and a continuation of this high level of activity in 2021, Polaris has further expanded its team. ...

Is this the answer for struggling businesses? - Paul Reeves, Kroll - 2021-08-17

Paul Reeves, Managing Director, Restructuring Advisory, at Kroll looks at pre-pack administration. ...

YFM-backed Checkmate Fire joins forces with Rosse Systems - - 2021-08-17

The YFM Equity Partners-backed passive fire protection specialist Check...

Reactive Technologies announces a $15M fundraise - - 2021-08-17

Reactive Technologies, the UK and Finland based grid technology company, has announced a new group of investors as part of a $15M fundraise &nda...

XR Games secures £1.5m investment round led by NPIF - Maven Equity Finance - - 2021-08-17

NPIF – Maven Equity Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners and pa...

Shoosmiths M&A rankings rise throughout UK regions - - 2021-08-16

The corporate team at leading UK law firm Shoosmiths have made a record-breaking start to the year, increasing its ranki...

Palamon-backed FairConnect agrees acquisition of G-Evolution - - 2021-08-16

Palamon Capital Partners has announced that its portfolio company, connected insurance service provider ...

WOW Tech Group and Lovehoney combine - - 2021-08-16

Lovehoney, a leading e-commerce retailer, manufacturer and distributor of pleasure products and accessories, and ...

UK quarterly GDP rises 4.8% - - 2021-08-16

Commenting on quarter on quarter GDP rising 4.8%, Ian Warwick, Managing Partner at Deepbridge Capital, said: ...

Ryde raises £2.5m - - 2021-08-16

Ryde (formerly Ryders), the SaaS (Software as a Service) platform for last-mile del...

NPIF - Maven Equity invests £250,000 in Manchester-based water tech business - - 2021-08-16

NPIF – Maven Equity Finance, managed by Maven Capita...

SGT Capital purchases Utimaco - - 2021-08-16

The EQT Mid Market Europe fund has agreed to sell Utimaco Verwaltungs GmbH to ...

Forefront RF launches with investor-backed revolutionary new chip - - 2021-08-13

Forefront RF, a Cambridge-based fabless semiconductor company, is set to change the way global s...

Edinburgh laser firm closes £1.2 million growth funding round - - 2021-08-13

Ultrafast laser manufacturer Chromacity has completed a growth funding round of £1.2 million. Contributors...

Global VC firm Antler launches in South Korea - - 2021-08-13

Global early-stage VC Antler announced that it is launching in South Korea. The firm is present in most major startup ecosystem...

Furyan Marine Technology Ltd seeks £1.5m pre-revenue - - 2021-08-13

Visit our Funding for Entrepreneurs page for more information...

Innomost raises €5M to replace palm oil, fossil fuels and food origin ingredients - - 2021-08-12

Finnish startup Innomost has raised €5M to bring their birch bark innovation into new markets as a s...

Praetura Ventures secures £15m commitment from British Business Investments - - 2021-08-12

Manchester venture capital investor Praetura Ventures has unveiled a £15m commitment from ...

Kroo secures £17.7m in Series A funding to build a social, sustainable bank - - 2021-08-12

Kroo Ltd has raised £17.7 million in a Series A funding round led by tech entrepreneur and founder of ...

AI-powered pricing platform raises further £250k - - 2021-08-12

A company with a unique software pricing tool has secured a further £250,000 funding from NPIF – Mercia ...

SEED Innovations Ltd makes further investment in Yooma Wellness - - 2021-08-11

SEED Innovations Limited, the AIM quoted company investing in fast growing and industry leading businesses with a focus on investing with...

Karshare announces £3m pre-Series A for expansion - - 2021-08-11

Karshare, the community car-sharing app, has announced a £3milli...

Platform working to democratise podcasting acquires Radio Wolfgang - - 2021-08-11

Leading podcast publisher Auddy Limited, has announced the acquisition of Radio Wolfgang, p...

Coventry trampoline park secures £300,000 investment - - 2021-08-11

A Coventry-based trampoline park has received a £300,000 loan for the purchase of additional equipment and a new inflatable park section. ...

BenevolentAI leader launches science-based platform to alleviate workplace stress - - 2021-08-10

Walking on Earth is coming out of stealth to tackle the rising issue of workplace stress exacerbated by the COVID pandemic and remote working. The digi...

Solution to £23bn problem of late payments for SMEs lies in new online platform - - 2021-08-10

LawtechUK has ...

Perwyn-backed Miss Group acquires Spanish web hosting firm ADW Europe SL - - 2021-08-10

International web hosting business, Miss Group has acquired Spanish-based ...

Workplace diversity startup completes €1.25m seed round to fund growth - - 2021-08-10

Equality Check, the crowd-sourced employee review platform, ha...

Legislate patents innovation in document automation - - 2021-08-10

Legislate Technologies, a legal technology company pioneering the use of knowledge graphs for...

Keensight Capital to exit Demetra - - 2021-08-10

Keensight Capital, one of the leading private equity managers dedicated to pan-European Growth Buyout inv...

ProgramBuyer seeks £350,000 investment - - 2021-08-10

Visit our Funding for Entrepreneurs page for more information ...

Curve appoints Renata Sumskaite as CEO and Head of Lithuania - - 2021-08-10

Fast-growing financial super app Curve has appointed Renata Sumskaite as CEO and Head of Curve Lithuania, in a move that cements its growth...

Livingbridge portfolio company Brainlabs acquires MediaNet - - 2021-08-10

Leading digital marketing agency Brainlabs has acquired Canadian programmatic agency ...

Britain's most innovative businesses to be celebrated at KTP Awards - - 2021-08-09

Partnerships looking to address climate change and social issues, or improve the UK economy with bleeding edge R&D and innovation, will be celebrated once again...

GAS invests in female-founded, construction tech startup Qualis Flow - - 2021-08-09

Green Angel Syndicate has welcomed Qualis Flow to its portfolio of companies that are fighting Climate Cha...

£2m secured by consortium to bring angel investment to North businesses - - 2021-08-09

A consortium led by Sunderland-based North East Business and Innovation Centre (BIC), has...

Maven backs bespoke furniture manufacturer with £500k funding package - - 2021-08-09

The Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) West Midlands Debt Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners,...

Company to launch new family photo-sharing platform with help of NPIF loan - - 2021-08-09

A company that converts old videos and tapes into digital format has secured a £250,000 investment from ...

Later life and estate planning in an inflationary environment - Simon Harryman, Ingenious - 2021-08-06

Simon Harryman, Senior Business Development Director at Ingenious argues that performance matters ...

Gresham House Ventures invests £3.3m into ecommerce enabler Patchworks - - 2021-08-06

Gresham House Ventures - a growth equity investor specialising in software and digitally driven businesses in the ...

Praetura Group boosts SME growth with launch of Praetura Invoice Finance division - - 2021-08-06

Praetura Group, the Northwest-based debt and equity capital provider to SMEs, is expanding with the launch of a new financial ...

Energy storage provider receives £300k loan to deliver project - - 2021-08-06

Oxto Energy has secured a £300,000 loan from the Enterprise M3 Short Term...

Circular economy start-up CauliBox secure seed funding - - 2021-08-06

Circular economy business CauliBox, which is the UK’s first tech-enabled reusable container scheme has sec...

Gresham House Ventures exits successful investment in restaurant chain Pho - - 2021-08-05

Gresham House Ventures, a specialist growth equity investor providing development capital to innovative consumer, he...

NatWest launches Expert in Residence SME programme - - 2021-08-05

NatWest has launched its Expert in Residence...

Three quarters of UK startups confident about the next 12 months - - 2021-08-05

Despite seeing growth significantly impacted during the pandemic, the vast majority of UK startups are now confident about the next 12 months. This was a key finding of a survey of startup opinion,...

Kitche receives UK Government Funding From DEFRA - - 2021-08-05

Kitche has become a recipient of £68,000 in UK government funding under the ...

BGF exits J&B Recycling as high-growth business attracts buyer - - 2021-08-05

Growth capital investor, BGF has announced a successful exit from J&B Recy...

Maven VCTs invest further £500k in GENinCode as company goes to IPO - - 2021-08-04

Maven Capital Partners, one of the UK’s most active private equity houses, has invested a further £500,000 in ...

Investment company purchases on advisor platforms reach record high - - 2021-08-04

Purchases of investment companies on adviser platforms reached £368m in the first quarter of 2021, setting a new quarterly record, accordin...

Excellerant appoints Mirsad Devic as CEO; ramps up investment drive - - 2021-08-04

Excellerant Inc., a technology-focused investment holding company, has announced the appointment of Mr. Mirsad Devic as CEO as the company ramps up its invest...

Palatine-backed CTS snaps up Yorkshire environmental consultancy - - 2021-08-04

PALATINE-backed Construction Testing Solutions (CTS), a leading provi...

Evoke Creative acquires app design and development agency, Apposing Ltd - - 2021-08-04

BGF-backed Evoke Creative Ltd – the leading specialist in kio...

BGF sees business confidence grow in 2021 - - 2021-08-03

BGF – the UK and Ireland’s most active investor – is reporting a strong outlook for 2021. Throughout the las...

Livingbridge invests in connectivity and IoT specialist North - - 2021-08-03

Livingbridge, one of the UK’s leading mid-market private equity investors, has announced investment in North ...

Private equity funding helps provide promising outlook for training provider - - 2021-08-03

One of the UK’s leading apprenticeship and adult education providers which secured private equity funding to become an independent business last year has significantly improved...

Hannah Waters: investor success expert comment for Welsh businesses - - 2021-08-03

Hannah Waters is an investor at BGF, with her role seeing her working across all areas of the i...

Mayfair Equity Partners backs management buy-out of Tangle Teezer - - 2021-08-03

Mayfair Equity Partners, the leading tech and consumer growth investor, has completed an investment in Tangle Teezer, the category-defining British haircare b...

Venari Security raises series A funding - - 2021-08-02

Venari Security, the defender of encrypted networks, has raised a Series A funding of £4.2m with a post money valuation of £14...

Global venture capital firm Antler launches in Canada - - 2021-08-02

Global early-stage VC, Antler has announced that it is launching in Canada. The firm is already present in most m...

eFront releases Fourth Annual Global Private Equity Performance Series - - 2021-08-02

eFront has released its Fourth Annual Global Private Equity Performance Series showing the top-performing regions globally for...

Fitch Ventures leads $6m investment into impact tech company Diginex - - 2021-08-02

Diginex, the disruptive impact technology company helping to solve the world’s most pressing ESG and sus...

MMC and Local Globe invest in menopause healthtech - - 2021-08-02

Vira Health, a digital health company focused on improving long-term health for women, has raised £1.5M in seed funding from ...

Foresight completes 4th exit this year with sale of Poppy & Jacks Nursery Group - - 2021-07-30

Foresight Group has sold Poppy & Jacks Limited...

Peppy raises £6.6m to scale its personalised employee healthcare - - 2021-07-30

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4D Biomaterials raises £1.6m led by DSW Ventures for 3D printed implants - - 2021-07-30

4D Biomaterials, a medtech company which has developed a new biomaterial used for 3D printing medical implants, has...

Patchwork Health raises £3.5m to end NHS staff burnout - - 2021-07-30

Patchwork Health, the healthcare staffing platform founded by doctors, has raised £3.5m to accelerate thei...

Insect-based snack company completes investment round of over £400k - - 2021-07-30

Insect-based snack company Small Giants has closed a new investment round of more than £400,000, after raising £130,000 i...

Maven confirmed as accredited provider for Government Recovery Loan Scheme - - 2021-07-29

Maven Capital Partners, debt fund manager for the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF), has been approv...

Low Carbon Innovation Fund 2 invests in breakthrough pH sensor company ANB Sensors - - 2021-07-29

Turquoise, the UK merchant bank specialising in energy, environment and efficiency, has announced its tenth deal for the Low Carbon Innovation Fund 2 (LCIF2)...

CPI makes first investment in cleantech start-up Qualus - - 2021-07-29

CPI Enterprises, the investor engagement and ventures arm of CPI, has made its f...

Graphite Capital acquires Wonderbly - - 2021-07-29

Graphite Capital, a leading UK mid-market private equity specialist, has acquired Wonderbly, the world&rsqu...

HBAN Ulster passes 100 members and calls for more angel investors - - 2021-07-29

Business angel group HBAN Ulster, as part of the Halo Business Angel Network (HBAN), announced today its members have invested £8.5m into 38...

Activist investor platform Tulipshare launches - - 2021-07-28

Tulipshare is a brand new activist investment platform that empowers individuals to make a positive change within some of the biggest household...

Legal tech company Robin AI raises $2.5m seed funding - - 2021-07-28

Legal technology start-up Robin AI has raised $2.5m seed funding from Episode 1 and a number of leading angel investors ...

STV’s £1m Green Fund could help to save more single use plastic - - 2021-07-28

Edinburgh’s largest plastic free grocery store, The Refillery, has been nominated for the ...

AR sports engagement My Lads raises €7.6M seed funding - - 2021-07-28

My Lads, a leader in AR Sports Engagement, signs with some of the most known international football teams on the planet. The four mega clubs ...

Disruptive femtech firm Elvie completes £58m funding - - 2021-07-28

Elvie, the revolutionary global health and lifestyle brand developing iconic products for women, has comp...

BGF backs Gaist for future growth and international expansion - - 2021-07-27

BGF's North West team has invested a further £2.1 million investment in Yorkshire-based digital mapping company, Gaist...

SPRINT secures new funding from Connecting Capability Fund - - 2021-07-27

The SPRINT (SPace Research and Innovation Network for Technology) programme has secured major funding from ...

EBar completes £670,000 equity round - - 2021-07-27

Aberdeen-based EBar is raising a glass after closing a £670,000 equity round that will accelerate the roll-out of their self-service drinks dispensing te...

Tech Nation CEO comments on new Innovation Strategy - - 2021-07-27

Tech Nation CEO, Gerard Grech, comments on Innovation Strategy announcement. "Innovation is indispensable in any economy, but it...

Training platform for robots Mindtech Global secures £2.3m funding - - 2021-07-27

A start-up with a platform that trains robots to recognise images has completed a £2.3m funding round to help it build its team in Yorkshire and expand sales of its product worldwide. ...

Gravitee.io raises $11m co-led by AlbionVC and Oxx - - 2021-07-26

Gravitee.io – The open source API management platform that gives businesses and their developers unprecedented control over their entire API ecosys...

Palatine exits IFA group Wren Sterling - - 2021-07-26

Palatine Private Equity has exchanged contracts for the sale of national independent financial adviser ...

Content management platform Graph CMS raises $10m - - 2021-07-26

GraphCMS - a Berlin-based company whose pioneering content management platform enables enterprises to seamlessly deliver better ...

$25.3m raised for Leo Cancer Care - - 2021-07-26

Leo Cancer Care is an innovative start-up company that is set to change the face of Radiation Therapy forever. They recently completed their Ser...

Green Mile secures £180,000 MEIF investment - - 2021-07-26

Cardboard Bedding Ltd, trading as Green Mile, is relocating to Prees in Shropshire after securing £180,000 from the ...

Ace Entrepreneurs launch program to support black startup owners - - 2021-07-26

A new investment initiative has been launched by ACE Entrepreneurs to support and fund early-stage black-owned businesses. The ...

FinTech for good innovator Percent closes $5m fundraising - - 2021-07-26

Percent, the fintech innovator with the mission to put good into everyday financial transactions, has closed a $5M venture round led by ...

Applications open for University of Edinburgh's AI Accelerator - - 2021-07-26

The AI Accelerator is back! Applications are open until 8th of August so there’s still time to ...

Recovery Loan Scheme now available through The FSE Group - - 2021-07-26

The FSE Group has been accredited as a lender under the Recov...

Calculus and Foresight successfully exit Mologic - - 2021-07-23

Calculus Capital and Foresight Group have together announced the successful sale of ...

UK more than doubles number of rare $10bn+ tech businesses in six months - - 2021-07-23

New data released by Tech Nation, the UK’s tech scaleup experts, and Dealroom analyses the UK’s posi...

Elestial to collaborate with University of Surrey on orbital platform concept study - - 2021-07-23

Elestial Limited, an Oxfordshire-based start-up company, has signed up to the national SPRINT business ...

Kasabian’s Ian Matthews joins forces with tech entrepreneur to overhaul music industry payments - - 2021-07-23

A new technology platform designed to generate long term royalties for artists and venues will be launched this August by Kasabian drummer Ian Matthews and his long-time friend and tech entrepreneu...

Edison Group makes two senior appointments to drive technology and ESG expansion - - 2021-07-22

Edison Group, the leading international research and investor relations consultancy, has announced the appointment of Paul Miller as CTO an...

Keensight Capital to exit ASTI - - 2021-07-22

Keensight Capital, one of the leading private equity managers dedicated to pan-European Growth Buyout1 investments, has entered into an agreement to se...

Foresight successfully exits Mologic by sale to Global Access Health - - 2021-07-22

Foresight Group LLP, an award-winning listed infrastructure and regional privat...

Expanding performance marketing to new frontiers - - 2021-07-22

GP Bullhound acted as exclusive financial advisor to Bliss Point Media on its sale to ...

Cybertech startup, Worldr, gets $3m to protect remote conversations - - 2021-07-22

Data self-sovereignty is fundamental to a company’s resilience and yet communication platforms, like Whatsapp and Signal, are not sufficient for organisations compliantly handling sensitive i...

Ntropy announces $3.2M round to help financial companies make sense of data - - 2021-07-22

Ntropy, a company removing data barriers to understand financial transactions, has announced a $3.2M seed round led by Q...

Investors Waking Up to Climate Crisis - - 2021-07-22

The successful close of the second round of the GAS EIS Climate Change Fund on 15th July suggests that investors are waking up to the s...

TravelPerk cofounder launches mental health startup Oliva - - 2021-07-22

As organisations struggle with unprecedented strain on their employees’ mental health, they still lack a dedicated solution to support their people. Whi...

Bowmark Capital expands team - - 2021-07-22

Bowmark Capital has further strengthened its investment, portfolio and origination teams with six new appointments. ...

Claire Alvarez promoted to Partner at Foresight Group - - 2021-07-22

Claire Alvarez has been promoted to Partner by Foresight Group, the leading listed infrastructure and private equity investment manager. Claire, who joined...

New UK virus killing PPE firm Viracoat raises £2m from Australia - - 2021-07-21

Viracoat, a subsidiary of Viracorp set up to develop and produce PPE that begins killing COVID-19 and other viruses on contact, has raised £2million ($4million Australian dollars) to fund fin...

Tencent invests €29.5m in Sweden's Doktor.se - - 2021-07-21

Doktor.se has secured €29.5 million (300 million sek) in funding from Tencen...

Calculus invests in Brouhaha Entertainment - - 2021-07-21

The Calculus Creative Content EIS Fund, together with other funds managed or advised by Calculus, has ...

BGF completes significant investment in AD Williams - - 2021-07-21

AD Williams – a leading accident repair group – has received a multi-million-pound investment from BGF. The f...

Ascension Ventures leads $400k investment in BEPPS Snacks - - 2021-07-20

London-based startup, BEPPS Snacks, has raised £400,000 investment from early-stage venture capital investors, Ascension Ventures, who seek ...

Arete backs multi-million investment in digital platform Vivify - - 2021-07-20

Multi-family investment office, Arete, has made a significant investment as part of a multi-million-pound deal in North West based, ...

Risks for employers under life without lockdown - - 2021-07-20

Alex Kennedy of Gannons looks at how to deal with the next phase of Covid regulations Employers are thinking about how to manage their emp...

Angels Assemble: The advantages of syndication in 2021 - - 2021-07-20

Remy Astie, CEO and founder of Vauban, makes the case for joining forces...

How to embed change in your business - - 2021-07-20

Karen Dunne-Squire from Elation Experts shares her five key steps to ensuring the change you want to embed in your business succeeds. ...

Future fund data is a curate’s egg. This is why. - - 2021-07-20

Modwenna Rees-Mogg looks at the Future Fund statistics and asks just how helpful they really are? I recollect that this time last year the Future Fund was just getting going. Amidst the cha...

SFC Capital calls for reform as UK first-time funding rounds down 36% from 2018 peak - - 2021-07-19

The number of first-time funding rounds into UK seed-stage startups declined for a second consecutive year in 2020, to 36 per cent below the 2018 peak for such deals, according to new research comm...

Bower Collective raises £2.1m led by Oxford Capital - - 2021-07-19

Bower Collective, the sustainable consumer goods business has raised £2.1 million i...

‘Revolutionary woundcare’ biotech firm raises £1.8m from MEIF - - 2021-07-19

A biotech company with a product that helps to heal eye injuries and could revolutionise treatment of other wounds has raised a further £1.8m. Nottingham-based ...

Dragonfly AI secures £250,000 from GLIF - - 2021-07-19

Situated in the London borough of Westminster, technology company Dragonfly AI has secured a £250,000 loan to expand its...

Three quarters of IFAs believe Business Relief investments will increase - - 2021-07-16

Three quarters (76%) of IFAs believe that their use of Business Relief propositions will increase over the next two years, with less than 2% saying they saw their u...

Praetura Ventures leads £2.9m investment in Reacta Biotech - - 2021-07-16

A business that is on course to transform the food allergy diagnostics market has secured £2.9m investment in a funding round led by Praetura Ventu...

QVentures invests in Wildpoint, a marketplace for campers - - 2021-07-16

QVentures has announced their latest fund investment into Wildpoint, a marketplace that...

Audio app Anyone raises $3.6m to make great advice available to...anyone - - 2021-07-16

The audio app Anyone has been one of the most talke...

Livingbridge invests in leading provider of NHS wheelchair services AJM Healthcare - - 2021-07-16

Livingbridge has announced its investment in AJM Healthcare, the leading provider of NHS wheelchair services...

Impact VC fund Eka Ventures closes at £68m - - 2021-07-15

Eka Ventures has reached the final close on a £68m ($95m) fund, making it the la...

Westgrove Group secures £6m from IGF to power growth - - 2021-07-15

Fast growing facilities management company, ...

Pitalia Capital launches with £50m fund - - 2021-07-15

John Davies has joined Pitalia Capital to launch a new investment fund in response to increased demand for capital and support from small to mid-sized b...

Archangels leads on £12.4m of investment in Scottish innovators in H1 2021 - - 2021-07-15

The Edinburgh-based business investment group, Archangels, has led investment of £12.4m in innovative Scottish tec...

EG Group Invests in Hydrogen Vehicle Systems (HVS) - - 2021-07-15

Scotland-based HV Systems (HVS) has secured a £5 million capital injection from Beehive Equity Limited, a ...

Climate X raises £1.1 million - - 2021-07-15

Climate X, a London-based purpose-driven startup, has completed its pre-seed raise of £1.1M – ushering in a new era of climate intelligence that...

IW Capital backs e-pharmacy platform SimplyMeds - - 2021-07-14

IW Capital has made an investment in e-pharmacy company SimplyMeds...

Record-breaking year for UK FinTech - - 2021-07-14

Innovate Finance, the industry body representing UK FinTech, today publishes details of the record-br...

Mayor of London’s fund to commit £20m to underrepresented entrepreneurs - - 2021-07-14

The Greater London Investment Fund (GLIF) will seek to commit at least £20 million of its capital to businesses led by female, ethnic minority or disabled entre...

Maven and Tier One Capital raise £6.26 million for property project - - 2021-07-14

Maven Capital Partners has raised £6.26 million to fund Oak Meadows, a new-build family home development consisting of 61 homes in Middleton St George, ...

detected latest funding brings total raised to £2m - - 2021-07-14

detected, the global mark of trust for eCommerce, has completed its latest funding round of £900k. This newe...

Graphite Capital sells U-POL to Axalta Coating Systems for £428 million - - 2021-07-13

Graphite Capital, a leading UK mid-market private equity specialist, has agreed to sell U-POL, a leadin...

Games specialist GingrTech secures Oliver Twins investment - - 2021-07-13

GingrTech, developers of the award-winning ROCKET Serious Games platform for experiential learning, has announced that games industry legends Philip and Andrew Oliv...

Remedi Pharmacy Solutions secures £250,000 MEIF loan - - 2021-07-13

Pharmaceutical business Remedi Pharmacy Solutions has secured a £250,000 loan to support the development of its latest software ...

Next-gen Agri-Food tech business Arborea raises €3.6m led by BGF - - 2021-07-13

Arborea – which is industrialising photosynthesis to expand the world’s food supply – has completed a funding round led by ...

‘Emergency wi-fi’ firm Trench Networks raises £500k - - 2021-07-13

A fast-growing company that delivers high-speed internet connectivity to sites that lack the usual infrastructure has secured a further £500,000 investment from the ...

Could music catalogues be the next smart investment? - - 2021-07-12

When you think of traditional investment opportunities you’d be forgiven for not including music amongst the likes of gold, art and technology. However, the past five years has seen huge grow...

Maven completes £7.4 million in Oak Engage - - 2021-07-12

Maven Capital Partners has led the £2.6 million investment in cloud-based internal communication and employee engagement platform ...

Edtech platform Unibuddy raises $20m to reinvent college recruitment - - 2021-07-12

Unibuddy, the number one peer-to-peer university recruitment platform that has helped 770,000 students from over 180 countries make better decisions about their ...

SoftBank leads $100m funding in video-software company mmhmm - - 2021-07-12

Video-software company mmhmm has raised a $100 million B round led by ...

BGF & ScaleUp Institute launch Business Recovery Report - - 2021-07-12

BGF and the ScaleUp Institute have released a seven-point plan based on key outcomes from the inaugural ...

Kuano.ai raises £1m seed to de-risk and accelerate drug discovery - - 2021-07-09

Kuano.ai, a software platform for rapid, cost effective quantum modelling of enzymes, has raised £1 million in seed fundin...

byrd targets European expansion with €16 million funding - - 2021-07-09

byrd, the tech-driven digital logistics and fulfilment platform, has raised a €16 million Series B funding round. The round wa...

BGF exits investment in Click Travel - - 2021-07-09

BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor, has announced a successful exit of its investment in ...

Record six months for VC investment into London and global fintech sector - - 2021-07-09

It has been a record first half of the year for VC investment into London’s fintech sector, with new research from Dealroom.co and...

Foresight invests £1.5m into Biotherapy Services - - 2021-07-09

Foresight Group, the award-winning listed private equity and infrastructure investment manager, has announced a £...

CAPZA Growth Tech acquires a minority stake in AssessFirst - - 2021-07-08

CAPZA, an independent management company and leading player in private investments in European SMEs – has invested in the French HR Tech ...

Toqio Raises €8M for FinTech SaaS - - 2021-07-08

Toqio has announced a seed round of €8M from Seaya Ventures, Speedinvest and...

Speedy Freight announces BGF investment to supercharge growth - - 2021-07-08

After a year of record growth, national courier company Speedy Freight has announc...

Final Future Fund data shows scheme completed £1.14bn of Convertible Loan Agreements - - 2021-07-08

The British Business Bank has published data that gives a final comprehensive picture of how the Future Fund ...

Health and fitness technology provider secures £500,000 funding package - - 2021-07-08

Nottingham-based Boditrax Technologies Ltd has received a £500,000 loan from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) East & South East Midlands De...

Death tech secures £1.1m in round backed by GC Angels - - 2021-07-08

Fair By Design & GC Angels have backed death tech start-up Guardian Ange...

Brain cancer startup QV Bioelectronics raises £750k - - 2021-07-07

QV Bioelectronics – a medical device start-up pioneering a first of its kind electric field therapy implant for the treatment of the most common and agg...

AME Group raises £750k amidst growing demand for prototypes - - 2021-07-07

A company that designs products for many leading consumer brands has raised £750,000 from ...

Innovate UK backs flight free travel platform Byway - - 2021-07-07

Traveltech startup Byway, the world's first flight-free holiday platform, has announced £1.1 million of fundi...

Start-ups: How to Raise Funds in the Post-Pandemic Era - - 2021-07-07

Funding London talked to expert investors and shares their advice for entrepreneurs on how to raise funds in the Post-Pandemic Era. Some...

European private equity delivers long-term outperformance - - 2021-07-07

Invest Europe, the association representing Europe’s private equity, venture capital and infrastructure sectors, as well as their investors, has pu...

UK SaaS business OpenBlend attracts investment - - 2021-07-06

OpenBlend, the SaaS platform transforming the way companies and their employees think about performance management has taken additional funding and appointed Da...

26 climate technology start-ups win place on COP26 funding programme - - 2021-07-06

Greenbackers Investment Capital has revealed the identity of 26 climate technology start-ups who will be taking part in an innovative six-month programm...

Clustermarket raises $3.5m from 24Haymarket - - 2021-07-06

24Haymarket, a private capital firm focused on growth equity and venture capital investments in the UK, and Forward Partners, an early-stage investor focused ...

MediSieve raises £1.8m from 24Haymarket to pursue its trials - - 2021-07-06

MediSieve Ltd, a biotech company which has developed an innovative blood filtration device, has completed a £1.8m investment, led by ...

Cornerstone leads funding round for home fitness brand Boxx - - 2021-07-06

Cornerstone Partners has led a seed round into boxing inspired fitness studio and digital content platform, Boxx....

Sustainable ecommerce service Haru secures £450k - - 2021-07-05

E-commerce start-up Haru has secured just under half a million pounds of investment from the ...

MSDUK launches accelerator to support minority-owned businesses - - 2021-07-05

MSDUK, an organisation that champions the inclusion of ethnic minority businesses (EMBs) and founders in corporate supply chains, has partnered with ...

VividQ secures £11m to bring holographic display to the world - - 2021-07-05

Deep technology company VividQ, a leading software and IP developer for holography, has announced a seed extension round of £11M. The Cambridge head-quarter...

Bioplastics company Chip[s] Board to expand after successful fundraise - - 2021-07-05

Specialist M&A advisory firm Ciesco has confirmed that Chip[s] Board, which develops bioplastics ...

WestBridge promotes Barkley to director following regional growth - - 2021-07-05

Private equity house WestBridge has promoted Peter Barkley to director. Barkley joined WestBridge i...

Pembroke VCT leads £2.75m fundraise for OnePlan - - 2021-07-02

Pembroke VCT, the the venture capital trust focused on building the brands of tomorrow, has invested £1.75m into ...

GC Angels shares £240k investment in Your FLOCK - - 2021-07-02

Your FLOCK, a remote work tech startup that helps increase employee engagement by discovering a team’s core values, has secured &p...

Digital training platform Virti raises $10m to optimise performance - - 2021-07-02

Digital training platform Virti has raised $10m in a Series A to further its goal of improving human performance using world-class interactive technology. The round...

Emirates Angels launches Business Directory - - 2021-07-02

The Emirates Angel Investors Association has launched the Business Directory on their mobile app. The directory will include a list of tech startups, m...

Second-best year for VC investment and private equity exits across CEE region - - 2021-07-01

Private equity firms invested in a record 566 companies in Central and Eastern Europe in 2020, as the industry supported dynamic SMEs and start-ups that will fuel the recovery from the impact of CO...

Translated receives $25M investment from Ardian - - 2021-07-01

Translated, an Italy and US-based company that pioneered the use of artificial intelligence to support professional translators, announces that the worl...

Thymia raises $1.1m for video game tool to spot depression - - 2021-07-01

Thymia has raised a £780k/$1.1m pre-seed round to scale its platform to assess for and monitor depression. The Thymia tec...

Heating disruptor Boiler Plan gains investment for Yorkshire training centre - - 2021-07-01

NPIF - Maven Equity Finance, part of the Northern Powerhouse Inve...

BGF appoints Baroness Brown as Chair of new Clean Growth Advisory Board - - 2021-07-01

BGF, the UK & Ireland’s most active investor, has announced the creation of a specialist advisory board to accelerate...

PE house strengthens reach in Thames Valley - - 2021-07-01

Fast-growing private equity house YFM Equity Pa...

Diversity VC announces New Leadership Team - - 2021-07-01

Diversity VC has announced that Ladi Greenstreet and Daisy Onubogu have taken over the leadership, as CEO and COO respectively. The...

Innovate Finance appoints Yvonne Bajela as board member - - 2021-07-01

Innovate Finance, the industry body representing UK FinTech, has welcomed ...

Low Carbon Innovation Fund 2 invests in Ablatus Therapeutics - - 2021-06-30

Turquoise, the UK merchant bank specialising in energy, environment and efficiency, has invested in ...

BGF successfully exits investment in Semafone in sale to Livingbridge - - 2021-06-30

BGF – the UK & Ireland’s most active investor – has announced a successful exit...

Distill Ventures commits to backing early stage founders - - 2021-06-30

Distill Ventures is committed to increasing diversity within the drinks industry through a range of global initi...

Securing investment to build back better - - 2021-06-30

Callum Rummer, founder, By Bits, gives some useful advice to startups on securing investment during COVID The pandemic has hit al...

Weedingtech seeks up to £1.25m growth funding - - 2021-06-30

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Scottish retinal imaging firm lands €1.1m AI project - - 2021-06-29

Epipole, the video retinal imaging specialist, has started work on a €1.1 million collaborative project to develop a technology solution for the diagnosi...

Revisiting Valuations - - 2021-06-29

James Murdoch discusses his reduced appetite for investment these days and analyses some of the reasons behind this decision. Ihave been investing less. For the last few y...

Has the start-up ecosystem’s response to the pandemic been positive for women entrepreneurs - - 2021-06-29

Evie Mulberry, MD, Astia asks whether the start-up ecosystem’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic had a positive impact on women entrepreneurs. The current Covi...

UK safetyTech startup Checkstep closes £1.3m seed round - - 2021-06-29

Checksteps, the UK startup providing advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) products for contextual content moderation to social media and en...

YFM supports fast-growing disruptive global video agency Wooshii - - 2021-06-29

UK-based agency Wooshii, which provides video content and software tools for blue-chip companies around the world, has received additional inves...

Nayms secures $6 million for future NAYM Token - - 2021-06-28

Insurtech platform Nayms has announced a new cohort of investors who have subscribed to a future listing of the project's native token, NAYM. This new cohort include...

Haatch Ventures makes first three investments in SEIS Fund - - 2021-06-28

Haatch Ventures launched their first SEIS Fund in March to complement their flagship EIS Fund. The new SEIS Fund was oversubscribed within 2 weeks, showing how pop...

M40 Offices targets green future with £250k funding - - 2021-06-28

M40 Offices has received a £250,000 funding package from the East & South East Midlands (ESEM) Fund, managed by Ma...

Housing solutions firm Modulous gets investment from CEMEX Ventures - - 2021-06-28

CEMEX Ventures, the corporate venture capital and open innovation unit of CEMEX, has increased its participation in Mo...

E-commerce business Boulevard Online secures MEIF funding - - 2021-06-28

DAPV Ltd, trading as Boulevard Online, a Worcester-based e-commerce business has secured a funding package of up to £600,000 to help...

Road safety app RoadHow gains £500,000 MEIF investment - - 2021-06-25

Solihull based RoadHow, an app designed to help drivers to become safer and more aware on the road, while potentially saving them money on their insurance, has ...

BGF announces investment in Artisanal Spirits’ IPO - - 2021-06-25

BGF, the UK & Ireland’s most active growth capital investor, has completed a cornerstone investment in Th...

SFC Capital leads £400k funding in House of Insurtech - - 2021-06-25

House of Insurtech has secured £400k in a seed round led by SFC Capital a...

YFM backs Scottish travel business Traveltek - - 2021-06-25

YFM Equity Partners is continuing to support the growth of innovative Scottish software business ...

Foresight invests £3m capital in healthcare software provider NorthWest EHealth - - 2021-06-25

Foresight Group has invested 3 million of growth capital into NorthWest EHealth Limited, providers of software and ser...

Oxwash’s green tech secures £2.08m to accelerate the cleanup laundry sector - - 2021-06-24

Putting a sustainable spin on laundry,...

Squire Patton Boggs to launch funds practice in London - - 2021-06-24

Squire Patton Boggs continues to expand its Financial Services Practice Group with the appointment of Steven Ward as partner in the firm’s L...

GoStudent becomes Europe’s newest Ed-Tech unicorn - - 2021-06-24

GoStudent, the Vienna-based Ed-Tech scale-up which provides video-based online tutoring in 1-on-1 format, has hit unicorn status in less than 2.5 years si...

Navenio secures funding for hospital workforce AI platform - - 2021-06-24

Navenio, the UK company that has pioneered indoor location-based artificial intelligence to revolutionise workflows and can double the throughput of hospital team...

Life sciences start-up ReadyGo Diagnostics gets MEIF funding boost - - 2021-06-24

Foresight Group, a listed private equity and infrastructure investment manager, has announced a £300k growth capital investment from the ...

Healthtech pioneer Kiteline raises £370,00 led by SFC Capital - - 2021-06-23

UK-based healthtech firm Kiteline, formerly known as Liminal Health, has secured £370,000 in funding to meet the demand for support for those liv...

Palatine invests in specialist home healthcare provider Routes - - 2021-06-23

Palatine Private Equity has acquired a majority stake in Routes Healthcare, one of the North’s leadin...

Derbyshire engineering company F C Laser secures £1.5 million from MEIF - - 2021-06-23

F C Laser Limited has received a £1.5 million loan from Maven Capital Partners through the ...

Puma VCT 13 achieves profitable exit from Pure Cremation - - 2021-06-23

Puma VCT 13 – the thirteenth Venture Capital Trust (VCT) launched by fund manager ...

Net4 seeks £895,000 investment - - 2021-06-23

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Hip Impact Protection seeks £500,000 - - 2021-06-23

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Engage seeks £250,000 funding for growth - - 2021-06-23

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Freelancers: a flexible gig or a false economy? - - 2021-06-22

Gannons Employment Law expert Alex Kennedy delves into the world of the gig economy and highlights some of the big issues that employers often face. ...

Jenson appoint Martin Punt as Portfolio Development Manager - - 2021-06-22

Jenson Funding Partners has appointed Martin Punt as Portfolio Development Manager. Martin will be working alongside Lisa Matthews and the team supp...

There’s no place like home (or the office) - - 2021-06-22

Nick Berry from BB Strategy reflects on the acceleration and acceptance of remote working as a legacy of Covid but conside...

I’m on the horns of a dilemma - - 2021-06-22

It is almost 20 years since the new framework for angel investment was enshrined in the Companies Act. Combined with the FCA’s rules on Financial Promotions, the industry has had a work...

Never let a good crisis go to waste - - 2021-06-22

George Pennock, partner at Four Seasons Ventures, suggests that how an SME business responded to the Covid dow...

Student start-up KnoWaste wins grant to develop the business - - 2021-06-21

A student start-up developing technology that will slash food waste in the education sector has won £10,000 to develop their idea. UK schools, colleges and universities throw away ...

BGF successfully exits investment in Cennox - - 2021-06-21

BGF has announced a successful exit from Cennox – a leading provider of services t...

SearchSmartly redefines home search with £1.25m investment - - 2021-06-21

SearchSmartly, the smart match-making property search platform that provides hyper-personalised property searches in minutes, has raised £1.25milli...

The UK hits milestone of 100 UK tech companies valued at $1bn or more - - 2021-06-21

The UK tech sector reaches new heights with 100 UK tech companies valued at $1bn or more, according to new data from Dealr...

EQT backs Parcel2Go with new investment - - 2021-06-21

Parcel2Go, the UK’s largest parcel delivery marketplace and e-commerce shipping platform, has announced the introduction of ...

Maven Buyout Fund backs Titan Wealth to support acquisition strategy - - 2021-06-18

The Maven UK Regional Buyout Fund, managed by Maven Capital Partners, one of the UK’s most active private equity houses, has invested in ...

How will asset managers will meet investor needs - - 2021-06-18

State Street Corporation has released new ...

Tech Nation launches new Diversity & Inclusion Toolkit - - 2021-06-18

Tech Nation has launched the Diversity & Inclusion Toolkit; a comprehensive guide to address di...

Average value of UK growth stage companies reaches £100m - - 2021-06-18

British Patient Capital comments on the British Business...

Clearco accelerates international expansion - - 2021-06-18

Clearco, the world's largest e-commerce investor and the company revolutionizing the way founders grow their businesses, has announced ambitious international ...

Gresham House Ventures invests €5m in ecommerce platform Scurri - - 2021-06-18

Gresham House Ventures – a growth equity investor specialising in software and digitally driven businesses in the consumer, healthcare and serv...

Ochre Bio raises $9.6m - - 2021-06-18

Ochre Bio, a biotech company developing RNA medicines for chronic liver diseases, has raises $9.6M seed financing led by ...

SMEs worry about access to finance - - 2021-06-18

New research [1] from investment holding company MBH Corporation shows SME bosses are worried that access to finance will become harder over the n...

Maven invests £2m in PropTech specialist Guru Systems - - 2021-06-18

Maven Capital Partners, one of the UK’s most active investors in growth businesses, has invested £2 million in London-based ...

Venture backed car buying comparison leader carwow acquires Wizzle - - 2021-06-17

Episode 1 backed car buying comparison leader, carwow has acquired used car buying platform,...

Games developer using tech to motivate sales teams raises £600k - - 2021-06-17

A Midlands software company which uses the power of video games to help businesses manage and motivate their sales teams has raised a further £600,000 for expansion....

YFM Equity Partners sells Deep Secure Limited realising a 6.5x return - - 2021-06-17

YFM Equity Partners-advised funds have sold their shareholding in ...

Polaris accelerates sustainability efforts - - 2021-06-17

Polaris has intensified its sustainability work and published its first annual sustainability report, outl...

North East Development Capital Fund celebrates 3rd anniversary - - 2021-06-17

The North East Development Capital Fund (NEDCF), supported by the Europe...

Keensight Capital to take a majority stake in Adista, - - 2021-06-17

Keensight Capital, one of the leading private equity managers dedicated to pan-European Growth Buyout1 investments, has announced the signing of an a...

Women’s health startup - Hertility Health - raises £4.2M in Seed funding - - 2021-06-17

Hertility Health, the new women’s health start-up revolutionising the world of hormone and reproductive health, has announced the clo...

NorthEdge sells majority stake in Orbis Protect - - 2021-06-17

NorthEdge has sold a majority stake in Orbis Protect, a leading provider of critica...

GP Bullhound invests in Lingokids as part of a $40m funding round - - 2021-06-17

GP Bullhound has announced a new investment into Lingokids, a leading educational pl...

Pembroke VCT invests in premium sustainable paint company COAT - - 2021-06-16

Pembroke VCT, the venture capital trust focused on building the brands of tomorrow, has made an initial investment into ...

OCR Labs raises €12.5m launch digital ID verification solution in the UK - - 2021-06-16

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London launches Beyond HERizons to help female founders secure investment - - 2021-06-16

Beyond HERizons, a new initiative from London & Partners’ Silicon Valley comes to the UK (SVC2UK)...

Isomer Capital announces first close of new €100m opportunities fund - - 2021-06-16

Isomer Capital has reached the first close of “Isomer Capital Opportunities”. The new co-investme...

Equity investment in smaller UK businesses reached a record £8.8bn last year - - 2021-06-16

Equity investment in the UK’s smaller businesses increased by 9% in 2020 to £8.8bn, the highest amount since the Beauhurst data series began in 2011, reveals the ...

Immersive Labs raises $75 million for expansion - - 2021-06-15

Immersive Labs, the company empowering organizations to measure and improve cybersecurity skills across technical and non-technical teams...

Where are all the early-stage hardware technology investors? - - 2021-06-15

The world's key challenges - smarter cities, more responsible manufacturing and cleaner energy to name a few - can't be solved by software alone. Hardware innovation, and therefore hardware early-s...

The Westly Group backs Circulor's $14m funding - - 2021-06-15

Circulor, the leading provider of supply chain traceability and dynamic CO2 tracking, has closed $14m in Series A funding to accelerate the company’s r...

Immerse UK and HTC VIVE X report highlights immersive tech landscape - - 2021-06-15

The ‘UK Immersive Tech: VC Investment Report’ features 31 highly innovative, fast-growing immersive tech ventures that have already raised significant amounts of VC and Angel inve...

IgniteNI concludes 2021 Accelerator programme - - 2021-06-15

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RAB Capital backed Iceni Diagnostics licences IP from University of Warwick - - 2021-06-14

Iceni Diagnostics, a specialist carbohydrate chemistry company based in Norwich, which raised funds in November 2020 from ...

Development Bank of Wales invested £200m in Welsh businesses in 2020/21 - - 2021-06-14

In a year dominated by Covid-19 and Brexit, the Development Bank of Wales has worked with and supported a broad range of businesses across the Welsh eco...

Maven invests £750,000 in CRL Foods - - 2021-06-14

The North East Development Capital Fund, supported by the European Regional Development Fund (“ERDF”) has invested £...

TreasurySpring raises $10m to capitalise on breakout year - - 2021-06-14

TreasurySpring, the London-based financial technology company that operates the world’s first Fixed-Term Fund platform has secured more than $10m of ...

Fuel Ventures unveils new £45 million fund - - 2021-06-14

Fuel Ventures, the early-stage VC focusing on tech-enabled businesses, has launched a new £45 million investment fund. The funds will be d...

Foresight backed Fertility Focus launches unique new product - - 2021-06-11

Fertility Focus, the manufacturers of the OvuCore and OvuSense Pro family of leading fertility monitoring solutions, with class II medical device classifi...

Business support specialist reveals rise in mature entrepreneurs - - 2021-06-11

A LEADING North East provider of business support is encouraging those aged 50 and over to consider self-employment, after it saw enquiries for start-up support ...

YFM exits FourNet generating 6x return for investors - - 2021-06-11

YFM Equity Partners (YFM) has sold its stake in FourNet, the award-winning digital ...

Blueberry Therapeutics secures £750,000 investment from NPIF - - 2021-06-11

NPIF – Maven Equity Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund has in...

AE Aerospace secures £400,000 financing from MEIF - - 2021-06-11

A Birmingham-based machining company has secured a £400,000 loan to help safeguard its 65 employees as well as creating 10 full time new jobs and apprentices over the next two to three years....

Foresight sells payment tech firm Ixaris to Nium - - 2021-06-10

Foresight Group is to sell Ixaris Group Holdings Limited, a leader in travel payment technology, to ...

Klima Energy Transition Fund first closes with €80m - - 2021-06-10

Alantra has reached a first close with more than €80 million of commitments in their ...

Venue booking platform VenueScanner raises $1.5 million - - 2021-06-10

VenueScanner, the UK’s largest online venue booking platform, has secured a $1.5 million funding round led by Rianta Capital and ...

HR platform set to create a buzz with the help of £780k investment - - 2021-06-10

A software platform that helps businesses to connect with staff is aiming to double in size after raising a £780,000 investment. WorkBuzz has secured the funding from ...

Inverleith raises a glass to successful IPO on AIM of The Artisanal Spirits Company - - 2021-06-10

Inverleith LLP, a Scottish-based consumer brands investor, is celebrating the listing on AIM of its portfolio company, ...

Iksuda Therapeutics closes $47 million funding - - 2021-06-09

Iksuda Therapeutics, the developer of a new generation of antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) with raised therapeutic index, has completed a US $47 million (circa...

London startup Kavida.ai secures £300k capital - - 2021-06-09

Kavida.ai – a supply chain resiliency startup, founded in 2020, has secured £300,000 ($425,000) in pre seed capital from strategic investors. The co...

YFM builds team with investment director promotion - - 2021-06-09

Private equity house YFM Equity Partners (YFM), which has offices in London, Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester, is continuing to Invest in its team with the promotio...

Drinks brand SENTZ secures funding from Henley Business Angels - - 2021-06-09

SENTZ, a new range of naturally fruitful British hard seltzers for people who want to live life guilt-free, has received investment from Henley ...

Green Angel Syndicate appoints Christine Chisholm to Board as CFO - - 2021-06-09

Green Angel Syndicate, one of the largest active angel syndicates in the UK and the only one specialising in the fight against climate change, has mad...

Clir Renewables secures CAD$27 million - - 2021-06-08

Clir Renewables (Clir), a company dedicated to maximizing project returns from renewable energy assets, has announced the closing of its CAD$27 ...

Seneca Partners portfolio company Wejo plans for US $1bn Nasdaq listing - - 2021-06-08

Seneca Partners, the specialist SME investment business based in the North West has announced that EIS portfolio company, Manchester-based ...

Prioritising climate change creates new value for companies - - 2021-06-08

Commenting ahead of World Environment day, Alessa Berg (pictured), founder and CEO of Top Tier Impact, comments on why we must encourage worldwide aware...

Online office startup Teemyco raises $3.2m - - 2021-06-08

Teemyco, the Swedish online office provider, has raised $3.2m from German seed fund 42CAP, who led the round with participati...

Robot company WeldingDroid adds new owner and capital - - 2021-06-08

The Danish robotics upstart, WeldingDroid, is adding Thomas Visti to its ...

Soldo data: CFOs warn of challenges to economic recovery - - 2021-06-08

CFOs across the UK warn that cashflow and overspending are the main barriers to their organisation's financial recovery. The ...

Analysis reveals a rise in UK businesses closing at nearly 1,200 a day - - 2021-06-08

Analysis by DSA Connect, an IT asset disposal company which specialises in the permanent deletion and destruction of electronic data, reveals nearl...

BGF announces £100m milestone in life sciences investment - - 2021-06-07

BGF, the UK & Ireland’s most active investor, has broken the £100 million investment milestone, backing more t...

GP Bullhound's Northern Tech Awards return for their eighth year - - 2021-06-07

GP Bullhound has announced that entries for the 2021 Northern T...

Buy Now Pay Later platform Divido raises $30 million Series B - - 2021-06-07

Divido, the world’s largest whitelabel platform for retail finance, has raised a $...

'Hospital at home' to be accelerated through Atos and Huma partnership - - 2021-06-07

Atos and Huma, the digital health innovator, have announced a 5-year strateg...

Game on! Globally expanding youth team sport app scores $4.2n in funding - - 2021-06-07

Heja, the vertical social platform for Team Sport communication, has scored a $4.2m seed round led by Amsterdam-based ...

British Business Investments announces new £50m commitment to Apera Asset Management - - 2021-06-07

British Business Investments, a commercial subsidiary of the British Busin...

Satellite Vu raises £3.6m for thermal satellite insights - - 2021-06-07

Satellite Vu has raised a £3.6m (US$5m) seed round led by Seraphim Capital to launch the wo...

Answering the $8 trillion question: how can we scale up nature-based solutions - - 2021-06-07

Cultivo, a new way to invest in nature at scale, has launched its service to connect landowners ...

Wealth at Work announces investment from Aquiline Capital Partners - - 2021-06-04

Wealth at Work Group Limited, a UK-based specialist provider of workplace financial education, guidance and regulated financial advice for in...

AI-powered transaction monitoring start-up Sentinels raises further £4.9million - - 2021-06-04

Dutch artificial intelligence company Sentinels has raised £4.9 million (€5.7 mill...

Cognigy secures $44M in Series B funding - - 2021-06-04

Cognigy, a global leader in omnichannel Customer and Employee Service Automation with its Conversational AI platform Cognigy.AI, has raised $44 million in Ser...

Ingenious completes four new real estate development loans totalling £52m - - 2021-06-04

Ingenious has announced that Ingenious Real Estate Fin...

Why record renewable energy production is good news for tax planning - Andrew Aldridge, Deepbridge Capital - 2021-06-04

By Andrew Aldridge, Partner at Deepbridge Capital The 2021 Mayday Bank Holiday saw ...

Death-tech disruptor Settld seals £500k investment in first round funding - - 2021-06-04

End-of-life admin service Settld has closed its initial seed funding round with &pou...

Neo Kuma sees early success on psychedelic healthcare investments - - 2021-06-04

NEO KUMA Ventures, the UK’s first investment fund dedicated solely to psychedelic healthcare, has announced its investme...

Data science-led solution for health insurance underwriting secures $10m Series A - - 2021-06-04

HealthyHealth Group, a company focused on transforming the life and health insurance underwriting journey through digital data, has announced the closing ...

Genius Group Uncovers Top 5 Investment Trends for 2021 at Investor Summit - - 2021-06-03

After a turbulent 15 months for businesses, entrepreneurs and investors, Roger James Hamilton, Founder and CEO of Genius Group...

Malt raises €80M to strengthen its marketplace leadership position - - 2021-06-03

Malt, the leading European freelance consulting marketplace, has entered into exclusive negotiations for a new funding of 80 million euros, led by...

LivePreso to penetrate UK market - - 2021-06-03

Automated digital content platform LivePreso (formerly known as SalesPreso) has posted a record quarter after landing several new international c...

Dividend hero investment companies deliver inflation-demolishing dividend - - 2021-06-03

Dividend hero investment companies have grown their dividends to shareholders well ahead of inflation over the past five years, according to new data from the As...

ikigai closes successful CrowdCube campaign raising £1.9m - - 2021-06-03

ikigai, the new premium fintech bringing self-care to personal finance, has closed its successful Crowdcube campaign rai...

Online recruitment firm raises £630k investment - - 2021-06-03

A company which has designed a software platform that helps businesses optimise online recruitment has raised £630,000 to support its growth plans....

Tactus Group invests in coding and robotics specialist pi-top - - 2021-06-03

North West-headquartered Tactus Group, a specialist in the development of consumer technology products, has expanded into th...

Top Tier Impact Group launch world’s first Global Impact Awards for start-ups - - 2021-06-03

The Top Tier Impact (TTI) Group has announced the launch of its inaugural ...

Palamon partners with IDH management in take out of Carlyle - - 2021-06-02

Palamon Capital Partners has partnered with the management team of IDH Group to enter into a binding share purchase agreement to acquire The Carlyle Group&rsq...

Deer Technology raises £1.32 million equity investment - - 2021-06-02

Port Talbot-based Deer Technology has secured equity investment...

Insurtech startup Intelligent AI raises £400k led by RLC Ventures - - 2021-06-02

Intelligent AI has secured £400,000 in seed funding led by ...

YFM promotes new partner in the South West and the Thames Valley - - 2021-06-02

Private equity house YFM Equity Partners, which has offices in London, Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester, has promoted David Wrench to equit...

Sogelink - Geodesial Group acquires ILTR - - 2021-06-02

Just a few weeks after their merger, Keensight Capital portfolio company Sogelink and ...

Tesi’s survey of investment returns 2021 - - 2021-06-02

The ...

It's time turbine design lifetime limits had a reality check - - 2021-06-02

Limitations on wind turbine design lifetimes are hampering efforts to manage costs in asset lifecycles, reducing the effectiveness of long-term decision making and disrupting the effectiveness of o...

Greentech firm Qualus secures additional £1 Million financing - - 2021-06-02

Qualus, the leading provider of sustainable solutions to the leather industry, has secured £1 million of financing in a round led by ...

Sensations English seeks £1m growth capital - - 2021-06-02

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15% of owner managed businesses still in survival mode - - 2021-06-01

Owner managed businesses coming out of the third lockdown are still struggling with the impact of Covid-19 and an uncertain economic outlook: 11% ...

Marlin signs definitive agreement to complete growth equity investment in iBanFirst - - 2021-06-01

Marlin Equity Partners has signed a definitive agreement to complete a growth investment in iBanFirst SA, a cloud-ba...

Invest Europe publishes 'Private Equity at Work’ report - - 2021-06-01

Invest Europe, the association representing Europe’s private equity, venture capital and infrastructure sectors, as well as their investors, has publish...

Fintech company Penfold raises £6M to simplify pensions - - 2021-06-01

Penfold, the pensions challenger making saving for the future easier today, raised a £6million investment round ...

Curve raises nearly £10m in largest ever equity raise on Crowdcube - - 2021-06-01

Curve, the fast-growing financial super app, has closed the largest ever equity raise on Crowdcube, breaking mult...

Asset Class raises $3 million strategic seed round - - 2021-05-28

Asset Class, a fintech company headquartered in Dublin, with offices in New York and London, announces a strategic investment from Angel Oak Ventures, the ...

BGF posts record-breaking results in 2020 - - 2021-05-28

BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active growth capital investor, has reported record-breaking results and surging growth in its 2020 Annual Report and Accou...

Deepbridge secures £15m from British Business Investments - - 2021-05-28

Deepbridge Capital, the UK venture capital investment manager, has announces that it has secured a £15m commitment f...

Angels make waves investing in Marine Power Systems - - 2021-05-28

A syndicate of significant Welsh investment angels has completed a £950,000 investment in Swansea-based Marine Power Systems....

Off-Grid Energy secures £1.25m MEIF investment to expand operations - - 2021-05-28

Warwickshire based manufacturer of energy storage solutions, Off Grid Energy, has secured a £1.25m investment to scale-up its operations, furth...

Bright Star Studios secures $2m investment - - 2021-05-27

Bright Star Studios has secured over $2 million in funding from multiple investors for its forthcoming free-to-play MMORPG (massively-multipl...

Riverside Signs Definitive Agreement to Sell Greenphire - - 2021-05-27

The Riverside Company, a global private investor focused on the smaller end of the middle market, has sig...

Foresight leads funding to support growth of Fresh Relevance - - 2021-05-27

Foresight Group has made a further investment into Fresh Relevance, following on a record quarter of...

NorthEdge-backed Lights4fun appoints Chair and CFO - - 2021-05-27

NorthEdge-backed Lights4fun, one of Europe’s leading e-commerce retailers of decorative lighting, has appointe...

Maven acquired by Mattioli Woods - - 2021-05-27

Maven Capital Partners is to be acquired by leading UK wealth manager Mattioli Woods plc. The deal will allow Maven t...

Keensight Capital to acquire a majority stake in Symeres - - 2021-05-26

Keensight Capital, one of the principal private equity managers dedicated to pan-European Growth Buyout1 investments, has reached an agreement to inves...

eleXsys Energy raises £640,000 through Angel Investment Network - - 2021-05-26

eleXsysEnergy has raised £640,000 through Angel Invest...

74% of startup founders and investors have witnessed discrimination - - 2021-05-26

Nearly three-quarters (74%) of entrepreneurs and investors say they have witnessed discrimination within the startup community, harming the growth of many ea...

ICAS acquires NHS commissioned app Hello Tomo - - 2021-05-26

ICAS World Ltd (ICAS), a leading global provider of mental health and employee wellness services has acquired the NHS-commissioned mental health tech startup, ...

Koalaa secures the backing of British Design Fund - - 2021-05-26

London-based soft prosthetics company, Koalaa, is celebrating after securing investment from British Design ...

Palatine exits investment in TTC Group - - 2021-05-25

PALATINE Private Equity has successfully exited its investment in TTC Group, the leading driver risk management ...

NatWest launches peer to peer coaching for SMEs - - 2021-05-25

As part of its activity to support Scale Up Week (18 – 21 May), NatWest has today launched a new flagship programme open to all SMEs...

Green Angel Syndicate invests in environmental DNA pioneers NatureMetrics - - 2021-05-25

Green Angel Syndicate has invested in environmental DNA pioneers NatureMetrics. The Ser...

Foresight announces first closing of its latest regional private equity fund - - 2021-05-25

Foresight Group, an award-winning listed infrastructure and private equity investment manager, announces the first close of the Foresight Regional Inves...

Covid-19 and the impact on investment - - 2021-05-25

Oliver Woolley of Envestors shares his thoughts on the impact that Covid pandemic has had on investment. 2020 was a tum...

IPO market drives digital deal growth - - 2021-05-24

Companies in the digital, media and internet sectors have taken advantage of the open public markets, with no fewer than 18 IPOs completed in the first quarter of 2021, up from just one the previou...

DadShed raises £25,000 pre-seed investment for expansion - - 2021-05-24

With an initial pre-seed investment of £25k as part of a larger £150k SEIS seed round raised through team members, angels and friends, the ...

Stake raises $30m to fuel global growth and product rollout - - 2021-05-24

Leading commission-free brokerage platform, Stake, has successfully raised US$30M from Tiger Global and partners of D...

GAS completes deal with seaweed biorefinery company, Oceanium - - 2021-05-24

Oceanium, the UK-based seaweed processing and food & material innovation business has announced the first close of a Seed II Round worth £2m led by ...

Tech leads the way as UK start-ups raise £3.5bn in Q1 2021 - - 2021-05-24

The value of venture capital raised by UK companies surged to the highest quarterly total in Q1 2021 according to research from Refinitiv Deals Intelligence...

Ankorstore raises $100 million - - 2021-05-21

Ankorstore, the curated marketplace connecting independent brands with the most loved local retailers, has raised $100 million in Series B funding le...

JPIN VCATS completes £1.5 million raise to drive UK / India investment - - 2021-05-21

Venture Capital investment firm JPIN VCATS has completed a £1.5million raise to drive forward the development of the world's largest investment corridor bet...

Maven Capital Partners leads investment in Horizon Technologies - - 2021-05-21

Maven Capital Partners has led an investment round into Horizon Technologies for an undisclosed amount. The UK a...

Teacher recruitment platform The Supply Register raises MEIF funding - - 2021-05-21

Stoke-on-Trent-based The Supply Register (TSR), has secured further funding from vent...

£75m funding fuels ambitious strategy for Churches Fire - - 2021-05-20

Churches Fire, a Southampton-based provider of fire safety and security compliance services, has secured a significant £75 million refinancing pack...

Video software firm Odro secures £5.2m funding from BGF - - 2021-05-20

BGF has completed a £5.2 million investment in Odro, a Scottish-headquartered technology business that provides...

Guy Rigby & David Murray launch their Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge - - 2021-05-20

In December 2021, Guy Rigby & David Murray will be bravely setting off 3,000 miles as part of ...

Velocity Capital Advisors launches new growth capital product Juice Ventures - - 2021-05-19

Velocity Capital Advisors, a leading UK EIS/SEIS investment fund focussed on consumer technology, has launched a new transformative growth capital product...

New report showcases investment opportunities in the Midlands - - 2021-05-19

A report issued this week paints a bright future for Midlands-based businesses and showcases the opportunity for investment in what appears to be a...

Eight things you must do before pitching to investors - - 2021-05-19

Ivan Hoo, co-founder of Inverse, shares his golden rules for entrepreneu...

Enterprise Value vs Equity Value – what is the difference? - - 2021-05-19

John Deane, Partner in charge of the commercial contracts team at Gannons, looks at the importance of unde...

SETsquared member companies raise record £616m - - 2021-05-19

SETsquared has released data which shows that a record level of investment was raised by its member companies in 2020, despite the pandemic. Investment f...

Metro Bank digs deep to help Target Group fund expansion - - 2021-05-19

A boom in the construction industry created unprecedented demand for the Target Group which specialises in digger, dum...

The Robot Exchange secures £500k MEIF backing - - 2021-05-19

The Robot Exchange has secured a significant £500k investment from leading private equity investment firm, ...

What now? - - 2021-05-19

As we begin to open up the UK, it’s a time look forward, but perhaps you will allow me a few words on the past year and what it has taught the angel and other related private company investme...

IW Capital leads £4.7m investment in LAT Water wastewater treatment - - 2021-05-18

IW Capital has announced the completion of a successful investment in LAT Water Ltd...

New report: 80% of R&D businesses negatively affected by COVID - - 2021-05-18

The vast majority (81%) of businesses that carry out research and innovation work in the UK reproted delays or stoppages to research activities during the pandemic, according to a survey of 500 R&a...

Handshake secures a further $80 million - - 2021-05-18

Handshake, the largest early career network, has raised $80 million of venture financing and is set to invest a tranche of the funding in ...

Dyman Advanced Materials secures £571k investment from angel investors - - 2021-05-18

Revolutionary synthetic diamond production business, Dyman Advanced Materials, based at the ...

Investment Opportunity: Hypervolt seeks £1.5m - - 2021-05-18

Hypervolt is a leading UK provider of smart electric vehicle (EV) charging, is seeking £1.5 million growth capital to scale existing products, develop new ones and open US distribution. ...

Spotlight on Mid Wales’ burgeoning Bioscience start-up scene - - 2021-05-17

AberInnovation’s BioAccelerate has been incubating some of the most promising bioscience companies in Wales for three years now. Previous successes h...

Spearvest expands its senior team - - 2021-05-17

Spearvest, the global wealth management firm, has hired two real estate professionals to its senior team to help spearhead a new real estate strategy. In 202...

Keensight Capital to sell Linkbynet to Accenture - - 2021-05-17

Keensight Capital is to sell its stake in Linkbynet, a leading provider of cloud, Devops and cyber secu...

Innovate Finance appoints Louise Smith as Chair - - 2021-05-17

Innovate Finance, the industry body representing UK FinTech, has named Louise Smith as its ...

NPIF - Maven Equity Finance celebrates best ever quarter - - 2021-05-17

NPIF - Maven Equity Finance has invested over £7 million in dynamic growth businesses across the Northern Powerhouse regi...

Wellbeing App ilumoni raises £1.2 million - - 2021-05-17

ilumoni, the start-up app that aims to help people to borrow well, has raised ...

Money Alive receives £749,000 from Foresight via MEIF - - 2021-05-17

Money Alive, a regulatory technology business based in Bedford, is set for further growth following a £749,000 fin...

Livingbridge Raises £1.2bn for Fund 7 - - 2021-05-17

Livingbridge, one of the UK’s leading mid-market private equity investors, has successfully raised £1.2bn for Livingbridge 7, ahead of its fi...

ILC Therapeutics announces board changes - - 2021-05-17

ILC Therapeutics, a UK-based biotechnology company and pioneer in the discovery and development of a new class of interferon drugs, has announced the ...

Customer experience platform Airkit raises $40 million - - 2021-05-14

Airkit, the world’s first low-code Digital Customer Experience platform, has raised an additional $40M Series B investment led by ...

EdTech Yoto raises $17m for global expansion - - 2021-05-14

Yoto, the audio platform for kids behind the critically acclaimed and award-winning Yoto Player, has raised $17 million Series A funding to help facilitate it...

SFC Capital invests £25m in 120 companies over the past year - - 2021-05-14

To support ambitious early-stage entrepreneurs developing technologies with the potential to shape the future economy, SFC Capital,...

Praetura turbocharges SME growth with more than £75m funding during record quarter - - 2021-05-14

Praetura Group, the Manchester-based debt and equity capital provider to northern SMEs, provided more than £75m of funding to SMEs in the first quarter o...

Percept Imagery secures £300k to enhance personalised shopping experiences - - 2021-05-14

Brighton based augmented reality technology startup Percept Imagery has raised £300k in its latest funding round to fur...

First new hire for alternative lender Blazehill Capital - - 2021-05-13

New alternative lender Blazehill Capital has announced the appointment of Jake Hyman as Business Development Director, signalling its commitment to sourcin...

Achieving steady returns in challenging times for later life planning - Matt Dickens, Ingenious - 2021-05-13

Matt Dickens, Senior Business Development Director at Ingenious discusses why investors should act sooner rather than later ...

Cron AI raises $4m to redefine 3D Perception - - 2021-05-13

Cron AI, a leading DeepTech company building a 3D Data Edge perception platform, has raised $4 million as part of its Series A funding. The round was led ...

BGF leads £7m investment in Phico Therapeutics - - 2021-05-13

Cambridge based biotechnology company, Phico Therapeutics, has announced it has received £7 million in funding from a consortium of investors. ...

Antler closes Nordic fund at $36m - - 2021-05-13

The global early-stage venture capital firm Antler has closed their first Nordic fund. Following strong interest, Antler’s Nordic fund was oversubscribed,...

Financial Services Capital appoints Kevin Cunningham - - 2021-05-12

Financial Services Capital, the private equity investor dedicated to the European financial services sector, has appointed Kevin Cunningham, ...

SEP Investment to fuel regtech revolution with FundApps - - 2021-05-12

Scottish Equity Partners has completed a significant growth equity investment in FundApps, one of the world's most successfu...

EkkoSense secures MEIF funding to accelerate global expansion - - 2021-05-12

EkkoSense L...

BGF & Scaleup Institute launch Scaleup Week - - 2021-05-12

BGF and the ScaleUp Institute have launched a major new nationwide initiative, Scaleup Week: The Business...

Tred raises more than £1 million on Crowdcube - - 2021-05-12

Environmental fintech Tred has successfully cleared its target of £400,000 fundraise on Crowdcube, overfunding to more than £1 mi...

Furniture designer Sylvan secures £500k MEIF funding - - 2021-05-11

Sylvan Enterprises has received a £500,000 loan through the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) ESEM...

Kerv adds digital transformation capabilities with purchase of cloudThing - - 2021-05-11

Kerv, a Cloud Centric Managed Service and Infrastructure Transformation Provider, has acquired cloudThing, a marke...

CyberHive raises £1.8m to accelerate growth - - 2021-05-11

CyberHive, a UK cybersecurity company, has secured a £1.8m investment, co-led by 24Haymarket and Mercia Fun...

Pembroke VCT exits its investment in Plenish - - 2021-05-11

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Low Carbon Innovation Fund 2 invests in Green Energy Options - - 2021-05-11

Turquoise, the UK merchant bank specialising in energy, environment and efficiency, has announced its eighth deal for the Low Car...

Global IPO activity raises a record USD$140 billion in 2021 so far - - 2021-05-11

670 initial public offerings have been recorded globally so far during 2021, more than double the number recorded during the same period in 2020 and the highest yea...

Inflexion sells Reed & MacKay to Tripactions - - 2021-05-10

Inflexion has sold its investment in Reed & Mackay, a premium corporate travel management and events business,...

Sports streaming platform Screach secures $2m - - 2021-05-10

The world’s first live sports streaming and advertising platform built specifically for commercial venues, Scre...

Talent startup Distributed secures £5m funding - - 2021-05-10

On-demand and Elastic™ software talent startup Distributed has secured £5m in a Series A funding round led by ...

Equity Crowdfunding – a year in review - - 2021-05-10

James Murdoch shares his assessment of a year in Equity Crowdfunding. The excitement of the failed Crowdcube/Seedrs has passed and Crowdfunding returns to its new normal. It's time to make ...

Par Equity steps up investment activity across the North - - 2021-05-10

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Global M&A breaks records - - 2021-05-07

US$1.77 trillion worth of M&A deals were announced globally during the first four months of 2021, more than double (+124%) the same period last year and the highest year-to-date total since the...

Nanotech firm Figura Analytics raises £180,000 seed funding - - 2021-05-07

Nanotechnology business Figura Analytics has raised £180,000 seed funding from private investors and the UK’s leading early stage inves...

Machine Discovery secures funding led by Foresight and Williams - - 2021-05-07

Foresight Group and Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) have made an investment into ...

Wow! Stuff secures £4.5m from IGF - - 2021-05-07

Toy innovator and distributor Wow! Stuff...

Par Equity backs fast-growing tech firm Datactics - - 2021-05-07

Par Equity has led an investment of £2m in Datactics, a leader in the field of data managem...

Lessons for early-stage investing from the changing high street - Chantelle Arneaud, Envestors - 2021-05-06

Charlotte Arneaud of Envestors looks at parallels in consumer spending with angel investor decision-making. ...

ContentCal raises $6.2 million funding led by Fuel Ventures - - 2021-05-06

UK-founded marketing technology platform ContentCal has secured $6.2 million in Series A investment from Fuel Ventures ...

Parkwalk leads $33 million financing for biopharmaceutical firm Mogrify - - 2021-05-06

Mogrify Limited, a biopharmaceutical company aiming to transfohas completed rm the development of ex vivo cell therapies and pioneer a new class of in vivo...

NorthEdge launches ‘Taking Responsibility’, its first ESG report - - 2021-05-06

NorthEdge has launched its first ESG report in which it reviews the progress made by the firm in 2020...

Contemporary menswear brand Percival secures growth capital investment - - 2021-05-06

Percival Menswear, a London-based contemporary menswear fashion brand, has secured a further £3m investment from growth capital investor ...

Private equity holding periods reach all-time high in 2020 says eFront - - 2021-05-05

A new report from eFront, the leading financial software and solutions provider dedicated to Alternative Investments, shows that holding periods extended in 20...

YFM celebrates 25 years of helping grow young businesses via VCTs - - 2021-05-05

YFM Equity Partners is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the launch of its first Venture Capital Trust. After listing British Small...

The benefits of crowdfunding go far beyond investment - Bilal Gokpinar, UCL School of Management - 2021-05-05

Bilal Gokpinar, Professor of Operations, Technology and Innovation at the UCL School of Management, looks at the benefits of Equity Crowdfunding beyond the ...

PortalOne raises $15m to launch hybrid games platform - - 2021-05-05

PortalOne, the world’s first hybrid games platform, has raised $15m in an oversubscribed total seed funding rou...

Botanical Holdings awarded €4.3m grant for Portuguese operation - - 2021-05-05

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Swedish audio book platform Sesamy completes €4m fundraise - - 2021-05-04

Sesamy, the startup allowing people to purchase audio and ebooks online for any kind of device, has announced that it has raised €4 million in a major seed fu...

Equity Gap and Scottish Enterprise back Scottish startup QuickBlock - - 2021-05-04

Innovative Scottish start-up, QuickBlock, has received more than £250,000 in seed funding that will create four skilled jobs and accelerate growth of ...

How primary insights fuel investment decision-making - David Holden-White, Co-Founder & Managing Director of techspert.io - 2021-05-04

David Holden-White, Co-Founder & Managing Director of techspert.io ...

In-Space Missions secures £300k growth loan - - 2021-05-04

Alton based In-Space Missions, is the latest company to secure funding from the ...

NVM registers 12.1x return on the partial exit of musicMagpie - - 2021-05-04

Following musicMagpie’s successful admission to AIM, NVM Private Equity has generated proceeds and retained value ...

NorthEdge-backed Altia gains Queen's Award recognition - - 2021-04-30

NorthEdge portfolio business Altia has been named a Queen’s Award for Enterprise winner for International Trade. ...

GP Bullhound Q1 2021 Sector Updates - - 2021-04-30

GP Bullhound has published its latest quarterly market reports. Read all about the CEOs and the key trends they see in the Software, Digital Services, Fin...

Jenson SEIS Fund Invest in Kitchco Ltd (The Neighbourhood Kitchen) - - 2021-04-30

Jenson Funding Partners have completed an investment in The Neighbourhood Kitchen who are respons...

Poke House acquires London-based chain Ahi Poké - - 2021-04-30

Poke House, a leading fast casual poke brand in Europe, has announced the acquisition of London-based restaurant chain ...

Natural pet food company raises multi-million investment - - 2021-04-30

Pure Pet Food, a Yorkshire company which manufactures personalised pet food using only natural ingredients has secured a multi-million pound investme...

Green Angel leads investment in QLM - - 2021-04-29

Following being named among the twelve 2021 BNEF Pioneers last week1, identifying it as one of the most impactful and original technology innovati...

UX-Republic joins Smile Groupwith backing from Keensight Capital - - 2021-04-29

UX-Republic joins Smile, the leading group recognized for its unique expertise in open source technologies, and also known through its brands Neopixl, the...

Maven acquires Nottingham Property for £3.7 million - - 2021-04-29

Maven Capital Partners has acquired a 28,000 sq ft building in Nottingham city centre for £3.7 million from a South African-li...

University of Birmingham spinout ChromaTwist secures £300k funding - - 2021-04-29

University of Birmingham spinout ChromaTwist Ltd has secured £300k of seed funding to develop a new class of fluorescent materials for use in bio-...

The biggest issues faced by women in the workplace and how remote working has changed them - - 2021-04-29

Research from Yoppie, the pioneers of personalised, organic period care delivered through your letterbox, has found that while remote working ha...

Yimba raises new funding ahead of UK market launch - - 2021-04-28

Welsh-based start-up, Yimba, a multimedia and marketing platform that enhances bank digital wallet integrations, ha...

Tiffany Young joins YFM as investment manager - - 2021-04-28

YFM Equity Partners is continuing to expand its team with the appointment of Tiffany Young as investment manager, based at its London o...

Leading Welsh entrepreneurs join Development Bank of Wales as NEDs - - 2021-04-28

Two of Wales' leading entrepreneurs have been announced as non-executive directors of the Development Bank of Wales. The appointments take place with ef...

Foresight injects £1.25m into luxury glamping pod company FURTHER.SPACE - - 2021-04-28

Foresight Group has made a £1.25 million growth capital investment under the Scottish Growth Scheme into FUR...

Ecommerce startup aisle 3 raises £250,000 with Angel Investment Network - - 2021-04-28

Ecommerce startup aisle 3 has completed a successful follow on funding round, raisi...

BGF Nottingham exits BioCity - - 2021-04-27

Growth capital investor, BGF has exited its investment in Nottingham-based life sciences incubation business, BioCity. ...

Black and minority founders are being excluded by UK VC - - 2021-04-27

Cornerstone Partners, a leading angel network focused on investing in exceptional black and diverse founder led businesses across the UK, has releas...

Osprey Flight Solutions raises £2.2m to fund expansion - - 2021-04-27

Osprey Flight Solutions, creators of the most powerful resource for supporting aviation risk management in the industry, has closed a ...

Go Banana raises £250k from Development Bank of Wales - - 2021-04-27

The UK’s first online marketplace for building supplies is relocating to Wales having completed a seed...

Uni of Sussex and o2h back creation of Stingray Bio - - 2021-04-27

o2h Ventures, a UK based fund manager through investment in its SEIS and EIS human health funds has made an investment into Stingray B...

Bristol battery business clinches £1.2m funding - - 2021-04-26

Bristol-based entrepreneurs, who have developed techniques to incorporate graphene into Li-ion batteries to improve battery life and charging times while reducing their cost, have raised roughly &p...

COO and Head of ESG among promotions and appointments at NorthEdge - - 2021-04-26

NorthEdge has made a series of appointments and promotions across its Manchester and Leeds offices. The lower mid-market private equit...

Four promotions recognise Bowmark team’s contributions - - 2021-04-26

Bowmark Capital has announced a series of promotions. Antonia Cheong and Tom Elliott bec...

Jenson SEIS Fund Invests in Paperound.com - - 2021-04-26

Jenson Funding Partners has completed an investment in Paperound.com, a marketplace for busy business owners to...

Seraphim Space Camp reveals Mission 7 cohort - - 2021-04-26

Seraphim Space Camp today reveals the startups that are participating in Mission 7 of its accelerator, the UK’s first dedicated ...

Committed Capital sells interest in Fairstone to TA Associates - - 2021-04-23

Committed Capital has sold its equity interest in Fairstone, the acquisitive full-service wealth management and chartered financial planning firm, ...

Financial Services Capital backs NYMBUS with $15 million - - 2021-04-23

Financial Services Capital, the private equity investor dedicated to the European financial services sector, has completed $1...

Newable Ventures’ Angel Network completes £2m investments in March - - 2021-04-23

The month of March proved to be an extremely successful one for Newable Ventures, the UK’s leading early stage investment ...

Oxitec receives US$6.8m from Wellcome Trust to scale up Aedes aegypti technology - - 2021-04-23

Oxitec Ltd, the leading developer of insect-based biological solutions to control pests that transmit disease,...

Maven Equity Finance puts £600k into YR Free - - 2021-04-22

Maven Equity Finance, part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF) and managed ...

YBS Insulation lands £250,000 funding - - 2021-04-22

One of the UK’s leading building insulation manufacturers, YBS Insulation, has received a £250,000 loan to progress its growth plans. ...

Nory raises $2m to bring AI and automation to restaurants around the world - - 2021-04-22

Dublin-based Nory has raised a pre-seed round of $2m to help restaurants manage the full-suite...

Fuel Ventures leads £4.5m investment in digital health startup Feel - - 2021-04-22

Feel, the UK-based digital health company, is on a mission to clean up the ‘dirty’ world of nutrition...

A few good men and women - - 2021-04-21

George Pennock, partner at Four Seasons Ventures looks at the challenges of choosing the right no...

SEP backs Basis Technologies with $25m investment - - 2021-04-21

Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) has completed a $25 million growth equity investment in Ba...

Redrice Ventures launches £50m fund - - 2021-04-21

A group of leading entrepreneurs and investors have joined forces with the sector body for British brands to reach first close for a £50 million venture capital fund that will support some of...

Biotech startup Halo Therapeutics develops COVID treatments - - 2021-04-21

A team of top scientists from the University of Bristol have announced the formation of a new biotech company that is developing ground-breaking and newly patented potential...

Avail Technologies raises £300k from Mercia - - 2021-04-21

A recruitment platform which allows haulage operators to reduce costs has raised a further £300,000 to support its expansion plans. ...

West Midlands champions ‘levelling up’ of UK FinTech - - 2021-04-21

The West Midlands has cemented its place as a strategically significant hub for levelling up FinTech in the UK with its appointment to the FinTech National Network – the UK’s first netw...

Odore raises $830k to transform beauty marketing - - 2021-04-21

Odore, the beauty tech start-up working with global brands including Guerlain, Clive Christian ...

Payhawk raises $20m from QED Investors - - 2021-04-21

Payhawk, the platform for payments and expense management, has raised $20 million. The Series A round is led by the US-based fund ...

New partner hire for Tosca Debt Capital - - 2021-04-21

Manchester-based independent debt fund Tosca Debt Capital (TDC) has appointed Mat Deering as a partner to further develop and grow its investment port...

New investment platform opens up access to animal-friendly and sustainable investments - - 2021-04-21

Beyond Animal, a digital platform accelerating the growth of the animal-free economy, has launched a funding service that matches investors with pre-ap...

BGF invests £10m into Oxfordshire-based Polar Technology Management Group - - 2021-04-20

BGF has made a £10 million investment in Polar Technology Management Group, an Oxfordshire-base...

Origin co-leads £2m investment in Somaserve - - 2021-04-20

SomaServe Ltd, a pioneer in nanomedicines for crossing biological barriers has completed a highly successful, oversubscribed Series A funding of £2.1m....

MunchFit closes £1.2m crowdfunding round - - 2021-04-20

MunchFit, healthy food provider to luxury gym Equinox...

Gateshead startup supporter Transmit Startups launches training for entrepreneurs - - 2021-04-20

The Gateshead team that has backed thousands of UK entrepreneurs with more than £100 million has launched a free training course to help others start up successful businesses. ...

YFM backs MBO of RGE Services - - 2021-04-20

RGE Services, a fire and electrical compliance services provider primarily working with the public sector, has funded its primary buyout by securing an equi...

Praetura Ventures hires industry heavyweights - - 2021-04-20

Praetura Ventures, the venture capital investor, has appointed four industry heavyweights as it evidences its more than money approach. ...

New year, new angel - - 2021-04-20

We are now past the end of the tax year. So now is a good time to mull over what you will be doing as an angel investor over the next twelve months. Here are a few things the AngelNews team t...

A few good men and women - - 2021-04-20

George Pennock, partner at Four Seasons Ventures looks at the challenges of choosing the right non-executiv...

Investing in a UK business: what you need to know before you invest - - 2021-04-20

Jennifer Wall of Gannons Solicitors considers the main element of due diligence investors should carry out before inves...

Muzinich & Co reaches 3rd close of Pan-European Debt Fund - - 2021-04-20

Muzinich & Co. has reached the third close of the Muzinich Pan-European II Private Debt Fund (the Fund), at €342m. The Fu...

BGF invests £14M in tech-led procurement business Bloom - - 2021-04-19

Growth capital investor BGF has invested £14 million in Bloom (Bloom Procurement Services), based in the North East ...

Perwyn-backed Miss Group invests in growth with senior hire - - 2021-04-19

Fast-growth international web hosting business, Miss Group, has strengthened its seni...

HR platform built for remote working raises further £1.3m - - 2021-04-19

An HR software platform which helps companies to manage remote workers has raised a further £1,275,000 to fund its rapid expansion. ...

CareLineLive secures £1.2 million funding - - 2021-04-19

CareLineLive, the homecare management software that increases efficiency, capacity, compliance and communication between managers and carers ...

Active investor is new chair of University of Surrey’s S100 Angel Investment Club - - 2021-04-19

The University of Surrey’s S100 Club, the only established angel investment network in the SETsquared Partnership...

Deepbridge achieves record EIS fundraising levels - - 2021-04-19

Venture capital investment manager Deepbridge Capital has seen a record year of Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) fundraising, with £29.4 mil...

Finch Capital’s Nomu Pay acquires key Wirecard APAC entities - - 2021-04-19

Finch Capital, through Nomu Pay...

Q1 FinTech investment data from Innovate Finance - - 2021-04-19

Innovate Finance, the industry body representing UK FinTech, has released Q1 investment figures for the UK FinTech sector in 2021 that reveal a robust recovery following a tough pand...

Female investors expected to be £15k worse off than men by 2030 - - 2021-04-16

A new study by Freetrade has revealed the “gender investment gap” in the U...

Foresight Group completes investment into Beckett Investment Management Group - - 2021-04-16

Foresight Group, a leading private equity and infrastructure investment manager listed on the London Stock Exchange, has announced an equity investment ...

Shawbrook Bank supports Access Partnership’s growth ambitions - - 2021-04-16

Private-Equity backed Access Partnership is set for a period of sustained expansion by acquisition following an undisclosed investmen...

Addition Capital invests in Be-A Education with support from Shawbrook Bank - - 2021-04-16

Addition Capital, the London-based family investment office, has completed a control investment into Be-A Education Ltd...

inSTREAMLY raises €1.1m - - 2021-04-16

Live streaming sponsorships platform inSTREAMLY has raised a €1.1m seed round led by ...

CMS European M&A Study 2021 - - 2021-04-16

Europe has returned to a ‘buyer-friendly’ environment, after the COVID-19 pandemic created more risk-averse attitudes. As a result, CMS’ late...

NatWest relaunches Enterprise programme - - 2021-04-16

Following the publication of its Springboard to Recovery report, NatWest has relaunched its ...

Ingenious completes two new real estate development loans totalling £12.8m - - 2021-04-16

Ingenious has announced that Ingenious Real Estate Finance LLP has completed two ne...

Clean skincare brand expands to Manchester thanks to £830k growth round - - 2021-04-15

Skin & Tonic, a skincare and wellbeing brand founded in Hackney, London, has secured &pou...

Company using satellites to detect subsidence raises £1.5m - - 2021-04-15

A company whose technology can detect subsidence from satellite data has secured £1.5m from ...

Circularity Capital supports Grover’s €60m Series B fundraise - - 2021-04-15

Circularity Capital LLP has announced a follow-on investment in consumer technology subscriptions expert G...

Baronsmead VCTs reach £400m milestone with record £65m raise - - 2021-04-15

The Baronsmead Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs), managed by Gresham House, have successfully raised £65m this year. The fundraising round, which clo...

Kuuka seeks investment of £350k to £500k - - 2021-04-15

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CFE Finance expands the London office with two new seniors - - 2021-04-15

CFE Finance, Investment Banking boutique specialised in niche credit strategies and trade finance, strengthens its team in the United Kingdom with tw...

Tiffany Young joins YFM as investment manager - - 2021-04-15

YFM Equity Partners (YFM) is continuing to expand its team with the appointment of Tiffany Young as investment manager, ...

KKR to Acquire Ensono - - 2021-04-15

Ensono, a leading hybrid IT services provider, and KKR, a leading global investment firm, has ...

Haatch SEIS fund oversubscribed within 2 weeks - - 2021-04-15

Haatch Ventures quietly launched their first SEIS Fund in March, with a target raise of £1.5m. This figure was reached within...

LSBU donates £150k to create new apprenticeships in London small businesses - - 2021-04-14

London South Bank University (LSBU) is donating £150k to ‘Reskilling the Recovery’ which is creating new apprenticeships for low-paid ...

AND Digital secures £8 million funding from BGF - - 2021-04-14

AND Digital, the British tech consultancy accelerating digital delivery for businesses, providing ac...

Lazy Flora secures £500,000 to expand online plant delivery service - - 2021-04-14

Nottingham-based, Lazy Flora, has secured £500,000 from venture capital firm, ...

Maven Equity Finance leads £2m funding round in chemical technology company - - 2021-04-14

Maven Equity Finance, part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF) and ma...

Jaguar Land Rover's InMotion Ventures invests in battery technology - - 2021-04-14

Jaguar Land Rover’s venture capital and mobility arm, InMotion Ventures, has invested in Battery R...

Polaris establishes North and creates financial advisory consultancy in Denmark - - 2021-04-14

Four companies Contea, Jysk Pension, FinPro and ...

Highest ever number of European non-bank deals recorded in Q4 2020 - - 2021-04-14

Non-bank or direct lending recorded the highest number of deals ever in the final quarter of 2020, according to D...

The summer of growth: UK SMEs to play a key role in the resurgence of the economy - - 2021-04-14

Luke Davis, CEO of IW Capital discusses how SMEs will help boost the nation’s recovery and future...

Pioneering consumer drug company Maxwellia raises £3.2m from Praetura - - 2021-04-13

Maxwellia, a business that is poised to transform the UK’s self-care market has secured a £3.2m investment in a funding round led by ...

IW Capital leads second round of funding for Flarin - - 2021-04-13

Following the initial investment in 2019, IW Capital has led the second round of funding to support the exciting development of this fast-growing business. Ov...

Pembroke VCT achieves record fundraise - - 2021-04-13

Pembroke VCT has achieved a record fundraise, selling out of the £40 million offer, wi...

Grocery delivery service Grocemania raises £170,000 on Seedrs - - 2021-04-13

Same-day grocery delivery startup ...

Social media app Chingari bags $13million - - 2021-04-13

JPIN Venture Catalysts Ltd, India’s No. 1 co-investor network has partnered with an industry l...

Global lenders raise US$969.1B in the 1st quarter of 2021, down 7.2% year on year - - 2021-04-13

Global syndicated loan volume totalled US$969.1 billion in 1Q21, a decline of 7.2% compared to volume recorded for the first quarter of 2020 according to ...

Dramatic turnaround for commodities & natural resources sector - - 2021-04-13

Commodities & Natural Resources is the top-performing investment company sector over the past year with an average return of 116%, following two years of negative returns.&n...

Deepbridge Capital announces two new senior hires - - 2021-04-13

Deepbridge Capital, the UK Venture capital investment manager has announced the appointments of Steve Shallcross (pictured) as Chief Information and...

£250,000 to Go Banana - - 2021-04-13

The UK’s first online marketplace for building supplies is relocating to Wales having completed a seed funding round with £500,000 secured from the Development Bank of Wales and BSKG Ho...

Unlocking and understanding entrepreneurial pitching - - 2021-04-12

Chia-Jung Tsay, Associate Professor for UCL School of Management talks about why thinking about the visual side of investment pitching is critical to securi...

Maven leads £3 million funding round for fashion website Atterley.com - - 2021-04-12

Maven Capital Partners has led the £3 million funding round for Atterley.com, an online fashion retailer which e...

Genius Group Launches Investment Microschool for Entrepreneurs - - 2021-04-12

In response to the increased volatility in the global financial markets created by the Covid-19 pandemic, ...

QVentures invests in Béa Fertility - - 2021-04-12

QVentures has invested in Béa Fertility, bringing at-home fert...

Dental tech firm Wysdom secures £200,000 MEIF backing - - 2021-04-12

Wysdom Dental Technologies has received £200,000 from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund, East & South East ...

SaaS company Cyclr raises over £2m for acceleration - - 2021-04-09

Cyclr Systems Limited has secured over £2 million in new investment led by Blackfinch Ventures...

One Utility Bill raises £1.6m in latest fundraise - - 2021-04-09

One Utility Bill - the Newcastle-based business which simplifies the utilities experience for consumers, landlords and letting agents - has raised a further...

Oxford Endovascular raises $10m for device to prevent brain haemorrhage - - 2021-04-09

Oxford Endovascular, a pioneering British MedTech company and spin-out from Oxford University, is developing a treatment for brain aneurysms, that will o...

VCT fundraising up 11% in 2020/21 tax year - - 2021-04-09

The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has published the amount of money raised by VCTs for the 2020/21 tax year. During the pandemic and at...

The Value Add Gap: 3 in 5 tech founders duped by VC 'Value Added' - - 2021-04-08

Forward Partners and Landscape VC have revealed that the majority of founders believe their investors failed...

Halal Angel Network partners with UAE based FasterCapital - - 2021-04-08

Halal Angels Network is among the first to penetrate the $5 trillion Halal consumer market and has teamed up FasterCa...

Liquid biopsy breakthrough company BioCaptiva raises £1 million - - 2021-04-08

Scottish bio-tech company, BioCaptiva, has developed a novel next generation “liquid biopsy” technology device that could revolutionise the early diagnosis and monitoring of difficult t...

NorthEdge acquires Correla following Xoserve divestment - - 2021-04-08

Mid-market private equity firm NorthEdge has acquired Correla, an innovative technology and data services business that a...

Circularity Capital leads growth capital round in PackBenefit - - 2021-04-08

Circularity Capital LLP has continued to build its portfolio of European growth stage businesses enabling the circular economy by le...

Equity Crowdfunding Market Q1 2021 - - 2021-04-08

Quarter 1 report from Equity Crow...

Charlotte Crosswell steps down as Innovate Finance CEO - - 2021-04-08

Innovate Finance, the industry body representing UK FinTech, has announced that Charlotte Crosswell will step down from her position as Chief Executiv...

Does deep tech investing with a positive ESG impact have mutually exclusive objectives? - Chris Wiles, Senior Investment Manager, Foresight - 2021-04-08

Chris Wiles, Senior Investment Manager, Foresight, discusses the importance of Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) benefits in the ...

CyTAL secures growth investment from Origin Capital - - 2021-04-07

CyTAL – a specialist provider of cyber-security product assurance services – has closed a significant equity funding round led by ...

Emerging Markets falling behind in the race for green capital - - 2021-04-07

Developing nations are missing out on a wave of investor interest in climate change and sustainability. To get in the game, these countries will require a significant overhaul of their debt capital...

Blackfinch secures 12 deals totalling more than £11m - - 2021-04-07

Blackfinch Ventures has completed on 12 new investment deals totalling in excess of GBP11 million ahead of the tax-year-end deadline in a move which &lsqu...

Biotech startup Baseimmune raises £685k for vaccine development - - 2021-04-07

Baseimmune, the early-stage UK biotech startup, is combining big data and biological expertise to predict ...

Global M&A hits $1.3 trillion to record strongest opening quarter since 1980 - - 2021-04-07

Worldwide M&A activity totals US$1.3 trillion during year-to-date 2021, up 93% compared to the same period last year according to ...

Recovery Loan Scheme opens to support businesses - - 2021-04-07

The Recovery Loan Scheme, a new scheme to support access to finance for UK businesses as they recover and gro...

Silverfleet Capital invests in fast-growing SaaS provider OneStock - - 2021-04-07

Silverfleet Capital, the European private equity firm, has invested in the fast-growing, SaaS provider, ...

Where are investors looking to put their money asks IW Capital - - 2021-04-07

Luke Davis, CEO of IW Capital looks at the shift in sentiment and the sectors most attractive to investors this year. Following one of t...

Upcycling specialist proves a class act - - 2021-04-06

A former Teacher whose passion for upcycling led her to launch her own business two years ago is set to go full circle, with ambitions to launch dedicated workshops later this year to tea...

Reckitt helps laundry startup Oxwash tackle ‘unacceptable clothing waste’ - - 2021-04-06

Reckitt’s London-based purpose-led venture arm, has announced a new strategic partnership between heritage clothes care brand ...

Par Equity Leads £5m Series A Investment into Cyan Forensics - - 2021-04-06

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Advantage Business Angels raises £580k for Open Banking Start-up - - 2021-04-06

Advantage Business Angels has raised £580k from its members as part of a £2.5m seed round for ...

Cornerstone Partners and SFC Capital participate in a £545k round into Cubic Lease - - 2021-04-06

Proptech company Cubic Lease secures early stage funding...

Silverfleet investee Collectia makes second add-on acquisition - - 2021-04-06

Collectia, a Silverfleet Capital portfolio company, has completed the acquisition of the Danish operations of Kredinor...

NatWest offers businesses up to £1m cashflow support - - 2021-04-06

NatWest has announced that it will offer SMEs up to £1million of cashflow funding through its digital overdraft alternative ...

GP Bullhound invests in Glovo - - 2021-04-06

GP Bullhound has made a follow-on investment into Glovo, one of the world’s leading multi-category delivery play...

STANME smashses fundraising target on Crowdcube - - 2021-04-05

The company was founded in 2019 to support creators including musicians, developers, podcasters and designers and had a goal of raising £150,000 to e...

NorthEdge launches exclusive community platform for its portfolio - - 2021-04-01

Leading mid-market private equity firm NorthEdge has launched a dedicated app to fa...

Supporting UK small businesses more important than ever say VCT investors - - 2021-04-01

More than four-fifths of investors in VCTs (81%) feel the pandemic has made supporting smaller UK businesses more important according to new research from the As...

Haatch Ventures recruits Jeremy Luzinda as Investment Associate - - 2021-04-01

Haatch Ventures has recruited Jeremy Luzinda as Investment Associate after an exciting 12 months that has seen Haatch Ventures invest in 13 new companies an...

Sogelink and Geodesial Group join forces backed by Keensight Capital - - 2021-04-01

Sogelink and Geodesial Group, two leading providers of software solutions for infrastructure, construction and proper...

Accelerating SME recovery to unlock £140bn boost to UK economy - - 2021-04-01

As part of its commitment to remove barriers to enterprise and help the economy build back better and stronger NatWest has published the...

Ed-tech company GoStudent hit a €70M investment in Series B round - - 2021-04-01

GoStudent, the Vienna-based e-learning start-up, has completed a Series B round led by new investor Coatue together wi...

Sorted raises $15m as online deliveries continue to soar - - 2021-04-01

Sorted, the global delivery experience pioneer, has raised $15m in growth capital after another consecutive record...

Fintech platform Butter raises £15m via BCI Finance - - 2021-04-01

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Maven leads £1.5 million funding for Boiler Plan - - 2021-04-01

Maven Capital Partners has led a £1.5 million investment in Boiler Plan (UK) Ltd, a market disruptive onl...

Future Fund approves £1.2bn of loans - - 2021-03-31

The British Business Bank has published Future Fund data that gives a detailed picture of the 1,236 companies that have been approved for &pou...

Jenson EIS Funds exit investment in Voneus - - 2021-03-31

Jenson Seed EIS Fund 1 & EIS Funds&n...

Gamestop lessons for investment networks - - 2021-03-31

Gamestop lessons for investment networks: financial advice on social media has consequences, says Envestors' Oliver Wooll...

ActiveOps IPO delivers Calculus 6x return - - 2021-03-31

Calculus Capital portfolio company ActiveOps has completed a successful Initial Public Offering on the Alternativ...

British Business Bank delivers £75bn+ to 1.6m businesses - - 2021-03-30

The government has published new statistics that show businesses across the UK have to date benefitted from 1,630,155 government-guaranteed loans worth £75.1bn to support their cashflow durin...

PBD Biotech raises £2.3m for ‘game changing’ bovine TB test - - 2021-03-30

A University of Nottingham spin-out which has developed a rapid test that could be a ‘game changer’ in combatting tuberculosis (TB) in livest...

Sustainable parenting app YoungPlanet raises £500,000 to boost national expansion - - 2021-03-30

Circular economy parenting app YoungPlanet has raised £500,000 through an “Equity f...

Caristo Diagnostics receives investment from BGF to bring tech to market - - 2021-03-30

Caristo Diagnostics, the medical imaging company, has completed a multi-million-pound investment round. The round was led by BGF, the UK’s most active gro...

Caledonian Leisure gets multi-million investment from Mobeus - - 2021-03-30

New staycation holiday specialist Caledonian Leisure Ltd has secured a multi-million-pound investment fro...

AI company nPlan secures $18.5 million investment from GV - - 2021-03-29

nPlan, a company that uses machine learning to forecast the duration, risks and opportunities of construction projects, has secured an $18.5 million investment r...

Personal money app Ziglu raises £900k via Angel Investment Network - - 2021-03-29

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Praetura Ventures leads PixelMax's £2m funding - - 2021-03-29

Immersive communications platform PixelMax has secured £2m investment in a funding round led by ...

Maven provides £25m and 1,000 jobs to North East businesses - - 2021-03-29

Maven Capital Partners, one of the UK’s most active private equity houses reveals that, since opening offices in Newcastle and Durham in 2017, it has in...

Major funding round set to unlock UK’s cyber talent - - 2021-03-29

CAPSLOCK Education, a cyber-security education institute based in Manchester, has secured £540,000 in a pre-seed funding round from ...

MEIF invests £100 million into Midlands’ businesses - - 2021-03-29

£100 million has been invested in Midlands' small businesses through the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF). ...

BGF leads £33m financing for PhoreMost - - 2021-03-26

PhoreMost Ltd., the UK-based biopharmaceutical company dedicated to ‘Drugging the Undruggable®, disease targets, has completed an...

Fenix Rail Systems on track for new growth following MEIF investment - - 2021-03-26

Stratford-upon-Avon-based Fenix Rail Systems...

Aiven raises $100 million - - 2021-03-26

Aiven, a software company that combines the best open source technologies with cloud infrastructure, has announced it raised $100M in its Series C...

Oxford Medical Products closes £1.2 million for weight loss technology - - 2021-03-26

Oxford Medical Products (OMP) has raised £1.2M in seed investment to develop a safe and affordable weight ...

British Business Investments commits £10m to Co-Fund NI - - 2021-03-26

British Business Investments, a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has committed £10m to Co-Investm...

Incode raises $25m from DN Capital and 3L Capital - - 2021-03-26

Incode, the next generation identity verification and authentication platform for enterprises in the world, has raised $25m Series A funding, led by ...

Lawtech UK's R&D initiative for lawtech scale ups moves to Phase 2 - - 2021-03-26

LawtechUK, the government-backed initiative within Tech Nation ...

Graphite Capital backs Higher Ed International - - 2021-03-26

Graphite Capital, a leading UK mid-market private equity specialist, is backing Higher Ed International,...

Innovation programme for North East startups extended - - 2021-03-26

A programme that has already nurtured the bright ideas of 200 regional businesses is to be extended by the North East Business and Innovation Centre (BIC).&n...

SEP company Insightful Science Joins Forces with Dotmatics - - 2021-03-25

Scottish Equity Partners portfolio compnay Insightful Science, a leading software provider serving the global...

Award-winning CEO leads buy-in at e-commerce platform Expandly - - 2021-03-25

An e-commerce software business which allows retailers to sell through multiple online channels has undergone a management buy-in led by an award-winnin...

Deepbridge-backed VoxSmart signs $25m growth equity investment with Toscafund - - 2021-03-25

Deepbridge Capital investee company, VoxSmart Ltd., a global leader in communications surve...

Sellforte raises €4 million to bring science to marketing - - 2021-03-25

Sellforte, an AI-powered marketing optimization platform, has raised €4 million i...

Biomedical startup Adapttech lands £2 million funding round - - 2021-03-25

Biomedical startup Adapttech has raised £2 million in a new vent...

AI firm Arbolus raises $6m led by Fuel Ventures - - 2021-03-25

Knowledge is power and the world’s leading companies in the UK alone spend $60bn a year on using outside expertise to drive their business forward, but rarely retain or repur...

QVentures invests in Kortext's £9 million funding round - - 2021-03-25

QVentures has invested in Kortext, the UK’...

Signal Capital raises €900m credit and real estate fund - - 2021-03-24

Signal Capital Partners Limited, the London-based private asset management firm, has held a final closing for a new €900m fund targeting European c...

Ian Sayers to step down as AIC chief - - 2021-03-24

Ian Sayers, Chief Executive of the Association of Investment Companies (AIC), has decided to step down later this year. Ian was app...

Intrinsic closes £1.35m funding to prototype next generation memory devices - - 2021-03-24

Memory innovator Intrinsic Semiconductor Technologies Ltd has closed a £1.35m seed funding round led by investors ...

Bristol entrepreneurs invest in startups - - 2021-03-24

A group of successful entrepreneurs from the Bristol area have set up a mechanism to provide seed-funding for early-stage start-up businesses in the South West. It is a new venture for the ...

Pembroke VCT backs eco-friendly vehicle maintenance company Dropless - - 2021-03-24

Pembroke VCT, the venture capital trust focused on building the brands of tomorrow, has made ...

Freeport warehouses present new opportunities for UK importers - - 2021-03-23

Catherine Gannon of Gannons Solicitors comments on the benefits presented by Freeports and how you can best take advantage of the opportunity. Freep...

Should your heirs become angels too? - - 2021-03-23

Have you thought abut what will happen to your Angel Investment portfolio when you are no longer around? Modwenna Rees-Mogg considers this question and discusses some of the options that ...

Only connect – what we are learning from Covid times? - - 2021-03-23

The word on the street is that the angel market is quiet. Perhaps this is not surprising given the financial and practical strains on the average (is there such a thing?) angel in the last ye...

Source BMX rides to success with BGF backing - - 2021-03-23

BGF has completed a £5.7 million investment in Source BMX, the world’s leading omni-channel BM...

Praetura leads £3.5m investment in fundraising platform Enthuse - - 2021-03-23

Enthuse, the donations, fundraising and events platform, has secured £3.5m investment in its Series A funding ro...

Bowmark Capital realises investment in Oxford International - - 2021-03-22

Bowmark Capital has agreed to sell its stake in Oxford International Education Group, the leading internati...

Mark Newman joins IQ Capital backed Nyobolt - - 2021-03-22

Nyobolt, the original founders of ultra-fast charging niobium-based battery technology, has appointed top ranked Bernstein Asia analyst, Mark ...

GP Bullhound data reveals record year for impact tech investing - - 2021-03-22

GP Bullhound, the leading technology advisory and investment firm, has released a new report charting the growth and progress of tech impact investing....

Renewables investments outperform fossil fuels over past decade - - 2021-03-22

Renewable power investors continue to outpace fossil fuel investors across the globe, signalling a broader structural trend of decline for fossil fuels, according to ...

Pollinate raises $50 million led by Insight Partners - - 2021-03-22

Pollinate, the global software business that partners with banks to help them deepen and extend relationships with thei...

BGF invests £10.5m in cyber security company e2e-assure - - 2021-03-19

BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor, has completed a £10.5 million minority investment in ...

CareLineLive secures £175k funding from Innovate UK - - 2021-03-19

CareLineLive, the all-in-one home care management software that increases efficiency, capacity, compliance and communication of both manag...

Albion exits investment in Berkley Care Group homes - - 2021-03-19

Albion Capital has made a successful exit from its investment in three high-end care homes managed by Berkley Car...

How the life science sector has shot up the investment agenda as vaccinations are rolled out - - 2021-03-19

Andrew Aldridge, Partner at Deepbridge Capital, discusses why the life sciences sector is now back in favour with investors. ...

Growth on the horizon for Cornish start-up Data Duopoly - - 2021-03-19

A Launchpad start-up has received backing from several angel investors which has unlocked further funding, sending the company into the next phase of expansion. ...

Anthesis secures significant minority investment from Palatine Private Equity - - 2021-03-18

Anthesis, the largest group of dedicated sustainability professionals globally, and one of the UK’s fastest-growing private companies [1], has sec...

IW Capital completes £6m buyout of Olive Jar Digital - - 2021-03-18

IW Capital has completed the leveraged buyout and growth equity investment into ...

Inovia closes its first transatlantic fund and builds London team - - 2021-03-18

Inovia Capital has announced the closing of its second growth fund with US$450M in committed capital. As part of ...

Cognism raises $12.5 million as European expansion continues - - 2021-03-18

Leading globally compliant prospecting solution, Cognism, has raised $12.5 million in funding led by AXA Venture Partners...

British psychedelic drugs company Small Pharma closes £33m financing - - 2021-03-18

Small Pharma Ltd and Unilock Capital Corp. have announced the closing of the brokered private placement of subscription receipts of Small Pharma Financi...

BGF backed ROI acquires Firstborn Capital - - 2021-03-18

Lead generation technology company, ROI Media UK, has acquired Copenhagen-headquartered Firstborn Capital...

Fy! Secures £5M investment led by Hoxton Ventures - - 2021-03-18

Fy!, the next gen home, living and lifestyle retail platform for today’s modern shopper, has announced a £5 million funding round led by...

TechNation launches its 2020 Annual Report - - 2021-03-18

Tech Nation, the leading scaleup accelerator, has announced the release of its annual Tech Nation Report...

MML Ireland closes €135m fund to back Irish SMEs - - 2021-03-18

MML Growth Capital Partners Ireland has successfully closed its second private equity investment fund at €135 million. The MML Growth Capital Pa...

Edtech marketplace Preply raises $35 million funding - - 2021-03-17

Edtech marketplace, Preply, has secured an additional USD $35 million of funding, a sum that exceeds the platform’s cumulative fundraising effor...

Sunway-backed PBSA fund launches - - 2021-03-17

Sunway RE Capital and MBU Capital have forged a transcontinental partnership to ...

Haystack wins £1m funding to revolutionise tech recruitment - - 2021-03-17

Haystack, a Newcastle-based tech startup, has raised £1 million in seed funding. The funding enables Haystack to expand their territory reach and with ad...

Blackfinch & Praetura invest £2.3m in Transreport - - 2021-03-17

Transreport, a socially-minded technology company set to transform the travel experiences of those with reduced mobility has secured £2.3m in a fundin...

Private equity looks to strengthen portfolios with 35% jump in buy and build - - 2021-03-17

The number of private equity buy and build transactions in the UK soared by 35 per cent during 2020, as private equity houses looked to bolster their portfolio during the Covid-19...

UK deeptech scaleup sector remains significantly underfunded - - 2021-03-16

Research commissioned by Parkwalk shows that while 2020 saw an increase in funding for academic spinouts, this was not the ...

Stamp Free launches following Cambridge Angels funding - - 2021-03-16

Stamp Free Limited, the digital postage stamp company, has launched its Stamp Free Digital Postage Solution™. Initially targeted at postal and logistics ...

NatWest readies SMEs for next phase of recovery - - 2021-03-16

NatWest has launched MentorDigital, a free new digital advice platform for SMEs, ...

Research into uni spinout investment reveals lack of growth funding - - 2021-03-16

The past year has demonstrated how important deeptech innovation is to solving some of the greatest challenges faced today, from finding vaccine candidates for the Covid-19 pandemic through t...

UK tech companies lead the hiring comeback with 1 in 6 jobs targeting young people - - 2021-03-16

The UK Tech sector is driving growth in youth employment with 1 in 6 openings in the digital tech sector suitable for entry-level jobseekers, according to job search engine ...

Arie Capital announces two upcoming tech portfolio IPOs - - 2021-03-16

London-based venture capital and financial services firm Arie Capital has announced that two of the companies from its current portfolio of technolog...

How to pitch your business for investment - Ben Jones, AberInnovation - 2021-03-16

Ben Jones of AberInnovation (Aberystwyth Innovation ...

Seneca Partners EIS exits its investment in Mission Labs - - 2021-03-16

Seneca Partners EIS Portfolio Service, the generalist EIS specialising in the provision of growth capital and strategic support to ambitious SMEs,...

Life Beyond Lockdowns - - 2021-03-16

Sukhendu Pal considers life beyond lockdown. A year ago, the switch to working from home (WFH) was abrupt for both companies and employees. Fo...

Diamond Whites Aligners completes £550k funding - - 2021-03-15

Diamond Whites Aligners, the rapidly growing at-home teeth aligner business, has raised £550,000 in Pre-Series A funding from ...

BGF completes multi-million investment in energy data business Stark - - 2021-03-15

BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor, has completed a multi-million-pound investment in Stark, ...

QVentures supports Congenica's funding round - - 2021-03-15

QVentures is thrilled to welcome Congenica, one of Britain’s fastest-growing genomics companies, int...

NVM completes £10 million Trust Systems MBO - - 2021-03-15

NVM Private Equity has completed a £10 million MBO of Trust Systems, a provider of networking consultancy and ma...

Access EIS compared to Equity Crowdfunding and Conventional Funds - - 2021-03-15

James Murdoch looks at his SyndicateRoom (SR) Access EIS Fund in comparison to his Equity Crowdfunding Portfolio and to the market - enabled by the new Co Investor UK Platform. Syn...

Legislate Technologies secures £1m to simplify contracting for businesses and landlords - - 2021-03-12

Legislate Technologies, a legal technology startup building a SaaS platform to enable small businesses and land...

Rebel Energy raises £220k in crowdfunding campaign - - 2021-03-12

Rebel Energy, a startup energy supplier, has raised more than £220,000 in crowdfunding in just seven day...

eXmoor pharma secures £12m from MVM - - 2021-03-12

eXmoor, the expert cell and gene therapy (CGT) services company (Bristol, England), has raised an initial investment of £12m ($17m) from specialist ...

Livingbridge announces the successful exist of TSA Management - - 2021-03-12

Livingbridge, a leading mid-market private equity investor with offices in the UK, Australia and US, has agreed the sale of thei...

Shawbrook Bank launches partnership with Caple to support SMEs - - 2021-03-12

Specialist lender Shawbrook has expanded its reach into the UK SME market by working with Caple. Caple&rsquo...

Albion Capital closes successful £58.5m VCT fund raising - - 2021-03-12

Albion Capital, the leading independent investment manager, has closed its 2020/2021 VCT top up offers earlier than scheduled and fully subscribed wi...

Bespoke jewellery designer Taylor & Hart receives GLIF funding - - 2021-03-12

To support their growth ambitions, London based Taylor & Hart has secured a total of £500,000 in loan funding from ...

BVA BDRC publishes its SME Finance Monitor for Q4 2020 - - 2021-03-12

BVA BDRC has published its latest quarterly SME Finance Monitor report; the largest and most frequent study of its kind in the UK. Re...

Pembroke VCT portfolio company Boom Cycle partners with KOBOX - - 2021-03-12

Pembroke VCT, ...

500 Startups report reveals startup investor community response to COVID - - 2021-03-12

500 Startups surveyed 122 investors to explore COVID-19’s impact on early-stage investment, serving as the third installment in a series started at the onset of ...

Antler recruits Orson Stadler as London Partner - - 2021-03-11

Antler has appointed Orson Stadler as a Partner who will be co-heading its London operation. Stadler formerly held the position of Senior Principal at Mustard S...

BGF named most active investor in female-led scale-ups - - 2021-03-11

BGF has released the first ever report into the attitudes of female leaders at growth economy companies. According to a survey of 152 female executive...

Foresight invests £2.35 million in MBI of RF Brown - - 2021-03-11

Foresight Group has made a £2.35 million investment into RF Brown Limited, a shipping container hire, con...

Former chairman of Nordic Eye launches Tradeworks.vc Boutique - - 2021-03-11

Niklas Holck, the former Chairman of Nordic Eye Venture Capital, has launched his own boutique VC firm, based in Singapore....

Scottish Equity Partners backs AutoRek - - 2021-03-11

Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) has completed a significant growth equity investment in AutoRek, a leading provider o...

Fintech firm Quva to transform the investment sector - - 2021-03-10

A North-East based fintech firm has been launched with the aim of digitally transforming the way private equity firms, venture capital funds and angel investment networks currently manage the end-t...

Circularity Capital announces successful sale of ZigZag Global - - 2021-03-10

Circularity Capital, the specialist private equity firm supporting growth stage European SMEs in the circular economy, has announced the divestment o...

BGF invests in Brisant Secure to unlock growth potential - - 2021-03-10

BGF, the UK’s most active growth capital investor, has invested in secure lock and hardware supplier, ...

Record levels of smaller businesses sought financial support in 2020 - - 2021-03-10

The British Business Bank has published its Small Business Finance Markets 2020/21 report which highlights a surge in applications for external financial support, includin...

Livingbridge Announces Sale of disguise - - 2021-03-10

Livingbridge has sold disguise, the glob...

BGF sale of Setfords marks 5th exit this year - - 2021-03-09

BGF has successfully exited its investment in Setfords, a leading tech-enabled legal services provider, following its ...

Why we all need to become early-stage tech investors to remain relevant - Ian Sasson, Monte Carlo Capital - 2021-03-09

Ian Sosso, winner of EBAN’s "best European early-stage investor award" in 2019, is the founder of Monte Carlo Capital (MCC...

One in three female entrepreneurs still face gender bias - - 2021-03-09

Despite the global growth of women-led businesses, funding continues to be a significant challenge. Having gathered multiple data and research, Workplace Specialists ...

Maven MEIF Debt Funds complete £43m of loans to businesses - - 2021-03-09

Maven has now provided over £43 million to the region’s businesses as part of its work delivering finance through the Midlands Engine Investment F...

TiG and ThirdSpace join forces after £8 million follow-on from BGF - - 2021-03-09

TiG, one of the UK’s leading Cloud, Data Analytics and Managed Service...

BGF invests £7.5 million in Fulfilmentcrowd to drive growth - - 2021-03-08

BGF has invested £7.5 million in Lancashire ecommerce logistics and tech company, Fulfilmentcrowd. ...

Cofinitive #21toWatchTop21 2020 winners announced - - 2021-03-08

Cofinitive’s #21toWatch is a successful campaign and awards that celebrates the outs...

Cutover secures milestone $35m Series B round - - 2021-03-08

Cutover, the first enterprise-wide work orchestration and observability platform that enables seamless human and machine collaboration, has announced a $35 mi...

Employment Hero raises £25 million to fuel growth - - 2021-03-08

All-in-one HR, payroll and benefits platform, Employment Hero, has announced it has raised £25 million in a Series D funding round to...

Maven VCTs lead funding round to support US expansion for Adimo - - 2021-03-08

Maven Capital Partners, one of the UK’s most active investors in smaller businesses, has led a £1.54 million funding round for ...

BGF backs Northern Building Plastics for nationwide expansion - - 2021-03-05

BGF has invested in Northern Building Plastics to support its growth ambitions. Northern Building Plastics ...

AIC releases 'VCTs Explained' educational video - - 2021-03-05

The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has released an educational video introducing venture capital trusts. ‘Venture Capital Trus...

Opportunities in China have become easier to seize - - 2021-03-05

Scott Haughton from Envestors looks at how investment opportunities in China are becoming easier to access. China is experiencing unp...

Bowmark Capital sells its stake in Node4 to Providence Equity Partners - - 2021-03-05

Bowmark Capital, the mid-market private equity firm, has agreed to sell its stake in Node4, a leading provider of hybri...

YFM £14m VCT fundraising fully subscribed in just four weeks - - 2021-03-05

YFM Equity Partners opened its two managed Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) for non-prospectus top-up offers in early February, and both are now fully subscribed, ahea...

IgniteNI reveals businesses selected to join accelerator programme - - 2021-03-05

IgniteNI has revealed the 10 game-changing start-ups selected to participate in its renowned accelerator programme for growing techno...

The Funky Appliance partners with Forster Chase Ventures for Series A raise - - 2021-03-05

The Funky Appliance Company has partnered with London based Forster Chase Ventures...

BGF Invests £15.5 million in Burrington Estates - - 2021-03-04

BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor has invested £15.5 million into ...

It's time to put the spotlight on Healthcare - - 2021-03-04

Downing Ventures' Healthcare team argues that now is a great time to invest in the sector. As Covid-19 continues to do...

NorthEdge invests in cyber security distributor Distology - - 2021-03-04

Mid-market private equity firm NorthEdge has completed its investment into Distology, a leading specialist cyber security distributor. Founded in 201...

London based fintech Countingup closes Series A funding - - 2021-03-04

Countingup, the business current account with built-in accounting software, has announced the close of a £9.1 million Series A investment round, le...

Budget responses from VC fund managers - - 2021-03-04

Tim Mills, Managing Partner of ACF Investors commente...

Hydromarque eyes growth with £2.7m investment from BCF - - 2021-03-03

UK-pump specialists, Hydromarque Ltd, is set for significant expansion following its acquisition by a specialist private equity backer. ...

Continulus secures £0.5m funding from investor consortium - - 2021-03-03

Continulus, the Glasgow-headquartered online video-learning platform for health professionals, has secured £0.5m of equity investmen...

Global M&A hits highest February total on record says Refinitiv data - - 2021-03-03

US$698.7 billion worth of deals were announced globally during the first two months of 202...

Conduit launches EIS Impact Fund to pursue profit and purpose - - 2021-03-03

The new Conduit E...

3D print company Additive Manufacturing Technologies raises £2.5m new funding - - 2021-03-03

Additive Manufacturing Technologies (AMT), whose equipment automates the final stage of the 3D production process, has raised £2.5m secured funding f...

GP Bullhound backs wallapop's €157M fundraise - - 2021-03-02

GP Bullhound has announced a follow-on investment into wallapop, Spain’s leading classified...

GeniusU raises 1.4 million in seed funding - - 2021-03-02

GeniusU, valued at $202 million, has raised $1.4 million from 63 investors in its latest seed investment round, closing...

IQ Capital leads Nyobolt $10 million fund raise - - 2021-03-02

Nyobolt, a cutting-edge battery company, defining a new category of ultra-high power technology, has secured $10 million in Series A funding, led by ...

FourJaw’s six figure venture capital boost - - 2021-03-02

FourJaw Manufacturing Analytics, a tech spin-out whose cloud based data capture and analysis technology is unlocking ...

Foresight invests £2 million of scale up capital into Spektrix to accelerate growth - - 2021-03-02

Foresight Group has made a £2 million follow-on investment into Spektrix, to support further growth opport...

Future Fund publishes diversity data - - 2021-03-01

The British Business Bank publishes Future Fund data that gives a detailed picture of the 1,140 companies that have been app...

BGF exits investment in CHS Healthcare - - 2021-03-01

BGF has exited its investment in CHS Healthcare, a provider of outsourced services for the NHS and social care,...

VGC Partners invests £150,000 in VozLab - - 2021-03-01

Growth capital investor VGC Partners has provided £150,000 funding to VozLab, the creator of a self-serve development pla...

Professional learning market ripe for innovation say experts - - 2021-03-01

The Learning and Development (L&D) sector has reached a critical stage; with four key areas open for disruption and emerging new innovators, according to a new green ...

Digital first bank Monument raises £28 million - - 2021-03-01

Monument has raised over £28 million, significantly ahead of expectations and successfully completing one of the largest Series A funding rounds in fint...

RLC Ventures leads $275k investment in Alloxentric - - 2021-02-26

London-based investment fund RLC Ventures led Alloxentric’s ...

Cox Powertrain raises £12 million - - 2021-02-26

Cox Powertrain, a leading British manufacturer of high-powered diesel outboard engines for the global marine industry, has raised £9 million from exis...

IW Capital calls for extension of EIS to cover struggling hospitality sector - - 2021-02-26

Luke Davis, CEO of IW Capital, discusses how scale up finance was key prior to pandemic, and why now it is of critical importance for recovering businesses....

British Business Bank delivers £73bn of loans to 1.6m businesses - - 2021-02-26

The government has published new statistics that show businesses across the UK have to date benefitted from 1,593,620 government-guaranteed loans worth &...

Transmit Startups backs UK's entrepreneurs with £100m - - 2021-02-26

The UK’s flair for turning adversity into opportunity has helped a company reach a major milestone well ahead of forecasts. Transmit Sta...

Value's time to shine? - - 2021-02-25

The age-old investment debate about ‘cheap’ value stocks versus ‘expensive’ growth stocks shows no sign of going away. Whilst there is no doubt that growth strategies have b...

Birmingham Uni spinout Linear Diagnostics secures £800k - - 2021-02-25

Birmingham-based Linear Diagnostics has secured £800,000 from the...

Maven invests £1m in Fintech platform Pockit - - 2021-02-25

Maven Capital Partners has invested £1m into Fintech platform, Pockit Ltd as part of Pockit’s £15m Ser...

NatWest names micro-gardening entrepreneur UK’s best pitch - - 2021-02-25

Finding Roots, a subscription delivery service for those living with limited outdoor space in inner cities is run by entrepreneur Lili...

2150 closes €130m tech sustainability fund - - 2021-02-25

2150 has announced the first close of its flagship €200m fund. Based in London, Copenhagen and Berlin, the fund will back technology companies that seek t...

AI company Vivacity Labs secures £5 million from Mobeus - - 2021-02-24

Vivacity Labs, the London-based tech company which uses artificial intelligence to improve traffic insights and safety, has secured £5m of Series A fun...

Green Angel Syndicate Climate Change Fund closes over target - - 2021-02-24

Green Angel Syndicate (GAS), the UK’s angel investment syndicate specialising in the fight against Climate Change and Global Warming, has announ...

Downing Ventures leads $10m funding round in StorageOS - - 2021-02-24

StorageOS, a leader in cloud native storage management, has closed a $10 million Series B funding round to build on growth, which has seen mo...

Mercia leads £3m funding for Soccer Manager - - 2021-02-24

Soccer Manager – the UK-based online soccer management game – has secured a further £3m to support its continued gr...

Reflaunt raises $2.7m from luxury industry leaders - - 2021-02-23

Reflaunt, a disruptive Resale-as-a-Service (RaaS) technology company empowering global fashion brands to embrace circularity, has announced that it has secur...

New Year Spring Clean - - 2021-02-23

James Murdoch talks us through the ups and downs of the annual 'Spring Clean' of his investment portfolio. I have been waiting for the CMC verdict on Crowdcube and Seedrs ...

Burleighs Gin secures £250k MEIF - - 2021-02-23

Burleighs Gin, a Leicestershire gin distiller business has secured a £250,000 investment to scale-up its operations and create new jobs. ...

Manchester start-up Orka raises £29m to fuel rapid growth - - 2021-02-23

Worker tech start-up Orka...

Vypr appoints new board member following YFM investment - - 2021-02-23

Market research and online consumer intelligence veteran Richard Thornton has been appointed to the board of fast-growing Manchester-based consumer insights busines...

Why startups should be seen and not heard - viewpoint from Paddy Willis, Mission Ventures - - 2021-02-22

Paddy Willis, CEO of Mission Ventures, discusses how large companies can learn from innovative and fast-moving start-ups witho...

Growth without the pain - a perspective from Gannons Solicitors - - 2021-02-22

There has never been a better time to re-visit using shares to attract employees With many businesses sadly folding for those who survive, the time maybe ripe ...

Now you know - - 2021-02-22

Yesterday the team behind the Funding Index agreed to go live, so you can now see one reason why I have been rather quiet in recent months! (There are a few more, … but that is for another d...

Uni of Birmingham announces £2.6m project for recycling luxury cars - - 2021-02-22

The University of Birmingham has announced a three-year research project with Bentley Motors to deliver a sustainable source of rare eart...

Growth without the pain - - 2021-02-22

Catherine Ramsay from Gannons Solicitors looks at the options around offering shares as an incentiv...

Peak raises $21 million in Series B funding from Oxx, MMC & Praetura - - 2021-02-19

Artificial Intelligence (AI) company Peak has raised a $21 million Series B funding round led by venture capital firm Oxx...

Acceleris backs £3m funding in energy tech company Power Roll - - 2021-02-19

Acceleris has invested in Power Roll, a developer of a game-changing, ultra-low-cost and lightweight flexible fil...

GP Bullhound advises Byte on its sale to Dept - - 2021-02-19

GP Bullhound acted as exclusive financial advisor to Byte, a marketing technology agency focused on fast-gro...

UK start-up fundraising surges to record levels in final quarter of 2020 - - 2021-02-19

The value of venture capital raised by UK companies surged to the highest quarterly total during Q4 2020 according to research from ...

Overlooked founders supported by the Mayor of London’s investment vehicle - - 2021-02-19

Funding London - the Mayor’s early-stage investment vehicle - has supported 131 overlooked founders over the past six years. Th...

All change: what does the future hold for technology? - - 2021-02-18

Despite the economic turmoil, one sector has seemed immune to COVID concerns and continued to deliver remarkable gains. The performance of technology stocks has been eye-catching across the market ...

QV Systems partners with Licence Bureau - - 2021-02-18

NVM Private Equity investee company QV Systems has announced its latest partnership with the Licence Bureau. This partnership ...

Ally.io Raises $50m led by Greenoaks Capital - - 2021-02-18

Ally.io, a h...

Cambridge GaN Devices raises $9.5m led by IQ Capital, BGF and Parkwalk - - 2021-02-18

Cambridge GaN Devices (CGD) has raised $9.5 million in Series A funding. The investment was co-led by...

StateUp identifies 21 GovTech startups for Covid impact and post-pandemic potential - - 2021-02-17

StateUp, a world-leading insights and advisory firm for the ...

Threat intelligence company Intelligence Fusion secures £400,000 - - 2021-02-17

Intelligence Fusion has secured a £400,000 investment from a number of sources to continue its ...

ZEDRA continues UK expansion with acquisition of Inside Pensions - - 2021-02-17

ZEDRA, the fast-growing global specialist in Active Wealth, Global Expansion and Fund Services, has acquired Inside P...

Private capital funds must invest US$5.5bn to meet investors’ demands - - 2021-02-17

Private capital funds face growing demands for transparency as mainstream investors increasingly turn to the sector to chase the higher returns it offers, new research* from ...

Psychological Technologies raises £1.7m supported by Angel Investment Network - - 2021-02-17

Wellbeing startup Psychological Technologies (PSYT) has raised over £1.7m, supported by ...

tru.ID raises £3m to help developers replace passwords - - 2021-02-16

Mobile authentication platform tru.ID is exiting stealth mode having secured a £3m funding round from investors including ...

Foresight averages 6x return with 2 exits from NW Regional Investment Fund - - 2021-02-16

Foresight Group has successfully sold Hedges Direct Group Limited, a market-leading ecommerce business in ...

Blueberry Therapeutics receives £3.6 million investment - - 2021-02-16

Drug discovery and development company, Blueberry Therapeutics, is announcing a £3.6m extension to its previously successful £10.8m ...

Saudi oil company leads £2.9m investment in CorrosionRadar - - 2021-02-16

CorrosionRADAR – whose technology can detect and predict corrosion in pipelines - has attracted funding from the Middle East’s largest oil ...

YFM investment to support VFX studio’s international scaling plans - - 2021-02-16

Outpost VFX, a fast-growing UK-headquartered film and TV visual effects company, has secured a multi-million pound investment from funds managed by ...

Cricket-Betting.com secures £500K funding to launch globally - - 2021-02-15

Cricket Betting, one of the world's most prominent specialist cricket blogs, is set to expand its global reach having secured a significant funding round....

Search and social giants dominate new university startups league - - 2021-02-15

New research* by money.co.uk has crowned Google as the most succe...

High Speed Transfers gets £2.28m Development Bank of Wales loan - - 2021-02-15

Offshore crew transfer specialists High Speed Transfers, based in Gorseinon Swansea, are closer to their zero emission dream after securing a &po...

Clean Growth Fund leads Indra’s £6m investment round - - 2021-02-15

Indra, the fast-growing electric vehicle and smart energy technology company developing innovative charging and energy storage solutions for home and commerci...

Development Bank of Wales expands tech team - - 2021-02-15

The Technology Venture Investments team at the Development Bank of Wales is expanding, as the Development Bank of Wales seeks to further support Welsh technology businesses. Helen Kuhlman j...

Hi-Tech Steel Services secures £8.75 million funding from IGF - - 2021-02-12

Steel manufacturer, Hi-Tech Steel Services, has secured a £8.75M funding facility, which&n...

British Business Bank appoints Elizabeth O’Neill - - 2021-02-12

The British Business Bank has appointed Elizabeth O’Neill as General Counsel and Company Secretary of the British Business Bank plc, eff...

Impulse Programme produces UK’s ‘next gen’ entrepreneurs - - 2021-02-12

A Cambridge University programme has produced a fleet of the UK’s ‘next generation’ entrepreneurs and world-class in...

BGF exits investment in Olive Communications - - 2021-02-12

BGF has announced the exit of its investment in Olive Communications, the Buckinghamshire-based managed cloud commu...

Narcissists have the most crowdfunding success, research reveals - - 2021-02-12

Narcissists have the most crowdfunding success, research reveals. Entrepreneurs that...

Ai Build raises $1m to lead the manufacturing revolution - - 2021-02-11

Ai Build has raised $1m in a funding round led by SuperSeed, a London based VC that ...

BGF exits Alnwick-headquartered Arcinova - - 2021-02-11

BGF has exitedf its investment in Arcinova, the U.K.-based multis...

Maven leads £1.75million investment in Leaf - - 2021-02-11

Maven Capital Partners has led a £1.75 million investment into marketing technology company, Leaf.fm Ltd. The innov...

Invenio accelerates growth with USA-based LSI Consulting deal - - 2021-02-11

Invenio Business Solutions and LSI Consulting – the market leading SAP solutions providers – ar...

British Business Bank report reveals over £18bn of private debt lending to UK firms - - 2021-02-11

A new report by the British Business Bank reveals how p...

Pembroke VCT invests £1m into healthcare software Credentially - - 2021-02-10

Pembroke VCT, the venture capital trust focused on building the brands of tomorrow, has made...

Curve appoints Anju Patwardhan as Non-Exec Director - - 2021-02-10

Curve, the London-based fintech that combines multiple cards and accounts into one smart card and even smarter app, has named Anj...

Hoxton Farms raises £2.7 million - - 2021-02-10

Hoxton Farms has raised £2.7 million funding to cultivate animal fat and solve an urgent issue for the rapidly growing m...

Atherton Bikes raises £385,000 through Angel Investment Network - - 2021-02-10

Additive Manufactured mountain bike company Atherton Bikes has raised £385,000 through Angel I...

Firetree Chocolate secures £250k MEIF funding boost - - 2021-02-10

A Stamford based chocolatier business has secured a £250,000 MEIF loan to help meet increasing demand for its products from the UK and overseas. This is alongside boosting its marketing campa...

MEIF backs Midlands businesses with over £1.7m of funding - - 2021-02-09

Two West Midlands businesses are set to pursue new growth following funding packages totalling over £1.7m. The duo of deals includes Birmingham-based insurance services firm, Parke...

E-mobility venture Tau tops up Series A funding to €6.75m - - 2021-02-09

Turin-based e-mobility and advanced materials venture Tau has secured an investment of a consortium of two leading Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds, the ...

Hilltop completes £15m loan for riverside regeneration in Peterborough - - 2021-02-09

Funds advised by Hilltop Credit Partners, a specialist funding partner for SME residential developers, have comp...

Astia launches $100 million fund - - 2021-02-09

Astia, the Silicon Valley headquartered organization dedicated to leveling the investment playing field - and redefining the traditional venture capital lan...

Wombat lands £2m investment as appetite for thematic, fractional trading grows - - 2021-02-09

Wombat, the UK’s first thematic & curated fractional investment platform, has closed a £2millio...

DynaRisk expands seed round to $3m led by Nexus Investments - - 2021-02-08

DynaRisk announced an extension of their seed funding round, bringing total funding to over $3m. This round of funding was led by ...

FIS Chemicals secures funding from IGF for MBI and growth - - 2021-02-08

Specialised chemical manufacturer, FIS Chemicals...

2021 shortlist of #21toWatch people, companies and ‘things’ - - 2021-02-08

The 2021 shortlist for next month’s coveted #21toWatch Awards includes some of the most inspirational entrepreneurs, startups and innovatio...

Meat-alternative start up Jack & Bry raises £1.25m led by SFC Capital - - 2021-02-08

Jack & Bry, a producer of plant-based meat alternatives, has secured £1.25 million in seed funding. The round was led by ...

BGF exits independent provider of dialysis services Renal Services - - 2021-02-08

BGF, the UK’s most active investor in growth economy businesses, has successfully exited its investment in ...

Downing Ventures invests £2.05m in BBC Maestro - - 2021-02-05

Following the launch of BBC Maestro in October 2020, Downing Ventures has announced that it has led the seco...

Gig experience platform Limitless raises $10m - - 2021-02-05

Limitless, the AI-driven gig customer experience platform, has raised $10 million in financing. The Series B investment is led by ...

Vamstar raises $1.7m to reinvent procurement in healthcare - - 2021-02-05

London-based Vamstar, which is creating the world's first A...

AttoCore secures strategic investment for expansion - - 2021-02-05

AttoCore, the developer of scalable and flexible 4G and 5G core network solutions is pleased to announce a strategic investment from Lansdowne Investment Com...

Imperial College Fund backs tech startup tackling Parkinson’s - - 2021-02-05

The Imperial College Innovation Fund (ICIF), an early-stage investment fund...

Antler launches in Denmark; national investment fund invests $8m - - 2021-02-04

Antler, the global early-stage VC, has announced it will launch in Copenhagen. The goal is to attract and support 70-100 highly specialised founders on an annua...

BGF invests £4.25m in Derbyshire house builder - - 2021-02-04

Woodall Group, the owner of Midlands house builder Woodall Homes, has received a £4.25 million investment from ...

DSW Debt Advisory expands team - - 2021-02-04

DSW Debt Advisory – which advises businesses on raising a wide variety of debt funding and is part of the ...

AIN report: surging investor interest in agriculture, fintech and medical startups - - 2021-02-04

Angel Investment Network, the UK’s largest online angel investment platform, has revealed its latest ‘State of the Angel Inv...

Pembroke VCT invests £1m into healthcare software Credentially - - 2021-02-04

Pembroke VCT, the venture capital trust focused on building the brands of tomorrow, has made...

CybSafe secures £5.6 million investment round - - 2021-02-03

CybSafe, the behavioural security platform that’s transforming the way organisations manage human cyber risk, has raised £5.6m ($7...

SujiBFR, an AI-powered fitness device backed by Jamie Murray, raises investment - - 2021-02-03

SujiBFR, a health and fitness startup based in Edinburgh, has received a six-figure investment to support the development of a smart fitness device th...

Squire Patton Boggs strengthens private equity team - - 2021-02-03

Squire Patton Boggs has further expanded its Global Corporate Practice in London with the appointment of partner Julian Thatch...

Entrepreneurs re-think investment priorities during lockdowns - - 2021-02-03

Research by regional mid-market private equity firm YFM Equity Partners has revealed a growing focus on culture and working practices, rather than simply valuation,...

Easy Student Living receives £115k from Bristol Private Equity Club - - 2021-02-03

A Bristol-based technology business which manages household bills for students has received vital early-stage investment from Bristol Private Equi...

Future Fund publishes diversity data - - 2021-02-02

The British Business Bank has published Future Fund data that gives a detailed picture of the 1,055 companies that have been approved for...

Fintech startup ETIQ secures £585k from SFC Capital - - 2021-02-02

ETIQ, a startup that helps financial companies identify and eliminate bias within their algorithms, has raised £585,000 in pre-seed funding. The funding inc...

Northzone founder Karl-Christian Agerup joins Antler - - 2021-02-02

Antler has appointed Karl-Christian Agerup as a Partner, focusing on the company’s investment operations and strategy globally. ...

Rockley Photonics closes $65 million funding to accelerate growth - - 2021-02-02

Rockley Photonics, a leading integrated optics solutions provider, has closed an additional $65m round of growth capital from both new private funds and ...

'Digital twin’ pioneer raises £1.5m as it prepares for launch - - 2021-02-02

Slingshot Simulations, the Leeds-based start-up...

Tech Nation launches ‘Scale Ratio’ to identify growth potential of UK tech hubs - - 2021-02-01

Tech Nation, the scaleup network for entrepreneurs, has launched its inaugural ...

Venture capital performance at new high despite pandemic - - 2021-02-01

eFront, the leading financial software and solutions provider dedicated to Alternative Investments, has published its latest Quarterly Private Equity Performan...

BGF invests over £380 million in UK growth businesses in 2020 - - 2021-02-01

BGF – the UK’s most active investor, backed 61 new companies in 2020 whilst continuing to actively support its portfolio. During this period, total ...

Ingenious invests £19m in sustainable residential development - - 2021-02-01

Ingenious' Real Estate Finance LLP has agreed a £19m loan facility with property developer Citu...

Scottish Equity Partners backs LoveCrafts $22m fund raise - - 2021-02-01

LoveCrafts, a leading online crafts community, with millions of users across 140 countries worldwide, has secured an additional $22m funding and has ...

British Business Investments commits £10m to SyndicateRoom - - 2021-01-29

British Business Investments, a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has announced a &po...

UK investors still enjoy inflation-busting returns despite pandemic - - 2021-01-29

Investors have taken some blows during the pandemic and financial turmoil of 2020, a new UK report reveals. ...

Foresight completes sale of FFX to H2 Equity Partners - - 2021-01-29

Foresight Group has sold FFX Group Limited, one of the UK's largest independent suppliers of high quality...

NatWest doubles female entrepreneurship funding - - 2021-01-29

NatWest has announced an additional £1 billion in funding to help support female-led businesses in the UK recover from the coronav...

Channel 3 Consulting MBO is 2nd deal for WestBridge this week - - 2021-01-29

Westbridge has completed its fourth transaction in seven months with an investment of £10m to support the MBO of London-based ...

BondAval secures $1.64 million pre-seed funding - - 2021-01-28

BondAval has secured $1.64 million (£1.2 million) in seed financing led by Insurtech Gateway ...

Glimpse Protocol closes £1.3m investment for its privacy-first ad platform - - 2021-01-28

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Australian female fintech entrepreneur recognized - - 2021-01-28

Deborah Harris, founder, director and strategist of The Grow CFO Co., based in Australia, has been awarded runner up in the global Wealth...

Edtech startup Esme Learning Solutions secures $7.5m - - 2021-01-28

Esme Learning Solutions, a leading digital learning platform, has closed a $7.5 million Series A financing round led by ...

Beckley Psytech heads for clinical trial following £14m funding - - 2021-01-28

Beckley Psytech, a private company dedicated to addressing neurological and psychiatric disorders through psychedelic medicine, has received Clin...

Swedish startup Sproud raises £4.8m from London-based VGC Partners for plant-based milk - - 2021-01-27

Sproud, the Swedish maker of a range of plant-based milks has raised £4.8M from growth capital investor, ...

Force24 strengthens board following investment from YFM - - 2021-01-27

Digital marketing veteran Chris Underhill has been appointed as chair of Leeds-based Force24, the award-winning marketing automation platform. The appointme...

BGF backs ROI for future growth - - 2021-01-27

BGF has made a further £4 million investment in fast-growth, lead generation technology business, ROI. ...

Cleantech firm Social Energy receives investment to pursue rapid growth - - 2021-01-27

Cleantech company Social Energy has received funding that will allow the business to pursue rapid growth in the UK and Australia, while opening opp...

Medtech business Fertility Focus lands £250k investment from MEIF - - 2021-01-27

A Warwickshire-based manufacturer of fertility monitoring products, Fertility Focus, has secured further investment from ...

Angel CoFund launches new fund and rebrands - - 2021-01-26

ACF Investors (formerly the Angel CoFund) has launched the Delta Fund, a fast-track investment fund that provides equity or convertible loans...

Jacobson Group secures funding from IGF to support growth - - 2021-01-26

Footwear wholesaler, D. Jacobson & Sons Limited,...

Consumer fintech startup Quirk secures £300k from SFC Capital - - 2021-01-26

Quirk, a consumer fintech startup that uses unique personality testing to deliver tailored financial advice to...

Grafton Capital appoints Tom Morrell as CFO - - 2021-01-26

Grafton Capital, a growth investor in Europe’s leading technology companies, has appointed Tom Morrell as its Chief Financi...

Foresight invests £2.5m into cybersecurity firm Titania - - 2021-01-26

Foresight Group has invested into Titania Group Limited, a cybersecurity automation software business. The invest...

Tosca Debt Capital backs Keysource MBO - - 2021-01-25

Keysource, a specialist in data centres and critical environments, has successfully completed a management buyout (MBO), led by Stephen Whatling. The tran...

UK dominates European FinTech investment says Innovate Finance report - - 2021-01-25

Innovate Finance, the industry body representing UK FinTech, has released investment figures for the global FinTech sector in 2020 that reinforc...

Green Angel Syndicate investee company Rovco raises £5m - - 2021-01-25

Subsea technology firm, Rovco, has completed a £3.9 million Series A investment from Foresight group via the ...

Genflow secures $11m investment from BGF - - 2021-01-25

BGF has invested $11 million in Genflow, a London & LA based Influencer brand building agency with a unique ec...

Albion Capital exits G.Network with 3.8x return - - 2021-01-25

Albion Capital, the leading independent investment manager, has completed the sale of its stake in full fibre broadband operator ...

Index Ventures leads HR firm Personio's $125m funding - - 2021-01-22

Personio, the all-in-one HR platform, has completed $125 million of new and preemptive Series D funding in an investment round that values the business at $1.7...

Swedish AI-driven powerline inspection Skyqraft, raises $2.2m - - 2021-01-22

Skyqraft, an AI-driven powerline inspection solution-provider from Sweden, has raised $2.2 million in seed funding. The latest fundraise was led by Subvenio ...

There needs to be foundational change to level the playing field for women entrepreneurs - - 2021-01-22

The boardroom gender gap is finally beginning to narrow, but women entrepreneurs still have a chasm to cross to catch up with their male peers. Changing that will not only massively improve equalit...

Bristol Private Equity Club backing GenomeKey - - 2021-01-22

A group of successful Bristol-based entrepreneurs has invested £192,500 into a research and development project in the city that is searching for faster diagnosis and treatment of Sepsis, whi...

Perchpeek raises £2m led by Episode 1 - - 2021-01-22

Perchpeek, the AI-powered relocation agent, has raised £2 million, led by early-growth experts ...

PPC Protect launches report and raises £2m to fight google ad crime - - 2021-01-21

PPC Protect has launched its annual Global PPC Click Fraud Report&nbs...

Construction firm to build B2B portfolio following £225k funding boost - - 2021-01-21

HNB Construction Services Ltd has secured a £225k loan from the Midlan...

Insurtech startup Nayms closes £1.5m seed round - - 2021-01-21

Insurtech startup Nayms has closed a £1.5m seed round led by XBTO, alongside other top investors across insurance, capital ...

Livingbridge announces sale of Broadstone - - 2021-01-21

Livingbridge, one of the UK’s leading mid-market private equity investors, has agreed the sale of Broadston...

Beating the City: could it pay to be your own fund manager? - - 2021-01-21

For investors, it’s an incredibly unsettling time. Uncertainty continues to sweep the...

RevGlue secures £300k investment from GC Angels and Admitad - - 2021-01-20

RevGlue, a platform that enables affiliates and online publishers to easily monetise their websites, blogs, mobile apps and social channels, has secured inves...

Foresight invests £4.5m into iMist - - 2021-01-20

Foresight Group has made a £4.5 million investment into iMist Holdings Limited, a manufacturer and installer of w...

Low alcohol startup Cleanco raised £7m cash injection - - 2021-01-20

British premium low-alcohol spirits startup, ...

British Business Investments commits €40m to Claret Fund III - - 2021-01-20

British Business Investments (BBI), a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has completed...

Can History offer any lessons for Climate Change? - - 2021-01-19

Nick Lyth is Founder and Director of Green Angel Syndicate, the only angel investment syndicate in the UK specialising in the fight against Climate Change and Global Warming. ...

What does it take for an investment to work well through to exit? - - 2021-01-19

Catherine Gannon of ...

Pembroke VCT exits its investment in Pasta Evangelists - - 2021-01-19

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Tourism tech startup Quendoo secures significant VC funding - - 2021-01-19

Quendoo, a digital platform that allows property owners to take back control of their property bookings, payments, marketing and availability, has launched af...

How to lovebomb: a guide for angel investors and entrepreneurs - - 2021-01-19

Chatting to an entrepreneur I have got to know the other day, who is on the hunt for an angel investor, I yet again found myself pointing them to the notorious table 8.5a on the EIS statistics publ...

Seedrs investors see record returns with Senta acquisition - - 2021-01-18

Seedrs' investors in Senta will see up to a 120x return on their seed investments after t...

Foresight invests £5 million in Plantexpand - - 2021-01-18

Foresight Group has made a £5 million investment to support the buy-in management buy-out of Plantexpan...

Shippeo secures $32m investment - - 2021-01-18

Shippeo, the European leader in real-time transportation visibility (RTTV), has raised $32 mil...

AIC announces Elisabeth Scott at new chair - - 2021-01-18

The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has announced that Elisabeth Scott has been voted Chair of the AIC. The membership of the AIC has elected Sapna Shah and Mick...

Kuato Studios raises £4.5 million from Horizons Ventures - - 2021-01-18

UK-based EdTech gaming studio, Kuato Studios, has raised £4.5m in a round led by ...

Maven Capital Partners expands East Midlands team - - 2021-01-15

Maven Capital Partners, one of the UK’s most active fund managers, has further strengthened its East &...

Ignite NI reveals start-ups selected for Propel programme - - 2021-01-15

IgniteNI has revealed the 20 start-ups that will be participating in the renowned 2021 Propel Pre-Accelerator programme which...

New business angel group launches in Brighton - - 2021-01-15

South East Angels have launched their Brighton investor group, set to be the most active angel network in the local area. With a focus on providing va...

NorthEdge invests in medical communications agency Helios Medical - - 2021-01-15

Mid-market private equity firm NorthEdge has invested in Helios Medical Communications, a full-service, independent, ...

Weezy raises $20 million funding - - 2021-01-15

Weezy, the UK’s leading on-demand superfast supermarket that delivers groceries in only 15 minutes, has r...

Exus hits 1.8GW of assets under management in North America - - 2021-01-14

Exus Management Partners (Exus), an independent investment and asset management firm focused on the renewable energy sector, has significantly expand...

Orbus Software announces acquisition by SilverTree Equity - - 2021-01-14

Orbus Software, a global market-leading provider of Enterprise Architecture software, has announced that...

YFM investment enables consumer insight business to scale-up - - 2021-01-14

Fast-growing consumer insights business Vypr plans to strengthen its sales and marketing operations as it invests in its team...

Poptop to begin global roll-out after raising further £440k - - 2021-01-14

Poptop – the Newcastle-based events booking platform – has raised a further £440,000 to pursue its global...

Digital life insurance provider DeadHappy completes £4.75M investment - - 2021-01-14

Award winning Digital life insurance provider DeadHappy has completed a £4.75M investment from new investors ...

Pandemic inspires new wave of social entrepreneurs - - 2021-01-13

The pandemic has inspired a new wave of social entrepreneurs who are developing business ideas to support their Covid-stricken communities, experts say. T...

Record breaking year for equity crowdfunding - - 2021-01-13

433 Equity Crowdfunding campaigns successfully raised £332 million in 2020 up from 403 campaigns in 2019. This is the highest number of campaigns ever and th...

Eyoto eyes expansion following £2.5M investment - - 2021-01-13

Birmingham-based tele-optometry manufacturer Eyoto,has secured funding from the ...

Food for thought for January - - 2021-01-13

James Murdoch takes a considered look at how his food and restaurant investments have performed in recent months. An active experienced Equity Crowdfunder was talking, a f...

Top 20 most viewed investment companies in 2020 - - 2021-01-13

The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has published its list of the 20 most viewed investment companies on its website...

Tristone Capital acquires North Wales care business - - 2021-01-12

Buy and build Investment group Tristone Capital - through its care division Tristone Healthcare – has acquired North Wales-based care business, ...

Albion Capital launches £45 million VCT fundraising - - 2021-01-12

Albion Capital is seeking to raise up to £45 million through top up offers for five of its venture capital trusts. The fundraising ...

OnePlanetCapital launches fund to invest in climate change businesses - - 2021-01-12

OnePlanetCapital, a new sustainably driven investment house, has launched a specialist sustainability EIS Fund to invest in businesses tacklin...

BGF competes multi-million pound investment in tech scale-up Cirrus - - 2021-01-12

BGF has completed a multi-million pound investment in Cirrus, an award-winning provider ...

Livingbridge announces trio of promotions - - 2021-01-12

Livingbridge, one of the UK’s leading mid-market private equity investors, has bolstered its leadership team with the appointments of James Titmuss...

Liva Healthcare secures €24.5m - - 2021-01-11

Liva Healthcare, a European market leader in scalable digital health coaching, has secured a new funding round of EUR 24.5 million, led by ...

ScaleUp Group Client IMMJ Systems obtains £3.8 million funding - - 2021-01-11

Scale Up Group has completed a £3.8 million 'Series A' growth capital investment into its client IMMJ Systems Lim...

Parkwalk launches new HMRC-approved EIS fund targeting knowledge intensive businesses - - 2021-01-11

Parkwalk has launched one of the first HMRC Approved Knowledge Intensive EIS Funds to open to retail investors, offering an opportunity to invest in grou...

Peptone’s protein engineering operating system secures $2.5m investment - - 2021-01-11

In a year that has seen scientists heralded as heroes and the future of protein-based medicine has sat at the coalface of a pandemic, one startup is looking to increase the pharmaceutical industry&...

Luxtripper closes latest funding round at £1.2m - - 2021-01-11

Luxtripper, the fast-growth luxury travel business, has closed its latest investment round at £1.2m. The funding, raised from high-net worth indivi...

Home Grown launches new initiative with £100k of support packages - - 2021-01-08

Very few industries have been untouched by the COVID-19 crisis. With unemployment rates hitting an all-time high, many seasoned industry professionals who have built a corporate career for years or...

Entrepreneur education group Genius acquires E-Square - - 2021-01-08

Genius Group, the world’s leading entrepreneur education group, has today announced it has signed an agreement...

Par Equity celebrates another successful year in 2020 - - 2021-01-08

Par Equity, the Edinburgh-based investment manager that specialises in early-stage technology businesses with high growth potential, increased its new investment activity to a record £12.4m i...

PCS UK Ltd secures £1 million ABL facility from IGF - - 2021-01-08

Industrial electrical engineering contractor, Process Control Services (PCS UK Ltd) has secured a £1 million ABL facility from Independent Growth Finance...

BGF invests £6m in global animation studio Snipple - - 2021-01-08

BGF, has invested £6 million in world-renowned global animation studio, Snipple, to support its ambitious...

Angelini Pharma acquires Arvelle Therapeutics - - 2021-01-07

Angelini Pharma, an international pharmaceutical company which is a part of the private Italian Angelini Group – and ...

JP Morgan figures show 2020 performance of investment companies - - 2021-01-07

JP Morgan analysis shows that 2020 saw the largest ever outperformance of the FTSE All Share by Investment Companies - With the FTSE Equity Investment Instruments Index (FTSE EII) producing a total...

Blackstone battery project receives grant from EU - - 2021-01-06

Blackstone Resources AG has announced that Current Direct, a new research and innovation project funded by the European...

Gibie raises £158,000 on Crowdcube - - 2021-01-06

GIBIE Home Furnishings Ltd. today concluded its pilot equity crowd funding campaign on CrowdCube platform. In this campaign,...

Hilltop Credit Partners completes £15m loan for high-end residential development - - 2021-01-06

Funds advised by Hilltop Credit Partners, a specialist funding partner for SME residential developers, have comp...

WestBridge promotes three ahead of busy 2021 - - 2021-01-05

Private equity firm WestBridge has promoted three members of its team as it prepares for another successful year. Edward ...

Enabling investment with a diverse range of startup founders - Roei Samuel, CEO and Founder, Connectd - 2021-01-04

Roei Samuel, CEO and Founder, Connectd, looks at how diversity can be achieved within the angel i...

Mayfair Equity Partners backs Seraphine in buy-out - - 2021-01-04

Mayfair Equity Partners, the leading tech and consumer growth investor, has announced the management buy-out of ...

Pacific Current invests in Astarte Capital Partners - - 2021-01-04

Pacific Current Group Limited, a global multi-boutique asset management firm, has entered into an agreement to purchase a minority stake in ...

Archangels increases support for Scottish tech and life sciences - - 2021-01-04

Despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, Edinburgh-based business angel investment syndicate, Archangels, led investments ...

Wildanet Secures £50m Investment - - 2021-01-04

Superfast wireless broadband provider Wildanet has secured £50m investment, which will allow the company to continue to expand its b...

Liberis adds £70m funding and venture debt to grow platform and help SMEs - - 2021-01-04

Liberis, a leading global embedded business finance platform, has secured £70m in financing from long-ter...

Genius Group acquires Education Angels - - 2021-01-04

Genius Group, the world’s leading entrepreneur education group, has completed the acquisition of New Ze...

Digital wellbeing firm set for healthy future with £825k backing - - 2021-01-04

A healthtech platform has raised £825,000 investment from ...

Property e-procurement start-up raises investment from Northern angel investors - - 2021-01-04

C-Link, a property procurement start-up founded in 2015 by Paul Heming and Chris Barber, has successfully raised a six figure investment fro...

Wishing a Happy Christmas to all our readers - - 2020-12-21

The AngelNews team is having a short break over Christmas after a busy and news-filled year. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for being part of the AngelNews community and ...

Veuve Clicquot Bold Woman nominations open for 2021 awards - - 2020-12-21

The call for nominations has officially opened for this year’s prestigious awards, celebrating incredible...

What we’ve learnt in 2020 – the year that changed everything - - 2020-12-21

David Mott, Founder Partner at Oxford Capital reflects on the themes that have shaped this year. Looking back at 20...

IgniteNI launches applications for 2021 Accelerator Programme - - 2020-12-21

IgniteNI, the leading accelerator in Northern Ireland, is now welcoming ...

Marcus Rashford launches website to support families over Christmas - - 2020-12-21

Marcus Rashford MBE and the Child Food Poverty Taskforce have launched a new website (...

Maven leads £17 million MBO of Envitia - - 2020-12-18

Maven Capital Partners has led the £17 million management buyout of Envitia Group plc, an established data a...

Texthelp receives investment from Five Arrows - - 2020-12-18

Texthelp Ltd, the global leader in...

DataSecOps platform eXate raises £2.3 million - - 2020-12-18

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Zero Carbon Fund leads pre-seed investment in Phycobloom - - 2020-12-18

The Zero Carbon Fund has made an investment in the pre-seed funding round of Phycobloom, a UK-based bio-...

OKKO Health receives record investment from Henley Business Angels Members - - 2020-12-17

OKKO Health, a digital eye care company, has received investment from seven Henley Business Angels (HBA) me...

WestBridge backs Eque2 in £46.5m deal - - 2020-12-17

Private equity firm WestBridge has backed the senior management team at construction software company Eque2 to acq...

Drug delivery company BDD secures £1.2m from Scottish Enterprise - - 2020-12-17

Innovative Scottish-based drug delivery company, Bio-Images Drug Delivery Limited (BDD), has positioned itself for rapid growth with a further round of inve...

BGF backs Kinomica's £3.9m fund raising - - 2020-12-17

Alderley Park-based proteomic-data science and diagnostics company, Kinomica, has secured £3.9 million in funding for pioneering technology that could ...

Travel tech firm You. Smart. Thing gets £500k boost - - 2020-12-16

Birmingham-based travel technology business, You. Smart. Thing. Limited (YST) has received £250,000 from the Midland...

Recycleye raises £1.2M to turn trash into treasure - - 2020-12-16

Recycleye, the intelligent waste management start-up, has secured £1.2 million in seed funding, led by venture capital investors ...

Hi55 Ventures agrees deal to back innovative real-time pay pilot project - - 2020-12-16

Fintech start-up Hi55 Ventures has secured the backing of a global investment firm with over $50 billion of assets under management for a unique pilot project tha...

Zokri receives investment from Henley Business Angels - - 2020-12-16

Zokri, a company that provides a ‘software as a service’ platform for businesses to create and track objectives and key results, has received investment...

RLC Ventures leads $500k funding round for Crowd Data Systems - - 2020-12-15

Crowd Data Systems (CDS) has secured funding to further develop the next generation of treasury management systems. Founde...

Childcare startup Poncho launches with Kamet Ventures funding - - 2020-12-15

.Poncho, a digital startup backed by ...

Green Fund Power List 2020 ranks fund managers shaping the energy transition - - 2020-12-15

Renewable energy has proven a particularly resilient asset class throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, with the exit from this crisis increasingly defined by demands for a green recovery and grea...

Xiatech secures growth capital from Rockpool - - 2020-12-15

Xiatech, a UK Headquartered system integration and data analytics specialist, has agreed a growth capital investment with ...

Ecommerce startup aisle 3 raises £200k from Angel Investment Network - - 2020-12-14

The founders of London-based ecommerce startup aisle 3 have bounced back after being made redundant at the start of the pandemic to successfully ...

Solihull-based recruitment firm Quantum Group raises £730k MEIF investment - - 2020-12-14

Solihull-based executive recruitment firm, Quantum Group Solutions Limited, has secured its first round of investment, totalling &poun...

Crowdfunding success story Gusto launches new immune boosting soft drink - - 2020-12-14

Gusto, a drink company which funded successfully via Crowdcube, has launched two new functional drinks: Super DC Blood Orange and Super DC Blackcurrant & E...

BGF & Octopus back Orbex $24m funding round for UK space launch - - 2020-12-14

Orbex, the innovative European space launch company, has secured $24 million in a funding round led by BGF, the UK's most active investment company, and Octopus V...

BGF makes new board appointments - - 2020-12-11

BGF, has appointed Jim Strang, MD & EMEA Chairman of Hamilton Lane, and Kris Isherwood, CFO of Eight Roads, will...

Phasecraft closes £3.7m seed funding round - - 2020-12-11

On the back of new quantum algorithm breakthroughs, quantum software company ...

Creator Fund closes £1.5m fund to support student founders across the UK - - 2020-12-11

Creator Fund, the university-focused venture capital fund making strides to unearth startup innovation within European universities, is now focussing o...

Wonder secures $11m led by EQT Ventures - - 2020-12-10

Wonder, the company revolutionising virtual space, has completed a $11 million seed round led by EQT Ventures, with parti...

MEL Science secures $14m in Series B funding - - 2020-12-10

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Summize raises £1m from NPIF and the Future Fund - - 2020-12-10

Summize, a Manchester-based developer and provider of software for the legal sector, has secured an additional £1m investment in a funding round led...

Green Angel Syndicate launches the EIS Climate Change Fund - - 2020-12-10

Green Angel Syndicate, the UK’s angel syndicate specialising in the fight against climate change and global warming, has just launched the ...

What do I know? - - 2020-12-10

As an interested observer of the unquoted UK funding market, I have long been curious about what is really going on around the symmetry between fundraising entrepreneurs and investors, be they crow...

Prejudice is costing your portfolio - - 2020-12-09

Stakeholderz Venture Relations Manager Megan Snijman explores the opportunity and sheer value being lost to investors as female entrepreneurs contin...

Aqua Digital Rising beats crowdfunding target - - 2020-12-09

Aqua Digital Rising, the Fintech company developing tradable indices based on human performance and achievement, has completed its Bnk to the Future crowdfun...

Outfund raises £37m to become UK's largest revenue-based lender - - 2020-12-09

Outfund, the fintech company changing the way online businesses raise funds, has closed a £37million late seed round of capital, includi...

Property e-procurement startup C-Link raises investment via NorthInvest - - 2020-12-08

C-Link, a property procurement start-up founded in 2015 by Paul Heming and Chris Barber, has successfully raised a six figure investment ...

Government loans haven’t been a COVID vaccine for SMEs - - 2020-12-08

Steve Richardson, Sales Director at Reparo Finance, gives his perspective on why Government-backed COVID-19 loans aren’t necessarily helping ...

Vala Capital launches innovative fund for sustainable start-ups - - 2020-12-08

Vala Capital, the entrepreneur-led venture capital firm, has launched the Vala Sustainable Growth EIS targeting sm...

Bookbarn seeks £250,000 growth equity - - 2020-12-08

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BGF invests £7.7m in Cooplands Expansion - - 2020-12-08

BGF has made a further substantial investment in the expansion of Yorkshire-headquartered bakery business, Coopla...

Karakuri raises £6.5m investment and unveils world's first robotic canteen - - 2020-12-07

Karakuri, the world-leading food robotics company, is bringing the future of food to life as it lifts the lid to unveil the world&rsquo...

Maven backs Chevin Fleet Solutions with £1.5m MEIF investment - - 2020-12-07

Derbyshire-based fleet management software provider has secured a £1.5m funding boost to develop its cloud-based product and create 20 new skilled jobs. Nathan Grace Holdings Limit...

Food safety tech firm Navitas secures £500k MEIF investment - - 2020-12-07

A Leicestershire based food safety technology business has secured a £500,000 investment to scale-up operations and boost their ambitious growth plans. N...

BioInnovation Institute takes in new cohort of early-stage innovations - - 2020-12-07

BioInnovation Institute (BII), a Novo Nordisk Foundation initiative incubating and accelerating world-class life science research, has identified...

Valloop launches to radicalise SME buy-outs through employee ownership - - 2020-12-07

Valloop, founded to empower employees and management to buy the companies they work for, has emerged from stealth read...

UK’s most entrepreneurial hotspots in 2020 revealed - - 2020-12-04

London may lead the pack when it comes to business start-ups in Britain, but the latest research from Instant Of...

London fintech Updraft raises £16m led by Quilam - - 2020-12-04

Updraft, a part lending, part credit report, and part financial planning app designed to tackle escalating consumer borrowing, has secured £16m in fundi...

Turquoise's Low Carbon Innovation Fund backs 8power £2m fund raise - - 2020-12-04

Turquoise, the UK merchant bank specialising in energy, environment and efficiency, has invested in 8power for the Low ...

Living Map raises £850k from Mercia and Committed Capital - - 2020-12-04

Living Map, the digital map and data platform, has completed an £850,000 funding round led by existing in...

How innovation is fighting back against the COVID pandemic - - 2020-12-04

Griff Williams, CIO of the British Innovation Fund...

Infogrid raises $15.5m to make any building smart - - 2020-12-03

Infogrid, the artificial intelligence technology company that automates facilities management and makes any building smart, has raised $15.5m ...

Threat intelligence tech firm EclecticIQ raises €20 million - - 2020-12-03

EclecticIQ, a global threat intelligence, hunting and response technology provider, has raised €20million ($24 million) in Series-C financing, led by ...

SME Finance Monitor Q3 2020 - - 2020-12-03

BVA BDRC has released additional SME Finance Monitor data, covering the period to the end of September 2020. With data going back to 2011, it's the largest s...

Private debt funds record another year of robust growth - - 2020-12-03

The third annual edition of the KPMG Private Debt Fund Survey in collaboration with the Ass...

New matching service will help start-up access to investors and NEDs - - 2020-12-03

Three start-up industry experts have joined together to launch Connectd, a new smart-matching platform for start-ups, investors and Non-Ex...

New opportunities emerging from COVID - Catherine Gannon - 2020-12-02

Catherine Gannon of Gannons Solicitors looks at what SEIS/EIS can offer to investors. The new world definitely brings new opportunities. Opportunities...

Primer secures £14 million Series A funding round led by Accel - - 2020-12-02

Primer, the low-code payments infrastructure and online checkout API, has announced a £14 million Series A funding round led by A...

What failure of Arcadia means for the High Street - - 2020-12-02

Retail expert Dr Gordon Fletcher, of the University of Salford Business School, looks at what has gone wrong for the former titan of ...

UK biotech company ILC Therapeutics announces first international investment - - 2020-12-02

UK-based biotechnology company ILC Therapeutics has announced that it has secured significant investment from its first global investor ...

Alcoholic tea creators raise a glass to £1.4m investment - - 2020-12-02

Two former Newcastle University students who developed a unique range of alcoholic tea drinks have raised £1.4m from investors to help them further expand their business. ...

SaaS firm GUURU raises $5m for Customer Service Solution - - 2020-12-01

Swiss SaaS start-up GUURU Solutions Ltd has closed a $5M Series A extension, which brings the total Series A financing to $7.9 million. The funds w...

AlbionVC backs uMed £3.7m venture capital fund raising - - 2020-12-01

Research technology company uMed has raised £3.7m in ventur...

IW Capital invests £3.7m in Hove community hub Rockwater - - 2020-12-01

Small business specialist investor IW Capital has completed a £3.7million investment into Rockwater Hove, a comm...

NVM Private Equity Exits Agilitas IT Solutions - - 2020-12-01

NVM Private Equity has sold its stake in Agilitas IT Solutions Limited to the international private equity investor Perwyn...

Kelvin Capital leads £1.85m funding for e-bike innovator FreeFlow Technologies - - 2020-12-01

FreeFlow Technologies (FFT), the developers of the world’s lightest power to weight e-Bike motor has secured £1.85m from a heavily ov...

Newable & Bristol Private Equity Club secure £10m - - 2020-11-30

Newable Ventures and Bristol Private Equity Club (BPEC) have secured £10m in new funding f...

Moretti launches new asset manager Atypical Partner - - 2020-11-30

Mauro Moretti, the founder of Three Hills Capital Partners, has set up Atypical Partner, a digitally led mul...

Turquoise Low Carbon Innovation Fund backs Kubos - - 2020-11-30

Turquoise, the UK merchant bank specialising in energy, environment and efficiency, has announced its fifth deal for the Low Carbon Innovation Fund 2 (LCIF2)...

Funding Focus supports female and ethnic minority entrepreneurs - - 2020-11-30

Funding Focus, the social enterprise seeking to level the playing field for female and ethnic minority entrepreneurs, returned on Wednesday 25 Nove...

Why Angel Investing works in a negative interest rate environment - - 2020-11-30

Envestors' Oliver Woolley discusses why angel investing should be considered by HNWs in a negative interest rate environment. ...

Future Planet backs Navenio ‘uber-for-indoors’, to control COVID-19 infection rise - - 2020-11-27

Navenio, the UK healthcare scale-up, has announced a $1.1 million investment from Future Planet Capital to help...

NorthEdge invests in investigation software specialist Altia-ABM - - 2020-11-27

Private equity firm NorthEdge has backed the primary management buyout of ...

Gresham House Ventures invests in RevLifter - - 2020-11-27

Gresham House Ventures, a growth equity investor specialised in scaling businesses d...

Silverfleet Capital sells medical workwear supplier 7days - - 2020-11-27

The pan-European private equity firm Silverfleet Capital has agreed to sell its majority stake in ...

ScaleUp Group bolsters team with entrepreneurial champion Guy Rigby - - 2020-11-27

Entrepreneurial Champion & Atlantic Rowing Philanthropist Guy Rigby has joined ScaleUp Group to #GrowGlobalChampions. Entrepreneurial Champion Gu...

M Squared raises £32.5m to accelerate growth - - 2020-11-26

M Squared, the photonics and quantum technology developer, has raised significant new financing of £32.5m as it expands its backers to support its grow...

IP and Maven deliver completed Hampton by Hilton Hotel in Manchester - - 2020-11-26

IP Investment Management, a Hong Kong-based boutique real estate investment manager and Maven Capital Partners, a ...

Dohop secures investment from SEP to revolutionise travel connectivity - - 2020-11-26

Icelandic airline software vendor Dohop has raised an undisclosed growth equity round from Scottish Equity Partners...

BGF invests in North East tech business Datum360 - - 2020-11-26

BGF has completed a multi-million pound investment for a minority shareholding in a Teesside-headquartered Engineering Information Management (EIM) software com...

EV charging firm Elmtronics secures £1.5m to develop UK network - - 2020-11-26

Elmtronics, the leading independent provider of charging points, has raised £1.5 million funding from the ...

Downing leads $15m Series A funding round for Carbice - - 2020-11-25

Downing Ventures has le...

Angel Academe backs Envolve Tech £720K funding - - 2020-11-25

Performance marketing technology provider Envolve Tech has successfully closed its latest funding round for a total of £720,000. The vast ma...

TransferGo secures £4m from Silicon Valley Bank - - 2020-11-25

TransferGo, one of the world’s fastest growing money transfer companies, has received £4m in financing from ...

NIPF - Maven Equity Finance backs digital healthcare firm Flynotes - - 2020-11-25

The digital healthcare consent platform, Flynotes, has successfully secured funding from ...

YFM makes investment into fast growing marketing automation platform - - 2020-11-25

YFM Equity Partners has boosted its growing portfolio of high-growth technology businesses with an investment into award-winning marketing automation platform, ...

Hams Hall secures £800k boost from MEIF Debt Finance - - 2020-11-24

Hams Hall Sustainable Energy Ltd has secured an £800,000 loan from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) Debt Finance, managed by ...

Livingbridge exits its investment in Giacom - - 2020-11-24

Livingbridge, one of the UK’s leading mid-market private equity investors, has agreed the sale of Giacom, a ...

Opteran secures £2.1m seed funding led by IQ Capital - - 2020-11-24

Opteran, the Natural Intelligence company, has raised £2.1 million in seed funding. Opteran will use the funds to pioneer its radical lightw...

Reckitt Benckiser VC arm back sustainable laundry startup Oxwash - - 2020-11-24

RB's (Reckitt Benckiser) new purpose-led venture arm, RB Ventures, has backed space-age laundry and dry-cleaning startup, ...

Bethnal Green Ventures partners with NorthInvest to support business in the North - - 2020-11-24

Reflecting the growth in tech for good companies in the North of England, Bethnal Green Ventures and Leeds-based investment non-profit NorthInvest ar...

Alicia Navarro closes £1.2m pre-seed round for Flown - - 2020-11-23

Entrepreneur Alicia Navarro has closed a £1.2 million pre-seed investment round to fund her latest venture,&...

Tech Nation comments on Green Industrial Revolution proposals - - 2020-11-23

Stephen Kelly, Chair of Tech Nation, comments on the Government’s 10 point plan for a Green Industrial Revolution: ...

NorthEdge backs Lights4fun buyout - - 2020-11-23

Private equity firm NorthEdge has supported the management buyout of Lights4fun, one of Europe’s leading e-com...

KisanHub raises £1.12m to transform the agri-food supply chain - - 2020-11-23

Cambridge-based agritech company KisanHub has raised £1.12m for its seed to sale connectivity platform that is accelerating the pace of digital transfo...

BGF invests in human cell products and services provider DefiniGEN - - 2020-11-23

DefiniGEN, a provider of human cell products and services, has raised £3.25 million to accelerate its next phase of growth. This includes £...

NatWest Rapid Cash integration with Xero helps SMEs access funding - - 2020-11-23

NatWest has integrated with global small business platform Xero, which will allow its users ...

Seneca Partners' 21st exit returns £2.8m to investors - - 2020-11-20

Seneca Partners EIS Portfolio Service has returned £2.8million to investors following the takeover of ...

Alternative healthcare start-up Alphagreen raises £1.1m seed funding - - 2020-11-20

Alphagreen, Europe’s leading marketplace for CBD and alternative healthcare products, has s...

BGF backs ecommerce flooring business UK Flooring Direct - - 2020-11-20

BGF has invested £8 million into Midlands-headquartered UK Flooring Direct to support its ongoing growth...

Wave power pioneers raise £850k to bring green power to subsea oil and gas - - 2020-11-20

Wave power specialists Mocean Energy have secured major new investment to accelerate the commercialisation of their ground-...

Insurtech Startup, Bdeo, Raises €5M Series A - - 2020-11-19

Bdeo, the leading insurtech company in Spain and Latin America, has just closed a Series A round of funding worth €5 million. The fundraising was led by ...

Private Techquity: managers reflect on COVID and share outlook for tech - - 2020-11-19

The outperformance of the tech sector during COVID-19 has never been far from the headlines. But some of the fastest-growing technology companies fly under the radar, as they are not quoted on publ...

Ingenious invests in Igloo Vision - - 2020-11-19

Ingenious has announced that its Infrastructure Ventures EIS Service has invested £787,000 in Igloo V...

TIME Investments bolsters fund distribution team - - 2020-11-19

TIME Investments, a specialist real assets investment manager focused on secure income strategies, has appointed Tony van Gool to support its distributio...

Downing Ventures leads £625k in funding round for Dragonfly AI - - 2020-11-19

British predictive analytics platform, DragonflyAI, has completed a £625,000 ($1m) seed funding round. ...

Direct.me’s “Link in bio” platform raises £2 million - - 2020-11-18

Direct.me, the social media platform that connects audiences with influencers’ content, has raised a $2.6m seed round...

‘Fintech for good’ incuto raises £1.75m for credit union platform - - 2020-11-18

A ‘fintech for good’ start-up which has developed a banking platform for credit unions and community banks has completed a £1.75m funding round. &nbs...

Maven exits Symphonic Software investment with 2.9x realisation - - 2020-11-18

Maven Capital Partners has realised its VCT investment in Edinburgh-based Symphonic Software (Symphonic) through...

Research shows how UK retail investors responded to COVID stock market falls - - 2020-11-18

New research from behavioural finance experts Oxford Risk reveals that during the early stages of the COVID-19 crisis when stock markets fell sharpl...

Nozzle.ai raises $2.6m to accelerate adoption of AI platform - - 2020-11-18

Nozzle.ai, an eCommerce and advertising optimisation platform for Amazon, has raised $2.6 million (£2 million)...

Crane Ventures leads £2.2m seed funding for Paid - - 2020-11-17

Paid has launched to help enterprises transform supplier management with its next-generation procurement platform. Paid raised £...

AI enabled translation platform TAIA raises €1.2m seed funding - - 2020-11-17

Translation platform TAIA, has raised a further €1.2million in seed funding from venture capital fund ...

MarketFinance makes appointments following £10m grant award - - 2020-11-17

Fintech business lender MarketFinance has appointed The Rt Hon. Baroness Susan Kramer and entrepreneu...

British Patient Capital responds to UK Venture Capital Financial Returns Report - - 2020-11-17

Judith Hartley, CEO, British Patient Capital said: “The latest report from the ...

Restart the Future to creating 1000 startups & boost Sweden’s economy - - 2020-11-17

Fourteen of Sweden’s leading companies have come together to form Restart the Future, a one-year initiative to help build 1000 new companies, in ord...

How Entrepreneurialism Can Drive the UK’s Economic Recovery - - 2020-11-16

Paul Beach, Head of Executives and Entrepreneurs at Arbuthnot Latham gives his perspective on the leading role entrepreneurs can play in d...

Hospitality leaders urge Chancellor to use tax relief to ‘save the industry’ - - 2020-11-16

A group of leading figures from the hospitality industry are urging the Chancellor to use EIS tax relief to encourage investors to support the hospitality industry through the pandemic and beyond....

GLIF supports Hinterview with £500,000 growth loan - - 2020-11-16

Situated in Southwark, South London, Hinterview has secured a £500,000 growth loan from the Greater Lo...

AI startup ilumoni raises $450,000 to transform borrowing behaviours - - 2020-11-16

ilumoni, the fintech startup helping people to borrow better, save on unnecessary interest and time in paying off debts has raised $450,000 pr...

Online product discovery platform Product Guru raises £330,000 - - 2020-11-16

Online product discovery platform, Product Guru, has secured funds of £330,000 to disrupt the traditional retail buying process by re-inventing ho...

What is at stake in the Seedrs and Crowdcube Merger - - 2020-11-13

James Murdoch, an experienced investor in Equity Crowdfunding, asks what is at stake in the Seedrs and Crowdcube Merger. Both management teams have been proactive in communicating via many ...

British Business Investments commits £15m to Compass Business Finance - - 2020-11-13

British Business Investments, a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has announced a new...

Graphite Capital acquires Babble in £90m transaction - - 2020-11-13

Graphite Capital, a leading UK mid-market private equity specialist, has backed the management buyout of Babble fr...

British Business Investments publishes full year results to March 2020 - - 2020-11-13

Key highlights include: A record year of 15 commitments totalling £547m, including to nine new delivery partners ...

Pembroke VCT invests £1m in 'Spotify for art’ Smartify - - 2020-11-13

Pembroke VCT, the venture capital trust focused on building the brands of tomorrow, has made ...

Early stage venture capital funds have the potential to generate higher returns - - 2020-11-12

Latest market analysis from the British Business Bank finds early stage venture capital funds have the potential to generate higher retur...

Angel Investment Network reports impressive annual growth - - 2020-11-12

Angel Investment Network (AIN), the world’s largest online angel investment platform, has announced impressive growth, with annual reve...

Par Equity backs SICCAR with £1.3m investment - - 2020-11-12

SICCAR has received an investment of £1.3m led by specialist technology investment house, Par Equity...

Livingbridge invests in ecommerce platform Visualsoft - - 2020-11-12

Livingbridge, one of the UK’s leading mid-market private equity investors, has announced its investment...

Synova Capital-backed Chatsworth Schools acquires Tiny Toes Day Nurseries - - 2020-11-12

A trio of Oxfordshire day nurseries have been acquired by a fast-growing independent education provider. Chatsworth Schools, which is itself headquartered in Oxfordshire, has purchased ...

Archangels leads £3.1 million funding in Integrated Graphene - - 2020-11-11

Integrated Graphene Ltd, the Scottish-based tech company, has fired the starting pistol on scaled production of its unique breakthrough 3D gr...

Whiterock backs Artemis Human Capital in first PE deal - - 2020-11-11

Whiterock Finance has made its first ever equity investment by backing specialist recruitment business Arte...

Inciner8 set for accelerated growth following private equity buy out - - 2020-11-11

Private equity house, Chiltern Capital, has completed an investment in a leading waste management incinerator manufacturer with support from a multi-mil...

Ingenion Medical wins £100,000 Innovate UK grant - - 2020-11-11

Ingenion Medical Limited has been awarded nearly £100,000 in grant funding from ...

The Riverside Company welcomes Iain Leigh to Board of Advisors - - 2020-11-11

The Riverside Company, a global private equity firm focused on the smaller end of the middle market, welcomes Iain Leigh as the newest member o...

Global early stage VC Antler launches in Berlin - - 2020-11-10

In a significant boost for both the German and the wider Central European start-up ecosystem amidst ...

Graphite Capital expands its investment team - - 2020-11-10

Graphite Capital, a leading UK mid-market private equity specialist, has made one promotion...

Oxford University AI company Mind Foundry closes $13.6 million Series A - - 2020-11-10

Mind Foundry, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) company that spun out of the University of Oxford’s Machine Learning Resear...

Fashion industry fintech Purple Dot raises £1.35m from Connect Ventures - - 2020-11-10

Purple Dot, the ‘worth-the-wait’ payment option for fashion brands, today announces its seed round of £1.35 million, led by ...

QVentures invests in no-code platform Opsly - - 2020-11-10

QVentures made an investment into Opsly, a platform that a...

Downing Ventures co-leads $35M Series B investment in Ayar Labs - - 2020-11-09

Downing Ventures has completed a $35 million Series B funding round in Ayar ...

Bright Instruments secures £350k investment to drive expansion - - 2020-11-09

Bright Instruments, a&nb...

Cycle wear firm ArmaUrto raises £300k funding - - 2020-11-09

ArmaUrto, an innovative provider of protective cycle wear, has secured a £150k equity investment from the Cornwall &...

FSE Group backs EXM Insight's £400,000 funding round - - 2020-11-09

EXM Insight, the next-generation solution for portfolio monitoring and value creation for the Private Equity ind...

BiVictriX raises £1m from Acceleris and other investors - - 2020-11-09

BiVictriX Therapeutics has completed a &...

4 UK deep tech firms compete in EIT Digital Challenge 2020 Finals - - 2020-11-06

20 scaleups from 10 countries (4 from the UK) compete in the finals of Europe’s flagship scaleup competition in digital to win int...

Medtech spinout secures £248k funding from Scottish Government - - 2020-11-06

MIME Technologies, a med-tech spin-out from the University of Aberdeen, has received £248,000 in funding...

Foresight Williams invests £1m in AudioScenic - - 2020-11-06

Foresight Group and Williams Advanced Engineering have invested £1.05m into ...

British Business Investments commits £30 million to back UK SMEs - - 2020-11-06

British Business Investments, a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has announced ...

Foresight Williams Fund hits milestone of £50m invested - - 2020-11-06

Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) has announced that its technology investment partnership with Foresight Group has...

flypop secures investment from the Future Fund - - 2020-11-05

flypop, the UK’s only international long-haul low-cost airline, has secured significant investment from the UK Government’s Future Fund and is&nb...

European Buy & Build activity resilient in face of Covid-19 - - 2020-11-05

Buy & build activity in first half of 2020 shows resilience in the face of Covid-19 according to Silverfleet’s European Buy & Build Monitor for H1 2020. ...

NorthEdge-backed Catalis Group makes new acquisition - - 2020-11-05

NorthEdge-backed Catalis Group is expanding its North American footprint with a second bolt-on acquisition completed...

Mills & Reeve advises Delta Financial Systems on £23m acquisition of Bravura Solutions - - 2020-11-05

Mills & Reeve has advised Delta Financial Systems Limited on its £23 million acquisition by Bravur...

Navenio secures £400,000 UKRI grant funding to ease COVID-19 impact on healthcare - - 2020-11-05

Navenio, the healthcare scale-up whose location-based technology has been shown to double the throughput of hospital teams, has secured a £400,000 grant...

Regional investors collaborate to improve access to funding - - 2020-11-04

Two regional investors have agreed a new strategic partnership to provide enhanced support for early-stage tech firms in the Northern Powerhouse region. DSW Ven...

Unleash entrepreneurship to tackle eco-challenges says Entrepreneurs Network report - - 2020-11-04

New research from The Entrepreneurs Network, in partnership with...

British Patient Capital has invested £1bn in UK scaleups - - 2020-11-04

In its second year, British Patient Capital has continued to deliver strongly against its business plan with total commitments over ...

North East Development Capital backs Hive HR £1.75m funding round - - 2020-11-04

Employee engagement SaaS solution secures funding after enjoying strong growth and doubling revenue in the last 12 months. £1.75 million funding round includes £500,000 inves...

Creative industries crowdfunder to help creatives - - 2020-11-03

The Creative Industries Federation and Creative England have annou...

Triple Point HNIP funds £6.6m Solihull Town Low Carbon Energy Network - - 2020-11-03

Triple Point has announced that Solihull Metropolitan Borough Councilhas successfully secured £6,5...

CorrosionRADAR raises £900,000 from MEIF Proof of Concept Fund - - 2020-11-03

A spin-out from Cranfield University whose technology can detect and predict corrosion in pipelines has raised a further £900,000 to expand its global client base. ...

Downing Ventures leads investment in BBC Maestro - - 2020-11-03

Downing Ventures has led an investment in BBC Maestro, a new e-learning service designed in partne...

D-RisQ accelerates growth after £360,000 MEIF investment - - 2020-11-02

Malvern-based D-RisQ, has secured £360,000 from the Midlands En...

Maven invests £2 million in digital archiving platform MirrorWeb - - 2020-11-02

Maven Capital Partners, one of the UK’s most active private equity managers in the UK, has invested £2 million in ...

Golden age for European tech says Dealroom report - - 2020-11-02

Europe’s tech sector is worth four times what it was five years ago as the leading generation of companies and founders give back to the next wave of ambitious tech firms – signal...

Assetz Capital secures £25m investment from British Business Investments - - 2020-11-02

British Business Investments (BBI), a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has committed...

£100 million national SME debt fund launched by FDC - - 2020-11-02

Alternative fund manager, Frontier Development Capital (FDC), has announced the first close of its latest fund, the FDC Debt Fund (...

Flagship Founders launches first start-up Kaiko - - 2020-10-30

Over the last few years, cutting-edge technology, a globalised market and changes to the supply chain have radically transformed the shipping industry. The interest ...

Grafton Capital takes majority ownership position in ‘fintech of fintechs’, Third Financial - - 2020-10-30

Private equity firm Grafton Capital has invested £7 million into ...

Pembroke VCT invests £2 million into Eave hearing protection system - - 2020-10-30

Pembroke VCT has made an initial investment of £2 million into Eave, a UK-base...

‘Mo’ attracts £3m new investment - - 2020-10-30

Mo, a london based SaaS company, has secured £3 million investment led by Calculus Capital, alonside continu...

Bowmark Capital backs buy-out of Totalmobile - - 2020-10-29

Bowmark Capital, the mid-market private equity firm, has backed the buy-out of Totalmobile...

BGF reports calls for £15 billion National Renewal Fund - - 2020-10-29

A new report released by BGF and academic Sir Anthony S...

Palatine Private Equity completes sixth deal from Impact Fund - - 2020-10-29

Palatine Private Equity has completed the sixth investment from its Impact Fund, with the acquis...

Psyomics secures £1.5m funding to transform mental health diagnosis in the UK - - 2020-10-29

Psyomics Ltd, a UK-based healthtech and University of Cambridge spin-out, has closed a £1.5 million funding round from existing and new invest...

Eagle Genomics closes $9M in scale-up funding - - 2020-10-29

Eagle Genomics, a pioneer in applying network science to biology – particularly linked to the microbiome – ha...

Vietnam: a new Asian tiger? - - 2020-10-28

With half of its population under the age of 35 and a rapidly expanding middle class, Vietnam is one of the most dynamic frontier economies. ...

Diago to acquire Chase Distillery - - 2020-10-28

Diageo has announced it has reached agreement to acquire BGF portfolio company ...

NatWest and Be the Business launch mentoring programme for female entrepreneurs - - 2020-10-28

To coincide with National Mentoring Day on 27 October, NatWest and Be the Bus...

Investment into UK impact startups up 10% over last 6 years - - 2020-10-28

New research from Tech Nation and Dealroom reveals that investment into UK impact startups increased 9.5x between 2014 and 20...

British Business Investments appoints Adam Kelly as new Managing Director - - 2020-10-28

British Business Investments, a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has appointed...

Millionaire investors’ biggest mistakes revealed in a new survey - - 2020-10-27

Relying on guidance from historical returns is the number one investment mistake made by millionaires, reveals a new global survey. The survey was carried out by ...

Future Fund accounts for quarter of crowdfunding raises in 5 months - - 2020-10-27

£50mn raised by Future Fund campaigns accounts for a quarter of all money raised by the crowdfunding industry in last 5 months. ...

NatWest and National Enterprise Challenge team up to find UK’S most entrepreneurial pupils - - 2020-10-27

NatWest is to set this year’s National Enterprise Challenge &ndas...

British Patient Capital commits $35m to Evolution Equity Partners - - 2020-10-27

British Patient Capital has committed $35m to The Evolution...

Steve Langan appointed to lead VG's corporate and capital markets business - - 2020-10-27

VG, one of Jersey’s largest independent and privately-owned providers of fiduciary and administration solutions, has appointed Steve Langan as a Director of V...

Foresight enters into a joint venture with Island Green Power - - 2020-10-26

Foresight Group LLP and Island Green Power have formed a joint venture (JV) to develop ...

Gresham House sells stake in software consultancy Ten10 - - 2020-10-26

Gresham House Ventures, a growth equity investor specialised in scaling businesses driven by technology, customer insight or service excellence,...

Spinout company Robotiz3d raises funds to take the pain out of potholes - - 2020-10-26

The University of Liverpool has formed a new spin out company - Robotiz3d Ltd – to take forward new technology that has the potential to radically tran...

DSW Angels rebrands to DSW Ventures - - 2020-10-26

DSW Angels, the venture capital investment business of the Dow Schofield Watts group, has changed its trading brand to DSW Ventures to reflect the increasing scale and...

BGF report calls on private and public sector to back investment led recovery - - 2020-10-26

A new report released by BGF and academic Si...

New funding helps VRAI expand UK operations - - 2020-10-23

Irish data driven VR simulation company ...

Health tech startup Occuity raises £1m with support from Angel Investment Network - - 2020-10-23

Disease Screening and Diagnosis startup, Occuity has raised more than £1m, supported by ...

Graphite Capital acquires software services provider Ten10 - - 2020-10-23

Graphite Capital, a leading UK mid-market private equity specialist, has backed the management buy-out of Ten10, a le...

Personify XP Closes £550k Pre-Seed Round - - 2020-10-23

Personify XP, the world’s first anonymous digital analytics and AI personalisation platform, has closed a £550,000 pre-seed round. Investors in...

Challenges for VCT investors in the post-Covid world - John Davies, Seneca - 2020-10-23

In his latest podcast (transcribed below), Seneca Investment Director, ...

CRUX raises £1m for world's first knowledge quantification platform - - 2020-10-22

CRUX, the British-Israeli startup that has developed the world’s first Knowledge Quantification platform, has announced a...

European start-ups receive 127% more growth capital than In 2016, - - 2020-10-22

European start-ups received 127% more growth capital than in 2016 and, according to a new ...

TMT Investments leads £1.47m funding for Hinterview - - 2020-10-22

UK-based technology company Hinterview, the award-winning video platform for the recruiting & talent sector, has raised £1.47m in venture ...

North East Development Capital Fund invests £750,000 in SoPost - - 2020-10-22

The North East Development Capital Fund (NEDCF), supported by the European Regional Development Fund and manage...

How to get the UK economy firing - Time to ignite the dry powder - Brian Williamson - 2020-10-22

By Brian Williamson, serial entrepreneur and chairman of Glasgow-headquartered 4icg Group. Note: This article expresses an independent opinion and the views expressed m...

WestBridge prepares for rise in deal activity triggered by Covid and tax changes - - 2020-10-21

A surge in deal activity over the next few months is being predicted by private equity house WestBridge, as business owners seek to realise and de-risk t...

Flexa raises £250,000 in pre-seed funding led by Q Ventures - - 2020-10-21

Flexa, a job and employer brand platform, has successfully raised £250,000 from a consortium of international and domestic investors, including renowned an...

The rise and rise of the convertible - - 2020-10-21

Convertibles have become more popular on the Equity Crowdfunding Platforms. In this second article on the topic, James Murdoch shares more thoughts about investing in Convertibles....

Hearing Diagnostics' revolutionary hearing test secures Archangels investment - - 2020-10-21

An innovative new system that has the potential to revolutionise hearing tests globally has received financial backing from Scottish business angel investment syndicate, ...

British Business Bank publishes report on Entrepreneurs and diversity - - 2020-10-21

Black business owners and those from Asian and Other Ethnic Minority backgrounds face persistent disparities in business outcomes, with systemic disadvantage playing a key role. This i...

MMC Ventures becomes certified B Corporation - - 2020-10-20

MMC Ventures, the research-led venture capital fund, has become a certified B Corporation through...

CPI launches a investor engagement and ventures arm to support tech entrepreneurs - - 2020-10-20

CPI, an independent technology innovation centre and founding member of the UK Government’s High ...

Pimloc secures £1.4m from Amadeus for AI-based video security and visual data privacy - - 2020-10-20

Pimloc, the visual privacy and security company, has closed £1.4M in new financing in a seed funding round led by Ama...

Detected raises £250,000 to eliminate fraud across B2B digital commerce - - 2020-10-20

Detected, the world’s first agnostic business verification platform, has closed its pre-seed funding round at £250,000. This first tranche ...

Jo Johnson appointed to Tech Nation Board of Directors - - 2020-10-20

Tech Nation, the growth platform for tech companies and leaders, has appointed Jo Johnson as a new Board Director. ...

Iventis raises further £400k to expand events platform - - 2020-10-19

Iventis, a company whose events software platform is used by organisers of international sports competitions has raised £400,000 to support its furt...

Software specialist fissara raises £250,000 from Maven NIPF - - 2020-10-19

NPIF Maven Equity Finance has led a £250,000 funding round for fissara, a software...

Gresham House Ventures invests £5m in eConsult Health - - 2020-10-19

Gresham House Ventures has invested £5 million in eConsult Health. The £5m investment, made on behalf of the ...

NatWest and ITV search for UK's most 'extraordinary' small business - - 2020-10-19

NatWest and ITV have today announced the launch of a new com...

GC Angels co-founds female investment collective in the North - - 2020-10-19

GC Angels’ Jess Jackson (pictured) has joined 28 of the North’s most high-profile female investors from Northern Investment f...

50 shades of grey: taking off the blindfold when it comes to FCA regulation - - 2020-10-16

Oliver Woolley, CEO of Envestors, talks about why incubators, accelerators and networks matching investors and startups need to be regulated and the grey areas such organisati...

32 companies join Tech Nation's Applied AI 2.0 Growth Programme - - 2020-10-16

Tech Nation, the growth platform for tech companies and leaders, announces the 32 companies that have been selected to join the Applied A...

The Running Channel raises over £1m - - 2020-10-16

The Running Channel, the YouTube channel and content brand for a global audience of runners, has raised over £1 millio...

Ori Biotech raises $30m from Octopus and Northpond - - 2020-10-16

Ori Biotech Ltd (Ori), a leading innovator in cell and gene therapy (CGT) manufacturing, today announced the successful close of a $30 million ...

Praetura makes changes to fuel growth - - 2020-10-15

Praetura Group, the Manchester-based debt and equity capital provider to Northern SMEs, has announced a series of organisational and board c...

Fitness tech firm JAXJOX raises £7.7 million led by Dowgate Capital - - 2020-10-15

JAXJOX, the global fitness technology company known for its innovative workout equipment and platform, today announced...

2020s vision: why this is the decade of augmented reality - - 2020-10-15

Ed Stevenson, investment manger at SFC Capital looks at ...

IGF supports UK businesses through COVID-19 with £65 million of new lending - - 2020-10-15

Independent Growth Finance (IGF), a leading independent asset-based lender, has so far provided £65 million of new lending since lockdown began. IGF wa...

Artificial Artists raises £450k for 3D software that could revolutionise e-commerce - - 2020-10-15

Two advertising executives who quit their jobs to develop their own 3D software have secured over £450,000 in investment to help them launch their product. ...

Riverside Acceleration Capital expands team in Europe - - 2020-10-14

The Riverside Company, a global private equity firm focused on the smaller end of the middle market, announced its ...

Duff & Phelps launches Equity Match service for SMEs seeking investment - - 2020-10-14

Duff & Phelps, the world’s premier provider of governance, risk and transparency solutions, has announced the launch of its Equity Match ser...

M&A activity in software proves tech sector’s resilience - - 2020-10-14

New figures highlight the resilience of the software sector throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, with a rise in capital raises during the lockdown period. Global ...

Investment momentum needed in UK’s challenger networks - - 2020-10-14

The continued strong interest and engagement from the investment community in the UK’s independent network sector must be sustained if the UK wants achieve status as a gigabit nation, the ...

e-Bate raises £950k in second funding round - - 2020-10-14

A businesswoman whose software platform helps companies to manage rebate and incentive schemes has raised a further £950,000 from investors. Leanne Bonner-Cooke MBE, who founded the ...

Seneca Growth Capital VCT launches new £10m share offer - - 2020-10-14

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Angels have continued to invest post Covid-19 says UK Business Angels 2020 report - - 2020-10-13

The British Business Bank’s ...

83% of income investors concerned about loss of income - - 2020-10-13

More than eight in ten income investors (83%) are concerned about a potential loss of income from dividend cuts caused by COVID-19, according to new research from the ...

Cloud-based fitness platform Membr secures backing from Maven NPIF - - 2020-10-13

Fit Cloud Technology Ltd, trading as Membr, a fitness focused management software platform that operates in 23 countries worldwide has secured significant investmen...

£250k angel programme from Ada Ventures to create new generation of angel investors - - 2020-10-13

Ada Ventures has launched a new £250,000 angel investor programme – Ada’s Angels – which has been set up to help discover a new ge...

Pictet Alternative Advisors launches first thematic Private Equity fund - - 2020-10-13

Pictet Alternative Advisors (PAA), the Pictet Group's wholly-owned alternative investment business line, has launched its first themat...

Edgify raises $6.5m funding from Octopus and Mangrove Capital - - 2020-10-12

Edgify, a company building AI training frameworks at the edge, has secured a $6.5m seed funding round backed by Octopus V...

What does the Crowdcube and Seedrs merger mean for equity crowdfunding? - - 2020-10-12

John Auckland from TribeFirst discusses the proposed merger between Seedrs and Crowdcube. When it comes to equity crowdfunding, the go-to platform for any European investor, young company o...

Digital pioneers raise £250k for Bimsense to revolutionise the construction industry - - 2020-10-12

Two construction experts who aim to revolutionise the industry through the use of digital technology have raised £250,000 to bring their smart building software to market. ...

We Build Bots makes senior appointment following recent funding raising success - - 2020-10-12

AI chatbot specialists, We Build Bots, has set its sights on global growth with the announcement that international technolog...

Female-led equity-backed businesses show resilience through COVID-19 - - 2020-10-12

Resilience and Recovery, a new repo...

Coronavirus hits global LBO performance says eFront - - 2020-10-09

eFront, the leading financial software and solutions provider dedicated to Alternative Investments, has published its latest Quarterly Private Equity Performance report, sho...

Tech firm raises £700k from Mercia and MEIF roll-out AI assistants - - 2020-10-09

Humley, a company which develops conversational assistants capable of manning helpdesks and answering technical enquiries, has raised £700,000 to hel...

James Anderson joins the Antler advisory board - - 2020-10-09

Antler has welcomed ...

BGF responds to market demand with new recruits - - 2020-10-09

BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor in growing businesses, has appointed Liam Pursall as an investor and Georgie Stratton in direct origination...

Clin-e-cal crowdfunds over £130,000 to develop smart tech for asthma sufferers - - 2020-10-08

British digital health start-up Clin-e-cal has raised over £130,000 on leading crowdfunding platform ...

Immersive tech startup Condense Reality raises £800k led by SFC Capital - - 2020-10-08

Condense Reality, a virtual reality startup developing technology to transform how viewers watch live entertainment and sports, has raised...

YFM backed Traveltek to launch insight products designed to aid travel sector recovery - - 2020-10-08

An innovative Scottish software business that provides a comprehensive booking platform for the leisure travel sector plans to launch a suite of data technology products designed to help travel age...

Downing Ventures appoints Joe Raffa as new Silicon Valley Venture Partner - - 2020-10-08

Downing Ventures has appointed Joe Raffa as a Venture Partner as it scales up for global expansion and sector specialization. Joe i...

Rockley Photonics closes $50 million growth round - - 2020-10-08

Rockley Photonics, a leading integrated optics solutions provider, has closed an additional $50m of growth funding from leading deep-tech VCs, strategic ...

Great Point takes over Seren Stwidios Complex in Cardiff - - 2020-10-07

Great Point, the media investment business run by Jim Reeve and Robert Halmi, has entered into an agreement with the ...

BioAccelerate 2020 investment-readiness programme returns - - 2020-10-07

BioAccelerate, AberInnovation’s flagship accelerator programme for early-sta...

British Business Bank funding increases Simply’s ENABLE facility - - 2020-10-07

Simply, the non-bank SME lender, has raised a fourth financing tranche from the British Business Bank to...

26-yr-old helps 850,000 dementia sufferers with new invention - - 2020-10-07

London startup, Jelly Drops, has launched in the UK to help boost the water intake of the elderly and...

AI powered food startup Spoon Guru secures funding from W23 - - 2020-10-07

Spoon Guru, the London-based AI powered food search and discovery technology start-up, has secured a Series A funding round with ...

Seedrs and Crowdcube to merge - - 2020-10-06

Seedrs and Crowdcube are to merge, in a move that will accelerate their shared plan to create the world’s larges...

Differences in pandemic resilience across infrastructure sectors - - 2020-10-06

A new study published by Foresight Group into the resilience of infrastructure to global pandemics reveals that renewable energy, telecoms and primary c...

Elgin Energy and Foresight JV to develop UK solar PV projects - - 2020-10-06

Foresight Group and Elgin Energy have formed a joint venture to develop a pipeline of greenfield solar projects across the UK. The JV aims to de...

Lightning Fibre raises funds from Foresight Group - - 2020-10-06

A major investment in Lightning Fibre, a community-oriented full fibre network provider, will see hyper-fast fibre broadband rolled out in East Susse...

PIMFA urges Regulator to work more closely with industry - - 2020-10-06

Nearly two-thirds (64%) of financial advice business owners and wealth management chief executives do not trust the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) to deliver fair outc...

Nu Quantum raises £2.1m Seed investment led by Amadeus - - 2020-10-05

Nu Quantum, the quantum photonics company, has raised £2.1 million in Seed funding in a round led by Amadeus Ca...

24 Haymarket backs £40.6m funding for Immune Regulation Limited - - 2020-10-05

Immune Regulation Limited, a US and UK based clinical stage biotechnology company, has closed a Series B funding round led by Boston based ...

Piper invests £11.5m into smart bike brand Wattbike - - 2020-10-05

Piper has invested £11.5m investment into Wattbike, the world's first smart indoor bike brand, joining the impress...

DrDoctor raises £3m to expand digital patient services platform - - 2020-10-05

Award-winning health tech company DrDoctor has raised £3,000,000 Series A investment from venture capital firms Ananda I...

Better Origin secures government funding to scale cutting-edge insect processing platform - - 2020-10-05

A £10 million funding package from the UK Government’s Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) will help to scale ...

Five new members join LawtechUK Panel - - 2020-10-02

LawtechUK, the government-backed initiative within Tech Nation, whose aim is to help transform the UK legal secto...

Preservica secures $3.8m funding from Mobeus - - 2020-10-02

Preservica has announced an additional $3.8 million* investment from Mobeus Equity Partners. De...

Cogito Capital leads €3.7m Series A funding for HomeDoctor - - 2020-10-02

HomeDoctor, a Warsaw and Amsterdam-based digital healthcare provider has announced a €3,7m Series A funding round led by ...

YourParkingSpace secures funding from Pelican Capital - - 2020-10-02

YourParkingSpace, the UK’s leading provider of peer to peer parking and intelligent parking solutions, has secured investment from ...

Turquoise invests £350k in Connected Energy - - 2020-10-02

Turquoise, the UK merchant bank specialising in energy, environment and efficiency, has announced a £350,000 investment in ...

Bamboo closes $7m investor-led round to drive expansion - - 2020-10-01

Bamboo Systems, the Arm-only server vendor, has announced that it has secured a new, significant round of $7 million USD in funding. This new infusion is...

Market-defying growth surge for UK’s gaming sector - - 2020-10-01

The UK’s £4bn gaming sector is predicted to almost triple in value within the next 3 years to £10bn, with the current 27,000 employed by the sector expected to also triple within ...

Downing Ventures leads $20m funding for Cornelis Networks - - 2020-10-01

Cornelis Networks, Inc.,&nbs...

Palatine Private Equity backs growth at NRG Fleet Services - - 2020-10-01

Palatine Private Equity has completed the maiden investment from its fourth buyout fund (Fund IV) with the acquisition of a majority shareholding in ...

The importance of prenuptial agreements for business owners - Elspeth Kinder, JMW Solicitors - 2020-09-30

Elspeth Kinder, Partner and Head of Family Law, JMW Solicitors considers the value of prenuptial planning for entrepreneurs. Getting venture c...

SEP backed TotallyMoney launches new app - - 2020-09-30

Scale-up FinTech TotallyMoney, which is backed by Elliott Advisors and Scottish Equity Partners, following a £29 million investment in January...

Huboo raises £14m as pandemic drives rise in online shopping - - 2020-09-30

Huboo, an e-commerce fulfilment and storage company, has rasied a further £14m investment as the pandemic triggers a rapid increase in online shopping.&...

CCC Holdings Europe S.p.A. receives €18m investment - - 2020-09-30

CCC Holdings, a holding company based in Italy focused on the Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (HVACR) industry, has raised €18 million from Italian Energy Efficiency F...

BGF-backed Lumenisity raises £7.5 million - - 2020-09-30

Lumenisity® Limited, which has developed ground-breaking fibre optic and cabling technology, has closed a £7.5 million funding round from a consort...

Appnovation Receives £6.8M in Follow-On Equity Funding from BGF - - 2020-09-29

Global digital consultancy Appnovation has received £6.8M in follow...

One Stop Business Finance helps progress job-creating new development - - 2020-09-29

Oakham-based machinery and vehicle dealer, C&M Retail Group, is embarking on a major expansion programme which will create up to 20 new jobs after agreeing a funding deal to enable the developm...

Tech Nation appoints new board directors - - 2020-09-29

Tech Nation, the growth platform for tech companies, has appointed four new Directors joining the Board, including the Audit Committee and...

Riskbook raises £2m from Episode 1, MMC and Seedcamp - - 2020-09-29

Riskbook Ltd, an independent provider of reinsurance technology, announced today that it had received new investment of £2m to further de...

ClearlySo named Impact Investment Bank of the Year - - 2020-09-28

ClearlySo, Europe’s leading impact investment bank, has been named the Investment Bank of the Year by Environmental Finance at their IMPACT Awards 202...

Kindred Capital closes £81m second fund - - 2020-09-28

Kindred Capital has closed its second seed fund at £81m. Through its ‘Equitable Venture’, the firm gives exceptional seed-stage entrepr...

BPC comments on Tech Nation VC data - - 2020-09-28

Ian Connatty of British Patient Capital comments on new data from Tech Nation ...

Lyre's closes £9m seed round - - 2020-09-28

The world’s most awarded non-alcoholic spirits company, ...

HOWZAT and tech advisory specialist ennea join forces - - 2020-09-28

HOWZAT Partners and ennea capital partners are joining forces as HOWZAT ennea Group to create one of Europe’s l...

Gresham House leads Panthera Biopartners Series A financing - - 2020-09-28

Panthera Biopartners has completed a Series A funding round with Gresham House Ventures as a major invest...

Gresham House Ventures leads funding round for Panthera Biopartners - - 2020-09-25

Panthera Biopartners has completed a Series A funding round with Gresham...

Mountain Technologies secures investment from HBAN - - 2020-09-25

Mountain Technologies has secured investment from a group of HBAN angel investors. Ballymena-based Mountain Technologies will use the funding to market a...

Tech dominates the world's fastest-growing companies - - 2020-09-25

A new study by Merchant Machine finds the top countries, states and industries for the fastest-growing companies in Europe and the US. The ...

Climate tech investment grows at 5x the VC market rate over 7 years says PwC - - 2020-09-25

According to new research by PwC, VC and corporate investment in startups developing technology enabled solutions to climate change, and the transformation to net zero emissions, grew at a faster r...

Playfair and Tech Nation expand initiative to support female founders - - 2020-09-24

Playfair Capital and Tech Nation have joined forces to expand their nationwide initiative t...

MarketFinance awarded £10m grant to bring choice and competition in supporting more businesses - - 2020-09-24

Fintech business lender MarketFinance has been awarded a £10m grant from the Capability and Innovation Fund (CIF), announced by Bank...

31 companies join Tech Nation’s Fintech programme as the UK leads fintech in Europe - - 2020-09-24

Tech Nation, the growth platform for tech companies and leaders, announces the 31 tech companies that have been selected to join the ...

Finance Durham Fund invests £250,000 in Power Roll - - 2020-09-24

Finance Durham Fund has invested £250,000 in Power Roll, a developer of ultra-low-cost ...

UK investment banking fees at 4-year low says Refinitiv - - 2020-09-24

Investment banking fees generated in the UK total £3.3 billion so far during 2020, 5% less than the value recorded at this time last year and the lowest year-to-date total since 2016 accordin...

AIC 'Pathway’ website to broaden pool of talent for investment company boards - - 2020-09-23

The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has launched an online resource for prospective investment company directors, which aims to encourage a wide and diverse group of candidates to find ou...

Data shows knock-on effect of domino debt - - 2020-09-23

Research from Red Flag Alert, released six months after the UK’s lockdown, shows 4,058 businesses have failed in this period across bars and restaurants, construction, retail, logis...

Finch Capital reveals the State of European Fintech in2020 - - 2020-09-23

Finch Capital has published its latest annual research, The State of...

HBAN angels drive €1.2M FoodMarble investment round - - 2020-09-23

Dublin start-up FoodMarble has raised €1.2M in a funding round which included HBAN business angels from the MedTech sy...

Gray's Clip raises £350,000 from HBAN Angels and CoFund NI - - 2020-09-23

A Northern Ireland start-up which appeared on TV's Dragons' Den earlier this year has successfully closed a £350,000 funding round with local business angels to bring its innovative new insul...

SMEs running on empty as CBILS deadline looms says MarketFinance report - - 2020-09-22

Bounce Back loans, the most popular HM Treasury support measure, used by SMEs are running low, finds the latest insights [1] from fintech business lender ...

VCT managers comment at VCTs celebrate 25 years - - 2020-09-22

28 September marks 25 years since the launch of the first VCT. From humble beginnings in 1995 the sector has grown to back winners from Zoopla to Secret Escapes an...

Pembroke VCT launches new £20m offer - - 2020-09-22

Pembroke VCT, the venture capital trust focused on building the consumer brands of tom...

Glyconics awarded ISO certification for quality management system - - 2020-09-22

Deepbridge Capital and Boundary Capital backed diagnostics firm Glyconics® has been awarded an internationally recognised quality certificati...

Ceryx Medical secures £575,000 to develop world-first curative therapy for heart failure - - 2020-09-22

Ceryx Medical, a bioelectronics startup working towards the world’s first curative therapy for heart failure, has secured a £...

Advanced Therapy Treatment Centre network awarded £9.5m investment - - 2020-09-21

The Advanced Therapy Treatment Centre (ATTC) network has been awarded a total of £9.5 million to fund an additional 12 months of the programme. £6.5 million has been granted from the Go...

500 Startups Publishes Survey on Early-Stage Investing Climate and 2021 Outlook - - 2020-09-21

Global venture capital firm 500 Startups released new survey findings that reveal how startup investors are responding to the new challenges brought on by COVID-19 and...

Former Booking.com CEO invests €4m in vacation rental firm Holidu - - 2020-09-21

Booking.com CEO Kees Koolen has invested more than €4 million in Holidu, one of the fastest-growing travel tech companies worldwide, from his personal fun...

The Insights People raises £500k from DSW Angels - - 2020-09-21

The Insights People, the Manchester-based company which is a global leader in kids, parents and family market intelligence, has secured a £500...

AccelerComm secures £5.8m from IQ Capital, Bloc Ventures and IP Group - - 2020-09-21

AccelerComm, a Southampton University spinout supercharging 5G, satellite and other wirele...

Praetura Ventures invests £1m in digital security firm RapidSpike - - 2020-09-18

Praetura Ventures, the VC fund that targets high-value sectors in the north of England, is investing £1m in a tech company that helps businesse...

Smart sensors company Tribosonics raises £1.1m from NPIF - - 2020-09-18

Tribosonics, a Sheffield company whose smart sensing technology helps industry to reduce costs, has raised £1.1m from...

Cyber security firm KryptoKloud secures £500,000 MEIF investment - - 2020-09-18

Lincolnshire-based cyber security firm KryptoKloud Limited is pursuing new growth following a £500,000 investment from ...

British Business Investments invests £30 million in Shawbrook Bank - - 2020-09-18

British Business Investments Ltd, a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has made a new £30m subscriptio...

Accelerating the case for tech for good - - 2020-09-17

BGV's Paul Miller explains why now, more than ever, the case for investing in Tech for Good is so compelling. This piece was first published in the August issue of BGV's monthly investor ne...

Amadeus Capital Partners appoints new Partners - - 2020-09-17

Global technology investor, Amadeus Capital Partners, today announces a major expansion of its investment team. Edward Kliphuis and Kai ...

British Business Bank support now more than £8bn says 2020 annual report - - 2020-09-17

The British Business Bank, the UK’s national economic development bank, has published its 2020 Annual Report and Accounts for this, its sixth year ...

Crista Galli Ventures launches evergreen fund to revolutionise healthtech investing in Europe - - 2020-09-17

Crista Galli Ventures, a new early-stage healthtech fund that offers patient capital and deep healthcare expertise, has launched this week. Crista Galli Venture...

Finance Durham Fund invests £750,000 in Growth Capital Ventures - - 2020-09-17

Finance Durham Fund has invested £750,000 in ...

SFC Capital most active seed investor in Europe says Pitchbook - - 2020-09-16

Pitchbook Data recently published their Q2 2020 Global League T...

Hoxton VC backs Skin Analytics £4 million fund raising - - 2020-09-16

UK-based start-up Skin Analytics has raised £4 million in Series A funding. The funding round was led by ...

BBI commits €75m to Isomer Capital - - 2020-09-16

British Business Investments Ltd, a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has made its fourth commitment through its £500m Managed Funds P...

BGV launches the Tech for Good SEIS & EIS Fund 3 - - 2020-09-16

BGV have launched their third Tech For Good SEIS & EIS Fund for high-net-worth and sophisticated investors. The Fund aims to deliver sign...

Playfair Capital hires three new members for London team - - 2020-09-16

Following a period of sustained growth since launching Fund II in March 2019, Playfair Capital is bolstering its team in London with three new hires. ...

HR DataHub raises £1 million led by Angel CoFund - - 2020-09-15

HR DataHub, the HR data benchmarking platform, has raised a £1m seed round led by the Angel CoFund&nb...

365 Response drives to success with £3m BGF deal - - 2020-09-15

BGF, the UK’s most active growth capital investor, has invested £3 million into 365 Response, a Wakefield-bas...

Gene therapy firm AskBio awarded Scottish Enterprise Grant - - 2020-09-15

Asklepios BioPharmaceutical, Inc, a leading, clinical-stage gene therapy company dedicated to developing adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene therapies for geneti...

Spin-out ClinSpec Diagnostics raises £2.4m for early cancer detection test - - 2020-09-15

ClinSpec Diagnostics, a university spin-out which has developed a way to detect cancer at an early stage using a simple blood test has completed a &po...

BGF joins The Diversity Project - - 2020-09-15

BGF is formally supporting The Diversity Project in its mission to accelerate progress in achieving a more inclusive culture in the investment and savings profe...

Medefer raises £10m to expand virtual NHS outpatient services - - 2020-09-14

Medefer, the b2b virtual healthcare provider that is reimagining the old-fashioned outpatient system, has announced a £10m funding round ...

Fintech Pledge launched by Tech Nation to strengthen UK’s fintech sector - - 2020-09-14

Tech Nation, the growth platform for tech companies and leaders, has today announced the launch of the Fintech Pledge with support from HM Tre...

WestBridge appoints investor relations director - - 2020-09-14

WestBridge has appointed Katherine Bond as investor relations director as the firm prepares the pre-marketing of its third fund. ...

Business leaders bullish on growth prospects despite COVID-19 - - 2020-09-14

Three out of five business leaders worldwide (61%) predict growth over the next twelve months, according to a new study. Intertrust, a glo...

Moteefe raises $11 million new funding led by GBF - - 2020-09-14

E-commerce platform Moteefe has raised $11 million during their latest funding round. The round was led by GBF with participation from existing investors,...

£2m from Mercia for mobile app that makes hospital letters a thing of the past - - 2020-09-14

A healthtech business with an app that helps patients communicate with clinicians remotely has raised a further £2m to help expand its use. Advanced Digital Innovation (ADI) has raise...

Seraphim leads €2m funding of Danish drone tech firm QuadSAT - - 2020-09-11

QuadSAT, a Danish company that is revolutionising test and measurement of satellite antennas, has closed a €2 million P...

Yotta Capital Partners reaches € 100 million first close - - 2020-09-11

Yotta Capital Partners, the first French private equity team dedicated to Industry 4.0, announces the completion of the first closing of the Yotta Smart Industry fund at €101 million at the en...

Superhero Capital launches second fund with €30m first close - - 2020-09-11

Finnish venture capital firm Superhero Capital has announced the first close of its second fund at €30M. The fund will make seed...

London Tech Week: the ultimate guide to the UK tech scene - - 2020-09-11

London Tech Week today plans to definitively map the UK tech scene highlighting and promoting the best businesses, innovators and thinkers ope...

Luke Davis: how enterprises can scale despite COVID - - 2020-09-11

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed new statistics that show the UK economy has grown by 6.6% in the month of July. This news will be we...

Riverside builds out HR software platform - - 2020-09-10

Riverside Europe, the European part of The Riverside Company, a global private equity firm focused on the smaller end of the middle market, has inve...

Octopus Ventures leads $10m funding for ThoughtRiver - - 2020-09-10

ThoughtRiver, the market leader in automated contract review and pre-screening, has announced $10M (£7.5M) in Serie...

Sustainable energy consultancy Utility Stream secures MEIF investment - - 2020-09-10

Warwick-based energy consultancy Utility Stream has obtained a significant investment from the ...

Calculus Creative Content Fund invests in Home Team - - 2020-09-10

The Calculus Creative Content EIS Fund has invested in Home Team, a production company founded by Dominic Buchanan and Bennett McGhee, it was announced by the Fund’s manager Calculus Capital ...

Pembroke VCT invests further £1m into Stitch & Story following record sales during pandemic - - 2020-09-10

Premium crafting company, Stitch & Story, has received an additional £1 million investment from Pembrok...

Not enough UK investors invest in UK tech - - 2020-09-09

Ian Connatty, Managing Director of British Patient Capital comments on the opportunities in venture capital and the challenge of attracting UK...

Mollie raises €90m in TCV-led funding - - 2020-09-09

Mollie, one of the fastest growing payment service providers in Europe, today announced the closing of €90 million (US$1...

The 30 UK tech scaleups to watch tackling climate change - - 2020-09-09

Tech Nation, the growth platform for tech companies and leaders, announces the 30 scaleups that have been selected to join the new Net Zero programme. Ann...

Bristol startup works to combat fake news - - 2020-09-09

Bristol-based tech startup Geollect is one of 10 companies chosen to take part in a special mentoring programme being run by the UK’s intelligence, sec...

AppyWay announces £20m Series B raise - - 2020-09-09

AppyWay, the leading kerbside management and smart parking technology firm, has launched a £20 million Series B funding round. This will be used to support ...

Capital chasm set to spell economic disaster - - 2020-09-08

Small- and mid-cap stocks (SMIDs) are currently more vulnerable to the COVID shock than markets have already priced in. A capital chasm is set to emerge as the unprecedented conditions have left ma...

Hilltop Credit Partners completes bridging loan for a residential scheme in North Devon - - 2020-09-08

Funds advised by Hilltop Credit Partners, a specialist funding partner for SME residential developers, have completed a £360,000 pre-devel...

Squire Patton Boggs adds dealmaker in Leeds - - 2020-09-08

Squire Patton Boggs has appointed David Milne (pictured) as a partner in its Global Corporate Practice in Leeds. Mr. Milne joins from Eversheds Sutherland. ...

New Chairman at Azquo - - 2020-09-08

Data management software firm Azquo has appointed an industry heavyweight as its new Chairman. Rhoddy Swire, the founder of global fund of funds ...

ACT Genomics Completes the first closing of latest round of equity financing - - 2020-09-08

ACT Genomics has announced the completion of the first closing of the latest round of equity financing from a group of strategic investors including ...

Tech Nation Unlocking Global Tech Report reveals growth in UK global tech exports - - 2020-09-07

Tech Nation, the growth platform for tech companies and leaders, has launched itsUnlocking Global Tech report, assessing t...

Intertrust appoints Nick Maton as Luxembourg head - - 2020-09-07

Intertrust, a global leader in providing tech-enabled fund and corporate solutions, has appointed Nick Maton as Luxem...

Mercury.IO raises £2.5m seed investment from Target Global - - 2020-09-07

Mercuryo.io - a fast-growing Estonian startup that bills itself as a European leader in cryptocurrency payment processing solutions closed a €2.5m seed funding...

Investment into Climeworks boosted to CHF 100 Million - - 2020-09-07

In a first phase of this funding round, Climeworks announced, in April, the successful raise of CHF 73 million (USD 75 million) in...

British Business Investments commits up to €75m to new Isomer Capital fund of funds - - 2020-09-07

British Business Investments Ltd, a commercial subsidiary of the British ...

Five things income investors should learn from the global pandemic - Jaisal Pastakia, Investment Manager at Heartwood Investment Management - 2020-09-04

Jaisal Pastakia, Investment Manager at Heartwood Investment Management shares five learning points from the pandemic ...

BGF invests in Yorkshire Wildlife Park - - 2020-09-04

BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor in growing businesses, invested £15m into ...

Lead operator AIPUT completes two new lease transactions at Heathrow - - 2020-09-04

AIPUT (Aberdeen Standard Investments’ Airport Industrial Property Unit Trust) has announced the completion of two new lease tra...

Healthtech firm raises £2m as pandemic boosts demand for digital patient app - - 2020-09-04

Advanced Digital Innovation (ADI) has raised funding from ...

Turquoise announces £160,000 Low Carbon Innovation Fund 2 investment in Spark EV Technology - - 2020-09-04

Turquoise, the London-based merchant bank specialising in energy, environment and efficiency, has announced its latest investment thro...

Enigma Holdings invests seed funding in new podcast network - - 2020-09-03

Enigma Holdings has invested £500,000 seed funding in Crowd Network, a ...

Humatica and DotProjects team-up to offer Humatica’s services in Asia - - 2020-09-03

Humatica, the leading private equity specialist advisor for portfolio organisational effectiveness, has announced its cooperation with ...

Reachdesk Raises $6 Million in Series A - - 2020-09-03

Reachdesk, a direct mail and corporate gifting software platform for B2B companies, has announced a $6 million funding round led by ...

NorthEdge supports new canning facility investment for Clearly Drinks - - 2020-09-03

Private equity-backed soft drinks manufacturer Clearly Drinks is to invest in a new canning facility at its Sunderland headquarters following support ...

Ecommerce platform Moteefe raises $11M - - 2020-09-03

Moteefe, the ecommerce platform providing infrastructure, customisation and global fulfilment for re...

Riverlane develops first high performance universal OS for quantum computers - - 2020-09-02

A key stage in the commercial development of quantum computers has been reached with the successful UK trial of a high-performance, universal operating system. In Deltaflo...

Intertrust to expand footprint in India with acquisition of leading corporate services provider - - 2020-09-02

Intertrust, a global leader in providing tech-enabled fund and corporate solutions, has reached a binding agreement to acquire the corporate ser...

UK’s acute cybersecurity talent shortage: a ticking timebomb during Covid-19 - - 2020-09-02

Half of companies do not have adequate cybersecurity provision to allow for 100% remote working. And whilst 58% of tech hiring managers list info-security as their most required skillset...

Porky Whites sizzles with funding from independent lender, IGF - - 2020-09-02

In November last year, Porky Whites, a premium British sausage b...

Seedrs opens up access to its Secondary Market capability to all private businesses - - 2020-09-02

Leading online investment platform, Seedrs has announced the next evolution of its seconda...

Fastest start to second half for global IPOs since 2007; Nasdaq leads - - 2020-09-01

A global total of 241 initial public offerings have been recorded so far during the second half of 2020, marking the fastest start to the second half of the year since 2007, according to figu...

New lenders accredited to British Business Bank CBILS - - 2020-09-01

The British Business Bank has announced that it has a...

Humatica advises Baird Capital on their acquisition of a majority interest in eCube Solutions Limited - - 2020-09-01

Humatica, the leading private equity specialist advisor for portfolio organisational ...

Talis Capital makes three key promotions on its investment team - - 2020-09-01

Following the news of ...

Electric Vehicle start-up Mina secures seed investment - - 2020-09-01

Sheffield-based Electric Vehicle (EV) tech start-up Mina has successfully secured significant seed investment during the lockdown period supported by investme...

Maven co-leads £3.4m funding round for Gen inCode - - 2020-08-28

Maven Capital Partners, one of the UK’s most active private equity managers, has invested £1.5 million ...

The Fynoderee Distillery, appoints Berle Figgins Jnr as Master Distiller - - 2020-08-28

After a global search, Isle of Man craft spirit producer, The Fynoderee Distillery, is proud to announce the appointment of Berle ‘Rusty’ Figgins Jnr...

Fastest start to second half for global IPOs since 2007; Nasdaq leads - - 2020-08-28

A global total of 241 initial public offerings have been recorded so far during the second half of 2020, marking the fastest start to the second half of the year since 2007. Proceeds ra...

INSTANDA and Capco partner to accelerate digitalisation of insurance industry - - 2020-08-28

INSTANDA, the leading customer and policy management platform for the insurance industry, and...

Custodiex - - 2020-08-28

For more information about this investment opportunity, please go to our Funding Page website. You can login / register the...

Redis Labs Raises $100 Million from Bain Capital Ventures and TCV - - 2020-08-27

Redis Labs, the company behind Redis, the most popular open source database and the provider of&nbs...

Companies shift emerging tech investments amid COVID-19: KPMG research - - 2020-08-27

As organizations’ strategic priorities change, business survival emerges as the number one reason to invest in emerging technologies. ...

Startup success stories enabled by section 12J - - 2020-08-27

As Ventureburn will be hosting their first-ever webinar series focusing on Section 12J, they have decided to unpack several success stories of investee companies of Kalon Venture Partners. ...

August Holiday News - - 2020-08-27

It August, holiday season, things traditionally shut down for August but this year it feels a little different. Many of us are on staycation, some trying to k...

Former Baker Hughes senior executive appointed as Chairman of Novosound - - 2020-08-26

Novosound, the award-winning novel thin-film ultrasound technology company, has appointed Dr Derek Mathieson, former Chief Marketing and Technology Off...

Greater London Investment Fund support London Hosiery Brand with a £500,000 loan - - 2020-08-26

Having climbed the career ladder in the world of banking and consulting, working with so many interesting, intelligent and energetic women, Alexandra Tymann and Anna Rauch left their careers ...

Hilltop Partners completes £3m loan for eco-friendly development in North Devon - - 2020-08-26

Funds advised by ...

Dataiku Raises $100 Million To Extend Leadership In Enterprise AI Market - - 2020-08-26

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Ingenion Medical - - 2020-08-25

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Strong performance in challenging environment for Infront ASA - - 2020-08-25

Infront ASA (INFRNT) today announced its interim results for Q2 2020. Operating revenue was EUR 28.4 million, an incr...

Start-up’s contract law game fuels AI learning following Covid lockdown - - 2020-08-25

An online game developed by a start-up business in response to the recent Covid-19 lockdown is now being used to train the Artificial Intelligence (AI) component of its new legal contract man...

Save our teeth! Floe set to disrupt dental industry - - 2020-08-25

According to research1 released by dental health startup Floe Oral Care...

London’s jobs market improving with salaries over £40,000 rising - - 2020-08-25

The number of professional vacancies in London paying over £40k and over saw a steady increase in July, edging closer to pre-lockdown levels. That’s according to new research from...

Cybersecurity becomes the fastest growing start-up sector in UK during Covid-19 - - 2020-08-24

Funding has increased by a staggering 940% for UK cybersecurity start-ups since the beginning of lockdown - with £496m being raised in the first half of 2020, almost outstripping the 20...

How to adapt your workplace culture to manage stress - - 2020-08-24

The past few years have seen many traditional taboos broken and developments in the workplace have reflected this, from the introduction of shared paternity leave and the increasing conversat...

Seneca Partners IHT service continues to pay income to investors - - 2020-08-24

Investors selecting the income paying option in ...

£2 million investment for Andrew Scott as they celebrate 150 years - - 2020-08-24

A £3.5 million project loan facility from the Development ...

Equity Gap shows role of angels in future recovery - - 2020-08-21

Award-winning investment syndicate, Equity Gap, this month celebrates 10 years as one of Scotland’s most successful angel inve...

Twitter Board Chair and LocalGlobe Back Apheris for €2.5m Seed Round - - 2020-08-21

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Stephen Kelly responds to Barclaycard’s SME Barometer data - - 2020-08-21

Stephen Kelly of TechNation responds to Barclaycard’s SME Barometer data “Despite the Q2 barometer showing the impact on SMEs has been...

Innova Capital sells Trimo to Kingspan Group - - 2020-08-21

Innova Capital, a leading private equity fund in C&EE, has signed a definitive agreement with Kingspan Group to...

Tethered Drone Systems - - 2020-08-21

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Venture Capital hits record performance in 2019 - - 2020-08-20

eFront, the leading financial software and solutions provider dedicated to Alternative Investments, has published its latest Quarterly Pr...

Panta Capital launches private equity co-investment services - - 2020-08-20

Panta Capital has announced the launch of its Private Equity Co-Investment Service and its seed investment of EUR 500,000 in fertilise...

QVentures invests in PowerMarket, a solar energy technology - - 2020-08-20

QVentures has announced their latest ...

Solidatus announces strategic investment from Citi - - 2020-08-20

Solidatus, the leading provider of innovative metadata management software, has announced a strategic investment from ...

How to launch a Fintech businesses despite Covid-19 - J. Jefferys - 2020-08-19

Jason Jefferys, Co-Founder and CEO of Fetch looks at the challenges for new FinTech ventures The past few months have been diffic...

Kemp Little advises Thomas Reuters on acquisition - - 2020-08-19

Kemp Little has advised Thomson Reuters on its acquisition of Cas...

Beckley Psytech appoints experts to Scientific Advisory Board - - 2020-08-19

Beckley Psytech, the psychedelic medicine company, has appointed a series of respected figures from the psychiatric and psychedelic research field...

Future Fund publishes diversity data about convertible loan agreements - - 2020-08-19

The British Business Bank has published Future Fund data that gives a detailed picture o...

Flypop - - 2020-08-19

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Hammock raises £1m to help landlords understand their property’s financial health - - 2020-08-18

The UK’s 2 million plus landlords are facing a property management problem with no true oversight on the financial health of their rental properties. ...

Biomass pioneer set for expansion following £900k funding round - - 2020-08-18

Nova Pangaea Technologies, the Teesside company which has f...

1.7 million farmers increase production despite COVID-19 slowdown - - 2020-08-18

Some 1.7 million small-scale farmers in Kenya, Nigeria and Pakistan will soon receive personalized agricultural advice through their mobile phones as a means to improve thei...

Covid-19 exposes UK’s cyber security vulnerabilities - - 2020-08-18

UK SME’s are at risk of 65,000 cyber security attacks daily – with around 4,500 of these being successful – and the figure could be much higher since the beginning of the Covid-19...

Talent debate shows shift to outputs-based management - - 2020-08-17

As workforce strategies make a dramatic shift from hours-based to output-based performance metrics as Covid alters business models, investing in the right technology will be the crucial lever...

Covid-19 Wales Business Loan Scheme update - Giles Thorley - 2020-08-17

Final figures have been published by the Development B...

Angel Academe invests in Salve - - 2020-08-17

Angel Academe has closed its investment in ...

Bank and Fintech Execs report stronger customer and employee relationships are down to COVID-19 - - 2020-08-17

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Abrado appoints new CEO to lead global growth - - 2020-08-17

Abrado, the industry leader in the surgical removal of multiple casing sections downhole, has appointed Jason Broussard as Pre...

Hiring back on the agenda as professional vacancies rise again - - 2020-08-14

Job opportunities for the professional sector – including sectors such as IT, professional services, life sciences, finance, marketing, HR and engineering, have continued to improve, with Jul...

UK Creative Content EIS Fund invests in Maven Screen Media - - 2020-08-14

The UK Creative Content EIS Fund has invested in ...

EUR 10 million to advance osteoarthritis study - - 2020-08-14

Bone Therapeutics, the cell therapy company addressing high unmet medical needs in orthopedics and bone diseases, today announces it has been ...

North West in demand by Property Investors - - 2020-08-14

According to the National Association of Estate Agents Property Mark, the housing market is booming. In June, properties sold for over the asking ...

NorthEdge supports bolt-on acquisition for Catalis Group’s Testronic - - 2020-08-13

Gaming quality assurance and testing firm Testronic, part of the Catalis Group, has acquired...

Russia and EU see large potential of Hydrogen market - - 2020-08-13

Russia aspires to become a world leader in the hydrogen sector, and the state sees great potential for European exports in particular. Gazprom estimates that the EU market will be worth &euro...

Cancer skin care company gains MEIF investment - - 2020-08-13

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BibliU raises £500,000 with support from Angel Investment Network - - 2020-08-13

Edtech startup BibliU has raised £500,000 as part of a Series A extension funding round, supported by Angel Investme...

Circularity Capital invests in world-leading advanced PVB expert - - 2020-08-12

Circularity Capital has continued to build its innovative portfolio of European growth-stage businesses enabling the circular economy, l...

NorthEdge announces senior recruitment alongside series of director promotions - - 2020-08-12

NorthEdge Capital, which manages over £650m of private equity funds aimed at the North and Midlands regions, has r...

Greenbyte gives Glennmont Partners technical transparency - - 2020-08-12

Glennmont Partners, one of Europe’s largest pure renewables fund managers, has adopted Greenbyte’s moni...

Kids' market intelligence firm raises £500k from angel network - - 2020-08-12

The Insights People, the Manchester-based company which is a global leader in kids, parents and family market intelligence, has secured a £500...

Quotevine and 1pm plc sign four-year contract, supporting UK SMEs - - 2020-08-11

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High demand for “Robotics skills” in post-Corona recovery - - 2020-08-11

By 2022, an operational stock of almost 4 million industrial robots are expected to work in factories worldwide. These robots will play a vital role in automating production to speed up the post-Co...

Ex-Special Forces officer and Oxford graduate raise $2m in seed funding - - 2020-08-11

Omnipresent Group has raised $2m in a seed round led by Playfair Capital and ...

GED Capital participates in Simple Cloud's funding round via Conexo - - 2020-08-11

The independent Iberian management company GED Capital has entered, through its Conexo...

SuperNetwork launches Accelerating Investment and Innovation Summit - - 2020-08-10

A new investment summit with the aim of bringing national policy makers together with equity investors, fund managers, big business, and Innovative SMEs will take place this autum...

Ace Entrepreneurs launches crowdfund to support black-owned businesses - - 2020-08-10

A new crowdfunding initiative has been launched by ACE Entrepreneurs to support early stage black-owned businesses. The ...

British Business Bank analyses benefits of Coronavirus loan schemes - - 2020-08-10

New data published has revealed the regional distribution of loans under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme and the Bounce Back Loan Scheme. The data, published by the ...

Application for the 3rd Swiss Market Entry Bootcamp starts - - 2020-08-07

The new application phase for the 3rd Swiss Market Entry Bootcamp has begun and lasts until 1 Septe...

Hobs Group attracts US buyer for Anexsys - - 2020-08-07

Anexsys Group, which provides technology and consultancy services for law firms, corporations and the public sector, has been acquired by private-equity-back...

Greater Coordination between private and public sector to address Growth Capital Gap - - 2020-08-07

Urgent action is required to close the UK’s growth capital gap, according to a report released by Innovate Finance, the ...

Foresight completes funding of €4.5 million for Italian street lighting - - 2020-08-07

Foresight Group LLP has announced the completion of a €4.5 million top-up to the Project Bond issued in January 2019 by ...

Tech businesses will emerge from crisis stronger, with EIS investments surging - - 2020-08-06

Tech-led businesses, whose models have been further validated by the Covid-19 crisis, have seen unprecedented demand from investors in the last three months, according to tax-efficient platfo...

Invenio rebrand signals significant growth acceleration - - 2020-08-06

Technology consulting firm Invenio Business Solutions has completed a rebranding process to cement its preparation fo...

NorthEdge Capital backs Orbis Protect’s acquisition of Optosafe - - 2020-08-06

Private equity-backed property, site and people protection specialist Orbis Protect has made its first acquisition following a strong pe...

Foresight Williams increases stake in eco-tech company, Salvalco - - 2020-08-06

Foresight Group, a leading independent infrastructure and private equity investment manager, and ...

Seasoned venture capitalist joins YFM Equity Partners - - 2020-08-06

YFM Equity Partners is continuing its focus on growth stage investment, particularly in the technology sector, with the appointment of venture capitalist and e...

Stephen Kelly, Chair of Tech Nation comments on the Bank of England projections on the future of the UK economy: - - 2020-08-06

“We cannot be reliant on sectors that will inevitably fluctuate until there is a vaccine to drive the UK’s recovery. The Bank of England’s prediction ...

Legaltech scale-up Clarilis raises £6m to fuel expansion - - 2020-08-05

Clarilis, the high-growth legal technology business,...

NatWest backed credit control app launches with aim to tackle UKs late payment epidemic - - 2020-08-05

Research has shown that UK 1 small and medium businesses are owed as much as £50bn in late payments at any one time, with the situation only likely to get worse in the current ...

£5M Series A secured by TaxScouts to build a pan-European tax service - - 2020-08-05

TaxScouts, the company making tax preparation effortless for the UK market, has announced a Series A inves...

Foresight injects further £2 million into Envair Technology to support acquisition of TCS - - 2020-08-05

Foresight Group LLP, a leading private equity and infrastructure investment manager, has announced a further £2 million&n...

UCL Technology Fund announces first close of £100m Fund 2 - - 2020-08-04

UCL Technology Fund, managed by AlbionVC in collaboration with UCL Business ...

Bramble Energy secures capital, accelerating fuel cell deployment - - 2020-08-04

Bramble Energy, the world’s most scalable hydrogen fuel cell company has raised a £5m Series A round. ...

DSP acquires Explorer UK, creating database services group - - 2020-08-04

Enterprise IT managed services organisation DSP and Leeds-based Explorer UK, an ...

Silicon Valley Bank Report shows recovery taking shape - - 2020-08-04

The Great Lockdown caused a global output shortfall of $12.5 trillion. Governments have reached deep into their coffers to inject relief into shocked economies. We've seen companies bolster b...

Are offices still relevant in a post-covid world? - Johnathan Ransom, Co-founder of Square Mile Farms - 2020-08-03

With the arrival of Covid-19, the vast majority of us have been working from home for the past few months. Far from being a huge disaster, working from home has led many of us to question the...

Western Europe tops global private equity performance tables - - 2020-08-03

eFront, the leading financial software and solutions provider dedicated to Alternative Investments, has published its latest annual ...

Radiation detection company Symetrica lands £4 million investment - - 2020-08-03

Symetrica, a manufacturer of radiation detection products for military and homeland security applications, has c...

Liopa receives Innovate UK financial award during the Covid crisis - - 2020-08-03

Liopa has successfully achieved funding from Innovate UK...

BGF announces continuing investment momentum in H1 2020 - - 2020-07-31

BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor in the Growth Economy, has backed 24 new companies in the first half of the year whil...

Humanloop raises funding to teach AI to learn from humans - - 2020-07-31

Humanloop, a game changing UCL spinout, has attracted investment from UCL’s Technology F...

Green Angel Syndicate completes deal with Good Club - - 2020-07-31

Green Angel Syndicate has completed an investment in online, sustainable grocer, ...

Launch of global competition for post COVID-19 customer travel solutions - - 2020-07-31

The Aviation X Lab, situated in AREA 2071 wit...

QVentures announces impressive list of speakers LBS Venture Capital course - - 2020-07-30

Earlier this year, ...

Spotta, a pest-spotting AI company, raises more than $1m seed - - 2020-07-30

Investors have rewarded the commercial success of Spotta’s smart pest systems with a $1.18 million seed funding round. ...

BGF invests in sustainable battery solutions developer Aceleron - - 2020-07-30

Aceleron, the UK developer of sustainable and reusable battery solutions, has announced a £2m million equity investment with £1.45m from ...

Construction technology company set for growth with £600k MEIF package - - 2020-07-30

Corby-based Green Life Buildings Ltd has received a £600k funding package from the ...

Blueheart attracts £1m to democratise access to sex therapy - - 2020-07-29

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Natwest Partners with Entrepreneur success story Synalogik - - 2020-07-29

NatWest have announced a partnership with Synalogik, a member of their Entrepren...

Closed Loop Medicine secures £250,000 to support COVID- 19 monitoring - - 2020-07-29

Closed Loop Medicine, the London based therapeutics and health tech company secures a £250,000 COVID-19 Innovate UK Continuity Funding a...

Cowboy raises €23 million in Series B funding to build the vehicle of the future. - - 2020-07-29

Cowboy, a leading manufacturer of the beautifully-designed, connected electric bike, has completed its Series B funding round, tota...

Green Angel Syndicate closes deal with StormHarvester in €2 million raise - - 2020-07-28

Belfast-headquartered green technology firm StormHarvester is announcing the conclusion of a €2 million investment round, and is laun...

NEOS Surgery finalises €5-million operation with Avançsa joining its shareholders - - 2020-07-28

NEOS Surgery, a company that researches, develops and m...

New Partners at Amadeus - - 2020-07-28

Global technology investor, Amadeus Capital Partners, announced the promotion of both Amelia Armour and Pierre Socha to Partner in the Early Stage...

Under the Hat of global markets with Clive Hale - Clive Hale, Albemarle Street Partners - 2020-07-28

Clive Hale, Chief Strategist of Albemarle Street Partners, looks under the hat of global markets ...

Online training platform launches with chance to win £2k of finance training - - 2020-07-27

To celebrate the launch of its new financial training platform, Yorkshire-based finance management specialist Mellor Financial Training is offeri...

Acton Capital invests in cyber security company SoSafe - - 2020-07-27

Cologne-based SoSafe GmbH closed a substantial seven figure Pre-...

British Patient Capital invests in Quantexa, as part of $64.7 million funding - - 2020-07-27

British Patient Capital announces its participation in Quantexa’s series C fundi...

Closed Loop Medicine secures £250,000 Innovate UK Award - - 2020-07-27

Closed Loop Medicine (CLM), the London based therapeutics and health tech company has secured a £250,000 ...

Biotech company raises £2.25m for new spinal treatments - - 2020-07-24

A biotech company which is developing new treatments for patients with serious spinal conditions has completed a £2.25m funding round led by Mercia Asse...

IGF appoints BNP Paribas Adam Bradbury as ABL Business Development Director - - 2020-07-24

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Genius Group’s latest acquisition creates world’s largest entrepreneur education business - - 2020-07-24

Genius Group has completed the acquisition of Entrepreneur Resorts Ltd, comprising luxury resorts and lodges, b...

Mixed Reality Pioneer AerinX Has Landed EUR 2 Million of VC Investment - - 2020-07-24

Takarék Venture Capital Fund I. managed by Dutch-Hungarian VC company DBH Investment has invested EUR 2 million into Budapest-based AerinX in a Pre-Series A round. The company develops and p...

Green Angel Syndicate completes deal with Good Club - - 2020-07-23

Green Angel Syndicate has completed an investment in online, sustainable ...

Atos and RingCentral Announce Expansion of Strategic Partnership - - 2020-07-23

Atos SE, a global leader in digital transformation, and ...

Novai closes £500k seed funding for eye disease detection - - 2020-07-23

Novai...

TechNation comments on business loan scheme statistics - Steven Kelly, TechNation - 2020-07-23

By Stephen Kelly, Chair of TechNation In recent months the UK government has made one of the great strategic i...

Report shows thriving state of student startups and importance of international founders - - 2020-07-22

Creator Fund, the university-focused ven...

Angel-backed Bowimi expands team to support the recuperation of the hospitality sector - - 2020-07-22

Following investment from a number of former industry leaders, tech platform Bowimi has grown its development capabilities to expand in the hospitality se...

Maven VCTs lead £2.7 million investment in Quorum Cyber - - 2020-07-22

Maven Capital Partners, one of the UK’s most active private equity houses, has led an investment through its managed VCTs, alongside the ...

FLX Distribution raises $2.5 million in oversubscribed seed round - - 2020-07-22

FLX Distribution, the first and only professional network technology platform bringing together asset management firms and independent distribut...

4D Medicine Ltd to take new 3D printing resins to market - - 2020-07-21

The Universities of Birmingham and Warwick have created a new spinout company, 4D Medicine Ltd, to commerci...

Silverfleet appoints Dr. Christian Süss as Partner - - 2020-07-21

Silverfleet Capital, the pan-European private equity firm, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Christian Süss as a ...

British Patient Capital commits $65m to SV Health Investors - - 2020-07-21

British Patient Capital announces a cornerstone commitment of $65m to ...

500 Startups Surveys Early-Stage Startups on ESG - - 2020-07-21

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New tool shows the FTSE 100 is recovering slower than other global markets - - 2020-07-20

The Coronavirus lockdown decimated economies all over the planet, but while some stock markets are showing signs of recovery, the UK’s FTSE 100 is taking longer to bounce back. Since falling...

Neurovalens raises more than £5 million to advance approvals of neurostimulation technology - - 2020-07-20

Neurovalens, a global healthtech company headquartered in Belfast and San Diego, has raised £5.1 million in funding, led by ...

Withers tech advises on $20M Series C investment round in Ravelin - - 2020-07-20

Withers tech has represented Draper Esprit, one of Europe's leading VC funds, on the Series...

Gendius’s smart diabetes platform hits 250,000 downloads - - 2020-07-20

Leading digital health start-up Gendius has raised £250,000 on leading crowdfunding platform, Crowdcube, ...

Private equity invests in record 464 CEE companies in 2019 - - 2020-07-17

Private equity firms invested in a record 464 companies in Central and Eastern Europe in 2019, with investment increasing by 7% year-on-year to €2.95 billion, as the industry strengthened its ...

Good Governance and the number and role of Directors - - 2020-07-17

I was struck by the contrast of two conversations on a single day, a couple of weeks ago: In the morning I was talking to a number of experts in Angel Investment and start-ups and one obser...

The UK's FTSE 100 is recovering more slowly than other global markets - - 2020-07-17

The Coronavirus lockdown decimated economies all over the planet, but while some stock markets are showing signs of recovery, the UK’s FTSE 100 is taking longer to bounce back...

Investment to Support eCommerce Platform & Create 30 New Jobs - - 2020-07-17

Norgrove Building Supplies, based in Kidderminster, has secured a...

Natwest hires new Chief Operating Officer for Commercial Baking - - 2020-07-17

NatWest has announced the appointment of Solange Chamberlain as Chief Operating Officer for its Commercial Banking arm. Ch...

£20.5 million raised by car subscription firm Drover - - 2020-07-17

Drover, the European leader in car subscriptions, announces a £20.5 million investment. The investment has been co-led by new ...

Coconut hits 350% of its crowdfunding target - - 2020-07-16

Coconut, the smart banking, accounting and tax tool aimed at entrepreneurs and small businesses, has raised over £2.4m in its latest crowdfund - bea...

Investing post Covid-19 - - 2020-07-16

Covid-19 has disrupted every aspect of human life. This global threat has spurred us to reconsider priorities and heightened the importance of social justice and preservation of the planet. B...

Opinium unveils 100 Most Connected UK brands - - 2020-07-16

Opinium today unveils the Top 100 Most Connected Brands in the UK. Now in its third year, the ranking is the first ever Index to be compiled...

Materials Testing Startup Plastometrex Raises Seed Round - - 2020-07-16

Plastometrex - a Cambridge-based company that develo...

CyberSmart raises £5.5million to fund growth following increased demand for Cybersecurity - - 2020-07-15

CyberSmart has raised £5.5 million in a heavily oversubscribed Series A funding round led by VC firm ...

Macomics secures £3.2 million funding from Epidarex Capital & Scottish Investment Bank - - 2020-07-15

Macomics Ltd, an immuno-oncology company with world-leading expertise in macrophage biology, launches today with a £3.2 million seed financing round led by transatlantic ...

Government of Côte d'Ivoire commits EUR 5 million to SDG500 - - 2020-07-15

SDG500, a pioneering USD$500 million investment platform dedicated to helping achieve the Sustainab...

Preparing portfolios for the global re-boot - Charlie Parker, Albemarle Street Partners - 2020-07-15

By Charlie Parker, Managing Director, Albemarle Street Partners "Whilst the virus con...

Design software for Additive Manufacturing TOffeeAM raises £1 million in Seed funding - - 2020-07-15

TOffeeAM, an Imperial College spin-out that optimises product designs for Additive Manufacturing - a...

Foresight injects £1 million to boost expansion at Edinburgh-based Ajenta - - 2020-07-14

Foresight Group LLP, a leading independent infrastructure and private equity investment manager, has announced a £1...

Proptech firm Goodlord acquires Vouch to create new market leader - - 2020-07-14

Leading property technology company Goodlord has announced that it will be joi...

YFM backs £17m Management Buyout of GHG Limited - - 2020-07-14

Loss adjusting and claims management specialist GHG Limited near Southampton has funded its primary buy-out by securing a £7m equity invest...

Insuring cryptocurrency: Coincover fuels growth with latest investment - - 2020-07-14

The cryptocurrency market is heating up with significant growth in 2020 and a new wave of potential crypto investors ready to join in. But there is just one thing keeping them fro...

Orbital Witness earns £3.3m Seed funding to create Universal Risk Rating for real estate - - 2020-07-14

UK-based startup ...

Challenges and opportunities of fundraising from your network - Johnathan Ransom, CEO & Co-founder of Square Mile Farms - 2020-07-13

Johnathan Ransom, CEO & Co-founder of Square Mile Farms, looks at recent experiences. Post-2008 financial crisis, internet technologies an...

Keensight Capital recruits Stéphane Jamin as Director - - 2020-07-13

Keensight Capital, one of the leading private equity managers dedicated to pan-European Growth Buyout investments, has reinforced its portfolio ...

ETF Partners announces new Environmental Technologies Fund - - 2020-07-13

London-based ETF Partners has closed its third Environmental Technologies Fund (ETF3) at £167m, to grow the most innovative companies in the UK and ...

Techstart Ventures leads £1m funding in Machine Labs - - 2020-07-13

Machine Labs has raised a Seed Extension round of £1 million ($1.25 million) lead by Techstart Ventures alon...

Par Equity leads £1.1m investment in AI startup BrainWaveBank - - 2020-07-13

BrainWaveBank Limited, an artificial intelligence (‘AI’) company focused on develop...

Tech investor Colin Batten joins Development Bank of Wales - - 2020-07-10

The Development Bank of Wales has further expanded its technology investments team with a new hire. Colin Batt...

Astrosat collaborates on SPRINT machine learning project with University of Leicester - - 2020-07-10

Astrosat has signed up to the national SPRINT business support programme to develop a new software tool that will autom...

Luke Johnson invests in British Design Fund and joins investment panel - - 2020-07-10

Luke Johnson, the entrepreneur, investor and Sunday Times columnist, is investing in the British Design Fund and wi...

British Business Investments commits €120m to support the IT and healthcare sectors - - 2020-07-10

British Business Investments Ltd, a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has announced t...

Traplight secures €8 million led by EQT Ventures - - 2020-07-10

Traplight, the Finnish mobile game studio focused on highly accessible mid-core games, has announced the global launch of its new mobile gam...

COVID-19 has fuelled insurers' appetite for private equity says State Street survey - - 2020-07-09

State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) has published new research[1] which reveals that the COVID-19 crisis has fuelled the appetite of insurers fo...

Mergermarket releases 1H20 Global M&A report - - 2020-07-09

Mergermarket, the leading provider of M&A data and intelligence, has released its 1H20 report with league tables. According to the new research,...

Halal Angel Network and Delio form strategic partnership - - 2020-07-09

An angel network that is among the first to penetrate the $5 trillion Halal consumer market has teamed up with UK fintech Delio to digitise the Halal ...

Market volatility drives demand for infrastructure says Foresight report - - 2020-07-09

A new study reveals that over half (54%) of financial intermediaries believe that infrastructure is seeing the biggest surge in investor demand among all asset classes in response to the COVI...

Octopus and EQT lead $18.5m funding for Permutive - - 2020-07-09

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Rise in equity investment in NI tech firms revealed by NI Deal Tracker - - 2020-07-08

Investment in Northern Ireland tech companies increased by over 50% last year, with both the number of deals and average value of each investment rising, according to new data published by ...

GPs feel the strain as LPs push for more transparency - - 2020-07-08

Nearly four fifths (79%) of private equity fund managers expect investors to demand more transparency in reporting on portfolio company performance over the next 12 months, reflecting growing conce...

ProFactor Pharma completes milestone towards treatment of Haemophilia A - - 2020-07-08

Kelvin Capital backed ProFactor Pharma Ltd (PFP), has ...

Team raises £100k for device to protect carers of Covid-19 patients - - 2020-07-08

A team of healthcare experts who developed a fast and low-cost way to protect carers working with Covid-19 patients has raised a £100,000 investment. Mat Campbell-Hi...

Archangels leads investment in Scottish innovators during lockdown - - 2020-07-08

The Edinburgh-based business angel investment syndicate, Archangels, has led investment of £3.3 million in innovative Scottish companies during the...

Zedify raises £300,000 led by Green Angel Syndicate - - 2020-07-07

Zedify, the network of first and last mile delivery operations across the UK, have recently raised over £300,000 from a group of private investor...

Used-car platform Cazoo raises £25 million led by Draper Esprit - - 2020-07-07

Draper Esprit has participated in the latest £25m Series C funding round in Cazoo, the UK's leading online car r...

TAINA Technology closes funding round to fuel further growth - - 2020-07-07

TAINA a market leading, computer science led provider of flexible and efficient FATCA, CRS and Chapter 3 solutions ...

ThingTrax Raises $1m to Build the Autonomous Factories of the Future - - 2020-07-07

ThingTrax, a provider of smart technology solutions for the manufacturing industry, has announced the close of a $1m seed round led by ...

British Patient Capital makes €57m commitment to Kennet fund - - 2020-07-06

British Patient Capital, a subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has made a cornerstone commitment to ...

InoBat Auto secures €10m investment from CEZ Group - - 2020-07-06

Europe’s leading R&D and electric battery production company, InoBat Auto...

Homeware wholesaler Fifty One Percent raises £250k from MEIF - - 2020-07-06

Luxury homeware wholesaler, Fifty One Percent Limited, has received a £250k finance package from the Midlands...

Investment in life science start-ups in Catalonia grew to €112m in 2019 - - 2020-07-06

Investors and experts predict that in 2020 this will reach a record figure, boosted by an interest in the sector after Covid-19. Life sciences and healthcare start-ups and companies in Cata...

SidebySide Partnership appoints new Head of Business Development - - 2020-07-06

The SidebySide Partnership has expanded its management team with the appointment of James D’Mello as Head of Business Development. ...

Playfair Capital leads £1m funding in employee benefits provider Heka - - 2020-07-06

Heka (previously GoSweat), confirms the launch of its new website and benefits platform on the 24th of June. Fit for the Covid-19 era and beyond...

Willa secures $3 million from EQT Ventures - - 2020-07-03

Willa, the fintech startup dedicated to helping freelancers get paid on time without the ...

Economic Intelligence Wales reports early effects of pandemic on Welsh Businesses - - 2020-07-03

Small to medium enterprises (SMEs) in Wales have been significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the second annual report published by ...

Par Equity invests £800,000 in Publisher Discovery - - 2020-07-03

Specialist technology investor Par Equity has led a consortium that has invested £800k in Publisher Disc...

MIP Diagnostics secures £5.1m from BGF, Downing, Mercia and Calculus - - 2020-07-03

Nanotechnology business, MIP Diagnostics, has completed a £5.1m funding round to accelerate its global expansion. The co-investment has come from ...

VGC promotes Andrew Lister to partner - - 2020-07-03

Growth capital investor VGC Partners has promoted Andrew Lister to partner. This promotion further strengthens VGC’s leadership team in order to support inve...

Maven VCTs lead £3.5 million funding round in Bright Network - - 2020-07-02

Maven Capital Partners has led a further investment in Brigh...

Envestors raises £2m to create digital marketplace for UK start-ups and investors - - 2020-07-02

Envestors has secured £2m in funding to grow its digital marketplace for start-up investment, The marketplace, powe...

University of Birmingham spinout 6 Bit Education to reduce teacher workload - - 2020-07-02

6 Bit Education, a company spun out of the University of Birmingham, has received investment to pilot an AI-b...

British Business Bank gives accreditation to new lenders - - 2020-07-02

The British Business Bank has approved six new lenders for accreditation under the ...

UK Future Fund Extended - - 2020-07-01

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced that the Future Fund is being expanded to accommodate businesses that contribute significan...

Angel CoFund new deeptech hire Dr Olivia Nicoletti - - 2020-07-01

The Angel CoFund has appointed Dr Olivia Nicoletti to the team as Senior Investment Associate. Joining from Cambridge Enterprise, where she worked o...

Beckley Psytech raises £3m to develop ground-breaking psychedelic medicines - - 2020-07-01

Beckley Psytech, the psychedelic medicine company, has raised £3m of Series A funding to develop a pipeline of psychedelic drugs into licensed ph...

Protean Risk strengthened by new staff from Aston Lark - - 2020-07-01

As of 1 July 2020, the Aston Lark Financial Institutions team will join the Protean Risk brand, making the c...

Greater London Investment Fund announces CBILS accreditation - - 2020-07-01

Since its launch in May 2019, the Greater London Investment Fund (GLIF) has invested £12.5m in 33 early-stage and high-growth companies through its equity and l...

Unicorn AIM VCT £25 million offer fully subscribed - - 2020-07-01

Unicorn AIM VCT has closed its latest offer having raised the full £25m of available capacity ...

Thierry Baudon remains as Invest Europe Chair - - 2020-06-30

Thierry Baudon, 2019-2020 Chair of Invest Europe, is to continue as Chair, following the sudden and unexpected death of Roderick “Rory” Macmillan ...

Kids' superfood brand Mia & Ben secures £2.5m from Blue Horizon - - 2020-06-30

Mia & Ben, the innovative kids' food brand sold nationwide in Sainsbury's, Ocado and Abel & Cole in the UK, as well as Dunnes Stores in the Republic...

TechNation comments on UK cleantech sector one year on from 2050 net zero target announcement - - 2020-06-30

One year ago last week the UK’s 2050 net zero target was announced. Mike Jackson, Entrepreneur Success Director, Tech Nation comments: “The UK&rsquo...

Edge appoints Advisor Panel to drive opportunity and growth for the UK’s creative economy - - 2020-06-30

Edge Investments, the leading growth investor in the UK creative economy, has appointed an Advisor Panel to provide specialist industry expertise and advice to as...

Juriba receives BGF investment to accelerate growth - - 2020-06-30

BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor in growth businesses, has invested in ...

Downing Ventures appoints Warren Rogers as new Partner - - 2020-06-29

Downing Ventures has appointed Warren Rogers as a Partner to its 14-strong team. Prior to joining Downing Ventures, Warren was a Ventures Partner at...

Loopster secures Development Bank of Wales led funding - - 2020-06-29

Loopster, the online platform which closes the loop between the use and reuse of second-hand clothes, has secured a six-figure seed equity funding round le...

UK recruitment platform Tempo secures £5m led by Adecco - - 2020-06-29

Recruitment platform Tempo has secured £5 million in a Series A funding round led by the Adecco Group, a For...

Foresight’s Nick Mettyear joins Cambridge Norwich Tech Corridor delivery board - - 2020-06-29

Foresight Group's Nick Mettyear, an Investment Manager responsible for the £100 million Foresight East of England Fund, has been...

UK fintech market powers through with a surge in specialist hires - - 2020-06-29

With a 53% growth in the last three years, an active fundraising scene, and a 20% surge in-demand during lockdown, fintech has become the poster-boy for how an industry can be in a position to resp...

AI-powered insect mini-farm Better Origin to revolutionise the food industry - - 2020-06-26

A venture backed Cambridge startup, Better Origin, has launched the X1, the world’s first ever insect mini-farm to convert local waste into high-qual...

UK VCs £8.4bn reserves could provide crucial funding for innovative companies - - 2020-06-26

British Patient Capital comments on the British Business Bank&rs...

Farming & Climate Fund announces first investments - - 2020-06-26

The £3.5m SHAKE Climate Change Programme has announced its first three investments. Energy from manure, tools for smarter ...

Archangles leads £700k funding for social distancing tech company Reactec - - 2020-06-26

Reactec, the Edinburgh-based tech company that recently launched its innovative SAFE-DISTANCE device to enable social distancing among workers, has completed ...

Development Bank of Wales backs Cariad Glass with micro loan - - 2020-06-26

Stained Glass artists Cariad Glass have seen a boost in online sales during lockdown after developing a fun make at home glass mosaic kit to give crafty...

Oxford Capital exits investment in UltraSoc in sale to Siemens - - 2020-06-25

Oxford Capital portfolio company, Cambridge-based UltraSoc Technologies Ltd, has signed an agreement to be acquired by Siemen...

Equity investment in smaller UK tech businesses increased 27% to £4.0bn in 2019 - - 2020-06-25

Equity investment in the UK’s tech businesses increased by 27% in 2019 to £4.0bn, the highest amount since the series began in 2011, reveals the ...

BGF focuses on Bayfields Opticians with new investment - - 2020-06-25

BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor in growing businesses, has invested in Bayfields Opticians an...

Epipole raises £1.5 million and appoints new chairman - - 2020-06-25

Epipole, the video retinal imaging specialist, has secured £1.5 million in new funding to prepare for introduction into the United States ophthalmic imagi...

Ceuta Group report cites health sector as top investment opportunity of 2020 - - 2020-06-25

Covid-19 has made investment prospects bleak in many sectors, but a new report by Ceuta Group reveals confidence in consumer health, wellness and personal ...

Greater London Investment Fund supports East London business - - 2020-06-24

Kaelo Limited has secured a £350,000 growth loan from the Greater London Investment Fund (GLIF) which is managed by ...

Far-UK collaborates with University of Southampton to develop composite structures for space sector - - 2020-06-24

Nottingham-based Far-UK, a specialist manufacturer of composite material-based products, has signed up to the national SPRINT ...

60% of industry professionals say startup ecosystem’s recovery will take at least 1 year - - 2020-06-24

The startup ecosystem will take a year or more to fully recover from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, with economic and political risk representing the biggest barrier to innovation in that tim...

Antler backs 58 companies across 7 countries during Covid-19 - - 2020-06-24

So far this year, Antler has invested in 58 startups across seven countries. The companies funded represent over twenty sectors, ranging from fintech and deep t...

Velox secures $2.5 million funding from ETFS Capital to accelerate growth - - 2020-06-24

Velox, the future of front office technology, has secured $2.5 million in strategic funding from ETFS Capital.&...

NPIF exceeds £20m lending milestone in North Yorkshire - - 2020-06-23

The Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund, delivered by British Business Bank, has made 66 investments in 47 York, North Yorkshire & East Riding based small ...

Epidarex Capital closes £102m venture fund for life sciences - - 2020-06-23

Epidarex Capital, a transatlantic life science venture firm, announces that it has closed Epidarex Capital III UK LP at £102.1 million. The Fund will bu...

New study reveals rise of ESG among GPs - - 2020-06-23

An overwhelming majority (88%) of private equity investors plan to step up their efforts to manage and measure ESG performance in their portfolio companies over the next two years yet almost half (...

MMC leads $3 million in healthcare AI startup Agamon - - 2020-06-23

Agamon, a healthcare AI startup, announced today a $3M seed round, led by ...

VGC Partners launches £1 million Technology Seed Fund IV - - 2020-06-23

London-based VGC Partners is launching its £1m Technology Seed Fund IV, headed by Parminder Basran, which looks to invest in early stage, tech companies whic...

COVID-19 has forced employers to change how they work - - 2020-06-22

In the world of work, the effects of social measures that governments are being forced to take have proven to be incredibly challenging for businesses and employees. However, for many business lead...

Trojan Energy secures £4.1 million seed funding - - 2020-06-22

Trojan Energy, an Aberdeen-based green tech start-up, has secured a £4.1 million of seed funding. The funding round includes £1 mil...

Cornerstone invests in Saas platform Coordinate Sport - - 2020-06-22

Cornerstone Partners has invested £170,000 growth capital investment into East Yorkshire based Coordinat...

FW Capital invests £20m to support Greater Manchester-based businesses - - 2020-06-22

FW Capital has invested £20 million to support Greater Manchester-based businesses through NPIF - FW Capital Debt Finance which launched in 2017. ...

Sockmonkey Studios raises £250k NPIF investment for new launch - - 2020-06-22

Middlesbrough-based games developer SockMonkey Studios has secured a £250,000 investment from the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF) to fun...

Hoxton Ventures announces close of its second fund, backed by British Patient Capital - - 2020-06-19

Hoxton Ventures has announced the final close of Hoxton Ventures II L.P., an early stage European venture capital fund building on the firm’s reco...

Bamboo Capital Partners strengthens Latin America operations - - 2020-06-19

Bamboo Capital Partners, an impact investing platform which provides innovative financing solutions to catalyse lasting impact, has announced the formation of...

Rockstart becomes a remote-first company - - 2020-06-19

It took a global pandemic to accelerate remote working to where the world is today; nobody could have foreseen the profound impact that COVID-19 would have. For ...

Investors retreat to cash savings amidst COVID-19, new research reveals - - 2020-06-19

HYCM has commissioned an independent surv...

Louis Dreyfus Company launches Corporate Venture Capital Program - - 2020-06-19

Louis Dreyfus Company B.V. (LDC) has launched its corporate venture capital program, ‘LDC Innovations’, as an element in LDC’s strategic plans t...

Employment landscape is in a pendulum swing, says Robert Half UK - - 2020-06-18

Matt Weston, Managing Director of Robert Half UK, comments: "We are now starting to see the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on the jobs...

Octopus and MMC lead SLAMcore's $5 million fund raise - - 2020-06-18

SLAMcore, a UK company developing spatial AI algorithms for robots and drones, has secured $5million in a ...

Price optimisation platform Bubo.AI raises £650,000 from Mercia NIPF - - 2020-06-18

Bubo.AI, a start-up which aims to revolutionise the way companies price their products has raised £650,000...

Deep-tech startup Polystream awarded multi million pound DASA contract - - 2020-06-18

The UK Defense and Security Accelerator (DASA) innovation scheme has awarded a triple-figure contract to ...

Livingbridge backs financial services group Chill Insurance - - 2020-06-18

Livingbridge, one of the UK’s leading mid-market private equity investors, has invested in Chill Insurance, one...

Increase in carve-outs Covid-19 says Intertrust - - 2020-06-17

A new survey by Intertrust1, a global leader in providing tech-enabled fund and corporate solutions, reveals how COVID-19 has impacted the ...

No-deal Brexit fears trigger investors to seek international options - - 2020-06-17

Growing fears of a no-deal Brexit will prompt an increasing number of British and international investors to move their financial assets overseas out of the UK, believes the CEO of one of the world...

SEIS/EIS Relief...it's that time of year again - - 2020-06-17

James Murdoch considers the challenges for investors around the timely collection of EIS and SEIS Certificates. It’s that time of year; the most common question I see on post investme...

Investment in Welsh businesses tops £100 million for the Development Bank of Wales - - 2020-06-17

The Development Bank of Wales has reported a record 457 investments totalling £103.3 million in the financial year ended 31 March...

IQ Capital welcomes Simon Hirtzel as General Partner & COO - - 2020-06-16

IQ Capital, the deep-tech venture capital firm based in Cambridge and London, has appointed Simon Hirtzel as General Partner. ...

Low capital calls set to insulate LBO funds from downturn says eFront report - - 2020-06-16

eFront, the leading financial software and solutions provider dedicated to Alternative Investments, has published its latest research on LBO and VC performance...

Ikarovec awarded grant by Innovate UK to develop new wet AMD gene therapy - - 2020-06-16

Ikarovec, which is developing novel gene therapies to treat major ophthalmic indications, has been awarded £458,740 by ...

Powervault secures investment from Greater London Investment Fund - - 2020-06-16

London based cleantech company Powervault has secu...

A Personal Statement from Wol Kolade - - 2020-06-16

The anger and frustration unleashed by the appalling murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis is simple to understand - Black Lives Matter - no exceptions! Whilst some of the issues are straight forwa...

QuoteVine helps brokers accelerate SME lending - - 2020-06-15

Quotevine helps brokers give SMEs faster access to vital COVID-19 recovery finance - with new Quickst...

EQT Ventures appoints Rania Belkahia as EQT opens Paris office - - 2020-06-15

EQT Ventures has appointed a new deal partner, Rania Belkahia, to its new team in France. Joining EQT Ventures’ team of former founders and operat...

British Business Banks announces new lenders for Coronavirus Business Loan Schemes - - 2020-06-15

The British Business Bank has announced that it has approved a new lender for accreditation to the Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS), five new le...

Zelluna Immunotherapy raises funds for allogeneic cell therapies - - 2020-06-15

Zelluna Immunotherapy, a T Cell Receptor (TCR) cell therapy company, has completed a fundraise to fully focus on the development of its proprietary TCR gu...

Platform Vintro launches for all entrepreneurs - - 2020-06-15

Vintro, a new digital, global marketplace of business decision makers, is opening its platform to entrepreneurs and innovators who are see...

Tech Nation launches Net Zero Growth Programme to support climate change goals - - 2020-06-12

Tech Nation, the growth platform for tech companies and leaders, has launched its new Net Zero growth programme. The programme is designed to support tech compa...

Development Bank of Wales invests £2.4 million in ten tech companies in 10 weeks - - 2020-06-12

Ten technology rich early stage businesses in Wales are a step closer to developing their innovative products and services having secured equity investment from the ...

Women in private equity don't want to start PE firms, reports Investec - - 2020-06-12

No women in private equity report that they see starting their own firm as part of their future ambitions, according to Investec’s 10th editi...

Livingbridge invests in leading cloud security vendor TitanHQ - - 2020-06-12

Livingbridge, one of the UK’s leading mid-market private equity investors, has invested in TitanHQ, a fast-g...

Blackfinch launches ESG-approved adaptation funds - - 2020-06-12

Following the launch of Blackfinch Asset Management, investment specialist Blackfinch Group launches four Adaptation Funds. The new multi-asset unit trus...

‘Alternative lenders’ will play a pivotal role in post-COVID development finance market - - 2020-06-11

The coronavirus pandemic has hit the housing market hard but this does not mean that developers looking for financing are out of options, says ...

Crane Ventures leads $4 million new funding round for Axiom - - 2020-06-11

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Revolut COO on challenger banks, business ambitions and challenges ahead - - 2020-06-11

Richard Davies, Chief Operating Officer at Revolut, just spoke at ...

Spectrum Logic wins grant to develop a novel Western Blot Covid19 antibody test - - 2020-06-11

Spectrum Logic has been awarded an Innovate UK grant to develop a novel Weste...

British Business Bank appoints Catherine Lewis La Torre as interim CEO - - 2020-06-11

Catherine Lewis La Torre has been appointed Interim CEO of the Government-owned British Business Bank and will take up the role from 1 Septemb...

Taking action to improve VC diversity and support black founders - - 2020-06-10

Daisy Onubogu, Head of Networks & Communities, Backed VC and Anu Adebajo, Investment Manager, British Pat...

Small businesses migrate online to keep ventures afloat - - 2020-06-10

One in seven small business owners (14%) say they are transitioning towards becoming fully or mainly online enterprises since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK, according to new resea...

Redwigwam secures backing from NPIF - Maven Equity Finance - - 2020-06-10

Redwigwam, the UK’s leading provider of flexible workers, has secured investment from the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund to fuel the next phase of its expansion. ...

Ex-Fairsail CEO joins Northern Powerhouse backed SaaS scale-up My Digital Accounts - - 2020-06-10

Enterprise Software as a Service (SaaS) vendor, My Digital Accounts, has appointed Nic Scott, former CEO and co-founder of Fairsail, as its chairman wit...

Development Bank of Wales offers lifeline to Welsh Mountain Zoo with £250k loan - - 2020-06-09

A £250,000 loan for the Welsh Mountain Zoo ...

Distressed funds set to flourish in post-Covid world says Intertrust - - 2020-06-09

An overwhelming majority (92%) of private equity fund managers expect to see a rise in the volume of distressed fund transaction activity over the next 12 months. Says ...

Crowdfunding can make a difference to your startup. And get you in the VC track - - 2020-06-09

By Duncan Grierson, Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Clim8 and Andrew J Scott...

Qkine secures £1.5 million to accelerate global scale-up - - 2020-06-09

Qkine, a specialist developer and manufacturer of proteins for s...

SilviBio wins Grow AgriTech business plan competition - - 2020-06-09

SilviBio, a company developing a ‘survival capsule’ that will improve the survival of tree seedlings by 40 per cent in drought conditions, is the overall winner of the ...

Maven invests in technology company Zing - - 2020-06-08

Maven Capital Partners, one of the UKs most active private equity managers, has invested an undisclosed amount in Zing Dev Limited...

RiskIQ announces investment from National Grid Partners - - 2020-06-08

RiskIQ, the world leader in attack surface management, has announced an investment from Natio...

Foresight Global Real Infrastructure Fund outperforms over 12 months - - 2020-06-08

Foresight Group, a leading independent infrastructure and private equity investment manager, has announced that its Foresight Global Real Infrastructure...

Simon Carrier joins DSW Debt Advisory - - 2020-06-08

DSW Debt Advisory, the new service launched by Dow Schofield Watts group just before the lockdown to help companies raise debt funding, has attracted anot...

Prime Advantage backs impact sensor developer HP1 Technologies - - 2020-06-08

Prime Advantage Capital Partners has participated in a fundraise for North-East based impact sensor developer HP1 Techn...

Next 100 days critical for long term innovation success say IP experts - - 2020-06-05

Start-ups faced with an entirely new trading environment are being encouraged to use the next 100 days to carefully align their shifting commercial goals with an effective approach to IP or risk be...

Novo Ventures leads NodThera $55 million financing - - 2020-06-05

NodThera, a clinical stage biotechnology company developing a new clas...

Oxford Flow secures £8.45m to expand presence in utility and industrials sector - - 2020-06-05

Oxford Flow, the flow control equipment specialist, has raised £8.45m to fuel the company’s expansion across the utility and industrials market...

Cambridge spinout Flusso raises $5.7m to disrupt $8bn gas and liquid-flow monitoring market - - 2020-06-05

Flusso, a semiconductor company spun out of the University of Cambridge, has raised a $5.7 million Series A funding round to scale up production of the world&rs...

ROI secures investment from BGF - - 2020-06-05

ROI has secured a £3m investment from BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor in growing businesses, to support...

Glimmer of hope as UK economy starts to emerge from the ashes - - 2020-06-04

The number of businesses with a positive outlook for the next 12 months exceeds the number with a negative outlook for the first time, in the clearest sign yet that...

Brent Hoberman backs Good Monday for London launch - - 2020-06-04

The Danish workspace management startup Good Monday has just entered London following a $4M capital injection from the UK early-stage VC firstmi...

British Business Investments commits £40m to Columbia Lake Partners UK LLP - - 2020-06-04

British Business Investments Ltd has committed up to £40m to Columbia Lake Partners Fund II - CLP ...

Amdaris raises £6 million from BGF - - 2020-06-04

BGF has invested £6m in Amdaris, an industry-leading software developer and digital transformation...

Harpers Environmental cleans up with £2m in funding from IGF - - 2020-06-04

Industrial services and waste management firm, Harpers Environmental, has secured £2 million of funding from ...

Tilney and Smith & Williamson agree revised transaction - - 2020-06-03

Tilney and Smith & Williamson have agreed a revised transaction structure for their proposed merger. T...

Keensight Capital welcomes two Operating Partners - - 2020-06-03

Keensight Capital, one of the leading private equity managers dedicated to pan-European Growth Buyout investments, has strengthened its team wit...

Navenio lands Innovate UK investment to improve hospital patient care - - 2020-06-03

Navenio, the healthcare scale-up whose location-based technology has been shown to double the throughput of hospital teams, has...

Specialist SME funder Reparo Finance makes senior appointment - - 2020-06-03

Business lender Reparo Finance is further strengthening its team with the appointment of Daniel Jones as business development manager covering the Sou...

Climeworks raises CHF73 million, the largest ever private investment into direct air capture - - 2020-06-03

Climeworks has successfully raised CHF 73 million (USD 75 million) in equity from private investors. This is the large...

MEIF Debt Fund announces new team for £40 million - - 2020-06-02

Following the launch earlier this year of a further £40million MEIF Debt Fund by the ...

Tech Nation appoints Stephen Kelly as Chair - - 2020-06-02

Tech Nation, the UK’s leading growth platform for tech companies and leaders, has appointed Stephen Kelly as the new Chair. Stephen Kelly succeeds E...

Service Robotics eyes growth with £300k equity support from CIOSIF - - 2020-06-02

Service Robotics Limited, a health and wellbeing business focusing on supporting the vulnerable and elderly through innovative technology, has raised &...

Agxio secures £750,000 to scale AgriTech innovation and AI across UK - - 2020-06-02

Aberystwyth based Agxio has completed a £750,000 equity investment round to support the development of advanced data science and AI solutions in agri-tech...

Inflexion exits investment in Glide - - 2020-06-02

Inflexion has sold Glide, the UK’s leading provider of infrastructure to difficult to serve markets, like high...

Lenders fund £27.5bn of coronavirus business support - Marc Shoffman, P2P Finance News - 2020-06-01

Lenders have approved £27.5bn of emergency finance to businesses during the coronavirus crisis with most coming from the bounce back loans scheme, government figures show, according to a ...

R&D in the Oxford-Cambridge arc provides hope for science & tech - - 2020-06-01

While economists sought to rejig their models following the financial crisis, adjusting for a pandemic, the likelihood of a cure and a whole range of science and tech related variables in between p...

BGF donates £100,000 to charities impacted by coronavirus - - 2020-06-01

BGF is to make donations totalling £100,000 to support local community-based charities across the UK & Ireland following the onset of Coronaviru...

What is new and how does that affect my investment strategy and portfolio? - - 2020-06-01

In my annual review of my portfolio last month, I focussed on an analysis of what had happened in "normal time" any effects of current, more challenging times, had not yet come through. But what is...

DSW Angels targets £10m investment as BBI increases funding - - 2020-06-01

DSW Angels - the business angel network focused on UK regional scale-up companies - is planning £10m of new investment over the next 12 months t...

Fuel Ventures leads $2.1m fundraising in AR platform Poplar - - 2020-05-29

Poplar has closed a $2.1million investment, led by Fuel Ventures...

Development Bank of Wales backs X4 Software with £175,000 investment - - 2020-05-29

Caerphilly based X4 Software Limited has secured follow-on investment of £175,000 from the Development Bank of Wales and the backing of business a...

Industry 4.0 and the Future of Robotics - - 2020-05-29

The Silicon Valley Bank’s Future of Robotics Report, which ...

UK start-ups record strongest ever opening quarter for fundraising - - 2020-05-29

The value of venture capital raised by UK companies rose to its highest first quarter total on record according to research from Refinitiv. UK compan...

London takes over as global fintech hub - - 2020-05-29

Fintech investment in the UK has exploded by 500% in the last three years, compared to 170% for the USA and 133% for Europe. Since 2018, the UK fintech market has be...

Red Rock Power appoints Greenbyte to monitor growing renewables portfolio - - 2020-05-28

Red Rock Power Limited, a renewable and sustainable energy company, has selected Greenbyte’...

Jenson SEIS Fund invest in eTEU Ltd - - 2020-05-28

Jenson Funding Partners have completed an investment in eTEU Technologies Ltd, which is a technology platform that...

Prism leads the sale of Orion Future Technology Ltd to The Milbank Group Ltd - - 2020-05-28

Prism Corporate Broking has advised the shareholders of Orion Future Technology Ltd (Orion FT) on its sale...

Guernsey hosts sustainable Finance Week in June - - 2020-05-28

Guernsey, a leading global centre in green and sustainable finance, is hosting an array of international speakers for its first ...

Sarissa Biomedical raises £1.2 million for new test to diagnose stroke - - 2020-05-28

A Coventry biotech business has raised £1.2m for a new hand-held device that allows paramedics and emergency doctors to quickly diagnose patients who are having a stroke. ...

Blackfinch invests £550,000 in water purifier network Spotless Water - - 2020-05-27

Blackfinch has invested c.£550k in Poole-based company Spotless Water, founded in 2016. The company offers...

Banks ramp up tech recruitment in response to COVID-19 - - 2020-05-27

New tech roles in banks has increased by a staggering +46% in the last three years – making traditional banks the most prominent recruiter for tech professionals. ...

Jenson EIS fund invests in 6 portfolio companies - - 2020-05-27

Jenson Funding Partners' 2019/20 EIS Fund has invested across six of its existing portfolio companies providing follow on funding to facilitate the ...

Transmit Startups backs 6000th business - - 2020-05-27

The UK’s leading provider of Start Up Loans for business is toasting it 6,000th customer – its local pub in Gateshead. T...

Midven MEIF invests £500k in language tech firm Learning Labs - - 2020-05-27

Birmingham-based language technology firm, Learning Labs Limited...

Steven Haasz joins insurtech INSTANDA to lead European expansion - - 2020-05-26

INSTANDA, the leading customer and policy management platform for the insurance industry, has today announced the appointment of Steven Haasz as Partnerships and...

Diversity VC moves programme online and expands cohort - - 2020-05-26

Future VC 2020, Diversity VC’s programme that helps people from backgrounds that are unde...

Continuum Industries raises £1.5m seed round led by Playfair - - 2020-05-26

Continuum Industries, which provides AI tools for engineering professionals to rapidly design linear infrastructure projects and reduce their costs, has ...

Green Angel Syndicate supports Scottish Wildlife Trust £1 billion challenge - - 2020-05-26

Ambitious new route map points the way to £1 billion for nature conservation. Nick Lyth, Founder and CEO of Green Angel Syndicate, is a member o...

Strong start to 2020 for European VC says KPMG Venture Pulse Report - - 2020-05-26

European VC-backed companies raised $8.8B across 923 deals in the first quarter of 2020according to the latest ...

Mole Valley Asset Management launches new Yorkshire T20 portfolio - - 2020-05-22

After a year in Beta, Mole Valley Asset Management (MVAM) launches its new Yorkshire T20 portfolio. The portfolio is made up of 20 handpicked, listed c...

Innovative mine water Heat Network secures Government funding - - 2020-05-22

Triple Point Heat Networks Investment Management, in partnership with the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), has announced i...

Northern VCT leads £1.2 million funding for DIY app Nutshell Software - - 2020-05-22

A Newcastle tech company whose software allows businesses to create their own mobile apps has raised £1.2m to further develop its product and expand its team. ...

Urgentem raises £500,000 and appoints CEO - - 2020-05-22

Urgentem (formerly Engaged Tracking), one of the pioneering companies in climate risk management, data and analytics space, has raised £500k from ...

Early stage startups beating the odds, according to Beauhurst - - 2020-05-22

COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on businesses across the globe but it has also been a catalyst for digital transformation. Much of the media attention has been drawn toward companies li...

Foresight investment Sennen wins major new client - - 2020-05-21

Technology company Sennen, whose bespoke software enables safer and more efficient renewable energy operations, has won a major new client. ...

Agri-TechE Lookbook to give AgriTech companies chance to reach global investment community - - 2020-05-21

An Agri-Tech Lookbook, to feature the sector’s most progressive companies, is being developed by the Department of International Trade (DIT) in association with ...

Amadeus leads $4 million funding in data analytics company Brytlyt - - 2020-05-21

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IGF promotes Mike Fletcher as head of client portfolio - - 2020-05-21

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Navenio raises £9 million for hospital workforce AI platform - - 2020-05-21

Navenio, the healthcare scale-up behind a location-based platform which has been shown to double team throughput, has announced £9m in series A funding l...

Water treatment firm Industrial Phycology raises £550k from Mercia's MIPF - - 2020-05-20

A company which has developed an eco-friendly water treatment system that can reduce pollution levels has raised £550,000 to help roll it out to the water industry. &n...

Archangels-backed MGB Biopharma has successful outcome from Phase II clinical study - - 2020-05-20

MGB Biopharma, the Glasgow-based biopharmaceutical company developing a novel class of anti-infectives, has announced the suc...

Silicon Valley Bank hires Patrick Flynn as Chief Operating Officer for UK and EMEA - - 2020-05-20

Silicon Valley Bank UK Branch (SVB), the bank of the world’s most innovative companies and their investors, has appointed Patrick Flynn as Chief Operating...

£64m invested as British Business Bank reveals early impact of MEIF - - 2020-05-20

Over £64.8 million has been invested into 257 businesses by the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF), with new data revealing its regional impact just ...

Cycle insurer Bikmo raises £1.8M to support global cycling boom - - 2020-05-20

Expert cycle insurance provider Bikmo has secured its first venture capital funding of £1.8 million (Series A funding). The investment is led by ...

Volunteers from the UK’s tech community come together to create Meals for the NHS - - 2020-05-19

Meals for the NHS, a non-profit organisation set up t...

Hybrisan secures £500k from Development Bank of Wales to help fight Covid-19 - - 2020-05-19

Port Talbot-based Hybrisan has joined the fight against the Covid 19 pandemic having secured £500,000 equity investment from the ...

Clim8 smashes crowdfunding target to secure £1.5 million - - 2020-05-19

Clim8 Invest, the app that offers everyone the opportunity to have a positive impact on climate change through sustainable investment, has raised £1.5 m...

Maven completes further funding round in Boiler Plan to fuel future growth - - 2020-05-19

Maven Capital Partners has completed a £1 million investment in Boiler Plan (UK) Ltd, a market disruptive on...

Blackfinch expands capabilities with launch of Blackfinch Asset Management - - 2020-05-19

Blackfinch Group has launched Blackfinch Asset Management, offering adviser firms expanded capabilities and increased support....

European private equity hit new highs in 2019 says Invest Europe - - 2020-05-18

Private equity and venture capital fundraising hit €109 billion, up 6% in 2019, and the highest total over a decade, according to new data from Invest Europe. In parallel, the total equit...

Parabellum Investments expands in the US and acquires technology firm The Column Group - - 2020-05-18

Parabellum Investments, an international investment firm specialising in the mid-market, has teamed with operational investors T...

Bond Digital Health receives investment to help develop Covid-19 test - - 2020-05-18

A leading Welsh medtech company has received significant equity funding from The Development Bank of Wales and Wealth Club to develop the ...

Greater London Investment Fund backs healthy snack brand Adonis - - 2020-05-18

A London based, food brand, has secured a £600,000 expansion loan from The Greater London Investment Fund...

Praetura Ventures launches first evergreen fund - - 2020-05-18

Praetura Ventures, the Manchester-based investor that backs quality businesses in high-value sectors, has launched the Praetura EIS Growth Fund as it...

7 classic bear traps for business angels and how to avoid them - - 2020-05-17

There are some classic bear traps that new business angels should avoid if they want to get beyond that early exciting stage, and closer to the money making stage... #1...

Great Point Media backs new production company - - 2020-05-15

A year after the worldwide sales success of the Channel 5 film ‘Agatha and the Truth of Murder’, the North Yorkshire-based husband and wife team behind it – Emily and Tom...

Rocking Horse partners with Quilam Capital to provide SMEs access to funding - - 2020-05-15

UK Innovation funder Rocking Horse has announced a multi-million-pound partnership with London-based specialist investment firm ...

Savings platform Smartlery secures £7 million funding - - 2020-05-15

Smarterly, the digital wealth platform for the workplace, has secured £7 million investment to support its continued growth as it brings innovation ...

Third of UK fintechs have lost vital funding due to equity management problems - - 2020-05-15

Qadre, a high-growth fintech trusted by leading institutions to deliver certainty with blockchain technology, has announced ...

Xona Space Systems raises $1m pre-seed round - - 2020-05-15

Xona Space Systems, a San Mateo-based startup creating a secure and precise Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) satell...

BBI commits £35m to Harwood Private Capital at first close of £70m - - 2020-05-14

British Business Investments, the commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank,...

Epic Games awards $100K Epic MegaGrant to Polystream - - 2020-05-14

Epic Games, creators of Unreal Engine, has awarded a 'MegaGrant' to Polystream, a deep-tech startup and th...

Digital staffing service Zenjob raises $30 million - - 2020-05-14

The digital staffing service, Zenjob, has successfully secured a Series C funding round of $30 million. The lead investor is ...

Intertust strengthens its fund operations - - 2020-05-14

Intertrust, a leading global provider of tech-enabled corporate and fund solutions, has appointed Derek Ramage (pictured) as Head of Fu...

Now is a great time to be raising money says YFM - - 2020-05-14

While the initial shock of lockdown was evident in early April with some deal processes being postponed or even falling away entirely, the surprise has perhaps been the speed of the bounce back in ...

Archangels-backed Reactec launches social distancing solution - - 2020-05-13

Edinburgh-based Reactec, has repurposed its proven system for monitoring workers’ exposure to health risk to create “Safedistance...

Development Bank of Wales delivers £2.9m for The Goods Shed - - 2020-05-13

The transformation of a Victorian railway building into an entertainment and business complex is nearing completion having secured a £2.9 million investment from the ...

UK Creative Content EIS Fund backs Maze Theory - - 2020-05-13

The UK Creative Content EIS Fund has invested in Maze Theory, a digital entertainment studio focusing...

How a digital-first working environment can support the start-up ecosystem - - 2020-05-13

Financial firms need to adopt a digital-focussed working environment if they want to survive beyond current lockdowns, says Arches Capital. The Amsterdam-based...

eFront: Calm before storm as private equity ends 2019 on a high - - 2020-05-13

eFront, the leading financial software and solutions provider dedicated to Alternative Investments, has published its latest ...

Aran Services secures funding from IGF - - 2020-05-12

Insulation and fire protection expert ...

Blackfinch launches #ISOLATIONINTERN platform to help startups recruit talent - - 2020-05-12

Blackfinch Group has launched the #ISOLATIONINTERN platform in partnership wit...

ING and Triple Point invest £4 million funding in Countingup - - 2020-05-12

Countingup, the business current account that automates your accounting, has received the backing of leading fintech investors. The London-based startup has ra...

Business angel investment in Scotland reaches new heights - - 2020-05-12

Business angel syndicates in Scotland participated in deals which invested over £100m in young entrepreneurial companies in the financial year to end March 2020. This is ...

£37m turnover means exit from BGF for leading Gloucestershire ecommerce retailer - - 2020-05-12

BGF has exited Direct Online Services (DOS), the UK’s leading ecommerce retailer of kitchen wo...

New research highlights how role of fund finance by GPs will combat COVID impact - - 2020-05-12

A new survey by Intertrust1, a global leader in providing tech-enabled fund and corporate solutions, revea...

StaffCircle raises new funds from Blackfinch and Mercia - - 2020-05-11

StaffCircle, a communications, performance and culture platform that enables companies to manage employees across many locations, has raised new funds fro...

Coronavirus - big questions for start ups - - 2020-05-11

Sukendhu Pal talks about the impact of Coronavirus on London's start ups and offers advice on what they can to help mitigate some of the worst impacts on their businesses. The coronavirus p...

BGF still the number one growth capital investor in the world - - 2020-05-11

BGF reported strong investment and financial performance in its 2019 Annual Report and Accounts, remaining the number one growth capital investor in the world by ...

Amati VCT reaches capacity in £25 million offer - - 2020-05-11

Against the backdrop of a challenging market environment, Amati AIM VCT latest fundraising has reached its targeted £25 million capacity.&n...

Newable commits £120,000 funding into Echion Technologies - - 2020-05-11

Newable has completed a £120,000 equity investment in Echion Technologies. This is the second Echion investment...

Coronavirus emergency pushes more than half a million UK businesses to the brink of insolvency - - 2020-05-07

One in ten British businesses face a high risk of entering insolvency as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. This equates to more than half a million (591...

Coronavirus, the global financial crisis and private equity valuations - - 2020-05-07

eFront, the leading financial software and solutions provider dedicated to Alternative Investments, has published a retrospective analysis of private equ...

Coventry electric taxi manufacturer recruiting 50 employees following £1.25m loan - - 2020-05-07

A Coventry-based manufacturer responsible for producing all electric black taxis - ‘Hackney Carriages’ - approved by Transport for London has secured a £1.25m loan. The...

Zeitgold Raises €27 Million in Series B Funding - - 2020-05-07

Zeitgold, the intelligent software platform for small business accounting automation, raised €27 million in Series B funding. The round was led ...

Notion Capital leads £2 million investment in Scoota - - 2020-05-07

Scoota , the leader in automated omni-channel digital branding technology, has raised £2 millino from Notion Capital, th...

Peanut's $12 million funding led by EQT Ventures - - 2020-05-06

Peanut, the leading social network for women, today announces the closing of a USD $12M Series A funding le...

Oxwash’s space-age laundry service gets £1.4m investment - - 2020-05-06

Oxwash, the space-age laundry and dry-cleaning startup overhauling the traditional laundry service, has rasied £...

Development Bank of Wales backs Nolan UPVC MBO - - 2020-05-06

A Carmarthen carpenter has led his management team to complete a multi-million management buy-out of the double glazing company that he set-up in 1989. Funded by the ...

Software start up Allegrow raises £400k from Mercia - - 2020-05-06

A Newcastle tech start-up whose software helps sales staff to find and close new leads has raised £400,000 to further develop its product and expand its team. ...

Guernsey Finance to explore investment sector’s recovery from pandemic - - 2020-05-06

Turnaround investor Jon Moulton has described the Covid-19 environment as the biggest disruption he has seen in his 40-year business career. Mr Moulton, who liv...

Blockchain: It’s the future so put your money where your mouth is says MMC research - - 2020-05-05

New research released from venture capital fund MMC Ventures, shows that while 2...

Yoello and FOR Cardiff launch mobile web-app to support local businesses during Covid-19 - - 2020-05-05

Cardiff based fintech company Yoello has joined forces with non-profit organisation FOR Cardiff to launch a campaig...

Another investment manager joins YFM in Manchester - - 2020-05-05

YFM Equity Partners (YFM) is continuing to expand its team with the appointment of Laura Sisson as investment manager. ...

Intertrust automates loan administration and cash management services - - 2020-05-05

Intertrust, a global leader in providing tech-enabled fund and corporate solutions to clients operating and investing in the international business en...

Chemical tech company secures £2.25m investment to accelerate growth - - 2020-05-05

A Liverpool-based chemical technology company that is helping in the fight against dementia, cancer and respiratory illnesses has secured £2.25m in a funding round led by the VC firms ...

QVentures leads round in secure UX research repository Glean.ly - - 2020-05-04

QVentures is to lead the funding round in Glean.ly, a scalable repository for user experience research and insights. ...

TransFICC secures investment from AlbionVC, ING Ventures and HSBC - - 2020-05-04

TransFICC, the specialist provider of low-latency connectivity and workflow services for Fixed Income and Derivatives Markets, has closed its...

Small business growth outlook collapses - - 2020-05-04

The proportion of UK small businesses predicting growth has plummeted from 39% to just 14% in the last three months - with 31% of business owners scaling back their businesses and 30% saying they w...

Lifebit Biotech closes $7.5 million funding round - - 2020-05-04

Lifebit Biotech, a leading innovator in bioinformatics and cognitive software solutions, has closed its Series A funding round of US$7.5M (£6 million) led by...

Tech-for-good firm Donr secures new investment and hits £1m giving milestone - - 2020-05-04

A Newcastle-based company which provide the UK’s fastest-growing text donation service has secured a second round of investment funding worth £350,000. Tech-for-good firm ...

Expa taps former Uber and Virgin Galactic executive David Clark to open London office - - 2020-05-01

Expa, a company founded by serial entrepreneur and Uber co-founder Garrett Camp to help entrepreneurs create and launch new companies, has hired ...

UK deal activity falls to lowest monthly level in almost 35 years - - 2020-05-01

UK deal making has plunged to the lowest monthly total in almost 35 years according to research from Refinitiv. Deal value invol...

Empiribox raises £2m to help teachers deliver science lessons online - - 2020-05-01

Social impact investor Nesta Impact Investments (NII), part of Nesta, and London-based investment manager, ...

Bot-Hive completes Development Bank of Wales led fundraising - - 2020-05-01

Bot-Hive, a digital marketplace for robotics and AI solutions has successfully completed a six-figure equity funding round. Bot-Hive is...

YouTube karaoke channel Sing King raises £550,000 via Angel Investment Network - - 2020-05-01

The world's leading online Karaoke channel, Sing King, has raised £550,000 via...

Revenue analytics platform Kluster raises seed round led by Newable and SuperSeed - - 2020-04-30

Kluster has received a $1m investment from VCs Newable and SuperSeed, alongside ...

IQ Capital comments on recent UK investment stats - - 2020-04-30

Figures from Plexal and Beauhurst released today show there was £663 million of investment in UK companies over the lockdown period between March 23 and ...

Over-action or inaction – both could hit your wealth, warns deVere CEO - - 2020-04-30

Stress in the financial markets is prompting a growing number of people to make extreme investment decisions that could ultimately hit their wealth, warns Nigel Green, CEO of deVere ...

Maven secures a further £23.7m from Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund - - 2020-04-30

The British Business Bank has allocated an additional £23.7m to Maven...

Successful first quarter for investment non-profit NorthInvest despite COVID-19 disruption - - 2020-04-30

Leeds-based investment non-profit NorthInvest supported three investment rounds in the first quarter of 2020. The investment facilita...

Littledata receives investment from Henley Business Angels - - 2020-04-29

Littledata, a SaaS company that connects and automates ecommerce analytics for its customers, has received investment from a member of ...

Muve Beats the Covid Blues to Raise £1.1m led by Origin Capital - - 2020-04-29

Innovative law firm Muve has completed a £1.1 million equity funding round to finance its further aggressiv...

Leadership in a hostile VUCA environment - - 2020-04-29

Skills for leadership are natural, learned and require continual refinement. New skills are forged in times of crisis. Conversely leadership as a position starts at a point in time, often when some...

Sustainable marketplace Know The Origin secures £300,000 from GC Angels - - 2020-04-29

Manchester-based sustainable and ethical marketplace, Know the Origin has received a £300,000 investment from GC Angels...

Launch of Silver Cloud Investment to support businesses during COVID-19 and beyond - - 2020-04-29

Silver Cloud Investments has been launched by founder and CEO Joe Stelzer, formerly managing partner at the UK’s leading sell-side M&A house Cavendish Corporate Finance. Silver Cl...

LGB Corporate Finance advises Whalar on new debt facility - - 2020-04-28

LGB Corporate Finance has advised Whalar Ltd, a multinational advertising and media business, on the establis...

Brikk receives investment from Henley Business Angels - - 2020-04-28

Brikk, a modern ‘3.0’ estate agency platform that serves its customers online, has received investment from three ...

Four new lenders announced under Coronavirus Interruption Loan Scheme - - 2020-04-28

The British Business Bank has announced that it has approved four new lenders for accreditation ...

Food Allergy Group raises £1.25 million to continue expansion plans - - 2020-04-28

Acceleris Capital portfolio company Reacta Biotech has completed its largest funding round to date, involving...

LGB arranges £20m loan for Simply Asset Finance - - 2020-04-28

LGB Corporate Finance has arranged a £20 million Medium Term Note (MTN) programme for Simply Asset Finance, a leading privat...

Development Bank of Wales invests £500k in horticulture business Phytoponics - - 2020-04-27

Aberystwyth headquartered Phytoponics has raised £500,000 equity finance to undertake large scale commercial trials of ...

Ex Blue Prism CEO Alastair Bathgate joins ScaleUp Group - - 2020-04-27

Alastair Bathgate has become the 29th Member of ScaleUp Group, following the announcement that he is stepping down as ...

Innovative VC firm pledges £20m for online businesses by end of 2020 - - 2020-04-27

A new revenue finance company has pledged £20m of funding for online business by the end of 2020. The revolutionary venture funding firm, ...

Prime Advantage Capital competes seed-funding for Tonic Nutrition - - 2020-04-27

Prime Advantage Capital Partners has completed a successful fundraise for Tonic Nutrition, a vitamin drink that’s making headlines. ...

Vertical Future Secures £1.1 million funding from Earthworm Group - - 2020-04-27

Acceleris client, Vertical Future has completed an additional £1.1 million of equity investment from ...

Keensight Capital completes the sale of smartTrade - - 2020-04-24

Keensight Capital, one of the leading private equity managers dedicated to pan-European Growth Buyout investments, has announced the completion of the ...

£36 million awarded to 585 Welsh businesses in just three weeks - - 2020-04-24

585 businesses across Wales have been awarded funding totalling £36 million by the Development Bank of Wales since the Covid-19 Wales Business Loa...

MMC and Praetura back $12 million funding in AI startup Peak - - 2020-04-24

Peak, the pioneer of the enterprise AI System, has completed a $12 million extended series A funding round led by existing investors ...

Ingenious' leads $4m investment in wind project management firm Shoreline - - 2020-04-24

Ingenious' Infrastructure Ventures EIS Service has led a $4m A-series investment round in Shoreline. ...

Rooted MilQ receives investment from Henley Business Angels - - 2020-04-24

Rooted MilQ, a Reading based food and beverage company that is developing plant protein-based milk from quinoa and tarwi, has received investment from a member of ...

One Utility Bill raises £1.7m in funding round led by DSW Angels - - 2020-04-23

One Utility Bill – which simplifies utility billing for tenants, landlords and letting agents - has raised £1.7m to further develop its platform...

Foresight announces successful sale of Clubhouse Golf to all4golf delivering a 6x return - - 2020-04-23

Foresight Group has successfully exited its investment in Clubhouse Golf, the UK’s largest independ...

British Business Investments commits £10m to Startup Funding Club - - 2020-04-23

British Business Investments Ltd, a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has announced a new commitment under its £100m Regional Angels P...

IGF appoints Barclays’ Paul Whitaker as chief risk and operating officer - - 2020-04-23

Independent Growth Finance (IGF), a leading independent commerc...

Shepherd secures follow-on funding from Earthworm - - 2020-04-23

Shepherd, specialists in property performance management via data analytical and remote monitoring solutions, has secured follow-on funding. ...

Research shows sizeable surge in interest in virtual events and remote working due to COVID-19 - - 2020-04-22

New research from global communications agency ...

Maven CP completes investment in fast-growing SaaS company Precursive - - 2020-04-22

Maven Capital Partners has completed a £2.5m investment in Precursive, a software as a service (SaaS) com...

IW Capital announces £2 million investment in online GP service - - 2020-04-22

IW Capital has announced the completion of a £2 million investment in GPDQ, providing a welcome boost to healthcar...

British start-ups have months to survive without substantial government support, says new research - - 2020-04-22

According to new research conducted this month from proSapient, a machine learning executive research platform, over half (57%) of UK start-ups said they only h...

Applied Blockhain raises £2 million - - 2020-04-22

Leading distributed solutions specialist Applied Blockchain has completed a £2 million funding round lead by Hong Kong based venture capital fir...

British Business Investments and Par Equity to deliver £75m to support entrepreneurs in the regions - - 2020-04-21

British Business Investments, a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has announced a new £15m commitment to ...

QVentures invests in EdTech app articulate.xyz - - 2020-04-21

QVentures has announced that it will lead the funding round for articulate.xyz, a digital app-based service for thos...

£100 million for 112 property developments in Wales - - 2020-04-21

79 SME property developers have benefitted from investments totalling £100 million for 112 property development projects according to the latest figures published by the ...

£100m Development Bank of Wales loan scheme fully subscribed in first week - - 2020-04-21

The Covid-19 Wales Business Loan Scheme is fully subscribed after more than 1,500 applications were received in just over one week. ...

Teacher Booker raises £650,000 through Growthdeck - - 2020-04-21

GrowthDeck has completed a £650,000 fundraise for Teacher Booker, the online network of high-quality supply ...

Albion Capital refinances £105 million portfolio of UK-based renewable energy projects - - 2020-04-20

Albion Capital has refinanced Albion Community Power, the £105 million renewable ener...

David Wrench joins YFM Equity Partners' investment team - - 2020-04-20

YFM Equity Partners has appointed David Wrench as an investment director as it continues to expand its investment team. David is joi...

Funding Circle accredited under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Scheme - - 2020-04-20

Funding Circle, the small business loans platform, has today been approved for accreditation by the ...

Startup Funding Club leads seed round in accounting software firm Ember - - 2020-04-20

Startup Funding Club ...

Green Angel Syndicate leads £950k impact investment in Thrift+ - - 2020-04-20

Green Angel Syndicate has invested alongside Triple Point Impact EIS Fund and ...

Medopad rebrands as Huma as it expands offerings and acquires AI and wearable tech startups - - 2020-04-17

Medopad ...

Is it time to change how we work? - - 2020-04-17

Yes, that is an impossible question to answer on many levels. All any of us can think about is ‘when this is over..’ ‘once I can get back to normal…’ &lsq...

ContentCal raises £2.5m from Fuel Ventures to drive growth and innovation - - 2020-04-17

UK-founded marketing technology company ContentCal has secured a £2.5 million investment from early and growth stage investor ...

Foresight Williams invests £540,000 in University of Oxford spin-out Living Optics - - 2020-04-17

Foresight Group and Williams Advanced Engineering have made a £540,000 investment from Foresight Williams Technology EIS Fund into ...

Zeigo raises £800,000 seed funding - - 2020-04-16

Zeigo, an innovative energy tech platform which connects corporate energy buyers with renewable energy generators and suppliers, has closed a £800,000 Se...

Blackfinch invests in award-winning recruitment software company Candidate.ID - - 2020-04-16

Blackfinch has invested c.£630,000 in Glasgow-based company Candidate.ID, founded in 2015. Candidate.ID o...

Maven and Guinness Asset Management lead £10m funding for Push Technology - - 2020-04-16

Maven Capital Partners and Guinness Asset Management...

Great Point Media invests in Camden Productions - - 2020-04-16

Great Point, the UK’s leading independent media investment firm, has invested in ...

Furlough calculator launched by CountingUp - - 2020-04-15

Countingup, the number one banking and accounting app in the UK, has launched a free ...

British Business Bank announces new lenders under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme - - 2020-04-15

The British Business Bank has announced that it has approved four new lenders for accreditation under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Lo...

Immersive Technology firm Igloo Vision raises £435,000 - - 2020-04-15

Igloo Vision, the Shropshire-based immersive technology company, has raised an additional £...

US universities engage UK tech firm StageClip for virtual graduations - - 2020-04-15

Leading US universities including Harvard and Arizona State University have engaged British tech start-up StageClip to f...

Birmingham experts produce ‘pop-up tent’ to protect frontline medical staff - - 2020-04-14

Experts from the University of Birmingham's Medical & Dental School, Health Technologies Institute, and ...

Cohesity completes $250 million funding led by DFJ Growth - - 2020-04-14

Cohesity has completed a $250 million Series E funding, led by DFJ Growth, ...

Innovate UK launches £20m fast-track competition to tackle Covid-19 disruption - - 2020-04-14

Innovate UK has launched a £20m competition looking for business-led innovation in response to global disruption, closing...

Almost a third of Northern businesses at high risk due to COVID-19 - - 2020-04-14

Almost a third of businesses in the Midlands and the North of England are at high risk of collapse due to COVID-19 impacting on their supply chain, according to a recent report from ...

It's time to re-assess my portfolio performance - - 2020-04-14

James Murdoch takes a considered look back over his portfolio performance from the last year and shares his observations on the ups and downs of equity crowdfunding. ...

Jenson Invests in Survey54 Ltd - - 2020-04-09

Jenson Funding Partners has completed an investment in Survey54, a business SaaS platform for consumer surveys i...

Jenson SEIS invests in Not In The Guidebooks Limited - - 2020-04-09

Jenson Funding Partners has made investment in Not In The Guidebooks, providing local, authentic, ...

Maven leads £3.5 million funding round in Nano Interactive - - 2020-04-09

Maven Capital Partners has led an investment in Nano Interac...

New study reveals world's most sustainable businesses - - 2020-04-09

Capital on Tap has revealed the world’s most sustainable corporations and startups, analysing where they ar...

Coronavirus: How is the economy being affected and how will we recover? - - 2020-04-09

Dr Maria Rana, expert in economics and finance at the University of Salford Business School, looks at how the UK economy is coping so far und...

Cause capital investor The Craftory now a certified B Corporation - - 2020-04-08

The Craftory is the first UK-based investment company, investing exclusively in purpose-led consumer goods, to achieve B...

Blossom Capital launches Cultivate - first-of-its-kind angel program in Europe - - 2020-04-08

Blossom Capital, the record-breaking VC led by investor Ophelia Brown, has launched Cultivate, an angel investment program that will bring together Europe&...

YFM closes new buyout fund at £80 million - - 2020-04-08

YFM Equity Partners has closed its Buyout Fund II, ahead of target, with £80 million of committed funds and a wave of new high net worth and entrepreneurial i...

Mid-tier market support addressed as funding gap closed - - 2020-04-08

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s 3 April announcement that financial support for the vital mid-tier sector is now available for businesses with up to £500m turnover should be welcomed. This is ...

Corona leads to 355% rise in demand for stocks and gold than 2008 financial crisis - - 2020-04-08

Demand for stocks and gold has topped the numbers of the 2008 financial crisis by as much as 335%, as can be seen on a new ...

British Business Bank: Coronavirus Loan Scheme expanded to benefit smaller firms - - 2020-04-07

Launched on 23 March, the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) has now been significantly expanded along with changes to the scheme’s features and eligibility criteria. ...

Data streaming platform Ably secures £7m funding from MMC - - 2020-04-07

Data streaming platform Ably has raised $7m in Series A funding, led by MMC Ventures, with ...

Better Boards secures £375,000 from Development Bank of Wales - - 2020-04-07

Board evaluation and board development specialists Better Boards has secured a £250,000 equity investment from the Development Bank of Wales and £125,000 from a panel of four angel...

Foresight invests £800,000 into Substantive Research Limited - - 2020-04-07

Foresight Group has made a £800,000 growth capital investment into Substantive Research Limited, a ...

Kickstart opens for applications for a new cohort of later-stage tech startups - - 2020-04-07

Kickstart, one of Europe's largest innovation platforms, is welcoming applications for the fifth iteration of its annual B2B scale-up pr...

Revisiting the Burning Platform - COVID19 - - 2020-04-06

Tony Fish gives his perspective on the leadership skills needed in a senior team to create and map the direction ahead. ...

The Prince’s Trust and NatWest launch £5m grant fund for young entrepreneurs - - 2020-04-06

The Prince’s Trust and NatWest have announced the launch of a £5million fund...

Tech Nation responds to newly announced Government measures - - 2020-04-06

Gerard Grech, Chief Executive, Tech Nation Latest tech sector response to ...

Silicon Valley Bank anounces COVID-19 Response & Community Support - - 2020-04-06

Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has announced COVID-19 Response & Community Support initiatives that stem...

WealthTech startup InvestSuite raises €2 million led by PMV - - 2020-04-06

InvestSuite has raised a seed extension round led by PMV with participation from existing and new business angels, management and employees. This €2 ...

PeoplePerHour to pledge £10m to help freelancers and small businesses globally - - 2020-04-03

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Beauhurst analyses the effect of coronavirus on UK investment in Q1 2020 - - 2020-04-03

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Brookfield buys into Harwell Science and Innovation Campus - - 2020-04-03

Brookfield Asset Management, through its Strategic Real Estate Partners III Fund, has acquired a 50% stake in Harw...

Mergermarket Global M&A roundup for the Q1 2020 - - 2020-04-03

Mergermarket has released its Global M&A roundup for the first quarter (Q1) of 2020, including its financial ad...

North East’s first social enterprise incubator launched - - 2020-04-02

The North East Business and Innovation Centre (BIC) has launched the region’s first social enterprise incubator – designed to nurture entrepreneu...

Blackfinch Spring Venture Capital Trust raises £3.3 million - - 2020-04-02

Blackfinch Group's Blackfinch Spring VCT has raised over £3.3 million to invest in a portfolio of technology and technology-enabled companies, since...

Smart Separations to collaborate with University of Surrey on SPRINT-funded project - - 2020-04-02

Smart Separations, a leading specialist in innovative microfiltration (MF) technology, has signed up to the national SPRINT business support programme. ...

EISA survey aims to show real impact of COVID-19 on small business fundraising - - 2020-04-02

The EIS Association is collecting evidence to replay to the Government to show them the affect current situation is having on small businesses who are s...

Good Food Fund launches to back challenger brands fighting childhood obesity - - 2020-04-01

Big Society Capital and Guy’s and St Thomas’s Charity have partnered t...

Qarnot Computing raises €6 million to accelerate growth - - 2020-04-01

A syndicate of investors including Banque des Territoires, ...

Gilde Healthcare closes $450 million venture and growth capital fund - - 2020-04-01

Gilde Healthcare has closed its $450 million venture and growth capital fund Gilde Healthcare V. The new fund, which was oversubscribed, targets grow...

The race for a vaccine: fund mangers comment on the prospects for combating coronavirus - - 2020-04-01

With vast swathes of the world in lockdown, the one question on everyone’s minds is how long will it take to develop a vaccine against COVID-19? The Association of Investment Companies (...

Tech accelerator BetaDen announces 2020 cohort - - 2020-04-01

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Symvan investee company UnderPinned hits £500,000 crowdfunding target - - 2020-03-31

Symvan investee, UnderPinned...

One Stop Business Finance boosts Yorkshire business development team - - 2020-03-31

Yorkshire based SME funding specialist One Stop Business Finance has expanded its client servicing team with the appointment of Carey Scargill as Business Develo...

Kernel Capital funds €1.2 million investment in Code Institute - - 2020-03-31

Kernel Capital through the Bank of Ireland Kernel Capital Growth Funds II and Infinity Capital have led a €1.2m investment in ...

Air Doctor Raises $7.8 million led by Kamet Ventures - - 2020-03-31

Air Doctor, a technology platform providing a global medical outpatient network that connects travelers with local doctors, has raised a Series A funding round of ...

Emma Bridgewater secures £8 million investment from BGF - - 2020-03-31

Iconic British ceramics brand Emma Bridgewater has secured an £8m investment from BGF, the UK and Ireland...

QVentures calls for increased Government support for start-ups - - 2020-03-30

QVentures has launched a petition to the UK government to increase tax reliefs for the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Seed Enterprise Investment Sche...

AVS signs up to SPRINT to develop greener satellite propulsion systems - - 2020-03-30

Added Value Solutions (AVS) Ltd, a world-leading designer and developer of bespoke equipment for large science and research infrastructure, has signed up to the ...

Marion Surgical receives £280k from GC Angels for UK expansion - - 2020-03-30

Marion Surgical, which works with surgeons from around the globe to build a next generation suite of surgic...

NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance invests £650,000 in GI UK Medical - - 2020-03-30

A new medical device supplier which aims to offer UK hospitals the latest innovations from around the world has secured a £650,000 investment from ...

Convertibles: a distraction? asks James Murdoch - - 2020-03-30

James Murdoch looks whether Convertibles benefit the founders or the investors in Equity Crowdfunding. ...

The Link App has global plans following investment from GC Angels - - 2020-03-27

The Link App - software designed to facilitate communication between law firms and their clients - has received significant investment from ...

Jenson SEIS Fund backs warehouse marketplace platform LogistCompare - - 2020-03-27

Jenson Funding Partners have completed an investment in LogistCompare a marketplace platform for wareho...

Banking alternative fintech company Lanistar launches with £2 million seed funding - - 2020-03-27

Lanistar, a new banking alternative fintech company, has launched...

Leading UK FinTech VoxSmart receives £5.5m funding from NatWest - - 2020-03-27

VoxSmart, the global leader in communications surveillance technology for Financial Markets, has completed a strategic funding round of £5.5m ($7.2m) f...

TechNation's advice for funding raising in a lockdown - Angela Logan, TechNation - 2020-03-26

Advice on fundraising during the CoronaVirus pandemic from TechNation. With a global pandemic underway, and economies still reeling, we understand ...

Foresight and Belltown join forces in UK onshore wind development venture - - 2020-03-26

Foresight Group LLP and Belltown Power Limited have formed a joint venture to develop Belltown’s pipeline of gr...

Jenson SEIS Fund invests in property valuation app Zeus - - 2020-03-26

Jenson Funding Partners has completed an investment in ZEUS a property valuation app which allows property own...

Viewpoint from Symvan Capital: When Will the Financial Meltdown End? - - 2020-03-26

Symvan Capital's Kealan Doyle predicts that will almost certainly be a further downward stage, probably centered in the United Sta...

Your country needs you(r) investment - Andrew Aldridge, Deepbridge Capital - 2020-03-25

Andrew Aldridge from Deepbridge Capital urges investors not to loose their nerve and why is important for us to carry on investing. ...

Mayor's Tech Fund and world-class mentors are uniting to support London Tech - - 2020-03-25

Funding London – the Mayor of London's investment vehicle – is being supported by several iconic mentors. Entrepreneurs and investors ...

A third of businesses lack the tech infrastructure to manage long-term remote working - - 2020-03-25

New data reveals that 33 per cent of UK businesses say they lack the technology infrastructure to manage long-term remote working during the Covid-19 crisis. ...

Blackfinch’s EIS portfolio companies, Auro, offers the chance to stay healthy and active - - 2020-03-25

In December 2019 Backfinch invested c.£500,000 in London-based company Auro. Founded in 2016, Auro offers a fitness app t...

AstronauTx secures investment from UCL Technology Fund - - 2020-03-25

AstronauTx Ltd, a biotech company developing new medicines designed to restore the normal behaviour of astrocytes for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases...

Global financial markets to use China’s recovery as a critical gauge - - 2020-03-24

Global financial markets will use China’s recovery as a sentiment tracker, affirms the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory and services organizations....

Newcastle H&S software firm in second funding round - - 2020-03-24

Notify Technology – the Newcastle-based health and safety software business – has completed a £370,000 investment r...

AIC publishes its list of next generation of dividend heroes - - 2020-03-24

Following the announcement of its dividend heroes last week, the ...

Tesi in 2019: Strong financial performance enabling even larger impact - - 2020-03-24

During 2019, Tesi (Finnish Industry Investment Ltd) made new investments and commitments amounting to €133m. Tesi gave commitments totalli...

Coronavirus business interruption loan scheme opens to smaller businesses - - 2020-03-24

Announced by the Chancellor at Budget 2020, the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) is open for applications and can provide facilities of up to £5m ...

Turnaround Management Association appoints Paul Davies as president - - 2020-03-23

The Turnaround Management Association UK has appointed BTG Advisory partner Paul Davies as president of the as...

finnCap senior partner says more is needed to support UK SMEs - - 2020-03-23

Lord Howard Leigh of Hurley, Senior Partner at Cavendish Corporate Finance & Deputy Executive Chairman at finnCap Group plc, has told the House of Lords...

Half of UK & US firms predict a recession in 2020 says Stenn - - 2020-03-23

Just under half of firms in the UK (46%) and US (45%) predict their country will go into recession in 2020, according to research by trade finance provider ...

10 ways SMEs can weather the Coronavirus storm - - 2020-03-23

LawBite, the UK's leading legal-tech platform, looks at some of the ways in which SMEs can help themselves to weather the current storm. ...

Mercia backs sustainable veg delivery firm with £3 million investment - - 2020-03-23

Oddbox, the London company behind the UK's first sustainable fruit and vegetable box delivery service, is planning to expand nationwide after securing a &pou...

Successful exit as YFM Equity Partners sells GroupBC - - 2020-03-20

YFM Equity Partners-advised funds have sold their shareholding in GroupBC to Bentl...

Mapping out the most ambitious businesses in Northern Ireland - - 2020-03-20

Beauhurst takes a closer at the high-growth companies operating in Northern Ireland in its latest report, 'Mapping out the most ambitious businesses ...

Mayor of London funds back female tech founders with £5 million invested - - 2020-03-20

Through its two funds, the London Co-Investment Fund (LCIF) and the Greater London Investment Fund (GLIF),...

VMS collaborates with SPRINT programme and University of Leicester - - 2020-03-20

Glasgow-based Visual Management Systems (VMS), a leading provider of bespoke Physical Security Information Management (PSIM) solutions, is work...

TechNation Future Fifty 8.0 cohort announcement - - 2020-03-19

In conjunction with its recent annual Tech Nation report, Tech Nation, the growth platform for tech companies and leaders, has announced the high-growth s...

A stable picture at the end of 2019, as SMEs sail into uncharted waters. - - 2020-03-19

BVA BDRC has published its latest quarterly SME Finance Monitor report. The largest and most frequent study of its kind in the UK, research findings have been ...

Dragon Peter Jones and BGF join forces - - 2020-03-19

Peter Jones CBE, known for his role on Dragon’s Den, and BGF have joined forces to support two high-growth tech b...

RLC Ventures leads £500k seed round in Labworks - - 2020-03-19

RLC Ventures has made an investment has led a £500k seed round in Labworks. Labworks are Europe's leading vo...

Swipii secures £1 million investment from Par Equity - - 2020-03-18

Glasgow-based Swipii has secured funding of £1 million into its cashback ap...

The AngelNews wine column - If you keep playing with it… - - 2020-03-18

The latest AngelNews wine column from Caspar Bowes of Bowes Wine...

Tech Nation publishes 2020 Report on he UK’s tech ecosystem - - 2020-03-18

Tech Nation, the growth platform for tech companies and leaders, has released its annual Tech Nati...

Growth Capital Ventures poised for growth after hitting £35m investment milestone - - 2020-03-18

Growth Capital Ventures, a growing North East financial technology company has hit a series of milestones as it celebrates i...

Pembrokeshire Sailors opens new centre with £20k Development Bank of Wales funding - - 2020-03-18

Watersport and sailing enthusiasts will be setting sail from Lydstep when the Pembrokeshire Performance Sailing Academy opens a second centre this Easter. ...

DSW Angels hits milestone with 1,000 applications for funding - - 2020-03-17

DSW Angels, the business angel network, is celebrating a milestone after receiving its 1,000th application for funding within two years of its launch. ...

YFM backs commercial vehicle safety specialist Innovative Safety Systems - - 2020-03-17

YFM has completed a significant investment in West Midlands-based Innovative...

Crowdcube partners with Episode 1 to fuel software infrastructure and deep tech startups - - 2020-03-17

Crowdcube, the leading equity crowdfunding platform, is partnering with Episode 1, backers of Zoopla, Shazam, carwow...

SPRINT partners with Knowledge Transfer Network's Geospatial Insights unit - - 2020-03-17

The national SPRINT business support programme has formed a strategic partnership with Knowledge Transfer Network's Geosp...

AIC publishes its latest list of 21 dividend heroes - - 2020-03-17

The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has published the latest list of its 21 dividend heroes, the investment companies which have consistently incre...

Praetura Ventures leads £1.35m investment in platform for reporting workplace abuse - - 2020-03-16

A Manchester-based technology business that has created a platform for people to confidentially and safely report workplace harassment has secured a £1...

Property marketplace Assetz Capital secures £15m from British Business Investments - - 2020-03-16

Assetz Capital has become the ...

Number of women entrepreneurs still lags behind - - 2020-03-16

Despite the strides that have been made towards workplace equality in recent years, women in businesses are still feeling largely under-represented and underpaid. Re...

Skyports extends fund raise to £6m with investment from Irelandia Aviation - - 2020-03-16

Skyports, the urban air mobility infrastructure provider and drone delivery operator, has extended its Series A funding to now total £6 million ($8 m...

LSP closes largest European life sciences fund at $600 million - - 2020-03-16

LSP, the leading life sciences investor in Europe, has held its final close of LSP 6 at the $600 million hard cap. This is the largest fund ever raised in Europ...

Private equity appetite for IT & Business Services driving deal size, says Hampleton Partners - - 2020-03-13

The latest IT & Business Services M&A market report from Hampleton Partners, the international technology mergers and acquisitions advisor, outl...

Insurtech platform Akur8 8m raises €8m from BlackFin & MTech Capital - - 2020-03-13

AI insurance pricing solution Akur8 has raised €8m in its Series A round from BlackFin Capital Partners and ...

EBAN calls for EU & Member States to better support startups and innovators - - 2020-03-13

EBAN, the trade association representing business angels, seed funds and early stage market playe...

Who are the UK’s top 10 female entrepreneurs under 30? - - 2020-03-13

Last year, Beauhurst published its Female Entrepreneurs report on the state of gender d...

Green Angels supports Scottish Bees - - 2020-03-13

Green Angel Syndicate has invested in The Scottish Bee Company, which is leadin...

Space Talos signs up to SPRINT programme to produce innovative radiation shielding - - 2020-03-12

Space Talos, a specialist in space radiation technology, has signed up to the national SPRINT business support programme to...

Boundary Capital launch Impact fund for private investors - - 2020-03-12

VC firm Boundary Capital has launched a new Impact investment fund for private investors called the Impact Life Fund. The fund’s purpose is to &...

techUK welcomes new Government as being ‘incredibly tech positive’ - - 2020-03-12

Speaking at Leyton UK event, techUK Director of Policy, ...

Calculus Capital budget comment - - 2020-03-12

John Glencross said: “There is a lot in this budget that is positive for entrepreneurs and small business owners. The big change is in entrepreneurs’ relief, which enables business owne...

Fund managers comment on The Budget - - 2020-03-12

Moray Wright, CEO, Parkwalk Advisors "Today’s sur...

NatWest pledges £5bn working capital support for SMEs - - 2020-03-11

As the impact of the Coronavirus outbreak begins to directly impact more businesses, NatWest has outlined the initial support it will pr...

Raindog Films expands with support from UK Creative Content EIS fund - - 2020-03-11

The UK Creative Content EIS Fund has invested in Raindog F...

QVentures leads funding in a home food waste reduction app Kitche - - 2020-03-11

QVentures has invested in start-up Kitche, a free app to reduce food waste and save money. With food waste receiving...

Instanda raises $19.5m to bring digital transformation to the insurance industry - - 2020-03-11

Instanda, the leading customer and policy management platform for the insurance industry, has completed a $19.5m Series A fundraising round, the company has anno...

Sure Ventures has invested in AI security company Getvisibility - - 2020-03-11

Sure Ventures plc, a London listed venture capital fund that invests in early stage software companies acro...

Development Bank of Wales celebrates helping business women on International Womens Day - - 2020-03-10

The Development Bank of Wales has now worked with over 900 women involved in the ownership of companies in Wales. This includes female-fou...

Goodlord raises £10 million - - 2020-03-10

Property technology company Goodlord, which provides software and services to ...

Imperial launches early-stage innovation fund - - 2020-03-10

Imperial College London has launched its first Innovation Fund to invest in early-stage, high-growth, knowledge-intensive companies spun out of the world t...

Bowmark Capital invests in Focus Group - - 2020-03-10

Bowmark Capital, the mid-market private equity firm, has purchased a significant minority stake in Focus Group, a lead...

Roux Brits joins the Portfolio team at YFM - - 2020-03-10

YFM Equity Partners has appointed Roux Brits as Portfolio Director. Based in the London office, Roux will focus on actively managing YFM’s Growth and Buy...

Intertrust appoints Frank Hattann as Global Head of Sales - - 2020-03-09

Intertrust has appointed Frank Hattann as Global Head of Sales. Frank, who will report to Intertrust’s Chief Com...

Big Exit for Angels in Ireland as Chip-maker Decawave sells for €363 million - - 2020-03-09

246 angel investors shared a major payday this year with the €363 million sale of Irish chip-maker Decawave to US Apple supplier Qorvo. Founded ...

Responsible travel brand Tropicfeel raises £1m to transform the travel gear market - - 2020-03-09

Ethical travel gear brand Tropicfeel has surpassed expectations by raising £1 million through crowdfunding platform ...

New SPRINT project enables Previsico to increase accuracy of flood predictions - - 2020-03-09

Loughborough-based Previsico has signed up to the national SPRINT business support programme to work with the ...

Just Play Golf in Penrhys gets £50k loan from Development Bank of Wales - - 2020-03-09

Just Play Golf has received a £50,000 micro loan from the Development Bank of Wales to help buy...

TechApp secures grant from SPRINT to develop antennas for NGSO satellites - - 2020-03-06

London-based TechApp Consultants (TAC), a specialist in bespoke antenna solutions, has signed up to the national ...

1 in 4 businesses believe better diversity improves productivity - - 2020-03-06

Enhancing diversity and inclusion is a top priority for over a quarter (28%) of business leaders, as companies seek to improve workplace culture in a competitive hiring market. ...

Praetura leads £7 million funding for medtech business Inotec - - 2020-03-06

Inotec AMD, a Cambridge based, fast-growing medtech business that has developed a novel device capable of healing complex chronic wounds, has secured ...

Coutts and BGF plan to launch The UK Enterprise Fund - - 2020-03-06

Coutts, the Private Banking arm of NatWest, together with BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor in growing ...

Two thirds of advisers see ESG considerations as ‘important’ when building portfolios - - 2020-03-06

The majority of advisers have a very positive view of the importance of ESG in portfolio construction, according to a new study[1] among financial ad...

Scottish distillery Nc’nean raises £1.7 million on Seedrs - - 2020-03-06

Scotland’s leading female-founded, organic and sustainable whisky distillery, Nc’nean, has successfully raised more than £1.7m in a new fundin...

Symvan Capital: Curating Tomorrow’s Technology Growth - - 2020-03-05

Symvan Capital's Kealan Doyle explains why EIS investments should generate ‘alpha&rs...

London blockchain firms raise over $500m since 2013 - - 2020-03-05

Analysis of global startup hubs by ...

Macro Art secures £3.3 million from IGF following successful MBO - - 2020-03-05

Marco Art Ltd, one of the first wide-format print centres in the UK, has secured £3.3 million in working capital from ...

BVA BDRC publishes 4th Women in Business report - - 2020-03-05

BVA BDRC has published the fourth Women in Business report, based on data from the SME Finance Monitor. This report, covering the period up to and in...

BGF announces successful exit of Vysiion Group - - 2020-03-04

BGF has exited its minority stake in Vysiion Group, a communications infrastructure and outsourced IT service provider....

Octopus Ventures exits stake in We Got POP - - 2020-03-04

Octopus Ventures, part of Octopus Group and one of the largest VCs in Europe, has exited its investment in FilmTec...

Investment company managers comment ahead of The Budget - - 2020-03-04

Following his landslide election victory in December, Boris Johnson announced plans for significant government spending in regions around the UK including the North, the Midlands and Wales. The pla...

Guernsey Finance names new Chief Executive - - 2020-03-04

Guernsey Finance, the promotional agency for the island’s finance industry internationally, has appointed Rupert Pleasant as its new Chief Executi...

Livingbridge expands team with five new appointments - - 2020-03-04

Livingbridge, a leading mid-market private equity investor, has announced four new appointments to its investment team as well as a new Head of Marketing...

Company failure, disclosure and investor frustration - - 2020-03-03

In his latest article for AngelNews, James Murdoch discusses reasonable investor expectations of equity crowdfunding platforms responsibility for disclosure and managing investments. ...

Finstock Capital celebrates more than £12 million invested - - 2020-03-03

Following a successful 2019 and a strong start to 2020, Finstock Capital has now deployed over £12m into early stage businesses, supporting the ...

Successful exit from Whitham Group for Acceleris - - 2020-03-03

Whitham Group, an assembler and supplier of waste recycling systems, has completed an MBO which has enabled investors introduced by ...

Fast paced mountain brand Montane secures investment from Inverleith - - 2020-03-03

Montane, the UK outdoor clothing and accessories company founded over 25 years ago, has received investment from Edinburgh-based specialist consumer brand i...

QVentures invests in Smartia - - 2020-03-02

QVentures has made an investment in SaaS start-up Smartia, which provides artificial intelligence solutions to i...

Collective Benefits raises £3.3m seed round led by Stride.VC - - 2020-03-02

Insurance platform Collective Benefits has closed a £3.3 million seed round led by U.K.-based Stride.VC, alon...

Brighton supermarket rebel HISBE raises £450,000 with Triodos - - 2020-03-02

HISBE Food CIC, a social enterprise and sustainable supermarket, has now raised its full target of £450,000 ...

o2h Ventures backs innovative digital health company Neurofenix - - 2020-02-28

The o2h Therapeutics and AI Fund, has invested in Neurofenix, an innovative digital health company empowering stroke s...

Insurtech firm Aventus secures £2.6m funding led by Outward VC & Notion Capital - - 2020-02-28

Aventus, the London-based B2B insurtech business and insurance operating system originally created for the MGA Homelyfe, has closed a £2.6m inve...

The ScaleUp Accelerator welcomes Piers Linney as Entrepreneur-In-Residence - - 2020-02-28

The Accelerator Network, in partnership with ...

o2h Ventures makes an investment in Pencil Biosciences a novel gene modulation biotech - - 2020-02-27

The o2h Therapeutics and AI Fund, an early stage S/EIS fund investing in biotechnology therapeutics and related AI opportunities, has invested in ...

Refinitiv report shows UK start-up funding at record high in 2019 - - 2020-02-27

UK companies raised a record amount of venture capital in 2019 – the highest in Europe – according to research by Refinitiv. ...

Small business use of alternative finance continues to grow says British Business Bank - - 2020-02-27

The British Business Bank’s 2020 Small Business Finance Markets report highlights significant long-term growth in alternative f...

LBD founder and Pockit investor David Walter enters a whole new ‘VVorld' - - 2020-02-26

Manchester-based entertainment brand Vistavenus, has received its first angel investment of £200,000 from renowned businessman David Walter, giving Vista...

Speedinvest raises €190 million to invest in early-stage European tech startups - - 2020-02-26

Speedinvest, a European venture capital fund with offices in London, Berlin, Vienna, Munich and San Francisco, has raised €190 million for its third fl...

AND Digital receives £11 million investment from BGF - - 2020-02-26

AND Digital has secured an £11m equity investment from BGF, the UK and Ireland&rs...

Foresight East of England Fund backs MBO of McIntyre Electrical - - 2020-02-25

Foresight Group has made the first investment from its East of England Fund, supporting the Buy-in Management Buyout of ...

Henley Business Angels surpasses £1 million invested - - 2020-02-25

In February 2020 Henley Business Angels hit the landmark of over £1 million invested by its members and guests. Since first being ...

o2h Ventures invests in drug discovery company Turbine - - 2020-02-25

The o2h Therapeutics and AI Fund, an early stage S/EIS fund investing in biotechnology therapeutics and related AI opportunities, has made an investment in ...

Investment Opportunity in award winning Active Needle - - 2020-02-25

Award winnning Active Needle Technology is seeking £150,000 for market entry. For more information about this investment opportunity, please...

A planned exit strategy can double returns angels says report - - 2020-02-24

The exit plan needs to be part of the decision whether to invest. That’s the advice for business angels looking to invest in start-up and early stage businesses. New research identifi...

ISAI Cap Venture invests in Toucan Toco's £12m funding round - - 2020-02-24

Capgemini and ISAI, through their joint investment fund ISAI Cap Venture, have made their first minority investment in ...

Montis Biosciences launches with €8.4 million seed financing - - 2020-02-24

Montis Biosciences announced its launch with €8.4 million in seed financing from an international investor syndicate to investigate interactions be...

BGF exits investment in Miss Group - - 2020-02-24

BGF has successfully exited its investment in fast-growth web hosting company, ...

Investment Opportunity in AMR developer Fox Robotics - - 2020-02-22

Fox Robotics seeks £400,000 to fund the commercial development of its innovative Autonomous Mobile Robots. For more information about this investment opportunity, please register via ...

PetMedix win Best Start-up 2019 in the Animal Pharm Awards - - 2020-02-21

PetMedix has been voted best start-up in the global Animal Pharm Awards. The UK-bas...

Top trends in robotics 2020 - - 2020-02-21

From 2020 to 2022 almost 2 million new units of industrial robots are expected to be installed in factories around the world. New technology trends and market developments enable companies to react...

New report: Investment into spinouts declines - - 2020-02-21

Last week, Beauhurst launched ...

NPIF's investment into Alderley Park reaches £2.5m - - 2020-02-21

The Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF), which is delivered by British Business Bank has invested...

VONQ Announces Senior Leadership Appointments - - 2020-02-20

Appointments follow investment by pan-European private equity fund manager, capital D. ...

Process Vision receives investment from Henley Business Angels - - 2020-02-20

Process Vision, a leading business in preventing pipeline contamination and pipeline failures in the oil and gas industries, has received investment fro...

Daystar Power directors awarded as High Impact Entrepreneurs for Nigeria - - 2020-02-20

At the 93rd International Selection Panel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the international jury of the non-governmental o...

MedTech business Inotec AMD secures £7m VC injection - - 2020-02-20

Inotec AMD, a fast-growing medtech business that has developed an innovative device to heal and treat complex chronic wounds, has secured £7m in...

Dropps Receives $16m (£12.5m) From The Craftory - - 2020-02-19

It’s no secret that the world’s oceans are rapidly becoming unrecognizable as the impact from human activity strips them of marine life....

British Patient Capital commits $50m to Atomico V - - 2020-02-19

British Patient Capital, a subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has...

Stoke-on-Trent recruitment company receives £500k MEIF investment - - 2020-02-19

The Supply Register which is based in Stoke-on-Trent has secured a significant inv...

Triple Point Completes £10m Loan Facility in WeFlex - - 2020-02-19

Triple Point Investment Management has announced a £10m facility into WeFlex...

Funding deal gives green light for North West property developer’s first project - - 2020-02-18

Newly formed Manchester based property developer Northern Property Consortium (NPC) has embarked on its maiden project after agreeing a key short term finance deal ...

Concirrus closes $20m in Series B lead by Albion VC - - 2020-02-18

Leading marine and automotive insurtech Concirrus has announced that it has closed a $20 million Series B funding round led by ...

Fresh look for Knighton’s Costcutter will help community thrive - - 2020-02-18

The Development Bank of Wales has invested £200,000 to support the leasehold purchase and refurbishment of the ...

Life's a beach for ambitious Tom & Teddy - - 2020-02-18

Online sales are driving rapid growth at a Bristol-based father and son beachwear business. ...

Inc & Co Group acquires Laundrapp - - 2020-02-18

Inc & Co Group has acquired the operations of Laundrapp, the U.K.’s largest on-demand laundry service. Laundrapp p...

The rise of the Neobanks - - 2020-02-17

New research by SmallBusinessPrices.co.uk analyses how neobanks are on the rise and why they’re so popular amongst consumers compared to...

Livingbridge investee company Brainlabs completes two acquisitions - - 2020-02-17

Livingbridge investee company Brainlabs has made two investments – in online marketing agency ...

Crowdcube exit: Pod Point acquired by EDF - - 2020-02-17

Electric vehicle charge-point maker, Pod Point, which raised funds three times on ...

Tech Nation Rising Stars winners announced - - 2020-02-17

Tech Nation, the UK network for ambitious tech entrepreneurs, has revealed the 10 early-stage scaleup winners of its nationwide competition, Rising Stars. ...

Silverfleet invests in credit management services provider Collectia - - 2020-02-17

Silverfleet Capital, the European private equity firm, has acquired a majority stake in Collectia A/S, a credit management services provider based in Denmark. The terms of the transaction were not ...

Crowdcube reports eighth consecutive record-breaking quarter - - 2020-02-14

Crowdcube, Europe’s leading crowdfunding platform, has achieved its eighth record-breaking quarter in a row, as revenue for 2019 surpasses the £8m...

Alternative Finance in the 2020s: four bold predictions for the next decade - - 2020-02-14

John Auckland, founder of TribeFirst, shares his predictions for alternative finance in the 2020s. The radical increase in alternative finance options has sent shockwaves through the tradit...

Praetura Ventures raises £22 million in under 12 months - - 2020-02-14

Praetura Ventures, the Manchester-based investor that backs early-stage businesses in high-value sectors, has successfully closed its second EIS fund...

Development Bank of Wales appoints Rhys Jones - - 2020-02-14

The Development Bank of Wales has appointed Rhys Jones as a non-executive director. Rhys, 36, is a co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer of SportPursu...

SPRINT supports development of first UK-made thermoelectric generators for space - - 2020-02-14

Leicestershire-based European Thermodynamics, an SME developer and supplier of thermal management components to the electronics, medical, telec...

2019 shifted towards blockbuster M&A transactions says Hampleton report - - 2020-02-13

The latest Fintech M&A market report from Hampleton Partners, the international technology mergers and acquisitions advisor, reveals that 2019 shift...

Dealroom raises €2.75m to support global expansion - - 2020-02-13

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Early-stage startups suffer funding fall in 2019 says Beauhurst's The Deal - - 2020-02-13

Beauhurst has published The Deal - a review of publicly-announced equity fundraisings in 2019. The report shows a record breaking £12 bil...

Unmind raises $10 million to improve employee mental health - - 2020-02-13

Unmind, the workplace mental health platform, today announced it has raised 10 million dollars in a Series A funding round. Led by B...

NPIF - Maven invests £500,000 in ONS designer and developer fissara - - 2020-02-13

NPIF – Maven Equity Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund has in...

Forth, developers of science-led testing for athletes, gets £1m from Development Bank of Wales - - 2020-02-12

The winners of the ‘Welsh Innovation of the Year Award’ at the Welsh SME Business Awards 2019, Forth, are set to turnover £1million ...

Startup confidence in business conditions back to pre-Brexit / 2016 levels - - 2020-02-12

Silicon Valley Bank, the bank of the world's most innovative companies and their investors, today released the 11th edition of its ...

George Whitehead and Alliott Cole join the Angel CoFund from Octopus - - 2020-02-12

The Angel CoFund (ACF) has made two appointments to the team and board. Experienced investor an...

Development Bank of Wales invests in mobile payments innovator Yimba - - 2020-02-12

The Development Bank of Wales has invested £250,000 in Yimba, a f...

Keensight Capital to exit smartTrade Technologies - - 2020-02-11

Keensight Capital, one of the leading private equity managers dedicated to pan-European Growth Buyo...

A/O PropTech launches with €250 million - - 2020-02-11

European proptech VC A/O PropTech has launched after raising €250m permanent capital to invest in technology companies disru...

GROW competition offers support package for agritech startups - - 2020-02-11

Start-ups are twice as likely to succeed if mentoring is involved, as opposed to those who try and build their venture on a good idea and funding alone*. It is why ...

One Stop Business Finance invests has raised £100k to support growth - - 2020-02-11

Yorkshire-based SME funding specialist One Stop Business Finance has completed a major investment programme at its HQ to increase office space and facilitate its...

Foresight invests £500k in Novel Technologies to commercialise its SILVERbac antimicrobial technology - - 2020-02-11

Foresight has made a £500,000 growth capital investment into Novel Technologies Holding Limited, developers of anti...

Top 50 PE backed businesses boost Midlands economy by £1 billion - - 2020-02-11

The top 50 fastest growing private equity-backed businesses in the Midlands have a significant impact on the region’s economy, growing revenues by almost £1 billion sin...

BGF commits additional funding to Collision Management Systems - - 2020-02-10

Collision Management Systems (CMS), the connected vehicle data specialist, working with insurers, fleets and remote worker organisations to reduce employee risk, h...

Beauhurst analyses the first megadeals of 2020 - - 2020-02-10

Latest update from Beauhurst January has been a record breaking month in terms of megadeals, with six equity fundraisings worth over £50m se...

Squire Patton Boggs boosts global private equity team - - 2020-02-10

Squire Patton Boggs has expanded its Global Corporate Practice in London, adding significantly to its international private equity (PE) team, with...

Angel CoFund-backed LivingLens acquired by Medallia - - 2020-02-10

Angel CoFund-backed LivingLens, the video feedback platform, to humanize feedback and bring the voice of the cu...

Par Equity boosts team with two new appointments to fuel growth - - 2020-02-10

Par Equity, the leading Scottish EIS Fund Manager, has appointed two new team members. Tom Croy joins as Investment Manager and Alastair Orr Ewing as Portf...

Antler brings in new investors taking total funds raised to $75 million - - 2020-02-07

Schroders, along with Johan H. Andresen through his investment h...

Ingenious invests in leading supplier of terahertz technology systems TeraView - - 2020-02-07

Ingenious has invested in TeraView, the pioneer and leader in terahertz technology and solutions, as part ...

Moteefe raises $5m from Gresham House and Force Over Mass - - 2020-02-07

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Equity Gap reports another strong year in 2019 - - 2020-02-07

Equity Gap, the Edinburgh based business angel syndicate, reports its 2019 performance, which saw the firm deliver 23 funding rounds, add ...

Wearable tech firm Nurvv raises $9 million from Hiro Capital - - 2020-02-07

NURVV, the biomechanics innovator using British science to disrupt the global wearables industry, has closed its first venture funding round, led by ...

Wholesale nursery supplier Opperman secures £250k from MEIF Maven Debt Finance - - 2020-02-06

Family run plant nursery will use the funding to accelerate growth plans, diversify its customer base and take advantage of new market opp...

Blend Network completes £460,000 load for Northampton Housing Development - - 2020-02-06

BLEND Network, the leading property investment platform specialising in funding low-cost, accessible housing developments has announced the completion of the...

OnBuy, the UK-founded Amazon rival secures £3 million from Fuel Ventures - - 2020-02-06

One of the world’s fastest-growing marketplaces, which has created a fair and transparent global platform for both buyers and sellers, has received £3 million in VC funding after finali...

Protolaunch joins SPRINT to support development of new rocket engine - - 2020-02-06

Westcott-based start-up company, Protolaunch has signed up to the UK SPRINT programme to support the developmen...

British Business Investments commits £50m to North and Midlands focused fund - - 2020-02-06

British Business Investments, a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has made a commitment of £50m to ...

Logistics tech startup Convelio closes €9m funding led by Acton Capital - - 2020-02-05

Convelio, leading digital freight forwarder specialized in fi...

Ed tech firm Kinderly secures £300k from Development Bank of Wales - - 2020-02-05

Newport-based early years education technology specialists Kinderly has secured a £300,000 investment to help give children a great start in life, regard...

Dixa raises $36 million funding led by Notion Capital - - 2020-02-05

Dixa, the Copenhagen and London-based startup that offers a customer service platform delivering the best customer and agent experiences, has closed ...

Wild raises £500,000 to banish single-use plastic from the bathroom - - 2020-02-05

Direct to Consumer brand Wild Cosmetics has raised £500K of seed capital from Angel investors to disrupt sustainability in the bathroom with the imminent la...

Blackfinch leads £1m investment in commercial property maps platform Edozo - - 2020-02-05

Blackfinch has led a funding round of over £1m in Edozo which closed in December 2019. Founded in 20...

Foresight invests additional £1.1m in Tudor Group to acquire AQS - - 2020-02-04

Foresight Group has made a further £1.1 million growth capital investment into portfolio company Tudor Group Limited...

Rimilia secures $15m funding to fuel continued growth - - 2020-02-04

Rimilia, the leading SaaS-based fintech company, today announced it has secured $15 million in growth funding. This funding round includes participation from e...

Crawford duo provide £1m follow-on funding to Trio - - 2020-02-04

Healthcare investment vehicle Impel Healthcare Catalyst has made an additional seven figure investment into its portfolio business ...

Cambridge tops UK tech salary list - - 2020-02-04

A new salary study, exploring C-suite compensation in high-growth tech ventures, has found that the East of England is the highest paid UK region. The report, published by...

University of Liverpool spinout secures £300k to develop indoor air pollution technology - - 2020-02-04

A new University of Liverpool spin out company, CageCapture, has secured £300k funding from ...

Symvan Capital invests in secure digital asset custodian Custodiex - - 2020-02-03

Symvan Capital has completed the first tranche of an up to £1 million investment in Custodiex...

30 fastest growing UK tech scaleups selected for Tech Nation growth programme - - 2020-02-03

Tech Nation, the UK network for ambitious tech entrepreneurs, today reveals the 30 companies joining its prestigious Upscale programme...

Maven leads £2.1 million seed funding in Oak Intranet - - 2020-02-03

Oak Intranet has raised £2.1 million additional seed funding round led by existing investors Maven Capital Partners. ...

Innovative funding from Maven Bonds drives growth at Homes by Carlton - - 2020-02-03

An innovative funding arrangement is helping to accelerate the growth of an award-winning housebuilder and fast-track property ventures across the North of England. ...

HBAN business angels invested €16.8m in 66 start-ups in 2019 - - 2020-02-03

HBAN (Halo Business Angel Network), the all-island organisation responsible for the promotion of business angel investment, and an initi...

Angel Investment Network report reveals tech firms top the list of companies seeking funding - - 2020-01-31

Angel Investment Network (AIN), the UK’s largest online angel investment platform, has revealed its latest ‘State...

Maven celebrates a milestone year for MEIF debt funds - - 2020-01-31

Since being appointed by the British Business Bank in 2017, to manage two debt funds on behalf of the ...

Foresight invests £500k in Selazar to open Leicestershire base - - 2020-01-31

Foresight Group has made a £500,000 growth capital investment into Selazar Limited, a logistics management soft...

Over one quarter of SMEs expect a Brexit revenue bounce - - 2020-01-31

Over one quarter (28 per cent) of UK small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are expecting a revenue bounce in the first three months following the UK’s official departure from the Eu...

Informatics Ventures reveals 50 startups to pitch at EIE20 in Edinburgh - - 2020-01-31

Informatics Ventures, which has been supporting technology entrepreneurs since 2008, has announced the cohort ...

£40 million unlocked for Midlands’ businesses as MEIF reveals new loan fund - - 2020-01-30

The Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) has appointed a new fund manager and made £40 million available to invest in the region’s small business...

Unigestion launches new Secondary Private Equity fund - - 2020-01-30

Unigestion, the independent specialist asset manager, has launched Unigestion Secondary V, its latest secondary...

BGF backs Kids Planet to acquire Kids Allowed - - 2020-01-30

BGF-backed Kids Planet has raised new funds to support its next growth phase and has acquired North West...

Frontify raises $22.3 million led by EQT Ventures - - 2020-01-30

Brand management platform Frontify has raised a $22.3 million Series B funding round led by the EQT Ventures...

Praetura Ventures invests £3 million in Patchwork to solve the NHS staffing crisis - - 2020-01-30

A rapidly growing healthtech start-up on a mission to solve the NHS staffing crisis and bring flexible working to thousands of clinicians has secured £3m in a funding round led by ...

Business Angels Back Eleven Companies in Northern Ireland - - 2020-01-29

Eleven fast growing businesses have secured £2m of funding from HBAN (Halo Business Angel ...

HBAN supports £2.75 million funding round for tech firm Thrive - - 2020-01-29

Thrive, the Belfast-ba...

Half of UK firms expect Brexit to positively impact business - - 2020-01-29

Half of UK firms (51%) expect geopolitical tensions, such as Brexit, to have a positive effect on their business in 2020, according to new research released today by trade finance provider ...

Barclays launches largest ever loan cashback scheme to boost UK SME investment - - 2020-01-29

Barclays has launched of a new cashback scheme for term loans to el...

Blackfinch invests £650k in predictive marketing start-up Cyance - - 2020-01-29

Blackfinch has invested c.£650,000 in Oxford-based company Cyance, founded in 2007. Cyance hel...

Foresight Williams invests £1.5m in VR/AR company Masters of Pie - - 2020-01-29

Foresight Group and Williams Advanced Engineering have made a £1.5 million investment into enterprise collabora...

24Haymarket participates in round to support proSapient’s rapid growth - - 2020-01-28

proSapient, the Expert Network a...

Stephen Welton appointed Executive Chairman of BGF - - 2020-01-28

BGF is to appoint Stephen Welton, founder CEO of BGF, to the new role of Executive Chairman. Stephen has been responsib...

Investment syndicate Kelvin Capital reports record year in 2019 - - 2020-01-28

Glasgow based investment syndicate Kelvin Capital has seen a 19% increase in its total investments in 2019, compared to 2...

Foresight invests £16.8 million in specialist property lender Signature - - 2020-01-28

Foresight Group is supporting the MBO of Signature Private Finance Holdings Limited from private equ...

IGF wraps up a successful 2019 with more than £126m funds committed - - 2020-01-27

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WestBridge promotes Tim Whittard to Partner - - 2020-01-27

Private equity firm WestBridge has promoted Tim Whittard to partner. Whittard joined the firm as Investment Directo...

Henley Business Angels backs £1.2m funding round for recruitment platform Placed - - 2020-01-27

Placed, a mobile recruitment matchmaking platform fo...

24Haymarket leads £1.1m investment in MWS Technology - - 2020-01-27

24Haymarket leads £1.1m investment in MWS Technology, a leader in the apprenticeship technology spac...

HBAN recruited more than 100 new business angels in 2019 - - 2020-01-27

HBAN recruited more than 100 business angel investors last year – significantly higher than its projected 75 new angels. The organisation is now aiming to ...

Seneca Growth Capital team targets £15m of investments in 2020 - - 2020-01-24

Seneca Partners have appointmented Siobhan Pycroft as Investment Executive in their expanding Growth Capital Team as they target new investment of £...

Archangels backs Fios Genomics as it announces a new strategic partnership - - 2020-01-24

Edinburgh-based bioinformatics company, Fios Genomics, which helps pharmaceutical and biotech companies to analyse the large amounts of data generated du...

Intertrust in landmark deal with Round Hill Capital - - 2020-01-24

Intertrust, a global leader in tech-enabled corporate and fund solutions, has signed a strategic agreement with ...

Oxford Investment Opportunity Network and Oxford Angel Network join forces - - 2020-01-24

Oxford Investment Opportunity Network (OION) and Oxford Angel Network (OAN),...

Antler invests £1.56m in thirteen technology companies founded on its first UK program - - 2020-01-24

Antler, the global startup generator and early-stage venture capital firm, will today reveal the thirteen companies that were foun...

Maven Capital Partners invests £8.5 million in North East businesses in 2019 - - 2020-01-23

Maven Capital Partners, one of the UK’s most active SME finance providers, has invested £8.5 million in nine dynamic growth businesses across the ...

MMC Ventures promotes Oliver Richards and Victoria Ferguson to partner - - 2020-01-23

In its 20th year, MMC appoints two new partners alongside another four promotions within the team. 2019 was a...

QVentures leads round in blockchain entreprise start-up, Ocyan - - 2020-01-23

QVentures, manager of 29PP Pre-Seed Fund, will be leading the funding round in Ocyan, a cloud operating system for enterpris...

Free Spirit Fund celebrates its third anniversary with top decile performance - - 2020-01-23

Free Spirit Fund managed by Sanford DeLand Asset Management (SDL), home ...

The Seed Fund Academy opens for entry - - 2020-01-23

Philanthropic food and drink start-up accelerator, The Seed Fund will open for entry on Saturday 1 February, with 12 spots up for grabs on its game changi...

MMC Ventures backs high-growth startup Elder £8.2m fund raising - - 2020-01-22

Elder, a leading care home alternative, has raised another £8.2m funding round as its technology-enabled live-in care service gains nationw...

Financial services AI business lands £2.5m funding from Praetura - - 2020-01-22

FeedStock, an AI-driven SaaS business that leverages the latest natural language processing technologies to enable financial services companies to meet both the...

Guinness and Maven lead £6.4 million funding for Coniq - - 2020-01-22

Coniq has secured £6.4 million of growth equity to meet the growing demand for its award-...

Albion Capital VCT top up offers raise £34m after strong performance - - 2020-01-22

Albion Capital, the leading independent investment manager, closed its 2019/2020 VCT top up offers earlier than scheduled after existing and new shar...

Par Equity report record-breaking Q4 in 2019 - - 2020-01-22

Par Equity had a record-breaking final three months in 2019, securing one exit, battery technology expert ...

20 Thoughts from 20 years of Angel Investing - Simon Blakey, PlayFair Capital - 2020-01-21

Simon Blakey gives us the benefit of his 20 years experience as an Angel Investor. 1st January 2000:...

First VC deal terms survey reveals 14 key terms for European tech startups - - 2020-01-21

Withers tech, working with experienced VC legal teams in France, Germany and Switzerland, has carried out the first analysis of how...

Play Ventures leads £1.75m seed funding for Dataseat - - 2020-01-21

Dataseat – a London-based tech startup, helping mobile app advertisers to manage programmatic media buying ...

Ingenious invests £2.3 million 3D Repo - - 2020-01-21

Ingenious's Infrastructure Ventures EIS Service has led a £2.3m A-series investment round in 3D Repo, the p...

Financial Adviser finding platform Unbiased secures £5.6m from YFM - - 2020-01-21

Funds advised by YFM Equity Partners have backed a £5.6m investment into Unbiased EC1 Limited to support the continu...

NatWest new partnership with Soldo will boost SME lending - - 2020-01-20

NatWest has launched a new partnership with Soldo, a pre-paid company card provider for small bu...

Global VC performance reaches all-time high says eFront data - - 2020-01-20

eFront, the leading financial software and solutions provider dedicated to Alternative Investments, has published its latest Quarterly Private Equity Performan...

AIC appoints new board members - - 2020-01-20

The membership of the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has elected Gay Collins (pictured) and Francesca Ecsery to the board of the ...

Accelerator/Incubator Funds: an opportunity for crowdfunding investors? - - 2020-01-20

James Murdoch considers whether Accelerator/Incubator Funds are a good option for crowdfunding investors. &...

Dazzle closes £2.3m seed funding and rebrands as HelloDone - - 2020-01-20

Dazzle, the automated conversation platform, has closed its first seed funding round raising £2.3m from global corporates, government accelerators and individuals including Telefonica and Fin...

BookingLive secures £1.31m from Blackfinch Ventures and Development Bank of Wales - - 2020-01-17

BookingLive has secured £1.31 million in new investment from Blackfinch Ventures and ...

Photek to develop next gen of optical/UV detectors for space applications - - 2020-01-17

Photek, a Sussex-based specialist manufacturer and global supplier of vacuum-based tubes and camera systems for photon detection, has signed up to the national ...

Healthy snacking brand Real Handful secures NPIF funding - - 2020-01-17

Maven Equity Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund has i...

Logan Energy secures £1 million funding from Kelvin Capital - - 2020-01-17

Clean energy solutions provider, Logan Energy, has secured £1 million investment from Kelvin Capital...

Development Bank of Wales £55m property fund makes its first investment - - 2020-01-16

Work on the third phase of Glan yr Afon Industrial Estate in Aberystwyth has begun with confirmation of a commercial property loan for developers Ellis Development Company (Wales) Ltd by the ...

Duncan Tait joins ScaleUp Group - - 2020-01-16

Leading Global Tech Executive Duncan Tait FRSA is adding his remarkable global experience and connectio...

Bowmark Capital makes two new appointments - - 2020-01-16

Bowmark Capital, the mid-market private equity firm, has appointed Roy Mani as a partner. Roy has over 20 years’ e...

BGF invests in The Chemistry Group - - 2020-01-16

BGF has invested in The Chemistry Group (TCG), the London-based disruptive HR consultancy. ...

Kuber to hold Manager Showcase for Advisers on 6 February - - 2020-01-16

Kuber Ventures is holding its next Manager Showcase event on 6th February 2020 in London. Now in its fourth year the Kuber’s CPD qualifying ...

LJ General Builders secures £250k from MEIF Maven - - 2020-01-15

The Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) Debt Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners, has provided ...

Downing exits hydro projects - - 2020-01-15

Investment manager Downing LLP has sold Nightjar Sustainable Power Limited and Guillemot Green Energy Limited, the final exits by its EIS funds from a serie...

You & Mrs Jones joins Good-Loop $1.6m seed round - - 2020-01-15

You & Mr Jones, the brandtech group founded by former Havas chief executive David Jones, has invested in ethical v...

Rovco receives £3.9 million from Foresight - - 2020-01-15

Foresight Group has invested £3.9 million investment into disruptive subsea surveying company Rovco Ltd....

YFM appoints Aaron Lowery as Investment Manager - - 2020-01-15

YFM Equity Partners has appointed Aaron Lowery as Investment Manager. Based in the Leeds office, Aaron will focus on supporting YFM’s new investment acti...

Great Point Media appoints Jamie Lowe as Head of Institutional Distribution - - 2020-01-14

Great Point Media, the London-based media and investment group, has appointed Jamie Lowe as Head of Institutional Distribution. Lowe will oversee the s...

Five tech startups launch per hour as business formations reach new record in 2019 - - 2020-01-14

More than five new tech startups launched every hour in 2019, contributing to a record 681,704 new business formations over the year – a 2.8% increase from 2018. These are some of the finding...

New research charts fund finance's progress from niche to mainstream - - 2020-01-14

Two-thirds (66%) of alternative investment professionals have a good understanding of the benefits of fund finance but cite negative perceptions among LPs as the biggest challenge to its wider adop...

Sale of Flowrite is Foresight's 3rd exit in 6 months - - 2020-01-14

Foresight Group has sold Flowrite Refrigeration Holdings Limited to ...

Sale of EIKON Group brings strong returns for YFM - - 2020-01-14

Funds advised by YFM Equity Partners, the specialist private equity fund manager, have banked a healthy return multiple of 2.25x within two years of their initial i...

Mixergy secures £3.6m investment from Foresight and Oxford Sciences Innovation - - 2020-01-13

Mixergy, the award-winning Oxford University cleantech spin-out company, has raised £3.6m in Series A financing to fuel its next stage of growth in de...

Abris Capital promotes three Directors to Partners - - 2020-01-13

Abris Capital Partners, the leading private equity investor in Central and Eastern Europe, has announced the promotion of Paulina Pietkiewicz (pictured),...

Half of UK and US firms predict a recession in 2020 while Chinese economy is set to grow - - 2020-01-13

Just under half of firms in the UK (46%) and US (45%) predict their country will go into recession in 2020, while the Chinese economy is expected to maintain a solid 6-7% growth rate, according to ...

Cowboy breaks records to become largest ever cleantech raise on Crowdcube at £3.7m - - 2020-01-13

Cowboy, the designdriven electric bike company, has hit an impressive £3.7 million with four days of its crowdfunding still t...

$200m investment to globalise corporate sustainability - - 2020-01-13

GP Bullhound, a leading technology advisory and investment firm, has acted as financial exclusive advisor to EcoVadis...

Livingbridge reinvests in Sykes Holiday Cottages - - 2020-01-10

Livingbridge is re-investing as a minority shareholder in Sykes Holiday Cottages, the UK’s leading in...

Ori Biotech announces a $9.4M seed round - - 2020-01-10

Ori Biotech Ltd, an innovator in Cell and Gene Therapy (CGT) manufacturing, has successfully closed a $9.4M (£7M) seed round which will be used to bring ...

Calculus Capital generates 1.8x return on sale from Once Upon A TIme - - 2020-01-10

Calculus Capital has sold their investment in London-based marketing agency Once Upon a Time (OUAT) in a ...

London Business School & QVentures launch VC education programme - - 2020-01-10

London Business School (LBS) and QVentures, a leading private network for sophisticated investors, have launched an exclus...

IGF strengthens national presence with new commercial director - - 2020-01-10

Independent Growth Finance (IGF), a leading independent commercial finance provider, appoints ...

BGF celebrates growth in its Yorkshire and North East portfolio - - 2020-01-09

BGF has experienced a year of growth across its Yorkshire and North East portfolio, having invested £275m into 29 businesses to date to support the region&...

Blackfinch Invests in Innovative Fitness Technology Company Auro - - 2020-01-09

Blackfinch has invested c.£500,000 in London-based company ...

MiAlgae secures £1m from Equity Gap and Scottish Investment Bank - - 2020-01-09

Edinburgh-based biotech startup MiAlgae has received an investment of £1 million to focus on the commercialisation of its revolution...

Make-over for Coffi Co with Development Bank of Wales funding - - 2020-01-09

Coffi heads are enjoying a new experience in Cardiff Bay following a refurbishment and extension of Coffi Co’s Mermaid Quay store. ...

UK Tech accelerator BetaDen opens search for cohort 3.0 - - 2020-01-09

Worcestershire’s first-of-its kind technology accelerator is searching for its third cohort. BetaDen is now accepting applications for its 9-month ...

Angel CoFund leads £1.3m investment in data tech start up DPL - - 2020-01-08

DPL, the London-headquartered data tech start-up that enables clients to automate the application of artificial intelligence and behavioural science insights to impr...

Foresight backs Roxy Leisure's national expansion with £7.5 million investment - - 2020-01-08

Foresight Group has made a £7.5 million investment into Roxy Leisure Limited, a social entertainment bar group operating sites under the Roxy Ball R...

Livingbridge announces 2020 promotions - - 2020-01-08

Livingbridge has announced a raft of promotions, including those of Amy Yateman-Smith and Dave Kirby to Partner. These promotions fu...

Skylight IPV secures strategic investment from ETFS Capital - - 2020-01-08

Skylight IPV Limited, the experienced independent price verification company, has secured significant investment from ...

BGF tops £400m invested in Midlands - - 2020-01-08

BGF has now invested £411m into 50 businesses in the Midlands, with £57m of that total invested in the past 12 months in new investments and follow-o...

Silicon Valley Bank UK provides Icelolly with £2m in venture debt financing - - 2020-01-07

Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the bank for innovative businesses, enterprises...

BGF tops £300m invested in the North West - - 2020-01-07

BGF’s North West team has now invested £311m across 34 businesses in the region with £59m of that total invested in the past 12 months. ...

Infrastructure funds show strong performance, says eFront data - - 2020-01-07

eFront, the leading financial software and solutions provider dedicated to Alternative Investments, has published its latest research, showing that infrastruct...

Climate Change, big data and ethical supply chains will be key trends in 2020 says Bureau Veritas - - 2020-01-07

With 2020 expected to see major growth in compliance, leading testing, inspection and certification authority, Bureau Veritas, has revealed that a focus...

InMotion invests in Circulor to help Jaguar Landrover trace sustainable supply chain - - 2020-01-07

InMotion, Jaguar Land Rover’s venture capital and mobility services arm, has invested in blockchain technology firm ...

Global businesses to benefit from innovation programme created for Cambridge academia - - 2020-01-07

A Cambridge University programme, originally created to nurture the brilliant minds of academia, is now giving businesses and research organisations a unique opportunity to develop high-potential, ...

Britain’s growth economy businesses remain ambitious, says BGF report - - 2020-01-07

New research released by BGF has highlighted for the first time how growth economy companies are responding to Covid-19. Accord...

BGF backed Direct Online Services announced £5 million investment - - 2020-01-06

Direct Online Services, the UK’s largest online retailer of kitchen worktops, has announced a record year of sales and profits, and a &poun...

Archangels Sells Critiqom Stake - - 2020-01-06

Scotland’s leading business angel investment group, Archangels, has sold its 25% shareholding in Bellshill-headquartered document outsourcing speci...

New owners for Lamphey Hall hotel after Development Bank of Wales support - - 2020-01-06

A popular hotel in a Pembrokeshire beauty spot has secured a bright new future after being bought by new owner Robert Jones and hotel manager Matthew Pugs...

Archangels heralds further year of support for Scottish businesses - - 2020-01-06

Edinburgh-based business angel investment syndicate, Archangels has recorded another active year of support for the Scottish tech and life sciences sector...

My Bespoke Room closes £700K investment to revolutionise interior design - - 2020-01-06

My Bespoke Room, the tech-enabled interior design service, has closed £700K angel investment as it reports 104% annual revenue growth. This brings...

Whirli raises £4m Seed funding round led by Octopus Ventures - - 2020-01-06

Whirli, the toy sharing subscription service, has raised a £4m Seed funding round led by Octopus ...

British Business Investments' invests £25m in Haydock Finance - - 2020-01-05

British Business Investments (BBI), a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has announced...

Commercial aviation innovator ZeroAvia secures £12.3m grant funding - - 2020-01-05

ZeroAvia, the leading innovator in decarbonising commercial aviation, has secured £12.3m ($16.3m) in Government funding through the ATI Programme to de...

YFM backs award-winning global commodity broker ARRACO with £3.75m - - 2020-01-05

YFM Equity Partners has made a £3.75m investment into ARRACO Global Markets, the award-winning and disr...

Private equity funds see lower volatility in Covid-hit 2020 says eFront research - - 2020-01-05

The latest research from eFront, the leading financial software and solutions provider dedicated to Alternative Investments. ...

Development Bank of Wales supports Snowdrop Independent Living - - 2019-12-20

Snowdrop Independent Living has opened a new mobility aid showroom in Cardiff. Taking over Hearing and Mobility’s Cardiff bran...

Blackfinch launches Spring Venture Capital Trust - - 2019-12-20

Blackfinch Group has launched the Blackfinch Spring VCT, an investment portfolio of technology and technology-enabled companies, which have already raised ...

ABAKA completes $6.5 million Series A funding round - - 2019-12-20

ABAKA, the London-based digital retirement solutions provider, has completed its Series A funding round with a joint investment of $6.5 million from Thames Trust, ...

CurrentBody reaches £10m of funding from BGF and NVM - - 2019-12-20

CurrentBody, the online retail specialist for home-use beauty devices, has now reached £10m in funding with BGF this week joining NVM Private...

Fresh ideas and new friends for 2020 - - 2019-12-20

During recent meetings with angel friends of mine, I discovered some common ground between them of which I was previously unaware. It seems that many angel investors are also pension fu...

Juno Capital leads £500,000 investment in SaaS company Cyclr - - 2019-12-19

Young British SaaS company Cyclr has announced £0.5million of new investment, led by Juno Capital....

EDFI ElectriFI invests $8m in BEAM to scale energy access in emerging markets - - 2019-12-19

Bamboo Capital Partners, an impact investing platform, has announced that Elec...

Maven exits document management specialist Prime Document - - 2019-12-19

Maven Capital Partners, one of the UK’s most active private equity houses, has made a profitable exit from Pr...

Birmingham-based Zipabout Limited secures £650,000 investment - - 2019-12-19

Birmingham-based Zipabout Limited has secured a £650,000 investment from the ...

The Climbing Hangar secures further investment from NVM - - 2019-12-19

NVM Private Equity has invested a further £3 million of growth capital into leading indoor climbing business ...

NVM backed Sorted hits £1 billion shipment milestone - - 2019-12-18

Sorted, the global delivery experience platform, is toasting a landmark year after the value of goods it has shipped to date reached the £1billion mark. ...

BGF expands North West team with new hire - - 2019-12-18

BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor in growing businesses, has appointed James Marshall to its Manchester investment team, covering the North We...

Octopus and Calculus provide growth funding to FISCAL Technologies - - 2019-12-18

Octopus Investments, part of Octopus Group, has led a £3.6 million funding round, alongside Calculus Cap...

British Business Investments commits up to £100m to Hermes GPE - - 2019-12-18

British Business Investments, a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has made its second cornerstone commitment this year through its £500...

NNAISENSE Concludes Successful Series B Investment Round - - 2019-12-18

NNAISENSE has concluded its Series B financing round, with a number of high-profile industrial partners having invested i...

Great Point Media secures $100m from US fund manager for new finance initiative - - 2019-12-17

Great Point Media, the London-based media and investment group and MC Credit Partners LP, the US based institutional...

Keensight Capital reinforces its team with new appointments - - 2019-12-17

Keensight Capital, one of the leading private equity managers dedicated to pan-European Growth Buyout investments, has appointed Amit Karna as S...

Foresight invests £2 million in innovative tech company Novosound - - 2019-12-17

Foresight Group has invested £2.0 million investment as part of a £3.3 million round into award-winning novel thin film ultrasound technolog...

Crowdcube doubles investment into overseas businesses in 2019 - - 2019-12-17

Crowdcube is announcing a record-breaking year for overseas businesses raising funds on Europe’s leading equity crowdfunding platform. Despite Brexit ...

OurCrowd joins international consortium to win incubator tender in New Zealand - - 2019-12-17

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Riverside naturally completes another successful deal - - 2019-12-16

The Riverside Company, a global private equity firm focused on the smaller end of the middle market, has invested in ...

UKI2S, Catapult and Jonathan Milner invest in Pencil Biosciences - - 2019-12-16

UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund UKI2S), ...

Beauhurst's top 50 fintech start-up and scale-up companies - Jayshiv Rewal, Beauhurst - 2019-12-16

Financial technology, or fintech, is the buzzword on everyone’s lips that has continued to inspire conversation and innovation. But fintech is more than just a buzzwor...

Insight with The AIC's December Investment Company Compass - - 2019-12-16

The AIC's December edition of Compass looks at the election result, how the UK is the one ...

P2P bosses bullish about rule changes - - 2019-12-16

THE VAST majority of peer-to-peer lending platform executives feel optimistic about the new rules that came into effect this month and their ability to comply with them, an exclusive ...

Foresight breaks through 2GW of generating capacity - - 2019-12-13

Foresight Group, a leading infrastructure and private equity investment manager, continues its growth trajectory in renewable energy infrastructure, bre...

PinPoint raises £1m with support from Angel Investment Network - - 2019-12-13

HealthTech startup PinPoint Data Science has successfully raised over £1m as part of an early stage funding round, with support from ...

Kindred app raises £2 million in seed capital to transform influencer marketing - - 2019-12-13

Kindred, a new platform that digitises word-of-mouth recommendations on social media, has raised £2.25 million in seed c...

Geospatial Insight project helps to reduce greenhouse gas emissons - - 2019-12-13

Funding from national SPRINT programme provides access to Earth Observation data analysis expertise from University of Leicester ...

Waracle receives £4.8m investment from BGF - - 2019-12-13

Waracle, one of the UK's largest mobile apps and digital products developers, has received a £4.8m investment from BGF, ...

Intertrust survey reveals private equity leaders' market expectations for 2020 - - 2019-12-12

A survey by Intertrust reveals that 69% of CFOs and COOs expect levels of dry powder to increase next year with 31% predicting it will become slightly...

Top performing investment company sectors over 2019 - - 2019-12-12

The AIC has published its 2019 sector round-up. Technology & Media was the top-performing investment company sec...

Israeli PE firm Peregrine Ventures raises $115 million fourth fund - - 2019-12-12

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Foresight invests £1.6 million into smart hot water tank company Mixergy - - 2019-12-12

Foresight Group and Williams Advanced Engineering has made a £1.6 million investment into Oxford University spin-out ...

Ada Ventures closes flagship $34m fund to invest in overlooked founders - - 2019-12-12

Ada Ventures has raised a $34m (£27m) fund. At present, 92 in every 100 dollars invested in Europe goes to all male teams (1)...

The investment model is broken says Consilience Ventures CEO - Kevin Monserrat, Consilience Ventures - 2019-12-11

Kevin Monserrat of Consilience Ventures takes a critical look at the traditonal investment model Do you know venture cap...

Saranac Partners gives its predictions for 2020 - Robert Crowter-Jones, Saranac - 2019-12-11

Robert Crowter-Jones, Head of Private Equity at Saranac Partners gives his market update and 2020 predictions. This will be my l...

Founder to Founder: Tips and tales from 100 Entrepreneurs and Investors - - 2019-12-11

The Invested Investor has released a new book, centred around the challenges entrepreneurs face along the start-up journey. Titled Founder to Founder...

Maven leads £600,000 funding round in Intelligence Fusion - - 2019-12-11

Maven Capital Partners has led a £600,000 investment in military grade security and intelligence platform, ...

Are you the right person to join a start-up? - - 2019-12-11

The most important question you need to ask yourself when joining a start-up is why. Some people do it because they hate their current jobs. Some people do it because they want to get rich. Oth...

NVM invests in King Construction - - 2019-12-10

NVM Private Equity has invested £11.6m in supporting the management buy-out of Merseyside-based Knowsley Contractors Limited, trading as ...

Sturgeon Ventures comments on new FCA regime - - 2019-12-10

The Senior Managers & Certification Regime that has just come into effect is a positive step for the financial services industry – but its failure to include Appointed Representative Firm...

Livingbridge strengthens London team - - 2019-12-10

Mid-market private equity investor Livingbridge has appointed Mihir Patel and Joseph Evans as investment managers. Mihir (picture...

WestBridge invests £12.8m in Aptus Utilities - - 2019-12-10

Aptus Utilities Limited, one of the UK’s leading providers of multi-utility services, has secured a £12.8m investment private equity fir...

Patrick Molyneux joins Silicon Valley trade delegation with Lord Mayor of London - - 2019-12-10

Manchester Investor and SME Advisor, Patrick Molyneux, has been invited on a trade delegation to San Francisco with the Right Honourable The Lord Mayor of the City of London (Alderman William Russe...

Invest but have no input is the best way for government funding to be a success - - 2019-12-09

Governments that invest in businesses, but then have no say on any decisions made by company managers, are much more likely to see their investments be a success, according to new research by ...

What do the 2020s have in store for the regions' businesses and investment? - Jenny Tooth, UKBAA - 2019-12-09

Jenny Tooth OBE, CEO of the UK Business Angels Association, provides commentary on this decade of devolution and what is next for SME investment. ...

Shorter holds equal better performance for buyout funds says eFront - - 2019-12-09

eFront, the leading financial software and solutions provider dedicated to Alternative Investments, has published its latest ...

Field trials of Edete's pollination technology advance entry into California almond market - - 2019-12-09

Israeli agritech startup ...

AIPUT secures pre-let to expand its dnata City East air cargo facility at Heathrow - - 2019-12-09

Aberdeen Standard Investments’ AIPUT fund (Airport Industrial Property Unit Trust) has si...

Buy & Build activity in first half of 2019 reaches highest level for 20 years - - 2019-12-06

European Buy & Build activity in the first half of 2019 reach...

Invest Europe and the EIF unveil ground-breaking VC research - - 2019-12-06

Invest Europe has teamed up with the European Investment Fund (EIF), the EU’s leading venture capital (VC) invest...

Crescendo Venture Partners completes first closing of its new early stage Israeli VC Fund - - 2019-12-06

Tel-Aviv based venture capital firm ...

Seneca sells majority stake Rothband - - 2019-12-06

WSR Medical Solutions Limited (‘Rothband’), a specialist manufacturer and distributor of x-ray protective equipment for use in radiology environm...

DeckSender’s 2019 Gender Diversity in Investment report - - 2019-12-06

DeckSender.com, the startup platform that aims to democratise access to investment has analysed the gender div...

Property investment platforms account for an average 30% of portfolios - - 2019-12-05

New regulations being introduced by the FCA later this year will restrict individual investors new to the property investment platform sector to investing a ma...

KALEAO closes $4.5m funding round - - 2019-12-05

KALEAO has become Bamboo Systems, a provider of transformative ARM server architecture designed to power the next generation of sustainable data centers....

UK Creative Content EIS Fund makes first investment in WonderhoodStudios - - 2019-12-05

The UK Creative Content EIS Fund, launched this summer by ...

James Ramsey joins Kuber as MD - - 2019-12-05

Kuber the pioneering alternative fund investment platform offering access to EIS, SEIS & BR portfolios and funds has appointed James Ramsay as MD a...

Female led-companies account for record 24% of fund raisings on Crowdcube - - 2019-12-05

Women-led companies have more success with Crowdcube’s crowdfunding platform than with any other method of equity financing. Out of 760 UK start...

SeedTribe relaunches as ‘UK impact hub’ - - 2019-12-04

Ethical investment platform SeedTribe has relaunched as a new UK-focused impact hub. The ...

Vacuum Furnace Engineering receives £1.5m from MEIF Maven Debt Finance - - 2019-12-04

The Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) Debt Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners, has provided Black Country b...

Esme Loans hits £100M of lending - - 2019-12-04

Esme Loans, the SME digital lender backed by NatWest, has achieved £100million of lending to UK SMEs. ...

BGF-backed IFA forges ahead with DPF deal - - 2019-12-04

Sheffield-headquartered Independent Forgings & Alloys, one of the UK’s leading independent aerospace and industrial forgers, has acquired Don...

North East innovation network celebrates Award winners at VentureFest North East - - 2019-12-04

Hundreds of businesses, entrepreneurs, investors and experts descended on St James' Park, Newcastle last week for Venture...

Mercia acquires NVM's VCT business - - 2019-12-03

Mercia Asset Management has announced its intention to acquire the management of the three Northern Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs); Northern Venture Trust PLC, Northern 2 VCT PLC and Northern 3 VCT ...

Finance firms spend most on cyber security 2019 says Hiscox - - 2019-12-03

The prevalence and severity of cyber-attacks/breaches has damningly increased over the last few years. This year alone (2019), 55% of UK firms have alrea...

Charity Bank raises £5 m subordinated debt with the help of ClearlySo - - 2019-12-03

Charity Bank, the loans and savings bank owned by and committed to serving the social sector, has announced both the successful raise of nearly £5 milli...

NatWest and Moneypenny join forces to support UK small businesses - - 2019-12-03

NatWest is partnering with Moneypenny, the world’s largest and highest rated outsourced communicat...

Sunburnt grapes and bouncing stones - Caspar Bowes - 2019-12-03

Caspar Bowes of Bowes Wine investigates the 2018 vi...

Praetura Ventures leads XR Games' £1.5m funding round - - 2019-12-02

Independent games studio and virtual reality developer XR Games has secured a £1.5m funding round, led by ...

Telling Architectural secures £750,000 loan from MEIF Maven Debt Finance - - 2019-12-02

The Midlands Engine Investment Fund Debt Finance, managed by ...

Tech Nation reveals the UK's top regional early-stage scaling tech companies - - 2019-12-02

Tech Nation, the UK’s leading network for ambitious tech entrepreneurs, has revealed the 33 regional winners of its nationwide competition. Rising Stars r...

Iotic raises £6.5 million to drive growth of Digital Twin Technology - - 2019-12-02

Iotic has secured investment of €7.5million to accelerate growth and meet increasing demand for its pioneering digital twin technology. Iotic enables e...

9 startups driving the green revolution according to Beauhurst - - 2019-12-02

With the general election fast approaching, the UK's major political parties have now launched their manifestos. For the first time, policies around the environment and climate change have been pla...

Has Brexit made us forget SMEs? - - 2019-11-29

With all the uncertainty around Brexit, and the General Election, business leaders can be forgiven for wanting to hang up their gloves and taking December off....

MMC backs Belfast-based Cloudsmith in £2.1m seed round - - 2019-11-29

MMC Ventures has backed Cloudsmith as the team build for the next stage of software development. Cloudsmith’s Softwar...

ClearlySo helps MyKindaFuture secure £2.75 million - - 2019-11-29

ClearlySo, Europe’s leading impact investment bank, has helped MyKindaFuture, the leading expert in ...

Gresham House Renewable Energy VCTs invest in bio-bean - - 2019-11-29

Gresham House Renewable Energy VCT 1 plc and Gresham House Renewable Energy VCT 2 plc have made a new investment of £1.2 million...

Closing the gap between small, medium and large enterprises in Wales - - 2019-11-29

Economic Intelligence Wales has published its latest report on medium-sized firms and Welsh busi...

EBAN publishes Fiscal Incentives and Co-Investment Compendiums - - 2019-11-28

EBAN, th...

Linton Hydro raises £3.3 million on Triodos - - 2019-11-28

Linton Hydro Ltd has successfully raised £3.3 million through the Triodos impact investment cr...

Octopus Ventures leads £17 million funding for Trouva - - 2019-11-28

Trouva, the online destination for unique products from the best curators around the world, today announces it has raised £17 million in further inv...

BGF welcomes the establishment of the Australian Business Growth Fund - - 2019-11-28

BGF has welcomed the Australian Government’s announcement to establish an Australian Business Growth Fund that will help boost the growth of small and medi...

New fund to help businesses failed by banks - - 2019-11-28

A new ethical loan fund has been launched to help grow businesses who find accessing finance difficult has been warmly welcomed by the FSB as a way of disrupting the market. The fund, deliv...

MJ Hudson shines a light on VCTs in its new report - - 2019-11-27

MJ Hudson Allenbridge has publishd the inaugural edition of its ...

Q3 2019 is strongest on record for European venture capital - - 2019-11-27

European venture capital activity saw €5.9 billion invested across 296 rounds during the third quarter of 2019, the strongest quarter on record according to research by ...

Blackfinch invests in Movebubble - - 2019-11-27

Blackfinch has invested in London-based company Movebubble, founded in 2014. Movebubble offers an app that lists prop...

Venture capital will propel greater innovation to resolve climate change - - 2019-11-27

The UK Business Angels Association is hosting its annual Future Forward event to highlight some of the key ...

UK investors rally to traditional assets amidst political uncertainty - - 2019-11-27

UK investors are turning to traditional assets as a result of the political uncertainty currently facing the country, new research from ...

Foresight Capital Management reaches £500 million FUM in under two years - - 2019-11-26

Foresight Group's award-winning Foresight Capital Management Team has raised £500 milli...

On the 25th anniversary of VCTs Wealth Club examines VCT returns and looks to the future - - 2019-11-26

On 29th November 1994 Kenneth Clarke, the then Chancellor, announced in his Budget “an imaginative set of measures aimed at generating equity inves...

IW Capital announces £2 million investment in Impact Recycling - - 2019-11-26

IW Capital has invested £2 million in Impact Recycling Limited. The investment will be used a...

Castle Corporate Finance scaling new heights - - 2019-11-26

Independently owned corporate finance adviser, Castle Corporate Finance, is a proud sponsor of the Scale-Up category at the Lloyds National Business Awards. Cast...

Funds: Where have all the SEIS flowers gone? - - 2019-11-26

On doing my 2018/19 tax return I sensed that the number of SEIS investments was lower than previous years and the proportion of EIS had grown. Was this true? Apart from the fact that the SEIS allow...

Founder of Funding Focus calls for greater scrutiny of investment diversity - - 2019-11-25

Financier and author David Horne will launch the first Funding Focus Conference on 25 November at the London Sto...

Crayfish.io Accelerator funding increases five-fold with second anchor investor DBI - - 2019-11-25

After only two months since launching, the ‘China-ready’ investment programme for UK and European companies increases by $3 million (£2.330 million), opening up new market segment...

Croud secures £30 million investment from LDC - - 2019-11-25

GP Bullhound acted as exclusive financial advisor to Croud on a £30 million minority investment from private equity...

ScaleUp Group arranges £8m+ funding for Active Navigation - - 2019-11-25

ScaleUp Group has supported exclusively its client Active Navigation, a leader in Data Privacy & Governance...

Ex-Stanhope trio launch Eighteen48 Partners with $600m - - 2019-11-25

Co-founders Julien Sevaux and Tarek AbuZayyad have launched Eighteen48 Partners, a research-led private investment office addressing the nee...

Beechbrook Capital’s Ireland SME fund completes first investment - - 2019-11-22

Beechbrook Capital, the leading SME private debt fund lender, has appointed Conor Molloy as chairman of its new Irish SME fund which has made its fir...

The State of European Tech - Russ Shaw, Tech London Advocates - 2019-11-22

Following the release of the latest Atomico report looking at The State of European Tech, Russ Shaw, founder of ...

Startup Funding Club leads £250k seed round for Ember - - 2019-11-22

Startup Funding Club has led a £250,000 seed round into fintech company Ember. The accounting software startu...

MBO of Professional Music Technology backed by YFM completes - - 2019-11-22

The Management team of Professional Music Technology has completed a Management Buyout of the business, with financing provided by ...

Celonis raises $290 million - - 2019-11-22

Celonis, the market leader in AI-enhanced Process Mining and Process ...

ABN AMRO Digital Impact Fund doubles to EUR 100m - - 2019-11-21

ABN AMRO's Digital Impact Fund (DIF) has doubled its assets under management from EUR 50 million to EUR 100 million and will continue its activit...

Capitolis secures $40 million in financing from Spark Capital and SVB Capital - - 2019-11-21

Capitolis, the innovative FinTech company reimagining and reshaping how the global capital markets operate, has announced the successful completion of its S...

SVC2UK 2019 announces UK's top 70 scale ups - - 2019-11-21

Silicon Valley Comes to the UK (SVC2UK) has revealed its annual list ...

Resonance wins Impact Investment Award for new product launch for second year running - - 2019-11-21

Social impact investment company Resonance has won the Impact Inv...

Rory Stewart, Nick Jenkins and Henry Blofeld headline at 10th VCT & EIS Investor Forum - - 2019-11-21

Rory Stewart, Nick Jenkins and Henry Blofeld are amongst the top speakers at today's VCT & EIS Investor Forum at the Leonardo Royal Hote...

Maven makes two new hires as it surpasses over 40 SMEs supported with NPIF investment - - 2019-11-20

Maven Capital Partners, one of the UK’s leading SME finance providers, has strengthened its portfolio team with the appointment of Simon Robb and Ben Greg...

New Albion Real Assets Fund announces first close of fundraising - - 2019-11-20

Albion Capital, the leading independent investment manager, has announced the first close of its new asset-backed private equity fund, Albion Real Assets F...

Use of EIS consistent among financial advisers despite rule changes - - 2019-11-20

A survey of financial advisers1 on Enterprise Investment Schemes (EIS) has found that the level of use has been consistent despite concern that rule changes brought in by the government ...

Foresight makes c.2x return in 3 years on sale of Idio Ltd to Episerver Inc - - 2019-11-20

Foresight Group LLP, a leading independent infrastructure and private equity investment manager, has announced the successful sale of ...

LEGO and Harvard amongst world-class leaders helping Scottish SMEs to grow - - 2019-11-20

World-class leaders from LEGO and Harvard Kennedy School will join over 700 delegates from the Scottish SME commu...

Headstart, the AI startup battling bias, closes $7m and signs Accenture in the US - - 2019-11-19

Headstart, the HR tech company using data science to remove bias when hiring, has announced a $7million seed investment round, led by ...

Tregroes Waffles ramps up production - - 2019-11-19

A six-figure investment from the Development Bank of Wales will enable a waffle company to expand its current productio...

Ad-Lib raises $6million to disrupt digital ad creative production with AI-driven platform - - 2019-11-19

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Kresse Wesling, MBE, to introduce North East Innovation Awards - - 2019-11-19

The shortlist for the North East Innovation Awards has been announced. The North East Innovation Awar...

The best of British business celebrated at glittering national prize giving reception - - 2019-11-19

Sixteen coveted trophies covering every aspect of business life have been presented to the winners of the 18th ...

Secondary investment activity is on course for a record year, says Unigestion report - - 2019-11-18

Paul Newsome, Head of Investment Solutions - Private Equity at Unigestion offers his market insights in the secondary market. ...

Calculus appoints new Portfolio Director - - 2019-11-18

Calculus Capital has appointed Dominic Harris as Portfolio Management Director. Harris was previously an Investment Director at Valtegra, a private eq...

Snaffling Pig secures investment From Henley Business Angels - - 2019-11-18

Snaffling Pig, the UK’s leading pork-based snack business, has received investment from multiple Henley Business Angels members, who contributed ...

ScaleUp Institute appoints Adam Hale as Chair - - 2019-11-18

The ScaleUp Institute has appointed successful scaleup entrepreneur Adam Hale as its new Chair. He takes over from Sherry Coutu, co-founder...

Envestors company Ebury sells a majority stake to Santander for £350m - - 2019-11-18

Envestors has announced that the banking giant Santander has acquired a 50.1% controlling stake in Ebury for £350m. This has provided several member...

InnoEnergy launches call for sustainable start-ups - - 2019-11-15

EIT InnoEnergy, the world’s largest sustainable energy accelerator, has issued its first ever global ...

SharpCloud closes £4.5m Series A round from YFM - - 2019-11-15

Funds advised by YFM Equity Partners, the specialist private equity fund manager, have backed a £4.5m investment into Sha...

Snowplow Analytics raises £4 million Series A funding - - 2019-11-15

Snowplow Analytics, the company that helps businesses to collect and own their customer data, has closed a £4m fun...

Teysha Technologies raises £1.2m supported by Angel Investment Network - - 2019-11-15

Bioplastics company Teysha Technologies has successfully raised £1.2m of investment, supported by A...

Beauhurst Scale Up Index 2019 - - 2019-11-15

Beauhurst this week launched The Scaleup Index 2019. This report, in partnership with The ScaleUp Institute, examines the 5,456 unique visible scaleup bus...

Foresight invests £749k into University of Nottingham spin-out Promethean Particles - - 2019-11-14

Foresight Group has made a £749,000 growth capital investment into Promethean Particles Limited...

Freshworks secures $150m funding led by Sequoia - - 2019-11-14

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SMEs hoarding record levels of cash amid Brexit turmoil - - 2019-11-14

UK small and medium-sized businesses are holding record levels of cash as uncertainty surrounding Brexit persists – and it is costing them billions of pounds a year, new analysis reveals....

DSW Angels backs e-commerce platform Shopblocks as part of £500k funding - - 2019-11-14

Shopblocks has raised funding from the Greater Manchester Combined Authori...

CapitalRise secures £1 million from Revolt Ventures - - 2019-11-14

CapitalRise, the prime property investment platform, has secured the backing of ...

Biotherapy secures £3 million investment from Foresight - - 2019-11-13

Foresight Group has made a £3.0 million investment into Biotherapy Services Limited, a biopharmaceut...

Oneskee secures six-figure investment from Midven MEIF fund - - 2019-11-13

Warwickshire-based Oneskee has secured a six-figure investment from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF), Equity Financ...

Keensight Capital to acquire a majority stake in Sogelink - - 2019-11-13

Keensight Capital, one of the leading private equity managers dedicated to pan-European Growth Buyout investment, along with ...

Balderton new $400m fund to support European founders - - 2019-11-13

Balderton is launching the fund against a backdrop of unprecedented momentum within the European tech ecosystem. The number of Series A rounds in Eu...

Visionable raises £9.1m as it looks to the future of healthcare communication - - 2019-11-13

Visionable, the healthcare technology company providing a single video collaboration platform that enables clinicia...

Angular Ventures closes $41m seed fund for European and Israeli startups - - 2019-11-12

Angular Ventures has closed its debut fund at $41M for early-stage deep technology enterprise companies with global expansion plans based in Europe an...

Livingbridge strengthens London team with two senior hires - - 2019-11-12

Livingbridge, one of the UK’s leading mid-market private equity investors, has appointmened Rebecca Osman as investment director and Nick Mann...

Octopus Ventures report highlights untapped potential in UK universities - - 2019-11-12

Octopus Ventures, part of Octopus Group and one of the largest VCs in Europe, has released a new in-depth study identifying the universities that are...

BGF invests further £11m into Molson - - 2019-11-12

BGF has invested a further £11m into Molson Group, the UK’s largest independent distributor of capital eq...

Matt McLoughlin joins Foresight to support the £100 million Foresight East of England Fund - - 2019-11-12

Foresight Group, a leading independent private equity and infrastructure investment manager, has appointed Matt McLoughlin to join the Private Equity Tea...

New executive appointed as WestBridge growth continues - - 2019-11-11

Private equity house WestBridge has further expanded its team with the appointment of Rebecca Sinclair as Investment Executive. ...

43% of female angel investors are eyeing up exits in 2020 says HBAN survey - - 2019-11-11

HBAN (Halo Business Angel Network), the all-island organisation responsible for the promotion of business angel investment, and an initi...

Bolt launches UK environmental impact fund - - 2019-11-11

Bolt, the leading European on-demand transportation platform, has launched a dedicated environmental impact fund with seed capital of €10 million aimed at init...

Sepio Systems raises $6.5m led by Hanaco Ventures and Merlin Ventures - - 2019-11-11

US and Israel-based cybersecurity company ...

Optune reaches first close of seed round - - 2019-11-11

Swiss startup Optune has successfully closed the first close of its seed rounds with Bexio founder Stefan Brunner and a UK family office, as well as with e...

Silicon Valley Bank Expands into Denmark - - 2019-11-08

Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the bank of the world’s most innovative businesses and their investors, today announced that it has established a presenc...

Gap year: SMEs estimate filling the skills gap will cost £160m in next year - - 2019-11-08

The average small and medium-sized business (SME) in the UK estimates that it will spend £160,000 to fill the skills gap in their organisation in the next 12 months, according to recrui...

Bristol-based cyber security training platform Immersive Labs raises $40m Series B - - 2019-11-08

Immersive Labs, the world’s first fully interactive, on-demand and gamified cyber skil...

Swansea based Medical Connections completes management buy-out - - 2019-11-08

Swansea based Medical Connections Limited has successfully completed a management buy-out. The medical imaging so...

University of Birmingham spin-out Linear Diagnostics secures £2m for diagnostic technology - - 2019-11-08

Birmingham-based Linear Diagnostics Limited (LDL) has secured £2m of investment from MEIF and othe...

GP Bullhound advises on major Jellyfish-Fimalac deal - - 2019-11-07

GP Bullhound acted as exclusive financial advisor to Jellyfish on the strategic investment by ...

Flarin Holdings completes first round of fundraising for revolutionary drug - - 2019-11-07

Flarin Holdings Limited has completed its first round of fund-raising by IW Capital. Flarin Holdings was recently demerg...

The Expansion of a Grapey Universe - Caspar Bowes, Bowes Wine - 2019-11-07

Thoughts from Caspar Bowes of Bowes Wine about the ever-expanding universe of grape varieties ...

Santander buys majority stake in UK fintech Ebury - - 2019-11-07

Santander has bought a majority stake in UK-based Fintech company Ebury for £350m. The bank now holds 50.1 pe...

Foresight opens George Street office in Edinburgh - - 2019-11-07

Foresight Group LLP has opened its fifth regional UK office, located in historic George Street in Edinburgh. ...

WestBridge continues growth with new appointment - - 2019-11-06

PRIVATE equity house WestBridge has further expanded its team with the appointment of Rebecca Sinclair as Investment Exec...

BGF exits Thames Technology - - 2019-11-06

BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor in growing businesses, has exited its investment ...

Agritask secures $8.5M in round led by the InsuResilience Investment Fund - - 2019-11-06

Israeli precision agriculture startup Agritask, which has been operating in bootstrap mode till recently, has completed an $...

Oxford University biotech spin-out raises over £2M to combat resistance to antibiotics - - 2019-11-06

Oxford Drug Design Limited (ODD), a biotechnology company with a proprietary computational and machine learning platform...

Wealth managers are turning away more clients who fall below minimum investment thresholds - - 2019-11-06

New research from Nucoro, a B2B fintech providing Wealth Management as a Service Solutions, reveals 57% of wealth managers are hav...

Tracey Davidson appointed Deputy CEO of Handelsbanken plc and Chairman of Heartwood - - 2019-11-05

Tracey Davidson has been appointed to the new role of Deputy CEO of Handelsbanken plc, Heartwo...

UK finance experts remain optimistic despite uncertainty surrounding Brexit says report - - 2019-11-05

New data from leading global insights platform, Atheneum, has revealed that only one in four ...

Mafic wins SPRINT grant to develop data communication devices - - 2019-11-05

Mafic, an innovative information company based at the Surrey Technology Centre near Guildford, has won a grant from the national ...

Record-breaking month for Investment Company fundraising - - 2019-11-05

A total of £1.28 billion was raised in October through secondary fundraisings by investment companies, marking an all-time record fo...

Medopad secures $25m funding for ambitious digital medicine innovations - - 2019-11-05

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Forecast raises funds to bring AI to project management - - 2019-11-04

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VC ecosystem is robust against market uncertainty says Silicon Valley Bank report - - 2019-11-04

Despite a cloudy global economic outlook and rising political uncertainty, the venture ecosystem remains robust, according to Silicon Valley Bank’s latest ...

YFM backs MBO of Professional Music Technology - - 2019-11-04

The Management team of Professional Music Technology has completed a Management Buyout of the business, with financing provided by ...

Equity Crowdfunding: Is investing in a Fund better than investing in individual companies? - - 2019-11-04

My first six articles looked at my experience of investing in individual companies; one of the conclusions I had come to was that, at least for the passive investor, the right strategy is to divers...

Cervest secures £3.7m to fund platform to forecast the impact of climate change - - 2019-11-04

Cervest, the leader in Earth Science AI, has closed a £3.7m investment round to fund the launch of a revolutionary real-time, climate forecasting platf...

Real estate professionals have positive outlook on the secured property debt market - - 2019-11-01

Some 63% of real estate professionals believe the secured property debt market is currently attractive for investors.* The research*, commissioned by secured property lend...

DSW Angels adds to its team to support national expansion - - 2019-11-01

Dow Schofield Watts Angels, the business angel network, has expanded its team with the appointment of Ellie Boardman as Investment Executive. ...

British Business Investments gives £15m funding to PCF Bank - - 2019-11-01

British Business Investments (BBI), a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has announced...

Tech specialists boost Development Bank of Wales team - - 2019-11-01

Life has gone full-circle for technology venture investment specialist Mike Bakewell who has joined the Development Bank of Wales. ...

CorrosionRADAR raises £1 million from Mercia managed MEIF - - 2019-11-01

CorrosionRADAR, a Midlands business that has found a way to detect corrosion and prevent leaks in assets such as pipelines through a network of remote ...

Jessica Bartos joins AlbionVC as Investment Manager - - 2019-10-31

AlbionVC, the technology investment arm of Albion Capital, has appointed Jessica Bartos as an investment manager....

Seven Stories set to drive innovation at VentureFest North East - - 2019-10-31

Next month’s flagship innovation conference, VentureFest North East will bring over 800 businesses together to hear from a we...

MEIF Debt Finance provides Sleaford Building Services with a £750,000 funding package - - 2019-10-31

Midlands Engine Investment Fund Debt Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners, has provided ...

Credit experts TotallyMoney secure £5 million growth funding from Silicon Valley Bank - - 2019-10-31

TotallyMoney has announced new growth funding from Silicon Valley Bank that will provide the credit experts with an ...

Keith Morgan to stand down as Chief Executive of the British Business Bank at the end of 2020 - - 2019-10-31

Keith Morgan has announced that he will be standing down from the role of Chief Executive of the Government-owned ...

Cariad Hair turns heads with £7,000 fast-track loan - - 2019-10-30

A Cardiff-based business owner has been able to revamp his hair salon and expand chair rental opportunities for other stylists thanks to a micro loan from the ...

va-Q-tec’s Founder and CEO is awarded Entrepreneur of the Year - - 2019-10-30

va-Q-tec AG, the pioneer in highly efficient vacuum insulation products and solutions in the thermal insulation and TempChain logistics has announced that the ...

NatWest’s asset finance division Lombard launches instant agreement tool - - 2019-10-30

NatWest’s asset finance arm, Lombard, has launched a new digital service that allows businesses to receive instant agreement to f...

Research reveals only 55% of Wealth Managers will survive if they don’t digitally innovate - - 2019-10-30

New research (1) from Nucoro, a B2B fintech providing Wealth Management as a Service solutions, reveals wealth managers...

BGF exits investment in 3sun Group - - 2019-10-30

BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor in growing businesses, has exited its investment in 3sun Group L...

BGF backs menswear brand SPOKE - - 2019-10-29

SPOKE, the fast-growing direct to consumer menswear brand, has raised £8.5m of new equity cap...

Olympic skier glides into new role at Par Equity - - 2019-10-29

Par Equity, the leading Scottish EIS Fund Manager, has appointed former Olympic skier Andrew Noble as a Partner. A serial angel investor in technolo...

Leading eCommerce platform receives substantial investment from Midven - - 2019-10-29

Specialist eCommerce platform Online Poundshop Ltd has secured ...

Impel Healthcare Catalysts announces first deal - - 2019-10-29

New investment company Impel Healthcare Catalysts has announced its first deal by acquiring a majority stake in pioneering ostomy company...

Aston Lark announces acquisition of Protean Risk - - 2019-10-29

Aston Lark has acquired Lloyd's broker Protean Risk, a specialist Lloyd’s insurance broker focusing on the ...

BGF supports Hydrock in acquisition of MRB Consulting Engineers - - 2019-10-28

Engineering design consultancy Hydrock has announced its acquisition of Yorkshire-based MRB Consulting Engineers, as the...

GP Bullhound invests $10m in RavenPack - - 2019-10-28

GP Bullhound has invested $10 million in RavenPack, a leading provider of alternative data and insights for finan...

European VC deal value at record levels says KPMG Q2 2019 Venture Pulse Report for Europe - - 2019-10-28

KPMG's Q2 Enterprise Venture Pulse report for 2019 has been published and shows European VC de...

Maven launches investment bond to boost UK property market - - 2019-10-28

An innovative new investment vehicle to provide funds to support UK property deals – commercial and residential – has been launched by one of the UK’s leading private equity firms...

British Robotics Scale-Up Fund due to close soon - - 2019-10-28

Launched by Britbots earlier in 2019, the British Robotics Scale-Up Fund is soon to close, rai...

What makes a legendary leader? - - 2019-10-25

Sukhendu Pal has worked with some of the iconic leaders of our generation. In this interview he talks about the unique qualities of these legend...

Employment landscape more attuned to the needs of working parents - - 2019-10-25

Matt Weston, Managing Director of Robert Half UK, looks at the latest ONS Families and the Labour Market stati...

Creative England launches landmark fund for the UK’s creative SMEs - - 2019-10-25

Creative England will inject £24million of growth finance into the creative industries. The scale-up finance will be...

Scale-ups turn to crowdfunding to give customers a stake in their business - Victoria Maby, Envestors - 2019-10-25

Victoria Maby of Envestors looks at the wider effects of Crowdfunding Data from our survey of 200 scale-ups reveals that one of the driv...

Q3 2019 Equity investment market update from Beauhurst - - 2019-10-25

The latest data on equity investment trends in the UK. ...

UK VC returns comparable with those in US says British Business Bank research - - 2019-10-24

Latest market analysis from the British Business Bank finds that, contrary to widespread misperceptions, UK Venture Capital produces similar re...

OpenLegacy expands with Hong Kong office funded by Silverhorn - - 2019-10-24

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Two thirds of UK venture capital firms have no women at all in senior investment positions - - 2019-10-24

63% of UK venture capital firms have no women at all in senior investment positions, according to a report released in Diversity VC back in July. m...

Top 6 Ideal Workplace Benefits for SME's - - 2019-10-24

In a time when we’re struggling to give pay rises or bonuses more employers are investing in employee benefits to encourage retention and loyalty as well as maintaining a...

Upstream Security closes $30m series B investment from alliance ventures - - 2019-10-24

Cybersecurity company for connected vehicles Upstream Security has announced that a prominent syndicate of investors, including some of the world’s la...

The six girls leading a new generation of entrepreneurs: born this millennium - - 2019-10-23

Children are naturally creative, but these entrepreneurs capitalised on their ideas by creating huge businesses from scratch. Comparethemarket.com ha...

Disperse raises $15 million led by Northzone - - 2019-10-23

Disperse, the leader in AI-powered construction transformation systems, has raised $15 million of...

Foresight leads £4.2m investment in 3D printing company AMT - - 2019-10-23

Foresight Group has made its thirteenth investment from the Foresight Williams Technology EI...

Private Markets are on the rise among Wealth Managers says Delio report - - 2019-10-23

The conversation on private markets is changing among Wealth Managers, according to a recent report by Delio. ...

Ex-Crawford execs launch healthcare investment company - - 2019-10-23

Healthcare entrepreneurs Richard Anderson and Spencer Kerry have launched Impel Healthcare Catalysts, an investment company designed to be...

Successful crowdfund powers Abodoo’s UK market expansion - - 2019-10-22

SmartWorking startup Abodoo is set to accelerate its UK expansion following a successful crowdfund. The Co. Wexford based business, on a mission to change the ...

Private equity fund performance dips in 2019 - - 2019-10-22

eFront, the leading financial software and solutions provider dedicated to Alternative Investments, has published its latest Quarterly Private Equity Performance re...

Maven leads £5.3 million investment in e-commerce platform E-Fundamentals - - 2019-10-22

Maven Capital Partners has led a £5.3 million funding round in E-Fundamentals, a leading eCommerce insights platform....

Speechmatics raises £6.35 million from AlbionVC to fund global expansion - - 2019-10-22

Speechmatics, the leader in machine learning and automatic speech recognition, has raised £6.35m in Seri...

Beechbrook strengthens UK team and completes another investment - - 2019-10-22

Beechbrook Capital has appointed Paul Whitehouse as investment director to head up deal origination and execution activity across the Midlands. With o...

British Patient Capital commits £334 million in its first year - - 2019-10-21

British Patient Capital has established itself as a major player in UK venture and venture growth markets after investing in 12 funds with...

Amadeus leads Nu Quantum's £650,000 pre-seed funding - - 2019-10-21

Nu Quantum, a quantum photonics company, has completed a £650,000 pre-seed investment round. The over-subscribed round was led by ...

Idinvest closes its third Digital Fund at €350 million - - 2019-10-21

Idinvest Partners, a leading investor in SMEs across Europe, has announced the final closing of its third digital fund at €350m, having surpasse...

Rebel Book Club exceeds £100,000 crowdfunding target - - 2019-10-21

An international non-fiction book club aimed at open minded thinkers has not only reached, but exceeded its £100,000 crowdfunding target as they continue on their journey to grow the existing...

Luminous Group raises £400,000 from Mercia for food safety software - - 2019-10-21

Luminous Group, the Newcastle company which is one of the UK’s leading mixed reality experts, has raised over £400,000 to support the laun...

Minit raises €7 million in Series A round led by Target Global - - 2019-10-18

Process Mining software provider Minit has raised €7 million in a Series A funding round, led by ...

Livingbridge raises over £330 million to invest in UK SMEs - - 2019-10-18

Livingbridge has closed its Livingbridge Enterprise 3 fund with total capital commitments of £334m, an increase of 50% on its predecessor fund, Liv...

Ingenious backs AI pioneer to help combat global food waste - - 2019-10-18

Ingenious's Infrastructure Ventures EIS Service has invested in ...

ProFinda receives £1 million Nesta investment - - 2019-10-18

ProFinda has received £1 million of funding from Nesta I...

AI tipped to revolutionise marketing sector which attracted $2.5bn investment in 2018 - - 2019-10-17

Unprecedented volumes of data and advances in AI are transforming the marketing services industry, according to a report released today by leading technology advisory and investment firm ...

New ‘eyes in the skies’ as med-tech firm secures investment to scale in-flight medical monitoring - - 2019-10-17

MIME Technologies, a med-tech spin-out from the University of Aberdeen, has raised a combined £255,00...

Clive Gillmore donates £3m to University of Warwick for Fintech research centre - - 2019-10-17

The University of Warwick has received one of its largest donations from an individual to establish a new Fintech research centre. The £3 million d...

SharpCloud closes £4.5m Series A round from YFM Equity Partners - - 2019-10-17

YFM Equity Partners has backed a £4.5m investment into SharpCloud Software Limited to support the continued growth and...

Idinvest appoints new managing partners - - 2019-10-17

Idinvest Partners, a leading investor in SMEs across Europe, has appointed Sylviane Guyonnet, COO of Idinvest, and Eric Gallerne, Co-Head of Private Debt Stra...

VentureFest North East 2019 announces speaker line-up - - 2019-10-17

A wealth of local, national and global experts in innovation will come together in central Newcastle next month with the aim of inspiring over 800 busine...

Triple Point appoints Jennifer Ockwell as Partner and Head of Institutional Sales - - 2019-10-16

Triple Point has appointed Jennifer Ockwell as Partner and Head of Institutional Sales. Jennifer’s career spans over 20 years in the ...

Renewable energy tech startup Sennen secures investment from Sustainable Accelerator - - 2019-10-16

Technology company, Sennen, whose software increases the reliability and productivity achieved by renewable energy owners, has secured financial backing from i...

Latest Guernsey Green Fund focuses on onshore wind farms - - 2019-10-16

A new Guernsey Green Fund has been launched backing the wind farm sector in the UK and Ireland. Resonanc...

Maven Capital Partners leads £4m funding round in Relative Insight - - 2019-10-16

Maven Capital Partners has led a £4 million investment in language understanding business, Relative Insight Ltd...

British Business Investments announces full year results to 31 March 2019 - - 2019-10-16

British Business Investments, a wholly-owned commercial subsidiary of British Business Bank plc, the UK’s national economic development bank, has publish...

Apadmi Ventures invests in childcare startup studentnannies.com - - 2019-10-15

Apadmi Ventures has invested in studentnannies.com, an innovative new childcare platform...

Eric de Montgolfier appointed as CEO of Invest Europe - - 2019-10-15

Invest Europe has appointed Eric de Montgolfier as new CEO to lead the world’s largest association of private capital providers and investors. ...

Cambridge medtech firm raises $16m Series A to advance life-saving cell therapies - - 2019-10-15

Mogrify Ltd, a UK company aiming to transform the development of life-saving cell therapies, has announced the...

Livingbridge welcomes three new investment managers - - 2019-10-15

Livingbridge has appointed Andy Harrington, Robyn Smith and Tom Smith as investment managers, alongside two further hires in the business. ...

BGF exits investment in landscaping company TCL - - 2019-10-15

BGF has successfully exited its investment in landscaping and grounds maintenance company, TCL Group. TCL has been...

Deutsche Handelsbank’s new management fosters further growth - - 2019-10-14

Deutsche Handelsbank has welcomed Jens Munk and Dr. Frank Schlaberg as Co-CEOs and plans to accelerate its growth. Jens Munk (52) and Dr. Fran...

Livingbridge invests £15 million in Nationwide Hire - - 2019-10-14

Livingbridge, one of the UK’s leading mid-market private equity investors, has made a £15 million investment in ...

Ashfords strengthens Financial Services and FinTech teams - - 2019-10-14

Law firm Ashfords LLP has bolstered its Financial Services team with the hire of Legal Director Cynthia Ma. Cynthia joined the firm’s London off...

Balderton leads Rahko's £1.3m seed round - - 2019-10-14

Quantum machine learning company Rahko has raised a £1.3m (USD1.6) seed round led by Balderton Capital, Europe’s...

Browne Jacobson advises Impala as it secures $11m funding - - 2019-10-14

Browne Jacobson’s corporate finance team has advised Impala on its successful $11 million investment round....

Join Capital and EQT invest $7.7m in Codacy - - 2019-10-11

Codacy, the Lisbon-based startup whose platform automates and standardizes software quality to...

Share of funding to women-led firms doubles in less than a decade - - 2019-10-11

A report from the Female Founders Forum – with a foreword from Rt Hon Liz Truss MP – reveals that while th...

IW Capital launches EIS portfolio service - - 2019-10-11

IW Capital has launched their innovative new EIS Portfolio Service, allowing access to investment into the UK’s wealth of high-growth SMEs through the E...

MJ Hudson partners with Harlequins Women - - 2019-10-11

MJ Hudson has signed for a multi-year sponsorship of Harlequins. The firm is the first official partner of Harlequins Women, which currently c...

£2 million funding for the third sector in Wales - - 2019-10-11

Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA) and Landsker Business Solutions have been appointed by the Development Bank...

Angel Investment Network reports strong annual revenue growth - - 2019-10-10

Angel Investment Network (AIN), the world’s largest online angel investment platform, has announced strong growth, with annual revenues...

BGF bolsters its Cardiff team with new investor - - 2019-10-10

BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor in growing businesses, has appointed Hannah Waters as an investor in its Cardiff office. Hannah join...

Mum's skincare company wins £45K Development Bank of Wales loan - - 2019-10-10

When George Jones' son developed terrible eczema as a child, she was unable to find any products that didn't aggravate his condition so she set out to create her own by launching ...

Moorgate Benchmarks secures strategic investment from ETFS Capital - - 2019-10-10

Moorgate Benchmarks, the index company driving change, has closed its Series A funding round, securing a significant investment from ...

Blend Network completes largest deal to date and reaches £3m Midlands lending milestone - - 2019-10-10

BLEND Network, a leading property investment platform specialising in funding low-cost, accessible housing developments outside of London has announced its l...

Par Equity pours £800,000 into innovative pipe repair business - - 2019-10-10

Par Equity has concluded an £800k investment in Kibosh Ltd, designer of the world’s fastest leaking-...

The future of media investment: interview with Great Point's Dan Perkins - - 2019-10-09

On the first birthday of the Great Point Ventures (EIS) Fund, we spoke to Da...

Inflexion acquires Pharmaspectra in MBO - - 2019-10-09

Inflexion Private Equity has agreed to acquire Pharmaspectra, a leading global provider of medical affairs data to...

Winners of 2019 Investor Allstars announced - - 2019-10-09

The winners of the 17th annual Investor Allstars Awards were revealed last Thursday, at an award...

Food-Tech Start-up Vertical Future completes £4m seed round - - 2019-10-09

Vertical Future, a London-based food technology company, announced the completion of its Seed Round, raising £4m of equity finance, with further ...

Tutorful ‘Best in Class’ with new investment from NVM - - 2019-10-09

Tutorful, a platform that connects students with tutors across the UK has secured a £3.2 million investment from NVM...

One Stop Business Finance expands operations and brokering team - - 2019-10-08

Growing East Yorkshire based alternative funding specialist for SMEs, One Stop Business Finance, has strengthened its operations...

Smart textiles company Footfalls gains additional investment for expansion plans - - 2019-10-08

Foresight Group LLP has announced a further £749k equity investment into Footfalls and Heartbeat...

GED Capital invests in three startups after launching its first venture capital fund - - 2019-10-08

The independent Iberian alternative assets manager GED Capital has taken a further step in the development of its multi-product strateg...

Europe: home to global leaders against a challenging backdrop - - 2019-10-08

There are many reasons why investors might want to avoid Europe. Slowing growth, political crises and the ongoing Brexit uncertainty present several challenges and could make investors think twice ...

Entrepreneur who set out to save high streets raises £325k for parking app - - 2019-10-08

An entrepreneur who set out to help save struggling high streets has raised £325,000 to deliver his idea. Chris Reed has secured investment from the ...

#MeTooPay campaign launched for equal pay for women in business - - 2019-10-07

Launching the #MeTooPay campaign, more than 100 of the UK’s most successful women seek to end pay discrimination. Fronted by ...

Augusta & Co oversees sale of Finland's largest wind energy project - - 2019-10-07

Augusta & Co., a specialist financial adviser to the renewable energy industry, has successfully overseen the sale of the 211.4MW Piiparinmäki onsh...

The Government is killing UK’s entrepreneurial spirit - - 2019-10-07

New data released by the Office for National Statistics shows a continued decline in the number of sole traders and partnerships. Mark Halstead, partner at busines...

Scaleup Nation: The Rise of Scaleup Businesses in the UK - - 2019-10-07

The phenomenal increase of scaleups in recent years has seen the UK make great advances in support of high-growth businesses. In light of this, John Duckwor...

Startup platform Decksender completes first year Beta stage - - 2019-10-07

DeckSender.com, the startup platform that aims to democratize access to investment, announces it’s 1 ...

Momentum Global Investment Management appoints Robert White as Senior Analyst - - 2019-10-04

Momentum Global Investment Management (MGIM), the specialist investment manager focused on outcomes-b...

EarthSense receives £100,000 growth debt funding package from MEIF Maven Debt Finance - - 2019-10-04

The Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) Debt Finance, managed by ...

Deepbridge Capital investors exit iPipeline in $1.6bn deal - - 2019-10-04

Deepbridge Capital, the tax-efficient investment manager and Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) provider, has announced the exit of its holding...

Research reveals PE firms must focus on insurance cover of portfolio companies - - 2019-10-04

New research from Mactavish, the leading expert on commercial insurance placement and disputes, reveals many private equity firms are not placing enough fo...

UK SMEs face £145k skills gap as war for talent endures - - 2019-10-04

The average UK SME faces a skills gap that would impact total revenue by £145,000 in the next year, rising to £318,000 in the next five years, according to new independent research [1]&...

Get the inside track on current VCT & EIS offerings at the VCT & EIS Investor Forum - - 2019-10-03

With many fund managers already fundraising and more expected to join them, it has never been more important to understand the market. At this year's&...

Scaleup Nation: The Rise of Scaleup Businesses in the UK - - 2019-10-03

The phenomenal increase of scaleups in recent years has seen the UK make great advances in support of high-growth businesses. In light of this, John Duckworth, Managing Director at ...

Maven backs LIMA Networks and Data Centre UK in £12 million deal - - 2019-10-03

Maven Capital Partners, one of the UK’s most active private equity houses, has led the £12 million investment in ...

BGF appoints Daina Spedding to bolster London investment team - - 2019-10-03

BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor in growing companies, has appointed Daina Spedding as an investor in its L...

AI is gaining investment, but investors DO NOT want AI investments advice - - 2019-10-03

IW Capital - an EIS-specialist Venture Capital firm in London - has unveiled a nationally representative report revealing the sentiments of a popul...

Keensight Capital invests in Geodesial - - 2019-10-02

Keensight Capital, one of the leading private equity managers dedicated to pan-European Growth Buyout...

UK private equity performance builds despite Brexit, says eFront - - 2019-10-02

eFront, the leading financial software and solutions provider dedicated to Alternative Investments, has published its latest annual Global Private Equity Performance...

Qventures leads investment in London based startup Rosecut - - 2019-10-02

QVentures, manager of 29PP Pre-Seed Fund, has led the funding round in Rosecut Technologies, a digital wealthmanager. ...

What lies beneath? The truth about BPR products - - 2019-10-02

Hardman & Co has published its latest report, The Truth About What Lies Beneath, has been written to coincide with the launch of the Hardman & Co ...

Jepco set for growth after £900k from MEIF Maven Debt Finance - - 2019-10-02

The Midlands Engine Investment Fund Debt Finance, managed by ...

Triple Point expands its strategic sales team with appointment of Jack Rose - - 2019-10-01

Triple Point, a leading UK alternative investment manager, has appointed experienced financial services professional Jack Rose as Strategic Sales Directo...

Maven strengthens property investment team with new hire - - 2019-10-01

Maven Capital Partners has hired Carolyn McEwan to the property investment team as Investment Manager. The strengthening of the team reflects Maven’s con...

SMEs seeking £250,000 more funding than at the start of 2019 says IGF report - - 2019-10-01

Growth and funding ambitions have strengthened amongst SMEs over the course of 2019, according to the latest report by ...

Resonance invests £250,000 in community interest company ‘Community Mentoring and Support’ - - 2019-10-01

Community interest company ‘Community Mentoring and Support’ (CMAS) is the latest social enterprise to receive investment of £250,000 ...

Crowdcube funds 19% of active UK Unicorns - - 2019-10-01

Crowdcube has helped fuel the growth of three out of 16 of the UK’s active unicorns - or 19% of the herd. The three are BrewDog, Revolut and Monzo. Har...

GP Bullhound Investor Allstars awards shortlist announced - - 2019-09-30

GP Bullhound and Bonhill have revealed the shortlist for the 17th annual Investor Allstars Awards 2019, fea...

Crowd2Fund approved for EIS tax relief as it plans funding rounds - - 2019-09-30

Crowd2Fund has been formally granted their Advanced Assurance from HMRC for the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) tax relief. This means that now up ...

Shoosmiths advises NVM on its investment in footwear label Duke & Dexter - - 2019-09-30

Shoosmiths has advised NVM Private Equity on its recent investment of £2 million into Duke & De...

Bethnal Green Ventures announces its Autumn 2019 cohort of tech for good ventures - - 2019-09-30

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Seedrs Secondary Market: a way to invest more, a way out and to realise returns? - - 2019-09-30

The Seedrs Secondary Market (SM) is a mechanism by which, once a month in window lasting one week, investors may offer their Seedrs shareholding’s for sale via the Seedrs Platform at the pric...

EQT Ventures leads €6.4m investment in BEAT81 - - 2019-09-27

BEAT81, one of the fastest growing fitness tech companies in Europe, has raised a €6.4m Series A funding round, led by E...

DeltaDNA sale yields multiple returns for Par Equity investors - - 2019-09-27

EIS Fund Manager Par Equity has realised its 17th company exit with the sale of the market-leading videogame data analysis firm, ...

Join the award-winning GrowthInvest Adviser Hour live from Edinburgh - - 2019-09-27

VCT & EIS Investor Forum platinum sponsor GrowthInvest invites you to join its award-winning ...

BGF strengthens Reading team with new investor - - 2019-09-27

BGF has expanded its Reading team with the appointment of Guy Pope as an investor. Guy joins BGF from BCMS Corporate, where he specialised in all aspects of mid-...

ShieldIOT raises $3.6m seed round led by innogy Innovation Hub - - 2019-09-27

ShieldIOT, an IoT security company, offers service providers network-wide cyber protection, increasing revenue streams and securing millions of connected devices...

Lifted raises £1.5 m to transform care of elderly and infirm - - 2019-09-26

London-based Lifted has raised £1.5m in seed funding to transform the home care sector. The...

Tech giants join the race to own vehicle of the future says Hampleton Partners’ report - - 2019-09-26

The first half of 2019 has seen automotive technology deal-making news led by major tech giants challenging traditional OEMs for ‘ownersh...

Stellar launches Stellar Iceni to help advisers grow their Estate Planning business - - 2019-09-26

The Financial services industry has entered into a period of unparalleled opportunity as our nation enters what many are calling the inheritance economy. The inheritance economy represents ...

Private vs. public: co-movements are stronger than you think says eFront report - - 2019-09-26

The latest research from eFront, the leading financial software and solutions provider dedicated to Alternative Investments...

BGF backs Orbital Education for further global expansion - - 2019-09-25

Orbital Education has received a minority investment from BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor in growin...

Ometria raises $21m led by Octopus to save consumers from endless irrelevant marketing - - 2019-09-25

Ometria, the customer marketing platform for retailers, today announces that it has raised $21m in Series B funding to further innovate its AI technology which ...

Retirement savers missing out on higher returns says new report - - 2019-09-25

Savers in defined contribution pension schemes are missing out on higher returns due to a lack of investment in some of the UK’s fastest growing an...

Deepbridge Capital investee company acquires iconic American company - - 2019-09-25

Deepbridge Capital investee company Afin Technologies (forme...

Cambridge China Forum holds exclusive UK pitching event for China’s top investment funds - - 2019-09-25

Cambridge China Centre (CCF) has arranged an exclusive pitching event with 14 of China’s top investment firms signalling the continued ...

Riverside invests in cycle accessories and clothing specialist Bike24 - - 2019-09-24

The Riverside Company has signed a definitive agreement to invest in German cycling e-commerce speci...

Cyber-Defense, Software Updates & Outsourcing Spur $100bn in IT Services M&A, says Hampleton - - 2019-09-24

Hampleton Partners’ latest global IT & Business Services ...

Outdoor women’s brand ACAI Activewear raises £350k from DSW Angels - - 2019-09-24

A fast-growing clothing brand with a mission to become the ‘Levi’s of the women’s outdoorwear market’ has raised £350,000 in a funding round led by ...

Edge Performance VCT exits deltaDNA - - 2019-09-24

Edge Performance VCT, the creative industries VCT managed by leading creative economy specialist Edge Investments, has exited its investment...

Personal shopping startup Lookiero raises $19 million - - 2019-09-24

Lookiero, the online personal shopping service for clothes and accessories, has closed a $19 million funding round led by venture capi...

Social media management platform Agorapulse secures £14.7m - - 2019-09-23

Leading European social media management platform ...

Beauhurst Unicorns 2019: celebrating the UK's $1bn start ups - - 2019-09-23

In a week that saw the announcement of CMR Surgical as the latest UK company to be valued at over $1b, there is hardly a more appropriate time to examine the state of the UK's unicorn herd. These c...

Origin Capital invests in Cyclops Marine - - 2019-09-23

Origin Capital has invested in Cyclops Marine, a specialist provider of load measurement instrumen...

EdTech company Learning with Experts raisess £800k - - 2019-09-23

Learning with Experts has just completed a latest funding round above target, raising £800k with an impressive group of High Net Worth (...

Ashfords LLP boosts tech team with partner promotion - - 2019-09-23

Law firm Ashfords LLP has announced the promotion of IT and technology specialist Suzie Miles to its partnership, in the firm's Bristol of...

GK8 raised $4 m seed funding led by Check Point - - 2019-09-20

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87% of managers fail to acheive work life balance - - 2019-09-20

The workplace is busier than ever before due to an ‘always-on’ culture that is leaving employees and managers with burnout. New research from global health service company ...

Red Sift announces $8.8m funding led by MMC - - 2019-09-20

Red Sift, the cognitive data platform that provides cloud-based email security solutions, has closed a $8.8m investment round from research-led VC ...

British Business Investments provides £25m line to NW asset finance provider Kingsway - - 2019-09-20

British Business Investments (BBI), a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has announced a new £25m commitment to Cheshire-based asset fi...

Triple Point launches new top-up offer on Triple Point VCT 2011 - - 2019-09-20

Triple Point, a leading UK alternative investment manager, today announced a top-up of its Venture Fund, a share class in the successful Triple Point VCT...

Environmental fund manager Earthworm expands client services team - - 2019-09-19

Customers are at the heart of most businesses. With that in mind, environmental fund manager Earthworm has made two key appointments in its client services...

Negative economic outlook amongst UK institutional investors, research shows - - 2019-09-19

Negative sentiment towards the economic outlook for the UK over the next 18 to 24 months amongst the UK investment community has increased sharply from 49% in 2018 to 67% in 2019, according to the ...

Record number of lenders and borrowers involved in P2P lending - - 2019-09-19

At the end of the second quarter of this year, more than 150,000 lenders were invested in 321,483 loans facilitated by Peer-to-Peer Finance Association (P2PFA) platforms – a record level of i...

Snaffling Pig smashes £750k crowdfund target in one week - - 2019-09-19

Snaffling Pig, the category leading porky snack brand, has reached its £750,000 crowdfund target in just seven days. Hosted by ...

Car subscription platform Wagonex set for global growth - - 2019-09-19

Wagonex Limited, the car subscription marketplace platform is delighted to announce a significant...

GrowthInvest and Partners Wealth Management launch partnership - - 2019-09-18

GrowthInvest and Partners Wealth Management have launched a strategic partnership between the two or...

klarx raises €12.5 million to empower the future of construction - - 2019-09-18

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PSE exits AlbionVC portfolio to Siemens AG - - 2019-09-18

Process Systems Enterprise (PSE), the leading supplier of predictive Advanced Process Modelling (APM) software and services to many of the world’s ...

Heartwood Investment Management launches four sustainable multi asset funds - - 2019-09-18

Heartwood Investment Management, the asset management arm of Handelsbanken in the UK, has launched four sustainable multi asset funds designed to make ...

Exit of B.heard provides Symvan Capital investors with a window onto the blockchain revolution - - 2019-09-18

Symvan Capital, an EIS fund manager, has announced that B.heard, a pioneer in the monetisation of the European persona...

Hardman & Co spearheads initiative to support new (S)EIS funds - - 2019-09-17

Hardman & Co is leading a new initiative to support (S)EIS funds entering the investment market. It has brought together a wide range of professional...

Start-up Spotlight with entrepreneur Iris Barcia - - 2019-09-17

This month’s Start-up Spotlight, in partnership with The Invested Investor, features an interview with entrepreneur Iris Barcia.......

Echopoint raises £2.8m to address heart disease treatment - - 2019-09-17

Echopoint Medical Ltd, a spinout company from UCL, has raised £2.8m to develop optical sensing technology to help heart disease patients in a g...

Lord Bilimoria to open the Festival of Enterprise - - 2019-09-17

Karan Bilimoria, better known as Lord Bilimoria of Chelsea, the Indian born founder of Cobra Beer, will officially open the Festival...

NVM invests in Mobius Networks - - 2019-09-17

NVM Private Equity has completed the management buy-out of Mobius Networks Limited (MNL), a ...

Spark partners with Hyundai, Wayra and the Connected Places Catapult to drive EV adoption - - 2019-09-16

Spark EV Technology has completed extensive trials of its electric vehicle (EV) range prediction technology with Hyundai. Carried out as part of ...

Personalised video advertising firm Spirable raises £6 million - - 2019-09-16

Spirable, the next generation of personalised video marketing automation, today announced it has closed a £6M Series A investment round led by ...

SFC named 5th most active Angel & Seed Investor globally by PitchBook Data - - 2019-09-16

PitchBook Data ...

Talking point: The EISA quarterly Zeitgeist discusses the question of risk - - 2019-09-16

The EISA's Summer 2019 edition of Zeitgeist discusses the tricky question of risk and what it really means in relation to EIS investments. Risk. ...

Dragon's Den star Nick Jenkins to open the VCT & EIS Investor Forum - - 2019-09-16

Entrepreneur and investor Nick Jenkins, who founded moonpig.com and is a former star of BBC TV's "Dragon's Den", is to be the opening keynote speaker at this year's ...

Blackfinch Ventures: top tips for start-ups seeking investment - - 2019-09-13

Ventures Director at Blackfinch Ventures, Dr Reuben Wilcock, discusses his top-tips for start-ups seeking investmen...

Green Angel Syndicate leads £520k investment in AirEx - - 2019-09-13

Green Angel Syndicate has successfully led a £520k investment round into AirEx, the IoT-enabled smart vent...

NVM invests in Secure Retail - - 2019-09-13

NVM Private Equity has completed the management buy-out of Leicestershire-based Secure Retail Limited&nbs...

British Business Investments commits £10m to Dow Schofield Watts Angels - - 2019-09-13

British Business Investments, a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has made a new comm...

Modest Trends steps forward £12k from Development Bank of Wales - - 2019-09-13

A businesswoman has achieved her dream of opening a shop in Cardiff to sell clothes that combine fashion with traditional spiritual values with the help of a loan from the ...

Liberty Global's former Central Europe CEO invests in Veloce Esports - - 2019-09-12

Eric Tveter, former Central Europe CEO of Liberty Global, has become a major investor and the first Chairman of London-based start up ...

Riverside Shuts the Door on Latest Exit - - 2019-09-12

The Riverside Company, a global private equity firm focused on the smaller end of the middle market, and ...

Boundary secures £1.22m funding as it prepares to revolutionise home security - - 2019-09-12

Home security tech specialist, Boundary, has secured £1.22 million investment from Equity Gap and the ...

Insurtech’s Record-breaking $3 billion Investment in 1H2019 - - 2019-09-12

The Insurtech M&A Market Report from international technology mergers and acquisitions advisors, ...

HNW private investors increase exposure to alternative assets - - 2019-09-12

High Net Worth private investors are increasing their exposure to alternative assets to achieve greater portfolio diversification in an uncertain economic climate, reveals research...

Two new appointments at Albemarle Street Partners - - 2019-09-11

Albemarle Street Partners (ASP), the specialist discretionary investment manager and in...

PrimaryBid raises £7m from Pentech and Outward VC - - 2019-09-11

PrimaryBid, the award-winning FCA-regulated online platform connecting publicly listed companies with everyday investors for discounted share issuances,...

Moneyshake secures angel funding to shake up car leasing market - - 2019-09-11

The founders of a specialist price comparison website have secured £500,000 of seed-stage investment and are now ready to disrupt the UK car leasing market. ...

NVM backs Voxpopme's £7.5m funding round - - 2019-09-11

Voxpopme, a Birmingham-based leading video feedback and analytics company, today announced that it has closed a £7.5m Series A1 equity financing led b...

Kitt secures £2 million investment to transform the office leasing market - - 2019-09-11

Managed office platform Kitt has raised £2 million in seed funding and appointed former Fitness First CEO Oren Peleg as Chairman. The funding round w...

Arctic Shores secures $5.5m Series A led by Beringea - - 2019-09-10

Arctic Shores, the Manchester-based psychometric assessment provider, has announced that it has secured a $5.5m Series A investment to accelerate its inte...

Scribeless attracts £400,000 led by RLC Ventures - - 2019-09-10

Scribeless, which fully automates and personalises h...

Koru Kids Series A round raises £10 million led by Atomico - - 2019-09-10

London-based start-up Koru Kids, has raised £10 million from its Series A round led b...

Maven strengthens investment team in the South - - 2019-09-10

Maven Capital Partners has strengthened its UK investment team with a senior appointment in the South of England. Luke Matthews joins Maven as an Investm...

Praetura unveils new £10m EIS fund for Northern businesses - - 2019-09-10

Praetura Ventures is raising money for its second Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) fund, the Praetura EIS 2020 Fund. The company plans to raise up ...

Desana wins £550k seed funding from TechStart Ventures - - 2019-09-09

Ahead of launch later this year, Desana, an Edinburgh and London based startup that gives subscribers access to a UK-wide network of quality workspace to use wh...

Entrepreneur and B2B tech leader Dr Nic Pillow joins Blackfinch - - 2019-09-09

Blackfinch Ventures has appointed Dr Nic Pillow, co-founder of tech start-up Rhizome Live, as Ventures Manager. Since the appointment of Dr Re...

Riverside Invests in TOOLPORT - - 2019-09-09

The Riverside Company has invested in TOOLPORT, the...

How to create effective business operations without bureaucracy - - 2019-09-09

Stefano Maifreni, Founder of Eggcelerate, a B2B growth experts for British SMEs, shares his insights on how small comapnies can operate effectively ...

3D printing startup launches with £3m from Angel CoFund and Longwall - - 2019-09-09

Wayland Additive Limited has raised a £3 million Series A funding round, led by ...

A nation of job hoppers: 3 in 10 office workers consider moving jobs in the next year - - 2019-09-06

Three in 10 office workers (29%) are considering moving jobs in the next year, driven by the demand for a better work-life balance, higher remuneration and flexible working hours. ...

British Business Investments commits €100m to Top Tier Capital Partners’ first fund - - 2019-09-06

British Business Investments, a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has made its first cornerstone commitment through its £500m Managed F...

Maven leads £750,000 investment in Aero Commerce - - 2019-09-06

Maven Capital Partners has led a £750,000 equity investment into innovative ecommerce platform, Aero Commerce Ltd...

Crypto pioneer Elliptic raises $23 million from SBI Group and Albion VC - - 2019-09-06

Elliptic, the leading provider of crypto-asset risk management solutions for crypto businesses and financial institutions, has raised $23 million in a Series B...

Biomass pioneer Nova Pangaea secures £2.3m NIPF funding - - 2019-09-06

A Teesside business which has developed a new way to generate fuel and chemicals from waste biomass has secured a further £2.3million investment to commercialise its technology. ...

Vegan cheese start-up wins The Seed Fund annual prize - - 2019-09-05

London-based dairy free cheese producer, Kinda Co. has been named as The Seed Fund’s 2019 champion, picking up th...

Invenio acquires Proverbium after BGF funding - - 2019-09-05

Invenio Business Solutions, a global provider of business-focused technology solutions and consulting services, has acquired Prov...

NVM backs premium footwear brand Duke & Dexter - - 2019-09-05

Duke & Dexter (D+D), an award-winning footwear label has secured a £2m investment from NVM Private Equity ...

Barkley to spearhead WestBridge regional growth - - 2019-09-05

PRIVATE equity house WestBridge has appointed a new Investment Director to open its new Manchester office and lead investments across the North of Englan...

Ortho Solutions secures £2m from IGF to develop enhanced surgical procedures - - 2019-09-04

Ortho Solutions, a specialist orthopaedic design manufacturer, has secured a £2 million funding facility from ...

European companies raise record levels of venture capital during first half of 2019 - - 2019-09-04

European companies raised a record-breaking €10.6bn of venture capital during the first six months of 2019 according to analysis by Refinitiv. ...

Development Bank of Wales funding transforms Llandudno’s old Lifeboat Station - - 2019-09-04

A new indoor climbing centre has opened in the old boathouse in Llandudno, thanks to a £50,000 loan from the Development Bank of Wales. ...

Howsy raises £5m in the latest shake-up of the UK rental sector - - 2019-09-04

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Holiday reflections: adventures in equity crowdfunding - James Murdoch - 2019-09-04

By James Murdoch I had not planned to write an article in the holiday month of August, but time for reflection has given me the impetus to highlight my key conclusions. These have perhaps b...

Crowdcube smashes records as fintech Curve reaches £6 million target in just five hours - - 2019-09-04

Crowdcube, the world’s leading equity crowdfunding platform, had several of its records smashed by fintech pioneer ...

North East investors more attracted to tech startups than Londoners - - 2019-09-03

Technology sectors in the UK are thriving and have thus brought about an increased level of awareness to the public consciousness. The government-driven Digital Economy Coun...

Equiem completes largest tenant experience tech market raise to date - - 2019-09-03

Equiem, the global leader in tenant experience technology and services for commercial real estate, has anno...

Foresight launches £100 million East of England Fund - - 2019-09-03

Foresight Group LLP, a leading independent infrastructure and small cap private equity investment manager, is launching its fifth regional private equit...

Kare Plus secures £910,000 loan from Maven to expand care network - - 2019-09-03

Kare Plus National Limited has received a £910,000 loan from ...

Investing in unquoted compaines: the closed-end case - - 2019-09-03

Recent events have illustrated that the closed-ended structure of investment companies is particularly well suited to investing in unquoted companies. ...

Businesses which seek external support are more likely to succeed - - 2019-09-02

The majority of smaller businesses do not seek advice when applying for external finance to grow their business, despite the fact that having access to the right information can make the difference...

Archangels leads MGB Biopharma's new funding round - - 2019-09-02

MGB Biopharma, a biopharmaceutical company developing a novel class of anti-infectives to address the major global problem of antibiotic...

BGF funding supports HeleCloud's acquisition of OlinData - - 2019-09-02

HeleCloud, an AWS Advanced Consulting and Managed Services Par...

Trak Global Group completes minority investment from Three Hills Capital Partners - - 2019-09-02

Trak Global Group, one of the world’s leading telematics technology companies with operations in the UK, Europe and North America, has announced...

ICT industry heavyweight Jonathan Kendall joins Augnet - - 2019-09-02

London-based technology startup Augnet, which is set to revolutionise the SMS and messaging space, has appointed well-known information and communicati...

Lewis Hamilton launches first international plant-based burger chain - - 2019-08-30

Five-time FIA Formula One World Champion, Lewis Hamilton is collaborating with hospitality organisation The Cream Group and investors including UNICEF Ambas...

Proptech startup Residently raises £7m - - 2019-08-30

Residently, the UK startup that is building the global rental platform, has secured £7m in seed ...

Nina Amin MBE joins Goldex as Advisor to the Board - - 2019-08-30

Goldex has named Nina Amin as an Advisor to the Board alongside the announcement that the UK India cross-border fund of Unicorn India, the ...

Brexit has not dampened EIS opportunity – yet - Paul Munn, Par Equity - 2019-08-30

Paul Munn, Partner at Par Equity reflects on the impact of Brexit on EIS ...

International Investor Magazine announces its business award winners - - 2019-08-30

International Investor has announced its recognition of excellence in all industries and at all levels, across the globe. At a time of shift ...

Barkley to spearhead WestBridge regional growth - - 2019-08-29

PRIVATE equity house WestBridge has appointed a new Investment Director to open its new Manchester office and lead investments across the North of...

PIMFA launches results from 2019 CEO Sentiment Report - - 2019-08-29

PIMFA, the trade association for investment managers and financial advisers, has launched the ...

Digital security exchange Nexthash is investing in Skills Matter - - 2019-08-29

The Digital Security Exchange Nexthash is investing £2.5m of growth capital in Skills Matter, the network pub...

Blackfinch Ventures invests in world?s first sleep aiding headphones - - 2019-08-29

Blackfinch Ventures has invested £540,000 into innovate start-up Kokoon...

SMEs look for reassurance from Boris Johnson after G7 - - 2019-08-29

This weekend saw the world's leaders come together to discuss a number of problems facing the planet, from fires in the Amazon rainforest to global economic instability. But while the Prime M...

Esme Loans reaches £70million of lending to UK SMEs - - 2019-08-28

Esme Loans, the standalone digital lending platform for SMEs and scale up businesses, has now lent over £70million to UK businesses. &nbs...

Birmingham wholesaler adds spice to expansion plans following £1.5m funding package from Maven - - 2019-08-28

A Birmingham-based wholesale supplier of quality products to the food and drink industry has secured £1.5m from ...

Fintech Nomanini raises $4m in funding round led by Standard Bank - - 2019-08-28

Nomanini, the pioneering fintech platform for the informal retail ecosystem, has today announced a $4m funding round l...

Dr Kerstin Braun comments on the Yuan at its weakest level since 2008 - - 2019-08-28

Dr Kerstin Braun, President of Stenn Group, a global provider of trade finance, comments on the Yuan at its weakest level since 200...

New vLex London office opens giving new life to legal technology innovation in London. - - 2019-08-28

Following the recent acquisition&nb...

Secrets of a successful crowdfunding campaign - - 2019-08-27

Whilst most of us are no strangers to the concept of crowdfunding, what most people don’t know is how to create a successful campaign that hits your funding target! Founder a...

Epidarex Capital leads Clyde Biosciences £2m investment round - - 2019-08-27

Clyde Biosciences Ltd. has raised a £2 million ‘Series A’ investment led by Epidarex Capital, a leading...

BDO and Envestors team up to help UK start-ups grow in uncertain economic climate - - 2019-08-27

Accountancy and business advisory firm BDO LLP and Envestors, the fintech for fundraising company, have announced a j...

The UK's top 10 founders under 25 - - 2019-08-27

Proving to investors that your company has the legs to offer them a significant return on investment down the line is no small task for any entrepreneur, but is especially impressive for thos...

Warning for investors: Hopes for a Brexit deal are offset by escalating trade war - - 2019-08-27

A Brexit deal now appears more likely than a U.S.-China trade de-escalation - but global financial markets are still to remain volatile in the near term, meaning investors should revise their...

PredictImmune appoints Tim Rea of BGF as non-executive director - - 2019-08-23

PredictImmune, developers of pioneering prognostic tools for guiding treatment options and improving patient outcomes in immune-mediat...

Maybe Solutions to open Birmingham base after MEIF funding - - 2019-08-23

Maybe Solutions, an e-commerce platform developer that helps businesses, towns and cities analyse and engage with social media conversations has secured a s...

Turing Founders brings top investors To Edinburgh seeking investment opportunities - - 2019-08-23

50 of the leading investors from across Europe will be arriving in Edinburgh next week looking for attractive startups to invest in at Turing Founders...

Kernel Capital leads £2m investment in Belfast Company Silform Technologies - - 2019-08-23

The Bank of Ireland Kernel Capital Growth Fund (NI) has led a £2m investment in Belfast-based ...

Female tech team secures £950k investment for rebate and pricing platform e-Bate - - 2019-08-23

Two female tech entrepreneurs who have developed the UK’s first software as a service (SaaS) platform to help companies manage rebate and pricing schemes have secured £950,000 from inve...

Fintech mega-deals lead to record-breaking $120bn in H2019 - - 2019-08-22

Three fintech mega-deals totalling $87 billion set the scene for a record-breaking $120 billion in disclosed transaction value for the sector in a ‘white-hot’ first half of 2019, reveal...

Archangels leads investment in digital advertising innovator - - 2019-08-22

QueryClick, an Edinburgh-based digital marketing consultancy that aims to transform how effectively advertisers invest in digital marketing, is to embark...

Crane Ventures invests in SpotQA to reduce software testing costs by 80% - - 2019-08-22

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US and Asian investment in UK tech skyrockets - - 2019-08-22

The UK tech sector has attracted more foreign investment in the first seven months of 2019 than it did during the whole of last year, ...

Private equity fundraising for Central and Eastern Europe reaches decade high of €1.8 billion - - 2019-08-22

Private equity fundraising for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) hit the highest annual level in a decade in 2018 with €1.8 billion, according to new data from ...

Calculus extis investment in Synpromics exceeding target returns for investors - - 2019-08-21

Scottish biotech company, and the market leader in gene therapy control technologies, Synpromics, has been bought by AskBio...

Retention fears for UK PLC as talent dilema intensifies - - 2019-08-21

As the talent dilemma continues, UK businesses are ramping up their focus on retaining and upskilling their existing workforce. New research [1] from recruitment spec...

Antler strengthens global leadership team - - 2019-08-21

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What is the future for Scotland's high growth sector? - - 2019-08-21

Beauhurst has published its overview of the high-growth ecosystem in Scotland. There are almost 2,000 active ambitious companies in the country, most of which are buoyed by fairly different methods...

Maven NPIF invests £160,000 in Innotech Insights - - 2019-08-21

Maven Capital Partners has invested £160,000 in data analysis business, Innotech Insights, on beha...

National finalists of MSDUK Innovation Challenge announced - - 2019-08-20

The organisers behind the prestigious MSDUK Innovation Challenge have announced their finalists for 2019. After a full day of pitches f...

Sorted secures £15 million from Merian, NVM and Praetura - - 2019-08-20

Leading global delivery software business Sorted Group has raised £15 million in a Series B funding round led by ...

Graphite Capital acquires global conference specialist Hanson Wade - - 2019-08-20

Graphite Capital, a leading UK mid-market private equity specialist, has backed the management buy-out of Hanson Wade...

Oxford spinout MoA Technology wins funding from Parkwalk and Oxford University Innovation - - 2019-08-20

MoA Technology Limited, the crop protection discovery company, has secured £6.3m ($8m) Series A round to develop its unique crop ...

Beauhurst analysis of the top fund raisings for companies founded in 2019 - - 2019-08-20

In this article, Beauhurst highlights the top fund raisings this year by companies that were founded in the same year. ...

Maven invests £2m in hi-growth FinTech firm Delio - - 2019-08-19

Maven Capital Partners, one of the UK’s most active private equity houses, has invested £2 million in high-growth FinTech provider ...

Appnovation Receives £9.3m in Equity Financing - - 2019-08-19

Appnovation has received £9.3m in equity financing from a joint partnership between the ...

Jaltek Systems completes £1m funding from IGF - - 2019-08-19

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BiVictriX strengthens board and completes fund-raising - - 2019-08-19

BiVictriX has announced that Dr Michael Carter has ...

BDO Leeds advises Sukhothai on partial MBO - - 2019-08-19

BDO LLP has advised the management team and shareholders at Sukhothai on its recent recapitalisation.&nbs...

Investors to move assets out of UK as economy ‘stumbles towards abyss’, says deVere CEO - - 2019-08-12

A growing number ofUK and global investors will move their assets overseas as Britain stumbles towards an economic abyss, affirms the boss of one of the world’s largest independent financial ...

Keller Williams partners with Investerge, the UKs only property investment marketplace - - 2019-08-12

Keller Williams, the world’s largest estate agency, has entered into a partnership agreement in the UK with start-up ...

Panoramic supports Manchester based Vaioni in next phase of growth - - 2019-08-12

Panoramic Growth Equity, a leading equity investor in fast growing, ent...

The US population is increasingly better off, and increasingly unequal - - 2019-08-12

By Charu Lahiri, Investment Manager at Heartwood Investment Management, the asset management arm of Handelsbanken in the UK. According to the emotively-named ‘Miser...

IGF expands ABL team following strong end of year results - - 2019-08-09

Independent Growth Finance (IGF), a leading independent commercial finance provider, appoints Dave Pickup as ABL Director for the Thames Valley. Investment i...

Economic Intelligence Wales’ report highlights confidence in Welsh businesses - - 2019-08-09

Small to medium enterprises (SMEs) in Wales have higher levels of confidence than their UK counterparts, despite challenging business conditions and increasing uncertainty of UK and global economic...

CEOs at FTSE 100 financial services companies lacking a background in technology - - 2019-08-09

With widespread disruption from new and emerging technologies facing companies, the financial services sector is still lacking in CEOs with a background in technology, according to recent analysis ...

Start-up survival and death rates according to Beauhurst - - 2019-08-09

In 2018, Enterprise Research found that almost half (45.3%) of startups don't surv...

Beauhurst reveals the most active venture capital firms (by stage of evolution) - - 2019-08-09

There are ambitious companies at all stages of evolution that are looking for growth capital. Private Equity and...

Nearly a quarter of businesses worldwide are spying on their employees - - 2019-08-08

As more businesses invest in surveillance technology to monitor and track employees in the workplace, questions are raised around whether the benefits override growing concerns around digital ethic...

Kantox and Silicon Valley Bank partner to provide cutting-edge FX hedging technology to UK corporates - - 2019-08-08

Kantox, a leader in foreign exchange (FX) management solutions, has partnered with ...

Paul Lehair joins AlbionVC as Investment Manager - - 2019-08-08

AlbionVC, the technology investment arm of Albion Capital, has appointed Paul Lehair as an investment manager. Paul joins Albion...

innogy Ventures invests in world’s first Intelligent Mobility Operating System - - 2019-08-08

innogy Ventures, the venture capital investment arm of innogy Innovation Hub, has invested in ...

SME investments hailed as tonic for market volatility - Peer2Peer Finance News - 2019-08-08

PRIVATE equity investments into UK-based small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have been highlighted as a potential cure for market volatility, according to ...

Green Angel Syndicate invests in BuyMeOnce - - 2019-08-07

Green Angel Syndicate has invested in BuyMeOnce, the destination website for long lasting products of all sort...

NPIF invests £150,000 in Grimsby-based ProGen Services - - 2019-08-07

The Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF), has invested £150,000 to support ProGen Services Limited as it se...

NPIF - Maven invests £1.5 million in Fast-Form - - 2019-08-07

NPIF - Maven Equity Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund has invested...

AndWider raises €598,000 from ClearlySo to improve working conditions for vulnerable workers - - 2019-08-07

AndWider, a worker engagement company ...

Bombora makes waves with Development Bank of Wales funding - - 2019-08-07

Innovative wave energy technology developer Bombora has secured a seven figure working ca...

Pamplona Capital Management Completes Acquisition of Loparex - - 2019-08-06

Pamplona Capital Management has completed its acquisition of Loparex from funds managed by Intermediate Capital Group...

Foresight Williams invests £1.5 million in Industry 4.0 metrology experts INSPHERE - - 2019-08-06

Foresight Group has made a £1.5 million investment from the Foresight Williams Technology EIS Fun...

Kemp Little advises Apse Capital on purchase of Ultima Business Solutions - - 2019-08-06

Kemp Little has advised private equity house Apse Capital in a deal with intelligent transformation provider Ultima ...

How do founders select the 'right' investor for their business? - - 2019-08-06

For entrepreneurs to be able to find the ‘right’ investors, and vice versa for funders to select the ‘right’ founders is still very important...

Downing completes £5.7m exit from Upham Group-managed pubs - - 2019-08-06

Investment manager Downing has exited from two freehold gastropub investments managed by Upham Group. ...

Exporting is easy – when you have a plan - - 2019-08-05

This autumn Brexit will again dominate the minds of businesses and traders, but UK's SMEs should continue to plan ahead and look to export as a way of mitigating risk and increasing global sa...

France Invest & Deloitte publish sixth ESG Annual Report - - 2019-08-05

France Invest, the French private equity and venture capital association, in partnership with Deloitte, and with the ...

BGF funds Fleetondemand acquisition of FleetEurope - - 2019-08-05

Fleetondemand, one of Europe’s leading mobility technology providers, has acquired Buckinghamshire-based vehicle management company FleetEurope fo...

Five years of the Growth Investor Awards and two new categories - - 2019-08-05

This November, the Growth Investor Awards will turn five. Since 2015, this event has sh...

Wellington Partners raises €210 million life science fund - - 2019-08-05

Wellington Partners has announced the final close of its fifth-generation fund Wellington Partners Life Science Fund V (WPLS-V). The fund close...

School's out for summer - - 2019-08-02

More than a third of small business owners (38%) say they won’t be having a summer holiday this year – a problem peaking among those with larger families (45%) and young children (45%) ...

FNA announces $5.5m Series A funding to drive global risk reduction - - 2019-08-02

FNA has closed a $5.5m Series A investment round led by IQ Capital, with participation from ...

Electric car models in the European market set to more than triple within the next three years - - 2019-08-02

Commenting on the number of electric car models in the European market set to more than triple within the next three years, Harry Merrison, Investment Manager at ...

65 is the new 35 for business investing - - 2019-08-02

The investment capacity of the Baby Boomer generation is undeniably the most powerful across the UK. According to the Office for National Statistics in 2016, Baby Boomers owned...

Kernel Capital £1.6M investment in Belfast-based Automated Intelligence - - 2019-08-02

Kernel Capital has led a £1.6m investment in Belfast-based Automated Intelligence, in syndi...

GCHQ accelerator alumni CyberSmart raises £1.3M VC funding - - 2019-08-01

CyberSmart, a GCHQ Cyber Accelerator alumni, has secured £1.3 million in new financing led by deep-tech investor ...

Thriva secures £6m Series A funding round - - 2019-08-01

Thriva, the proactive health company, has secured a £6M Series A funding round. The funding will support Thriva as it builds towards it’s ambitiou...

UK test for bovine TB to help US farmers - - 2019-08-01

The Animal Health Laboratory within the Colorado Department of Ag...

Anglesey ice cream parlour, Red Boad, sails to expansion - - 2019-08-01

It’s been serving the Anglesey community delicious gelato for the past 10 years. Now more and more locals and visitors to North Wales ...

Bluegem acquires Pool Service and Medavita - - 2019-08-01

Bluegem Capital Partners, the European mid-market fund focused on consumer brands, has announced the acquisition of ...

One Stop Business Finance appoints restructuring specialist - - 2019-07-31

One Stop Business Finance, the Yorkshire based alternative funding specialist for SMEs, has strengthened its senior management team to help fulfil its growth pla...

£17m investment for Bluecrest Health Screening - - 2019-07-31

Bluecrest Health Screening, a leading provider of affordable health checks, has secured a £17 million investment arranged by pri...

NPIF - Maven celebrates £25 million funding milestone - - 2019-07-31

NPIF – Maven Equity Finance, managed by Maven and p...

MPC Capital expands its footprint in Central America - - 2019-07-31

MPC Capital has acquired a 6.5 MWp solar PV project under development in El Salvador. The project has ...

BGF invests £6.25m into watchmaker Christopher Ward - - 2019-07-31

BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor in growing businesses, has invested £6.25m into ...

Astarte maintains rapid team expansion - - 2019-07-30

Astarte Capital Partners LLP, an alternatives co-investment platform, has appoint...

Advisers predict huge growth in clients seeking decumulation advice - - 2019-07-30

Six-in-ten (61%) financial advisers believe there has been insufficient industry focus on decumulation solutions despite an overwhelming majority (86%) expect...

New European tech event chooses London - - 2019-07-30

A new summit connecting emerging technology fund managers with investors has been launched in London by early stage VC firms, ...

PredictImmune closes Series B funding round, raising £10M - - 2019-07-30

PredictImmune, PredictImmune, developers of pioneering prognostic tools for guiding treatment options and improving patient outcomes in immun...

Catley Lakeman launches first-of-its-kind MTF trading platform - - 2019-07-30

Catley Lakeman Securities (CLS), the market-leading provider of defined-return invest...

Equity Crowdfunding: silly valuations or a fair price for investment? - James Murdoch - 2019-07-29

Sometimes I watch Dragons’ Den and the impression it leaves me with is that of hopeful Entrepreneurs asking for £80,000 for 5% percentage of their Busin...

Equity investment market update: H1 2019 - - 2019-07-29

Beauhurst has analysed every publicly-announced equity fundraising in H1 2019 to spot emerging trends and patterns in the market. Their ...

Nottingham’s universities join forces with Minerva Business Angels - - 2019-07-29

Minerva Business Angels, part of the University of Warwick Science Park and one of the most successful busi...

British Business Bank supports over 89,000 businesses over the year - - 2019-07-29

British Business Bank has supported over 89.000 businesses with £6.6bn of finance, an increase of 27%, according to its 2019 ...

Senior ex NatWest banker joins FSE Group board of directors - - 2019-07-29

The FSE Group, the Camberley based fund manager that provides loan and equity funding for small ambitious growing businesses, has announced that Paul Marst...

Keensight Capital enters exclusive agreement to acquire a majority stake in Smile - - 2019-07-26

Keensight Capital, one of the leading European Growth Buyout&nb...

Standard Cognition secures $35 million Series B for European expansion - - 2019-07-26

Standard Cognition, which is building the next interface of retail, has raised a $35M Series B funding round led by the ...

The ‘Futr.’ is bright for AI start-up after raising £2.4m in seed funding - - 2019-07-26

Machine learning start-up Futr. has secured £2.4m in seed funding in a round led by VC firm Praetura Ventures. T...

Family offices set to pool investments to gain exposure to private debt market - - 2019-07-26

New research(1) from fast growing Shearwater Aero Capital, the global corporate aviation finance specialist, reveals the trend for family office...

New report shows positive impact of NPIF funding on SMEs in the North - - 2019-07-26

New evidence shows that the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF) has increased the availability of finance in the region and this is already making a pos...

Keensight Capital acquires 3P Biopharmaceuticals - - 2019-07-25

Keensight Capital, one of the leading private equity managers dedicated to pan-European Growth Buyout[1] ...

Liverpool City Region gets £11m growth boost from NPIF - - 2019-07-25

The Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF), delivered by British Busine...

CTT set for rapid expansion following oversubscribed $10M Series B round - - 2019-07-25

Cambridge Touch Technologies...

Deepbridge Capital announce appointment of two new BDMs - - 2019-07-25

Deepbridge Capital has announced the appointment of two new Business Development Managers (BDMs) covering both the North West and North East...

Lingua Custodia closes a +€1M fundraising operation - - 2019-07-25

Lingua Custodia, the specialist in Machine Learning applied to financial translation, has closed a ...

Venture capital performance reaches new high, says eFront report - - 2019-07-24

eFront, the leading financial software and solutions provider dedicated to Alternative Investments, has published its latest Quarterly Private Equity Performan...

Maven & NPIF invests £900,000 in ebb3 - - 2019-07-24

Maven Capital Partners has led a £900,000 investment in supercomputing technology specialist,...

UK SMEs must leverage company culture to secure tech talent - - 2019-07-24

UK SMEs must create a tech-friendly culture to attract and retain top tech talent, according to a new white paper from ...

LGB SME Fund celebates third anniversary with 19% investor returns - - 2019-07-24

LGB Investments, whose offering includes secured high yielding investment opportunities fo...

Medical device company Flow raises $1.5m from Khosla Ventures - - 2019-07-24

Medical device company ...

Broad Street appoints Chief Investment Officer - - 2019-07-23

Broad Street Investment Management, a subsidiary of Broad Street Asset Management, the bespoke, independent wealth management business, has appointed An...

BGF exits Workshare - - 2019-07-23

Workshare, the document comparison and transaction management specialist for the legal sector, has been acquired by Chicago-headquartered Litera Microsystem...

Graphite Capital announces four promotions - - 2019-07-23

Graphite Capital, the leading UK mid-market private equity specialist, has recognised the contribution of members of its investment team with the foll...

Bluegem II exits investment in Liberty - - 2019-07-23

Bluegem II LP, a European mid-market fund focused on consumer brands, exited from its participation in Liberty,...

Foresight invests additional £4m into ONFAB - - 2019-07-23

Foresight Group has invested a further £4 million growth capital investment into portfolio company ONFAB to...

MEIF Debt Finance provides Advance Tapes with £600,000 funding - - 2019-07-22

MEIF Debt Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners, has provided Advance Tapes Internat...

Oxford University Spinout Zegami secures £1.25 million - - 2019-07-22

Zegami, the augmented intelligence company helping businesses unlock their data potential through visual data exploration, has raised £1.25M in equity fundin...

eHealth VC firm Asabys Partners and Alantra form strategic partnership - - 2019-07-22

Asabys Partners, a Pan-European Venture Capital firm specialized in investments in the life sciences and health sectors, and Alantra, an investment banking and a...

Beauhurst Equity Market Update: H1 2019 is the best first half on record - - 2019-07-22

Beauhurst H1 2019 Equity Market Report analyses every publicly-announced equity fundraising in H1 2019, to spot emerging trends and...

NVM Private Equity strengthens its Manchester team - - 2019-07-22

NVM Private Equity (NVM) has appointed Oliver Wildig as an Investment Manager. He will be based in Manchester within the buy-out team with res...

Ashfords advises WhiteHat on $16m funding led by Index Ventures - - 2019-07-19

Ashfords has advised WhiteHat on its recent $16 investment by Index Ve...

Alternative lender helps fertiliser business Hay and Brecon to blossom - - 2019-07-19

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance has provided a six-figure invoice finance facility to H...

QuoteOnSite secures £350k funding from Development Bank of Wales - - 2019-07-19

QuoteOnSite has announced a cash injection to facilitate aggressive growth over the next 12 months thanks to investment from the ...

Fibre CRM secures investment from Chelverton Investor Club - - 2019-07-19

FibreCRM, a Penryn-based software company, has secured a £250,000 investment from the Chelverton Investor Club...

SteamaCo completes $5m funding with Praetura Ventures and Shell - - 2019-07-19

SteamaCo, a UK-based technology supplier to utilities in Africa and Asia, has completed a $5m Series B equity financing. This latest round of funding supports the c...

Parkwalk leads £12.8m funding in Paragraf - - 2019-07-18

UK-founded graphene-based electronics technology company ...

IQ Capital raises over $300m to invest in deep-tech - - 2019-07-18

Deep-tech venture capital firm IQ Capital has launched a new $125 million Growth Opportunities Fund and closed its third venture fund, IQ Capital Fund III, at ...

Newcastle Angel Hub hosts first pitching event - - 2019-07-18

North East entrepreneurs developing industry-changing innovation have taken to the stage in the first of a series of new pitching events delivered by the recently launched ...

Maven invests £650k in passenger transfer booking platform Ski-Lifts - - 2019-07-18

Maven Capital Partners, has led a £650,000 investment in Manchester-headquartered passenger transfers booking platform ...

START-UP SPOTLIGHT with Knowledge Transfer Network's Ian Tracey - - 2019-07-18

This month’s Start-up Spotlight from the Invested Investor features an interview with the Head of Access to Funding and Finance at the ...

Quantum based encryption gets significant boost with £2.7m funding in Crypta Labs - - 2019-07-17

Crypta Labs has completed a £2.7 million (US$ 3.4m) funding round led by Bloc Ventures and ...

BGF reaches landmark investment milestone injecting £2bn into UK & Irish SMEs - - 2019-07-17

BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor in growing businesses, has committed £2 bi...

British entrepreneur makes history with purchase of US jukebox company Rock-Ola - - 2019-07-17

A British games and Jukebox entrepreneur, Alexander Walder-Smith, has acquired ...

Luminous Ventures Invests £1million in AI diagnosis software for early lung cancer - - 2019-07-17

Luminous Ventures has made a £1million investment in ...

Cognism raises $10m Series B to move sales from an art to a science - - 2019-07-17

End-to-end sales acceleration platform Cognism has raised $10m in Se...

InnovationRCA awarded ‘Accelerator of the Year at UKBAA Awards - - 2019-07-16

The Royal College of Art’s incubator InnovationRCA has won ‘Acce...

MMC leads £4m Series A funding in Tyk to support US expansion - - 2019-07-16

Tyk Technologies Ltd, creators of an industry-leading API gateway and management platform, has secured £4m in Series A f...

Hurdle rate remains elusive for VC funds, says eFront report - - 2019-07-16

eFront data shows that, despite improving performance, fewer than 4 in 10 VC funds ...

BGF invests £7.5m in Joloda International as the investor reaches £2bn landmark - - 2019-07-16

A fast growing manufacturing firm based in Merseyside has received an initial investment of £7.5m from ...

Qube coworking space for creatives raises £1.9m seed round - - 2019-07-16

The Qube the capital’s coworking studio complex for creativ...

MBAs and Accountants lead the FTSE 100 says Robert Half research - - 2019-07-15

Master of Business Administration (MBA) and accountancy are the top qualifications among the UK’s CEOs, according to the annual ...

Who's Who in UK Wearables Tech, Beauhurst reveals - - 2019-07-15

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Green Angel Syndicate invests £2.5m in biodiversity company NatureMetrics - - 2019-07-15

Green Angel Syndicate has backed NatureMetrics, a pioneer in sampling, sequencing and analysing Environ...

Aergo raises funding from ClearlySo to pilot innovative posture support system - - 2019-07-15

Aergo, a company that has developed a responsive posture support system which empowers wheelchair users, has completed an equity funding round with the help o...

Envestors poised to increase support for scale-ups as investor community surpasses 11,000 - - 2019-07-15

Envestors, the fintech fundraising company, has announced its community of connected sophisticated investors has grown to 11,000. Envestors’ &...

Mayor’s new £100m Greater London Investment Fund unveils board - - 2019-07-12

The new board of the Greater London investment Fund (GLIF), who will support the Mayor’s vision to grow and support the SME ecosystem in the ca...

Maven invests £2.5m in Filtered Technologies Limited - - 2019-07-12

Maven Capital Partners has completed a £2.5 million investment to support the continued growth of pioneering software developer ...

‘Diversity in UK Venture Capital 2019’: Change is happening, but not fast enough - - 2019-07-12

Non-profit organisation Diversity VC has published ‘Diversity in UK Venture Capital 2019’, a report which analyses the gender, ethnic, education, ...

How big is the investment North-South divide? asks Beauhurst - - 2019-07-12

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Oxford University is shining a light on the city’s world-class tech innovation - - 2019-07-12

By Tom Hopkins, Business Development Director at Parkwalk The latest international university league tab...

Funding London interviews Peter Briffett of Wagestream - - 2019-07-11

Funding London interview with Peter Briffett Peter Briffett is a serial entrepreneur with a difference. Not only did he l...

Dataform secures $2m to build the operating system for data warehouses - - 2019-07-11

A data pipeline management company set up by Google alumni and supported through its early days by Y Combinator, has...

Riverside recruits Compana for GermanPersonnel build-up - - 2019-07-11

The Riverside Company, a global private equity firm, has completed an investment in Compana, a German provider of ...

Award-winning Welsh production company expands all-female team - - 2019-07-11

BAFTA Cymru award-winning, multi-platform production company ie ie productions is focusing on strengthening its female leadership team following a loan from the ...

Main Capital invests in GBTEC and acquires majority stake - - 2019-07-11

Main Capital has made an investment of nearly 50 million Euro in GBTEC, a leading player in Business Process Management. With a...

Research reveals investor confusion over risks involved in property investment platforms - - 2019-07-10

New research from secured property lender Fitzrovia Finance reveals a lack of understanding of some of the fundamental risks involved through investi...

MEIF Maven Debt Finance funds Stiltz with £1m debt solution - - 2019-07-10

Maven Capital Partners has funded manufacturer and supplier of homelifts, Stiltz Limited, with a £1m loan facili...

RHEON Labs raises £7m Series A equity capital via LGB Corporate Finance - - 2019-07-10

LGB Corporate Finance, which provides M&A advisory and capital raising services to companies, entrepreneurs and financial sponsors, has raised £7...

IGF client funds in use hit £100 million - - 2019-07-10

Independent Growth Finance (IGF) has achieved £100 million client funds in use through funding UK SMEs. The company’s audite...

European private equity markets continue to cool after a strong 2018 - - 2019-07-10

Unquote Data’s preliminary figures for Q2 2019 show that activity in the European private equity markets continues to cool after a strong year in 2018. ...

Astarte Capital Partners announces new senior appointments - - 2019-07-09

Astarte Capital Partners LLP, an alternatives co-investment platform, has ...

Britain’s future entrepreneurial leaders recognised by NEF FastTrack - - 2019-07-09

Six inspiring young entrepreneurs have overcome fierce competition to impress the country’s business leaders with their innovation and business capability and...

Liverpool-based Simul Software receives £150,000 of NPIF funding - - 2019-07-09

Simulation software developers Simul Software Ltd, has received a £150k investment from ...

The largest tech venture capital investments of 2019 so far - - 2019-07-09

Many UK tech startups are beginning to move well beyond their venture capital funding phases to more established stages of growth. As they’ve expanded into new markets, they’ve looked t...

Ashfords LLP expands its Intellectual Property Team - - 2019-07-09

Law firm, Ashfords LLP, has appointed Chris Sutoto-Haywood as an Associate in the firm's Intellectual Property Team. ...

Pop-up retail specialists, Rapid Retail, secure £300,000 MEIF Debt Finance loan - - 2019-07-08

MEIF Debt Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners has backed pop-up retail specialists, Rapid Retail Limited, with...

Stuffstr raises $2.9m from Mustard Seed, adidas Ventures & London Co-Investment Fund - - 2019-07-08

Stuffstr, the game-changing solution to consumer waste, has raised a total of $2.9 million in its seed funding round, led by ...

Exploring alternatives for investors in a climate of uncertainty - - 2019-07-08

Now more than ever it is essential that income-seeking investors diversify their portfolios. This year has been a challenging environment with global economic uncertainty, volatile equity markets a...

European outbound M&A activity sees highest quarterly value since 4Q17 - - 2019-07-08

Mergermarket, the leading provider of M&A data and intelligence, has published its 2Q19 report that shows a reluctance among companies to acquir...

Blackfinch Ventures Invests £700k in AI start-up Warwick Analytics - - 2019-07-08

Blackfinch Ventures has invested £700,0001 in innovative tech start-up Warwick Analytics....

Maven invests in the innovative kitchen and bathroom design platform DigitalBridge - - 2019-07-08

Maven Capital Partners has led a £3 million funding round in Manchester-based ...

Private equity managers underestimate impact of green finance - - 2019-07-05

As part of its contribution to London’s climate action week, Guernsey Finance has published findings suggesting the political backdrop is encourag...

Joko raises €1.6 million to reinvent loyalty cards - - 2019-07-05

The fintech startup Joko has carried out its first fundraising with top-tier investors — Partech, ...

Working in partnership to deliver innovative funding solutions - Will Mason, Liquidity Club - 2019-07-05

By Will Mason of Liquidity Club One of things that can be overlooked by businesses (particularly...

Vin Murria named Angel Investor of the Year - - 2019-07-05

Ascension Ventures, the London-based investment firm, had an eventful evening at the annual UKBAA Angel Investment Awards. Throughout the ceremony an...

Student engagement platform GeckoLabs secures £1.8m - - 2019-07-04

GeckoLabs, an Edinburgh company whose software platform helps universities to engage and recruit students, has secured £1.8m investment from ...

TIming is key when it comes to successful angel investing - - 2019-07-04

By Peter Cowley, The Invested Investor As an angel looki...

Partech appoints Paul Vider as Principal for its Growth Fund - - 2019-07-04

Partech is augmenting its Growth Equity team due to continued expansion in its portfolio of investments. The Fund has completed five financings in high-growth disruptive c...

Maven Capital Partners exits GEV Group with 2.7x return - - 2019-07-04

Maven Capital Partners has exited from GEV Group Holdings Limited. The exit attracted significant interest from several private equity buyers; the sale to Bri...

AlbionVC leads £2.6m Series A investment in Clear Review - - 2019-07-04

AlbionVC has led a £2.6m Series A investment round in Clear Review, the UK HR technology scale-up. AlbionVC inv...

Environmental fund manager Earthworm expands team - - 2019-07-03

Earthworm Group welcomes four new hires to its expanding team, coinciding with the move to its new head office at Milton Park, Abingdon. Jo T...

Meet the eight best woman-led investments in innovations - - 2019-07-03

As outlined in the British Business Bank’s Equity Tracker report of 2018, the proportion of equity in the UK going to companies with at least one female founder has declined to 18% from 20% i...

Ingenious backs workforce management analytics firm Over-C - - 2019-07-03

Ingenious has led an investment round into Over-C Limited, a London-based analytics company focused on opera...

Panoramic invests in premium snack company Freed Foods - - 2019-07-03

Panoramic Growth Equity, a leading equity investor i...

British Business Bank appoints Warren Ralls as UK Network Director - - 2019-07-03

The British Business Bank has appointed Warren Ralls as UK Network Director, South and East of England....

Space tech and innovation boosted as Harwell Space Cluster expands - - 2019-07-02

The Harwell Space Cluster has added 14 new companies to its impressive roster, now comprised of 92 organisations including the UK and Euro...

Pi Labs leads seed round in environmental management platform Qualis Flow - - 2019-07-02

Qualis Flow, the environmental management platform that tracks, monitors, and predicts project environmental risk, has raised £725,000 in seed funding. T...

Who are the UKs top regional angel investors? - - 2019-07-02

Across the nation, British businesses in the regions are suffering heavily from ensuing disparities in investment. According to the independent report by the UK 2070 commission, the UK i...

Machine Labs secures £800,000 seed funding - - 2019-07-02

Machine Labs has announced £800,000 equity funding received from Techstart Ventures, the founders, angels in...

YFM completes £230m of deals and raises £100m - - 2019-07-02

During the first half of 2019 YFM Equity Partners (YFM) completed £230m of deals and raised £100m of new funds.&n...

Vesalius Biocapital III closes €120 million fund - - 2019-07-01

Vesalius Biocapital III , the specialist life sciences venture...

Private capital takes a bigger stake in private equity market - - 2019-07-01

Private capital is growing in significance as a source of funds for private equity funds, ...

Digital rewards platform WeGift raises £4 million funding - - 2019-07-01

WeGift, the digital rewards platform, has secured £4 million in Series A funding, led by&n...

Foresight invests £4 million growth capital into Ten Health & Fitness - - 2019-07-01

Foresight Group LLP has announced a £4 million growth capital investment into Ten Health and Fitness Limited, a...

NVM Private Equity Vintage III L.P invests in Chemigraphic - - 2019-07-01

NVM Private Equity has invested £7 million in Chemigraphic, a leading provider of Electronic Manufactur...

UltraSoC secures £5m investment from new and existing investors - - 2019-06-28

UltraSoC plans to substantially grow its worldwide operations to address emerging opportunities in the cybersecurity, high-reliability and safety-critica...

Downing appoints Tom Moore as Head of Asset Management - - 2019-06-28

London-based investment manager Downing LLP has appointed Tom Moore to lead its asset management capability. Prior to joining Down...

Welsh SME investment takes centre stage - - 2019-06-28

With a huge shift in emphasis towards regional funding support, the Connected Investing event series, hosted by the ...

Development Bank of Wales funding supports growth plans for Poplars Forge - - 2019-06-28

Poplars Forge, a traditional ironwork business is gearing up to move premises, improve productivity as well as teach the next generation of blacks...

Pharrowtech closes €6M+ Seed investment round - - 2019-06-28

Pharrowtech, the designer of chip and antenna solutions for high-speed wireless applications, has raised more than €6 million for its Seed investment...

Apex Airspace granted £3m equity investment from BGF - - 2019-06-27

Following a £6.3m equity investment in 2018, pioneering airspace developer Apex Airspace has secured a further £3million equity invest...

Maven's North East Development Capital Fund celebrates first year - - 2019-06-27

The North East Development Capital Fund (“NEDCF”), supported by the European Regional Development F...

£3.5 million climate change fund established to shake agri-food sector - - 2019-06-27

A consortium of leading scientific research and academic institutions has teamed to identify innovative solutions to tackle climate change linked to the agri-food sector. ...

The AngelNews wine column: A sterile soloist sings the best - Caspar Bowes, Bowes Wine - 2019-06-27

Our resident wine expert, Caspar Bowes of Bowes Wine, looks at challenging terroir and resultant unique taste of single grape wines ...

Investment manager Downing makes six senior hires - - 2019-06-27

London-based investment manager Downing has appointed six new senior team members across its investment, venture capital, asset management, a...

Europe claims third of booming global smart manufacturing market - - 2019-06-26

Europe represents 30% of the global market for smart manufacturing and factory automation, according to a new ...

Foresight invests £5m in tech-led football merchandising business Fourth Wall Creative - - 2019-06-26

Foresight Group has made a £5 million growth capital investment into Fourth Wall Creative Limited, a...

Moving on: life after being the CEO - - 2019-06-26

Sukhendu has been a CEO for thirteen years, Managing Director for four years, Sen...

Thames Technology secures £3.9 million funding from Independent Growth Finance - - 2019-06-26

Thames Technology develops, manufactures, personal...

Silicon Valley Bank leads £50m financing for Draper Esprit - - 2019-06-26

Silicon Valley Bank, the bank of the world’s most innovative businesses and their investors, has led a £50 million senio...

High-end London baker Orée raises £425,000 funding - - 2019-06-26

London-based bakery, Orée, has raised £425,000 through Angel Investment Network (AIN) the ...

Fertility startup Dr Fertility raises £1 million seed funding - - 2019-06-25

North West-focused Praetura Ventures has backed fertility startup Dr Fertility in a ...

Funding London announces three new Board members - - 2019-06-25

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan and Funding London CEO, Maggie Rodriguez-Piza, have announced the appointment of three new additions to the Funding London...

UK SMEs valued at £3 trillion says MarketInvoice Business Insights survey - - 2019-06-25

The latest MarketInvoice Business Insights (1)...

Symetrica secures £3m in growth funding to support further expansion in the US - - 2019-06-25

Symetrica, the global leader in radiation detection and identification, has secured a further £3m of growth funding from existing investors to sup...

HBAN-backed Phorest scoops European angel investment award - - 2019-06-25

HBAN, the all-island organisation responsible for the promotion of business angel investment and a joint initiative between ...

Edward O’Hara appointed Chief Risk Officer at British Business Bank - - 2019-06-24

The British Business Bank has welcomed Edward O’Hara as its new Chief Risk Officer. As the UK government...

Venture capitalists who work together increase the success of ventures - - 2019-06-24

Venture capital firms with a track record of working together by investing in the same venture are more likely to produce a successful venture, but working together repeatedly will eventually have ...

Octopus & EQT back $16.5m new funding for Token (open banking) - - 2019-06-24

Token, the turnkey open banking platform, has complete...

Fintech startup Swoop secures £5m investment - - 2019-06-24

Swoop, a FinTech solution that supports SMEs to access funding, has been awarded £5 million (€5.6 million) by the UK’s Banking Competiti...

We, Equity Crowdfunding Shareholders, are Owners too! - James Murdoch - 2019-06-24

In his latest article, James Murdoch discusses the importance of regular company reporting and post investment communication for equi...

London-based start-up Augnet selected for European Innovation Council funding - - 2019-06-21

Augnet, a London-based technology start-up set to revolutionise the SMS and messaging space, has announced it has been selected to receive much sought after ...

AI and blockchain solution for insurance industry BlockClaim raises seed funding - - 2019-06-21

BlockClaim, the first hybrid artificial intelligence and blockchain technology solution developed for the insurance industry...

Why Crowdfunding is the New Business Loan - - 2019-06-21

In recent years, Alternative Finance funding channels that exist outside of the traditional finance system have revolutionised how small and medium enterprises are able to operate. The rapid ...

GP Bullhound Fund IV holds final close at €113 million - - 2019-06-21

Technology advisory and investment firm GP Bullhound’s Fund IV holds its final close at EUR113 million, continuing its successfu...

How to make crowdfunding work in Europe - - 2019-06-21

By Jörg Rocholl, President and Professor of Finance at ESMT Berlin In recent years, international crowdfunding markets have s...

Beauhurst Tech Report: a Snapshot of UK SaaS - - 2019-06-21

This week Beauhurst has published the third instalment in its series of short reports on some of the UK's most exciting tech sectors. The SaaS Brief takes an overview of Software-as-...

Downing expands property investment team - - 2019-06-20

London-based investment manager Downing LLP has appointed Richard Lamb to its growing Property Finance investment team. Richa...

London-based insurtech Zego raises $42million to fund European expansion - - 2019-06-20

London-based insurtech firm Zego has raised $42million in one of the largest funding rounds for a European insurtech start-up. The proc...

Fishtek Marine nets transformative impact investment crowdfunding - - 2019-06-20

Marine bycatch prevention company Fishtek Marine has netted its full £900,000 impact investment crowdfunding via the ...

STEAM learning play pioneers OKIDO & OjO raise £18,800 on Kickstarter - - 2019-06-20

London-based STEAM (science, technology, engineering, the arts and maths) learning pioneers OKIDO and OjO, have raised £18,800 on Kickstarter, exceeding their target of £15,000. ...

Big Tech Brain Drain: SMEs lose out to big tech in the battle to recruit top talent - - 2019-06-20

UK SMEs are losing out to big tech in the battle to recruit top tech talent, according to Robert Half UK’s new report, ...

P2PFA platform lending tops £10 billion - - 2019-06-19

The level of P2PFA platform lending has continued to increase during the first quarter of 2019 – with more than £850 million of loans facilitated...

Demand for UK tech visas booms says Tech Nation - - 2019-06-19

In London Tech Week, Tech Nation reveals rising worldwide demand for UK tech visas 45% rise in applications for th...

Digital wellbeing platform hero raises £1.3 million - - 2019-06-19

the UK alone, wellbeing issues affect one in four people, which in turn costs the economy over £57 billion a year in lost productivity, but just last week on its first birthday, ...

YFM Equity Partners appoints Helen Villiers as Investment Manager - - 2019-06-19

YFM Equity Partners has appointed Helen Villiers as Investment Manager. Based at YFM’s London office, Helen will be focussing on supporting YFM’s new in...

Inverleith backed chocolate manufacturer Montezuma's makes senior appointments - - 2019-06-19

A new senior executive leadership team has been put in place at Montezuma’s following investment from Edinburgh-based private equity firm, ...

The Ticket Fairy raises $2.5m from all-star investor line-up - - 2019-06-18

The Ticket Fairy, a growth and sales channel partner for the live events industry, has announced the official launch of its cloud-based eve...

QuarterOne raises funding from Seedcamp - - 2019-06-18

QuarterOne, the sales forecasting software start-up for SMEs, raises first major investment from ...

Christophe Lavigne joins Keensight Capital - - 2019-06-18

Keensight Capital, one of the leading private equity managers dedicated to pan-European Growth Buyout...

InsurTech Inzura.ai secures £1m from industry leaders - - 2019-06-18

Inzura.ai the UK based global InsurTech has raised a further £1m in a pre-A funding round. This follows a seed investment round in early 2018 and rapid growth...

UK boards lack tech expertise says Russell Reynolds report - - 2019-06-18

UK boards are seriously lacking non-executive directors with skills and expertise in technology, new research from Russell Reynolds Associates a ...

CrowdProperty hits two major milestones - - 2019-06-17

Specialist property peer-to-peer lender CrowdProperty has hit two more major milestones after fully funding the 92nd project on the CrowdProperty p...

Regional SME investment takes centre stage - - 2019-06-17

With a huge shift in emphasis towards regional funding support, the Connected Investing event series, hosted by the UK Business Angels Association, wil...

Palamon sells leather accessories brand, Il Bisonte, for €100 million - - 2019-06-17

Palamon Capital Partners, a European growth buyout private equity firm, has signed an agreement to sell Il Bisonte...

Funderbeam raises US$ 4.5 million in series A funding - - 2019-06-17

Funderbeam, the global funding and trading platform, has raised US$ 4.5 million in Series A funding, led by UK-based ...

Nexeon secures funding for new battery materials initiative - - 2019-06-17

Nexeon, the company developing and supplying battery materials for rechargeable Li-ion batteries, is leading a new project to optimise coating technolog...

Funding Options appoints David Keene from Google as CMO - - 2019-06-14

Funding Options has appointed David Keene to its senior leadership team as Chief Marketing Officer. In this role, David will be responsible for leading...

YFM announces £60m first close of its Buy-Out Fund II - - 2019-06-14

YFM Equity Partners has completed the first close of its Buy-Out-Fund II with £60m of investment committed. This follows the £45m raised...

Maven funds invest a further £750,000 in honcho - - 2019-06-14

Maven Capital Partners has invested a further £750,000, in disruptive car insurance platform, Honcho Markets Ltd. T...

Beauhurst data reveals the most active investor types in the UK - - 2019-06-14

The diversity of investor types in the UK contributes to the success of the nation's high-growth scene, as different companies have varying requirements from their backers. In Part 1 of a new blog ...

UK smaller businesses receive record £6.7bn equity finance investment, says British Business Bank report - - 2019-06-14

The amount of equity invested in smaller UK businesses rose 5% to £6.7bn in 2018, the highest amount recorded, reveals British Business Bank...

Ashfords advises Ocado’s £17m investment into vertical farming - - 2019-06-13

Ocado has announced a £17 million investment into the vertical farming industry, including an investment into ...

SuccessData raises £600k from SuperSeed to support growth ambitions - - 2019-06-13

AI data extraction start-up SuccessData, formerly known as sc.io, has closed a £600k inve...

Tonkotsu partners with YFM for next phase of growth - - 2019-06-13

Tonkotsu, the Emma Reynolds and Ken Yamada-founded ramen restaurant group plans expansion after partnering with investment firm ...

When Wireless meets wellies: digital revolution driving growth in agri-tech sector - - 2019-06-13

Digital livestock production, smart plants and 24/7 indoor salad production are some of the ways the digital revolution is driving rapid growth in the agri-tech sector. Start-ups ...

Financier John Allbrook joins IGF board as Chairman - - 2019-06-13

Independent Growth Finance (IGF), a leading independent commercial finance provider, today announces the appointment of John Allbrook as Non-Executive Chairm...

Downing Ventures appoints founding member of Jaguar Land Rover’s VC fund - - 2019-06-12

Downing Ventures, part of London-based investment manager Downing LLP, has appointed James Nettleton as Principal of its 12-strong venture...

YFM Equity Partners invests £3.6m into disruptive video agency Wooshii - - 2019-06-12

Funds advised by YFM Equity Partners, the specialist private equity fund manager, has backed a £3.6m investment into Wooshii Li...

Start-up Spotlight: The Invested Investor interviews Angel Academe co-founder Sarah Turner - - 2019-06-12

In partnership with The Invested Investor, this month’s Start-up Spotlight features an interview with Sarah Turner, a technologist, en...

Challenger Mobile Communications set for growth - - 2019-06-12

Business to business (b2b) telecoms provider Challenger Mobile Communications is targeting growth after a management succession buyout supported b...

Kernel Capital £1.2M co-investment in Belfast RegTech Company Datactics - - 2019-06-12

Kernel Capital and Par Equity have led a £1.2M investment in ...

finnCap Group plc strengthens debt advisory team with senior hires - - 2019-06-11

finnCap Group plc, a leading adviser and broker to ambitious growth companies, is delighted to anno...

Hambro Perks appoints Andrew Noyons as Managing Director - - 2019-06-11

The London-based Venture Firm, Hambro Perks, has appointed Andrew Noyons...

European Buy & Build activity in 2018 reaches record high - - 2019-06-11

European Buy & Build activity reached its highest recorded level in 2018 with a total disclosed deal value of £9.5 billion, according to Silver...

Funderbeam and Sensor City host “The Liverpool Landscape - Funding and Support” - - 2019-06-11

To coincide with London Tech Week, global investment platform Funderbeam and Sensor City are co-hosting “Th...

SEP invests €25 million in Immedis - - 2019-06-11

Immedis, a specialist provider of enterprise technology solutions for global payroll and mobility ta...

Investor Allstars returns for its 17th year - - 2019-06-10

Investor Allstars, the "Oscars" of the European entrepreneurial and investor community in Europe and the US, will return for its 17th edition this ye...

BGF expands Quoted team with new hire - - 2019-06-10

BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor in growing companies, has bolstered its Quoted team with the appointment of Simon Blackaby as an...

Praetura Ventures closes maiden EIS fund at £15 million - - 2019-06-10

Praetura Ventures has closed its 2019 Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) fund at £15m, making it the largest-ever maiden EIS fund. It will use ...

EMV Capital portfolio company Q-bot secures £3m funding - - 2019-06-10

London-based Q-Bot, an EMV Capital portfolio robotics company that has developed a solution to remotely apply underfloor ins...

Foresight gives Oomf a boost with £500,000 MEIF investment - - 2019-06-10

Foresight Group has invested £500,000 into Oomf Limited through the Midlands Engine...

3 million UK businesses struggle to stay on top of finances - - 2019-06-07

Research by Funding Options, the UK’s leading business finance marketplace, has revealed that half (51%...

BGF invests in high-growth Extentia Group - - 2019-06-07

BGF, a leading investor in high-growth UK businesses, has invested £10m of equity in Extentia Group, t...

OurCrowd & NOAH Advisors partner to jointly promote startup investments in Europe - - 2019-06-07

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Triple Point leads £1.3m investment in Augnet - - 2019-06-07

Augnet Limited, the London-based technology start-up set to revolutionise the SMS and messaging space, has announced that ...

Thalia attracts $2m investment from Deepbridge Capital - - 2019-06-07

Deepbridge Capital has led a $2m (£1.52m) funding round in Thalia Design Automation, with re...

Small buyout funds outperforming mega-buyouts says eFront - - 2019-06-06

The latest research from eFront, the leading financial software and solutions provider dedicated to Alternative Investments, has thrown into sharp relief the d...

Riverside's latest investment sparkles - - 2019-06-06

The Riverside Company, a global private equity firm, has acquired La Galvanina S.p.A, a fourth g...

Why the future looks bright for EIS investment in the media and creative industries - - 2019-06-06

Dan Perkins, a Director at Great Point, the UK’s leading...

Groovy UK receives £250,000 from MEIF Maven Debt Finance - - 2019-06-06

Groovy UK Limited, a wholesale and giftware business, has received a £250,000 loan facility from the Midlands Engine ...

La Crème Patisserie secures £500k from Development Bank of Wales - - 2019-06-06

Award winning patisserie business La Crème Patisserie has acquired new premises near Newport following a £500,000 loan from the ...

British Patient Capital appoints Hazel Moore OBE as Non Executive Director - - 2019-06-06

British Patient Capital (BPC) has appointed Hazel Moore, OBE as Non-Executive Director to the boar...

Augusta appoints Axel Narvaez to head Spanish operation - - 2019-06-05

Augusta & Co, a specialist financial advisory and investment firm for the renewable energy industry, has today...

Calculus Capital and Stargrove Pictures launch ‘new breed’ creative content fund - - 2019-06-05

Calculus Capital and Stargrove Pictures have launched a new EIS fund in association with the ...

Downing leads £1.5m investment in The Electrospinning Company - - 2019-06-05

The Electrospinning Company, first established in 2010 as a spin-out from research undertaken by the UK Science and...

Foresight returns 3.8x from Nottingham based Mercia Power Response - - 2019-06-05

Foresight Group has successfully exited its investment in Nottingham-based Mercia Power Response Limited ...

Westbridge closes latest fund at £140 million - - 2019-06-05

Westbridge Capital has closed its latest fund, WestBridge II, having raised £140m in fund commitments and associated earmarked co-...

13% of UK employees are unhappy at work says Robert Half survey - - 2019-06-04

The UK workforce is becoming increasingly held back by mental health problems such as stress, depression and anxiety. According to research (1) ...

Vala adds tech entrepreneur to investment committee - - 2019-06-04

Vala Capital, the venture capital firm, has added accomplished technology entrepreneur and investor John Swingewood to its investment committee. After...

Foresight launches open-ended infrastructure fund - - 2019-06-04

Foresight Group has launched the FP Foresight Global Real Infrastructure Fund (“GRIF” or “the Fund”). The Fund, which has received FCA regulatory approval, will be actively ...

Artificial Intelligence is a disruptive force in UK financial services, says Intertrust - - 2019-06-04

An overwhelming majority (94%) of UK-based financial services industry decision-makers believe that Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the most potential t...

Product Guru’s ‘Tinder for retailers and suppliers’ platform raises £300,000 - - 2019-06-04

Product Guru, an online platform described as ‘Tinder for retail buyers and product suppliers’, has secured a £300,000 investment....

Silverfleet Capital invests in Microgen Financial Systems Limited - - 2019-06-03

Silverfleet Capital, the leading Pan-European private equity firm, has agreed to acquire ...

Alec Ellison appointed chairman of OurCrowd United States - - 2019-06-03

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Mayor’s new £100m Greater London Fund announced - MMC Ventures appointed - - 2019-06-03

MMC Ventures has launched the £52 million MMC Greater London Fund as part of the Mayor of London’s new initiative - the Greater London Investm...

Tech delivery company Sorted lands £15m - - 2019-06-03

Sorted, the global delivery experience company, today announces it has secured £15 million in a recent funding round led by ...

Suir Valley Ventures invests in Ambisense as part of €1.1m investment round - - 2019-06-03

Suir Valley Ventures, the entrepreneur-led venture capital fund launched in partnership with Shard Capit...

Startup Funding Club funds cyber-security startup Awen Collective - - 2019-05-31

Awen Collective has secured seed investment through Startup F...

Riverside ‘insures’ latest investment is a success - - 2019-05-31

The Riverside Company, a global private equity firm, has partnered with ACTINEO, the leading German ...

Private capital finding a home in Guernsey's private equity industry - - 2019-05-31

The rising trend of private capital investment is being well serviced in Guernsey due to the global finance specialist’s flexibility to meet investors’ sophisticated requirements, secto...

Resonance launches third regional SITR fund in North West - - 2019-05-31

Social impact investment company Resonance has launched their latest Social Impact Tax Relief (SITR) Fund in the North West. ...

Autologyx powers ahead with £1M in funding - - 2019-05-31

autologyx has announced that it has raised an additional £1 million to rapidly expand its foothold in legal, RPO and insurance se...

Foresight Group wins Funder of the Year at East Midlands dealmakers - - 2019-05-30

Foresight Group LLP, a leading independent infrastructure and private equity investment manager, has won this high-profile award in recognition for...

Life Insurer yulife Raises £10 Million in Funding Led by Creandum - - 2019-05-30

yulife, the life insurance company which puts wellbeing at the heart of its insurance offering, has announced that it has secured £10 million in Series A...

TriEye secures $17M in Series A financing - - 2019-05-30

Israeli startup ...

Global Tech Advocates launches Tech Japan Advocates - - 2019-05-30

Global Tech Advocates (GTA), the international private sector network connecting tech hubs around the world, has launched ...

The Finance Durham Fund celebrates two-year anniversary - - 2019-05-30

Finance Durham, managed by Maven Capital Partners, one of the UK’s most active SME finance provid...

Idinvest Partners closes SME ISIA fund at €340 million - - 2019-05-29

Idinvest Partners, a leading investor in SMEs across Europe, has closed its ISIA Fund (Idinvest SME ...

ClauseMatch secures $2.5. million venture debt funding - - 2019-05-29

Following recent expansion in Singapore, London based RegTech firm ClauseMatch closed its first venture debt funding r...

NPIF - Maven leads £500,000 in Handsome - - 2019-05-29

Maven Capital Partners, has led a £500,000 investment in back & posture care product specialist, Handsome Limite...

Seventure Partners renews support to Domain Therapeutics and invests €3.5M - - 2019-05-29

Domain Therapeutics has announced that it has secured a €3.5M ($3.9M) investment from existing shareholder ...

Enlaps raises €3 million to boost up its development - - 2019-05-29

Enlaps, the inventor of the Tikee timelapse solution, has announced that it has closed a funding round of €3 millions from business angels including Fa...

Charlie Parker joins Albemarle Street Partners - - 2019-05-28

Albemarle Street Partners (ASP), the specialist advice and investment management...

Investors urged to Trexit-proof their wealth says deVere CEO - - 2019-05-28

Theresa May’s departure demands that UK and international investors move to mitigate risks to their wealth, affirms the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent fina...

CEO of Wiserfunding comments on Small Business Survey 2018 - - 2019-05-28

Government statistics released l...

Start up accelarator Rockstart publishes impressive program ratings - - 2019-05-28

Rockstart, Europe's premier startup accelerator, has published th...

Trukkin raises a $3.5M Series A funding round - - 2019-05-28

As “on demand” services expand into more industries and market places,Trukkin is leading the way in digital lo...

IW Capital announces close of debt fund - - 2019-05-24

IW Capital - the debt, equity and EIS investment specialist based in the heart of Mayfair - has announced its latest milestone of growth with the cl...

Streamline Press secures £250k from MEIF - - 2019-05-24

Streamline Press, a leading commercial printer specialising in lithographic, digital and large format print services, has secured £250,000 funding ...

Phasecraft scores £750k pre-seed funding from Parkwalk and UCL - - 2019-05-24

Parkwalk and the UCL Technology Fund are leading a £750k investment into Phasecraft, a pioneering quantum com...

Success as Revoola is accepted as SETSquared Scale-Up programme member - - 2019-05-24

The FitTech company, Revoola, has confirmed that its application to join the leading business incubator SETSquare...

Minerva helps tech start-up secure million-pound funding - - 2019-05-24

Minerva, the University of Warwick Science Park’s Business Angel Network, has played a vital role in helping Lincoln-based te...

Syncona founds Quell Therapeutics with £35 million investment - - 2019-05-23

Syncona Ltd has founded Quell Therapeutics, a new cell therapy company, with a £35 million commitment in a Series A financing...

YFM backs elearning specialist Elucidat with £3.5m investment - - 2019-05-23

YFM Equity Partners has invested £3.5 million in Elucidat Limited, an...

Development Bank invests £80m in Welsh businesses - - 2019-05-23

The Development Bank of Wales’ first full year has helped even more Welsh businesses to grow. ...

PBD Biotech appoints new CEO - - 2019-05-23

Angel backed novel diagnostic developer PBD Biotech has appointed new CEO Mark Hammond to drive the company’s expansion. The success of the company’s...

Newcastle Angel Hub will attract more Angel investors to the region - - 2019-05-23

A new initiative to support Business Angels looking to invest in the North East was launched yesterday at FinanceCamp, the region’s annual investme...

Start-up Spotlight: Interview with serial investor, David Gammon - - 2019-05-22

In partnership with AngelNews, this month’s Start-up Spotlight focuses on the experienced, dynamic and philosophical serial investor...

Great Point backs Seven Seas Films to support growth - - 2019-05-22

Great Point, the UK’s leading independent media and investment firm, has invested in ...

Triple Point leads VCT investment in Augnet - - 2019-05-22

Triple Point Venture Fund has led a £1.3m investment in UK-based messaging company Augnet Limited. Triple ...

Amadeus leads $4.6m Series A round funding for Immense Simulations - - 2019-05-22

Immense Simulations, the intelligent mobility software provider, has announced that it has secured $4.6m in Series A funding. The investment will aid the continu...

On-demand removals marketplace Shift secures £1.3m from Fuel Ventures - - 2019-05-22

An on-demand removals marketplace aiming to bring on-demand technology to the removals and deliveries sector has secured investment from leading London-based ...

Panoramic Growth Equity backed Quill is aquired by Webedia Group - - 2019-05-21

Panoramic Growth Equity, the leading equity investor in fast growth, entrepreneurial companies has sold its portf...

Blu Wireless raises $16.6 million in growth funding - - 2019-05-21

Blu Wireless has raised £12.7m ($16.6m) in a growth funding round led by existing investors Arm, C...

NVM exit from MSQ Partners with a 2.7x return - - 2019-05-21

NVM Private Equity has fully realised its investment in international marketing communications group MSQ Partners fo...

Deepbridge Capital appoints Head of Corporate Finance and adds three to investment team - - 2019-05-21

Deepbridge Capital, the tax-efficient investment manager, has appointed Samantha Piddington as its new Head of Corporate Finance. Deepbridge has als...

Interview with Stephen Kelly, former CEO of Sage and committed angel investor - - 2019-05-21

Stephen Kelly has 35 years’ unique leadership experience in both the private and public sector. He has held CEO positions with three successful UK & USA public technology companies, as we...

SEIS/EIS: great tax benefit democratised or too great administrative hassle and risk? - James Murdoch - 2019-05-20

SEIS and EIS are incredible tax benefits and Equity Crowdfunding democratises them, potentially making them available to a much wider population than the super-rich. You might be led to believe tha...

Beauhurst report analyses unannounced fundraisings - - 2019-05-20

In 2018, 70% of equity deals were not announced to the public, and although these deals are often much smaller than those that are announced, they can be just as (if not more) interesting. ...

Catalan biomedical companies attracted €106 million in 2018 for new drugs and technology - - 2019-05-20

The global biomedical market is in the midst of a period of stable growth and Catalonia, one of the most dynamic healthcare hubs in the world, is also enjoying this trend. 2018 was a positive year ...

Bowmark sells Aston Lark to Goldman Sachs - - 2019-05-20

Bowmark Capital, the mid-market private equity firm, has agreed to sell Aston Lark, a leading independent insurance b...

Calculus invests £2.5m in management software company Wazoku - - 2019-05-20

Calculus Capital has made a £2.5m investment in Wazoku. Wazoku’s main product is Idea Spotlight, an i...

The North is brimming with opportunity for investors - Estelle Blanks - 2019-05-17

By Estelle Blanks, Executive Director of the Innovation SuperNetwork According to research by Beauhurst, UK businesses...

British Business Bank ENABLE Guarantee opens to new lenders - - 2019-05-17

The British Business Bank’s ENABLE Guarantee programme is now accepting applications from new types of lenders, with the aim of increasi...

NPIF - Maven Equity Finance leads £250,000 investment in Digital Training Solutions - - 2019-05-17

NPIF – Maven Equity Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund has invested in Bolton-based eLearning company, ...

Britain’s rich mull moving their wealth abroad over Corbyn fears - - 2019-05-17

Rich Brits and wealthy international investors fear a Corbyn government more than Brexit, with an increasing number considering moving their wealth overseas. This is the assessment of Nigel...

Tech Nation Report 2019: UK leads Europe in scaleup investment - - 2019-05-16

Scaleup tech investment 2.5x higher than expected based on the relative size of the UK economy in 2018 UK leads Europe and fourth in the world for scaleup ...

AI breakthroughs lead to unprecedented M&A growth, reveals Hampleton Partners’ report - - 2019-05-16

Hampleton Partners’ latest analysis of the Artificial Intelligence M&A market reveals that over 150 deals were disclosed in 2018, up from ...

Sadiq Khan joins a global speaker line-up at CogX 2019 - - 2019-05-16

CogX, the world’s leading festival of AI and emerging technologies, today announces the headline speakers for its...

Foresight invests £2.1 million into energy tech pioneer Synaptec - - 2019-05-16

Foresight Group and Williams Advanced Engineering have made a £2 m...

NVM Private Equity invests £2.2m in Quotevine - - 2019-05-16

Quotevine, a provider of SaaS solutions for the asset and automotive finance industries, has received £2.2 million in funding from private-equity fir...

Octopus launches Apollo VCT fundraise - - 2019-05-15

Octopus Investments, part of Octopus Group and the UK’s largest Venture Capital Trust (VCT) manager1, today announced the launch of a new ...

Lincolnshire horticulture producer plants seeds for growth following £200k investment - - 2019-05-15

A Greater Lincolnshire-based horticulture producer and supplier has secured a £200,000 debt funding package from Maven Capital Partners and the ...

Edison Group and GK Investor Relations establish Edison Israel - - 2019-05-15

Edison Group, the leading investment research, investor relations and consulting firm, headquartered in London, with offices in New York, Europe and Asia-P...

Triple Point impact EIS investments rise to £1.7 million - - 2019-05-15

Triple Point has invested nearly £1 million of funding to back the latest two companies in their Impact EIS Investment Fund. The fund targets fast...

Robert Half UK research reveals heightened need for digital experience amongst CEOs - - 2019-05-15

Digital disruption has heightened the need for technological experience amongst leaders of the UK’s biggest businesses, yet broader boardroom diversity is failing to progress, according to ne...

Hardman introduces new financial planning panel service for advisers - - 2019-05-14

Hardman & Co has introduced a new panel service which will help advisers cope with what it calls the “…the greatest financial planning o...

Maven leads investment in Symphonic Software - - 2019-05-14

Maven Capital Partners has led an investment, alongside existing shareholders Par Equity and the Scottish Investment Bank, in Edinburgh-based ...

British Business Bank appoints Dharmash Mistry as NED - - 2019-05-14

The British Business Bank has appointed Dharmash Mistry as non-executive director (NED) ...

Par Equity invests £3.2m boost in Northern Irish tech scene - - 2019-05-14

Par Equity, the Edinburgh-based multi-award-winning venture capital firm, has led investments totalling £3.2m in two Northern Irish software companies...

The ID Co. Secures Seed Funding for International Growth - - 2019-05-14

Global fintech, The ID Co., has has received $2m seed funding from global technology investor Amadeus Capital Partners...

360 onlineprint enters British market after attracting investment of $20.4m - - 2019-05-13

The Portuguese company 360 onlineprint, founded in 2013, is expanding its sales territory and is now also active in the United Kingdom. This strategic...

Mobeus exits investment Plastic Surgeon for 5.6x money - - 2019-05-13

Mobeus has sold Plastic Surgeon, the surface repair and restoration specialist, to ...

Oxford Capital leads £6.5m funding in ecommerce start up Weengs - - 2019-05-13

Weengs, a smart logistics startup that partners with ecommerce businesses to get online orders to their customers reliably and efficiently, has secured &poun...

Masabi secures $20m led by MMC Ventures - - 2019-05-13

Masabi, the company bringing ...

IW Capital invests £1.83 million in Inglenook Inns - - 2019-05-13

Private investment and alternative finance specialist IW Capital announces a £1.83 million loan for Inglenook Inns and Taverns Limited. The loan represe...

Furnley House secures £200,000 MEIF investment - - 2019-05-10

Leicester-based Furnley House Limited, a firm of independent financial advisers and mortgage brokers, has received a £200,000 investment from the...

Bowmark Capital backed The Instant Group acquires Incendium Consulting - - 2019-05-10

The Instant Group, which was backed by Bowmark Capital last year, has acquired ...

European investment in UK tech at all-time high - - 2019-05-10

Investment from European funds into the UK’s thriving tech ecosystem reached a record high of £1.89bn in 2018 (up from just £1.66bn in 2017), according to a new report published b...

Food industry robotics firm Karakuri secures £7m investment led by Ocado - - 2019-05-10

How and what we eat in restaurants or on-the-go is changing thanks to new robotics startup Karakuri and its £7 million seed inv...

Cherwell invests in Scotland to expand research and development in Dundee - - 2019-05-10

Cherwell Software a global leader in service managemen...

Downing completes £19 million exit from seven Oakman-managed pubs - - 2019-05-09

Investment manager Downing LLP has announced the successful exit from a series of freehold pub investments managed by award-winning Oakman Inns and Restaura...

Scottish medical diagnostics company completes £1.5m funding round - - 2019-05-09

Biotangents, a Scottish medical diagnostics business, has secured £1.5m of new investment following the completion of a second fundraising round....

InsurTech startup Urban Jungle raises £2.5 million in seed funding - - 2019-05-09

Insurance startup, Urban Jungle has announced a £2.5 million seed funding round with participation from a range of new and existing ...

Development Bank of Wales invests in Neil's Fish and Chip Shop - - 2019-05-09

It’s been serving the community of St Clears with traditional, tasty fish and chips for more than 50 years. And now Neil’s Fish and Chip shop has new owners Ricky and Hanna J...

Skin care business Toddle takes first steps with angel backing - - 2019-05-09

An adventure skin care start-up Toddle, based in Wrexham, will be launching its child-friendly skin care products this summer following a £200,00...

UK tutoring platform Tutor House receives £2m from Fuel Ventures - - 2019-05-08

Tutor House, an online and in-person tutoring agency that aims to give all students access to affordable tutoring, group retake courses and educational...

Creating the Perfect Name For Your UK Startup - Grant Polachek, Inc 500 - 2019-05-08

Naming advice from Grant Polachek, Director of Marketing at Inc 500 company Squadhelp.com, ...

Pharma IT firm closes £1m funding round for new clinical trials software - - 2019-05-08

A Nottingham company which has developed a new platform to help pharmaceutical firms manage clinical trials more effectively has raised almost £1m from investors to help it launch its product...

Sonae IM closes investment in Cellwize - - 2019-05-08

Sonae Investment Management (Sonae IM), has announced that it has concluded an equity investment in Cellwize, a global l...

New Podcast series is on the hunt for London’s top start-up businesses - - 2019-05-08

Award winning British content company Somethin’ Else is castin...

The Seed Fund announces Class of 2019 - - 2019-05-07

With a line-up intent on shaking up the shopping basket, The Seed Fund has announced its Class of 2019, revealing the 14 food and drink start-ups that have b...

Oriient secures $4m to bring in-store navigation to the masses - - 2019-05-07

Oriient, pioneers of high-performance indoor GPS, announced today the closing of $4m in seed funding from F2 Capital...

Building equity clusters can accelerate growth says Economic Intelligence Wales - - 2019-05-07

Wales’ share of the volume of equity deals in the UK is 3% and relatively close to its share of the UK’s economy, says research unit, Economic Intelligence Wales (EIW) in its latest ...

AngelNews Wine Column: Thoughts on this year’s primeurs campaign - - 2019-05-07

En Primeur tastings in France For the second year running, I eschewed the annual en primeurs tastings ...

Nivo announces £2m funding round - - 2019-05-07

Nivo, the Manchester-based instant messaging and identity verification platform, has announced the close of a £2m funding round fr...

Hambro Perks launches EIS eligible co-investment fund - - 2019-05-03

The London based venture firm, Hambro Perks, have recently launched a ...

Brexit results in one in four tech companies missing out on investment - - 2019-05-03

23 per cent of London’s tech companies have experienced investors deferring investment decisions as a direct result of Brexit, according to new research released by ...

Acceleris Capital announces spin-out from Seneca Partners - - 2019-05-03

Established North West capital finance advisory firm Acceleris Capital has announced a return to Greater Manchester as part...

LDV Capital leads $3.1 million investment in Synthesia - - 2019-05-03

Synthesia, a UK based startup developing video synthesis technology, has raised $3.1 million to continue their mission of helping brands and ...

Sure Ventures backs holographic tech start-up VividQ - - 2019-05-03

Sure Ventures plc, a London listed venture capital fund which invests in early-stage software companies across...

Hambro Perks appoints Svenja Grundmann as Investment Associate - - 2019-05-02

London-based Venture Firm, Hambro Perks, has appointed ex-Morgan Stanley’s Svenja Grundmann as Investment Associate. ...

NPIF investments in Leeds totals £20m - - 2019-05-02

The Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF), delivered by ...

Workbooks raises growth capital and expands team - - 2019-05-02

Workbooks, a British cloud-based Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and marketing automation vendor, today announces the arrival of Alex Bradley as head ...

MUSO Raises £3.5m from Harwell Capital - - 2019-05-02

MUSO, the global authority on digital piracy data, has raised £3.5m in an extension to its £2.5m 2017 Series A with ...

Top Brexit cities: key locations for businesses to watch out for - - 2019-05-02

Ongoing uncertainty makes it increasingly difficult to predict what the UK business ecosystem will look like or which cities will thrive post-Brexit. Despite this, business owners are keeping their...

North wins £2m to support Angel Investment Accelerator Pilots from Innovate UK - - 2019-05-01

A consortium led by Sunderland-based North East Business and Innovation Centre (BIC), has received £1m from Innovate UK to support the growth of local ...

UCL Technology Fund invests in AI-driven colon cancer detection firm - - 2019-05-01

Innovative medtech company Odin Vision is to scale up its pioneering cancer detection technology thanks to an investment round led by the ...

Luminous Ventures appoints Ryan Ward to advisory board - - 2019-05-01

LONDON-based venture capital firm, Luminous Ventures has strengthened its advisory board further with the appointment of expert sales strategist, ...

Mercia NIPF supports £950k for University-industry matchmaker - - 2019-05-01

A company which helps universities to commercialise academic research by initiating new collaborations with industry has secured a £950,000 investment. The funding includes £750,000 fro...

Bowmark sells CARE Fertility to Silverfleet Capital - - 2019-05-01

Bowmark Capital, the mid-market private equity firm, has agreed to sell CARE Fertility, the UK’s leading fe...

Equity Crowdfunding – a naïve flutter or a wise addition to a portfolio? - James Murdoch - 2019-04-30

By James Murdoch Over 5 years, I have built up what I am told is a significant number of investments in start-up via the platforms and AngelNews has invi...

Partnership set to deliver boost to Edinburgh’s tech sector - - 2019-04-30

Edinburgh’s tech sector will go from strength to strength after a partnership between Informatics Ventures and the Data-Driven Innovation Initiative was announced at the annual international ...

New study reveals UK strength in £2.3bn ‘tech for social good’ companies - - 2019-04-30

The UK is a global centre for socially responsible technology innovation, according to new quantitative and qualitative analysis prepared by...

Värde invests £60m in Masthaven - - 2019-04-30

Masthaven, the UK specialist bank, has completed a strategic £60 million investment by ...

New British-South Asian airline completes £80,000 SEIS funding - - 2019-04-30

A new British-South Asian low-cost long haul airline, flypop, has completed a Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) funding round of £80,000 with ...

EMV Capital invests in liquid biopsy company Vortex Biosciences - - 2019-04-29

EMV Capital has acquired a controlling stake in Bay Area-based Vortex Biosciences, and a further investment pa...

Foresight research reveals increasing allocation to infrastructure and alternatives - - 2019-04-29

Research conducted by Foresight Group LLP, a leading independent infrastructure and private equity investment manager, highlights...

Record quarter sees Seneca invest £10 million in SMEs - - 2019-04-29

Seneca Partners, the SME focused investment firm has announced that it completed seven new growth capital investments in Q1 2019 into fast growing UK bas...

Earthworm invests in herbicide-free weed control tech firm Weedingtech - - 2019-04-29

Weedingtech, the world-leader in supplying herbicide-free systems for controlling unwanted vegetation, has received an investment from environmental ...

Great Point Media's new EIS fund makes three investments - - 2019-04-29

Great Point Media, a UK leader in entertainment development, production and distribution, announced it has invested in three UK companies from its rec...

Extra £200 million backing for British business from British Business Bank - - 2019-04-26

High-flying firms across the UK will benefit from a further £200 million of government support to ensure that innovative British firms can access the finance they ne...

Development Bank of Wales supports MBO of Spotnails - - 2019-04-26

Fasteners and tools company Spotnails Ltd has new owners after the Development Bank of Wales ...

AlbionVC leads $5 million seed round for Imandra - - 2019-04-26

Imandra Inc, creator of the Imandra cloud-native automated reasoning engine, has completed a $5 million Seed investment led by A...

New angel network for Birmingham - - 2019-04-26

West Midlands business leaders, entrepreneurs and investors have welcomed the launch of a new angel investment network for the region. ...

Could training your brain with optical illusions be the key to business success? - Hasna Haidar, Carphone Warehouse - 2019-04-26

By Hasna Haidar at Carphone Warehouse Whether you are a start-up owner or a business leader, your mind ...

UK Fintech Kantox Closes €5m Debt Financing with Silicon Valley Bank - - 2019-04-25

Kantox, a leader in FX management solutions for businesses, has just closed its second venture debt financing deal with Silicon V...

Cytora secures £25 million round led by EQT Ventures - - 2019-04-25

Cytora, a provider of AI-powered solutions for the commercial insurance industry, has completed a £25 million Series B funding round led by the ...

VGC Partners appoints new Investment Director - - 2019-04-25

London-based growth capital investor, VGC Partners, has appointed Andrew Lister as Investment and Portfo...

Credit Kudos raises £2.2m led by Ascension Ventures - - 2019-04-25

Credit Kudos, challenger credit bureau and leader in commercial applications of...

From EIE to exit: Seonaidh MacDonald shares the secrets of his success - - 2019-04-25

This week will see fifty high-growth potential data-driven tech companies pitch for funding at the annual flagship Engage Invest Exploit (EIE)...

Mexican wave powers Burrito Bond 2 offer to £3.7m at close - - 2019-04-24

Award-winning Mexican quick-service chain Chilango is celebrating one of the most popular alternative investment offers of rece...

CrowdProperty raises £1.1m equity funding on Seedrs - - 2019-04-24

Specialist property peer-to-peer lender CrowdProperty has closed a £1.1m ...

Newable partners with SPRINT to provide expertise for space businesses - - 2019-04-24

Newable, a leading provider of professional services, financial support and property space to UK businesses, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with t...

Ex Co-op executives invest close to £500K in death tech start up Guardian Angel - - 2019-04-24

Guardian Angel, a free and private online platform that simplifies the bereavement process;...

Chelverton commits more funding to Velovixen - - 2019-04-24

Chelverton Asset Management Limited, a specialist investor in sub-FTSE 100 quoted equities and...

Rockstart raises €15m fund to invest in AgriFood startups - - 2019-04-23

Rockstart is almost ready to close its first fund of €15 million for its AgriFood domain accelerator and fund. S...

EMV Capital completes its first acquisition in Silicon Valley - - 2019-04-23

EMV Capital announced the acquisition and investment into Wanda Inc, a San Francisco-based digital health company commerci...

NVM appoints new investors to its NW and Midlands offices - - 2019-04-23

NVM Private Equity continues to expand the VCT team with the addition of Alex Wilson and Stephen Johnson. NVM’s recruitment strategy has been to build...

Welendus Raises Funding From the Unicorn Ascension Fund - - 2019-04-23

PTP Funding Limited (“Welendus”), a peer to peer (P2P) lending platform focusing on short term loans, has recently raised funding from the ...

World leading entrepreneurs congregate in Scotland for CAN DO Fest - - 2019-04-23

This week sees entrepreneurial icons flock to Scotland as the second edition of CAN DO Fest, Scotland’s festival of impactful...

Astarte Capital Partners announces a new £400m real estate fund - - 2019-04-18

Astarte Capital Partners has established a £400m investment platform with a focus on transformi...

Fixing the female funding gap - - 2019-04-18

Leah Hutcheon, founder and CEO of the Edinburgh-based software company, Appointedd, and former EIE participant, shar...

Newable Ventures Scale Up Fund 2 deploys £1m across 6 companies - - 2019-04-18

The Newable Ventures Scale Up Fund 2 has completed its year-long investment cycle having invested £1 million into a diverse ...

Touch Biometrix secures £2 m funding from Deepbridge - - 2019-04-18

Touch Biometrix has received a £2million investment from Deepbridge Capital. ...

SEP sells wind farm portfolio to Pensions Infrastructure Platform - - 2019-04-18

Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) has sold its portfolio of onshore wind farms to Pensions Infrastructure Platform (PiP) for an enterpr...

Crowdfunding research highlights severity of unconscious bias, female founder warns - - 2019-04-17

Following the publication of research suggesting that women are more successful than men when it comes to crowdfunding for scientific research, Juliet Eccleston, co-founder and CEO of ...

MEIF Maven Debt Finance provides a £1.5m funding for Aurelius Environmental - - 2019-04-17

The Midlands Engine investment fund, through Maven Capital Partners, has provided Aurelius...

Ingenious expands institutional funds offering - - 2019-04-17

Ingenious, the leading alternative investment manager that specialises in the Media, Infrastructure, Real Estate and Education sectors, has expanded...

Foresight invests £5 million in healthcare company 3fivetwo Group - - 2019-04-17

Foresight Group has made a £5 million growth capital investment into Northern Ireland’s largest private healthcare business, ...

Great Point EIS invests £580,000 in Brightlobe - - 2019-04-17

Great Point Investments, the UK’s leading media production and investment company, has acquired a minority stake in ...

Partech leads $20m funding for Beauty booking platform Shedul.com - - 2019-04-16

Shedul.com, the world’s fastest growing booking platform for salons and spas, has announced a Se...

AlbionVC leads £5m funding in Limitless Technology - - 2019-04-16

Limitless Technology, the London-based inventor and p...

“Golden year” for global private equity funds says eFront - - 2019-04-16

eFront, the leading financial software and solutions provider dedicated to Alternative Investments, has published its latest Quarterly Private Equity Performance r...

Alternative lenders must flex around SME funding needs, says IGF - Jon Hughes, IGF - 2019-04-16

Jon Hughes, Commercial Director of leading independent ...

IW Capital invests £1 million in PlayMoreGolf - - 2019-04-16

Mayfair-based alternative finance house IW Capital has invested in PlayMoreGolf. PlayMoreGolf is the first flex...

What makes science and technology firms tick? - - 2019-04-15

For investors, the need to know what occupiers want, where they want to be and what they need to thrive are crucial factors to help seek out areas where performance could be maximised. Saul Western...

Global intelligence platform Atheneum raises €10 million - - 2019-04-15

The latest funding round of €10m for ...

BGF invests in BB7 to create leading fire and security consultancy - - 2019-04-15

BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor in growing businesses, has invested £6m in BB7, the high-growth f...

BEX Capital raises $365 million for fund-of-funds secondaries - - 2019-04-15

BEX Capital, the first investment firm focused exclusively on fund-of-funds (FoF) second...

Interview with the 'Godfather' of European Accelerators Jon Bradford - - 2019-04-15

The Invested Investor interviews Jon Bradford. Want to hear the inspirational journey of an entrepreneur, investor and VC and who ...

Leading European VC launches into London - - 2019-04-12

Berlin-headquartered investment firm Target Global...

Klook completes $425M Series D funding led by Softbank Vision Fund - - 2019-04-12

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Line-up revealed for London Food Tech Week 2019 - - 2019-04-12

London Food Tech Week - the world’s largest week-long festival ...

Green Angels’ latest deal is electrifying - - 2019-04-12

Green Angel Syndicate has announced that its members have backed a revolutiona...

CleverTap announces $26m funding led by Sequoia India - - 2019-04-12

CleverTap, the customer lifecycle management platform, has announced it has raised a $26 million Series B funding round, led by ...

Students celebrated by organisations for their solutions to real business issues - - 2019-04-11

More than 800 London students have had their hard work and creativity celebrated by leading industry names after they were asked to devise soluti...

AerinX among TOP 10 innovations in the aircraft maintenance sector - - 2019-04-11

Organizers of MRO Americas, one of the leading professional conferences of the aircraft maintenance industry worldwide, have selected the AR-based technology of AerinX among the TOP 10 most promisi...

Female founders flourish in food and drink, as The Seed Fund reports industry shift - - 2019-04-11

Philanthropic start-up accelerator, The Seed Fund has revealed a growing trend for new food and drink businesses to be run b...

London on track to become global fintech hub, new report finds - - 2019-04-11

This year, London will be home to just as many fintech ‘unicorns’ as current global leader San Francisco – according to a ...

Design Graduate secures £350k in Angel Funding to scale Luxury home brand - - 2019-04-11

Jenny Evans started her luxury homeware brand, Jenny Kate, whilst studying Textiles at Cardiff Metropolitan U...

ICG and Merieux Equity Partners buy DOC Generici - - 2019-04-10

Intermediate Capital Group’s Europe VII Fund has announced it has, in partnership with Mérieux Equity Par...

Will Fraser-Allen succeeds Patrick Reeve as Albion Capital’s Managing Partner - - 2019-04-10

After more than 23 years as Managing Director, and then Managing Partner of Albion Capital, Patrick Reeve has become Chairma...

BGF exits investment in The Good Care Group - - 2019-04-10

BGF has successfully exited its minority stake in care service provider, The Good Care Group, alongside all...

Show me the money! What investors are looking for in a tech start-up - - 2019-04-10

Ahead of EIE next month, one of the investor panellists, Deborah Magid of IBM Venture Capital ...

Invested Investor speaks to CRFS founder Alistair Massarella. - - 2019-04-10

This month’s Start-up Spotlight from The Invested Investor focuses on the co-founder of Cambridge based CRFS...

Green Angels find an appetite for insects with £600K investment in Entomics Biosystems - - 2019-04-09

Green Angel Syndicate is investing in a £600,000 funding round for Entomics Biosystems, a Cambridge-based technology company at the forefront of the rapidly growing insect protein sector....

Welsh start-up Hexigone secures £1m from Development Bank of Wales - - 2019-04-09

A start-up company that has discovered a safer, smarter way to tackle corrosion has secured a cash injection of £1m; which will support ambitious plans to become the industry standard i...

Crypta Labs receives investment from Henley Business Angels - - 2019-04-09

Crypta Labs, an innovative Internet of Things s...

Belfast AI Startup Liopa raises seed funding via Syndicate Room - - 2019-04-09

AI-based technology startup Liopa has completed a very successful fund-raising campaign on the SyndicateRoom ...

£17m vs £31k: 16 industries where CEOs earn employees' salaries In less than a week - - 2019-04-09

New research by SmallBusinessPrices.co.uk has revealed how much CEOs earn compared to their employees around the world. ...

Simudyne closes $6 million funding round - - 2019-04-08

Simudyne, a simulation technology company, has announced that it has closed a $6 million Series A fundraise, led by Barclays alongside a distinguished set of...

Nauta Capital €55M ‘Sidecar’ fund will support later-stage portfolio - - 2019-04-08

Nauta Capital, a pan-European VC investing in capital-efficient B2B software companies and lean consumer plays, has announced the closing of a new €55M fund dedicated to backing its exist...

UK entrepreneur hits £500k crowdfunding target to roll-out diesel emissions technology - - 2019-04-08

A British entrepreneur has seen his company achieve its £500,000 crowdfunding target, giving it the green light to roll-out technology to reduce the 16 million metric tonnes of Nitrous Oxide ...

Emma Bunton's Kit & Kin completes fastest fundraise in Angel Investment Network history - - 2019-04-08

The commercial magic of the Spice Girls remains as strong as ever, as Emma Bunton’s ethical baby product business Kit & K...

Three reasons to invest in Europe, and three reasons to avoid it - - 2019-04-08

Nikki Howes is Investment Associate at Heartwood Investment Management, the asset management arm ...

UK banking pioneers takes centre stage in Tech Nation’s Future Fifty Programme - - 2019-04-05

Tech Nation, the UK network for ambitious digital tech entrepreneurs, has revealed the 24 dynamic, fast-growing, late-stage technology companies ...

Quilam acquires home improvement lender Propensio Finance - - 2019-04-05

Quilam Capital, which provides both debt and equity solutions to companies in the speciality finance sector, has announced its seventh investment since ...

Maven provides £450,000 funding for iPac Packaging Innovations - - 2019-04-05

Maven Capital Partners has provided a £450,000 debt funding package to Reed Thermoformed Packaging Ltd (trading as &ldq...

Silicon Valley Bank appoints Erin Platts as Head of EMEA and President of UK Branch - - 2019-04-05

Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the bank of the world’s most innovative businesses, enterpri...

Astarte strengthens investment team - - 2019-04-05

Astarte Capital Partners, a specialist alternatives co-investment platform with a focus on value-add real asset strategies, has made two appointments to its L...

Sanford DeLand appoints Alex Brotherston as CEO - - 2019-04-04

Sanford DeLand Asset Management, the multiple award winning investment boutique specialising in Business Perspective Investing, has announced the appoi...

Private equity continues to invest in UK despite Brexit, says eFront - - 2019-04-04

Latest research from eFront demonstrates impact of Brexit vote on private equity capital commitments and distributions...

Acre secures £5m from Aviva and Sesame Bankhall Group - - 2019-04-04

Acre, the next-generation mortgage, protection and general insurance platform, has announced an exclusive arrangement with ...

Intertrust strengthens global fund services platform - - 2019-04-04

Intertrust, a global leader in providing expert administrative services to clients operating and investing in the international bus...

£2.85 million backing from Mercia for firm fighting against cyber bots - - 2019-04-04

Intechnica, the Manchester-based technology business, has closed a £2.85million funding round led by investment group Mercia. ...

Riverside promotes Karsten Langer - - 2019-04-03

The Riverside Company, a global private equity firm, has named Karsten Langer as its new Managing Partner for the Riverside Europe Fund (REF). ...

True makes first US seed investment with investment in FunnelAI - - 2019-04-03

True, the retail and consumer sector specialist investor, has invested in artificial intelligence (AI) solutions based company F...

Scottish tech start-ups seek greater investment to tackle the US market - - 2019-04-03

Over 40% of Scotland’s tech start-ups and scale-ups are targeting the US market for growth but have found access to finance the biggest barrier to their ambitious plans. ...

New partnership to support collaboration between five SPRINT universities and high growth SpaceTech start-ups - - 2019-04-03

Partnership will support collaboration between five SPRINT universities and high growth SpaceTech start-ups. ...

Startup Funding Club leads seed round into SaaS tech company Sceenic - - 2019-04-03

Sceenic has raised its seed round through Startup Funding Club to continue expanding its “Watch Together” SaaS solution ...

Beechbrook Capital expands into Germany - - 2019-04-02

Beechbrook Capital, the specialist direct lender, has established its first office in Germany.and has appointed Peter Gottron as Investment Director,...

Scottish Equity Partners exits investment in Cyberhawk - - 2019-04-02

Cyberhawk Innovations Limited, the world leader in delivering drone inspections and asset visualisation software for energy infrastructure, has been acquired...

The UK Bioindustry Association publishes latest quarterly update - - 2019-04-02

The UK Bioindustry Association (BiA) has published its quarterly financing update for December 2018 to February 2019 showing: ...

Management buyout gives Snowdrop Independent Living new owners - - 2019-04-02

Mobility aids specialist Snowdrop Independent Living has new owners after a management buyout (MBO) team ...

Pure Pet food receives £2m funding from NVM - - 2019-04-02

Pure Pet Food, the award-winning manufacturer of dehydrated and freeze dried pet food has secured a £2m investment from ...

VGC Partners closes its second fund at over £50m - - 2019-04-01

Growth capital investor VGC Partners has announced the close of Fund II at £50.25m, to target UK-based consumer, media and ...

Cavendish Corporate Finance announces first buy-side deal - - 2019-04-01

Cavendish Corporate Finance, the UK’s leading mid-market M&A firm, and part of the finnCap Group, has advised ...

Investment in the UK set to rise says Master Investor report - - 2019-04-01

According to new research by Master Investor Ltd., 85% of investors are actively looking to invest in the...

Maven Capital Partners leads MBO of CMS Window Systems - - 2019-04-01

Maven Capital Partners has led the management buyout of CMS Window Systems, a leading end-to-end provider of premiu...

CroíValve raises €3.2M in latest funding round led by HBAN - - 2019-04-01

CroíValve, a medtech start-up providing a safe and effective treatment for tricuspid regurgitation, hasannounced that it has secured ...

Bowmark Capital completes take-private of Tax Systems Plc - - 2019-03-29

Bowmark Capital, the mid-market private equity firm, has completed the take-private of AIM-listed Tax Systems Plc, th...

WestBridge completes its second deal this month - - 2019-03-29

WestBridge Capital has acquired a majority shareholding in and provided growth capital to Wilcomatic Limite...

Apiary Capital backs business communications provider G3 Comms - - 2019-03-29

G3 Comms, the business communications provider and network integrator, has secured investment from private equity firm ...

HBAN lauches new angel initiative in Northern Ireland - - 2019-03-29

The “HBAN Business Angel Syndicate” has been formed by HBAN - Halo Business Angel Network - to bring private investors together to back high potenti...

Maven closes institutional MBO fund at £100 million - - 2019-03-28

Maven Capital Partners has completed the final close of the Maven UK Regional Buyout Fund LP, which has received total commitments (including from co-investmen...

YFM Equity Partners backs luxury resort wear brand Frescobol Carioca - - 2019-03-28

Funds advised and managed by YFM Equity Partners, the specialist private equity fund manager have backed a significant investment into ...

Startup Funding Club invests £100k in The Jackal - - 2019-03-28

Startup Funding Club has made an investment of £100,000 into luxury lifestyle media brand The J...

Dove Renewables has raised £1.1m on Triodos - - 2019-03-28

A bond offer in Dove Renewables, which operates two hydro schemes in Ashbourne (Derbyshire) and in the River Teign in Devon, has raised £1.1 million on the ...

Beauhurst report maps out London's most ambitious businesses - - 2019-03-27

Beauhurst has released a new series exploring regional trends in the UK's high-growth ecosystem. Starting with London, which is home to a staggering 30% o...

Celebrating self-made entrepreneurs born this millennium - - 2019-03-27

Comparethemarket.com has compiled profiles for 13 of the most successful entrepreneurs born in the 2000s. Their companies oft...

Luminous Ventures appoints John Spindler - - 2019-03-27

Luminous Ventures, has appointed John Spindler...

innogy Innovation Hub invests in FirstPoint Mobile Guard - - 2019-03-27

The innogy Innovation Hub, which identifies, funds, and mentors game-changing technologies and ideas, has closed a seed investment round in ...

Start-up urges caution over ‘miracle solutions’ to bias in hiring - Juliet Eccleston, CEO, AnyGood - 2019-03-26

Following the widely reported news of Tengai, the latest robot allegedly developed to remove bias from hiring processes, ...

Beauhurst report maps trends in UK high-growth ecosystem - - 2019-03-26

Beauhurst has released a new series exploring regional trends in the UK's high-growth ecosystem. Starting with London, which is home to a staggering 30% o...

Nauta Capital leads BlackCurve's £1.5 million fund raise - - 2019-03-26

BlackCurve, a pricing optimisation company, has today announced the closing of a £1.5 M funding round, led by ...

Speech therapy app Cog-Neuro raises £85,000 - - 2019-03-26

People suffering with communication difficulties are benefitting from a new speech therapy service that has been developed by Caerphilly-based Cog-Neuro Speech...

UK Biotech sector shows 65% growth in just 3 years - - 2019-03-25

The number of active UK biotechnology businesses in the field of research and experimental development has soared by 65% in just over three years as the sector attracts record levels of funding, ac...

Crowdfunding success for Bristol Wood Recycling Project - - 2019-03-25

Bristol Wood Recycling Project (BWRP) is celebrating having successfully raised the funds through a bond offer on ...

NPIF celebrates £184m of investment in Northern businesses in 2 years since launch - - 2019-03-25

As it reaches the second anniversary of its launch, the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF) is celebrating having directly invested £100m in 385 N...

Ozo Innovations awarded £600k funding - - 2019-03-25

Ozo Innovations (Ozo) announces that it has secured over £600,000 project funding from the Department of Business Energy Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Industrial Energy Efficiency Accelerator (I...

Beauhurst celebrates UK's top serial entrepreneurs - - 2019-03-25

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Startup Funding Club ranks high in PitchBook’s 2018 Global League Table - - 2019-03-22

Startup Funding Club has been named the #5 Most Active Angel & Seed Investor in the world in PitchBook ...

Maven NPIF invests £150,000 in Collabor8Online - - 2019-03-22

Maven Capital Partners, one of the UK’s most active SME finance providers, has invested £150,000 in cloud-based project management system, ...

Equity management platform secures £1.5 million - - 2019-03-22

London-based VC fund Fuel Ventures has expanded its portfolio of early-stage companies and invested £1 million in C...

Deepbridge Capital appoints new Strategic Partnerships Manager - - 2019-03-22

Deepbridge Capital, the tax-efficient investment manager, has announced the appointment of Anjali Roberts as Strategic Partnerships Manager. ...

WarDucks raises €3.3 million led by EQT Ventures - - 2019-03-22

WarDucks, the Dublin-based augmented reality (AR) game development studio, has announced a €3.3 million funding round. Lead investor ...

Mapping software: the top 21 companies in the space - - 2019-03-22

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Mayfair 101 strengthens advisory board - - 2019-03-21

Fast-growing international investment and corporate advisory group Mayfair 101 has added leading business figures from ...

UKCloud secures investment from Digital Alpha - - 2019-03-21

UKCloud, the multi-cloud experts dedicated to making transformation happen across UK public sector, today announced a significant £25m investment from ...

Angel News Wine Column: A blindingly dim activity - - 2019-03-21

By Caspar Bowes, Bowes Wine Something came to me over breakfast yesterday; two things, in fact, in quick succession. The first was a rather spe...

Marketplace lending sees record £6bn year, but growth slows - - 2019-03-21

Marketplace lending hit a record £6.1bn in 2018, according to Link Asset Services’ inaugural Marketplace Lending Index, powered by ...

GetAgent raises £2.2m led by Marchmont Ventures - - 2019-03-21

Leading estate agency comparison business GetAgent has closed a £2.2m super-seed round from a consortium of investors led by Marchmont Ventures, back...

Rcapital exits Cash Generator in franchisee sale - - 2019-03-20

Private investor Rcapital has completed a Franchisee-led Buyout of Cash Generator, a successful and well e...

IW Capital viewpoint on the Spring Statement - - 2019-03-20

Luke Davis, CEO and Founder of IW Capital: &l...

CrowdProperty secures £100 million institutional backing - - 2019-03-20

Specialist property peer-to-peer lender CrowdProperty has secured the backing of a major financial institution to...

Praetura Ventures is raising its first EIS fund to bridge funding gap in the North West - - 2019-03-20

Praetura Ventures is raising money for its first Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) fund, as part of its mission to bridge the estimated £...

Leading neuro-tech firm Neurovalens raises £4.6 million - - 2019-03-20

Belfast-based health tech company, Neurovalens, has secured one of the largest ever Series A investments generated by a Northern Irish technology company....

Angel CoFund comments on the Chancellor's Spring Statement - - 2019-03-19

Tim Mills, Management Director of the Angel CoFund has made the following comments on the Chancellor's Spring Statement and its focus on science and tec...

Scottish Chambers of Commerce President Tim Allen Joins Archangels - - 2019-03-19

Tim Allan is joining the board of Archangels, the leading angel investor group specialising in early stage technology and life sciences companies in Sc...

St Andrews Angels of London launches in partnership with Withers Tech - - 2019-03-19

A new investor network has launched with the goal of building an ecosystem of entrepreneurialism and investment around the University of St Andrews. ...

Bowmark Capital backs buy-out of Pirum from Five Arrows - - 2019-03-19

Bowmark Capital is backing the buy-out of Pirum Systems, the leading provider of post-trade market infrastructure technol...

AlbionVC study highlights impact of workplace culture on companies’ ability to scale - - 2019-03-19

AlbionVC, the technology investment arm of Albion Capital, today published a new study which establishes a clear link ...

Keensight Capital achieves €1 billion for fifth Growth Buyout fund - - 2019-03-18

Keensight Capital, one of the leading private equity managers dedicated to pan-European Growth Buyout investments, ...

BGF invests £11.6m in Invenio Business Solutions - - 2019-03-18

BGF has invested £11.6m in Invenio, a UK-headquartered and global provider of business focussed technology ...

HR tech platform Hibob raises $20 million series A funding - - 2019-03-18

London and Tel Aviv based HR tech platform Hibob has raised $20m in Series A+ funding, led by existing investors Bessemer Venture P...

Downing FOUR VCT Healthcare open for tax year-end investments - - 2019-03-18

As the tax year draws to a close, the Downing FOUR Venture Capital Trust (VCT) Healthcare Share Class remains open for end of year tax investments as part of...

Female start-up founders missing out on billions of pounds of investment - - 2019-03-18

By Sophia Matveeva, CEO and Co-Founder of Enty Last week saw the International Women’s Day launch o...

Record year for Scottish investment syndicate Kelvin Capital - - 2019-03-15

Glasgow based investment syndicate Kelvin Capital has moved into its tenth year of business by completing its biggest investment year yet. ...

Cazana raises 150% of target goal on Crowdcube - - 2019-03-15

Disruptive Automotive AI start-up Cazana.com has closed its crowd-fundraise at £1.56 million, nearly 160 percent of its or...

Fuel Ventures invests £2m in B2B lending platform CreditDigital - - 2019-03-15

London-based VC fund Fuel Ventures has expanded its portfolio of early-stage companies, investing £2 million in ...

Seedrs Autoinvest launches full customisation as it moves out of Beta - - 2019-03-15

Leading online investment platform Seedrs announces the highly anticipated launch of full customisation in its pioneering AutoInvest product. From today, inves...

SMEs cautious in an uncertain environment, but upbeat about future growth - - 2019-03-15

BVA BDRC has published its quarterly SME Finance Monitor. The largest and most frequent study of its kind in the UK, research findings have been gathered ...

Draper Esprit leads £7 million investment in Hadean - - 2019-03-14

Draper Esprit has led a £7 million investment in Hadean, the London headquartered deep tech company . The roun...

Beauhurst publishes funding statistics for UK female entrepreneurs - - 2019-03-14

Beanuhurst marked International Women's Day by highlighting the continuing gender imbalance in the UK's high-growth sector. In its ...

Private equity investors fall short on key competencies says eFront report - - 2019-03-14

eFront, the leading financial software and solutions provider dedicated to Alternative Investments, today publishes its first LP Proficiency Survey – the...

Foresight invests £249k into Usheru Limited - - 2019-03-14

Foresight Group has invested £249,000 in Usheru Limited, the firm behind a pioneering technology platform ...

Downing expands property finance team - - 2019-03-14

London-based investment manager, Downing, has appointed John Pollington as Investment Director, and Oliver Pettafor, as a Loan Servicing Analyst, to its gro...

The “Rising Stars” Of UK Tech Shine At Tech Nation - - 2019-03-13

Tech Nation, the UK network for ambitious digital tech entrepreneurs, is revealing today the 10 early-stage tech startup winners of its Rising Stars competition...

OurCrowd celebrates $1 billion raised, 170 companies, 18 funds and 29 exits - - 2019-03-13

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Vala Capital EIS fund will be fully invested by tax year end - - 2019-03-13

Vala Capital expects to invest all the capital raised by the Vala EIS Portfolio before the end of this current tax year on April 5. ...

Angel network launches new platform connecting female investors with start-ups - - 2019-03-13

Angel Investment Network (AIN) the UK’s largest online platform connecting angel investors with startups has launched a new platform co...

Invested Investor speaks to inspirational VC and angel investor Ramona Liberoff - - 2019-03-13

In this month's Startup Spotlight Invested Investor speaks to Ramona Liberoff, an exper...

Deepbridge Capital appoints new Investment Manager - - 2019-03-12

Deepbridge, the tax-efficient investment manager, has appointed Alison Maughan as Investment Manager in the Life Sciences team. ...

innogy Innovation Hub announces seed investment in Calipsa - - 2019-03-12

innogy Innovation Hub, which identifies, funds, and mentors game-changing technologies and ideas, today announced it ...

Beechbrook Capital SME Credit Fund reaches first close at £128m - - 2019-03-12

Beechbrook Capital, the specialist direct lender, has reached the first close of its second UK SME Credit Fund, with commitments of £128m. The ...

UK P2P lending data reflects maturity of the sector in 2018 - - 2019-03-12

P2PFA platforms facilitated loans worth nearly £3 billion during 2018, with more than 288,000 current borrowers during the fourth quarter, as further e...

A VCT outlook for 2019: remaining attractive, provided investors seek the best managers to reap the rewards - Melanie Goward, Investment Director, Maven Capital Partners - 2019-03-12

Melanie Goward, Investment Director, Maven Capital Partners...

Cavendish advises PE firm Clyde Blowers Capital on the sale of Hydreco - - 2019-03-11

Clyde Blowers Capital (CBC), Duplomatic Motion Solutions (Duplomatic) and ...

Godwin Capital recruits debt funding expert Stan Lersch - - 2019-03-11

Godwin Capital, the fundraising and investment arm of Godwin Group, has recruited senior debt funding consultant Stan Lersch. ...

VenueScanner raises £1 million funding - - 2019-03-11

VenueScanner has raised £1 million to roll out its sharing economy marketplace for booking venues. VenueScanne...

Draper Esprit investment Trustpilot raises $55 million Series E - - 2019-03-11

Draper Esprit portfolio company Trustpilot, the leading independent platform for companies to build trust with ...

Downing acquires P2P lending platform Funding Empire - - 2019-03-11

Investment manager Downing LLP has completed the acquisition of Funding Empir...

Partech white paper analyzes the relationship between corporates and start-ups - - 2019-03-08

With a portfolio of 150 start-ups of all stages and from all over the world, Partech is at a perfect observation post for the projects implemented by corp...

1 in 12 tech startups are AI companies, says MMC report - - 2019-03-08

A report released from venture capital firm MMC Ventures...

Maven leads £7m investment in electric vehicle company AVID - - 2019-03-08

Maven Capital Partners has led a £7 million investment in Northumberland based AVID Technology Group, a leader in the ...

When the worlds of venture capital and diversity collide - - 2019-03-08

On International Women’s Day, female representatives of Mercia’s investment team argue that whilst there are shortcomings in the VC industry,...

CrowdProperty launches AutoInvest product to help investors to diversify - - 2019-03-07

Specialist property peer-to-peer lender CrowdProperty has...

Heating specialist Koleda 700% overfunded on Kickstarter - - 2019-03-07

Revolutionary heating specialist Koleda has overfunded it's latest funding round on Kickstarter which is more than 700% funded. The funding r...

EISA, UKBAA and IW Capital comment on CBI announcement - - 2019-03-07

Growth in the UK private sector remained stagnant in the three months to February as momentum in early 2019 remained subdued, the latest C...

Private equity set to invest more in aviation - - 2019-03-07

New research(1) from Revolution.Aero, the global meeting place for people who are reshaping, rethinking and re...

Global Venture Partners backs veterinary tech business Felcana - - 2019-03-07

London-based veterinary tech business, Felcana, has received an early stage venture capital investment from Global Ventu...

B-Secur raises £4m from existing investors including Kernel Capital - - 2019-03-07

Belfast-based ECG biometrics innovator B-Secur has closed a follow-on funding round worth £4 million, from investors, including Accelerate...

Beauhurst report maps UK Life Sciences landscape - - 2019-03-06

Beauhurst has outlined the ...

Harwell Campus and Santander fund £110m development for UK Science & Tech - - 2019-03-06

Harwell Campus, the UK’s science and innovation hub, has secured £110 million funding from Santander Corporate & Commerc...

Par Equity leads £1.9m investment in loyalty card app Swipii - - 2019-03-06

Swipii, the loyalty card app, has secured investment of £1.9m via a funding round led by award-winning Scottish venture capital firm ...

Maven invests £10 million in North East businesses - - 2019-03-06

Since opening offices in Newcastle and Durham in May 2017, Maven Capital Partners has invested a total of £10 million in dynamic, high growth businesses...

Breaking boundaries: embracing the landscape for Female Founders - Flavia Richardson, London Co-investment Fund - 2019-03-06

London Co-investment Fund's Flavia Richardson comments on why we need to change the landscape for female entrepreneurs. This week we ar...

Inflexion acquires Times Higher Education from TPG Capital - - 2019-03-05

Inflexion Private Equity has acquired Times Higher Education (“THE”) from ...

Innovative Welsh firm OpenGenius raises £1.1m - - 2019-03-05

With the backing of an equity investment package of £500,000 from the Development Bank of Wales and a further £600,000 from private investor...

STEM skills gaps is impacting tech innovators - Mark Brownridge, Enterprise Investment Scheme Association - 2019-03-05

Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths are key to the innovative small businesses that are set to make up a significant proportion of the Government's futur...

AdoRx collaborates with Johnson & Johnson Innovation - - 2019-03-05

AdoRx Therapeutics, a UK based drug discovery company, has announced that it has entered into a strategic collaboration with Johnson & Johnson Innovation LLC* a...

Robert Owen Community Banking Fund accredited by British Business Bank - - 2019-03-05

The British Business Bank has announced the accreditation of Robert Owen Community Banking Fund (ROCBF)...

Development Bank investment helps Vortex IoT continue rapid growth - - 2019-03-04

Vortex IoT, a Swansea-based Internet of Things (IoT) company has received a six-figure investment from the Development ...

Angel CoFund investment Limejump acquired by Shell - - 2019-03-04

The Angel CoFund backed energy technology company Limejump is to be acquired by Shell*. With this de...

TeenTech winners celebrate at Buckingham Palace - - 2019-03-04

The next generation of innovators met TeenTech patron HRH The Duke of York KG at Buckingham Palace to share their bold inventions, designed to make life &lsqu...

Private equity professionals raise concerns about government change - - 2019-03-04

Two in five (40%) private equity industry professionals believe that a change in UK government is the biggest risk to their investment appetite in the UK, compared to 20% who selected a no deal Bre...

Downing expands its healthcare team - - 2019-03-04

London-based investment manager Downing LLP has appointed Torsten Mack as Investment Director to its growing healthcare investment team. ...

Minerva Business Angels launches angel investor network for Birmingham - - 2019-03-01

Aston University and University of Birmingham Enterprise have teamed up with Miner...

FinTech company Nivaura raises $20m seed investment - - 2019-03-01

Nivaura, a regulated FinTech company focused on automating the issuance and administration processes for financial instruments, has closed a strategic funding...

Fund Twenty8 completes deployment into 32 startups - - 2019-03-01

SyndicateRoom's EIS fund, ...

YFM backed ACC Aviation acquires aviation consultancy Aerotask - - 2019-03-01

YFM backed ACC Aviation has acquired global aviation consultancy Aerotask and has been r...

deVere CEO acquires UAE wealth adviser, Credence International - - 2019-03-01

The CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations has acquired Credence International, a UAE-based wealth management and advisory company. ...

Fintech’s rise presents vast opportunities for Wales - - 2019-02-28

Richard Theo, fintech envoy for Wales and co-founder and CEO of digital investment service Wealthify, will reveal his predictions for the fintech sector and the opportunities it presents for Welsh ...

Life on the Edge - Paul McNabb, Episode1 - 2019-02-28

Find out why Paul McNabb from Episode1 Ventures believes Ori’s edge cloud is enabling the...

Long-term investment opportunities in British university technology start-ups - Simon Hopkins, ]Milltrust International - 2019-02-28

Simon Hopkins, CEO of Milltrust International, believes the university tech start-up sector has never been so exciting. Read on to find out why....

Equilaw and Thomas Legal receive investment from BGF - - 2019-02-28

Two niche property law firms, Equilaw and Thomas L...

Gresham House puts £1.15m into SaaS learning platform StoryShare - - 2019-02-28

StoryShare, a leading SaaS Mobile Employee Experience Platform (EXP), has raised £1.15 million in growth fina...

Luxcara acquires the Finnish wind power project Välikangas - - 2019-02-27

Luxcara, one of the leading asset managers for renewable energy investments, has acquired the Finnish wind power project Välikangas,...

ThousandEyes raises $50m Series D led by GV - - 2019-02-27

ThousandEyes, the company that provides actionable intelligence into digital experience for the cloud, Internet, and enterprises, has announc...

Why women have been under served by financial services – and why this is changing - - 2019-02-27

Women have long been under served by the financial advisory sector - but this is now changing. This is the assessment of deVere Switzerl...

Chinese VC funds outperform US and Europe says eFront report - - 2019-02-27

New research from eFront, the leading financial software and solutions provider dedicated to Alterna...

CrowdProperty hits three major landmarks - - 2019-02-27

Specialist property peer-to-peer lender CrowdProperty has reached three major landmarks after fully funding th...

Codecool’s adds €3.5m funding to support expansion plans - - 2019-02-26

The rapid pace of innovation, new technologies and the digitalisation of almost all segments of the economy pose a huge recruitment challenge for companies all over Europe. The number of job vacanc...

Global earnings: Pace of downgrades slowing says Edison - Alastair George, Edison Investment Research - 2019-02-26

Alastair George, Chief Investment Strategist at Edison Investment Research gives his view on global earnings: ...

Octopus Investments funding secures a bright future for Rotolight - - 2019-02-26

British technology company Rotolight, which specialises in creating advanced LED lighting for the photography and filmmaking industries, h...

Why EIS is so vital to the health of the NHS - Andrew Aldridge, Deepbridge Capital - 2019-02-26

By Andrew Aldridge, Head of Marketing at Deepbridge Capital ...

The Growth Stage announces inaugural summit in Manchester - - 2019-02-26

The Growth Stage, the world’s first and only regulated, membership only funding platform for institutional investors and growth-stage privat...

AlbionVC hires investment manager to bolster tech team - - 2019-02-25

AlbionVC, the technology investment arm of Albion Capital, has hired Jay Wilson to the role of investment manager. Jay’s appoint...

Downing leads £6.5m funding for Imagen - - 2019-02-25

A leading SaaS video management platform which holds both current and archive footage for major sporting organisations and news outlets, including Premier League, World Tennis Association and the B...

BGF named most active investor for growth and expansion - - 2019-02-25

The UK’s BGF has been named the world’s most active investor in businesses seeking growth and expansion funding in ...

UK startups plan for growth despite Brexit uncertainty - - 2019-02-25

Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the bank of the world’s most...

FlowerBx secures £4.2 million funding - - 2019-02-25

FLOWERBX, the online, wholesale, flower-delivery service, has announced it has closed a £4.2m ($5.5m US) fundraising round. The new funding will pave t...

The Growth Company secures £56m to boost employment in the North - - 2019-02-22

The Growth Company has been awarded a £56.5m contract package as a result of bidding for ESF from the Education and Skills Funding Agency. This European ...

Albemarle Street Partners in merger to deliver enhanced service - - 2019-02-22

Albemarle Street Partners (ASP), the specialist advice and investment management consultancy for advisers, has announced a merger which wil...

Riverside invests in premium rum blending specialist E&A Scheer - - 2019-02-22

The Riverside Company, a global private equity firm, has made a significant investment in ...

Mobeus welcomes Matt Mead as Venture Partner - - 2019-02-22

Mobeus has announced that Matt Mead has joined the team in the newly created role of Venture Partner working across its VCT investments. ...

AI cyber defender Senseon secures $6.4m to redefine industry approach - - 2019-02-22

Senseon, the next generation AI platform for cyber defence, has announced the completion of a seed funding round of $6.4m. Leading the investme...

GC Angels back GradTouch in £150K funding boost - - 2019-02-21

Gradtouch, a Manchester Based job matching business, has received a funding boost of £150K from GC Angels, the angel investment arm of the Growth Company...

MMC continue to back Gousto as the business announces another £18m funding - - 2019-02-21

UK-leading meal kit company, Gousto, has raised another £18m in equity funding, bringing the total raised since launch to £75m. Attract...

Taking the financial headache away from SMEs - - 2019-02-21

A recruitment business specialising in the financial sector has experienced rapid growth after developing a solution to a classic problem for SMEs. ...

ClearlySo makes new board appointments as it prepares for growth - - 2019-02-21

ClearlySo, Europe’s leading impact investment bank, has announced that it has appointed Gill...

Octopus Investments becomes first manager to reach £1bn AUM - - 2019-02-21

Octopus Investments, part of Octopus Group and the largest provider of venture capital trusts (‘VCTs&...

Jenson backs comms company FrontM - - 2019-02-20

FrontM, which provides business ICT applications for enterprises operating in areas with little or no standard telecommunication infrastructure, such as Airplane...

Small businesses cautious ahead of Brexit says Small Business Finance Markets report - - 2019-02-20

The British Business Bank’s 2019 Small Business Fi...

MMC backs AI-powered Growth Intelligence again with £1.7m - - 2019-02-20

MMC Ventures-backed Growth Intelligence has raised £1.7m funding,...

British Business Investments commits £20m to ThinCats - - 2019-02-20

ThinCats, the fintech lender for mid-sized SMEs, today welcomes a new £20 million funding commitment from British Business Investments, a commercial su...

Equity Gap invests £575,000 in Spoonfed - - 2019-02-20

Catering management software company Spoonfed is planning major expansion in the US, following £575,000 of development funding from ...

Jenson makes investment in tech company Col8 Ltd - - 2019-02-19

Jenson Funding Partners has announced an investment in Col8 Ltd, a technology company that provides video managemen...

Idinvest closes its second growth fund at €340m - - 2019-02-19

Idinvest Partners, a leading investor in SMEs across Europe, has today announced the final closing of its second capital growth fund (Idinvest Growth Fund...

Deepbridge confirms funding boost for North West firms in 2018 - - 2019-02-19

Deepbridge, the Chester-based tax-efficient investment manager, has announced a further increase in its yearly funding to an increased range of comp...

Is the UK stockpiling ahead of Brexit? - - 2019-02-19

By Graham Bishop, Investment Director at Heartwood Investment Management, the asset management arm of Handelsbanken in the UK, whether the UK is stockpiling ahead...

ChargedUp grows charging network with £1.2m seed investment - - 2019-02-19

ChargedUp, the UK’s first mobile charging network, is applying the bike-sharing model to mobile device charging, after closing a &...

Angel backed tasking app Pinga expands in Central London - - 2019-02-18

Angel-backed peer-to-peer tasking app Pinga has announced its expansion across Central London, following a successful launch in Hackney last year. ...

Idinvest appoints Bao Dinh as Investment Director - - 2019-02-18

Idinvest Partners, a leading investor in SMEs across Europe, today announces the appointment of Bao Dinh as Investment Director in the Venture Capital team. In...

Jenson invests in 'Uber for vans' VANUSE - - 2019-02-18

Jenson SEIS and EIS Fund 2018/19 has invested in VANUSE Ltd, an on-demand mobile marketplace app designed for the cour...

Vala bolsters management with COO hire - - 2019-02-18

Vala Capital, the UK venture capital firm, have appointed Jane Holland, ex-Financial Director at investment company The Ingenious Group, as the firm’s new COO...

Half of small business owners put homes and savings on the line - - 2019-02-18

The latest British Bank Business Report[i] paints a worrying picture of the risks small businesses take to secure finance for their business. ...

Raven secures £300,000 funding from business angels - - 2019-02-15

Investors have pumped £300,000 into the company behind operations and issue management software used at golf’s Ryder Cup and athletics’ European Championships. ...

Praetura secures £75m lending facility from NatWest Markets - - 2019-02-15

Praetura Asset Finance Group (PAF Group), an asset finance lender based in Manchester, today announces it has closed a £75m securitisation facility wi...

Seneca company wejo attracts $25m investment from General Motors - - 2019-02-15

General Motors is taking a 35% stake in wejo, a Chester based 'connected car' start-up, originally backed by regional SME specialist, ...

BGF investment MorphCostumes acquires Fun Shack - - 2019-02-15

BGF portfolio company MorphCostumes, the manufacturer and online fancy dress retailer behind the legendary...

Fuel ventures to offer ‘more realistic’ investment opportunities than Dragon's Den - - 2019-02-15

Fuel Ventures is offering entrepreneurs with their sights on Dragons’ Den the opportunity to pitch for investm...

Silverfleet appoints Ricardo Sommer - - 2019-02-14

Silverfleet Capital, the leading Pan-European private equity firm, has strengthened i...

Resonance backs social enterprise Memory Matters - - 2019-02-14

Award winning, social enterprise Memory Matters CIC, which runs the Moments Café in the heart of Plymouth, has received investment of £100,000 to franchise its innovative training pack...

Wine Vault attracts investment from Holland Park Capital - - 2019-02-14

Wine Vault, the company behind WiV, a blockchain-based trading platform for fine wines, has made a significant step towards long-term viability by attracting investment from Singapore-based ...

Kuber Ventures adds three new funds - - 2019-02-14

Kuber Ventures, the alternative investment platform specialising in EIS and SEIS, is announcing the addition of three...

Maven and NVM put £3.25m into Mojo Mortgages - - 2019-02-14

Maven Capital Partners and NVM Private Equity have completed a £3.25 million equity investment in UK fintech star...

EdTech platform Administrate scales up with £3.78m NVM investment - - 2019-02-13

NVM Private Equity has invested £2.25 million of growth capital into Edinburgh-based software business Adm...

Spektrix raises £5 million from Foresight - - 2019-02-13

Foresight has made a £5 million growth capital investment into Spektrix Limited, the UK’s leading pro...

Hat-trick of awards for Par Equity - - 2019-02-13

Par Equity has be awarded ‘Best EIS Investment Exit’ at the EIS Association Awards 2019. The win completed a hat-trick of awards ...

Tech entrepreneurs to transform cybersecurity with angel backing - - 2019-02-13

Two tech entrepreneurs aim to transform cybersecurity with a new software platform that allows businesses to monitor the whole of their cybersecurity from one easy-to-use dashboard. ...

Start-up Spotlight on digital marketing guru Sue Keogh - - 2019-02-13

This month's ...

ASTI Mobile Robotics partners with Keensight Capital - - 2019-02-12

ASTI Mobile Robotics is partnering with Keensight Capi...

Fintech investment reaches record levels in 2018 - - 2019-02-12

The latest Fintech M&A Market Report from international technology mergers and acquisitions advisor, Hampleton Partners, reveals that 2018 witnessed...

Tech Nation launches national cyber security scale-up programme - - 2019-02-12

Tech Nation, the UK network for ambitious digital tech entrepreneurs, is seeking 20 startups with the potential to go head to head wit...

Guernsey reaches highest-ever levels of private equity business - - 2019-02-12

The value of private equity business in Guernsey reached its highest-ever level the end of September 2018, according to the latest fund statistics from the Guernsey F...

Angel backed PBD Biotech wins Royal Dairy Innovation Award 2019 - - 2019-02-12

Angel-backed company PBD Biotech has had its novel Actiphage® testing technology...

Kuber shortlisted for WealthBriefing European Awards - - 2019-02-11

Kuber Ventures, one of the UK’s most innovative fintech platforms used by financial advisers has been shortlisted for the WealthBriefing ...

Development Bank of Wales secures £10m from Clwyd Pension Fund - - 2019-02-11

The Clwyd Pension Fund has confirmed a £10 million equity investment in the £25 million Wales Management Succession Fund. This is the first time an institutional equity investor has bac...

Earth Capital exits UK Energy Efficiency Investments Fund via £100m IPO - - 2019-02-11

Earth Capital has successfully exited from the UK Energy Efficiency Investments Fund, through the sale of the Fund’s assets via a £100m IPO.&...

Acceleris-backed Redag sale generates return for angels - - 2019-02-11

Redag Crop Protection Ltd, a UK agrochemical discovery company, has sold its discovery and early development division to ...

Forth secures investment from Development Bank of Wales - - 2019-02-11

Innovative biometric tracking service, Forth, which helps people to navigate their way to better health using simply at-home finger-prick blood tests,...

Is China about to change the shape of global trade… again? - - 2019-02-08

Jaisal Pastakia, Investment Manager at Heartwood Investment Management, the asset management arm of Handelsbanken in the UK ...

Resonance supports Community Orchard with £100k investment - - 2019-02-08

Newquay Community Orchard, which was built by the community for the community in the heart of Newquay, has received £100,000 inve...

HBAN to sign up 75 new angels in 2019 - - 2019-02-08

HBAN plans to recruit 75 new business angels in 2019. The new investors will have a combined total of at least €15 million available to invest in start-ups based in the island of Ire...

Goji demonstrates IF ISA benefits as it brings 25 direct managers on board its platform - - 2019-02-08

Goji, the specialist direct lending investment manager and platform, has launched its 25th platform technology client, enabling 25 direct lending investm...

Smith & Williamson celebrates inspirational entrepreneurs - - 2019-02-08

Smith & Williamson has launched the Dream Bigger Hall of Fame, a brand new gallery showcasing ...

90% of PE firms believe AI will disrupt their sector by 2024 - - 2019-02-07

Intertrust, a global leader in providing expert administrative services to clients operating and investing in the international business environment, ...

£410k MEIF Maven Debt Fund to support Nottingham businesses - - 2019-02-07

The Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) has provided two debt packages, committing a total of £410,000 to support l...

The SidebySide Partnership launches new tech EIS fund - - 2019-02-07

The SidebySide Partnership, the London venture capital firm founded by technology veteran John Bailye, has launched a technology EIS fund to...

Video game Imperium Omni exceeds funding target on Kickstarter - - 2019-02-07

Storytellers Entertainment have defied the odds by hitting the $25k target for its first solo RPG ‘Imperium Omni’ in just 24 hours. The ...

Edge invests £3.5m in festival and travel platform Festicket - - 2019-02-07

Edge Investments, the leading creative industries specialist, has invested £3.5m into Festic...

How can female entrepreneurs get better access to funding? - - 2019-02-07

Helena Murphy started investment consultancy Raising Partners two years ago and runs the business with her partner Duncan Di Biase. The business has so fa...

Foresight lists €17.3m LED lighting project bond - - 2019-02-06

Foresight Group has announced the €17.3 million arrangement and subscription of a Project Bond issued by Pagano & Ascolillo S.p...

Female start-up founders missing out on billions - - 2019-02-06

Female start-up founders are missing out on billions of pounds of investment, new research has found. The UK VC & Female Founders report found that for every £1 of venture capi...

Vala Capital will disrupt EIS industry with radical fee structure - - 2019-02-06

Vala Capital, the UK venture capital firm, is looking to shake-up fees in the EIS industry with the launch of its ground-breaking EIS fund. ...

Croatia's president to speak at World Business Angels investment Forum - - 2019-02-06

'It is a great honour to announce that H.E. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, President of Croatia, will be attending the World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF) 2019 World Congress of Angel Inv...

The Deal 2018: Bad news but with silver linings? - - 2019-02-06

Beauhurst's latest edition of The Deal 2018 shows that deal numbers dropped from 1,744 in 2017 to 1,572 in 2018, and amount invested fell from £8.6b to £7b respectively. But this ...

Foresight VCTs back ClubSpark with £2.15 million investment - - 2019-02-05

Foresight Group has made a £2.15 million growth capital investment into Sportlabs Technology Limited, trading as ...

Japanese Fintech giant backs UK start up Pipster - - 2019-02-05

One of Asia’s leading fintech companies has invested £2 million into the development of a UK-based trading platform, demonstrating confidence in a post-Brexit Britain. ...

Maven strengthens senior management team - - 2019-02-05

Maven Capital Partners, one of the UK’s most active private equity houses, has promoted Colin Anderson and Andrew Whiteley from Maven’s special...

Mo scales up with £2.2m NVM investment - - 2019-02-05

NVM Private Equity has committed £2.2 million of growth capital into London-based recognition, employee reward, and ideas platform business, ...

Hexafly secures €1.1 million - - 2019-02-05

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Food and drink start-up accelerator opens for entry - - 2019-02-04

Philanthropic start-up accelerator, The Seed Fund opened for entry on Friday 1 February, offering 12 places on its sum...

State Street Investor Confidence Index (ICI) for January 2019 - - 2019-02-04

State Street Global Exchange has released the results of the State Str...

New campaign highlights diversity of tech startup community - - 2019-02-04

Level39, one of Europe’s largest technology hubs, has launched a new campaign recognising the diversi...

£1.25m loan helps advanced manufacturer prepare for growth - - 2019-02-04

LSN Diffusion (LSN), a high-tech metallurgical business has secured a further £1.25m loan from ...

AI in Business: 2019 Trends and Predictions from Instant Office - - 2019-02-01

AI is already being implemented in businesses around the world, and while worries persist over whether robots will be taking over the workplace, some are predicting that it will actually improve an...

VCT managers comment on Brexit - - 2019-02-01

Uncertainty around Brexit has hit UK markets and raised questions about the UK’s economic prospects, but what effect is it having on the UK’s sma...

One in four UK businesses expect double digit growth in 2019 says IGF - - 2019-02-01

Independent Growth Finance (IGF) report finds businesses ‘bullish’ about future despite 90 percent highlighting Brexit challenge 71 percen...

Ashish Life Science raises INR 45 crores in Series A funding - - 2019-02-01

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YFM 2018 in review and looking ahead to 2019 - - 2019-02-01

A look at the year ahead from YFM 2018 was a year that confounded predictions. We had predicted a year where Brexit and general ...

UK medicinal marijuana startups take off says Beauhurst report - Thomas Sheils, Beauhurst - 2019-02-01

A new trend in investment explained by Thomas Sheils of ...

Don't miss the latest GrowthInvest Adviser Hour - out today - - 2019-01-31

In this 4th episode of Series 3 of The Adviser Hour, GrowthInvest explores the wider drivers behind the growing popularity of “alternati...

Milltrust highlights the potential of the UK’s university spinouts - - 2019-01-31

Milltrust International, the award-winning investment group, has highlighted the commercial potential of spinout companies from the UK’s leading univers...

Key trends in UK Angel investment revealed - - 2019-01-31

Angel Investment Network (AIN), the UK’s largest and first online angel investment network has revealed its first ...

Resonance gets £5m from Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity to help tackle homelessness - - 2019-01-31

The Resonance Real Lettings Property Fund² (RLPF²) has r...

What is an Outperforming Company? - Flavia Richardson, London Co-investment Fund - 2019-01-31

By Flavia Richardson, Portfolio Manager at the London Co-investment Fund The investment community commends its ability to monitor, interpret ...

Newable exits investment in Hallmarq - - 2019-01-30

Newable Private Investing syndicate including the LBA EIS Tracker Fund 4 make greater than 5x return following Hallmarq Veter...

Beringea UK leads £6.5m investment in Exonar - - 2019-01-30

Beringea has led a £6.5m investment in Exonar, a leading data discovery and management software firm. Downing Ven...

UK employees confident in buyers market as talent dilemma continues, says Robert Half - - 2019-01-30

2019 is set to be a ‘buyers’ market’ for the UK’s top professionals, as the nation’s war for talent intensifies. Ne...

Resonance helps Smile Together raise £1m - - 2019-01-30

Resonance, a social impact investment company, with a head office in Cornwall, worked with Smile Together as advis...

Boundary Capital invests £200k in Torsion - - 2019-01-30

Venture Capital firm Boundary Capital has invested £200,000 in Torsion Information Security, a disruptiv...

Palamon announces new appointments - - 2019-01-29

Palamon Capital Partners, one of Europe’s leading growth private equity firms, has announced that it has elected Philippe Arbour (pcitured) to the Partne...

Goji reassured with platform success after HMRC ISA / eMoney clarification - - 2019-01-29

The latest HMRC ISA Bulletin confirmed that ISA subscriptions cannot be held with eMoney providers. Goji, the specialist direct lending investment manage...

Downing, BGF and Beringea back EdTetch firm Firefly with £5m - - 2019-01-29

Firefly, a suite of school learning tools used in 40 countries and first developed by co-founders Simon Hay and Joe Mathewson while preparing for their GC...

The AngelNews Wine Column: 2017 Burgundy – à la recherche… - Caspar Bowes - 2019-01-29

By Caspar Bowes, Bowes Wine We’ve been in the throes of the latest burgundy offering of late, not only visiting the re...

Beringea makes landmark investment into AccessPay - - 2019-01-29

Beringea has led a £9m investment in AccessPay, a Manchester-based fintech firm. The funding round, backe...

BGF expands Midlands investment team - - 2019-01-28

BGF has expanded its investment team covering the West Midlands with the appointment of Tom Horton, who will be based in the Birmingham off...

Jaguar Land Rover's InMotion Ventures invests in $21m round into Urgent.ly - - 2019-01-28

InMotion Ventures, Jaguar Land Rover’s venture cap...

Imbiba EIS Fund invests $1.1 million in virtual reality concept Dream Corporation - - 2019-01-28

The Dream Corporation has secured $1.1 million of investment to introduce a new leisure and hospitality concept with immersive entertainment...

Calculus Capital invests £2.5m in Essentia Analytics - - 2019-01-28

EIS & VCT specialist ...

Foresight backs Fertility Focus with £1.25 million investment - - 2019-01-28

Foresight Group has made a £1.25 million growth capital investment into Fertility Focus Limited, a l...

Par Equity closes deals worth £4.85m in two days - - 2019-01-25

Par Equity, the venture capital firm, has closed five investments worth £4.85m in just two days. The firm was lead investor and partnered with the&nbs...

BGF announces new investment in SPEX Group - - 2019-01-25

Aberdeen-headquartered SPEX Group Holdings Limited has secured a multi-million pound follow-on investment from its management team and ...

British AI Company Raises £1.7m to Empower Business Trade - - 2019-01-25

Growth Intelligence has announced the successful close of a £1.7m investment round. The company received multiple offers with the round being...

NVM completes trade sale of Lanner Group - - 2019-01-25

NVM Private Equity has exited from Warwickshire-based Lanner Group, a leading provider of predictive simulation ...

Hailo expands Series A round to $21 million - - 2019-01-25

Israeli startup ...

Startup Funding Club leads £800K investment round into Swytch - - 2019-01-24

Startup Funding Club (SFC) has recently closed an investment into state-of-the-art eBike company Swytch...

MEIF Maven Debt Finance provides £160k to Validair Monitoring Solutions - - 2019-01-24

MEIF Maven Debt Finance has provided Validair Monitoring Solutions Limited, a technical services and environm...

BGF invests in leading wedding gift list provider Prezola - - 2019-01-24

BGF has completed a further investment into The Prezola Group to deploy new technology pla...

OurCrowd launches investment in leading global cannabis technology fund - - 2019-01-24

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Newable announces new fund targeting “seed to Series A” funding gap - - 2019-01-24

London-based Newable Private...

Could cash be a viable, strategic asset class in its own right? - Charu Lahiri, Heartwood Investment Management - 2019-01-23

Charu Lahiri, Investment Manager at Heartwood Investment Management, the asset manageme...

JLL Spark leads £4m investment in digital office broker Hubble - - 2019-01-23

Hubble, the online platform for flexible office space, has secured £4 million in Series A financing from a group of industry-leading invest...

Farewill completes £7.5 m capital raise - - 2019-01-23

Farewill, the UK’s fastest growing will writing service has announced it has raised £7.5 million to disrupt the dea...

Investment group Equity Gap toasts record deals and beefs up team - - 2019-01-23

Equity Gap, Scotland’s most active business angel syndicate, is preparing for further expansionafter completing its biggest investm...

Sukhendu Pal on leadership - - 2019-01-23

Hundreds of books and articles have been written on leadership – most are written by academics based on surveys and by people, who neither held penultimate leadership roles in sizeab...

British Business Bank appoints Paul Jones as UK Network Senior Manager for South West - - 2019-01-22

The British Business Bank has appointed Paul Jones to a new position as Senior Manager, UK Network for the South West. ...

Opportunity is ripe for private equity to prosper, but margin concerns remain says EY - - 2019-01-22

Private equity chief financial officers (CFOs) reported another year of unprecedented growth of their firms but are still struggling to overcome opera...

Edison Investment Research outlook for 2019 - - 2019-01-22

Alastair George, Chief Investment Strategist at Edison Investment Research discusses his outlook for 2019 in the attached s...

UK Fintech MarketInvoice secures £56m in equity and debt funding - - 2019-01-22

Fintech business lender MarketInvoice has announced it has raised £26m in...

Silverfleet invests in STAXS®, - - 2019-01-22

Silverfleet Capital, the leading Pan-European private equity firm, has acquired a majority stake in STAXS&...

British Business Bank appoints Steve Aslett as UK Network Senior Manager for the South East - - 2019-01-21

The British Business Bank has appointed Steve Aslett to a new position as Senior Manager, UK Network for the South East. ...

PIMFA comment on Government’s heavy defeat on Brexit Withdrawal Motion - - 2019-01-21

Following the heavy Government defeat on the Brexit withdrawal motion, PIMFA, the trade association for the personal investment management an...

Tech sector growth weakest for three years says KPMG Tech Monitor - - 2019-01-21

KPMG UK Tech Monitor Index Political uncertainty and global trade frictions have dented client confidence, but buoyant staff hiring and capital spending p...

BGF and BSI invest in UK's largest life science incubator - - 2019-01-21

BGF has made its fourth life sciences investment in the last few months, providing Nottingham-based business incubator Bio...

SimplyCook secures funding from Octopus Investments - - 2019-01-21

SimplyCook has announced that it has secured a £4.5m Series A funding from ...

Bowmark Capital appoints new partner - - 2019-01-18

Bowmark Capital, the mid-market private equity firm, has appointed Simon Adcock as a partner and head of portfolio management. ...

QuadSAT Secures £700,000 Seed Funding - - 2019-01-18

QuadSAT, the drone-enabled antenna testing company, today announced it has closed its £700,000 seed round, led by the Danish Gr...

Paul Sullivan takes new role at British Business Bank - - 2019-01-18

The British Business Bank has appointed Paul Sullivan to a new position as Senior Manager, UK Netw...

50% of PE firms say tech innovation offers biggest value in financial services - - 2019-01-18

Over half (53%) of respondents to the survey believe financial services creates the most potential for value creation through technological innovation,...

Fuel Ventures leads fight against investor bias - - 2019-01-18

Fuel Ventures, a leading London-based VC investment fund has launched a scheme to improve diversity and remove all unconscious bias from the investment proce...

BGF backing for AIM-listed companies soars - - 2019-01-17

BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor in growing businesses, provided a record investment of almost £50m into AIM-listed companies in 2018, b...

TheVeganKind.com raises £65k in crowdfunding round - - 2019-01-17

A fast-growing online retailer has moved into a bigger warehouse in Glasgow after receiving financial backing from more than 700 vegans across Britain. ...

Beauhurst Report: Accelerating the UK - - 2019-01-17

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Seldon secures £2.7m in Seed round led by Amadeus - - 2019-01-17

Seldon, the machine learning deployment specialist, today announced a £2.7m funding round led by ...

Cycle.land smashes through fundraising target - - 2019-01-17

Cycle.land, the bike sharing marketplace unlocking the assets of unused bikes, has announced that it has raised over £200,000, thanks to...

The venture capital market – a year in review and trends to anticipate - - 2019-01-16

Alex Sleigh, Investment Director at Newable shares his thoughts on trends from last year, what to expect for 2019 and how the upcoming year will impact busi...

School Space secures £800,000 to help schools generate revenue - - 2019-01-16

School Space, a leading platform for schools to generate extra funds by hiring out their spaces, has announced that it has secured £800,000 in equity fu...

Maven managed funds leads £1.95m investment in Dyer Engineering - - 2019-01-16

Maven Capital Partners has, through its management of two regional funds, provided £1.95 million of...

BGF exits Jumpstart - - 2019-01-16

BGF has announced the exit of its minority investment in Jumpstart, the UK's leading R&D tax credit spe...

Sanford DeLand appoints Rex Orton as new Chairman of the Board - - 2019-01-16

The Board of Sanford DeLand Asset Management (SDL) has announced the appointment of Rex Orton as Chairman with immediate effect, following FC...

Business formations recover to reach new high in 2018 says CFE research - - 2019-01-15

The latest Companies House data, as analysed by the Centre for Entrepreneurs (CFE), shows that business formations recovered from ...

European venture capital’s “new normal” - - 2019-01-15

eFront, the leading financial software and solutions provider dedicated to Alternative Investments, ...

IGF bolsters ABL sales team after record-breaking year - - 2019-01-15

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Goldman Sachs leads $8m investment in Immersive Labs - - 2019-01-15

Immersive Labs has announced that Goldman Sachs has led ...

Heartwood launches new dynamic reporting solution - - 2019-01-15

Heartwood Investment Management, the asset management arm of Handelsbanken in the UK, has announced the rollout of its dynamic reportin...

Private clients increasingly interested in private capital exposure - Robert Crowter-Jones, Saranac Partners - 2019-01-14

By Robert Crowter-Jones, Head of Private Capital at Saranac Partners Families now tend to allocat...

Chronomics secures £1.12 million seed funding - - 2019-01-14

Chronomics, a pioneering company in health-tech innovation, has just launched the world’s first consumer epigenetic testing kit. Chronomics has succe...

Open Bionics attracts £1.5m investment from Foresight Williams - - 2019-01-14

Foresight Group has invested £1.5 million from the Foresight Williams Technology EIS Fund into ...

2019: things are getting distributed, edgy and interesting - Simon Murdoch, Episode 1 - 2019-01-14

By Simon Murdoch - Epidose 1 It’s hard to thi...

Superfood Bakery raises £240k from investor including Henley Business Angels - - 2019-01-14

Superfood Bakery, a company that makes delicious gluten-free dairy-free baking mixes and snacks sold at over 100 retailers, have closed their £240...

Ingenious launches Vision VCT to target television and audio-visual content - - 2019-01-11

Ingenious, the alternative investment manager that specialises in the media sector, has announced the launch of Ingenious Vision VCT. The focus of Ing...

Robert Half reveals top 10 roles for 2019 - - 2019-01-11

Analysts, accountants and digital marketing specialists top a list of in-demand roles in 2019, as employers focus on navigating an increasingly digitalised business landscape and a shortage of key ...

Unicorn AIM VCT to launch new £15 million offer - - 2019-01-11

The Unicorn AIM VCT plc has announced the intention to launch an offer for subscription to raise £15 million, through the issue of new ordin...

Abundance closes largest investment to date for Orbital Marine Power - - 2019-01-11

The UK’s leading peer-to-peer ethical investment company Abundance has started the year with the closing its largest fund raise to d...

LettUs Grow secures £1 million funding - - 2019-01-11

LettUs Grow, creator of advanced aeroponic technology for indoor farms, has announced it has s...

BGF exits Petrotechnics - - 2019-01-10

BGF has announced the exit of its minority investment in Petrotechnics, a global leader of software solutions for hazardous industries, following its acquisitio...

Lein Applied Diagnostics receives funding from Henley Business Angels - - 2019-01-10

Lein Applied Diagnostics, a company that specialises in innovative and precise optical technology, have closed their latest funding round, receiving investment from two members of ...

Puma Private Equity closes £3.6m investment in Dymag - - 2019-01-10

Puma Private Equity, the private equity division of Puma Investments, has closed an investment of £3.6 million into ...

TNS launches new P2P VPN Solution - - 2019-01-10

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Expect volatility but positive returns in 2019 says deVere - - 2019-01-10

Volatility will persist throughout 2019, reflecting uncertainty as the Fed tightens monetary policy – but current stock market valuations will generate positive returns for investors. ...

Albion Capital launches £36 million VCT fundraising - - 2019-01-09

Albion Capital, the leading independent investment manager, is seeking to raise up to £36 million through top up off...

Five things to look out for in 2019 - Graham Bishop, Heartwood IM - 2019-01-09

Graham Bishop, investment director at Heartwood Investment Management, gives his insight on what we can expect in 2019 ...

Learning is the New Tech says CEO of EdtechX Holdings - - 2019-01-09

By Benjamin Vedrenne-Cloquet, Chief Executive of EdtechX Holdings...

WestBridge announces recent promotions - - 2019-01-09

UK buyout investor, WestBridge, has promoted Tim Whittard (pictured) to director and Edward Minton to Investment Manager. ...

Crowdcube hits record figures in 2018 - - 2019-01-08

Crowdcube hit its best-ever figures across a range of measures in 2018, as crowdfunding continues to cement its popularity with entrepreneurs and invest...

Allocations to infrastructure funds set to soar says Foresight Group - - 2019-01-08

UK infrastructure’s rapid transition from a niche to an increasingly mainstream asset class has been underlined by a new study, which reveals that over six-in-ten (62%1) financial ...

Silicon Valley Bank’s 2019 Healthcare Report: record investment in the U.S. and Europe - - 2019-01-08

Healthcare venture investment in the U.S. and Europe reached a new high in 2018, according to Silicon Valley Bank, the bank of the world’s most i...

IGF financing fits golf business benross down to a tee - - 2019-01-08

In 1997 ...

Red Industries secures £39m funding from BGF - - 2019-01-08

Red Industries, the hazardous and non-hazardous waste management business, has secured a £39m funding package from ...

2018 a record breaking year for Archangels - - 2019-01-08

Archangels, the Edinburgh-based business angel investment syndicate, believed to be the oldest in the world, led a record breaking £22.4m of invest...

Seedrs reports best year yet - - 2019-01-07

Leading private equity investment platform Seedrs has announced a record-breaking year full of industry firsts, European growth and the highest level...

Mercia boosts regional SMEs with almost £60m invested in 2018 - - 2019-01-07

Mercia invested £59.7million in 2018, with over 90 per cent of the funding going to businesses outside of London and the South East. The figur...

HBAN to sign up 75 new angels in 2019 - - 2019-01-07

HBAN (Halo Business Angel Network), the all-island organisation responsible for the promotion of business angel ...

Institutional capital to ‘considerably expand’ crypto market in 2019 - - 2019-01-07

Institutional investors – excited by greater regulatory clarity - are going to drive “considerable expansion” of the cryptocurrency market in 2019. Th...

Boundary Capital Partners portfolio company raises £3.6m to accelerate growth - - 2019-01-07

Dymag Group, the British designer and manufacturer of carbon hybrid automotive wheels, i...

East London is ready for Veganuary as The Plant Hub opens - - 2019-01-07

The Plant Hub, a brand-new space coming to East London in January 2019 is set to revolutionise the way we see, eat and...

Bowmark Capital raises £600 million fund in 10 weeks - - 2019-01-07

Bowmark Capital, the mid-market private equity firm, has announced the closing of its new fund, Bowmark Capital Partners VI, ...

Bamboo Capital Partners poised to scale following successful funding round - - 2019-01-06

Impact investing platform Bamboo Capital Partners has secured additional investment following a successful funding roun...

Green Angel Syndicate leads investment into e-bike company Swytch Technology - - 2018-12-21

Green Angel Syndicate (GAS) is delighted to announce its latest investment in state-of-the-art e-bike company ...

Sigmavision secures £1m Midlands Engine Investment Fund - - 2018-12-21

Sigmavision, which has developed an innovative tool to check the safety of vehicle tyres, has secured £1m funding to help roll it out to the global a...

BGF invests £5m in care home provider Parklands Group - - 2018-12-21

Parklands Group, one of the largest independent care home providers in the north of Scotland, has received a £5m investment from ...

Scottish Equity Partners invests in £29m funding in TotallyMoney - - 2018-12-21

Credit Fintech provider TotallyMoney has agreed £29 million of funding from ...

Kernel Capital appoints new Managing Partner - - 2018-12-21

Kernel Capital has announced that in March 2019, Andrew Graham is to take on the role of Managing Partner. He takes over from Niall Olden&nbs...

Creating a Portfolio of Angel Investments - David Smith, Dow Schofield Watts Angels - 2018-12-21

The general risks of unquoted investing Each of the Dow Schofield Watts Angels investment circulars states that you are significantly more likely to lose your money than to...

YFM exit GTK Ltd generating a 3.4x return - - 2018-12-21

YFM Equity Partners has exited its investment in GTK Limited for £14.3m, to Volex Plc, generating a return of 3.4x original...

Faster capital deployment linked to lower returns says eFront - - 2018-12-21

Limited partners in private equity funds should be wary of putting managers under pressure to deploy capital – that is the conclusion of new research published by ...

Oxbridge growth corridor set to become £400bn post-Brexit powerhouse - - 2018-12-21

The economic contribution of the Cambridge – Milton Keynes – Oxford Growth Corridor to the UK’s post-Brexit economy could reach £400billion by 2050, ...

Northleaf Capital Partners launches Northleaf Venture Catalyst Fund II - - 2018-12-20

Northleaf Capital Partners, Canada's largest independent global private markets fund manager, has launched an initial clo...

YFM Equity Partners-backed Gill Marine sets sail with new investors - - 2018-12-20

YFM Equity Partners has sold its stake in Gill Marine Holdings Limited for an undisclosed sum to the Myers fam...

Ascension Ventures Announces 14 New Investors - - 2018-12-20

Ascension Ventures, the London-based investment firm, re cent funding round will see the addition of 14 new ...

Bregal Milestone invests in e-mobility specialist Greenstorm from €400 million fund - - 2018-12-20

Bregal Milestone, a European private capital firm, has completed an investment into Greenstorm, an innovat...

New App Launches in London offering local delivery, for everything and anything! - - 2018-12-20

London based Pinga...

Renephra raises significant funding from NorthInvest - - 2018-12-19

An innovative treatment for those suffering from the effects of a debilitating medical condition is now a step closer after a significant investment from NorthI...

Is Cleantech Entrepreneurship missing out on the Diversity Dividend? - - 2018-12-19

This report by Mayor of London ...

Dorset Business Angels reflects on raising more than £2.5m since 2013 - - 2018-12-19

Dorset Business Angels have been reflecting on their raising and facilitating of investments in excess of £2.5 million since the organisation...

Startup Funding Club invests in Cardiff sports media business Lead Sports - - 2018-12-19

Leading Sports and Media, a Cardiff based sports promotion and digital marketing company that provides commercial development for professional cycling races&n...

HBAN's aim to raise €10M from 50 female angels - - 2018-12-19

HBAN&...

Foresight backs The Children’s Furniture Company - - 2018-12-18

Foresight Group has made a substantial investment into Caphan Trading Limited, trading as ...

Downing Crowd launches first bond with more upside for investors - - 2018-12-18

Investment platform Downing Crowd has launched its first bond to offer investors an attractive fixed return of 7.5% p.a. plus the potential for added e...

EBAN Publishes Compendium of European Co-Investment Funds with Business Angels - - 2018-12-18

EBAN has published the latest edition of its ...

GP Bullhound: technology predictions for 2019 - - 2018-12-18

Technology’s transformative effect has touched every corner of today’s world. Its commercial, social and political impact...

Blend Network secures £10m of seed funding - Peer2Peer Finance News - 2018-12-18

PEER-TO-PEER development loans platform Blend Network has secured £10m of funding from private investors. The late-seed round of fi...

UNCDF and Bamboo launch blended finance initiative - - 2018-12-17

The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) and ...

Giles Andrews joins Dynamic Credit to Chair Supervisory Board - - 2018-12-17

Giles Andrews OBE, co-founder of Zopa, the world’s first marketplace lender, will join Dynamic Credit&nb...

Startups pitch to Fortum in a unique taxi ride - - 2018-12-17

Fortum Pitchalong Shuttle is a new EV-taxi where sustainable and innovative startups pitch their ideas directly to Fortum’s executives. A moving electric v...

dott raises ?20 million from EQT Ventures and Naspers Ventures - - 2018-12-17

dott, the European micro-mobility company, announces today a €20 million early stage funding round. The investment has been co-led by the ...

YFM Equity Partners sells Mangar Health - - 2018-12-17

YFM Equity Partners has sold its stake in Mangar Health Limited for an undisclosed sum to Winncare Group Ltd, a leading French medical device company, delivering a 2.7x return to investors. ...

Goldex raises over £1m to create marketplace that consolidates the best prices in gold - - 2018-12-17

Goldex, the first smart trading app that powers ethical pricing for retail gold investments today announced it has raised over £1 million i...

Digital GP service receives £1 million investment from Maven - - 2018-12-14

A Coventry-firm responsible for creating a web platform that provides online services for general medical consultations and prescriptions has received a £1million funding p...

Wandelbots raises €6m from Paua Ventures and EQT - - 2018-12-14

Wandelbots, the company that is democratising robotics with demonstration-based teaching, has secured a €6 million Series A funding rou...

Gareth Price joins Maven's investment team - - 2018-12-14

Maven Capital Partners has further expanded its investment t...

PopTopUK f£615k from Dow Schofield Watts Angels and Northstar - - 2018-12-14

PopTopUK Limited, the UK’s leading online events marketplace, has secured a £615,000 equity investment from a syndicate led by ...

Angels Invest Wales confirm £400,000 for DAS - - 2018-12-14

Angels Invest Wales has closed its second Wales Angel Co-investment Fund deal with a £400,000 seed investme...

Latest Riverside Exit Sounds Great - - 2018-12-13

The Riverside Company has signed a definitive agreement to sell DPA Microphones (DPA), a...

LNC Therapeutics appoints board members - - 2018-12-13

LNC Therapeutics, a French biotech company specializing in gut microbiome-based drug discovery, has expanded its Board of Directors, we...

Mid Europa Partners acquires intive from Enterprise Investors - - 2018-12-13

Mid Europa Partners, the leading private equity investor in Central and Eastern Europe, has entered into an agreement to acquire ...

InMotion Ventures invests in six new companies in 2018 - - 2018-12-13

In 2018, InMotion Ventures, Jaguar Land Rover’s venture capital arm backed six start-ups that could change the way we travel. In addition...

P2PFA platforms surpass £10 billion in lending - - 2018-12-13

Total lending facilitated by P2PFA platforms passed £10 billion during the third quarter of 2018 with the sector’s contributio...

techspert.io receives £1M for world’s first AI-powered ‘expert finder’ - - 2018-12-12

techspert.io has secured £1M in second round funding for its pioneering expert-finding and evaluating technology. ...

British Business Bank appoints Director for the North and Midlands - - 2018-12-12

The British Business Bank has appointed Geoff Whiteland to a new position as UK Network Director, North of England and the Midlands....

'Investing is a team sport...' says serial investor Bridget Connell - - 2018-12-12

In its latest interview Invested Investor talks to Bridget Connell, an Invested Investor who started investing four years ago and has completed five deals since....

iDefigo raises latest funding from Unicorn Ascension Fund - - 2018-12-12

iDefigo Group Ltd , which offers IoT (Internet of Things) solutions for the surveillance industry, has raised £1.5m as part of their latest round. T...

eHealth Ventures Invests in Engineering for All - - 2018-12-12

eHealth Ventures, the leading Digital Health technological incubator in Israel, has annou...

eMoov learned the hard way what it costs to win - - 2018-12-11

Emoov has gone into administration...

Does a more challenging period lie ahead for credit investors? - - 2018-12-11

By David Absolon, Investment Director at Heartwood Investment Management, the asset management arm of Handelsbanken in the UK ...

Seedrs portfolio company Oppo Brothers acquisition by HP Wild - - 2018-12-11

Seedrs, Europe’s leading equity investment platform, announces that shareholders of portfolio company Oppo Br...

The Naked Deli opens city centre outlet at iconic location on Grey Street - - 2018-12-11

Foresight portfolio company, The Naked Deli, has opened a new city centre outlet in Grey ...

Investing in Computing Architecture – Part II - Eva Rez, Episode 1 Ventures - 2018-12-11

The Graphcore...

Governments intervene in 42.2% of all European VC investments - - 2018-12-10

European governments intervene in almost half of all venture capital investments for entrepreneurs, according to new research from emlyon business school...

DTCP invests in Cellwize - - 2018-12-10

Cellwize, a global leader in mobile network automation and orchestration, has announced an equity funding investment from DT...

Only 1% of entrepreneurs regret starting their own company - - 2018-12-10

New research by The Recruit Venture Group has uncovered the t...

Maven and SIB exit investment in Incremental delivering a 4.1x return - - 2018-12-10

Maven Capital Partners and the Scottish Investment Bank have exited from Incremental Gro...

Maven & YFM exit Indigo Telecom Group - - 2018-12-10

Maven Capital Partners and YFM Equity Partners have exited their investment in ...

CrowdProperty first property lender to provide performance metrics - - 2018-12-07

CrowdProperty has become the latest peer-to-peer loan originator to disclose their lending performance using ...

State Street Quarterly Brexometer Index reveals sentiment towards Brexit - - 2018-12-07

State Street Corporation has launched the latest findings from its Brexometer Index, a quarterly pulse survey of...

Research: Size matters in private equity reporting says eFront - - 2018-12-07

First study of its kind from eFront finds that larger LPs receive more information from GPs, and best practice in privat...

3/4 of growth businesses back PM's deal over ‘no-deal’ says BGF survey - - 2018-12-07

The majority (75 per cent) of the UK’s growth businesses would prefer to move forward with Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal than face further political upheaval, according to a poll co...

Shoosmiths advises on nGAGE’s acquisition of Henlow Recruitment Group - - 2018-12-07

Private equity experts at UK law firm Shoosmiths have advised nGAGE, one of the coun...

The Stanhope Entrepreneurs Fund leads S4 Capital equity raise - - 2018-12-06

The Stanhope Entrepreneurs Fund, a growth capital fund managed by Stanhope Capital, the global investment and advisory group, has completed its first investment. The SEF is the lead investor in a c...

Investing in Computing Architecture: viewpoint from Episode 1 - - 2018-12-06

Part I What is the big deal about AI chips? Training: algorithms analyse the underlying data and learn from it. In a neural network model, the...

Over a third of SMEs concerned about Brexit, says GlobalData - - 2018-12-06

Brexit remains the largest concern for small businesses in 2018, as uncertainty remains over whether a deal of any sort will be reached by the March 2019 deadline, says ...

MEIF Maven Debt Finance backs Automotive Macliver - - 2018-12-06

MEIF Maven Debt Finance has provided Automotive Macliver ...

Ecore completes €255 M senior secured notes offering - - 2018-12-06

H.I.G. Capital, a leading global private equity investment firm with over €26 billion of equity capital under management, is pleased t...

Nine companies have closed funding Seedrs in November - - 2018-12-05

9 companies reached their funding targets with ...

PIMFA Millennial Forum Report on ‘Life in the 21st Century’ Launched - - 2018-12-05

PIMFA, the trade association for wealth managers and financial advisers, officially launched the third in the series of their flagship Mille...

Influencer marketing is ineffective for brands’ online ranking - - 2018-12-05

Influencer marketing has risen to the forefront in recent years, particularly when harnessed with live video trends on social channels. Many brands have looked to influencers to promote their produ...

British Business Bank invests in £30m Northern Ireland Growth Finance Fund - - 2018-12-05

The British Business Bank, the UK government-owned economic development bank, has today announced a £10.5m commitment to WhiteRock Capital Partners LLP’s new Growth Finance Fund. This i...

Four lead angels prepare to invest in Wales - - 2018-12-05

Four of Wales’ top entrepreneurs have been named as the first four lead investors for the Development Bank of Wales’ £8 million Wales Angel Co-investment ...

NVM adds four to investment team - - 2018-12-05

NVM Private Equity has strengthened its investment team with the recruitment of Sam Sinclair, Ishaan Chilkoti, Charlotte Clarke and Carmine ...

Seneca Partners sells North West based Foodpack - - 2018-12-04

3 years on from saving the business from Administration in a £7.5m deal, Seneca backed Foodpack Limited...

Mobeus backs Kudos to accelerate research impact - - 2018-12-04

Kudos, the award-winning service for maximising the reach and impact of academic research, has closed a Series A investment round led by ...

Capital Step funds the MBO of Brightwater - - 2018-12-04

Capital Step has successfully funded the management buy-out of Brightwater, a leading independent recrui...

Kuber Ventures hires former Fidelity International client services specialist - - 2018-12-04

Kuber Ventures, the alternative investment platform specialising in EIS and SEIS, has announced the appointment of a new Head of Cli...

deVere launches range of investment solutions under new division, dVAM - - 2018-12-04

One of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations, deVere Group, is to launch a suite of mutual funds under it...

OpenLegacy Raises $30 Million from Worldwide Strategic & Financial Investors - - 2018-12-03

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New board member for Intro Crowd - - 2018-12-03

Strategic land investment platform Intro Crowd is pleased to welcome a new member to their board of directors this week...

Meet the second batch of startups from Europe's first AI accelerator - - 2018-12-03

Rockstart has selected the startups for its 2nd AI accelerator program located in Den Bosch, the Netherlands. Talented women and men from seven differe...

The AngelNews Wine Column: Caspar Bowes reports back from Burgundy - Caspar Bowes, Bowes Wine - 2018-12-03

By Caspar Bowes, Bowes Wine I’ve just returned from a few days in Burgundy: a brief sojourn that offered (besides clear insights into th...

Moteefe raises fresh funding from the Unicorn Ascension Fund - - 2018-12-03

Custom Materials Ltd (“Moteefe”), a social commerce platform, has recently raised funding from the Unic...

InMotion makes planning adventures easy - - 2018-11-30

Jaguar Land Rover's venture capital fund InMotion Ventures has announced its seed investment ...

Foresight makes £249,000 MEIF investment into Footfalls and Heartbeats Ltd - - 2018-11-30

Foresight Group LLP has announced a £249,000 equity investment into ...

Northstar Ventures to boost Durham's small businesses - - 2018-11-30

ENTREPRENEURS who are part of an incubator designed to help companies grow and thrive in County Durham will now be able to access up to £10,000 of funding each. ...

PIMFA calls for a review of the FSCS following a further interim levy announcement - - 2018-11-30

PIMFA, the trade assoc...

Fielmann announces multi-million investment in AR leader FittingBox - - 2018-11-30

Fielmann Ventures GmbH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fielmann AG, has announced that it has subscribed to a capital increase fo...

LPX launches new index for the growing Private Debt Market - - 2018-11-29

With Private Debt becoming one of the cutting edge markets in the broader asset markets, The timely introduction of the DLX Direct Lending Index will give asset managers and analysts the informatio...

New Company Accepted at the eHealth Ventures Incubator - - 2018-11-29

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British Business Bank announces new commitment with Funding Cirlce SME Income Fund - - 2018-11-29

The British Business Bank has announced a commitment of up to £150m for lending to UK small businesses through ...

NVM closes Private Equity Vintage III - - 2018-11-29

NVM Private Equity has announced that it has raised £142 million for its debut Institutional Fund. NVM Private Equity Vintage III has received commitm...

UK's largest VCT reaches halfway fundraising milestone of £60m - - 2018-11-29

Octopus Investments, part of ...

Boost for temporary staff as digistisation creates finance team skills gap - - 2018-11-28

Three quarters (75%) of Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) believe digitalisation will have a positive impact for temporary employees within the finance department, according to research1 f...

Blackpool business becomes recipient of the 30,000th EFG-backed facility - - 2018-11-28

The British Business Bank’s Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG) programme has now supp...

Female founders don’t seek investment because ‘they won’t be taken seriously’ - - 2018-11-28

A prominent VC firm has kick-started a campaign to increase the number of applications for investment from female founders, after discovering only 4% of 4,216 pitch decks were from female founders....

Maven leads £1m investment in water technologies business G2O - - 2018-11-28

Maven Capital Partners, one of the UK’s most active private equity firms, has led a £1m series B i...

Brexit and Small Business - Mark Brownridge, EISA - 2018-11-28

Sunday's announcement that EU leaders have agreed to the draft Brexit deal, brought forward by Theresa May, puts us one step closer to the end of the road. Although backing of the deal i...

Japanese equities: A sleeping giant slowly awakes - Michael Stanes, Heartwood IM - 2018-11-27

Michael Stanes, Investment Director at Heartwood Investment Management Global invest...

Proskins secures £250,000 from MEIF Maven Debt Finance - - 2018-11-27

Maven Capital Partners has provided Mansfield-based Proskins Ltd, a manufacturer of sports and fit...

Symvan leads £1m investment in digital intel firm Neotas - - 2018-11-27

Neotas, a ‘digital intelligence’ business which provides enhanced due diligence and HR screening, has closed a funding round of over...

OMass Therapeutics announces £14 M Series A financing - - 2018-11-27

OMass Therepeutics, a biopharmaceutical company using structural mass spectrometry to discover novel medicines, has announced completion o...

Government's SME action plan; what is it? UKBAA comments - Jenny Tooth, CEO, UKBAA - 2018-11-26

HM Treasury has announced an action plan to increase the growth for UK SME's by aiming to spend £1 in every £3 with SMEs, directly or through the supply chain, by 2022, meani...

5th UK Alternative Finance Report - - 2018-11-26

The UK online alternative finance market volume grew by 35 percent in 2017, to £6.2 billion (from £4.6 billion in 2016), as peer-to-peer business lending became an increasin...

Gary Barlow brings festive stardust to Daisy & Ollie Christmas special - - 2018-11-26

VCT & EIS Investor Forum sponsor CHF Entertainment has anno...

Europe’s top innovators celebrated at Corporate Entrepreneur Awards 2018 - - 2018-11-26

Market Gravity, the proposition design consultancy, hosted its ninth annual Corporate Entrepreneur Awa...

BGF invests in protein analysis biotech firm Fluidic Analytics - - 2018-11-26

Fluidic Analytics, a Cambridge-based life sciences business, has secured a £24m funding package to continue its research and developmen...

Zopa maintains credit policy as it revises default expectations - Peer2Peer Finance News - 2018-11-26

Zopa has stood by its decision to tighten its credit policy, claiming its loan performance has remained steady despite default expectation...

Calculus Capital launches zero initial fee VCT offer - - 2018-11-23

Award-winning Enterprise Investment Scheme and Venture Capital Trust specialist Calculus Capital is to waive initial fees on its new VCT until the end of th...

Private equity secondaries funds reach record distributions says efront - - 2018-11-23

Data from eFront, the world’s leading alternative investment management software and solutions provider,...

Mercia backed BlackCurve bolsters leadership team - - 2018-11-23

Price management and optimisation company, ...

Sunamp raises £2.2m late seed funding from Equity Gap and Par Equity - - 2018-11-23

Sunamp, the technology company that is fundamentally improving energy storage for heating and hot water in homes and busine...

Origin Capital supports a £1.5m investment Into Echion Technologies - - 2018-11-23

Origin Capital has announced that it led a syndicate supporting Echion Technologies in its recent...

Thermetrix Ltd secures £500k to develop innovative diabetic footcare device - - 2018-11-22

Thermetrix Ltd has secured £500,000 investment for their latest venture to support the devel...

Vizolution goes global with development bank funding - - 2018-11-22

Port Talbot headquartered Vizolution will be expanding in North America and South America following a recent round of...

DRL Partitions secures £200k Development Bank of Wales investment - - 2018-11-22

The Development Bank of Wales has confirmed a £200,000 investment in Dafen based DRL Partitions Limited (DRL)...

W2 Global Data Solutions secures £3m Series A funding - - 2018-11-22

W2, a provider of SaaS, B2B software solutions and services has today announced it has completed a &...

The Robots are coming! - - 2018-11-22

Experience and interact with the latest developments in robotics technology at this year's ...

The Riverside Company’s latest exit a natural success - - 2018-11-21

The Riverside Company has signed a definitive agreement to sell its investment in Euromed Botanic...

Gohenry completes £6.2m raise on Crowdcube - - 2018-11-21

Gohenry, the company behind the gohenry financial tool which is enabling a generation of kids and teens to ...

Drone Evolution secures £180k from Wales Angel Co-investment Fund - - 2018-11-21

The Development Bank of Wales’ latest fund, the Wales Angel Co-investment Fund, will provide its first £90,000 of match fundin...

Careercake.com secures over £300,000 - - 2018-11-21

Cardiff-based online learning platform, Careercake, has secured over £300,000 in its latest funding round. The round has been led b...

Business News Wales secures six figure investment - - 2018-11-21

Following a year of steady growth that includes working with over 70 of Wales’ largest brands, Business News Wales has announced new investment fr...

Business Angel Rachel Hannan named in Faces of a Vibrant Economy list - - 2018-11-20

Angel Investor and Real World Group Chair Rachel Hannan has made the list of 100 progressive business leaders. As pa...

RED Capital Partners to launch VC fund to back women entrepreneurs - - 2018-11-20

RED Capital Partners, a new venture capital firm with offices in Madrid and Tel Aviv, has announced that it will launch RED Ve...

Brexit comment from UKBAA head - Jenny Tooth, UKBAA - 2018-11-20

Comment from UKBAA's Jenny Tooth As of this week, the UK has been placed on the world's centre stage as Parliament discusses whether to agree upon the proposed Brexit ...

Exponential growth is the venture-sized opportunity - - 2018-11-20

By Damien Lane, Episode 1 Ventures A lot of founders tha...

WestBridge appoints new Investment Manager - - 2018-11-19

WestBridge Capital has appointed a new Investment Manager as growth continues. Chartered accounta...

Flint Hire and Supply secures funding from IGF - - 2018-11-19

Flint Hire and Supply Ltd (Flints),the UK’s number one theatrical chandlers, has secured funding from ...

Inovus Medical set to expand following £500k Mercia investment - - 2018-11-19

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Ashfords advises Fluidly on £5 million investment - - 2018-11-19

Leading law firm, Ashfords LLP has advised Fluidly, an applied Artificial Intelligence (AI) company on a re...

Rethinking Venture Capital: A new perspective - Belinda Thomas, Triple Point - 2018-11-19

By Belinda Thomas, Triple Point Making the journey from start-up to scale up can be one of the most preca...

Festicket raises $10.5m from Beringea and InMotion Ventures - - 2018-11-16

Festicket, the world’s largest portal for music festival experiences, is announcing $10.5 million in Series D f...

We won’t know if the Brexit deal is good, bad or ugly for another 10 years - Nigel Green, CEO deVere Group - 2018-11-16

We won’t know if the Brexit deal is good, bad or ugly for another 10 years. If you’re serious about creating, building and safeguarding wealth in the next decade, you need to cons...

Online marketplace for photographers ‘snaps’ up £500,000 investment - - 2018-11-16

An online photography marketplace has secured £500,000, less than nine months launching its new customer facing platform. Perfoc...

Healthcare entrepreneurs gather in Exeter to put their innovations to the test - - 2018-11-16

Healthcare entrepreneurs from the South West of England gathered at Exeter Racecourse to take part in a four-day workshop designe...

App platform all set for growth with £750k investment - - 2018-11-16

Kumulos, a Scottish software company which has developed a platform for managing mobile apps, has completed a £750,000 funding round backed by ...

2018 CIL 'State of the Nation' survey reveals positive sentiment despite Brexit - - 2018-11-15

CIL, the leading management consultancy, has unveiled its annual State of the Nation Survey of management teams, private equity investors, debt provider...

BioSURE named Pitch@Palace winner - - 2018-11-15

Pitch@Palace has hosted its tenth UK Event at Buckingham Palace, announcing BioSURE as the winner, w...

UK investment markets: Let’s not talk about Brexit - Matthew Toms, Heartwood Investment Management - 2018-11-15

By Matthew Toms, Investment Manager at Heartwood Investment Management Offering insight int...

Lambeth and Westminster invest in Resonance's Real Lettings Property Fund - - 2018-11-15

The Real Lettings Property Fund² (RLPF²), managed by social impact investment company Resonance and homelessness charity St Mung...

GTM V - Pitching to VCs - What to tell us about your customers - Siobhan Clarke, Episode 1 - 2018-11-15

At a broad level – pitching to VCs is a process over many months and at different levels of depth. ...

Albion Capital invests £5m in women’s health clinic - - 2018-11-15

Albion Capital...

How will the new EIS fund affect small businesses? - Luke Davis, IW Capital - 2018-11-14

CEO of Private investment house IW Capital, Luke Davis, comments on the introduction of a new EIS fund that focuses on knowledge intensive S...

Jeremy Schwartz appointed as chairman of Inverleith-backed Good Hemp - - 2018-11-14

Braham and Murray Good Hemp, the plant based food and drink consumer brand which manufactures consumer brand products from hemp seed, including an a...

Profile: Mr and Mrs Investment aka Helena Murphy and Duncan Di Biase - - 2018-11-14

A constant stream of funding success stories in the media, and the rise of more down to earth and approachable crowdfunding platforms, suggests it has never been easier to raise investment for your...

Montezumas secures investment from Inverleith - - 2018-11-14

Montezuma’s, a company founded by Helen and Simon Pattinson in 2000, has received investment from Edinburgh-based private equity firm ...

Maven and Development Bank of Wales invest £3m in Motokiki - - 2018-11-14

Maven Capital Partners and the Development Bank of Wales have confirmed a £3 million equity investment in ...

Can entrepreneurs truly understand resilience when they have limited experience of why they require it? - Jenny Tooth, UKBAA - 2018-11-13

The term resilience has become synonymous for SMEs that can weather Brexit - but what does this actually mean in the context of one of the most seismic events to effect the UK economy and pri...

Beauhurst reveals UK's fastest growing tech start ups - - 2018-11-13

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GTR Ventures makes 3 new deals at Singapore FinTech Festival - - 2018-11-13

GTR Ventures, the world’s first investment and venture-building platform specialised in trade and supply chain, has announced three new deals with ...

Mercia backed nDreams reveals first VR Arcade titles - - 2018-11-13

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Research by Octopus reveals there'd be more start ups if people could find a partner - - 2018-11-13

Helping people to find a co-founder would unlock the potential of UK entrepreneurship with millions more people likely to become entrepreneurs if they had someone to set up business with, new resea...

Kernel Capital and Suir Valley Ventures invest €2.25m in Nova Leah - - 2018-11-12

Kernel Capital and Suir Valley Ventures have invested €2.25 million i...

Why the underdog bribes - Dr Arthur Krebbers - 2018-11-12

Bribes are some entrepreneurs’ best friends. Picture yourself as a struggling startup founder from an ethnic minority in a developing country. Seed money to grow your venture is...

Growth Investor Awards winners announced - - 2018-11-12

BBC presenter Claudia Winkleman hosted the 2018 Growth Investor ...

FreeOx Biotech closes €500,000 funding round - - 2018-11-12

FreeOx Biotech, a spin-out of Hospital Clinic Barcelona-...

IW Capital calls for greater equal opportunities in the UK finance sector - Luke Davis, CEO, IW Capital - 2018-11-12

A week on from an Autumn Budget that failed to address the differences in opportunities for women in compared to men, IW Capital ...

Mercia leads £900k funding for Cyan Forensics - - 2018-11-12

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Durham City Incubator launched to grow small businesses - - 2018-11-09

AN INCUBATOR designed to help fledgling companies grow and thrive in County Durham has been launched at one of the region’s fastest growing business hubs. ...

P2P/crowdfunding platform Abundance achieves fundraise on Seedrs - - 2018-11-09

Pioneering ethical P2P/crowdfunding platform Abundance equity raise on Seedrs is now ful...

Fenton & Co. raises £850k to bring luxury gemstone engagement rings to UK market - - 2018-11-09

Independent jewellery company Fenton & Co. has announced its launch into the UK market, challenging the lack of transpar...

NorthInvest Announces partnership with Driad - - 2018-11-09

Northern Powerhouse focused company NorthInvest has announced a new partnership with Leeds based consultancy ...

Rejuicenate wins British Business Bank’s ‘Good to Grow’ competition - - 2018-11-09

Rejuicenate, a small business run by Liverpool-based sibling trio Adil, Leith and Dina Taha has won British Business Bank’s inaugur...

Kin Capital and Enterprise Investment Partners to merge - - 2018-11-08

Kin Capital and Enterprise Investment Partners have announced the merger of their two businesses, subject to...

Maven strengthens senior management team - - 2018-11-08

Maven Capital Partners has promoted five senior staff to partnership positions. The strengthening of its partnership base reflects Maven’s continued gro...

Foresight Williams Technology EIS Fund invests £1.5m Inovo Robotics - - 2018-11-08

Foresight Group announces the £1.5m growth capital investment into Inovo Robotics Limit...

Medherant positive Phase I results for drug delivery patch - - 2018-11-08

Mercia Technologies PLC, one of the UK’s most active technology investors, announces that its direct investment ...

Innovation boosts Europe's lead as global investment destination - - 2018-11-08

Europe’s attractiveness as an investment destination is on the rise compared to 2017, as the majority of global investors are more likely to invest in both the EU and the UK after Brexit, acc...

The Invested Investor, Startup Spotlight - - 2018-11-07

‘Start-up Spotlight’ by Invested Investor...

InMotion Ventures invests in revolutionary electric motorcycle company Arc Vector - - 2018-11-07

InMotion Ventures, Jaguar Land Rover’s venture capital fund, today announces its in...

Partech leads $1.6 million seed round for AI analytics firm Aiden.ai - - 2018-11-07

Aiden.ai, a London based AI analytics startup, announced today that it has raised a $1.6 million seed round to fuel the company’s rapid growth and the deve...

The AngelNews wine column: Howzzat?!? - - 2018-11-07

“I remember a visit to a domaine in Burgundy – Chambolle-Musigny to be precise – during which a question about oak opened the information fl...

Alquity reveals progress with release of 2018 impact report - - 2018-11-07

Alquity, the pioneering asset management business built on ESG principles, has released its first impact report, tr...

deVere launches actively managed cryptocurrency solution - - 2018-11-06

A pioneering actively managed cryptocurrency solution has been launched by one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations. ...

Foresight makes £2.5m investment into software provider Cimteq - - 2018-11-06

Foresight Group has invested £2.5 million to support the growth of North Wales-based software provider ...

Albion Capital to raise £36 million for the Albion VCTs - - 2018-11-06

Albion Capital, the leading independent investment manager, is intending to raise up to £36 ...

Goji Opens Up Direct Lending with SIPP launch - - 2018-11-06

Goji, the specialist direct lending investment manager and platform, has announced it will be ...

State of the Markets Report from Silicon Valley Bank - - 2018-11-06

Silicon Valley Bank has released its State of the Markets Q4 2018 ...

Invitation to Oxford Capital CIC Showcase 'Future of Mobility' on 15 November - - 2018-11-05

Oxford Capital would like to extend an invitation to Angelnews investors to their Future of Mobility Investment Showcase on Thursday 15th November at the IET in L...

Albion Capital portfolio company G.Network closes new financing - - 2018-11-05

G.Network Communications Ltd, Albion Capital have closed an agreement with Cube Infra...

HBAN aims to raise €10M from 50 female angels - - 2018-11-05

HBAN says it plans to recruit 50 new female business angel investors over the next three years. HBAN will r...

Fuel Ventures adds Real Links to expanding portfolio - - 2018-11-05

An online platform aimed at helping businesses improve employee referrals and reduce hiring costs has secured £275,000 from London-based investment fund, ...

CFP Composites secures £1.8m investment from Midven - - 2018-11-05

CFP Composites, a manufacturer of revolutionary ultra-lightweight and cost-efficient heat resistant materials – used to replace heavy metal parts i...

Shoosmiths advises Octopus Investments on clinical trial software deal - - 2018-11-02

Shoosmiths has advised the intermediate capital team of Octopus Investments on its latest gr...

EOS IM boosts Italian SME acquisitions with profitable coffee capsule company - - 2018-11-02

EOS Investment Management (EOS IM), an independent London based AIFM, has acquired Nero...

MEIF Maven Debt Finance provides £350,000 funding to DTC International - - 2018-11-02

MEIF Maven Debt Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners, has provided ...

Fluentify raises £1.5m to expand into the French market - - 2018-11-02

Fluentify, an online language tutoring platform that enables learners to perfect their spoken English, has raised ...

Seedrs' monthly round-up - - 2018-11-02

11 companies have made their funding targets and closed their rounds on Seedrs in October: ...

Downing LLP and Pivot Power partnership announce £25m hub site in Carlisle - - 2018-11-01

Investment manager, Downing LLP, is partnering with Pivot Power to build a £25 million grid-...

GTM IV – What tools should we use and where can I access advice? - Siobhan Clarke, Episode 1 - 2018-11-01

By Siobhan Clarke, Episode 1 Ventures Over the years of working in sales and with seed stage startups focused on B2B software, we’ve picke...

Foresight invests £2m into Merseyside-based Fieldway Supplies - - 2018-11-01

Foresight Group LLP has announced the £2 million investment into Merseyside-based F...

Unprecedented growth continues at Independent Growth Finance - - 2018-11-01

Independent Growth Finance (IGF), a leading independent asset...

Fundraising success for SWEN Capital Partners - - 2018-11-01

SWEN Capital Partners, a first-tier private equity firm, has announced that it has closed fundraising for its third infrastructure fund, SWEN In...

Shoosmiths’ private equity experts advise on sale of Ikon Science Limited to Great Hill Partners - - 2018-10-31

A TEAM of private equity experts at national law firm Shoosmiths has advised world leading GeoPrediction software...

Are the good times back in venture capital? - - 2018-10-31

New research from eFront, the leading financial software and solutions provider dedicated to Alternative Inves...

Dialysis pioneer Invizius named ‘Best Innovative MedTech’ - - 2018-10-31

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Foresight backs BIMBO of Company Cards with £1.9m investment - - 2018-10-31

Foresight Group LLP has announced a £1.9 million investment supporting the buy-in management buyo...

BBOXX and BEAM forge groundbreaking energy access partnership in Togo - - 2018-10-31

BEAM, the investment platform created by Bamboo Capital Partners,...

Does the future look brighter for European equities? - Nikki Howes, Investment Associate at Heartwood Investment Management - 2018-10-30

On the heels of a strong 2017, the European economy has suffered a disappointing 2018 so far. Stalling economic momentum in the first half of the year has be...

Study illustrates the gender balance - - 2018-10-30

SmallBusinessPrices.co.uk has delved into exclusive data to highlight the extent of the UK gender imbalance disparity. The research s...

GTR Ventures makes first Africa investment - - 2018-10-30

GTR Ventures, the world’s first investment and venture-building platform specialized in trade and supply chain, has announced an investment in&nb...

W2 Global Data Solutions secures £3M Series A funding - - 2018-10-30

W2, a provider of SaaS, B2B software solutions and services has today announced it has completed a £3million Serie...

Budget roundup - contributors comment on yesterday's budget - - 2018-10-30

Ivan Sedgwick, Investments Director at LGB & Co commented on the 2018 Budget: ...

Bitcoin’s 10th anniversary: its dominance will decline, but crypto market will rise by 5000% - - 2018-10-29

Bitcoin’s influence and dominance of the cryptocurrency sector will “drastically reduce” in its second decade, with the crypto market likely to expand by &ldq...

Wahed Invest raises additional £6m as international expansion accelerates - - 2018-10-29

Wahed Invest, the UK’s first halal online investment platform, has raised an additional £6m this year from existing invest...

British Business Bank increases funding to Henry Howard Finance - - 2018-10-29

The British Business Bank, the UK government-owned economic development bank, has announced a second £51m tranche of funding for Hen...

PBD Biotech secures grant of key patent for its new bacterial diagnostic technology - - 2018-10-29

Suffolk-based biotechnology company, PBD Biotech Ltd, has announced that its key technology patent has be...

Baird Capital invests in Crisp - - 2018-10-29

Baird Capital, the direct investment arm of Robert W Baird and Co., has announced that it has acquired a minori...

Foresight invests £375,000 into Equus Products and Services - - 2018-10-26

Foresight Group LLP has announced a £375,000 investment into Equus Products and Servi...

Klydo Raises £1m To Codify Innovation - - 2018-10-26

Klydo, the innovation research assistant that uses advanced machine learning technology to help consumer brands accelerate their product innovation,...

Baltic fintech boom - what's ahead? - - 2018-10-26

With Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia named 3 of the top 7 most innovative EU member states, Lithuanian startup ...

SmallBusinessPrices.co.uk reveals the sectors with the highest valued startups - - 2018-10-26

Research finds the Entertainment, E-commerce and Media sector has the highest valued startups with companies such as Uber ($68 bil...

Catapult Network adds £215 million for regional investment - Mark Brownridge, Director General, EISA - 2018-10-26

Comment by Mark Browridge, Director General of EISA The Modern Industrial Str...

British Business Investments publishes full year results - - 2018-10-25

British Business Investments, a wholly-owned commercial subsidiary of ...

Foresight Williams invests £1.7m in FreeFlow Technologies - - 2018-10-25

Foresight Group has announced a £1.7 million investment from the Foresight...

MEIF supports specialist medical device business with £250,000 expansion package - - 2018-10-25

Specialist provider of medical devices and equipment, IQ Medical...

Scottish cyber security firm ZoneFox acquired by Fortinet - - 2018-10-25

Leading cyber security software specialist, ZoneFox, has been sold by its shareholders – including Scottish business angel investment syndicates, ...

Nick Kingsbury and Volker Hirsch join Amadeus Capital Partners - - 2018-10-25

Global technology investor Amadeus Capital Partners today announces the addition of two UK-b...

Birmingham inventors secure funding to launch world’s first serviced battery - - 2018-10-24

Two award-winning inventors with a mission to develop more sustainable batteries have secured £150,000 to help launch their latest product from the ...

Maven Capital Partners completes investment in Acton Banks - - 2018-10-24

Maven Capital Partners has led the management buyout of Acton Banks Limited, a market leadin...

Strong Q3 growth pushes UK dividends within touching distance of £100bn for 2018 - - 2018-10-24

UK dividends rose 4.1% to £32.3bn in Q3, breaking a third-quarter record, according to the latest UK Dividend Monitor from Link Asset Services...

Patient-data platform Raremark raises £3m - - 2018-10-24

Raremark, the leading patient-data platform in rare disease, has raised £3m in funding from investors, led by ...

Don’t invest in warring founders - Simon Murdoch, Episode 1 - 2018-10-24

Simon Murdoch, Episode1 Ventures When founders share the same vision, ambition and dedication for a great business...

UK regions come to the fore in producing $1bn tech companies - - 2018-10-23

The UK’s regional cities are competing head to head with Europe’s biggest capitals Oxbridge beats Paris and Berlin creating nine unicorns, comp...

Foresight supports growth of Alpkit with £1 million investment - - 2018-10-23

Foresight Group has made a £1m investment into Nottingham-based Alpkit Limited on behalf of...

Cibus Fund first to achieve Guernsey Green Fund status - - 2018-10-23

ADM Capital Europe LLP announces that its Cibus Fund, the global agribusiness investment fund, has been designated as a ...

Kindaba secures investment from Skyscanner founder - - 2018-10-23

Kindaba, a private visual messenger for families, has secured investment from Gareth Williams ahead of their CrowdFunding Campaign. Kindaba helps ...

IW Capital provides £1.1 million loan to Troika Systems - - 2018-10-22

IW Capital has announced senior loan funding of £1.1 million to assist in the acquisition of ...

Master Investor 'Investing in the Age of Longevity' takes place on 1 November - - 2018-10-22

Master Investor "Investing in the age of Longevity" takes place on 1st November 2018 ...

Maven sells Dundee student accommodation asset for £9.5 million to 90 North - - 2018-10-22

Maven Capital Partners, a leading UK property and private equity manager, has sold Marketgait Apart...

Manufacturingsource.com receives £500,000 from Fuel Ventures - - 2018-10-22

London-based investment fund, Fuel Ventures, has invested £500,000 in Manufacturingsource.com, an on-demand manufacturing platform...

CrowdProperty Surpasses £10m Repaid to Lenders - - 2018-10-22

CrowdProperty, the specialist property peer-to-peer lender, has now repaid over £10,000,000 to lend...

Beauhurst boosts spinouts coverage with acquisition of Spinouts UK - - 2018-10-22

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Crowdfunding can make companies more successful - - 2018-10-19

Listening to investors at the start of a new business can make the difference between success and failure, according to new research from the UCL School of Mana...

Edison Strategic Insight, Market valuations improving in UK and Europe - - 2018-10-19

Edison Strategic Insight: Market valuations improving in UK and Europe. There are risks, but valuation risk is slowly receding, with the...

Thriving SME Borrowing Levels Bolster the Growth of Alternative Finance - - 2018-10-19

A 2018 OECD report has shown that alternat...

Shopblocks secures £300k investment from Dow Schofield Watts Angels - - 2018-10-19

Dow Schofield Watts Angels – the Northern angel network – has completed its second deal, with a £300,000 investment in Miribase Li...

Beyond the pitch — the first 100 days with a VC on board - Adrian Lloyd, Episode 1 - 2018-10-18

By Adrian Lloyd, Episode 1 Ventures ...

New technology transfer network set to accelerate innovation in the Midlands - - 2018-10-18

The Midlands Innovation group of universities has launched the largest collaboration between university technology transfer offices in the UK, to ...

UKBAA and British Business Bank study reveals regional disparity in angel investing - - 2018-10-18

Further to an extensive national study commissioned by The UKBAA and The British Business Bank, nationwide data reveals clear regional disparity across the UK, with a stagge...

Maven exits investment in Cursor Controls with 2.68x return - - 2018-10-18

Maven Capital Partners has exited from its investment in Cursor Controls Limited, a developer and manufacturer o...

Martin Fincham joins Mercia-backed immersive tech company Gorilla in the Room - - 2018-10-18

UK-based tech firm, ...

European VC fundraising up 40% to €45.6 billion in H1 2018 - - 2018-10-18

H1 2018 the third highest six-month fundraising period since 2007 VC investments surpassed €3 billion, the second highest ha...

Private equity returns fall back from decade high, says eFront - - 2018-10-18

eFront, the leading financial software and solutions provider dedicated to Alternative Investments, has published its latest Quarterly Private Equity Performan...

Shieldpay awarded Innovate UK grant to transform real estate deals - - 2018-10-17

Shieldpay, the secure payments provider, has been awarded an Innovate UK...

IW Capital invests in Eos Leisure - - 2018-10-17

Mayfair-based alternative finance house IW Capital has invested in Eos Leisure. The Company manufactures and sells...

Where seed investing fits in a portfolio - Matthew Cushen, Worth Capital - 2018-10-17

By Matthew Cushen, innovation consultant, entrepreneur and successful angel investor, and co-founder of ...

Maven invests £2.15 million in Boiler Plan - - 2018-10-17

Maven Capital Partners has completed a £2.15 million investment in Boiler Plan (UK) Ltd, a market disruptive pla...

Foresight makes MEIF investment into Postworks Limited - - 2018-10-17

Foresight Group has made an investment into Postworks Limited on behalf of th...

BGF invests £2 million in high-growth HeleCloud - - 2018-10-16

HeleCloud, an IT consultancy and managed services provider specialising in highly sophisticated Cloud strategy, implementation, migration and operation serv...

Stride and Albion back Forward Health's $3.9m fundraising - - 2018-10-16

Forward Health, the app working to reinvent healthcare communication, has raise a $3.9m seed funding-round led by ...

AIMA research provides road map for new hedge funds - - 2018-10-16

New research now offers a unique road map for all emerging and start-up hedge fund managers as they make their way to $1bn AUM. This has been achieved by analysing the path to growth and crucial in...

Seraphim Capital's Space Camp Mission 2 cohort revealed - - 2018-10-16

Seraphim Capital has revealed the startups that are participating in Mission 2 for ...

Why being lean is more attractive to potential investors - Gianluca Bisceglie, CEO, Visyond - 2018-10-16

By Gianluca Bisceglie, founder and CEO of Visyond ...

Speech Graphics raises £2m from Archangels, Par Equity and Scottish Investment Bank - - 2018-10-15

The team behind Lara Croft’s smile in the newly launched bestselling Shadow of the Tomb Raider video game are turning their technology sights on the customer service sector following a signif...

Investing in SEIS? Some dos and don’ts - - 2018-10-15

By Martin Sherwood, Enterprise Investment Partners...

Green Angel Syndicate backs Piclo to transform energy trading - Martin Sherwood, Enterprise IP - 2018-10-15

Green Angel Syndicate has invested in Piclo (formerly Open Utility) in its latest round to f...

Interview with serial angel Dr Steve Garnett - - 2018-10-15

Funding London interviewed Dr Steve Garnett before he gave a TELL (Talks on Entrepreneurial Leadership) at London Business S...

Par Equity invests £1.3m in Censo - - 2018-10-15

Edinburgh-based venture capital firm Par Equity has invested £1.3m in a rapidly growing stem-cell research company that is helping pharmaceu...

Downing Crowd launches further £2.5M bond fundraise for energey projects - - 2018-10-12

Investment platform Downing Crowd is launching a ‘7-day access’ bond which will invest a further £2.5 million for renewable energy ge...

Maven Property exits investment in Hotel Indigo Glasgow - - 2018-10-12

Maven Property, the property arm of Maven Capital Partners, has completed the £14.5 million ...

Foresight invests £2.5m into B2B SaaS provider Accrosoft - - 2018-10-12

Foresight Group has announced the £2.5 million growth capital investment into Accrosoft...

Deepbridge confirms EIS & SEIS product range for 2018/19 tax year - - 2018-10-12

Deepbridge Capital, the tax-efficient investment manager, has confirmed its Enterprise Investment Schemes (EIS) and Seed EIS (SEIS) product ra...

Covatic, a personalisation software for media companies, raises £850k - - 2018-10-12

A University of Oxford spin-out company which has developed a software platform for broadcasters has secured an £850,000 investment led by the ...

Dealer’s choice: An early look at Brexit outcomes - Graham Bishop, Investment Manager, Heartwood Investment Management - 2018-10-11

By Graham Bishop is Investment Manager at Heartwood Investment Management, With on...

Mobeus invests £9M in customer experience specialists, Ventrica - - 2018-10-11

Ventrica, a European, award-winning, outsourced contact centre, has attracted a £9 million investment from ...

Fintech M&A deals come of age with $40b transaction value in 1st half of 2018 - - 2018-10-11

The latest Fintech M&A Market Report from international technology mergers and acquisitions advisors, Hampleton Partners...

Voxpopme set to scale with £1.5m investment from Mercia - - 2018-10-11

National investment group ...

Goji reaches £100m in assets and partners with SimplyBiz - - 2018-10-11

Goji, the investment manager and platform focused on Direct Lending, today announced it has reached over £100 million in assets on its platform, ai...

EQT leads €4.5 million fundraising for Siilo - - 2018-10-10

Siilo, the secure instant messaging app for healthcare professionals...

Sustainable wood producer Lignia receives £3 million funding from Downing - - 2018-10-10

LIGNIA Wood Company, a producer of sustainable modified wood based in Barry, Wales, has secured £3 million funding from London-based investment manager Dow...

Agtech start-up Phytoponics secures funding from Smart Anchor Capital - - 2018-10-10

Phytoponics, a multi-award winning start-up specialising in the development of hydroponic deep-water culture technology for sustainable agriculture has secure...

START-UP SPOTLIGHT: Invested Investor interview with Simon King - - 2018-10-10

In partnership with The Invested Investor, AngelNews is publishing this recent interview with&nb...

Foresight makes £500,000 MEIF investment into Swoopos - - 2018-10-10

Foresight Group LLP has announced a £500,000 equity investment into Mobile Pay Systems, trading as ...

SME Finance Monitor Q2 2018 - - 2018-10-09

BVA BDRC has published its quarterly SME Finance Monitor. The larges...

Connexin joins the Northern Powerhouse - - 2018-10-09

Smart cities technology firm Connexin has become an official partner of the ...

UKBAA announces Women Angels of the North Investment Forum - - 2018-10-09

Calling women across the Northern Powerhouse to be part of the Women Angels of the North Investment Forum on 12th November. Organi...

Capify set to drive over £125 million into the UK SME market - - 2018-10-09

Capify, an alternative SME finance provider that has helped almost 10,000 UK SMEs to grow and to th...

Paragraf opens R&D facility following seed funding - - 2018-10-09

Paragraf, the graphene technology development company, has rapidly ...

ReBOUND Returns receives investment from BGF and expands into Asia - - 2018-10-08

ReBOUND, the global returns management platform used by online clothing retailers such as ASOS, Gymshark and ...

British Business Investments makes £25m investment in Secure Trust Bank - - 2018-10-08

British Business Investments, a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has made a &pou...

VentureFounders appoints Jersey veteran - - 2018-10-08

VentureFounders has appointed Michael Gray to work with the company to build its Channel Islands presence. Michael (pictur...

Kuber Ventures Appoints New Chairman as Two New Funds join the platform - - 2018-10-08

Kuber Ventures, the alternative fund investment platform specialising in EIS and SEIS investments, has added two new SEIS funds to its business platfo...

Maven Capital launches £30 million joint VCT offers - - 2018-10-08

Maven Capital Partners, one of the UK’s most active VCT managers and lower-mid market private equity house, has launched new VCT offers to raise up to &...

Expandly secures £580k from Mercia's Midlands Engine Investment Fund - - 2018-10-05

Expandly, a Milton Keynes-based company whose e-commerce software allows retailers to sell across multiple channels worldwide, has closed a £580,000 fun...

Preservica drives global expansion with £7.5m funding from Mobeus - - 2018-10-05

Preservica today announced a £7.5 million ($10 million) Series B investment from Mobeus Equity Partners ...

Axminster Carpets secures £3.375m from IGF to support growth - - 2018-10-05

Axminster Carpets Ltd has secured £3.375 million of funding from Independent Growth Finance (IGF) as...

Locum's Nest raises £3m led by Albion Capital to revolutionise hospital locum recruitment - - 2018-10-05

Locum’s Nest, the app that connects doctors to locum work in hospitals, has raised £3m in further funding from ...

UK Unicorns: Beauhurst's billion dollar startup list - - 2018-10-04

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Eos Venture Partners Strategic InsurTech fund makes first two investments - - 2018-10-04

Eos Venture Partners, the specialist venture capital fund investing in insurance technology (InsurTech), has made its first two investments. The fu...

European VC to be celebrated at Invest Europe’s Venture Capital Forum - - 2018-10-04

A line-up of the most influential investors in European innovation will land in Paris this month for Invest Europe’s Venture Capital Forum, to discuss how to propel further the industry&rsquo...

Apple deal is the right recognition of Shazam’s magic - Simon Murdoch, Episode 1 - 2018-10-04

By Simon Murdoch, Episode 1 In its acquisition by Apple which closed on the 24th S...

Fuel Ventures announces £20 million third fund - - 2018-10-04

London-based investment fund Fuel Ventures has raised £20 million in its third fund since launching in 2014, having grown to a portfolio of more than 2...

Inverleith backs health & wellbeing retailer Planet Organic - - 2018-10-03

Inverleith LLP, the specialist consumer brands investor, has taken a majority stake in Planet Organic, the London health and wellbeing supermarket, food-to-go ch...

Cricket simulator Batfast raises over £600,000 from private investors - - 2018-10-03

Exciting sports start-up BATFAST, now the UKs leading cricket simulation company, has raised over £600,000 through private investment to fund its future gro...

Mercia backed Pubguard appoints Andy Stevens as chairman - - 2018-10-03

In-app ad-verification platform ...

BGF backs talent acquisition consultancy Elements - - 2018-10-03

Elements Talent Solutions, a disruptor to the $200+ billion worldwide recruitment market, has received a £3.45m investment from ...

Piper invests £15m in online flower gifting brand Bloom & Wild - - 2018-10-03

Piper, the leading specialist investor in consumer branded businesses, has led a £15m investment into Bloom ...

Idinvest completes three transactions as part of €330m direct lending investments - - 2018-10-02

Idinvest Partners, a leading investor in SMEs across Europe, has announced that its Private Debt team has financed three direct lending transactions as ap...

Online boiler installer Hometree raises $8.5m from AV8 Ventures - - 2018-10-02

Hometree, the online-led boiler installation service, has secured $8.5 million in financing from a group of leading investors led by AV8 Ventures in its Se...

Revealed: which are the most active UK angel networks? - - 2018-10-02

Beauhurst has analysed the UK's leading ...

British Business Investments launches £100m regional angel programme - - 2018-10-02

British Business Investments, a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has launched a new £100m Regional Angels Programme d...

HBAN’s MedTech Syndicate leads €1.1M investment in Ostoform - - 2018-10-02

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Pitch@Palace selects tech Entrepreneurs to take part in milestone Pitch@Palace 10.0 - - 2018-10-01

Pitch@Palace, the programme established by The Duke of York to guide and support Entrepreneurs in the development of their businesse...

BGF exits NewVoiceMedia - - 2018-10-01

BGF has exited its minority investment in NewVoiceMedia, the market-leading cloud customer contact platform, as the ...

Amadeus leads $5m fundraise for SLAMcore - - 2018-10-01

SLAMcore, a UK company developing spatial artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms for robots and drones, has raised $5m in funding led by global technology in...

Catherine Lewis La Torre to head British Business Bank's patient capital activities - - 2018-10-01

British Business Bank plc has appointed Catherine Lewis La Torre as CEO of the Bank’s ...

Norths manufacturing and hi-tech sectors dominate as NIPF reaches £100m - - 2018-10-01

The Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF) is marking another milestone as it celebrates backing £100 million of investment across the Northern Powerhouse region. ...

Mayku receives investment from Henley Business Angels - - 2018-09-28

Mayku, a consumer products company that has built a d...

Four key trends for small investors in 2019 - Kristina Skindelyte, Blue Oceans PR for Debitum - 2018-09-28

Thanks to technologies like blockchain, the pace of investment is faster than ever. But with many smaller investors looking for a less volatile alternative to cryptocurrency trading, alternative fi...

Investor confidence falls in September says State Street - - 2018-09-28

State Street Global Exchange has released the results of the State Str...

NPIF - Maven Equity Finance invests £500,000 in technology provider Intec - - 2018-09-28

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The AngelNews wine column: Etymology with a hint of entomology - Caspar Bowes, Bowes Wine - 2018-09-28

I was in Northern Spain recently exploring the vineyards of Ribera del Duero and Toro, tasting a great many stunning (almost exclusively red) wines and ...

EPSRC strengthens links between research and industry with seven new Prosperity Partnerships - - 2018-09-27

Seven new Prosperity Partnerships projects that will build links between the UK’s research base and leading industry partners such as AkzoNobel, AstraZeneca, Google, Rolls-Royce, Tata Steel, ...

Talis Capital announces strategic investment in Edge Intelligence - - 2018-09-27

Talis Capitall, a London-based venture capital firm focused on early-stage technology companies, has announced it has led a $3 million seed funding round ...

VirtTrade to create Valiant Heroes collectible card game app - - 2018-09-27

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Crowdcube marks 100 fundraises of £1,000,000 or more - - 2018-09-27

Crowdcube, the world’s first and largest equity crowdfunding platform, is pleased to announce that over 100 fundraisings have now taken place on the s...

Leeds digital tech sector thrives as mix of corporates and startups collaborate for success - - 2018-09-27

A winning combination of public and private sector businesses is helping to build Leeds into a major digital tech hub and encouraging startups right across the region. Leeds and surrounding Y...

The likely performance of an SEIS portfolio - - 2018-09-26

By Martin Sherwood, Enterprise Investment Partners With the recent rule changes to the EIS, people have begun to re-focus on ...

Thincats announces £300 million funding programme for UK SMEs - - 2018-09-26

Thincats has announced a new programme for up to £300 million with global asset manager...

Zencargo raises $4m to digitise freight industry - - 2018-09-26

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Democratising impact investment for millennials - - 2018-09-26

By Oliver Jones, from the impact investing platform, SeedTribe. “If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sle...

The North East Development Capital Fund invests £350K in Rokshaw - - 2018-09-26

The North East Development Capital Fund (“NEDCF”), supported by the ...

Triple Point launches new venture fund share class - - 2018-09-25

Triple Point, which provides innovative and compelling investment solutions for private and institutional investors, has launched the Venture Fund, a ne...

Octopus increases AIM VCTs offer to £30 million - - 2018-09-25

Octopus Investments, part of Octopus Group, has announced a £10 million over allotment facility for its current AIM VCTs fundraise. ...

Inverleith announces final fund close at €60 million - - 2018-09-25

Inverleith LLP, a Scottish headquartered private equity firm, has successfully closed its first institutional fund, Inverleith Limited Partnership, at its h...

SMEs hold the key to digitisation of the public sector, says Brightman - - 2018-09-25

Brightman, the IT transformation and change management experts, has launched a new white paper aimed at ad...

Seedrs portfolio update shows strong IRR performance - - 2018-09-25

Seedrs, the leading private equity investment platform, has today published its latest Portfolio Update, an in-depth analysis of the characteristics and performance of the deals funded on the platf...

From ethical to impact – a new way of thinking for investors and IFAs - Belinda Thomas, Partner at Triple Point - 2018-09-24

By Belinda Thomas, Triple Point Ethical investments have been around for more than two decades but such investments traditionally were rarely, if ever, considered to outper...

UK Treasury’s ‘proactive’ approach to cryptocurrencies welcomed by deVere - - 2018-09-24

The UK Treasury Select Committee’s conclusion that crypto-assets should be regulated demonstrates cryptocurrencies are part of mainstream finance and the sector is likely to rally as a result...

CIEE Launches eLab – a fast track course for tomorrow’s entrepreneurs - - 2018-09-24

Berlin or London-based six-week intensive courses teach post-graduates the skills needed to start a new business ...

6point6 Cloud Gateway scores in the Cloud Excellence Awards - - 2018-09-24

Agile networking pioneer and UK-based hybrid cloud Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) start-up 6point6 Cloud Gateway has won recognition in the ...

Are you suffering from entrepreneur imposter syndrome? - - 2018-09-24

Entrepreneurs around the UK are opening up about 'imposter syndrome';feeling like you're failing despite the success of your business. This lack of confidence, faith and self-doubt has been n...

Funding Circle targets valuation of up to £1.8bn - Peer2Peer Finance News - 2018-09-24

Funding Circle is seeking a market valuation of up to £1.8bn through its upcoming initial public offering (IPO) on the L...

Big Data revolution driving $13.4 bn healthtech M&A deals says Hampleton - - 2018-09-24

The latest Healthtech M&A Market Report from international technology mergers and acquisitions advisors, Hampleton Partners, reveals how Big Data is...

INSEAD research shows that busy people make healthier choices - - 2018-09-21

Busyness is often thought of as a modern day affliction, but it can also help you delay gratification and make decisions that benefit you in the longer-term, according to new research from th...

Have the new EIS rules saturated the amount of quality opportunities? - Christian Elmes, Enterprise IP - 2018-09-21

By Christian Elmes, Enterprise Investment Partners ...

Mobeus sells Lightwork Design to Siemens - - 2018-09-21

Mobeus has realised its investment in Lightwork Design to Siemens PLM Software, a business of ...

Mayor’s Tech Fund sees 6 winners in UKBAA Awards - - 2018-09-21

Six of the fast-growing companies which have recieved backing from The London Co-Investment Fund (LCIF), the Mayor of London’s early-stage ...

Beauhurst reveals top backers of Britain’s university spinouts - - 2018-09-21

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Downing commits £4.2 million to Rated People Limited - - 2018-09-20

Downing Ventures has committed £4.2 million of funding to Rated People Limited,...

ForeVest Capital completes GP led secondary transaction of PineBridge - - 2018-09-20

ForeVest Capital Partners, a leading private equity fund manager operating primarily in Central and Eastern Europe, announced the close of ...

Go Beyond and Bamboo Capital agree strategic partnership - - 2018-09-20

Go Beyond Investing and Bamboo Capital Partners&...

Banking Saas company Mambu extends capacity - - 2018-09-20

Mambu, the SaaS banking engine powering modern digital financial services, has launched Mambu Process Orchestrator (MPO). An Integration Platf...

Retail AI firm Nosto raises $7.4 million - - 2018-09-20

Nosto, a leader in ecommerce personalization and artificial intelligence (AI) tools for retail, has raised USD $7.4 million led by European investment companies ...

CrowdProperty first property platform to join P2PFA - - 2018-09-20

CrowdProperty has been accepted as the first property development peer-to-peer lending platform to join th...

Councils launch challenge to transform local authority services with intelligent data - - 2018-09-19

Durham County Council and Blaenau Gwent Borough Council have launched a call for technology businesses to develop innovative solutions that can capture and analyse data to transform Local Authority...

One in three UK business owners unsure how to grow their business - - 2018-09-19

Polling commissioned by British Business Bank, the UK government-owned economic development bank, has revealed one in three (33%) smaller busi...

Scottish Equity Partners ranked in world's top 20 VC firms - - 2018-09-19

Scottish Equity Partners has been named as one of the world’s most consistent, top performing venture capital fund managers by ...

Archangels and Maven co-lead investment in Optoscribe - - 2018-09-19

Optoscribe, a leading supplier of glass-based integrated photonics components, has raised £2.8 million. This funding will facilitate an expansion ...

Prodsight attracts £115k seed funding from Scottish angels - - 2018-09-19

An Edinburgh-based startup enabling businesses to gain insight from customer support conversation data has secured £115,000 in seed funding. ...

deVere Crypto adds two new cryptocurrencies - - 2018-09-18

Ethereum Classic and ZCash have been added to deVere Crypto, one of the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchan...

Biorelate raises £700k from NPIF - Maven Equity Finance, Catapult Ventures, and Tech Trust - - 2018-09-18

NPIF - Maven Equity Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund, has invested £200,000 as part of a &...

Divido secures $15M to licence its ‘pay-later’ platform - - 2018-09-18

Divido, the consumer finance platform for retailers, lenders and payment intermediaries, today announces a $15 million USD Series A raise led by ...

Talis Capital backs Learning People - - 2018-09-18

Talis Capital, a London-based venture capital firm focused on technology companies, has invested $2.5million into ...

aescuvest and EIT Health launch pan-European Equity Crowdfunding Platform - - 2018-09-18

aescuvest and EIT Health have launched the first pan-European equity crowdfunding platfo...

Best foods to boost your brain power in the office - - 2018-09-17

Office workers are being urged to swap out sugary treats for these ten brain foods in order to stay alert and proactive throughout the day. Office buffs at ...

The Invested Investor interview: Shirin Dahghan - - 2018-09-17

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Judy Naake confirmed as keynote for VCT & EIS Forum - - 2018-09-17

Judy Naake, the founder of St Tropez Tan and all round successful businesswoman, has been announced as a keynote speaker at this year's ...

Revealed: The factors which most influence angel investors to invest - - 2018-09-17

The team behind a company having relevant skills and experience (93%) are the most important indicators which influence the willingness of angel investors to invest in a business T...

Octopus launches £130 million VCT fundraising - - 2018-09-17

Octopus Investments, part of Octopus Group and the largest provider of venture capital trusts (‘VCTs’) in the UK, today a...

Seasalt set for future growth through £16m BGF investment - - 2018-09-14

Seasalt, the Cornish lifestyle and clothing brand, has announced a £16m investment in the company to support future growth and development in ...

Kernal Capital Funds invest €1.7M in Dublin-based Sytorus - - 2018-09-14

The Bank of Ireland Kernel Capital Early & Growth Stage Funds have invested €1.7M ...

Study reveals Brits are unprepared for their financial futures - Money Supermarket - 2018-09-14

Do you have life insurance to protect your dependants? Have you started your pension pot? Do you know how much you have saved towards your retirement? New research by leading price comparis...

Archangels leads £1.3m fund raise for MGB Biopharma - - 2018-09-14

A novel anti-bacterial agent which has been developed in Scotland by MGB Biopharma ...

Enterprise IP launches SEIS fund with Startup Funding Club - - 2018-09-14

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UK growth companies bucking the trend says ECI Growth Survey 2018 - - 2018-09-13

Productivity of growth companies growing 14x faster than UK average with 13.5% increase Firms investing in I...

Employee benefits provider PES receives investment from Chiltern Capital - - 2018-09-13

Private equity firm Chiltern Capital is making a significant investment in employee benefits provider ...

Why UK tech is one cause for post-Brexit optimism - Andrew Aldridge, Deepbridge Capital - 2018-09-13

With just six months to go before we ‘officially' leave the European Union (EU), it is understandable there remains a great deal of uncertainty about how the UK econom...

gohenry to fuel growth Stateside with new Crowdcube fundraise - - 2018-09-13

gohenry, the company behind the gohenry financial tool, which is enabling a generation of kids and teens to take part in the digital econo...

Seneca completes successful first close for VCT - - 2018-09-13

Seneca Partners, the award winning specialist SME finance business, has completed a successful first close for its recently launched VCT offering, ...

Fiber optic sensing specialist FBGS Group receives growth-financing - - 2018-09-12

FBGS Technologies GmbH, a leading supplier of advanced fiber-optic sensing solutions and components (based on Fiber Bragg Grati...

The Invested Investor: interview with CEO of Repositive Fiona Nielsen - - 2018-09-12

This interview was originally published on The Invested Investor ...

VCT fundraising set for a strong year, says Albion - - 2018-09-12

Will Fraser-Allen, deputy managing partner at Albion Capital, comments: “This year’s VCT fundraising season is set to be just as big as last year’s...

ACA Compliance Group completes the acquisition of Cordium - - 2018-09-12

ACA Compliance Group has completed the acquisition of Cordium, a leading provider of governance, r...

JOB TODAY announces UK growth and secures $16M to fill Brexit gap - - 2018-09-12

JOB TODAY, the UK’s number one mobile hiring app, today announces that it has raised a fur...

Fine, or not so much? AngelNews Wine Column - Caspar Bowes, Bowes Wine - 2018-09-12

Fine, adjective - Of very high quality; very good of its kind. Fine, adjective - Good; satisfactory. Wine - An alcoholic drink...

Crowdcube acquires business reporting product Supdate - - 2018-09-11

Crowdcube, the world’s first and largest equity crowdfunding platform, is delighted to announce the acquisition of the...

Arecor raises £6m for revolutionary diabetes treatments - - 2018-09-11

Arecor, the UK-based biopharmaceutical formulation company, has raised £6 million from new and existing investors to develop groundbreaking...

Resonance Health & Wellbeing Challenge Fund supports suicide charity - - 2018-09-11

A Devon based social enterprise Action To Prevent Suicide CIC, is the fifth organisation to receive a £10,000 launchpad loan from the Health ...

Cambridge spinout AudioTelligence raises £3.1 million - - 2018-09-11

Loud background noise that makes it difficult to hear or understand a conversation is not just a problem for humans but also for voice activated devices. Cambridge start-up ...

CupClub raises £200k from Henley Business Angels - - 2018-09-11

CupClub, a returnable packaging service for drinks cen...

MyLife Digital secures further funding from BGF - - 2018-09-10

BGF adds £3 million of funding to its initial £2 million investment made in 2016. Barclays ...

Stephen Critchlow named regional Barclays Icon of the Year Award - - 2018-09-10

Manchester based CEO of Evergreen Group, Stephen Critchlow, has been recognised for his contribution to sustainable business growth in...

Index Ventures tops list of most active UK VCs - - 2018-09-10

Having recovered from a slump in 2016, 2018 is already the biggest year on record for amount invested by UK venture capital funds, at just three quarters of the way through the year. Whilst de...

Resonance backs Jericho Foundation with 100,000 SITR investment - - 2018-09-10

A leading Birmingham enterprise is celebrating after securing £100,000 of SITR (Social Investment Tax Relief) investment from social investment company Reso...

NVM leads a £3.2 million investment in Ridge Pharma - - 2018-09-10

NVM Private Equity has invested £2.75 million of growth capital (with the balance of the £3.2m funding round provided by existing investors and ...

CoInvestor Technologies selected for Tech Nation’s FinTech Programme - - 2018-09-10

CoInvestor Technologies, has been selected to be part of ...

Britain’s retirees warned about Hammond’s pension raid - - 2018-09-07

Britain’s highest earners should consider reviewing their pension tax relief plans ahead of an expected raid by Chancellor Philip Hammond in November’s Budget. The warning from ...

CrowdProperty surpasses £20m funding - - 2018-09-07

Having funded the 47th project on the CrowdProperty platform, a total of £20,526,000 has now been r...

Screenful secures €305k seed funding - - 2018-09-07

Finnish SaaS company Screenful has raised €305,000 in seed funding to help companies improve the efficiency and delivery of collaborative p...

Ahren launches its new fund with $100m first close - - 2018-09-07

Ahren has completed the first close of its new fund, Ahren LP, with over $100 million committed from leading Limited Partners including blue-chi...

Beauhurst publishes 'Silicon Spires' report on tech trends in Oxford - - 2018-09-07

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Investcorp acquires Softgarden - - 2018-09-06

Investcorp Technology Partners, a leading European lower middle market technology investor, has acquired Berlin-based ...

Confidence in Guernsey fund business reflected in five-year high - - 2018-09-06

The total value of funds business in Guernsey is at a five-year high following a predicted rise in net asset value in Q2 2018, according to the latest figures from the ...

Q2 2018 sees rise in asset-based lending says UK Finance - - 2018-09-06

UK Finance has published its Invoice Finance and Asset Based Lending Update for the second quarter of 2018. Key data highlights: ...

BGF backs AIM-listed One Media iP Group plc - - 2018-09-06

BGF has provided £6m funding to One Media iP Group plc, a digital media content prov...

Fintech….UK and beyond! - Flavia Richardson, London Co-investment Fund - 2018-09-06

How does the UK FinTech market compare to other European economies such as Germany and France – and also major economies such as the USA/ China? What can we learn from them – what do we...

Philip Watkins joins Brown Rudnick - - 2018-09-05

International law firm Brown Rudnick LLP has announced the expansion of its International Corporate practice with the appointment of&n...

British Business Bank joins Small Business Advice Week - - 2018-09-05

Small Business Advice Week has partnered with ...

UK healthtech startups on course for poor year of funding, says Beauhurst - - 2018-09-05

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Maven completes £20 million MBO of UAP Limited - - 2018-09-05

Maven Capital Partners has led the £20 million management buyout of UAP Limited, a leading UK supplier and di...

Foresight supports ABL Health with £2.5m investment - - 2018-09-05

Foresight Group has invested £2.5 million to support the partial buy-out of Bolton-based community healthcare and wellbeing provi...

How to value your startup and how much equity to give away - Anthony Rose, CEO, SeedLegals - 2018-09-04

Valuing and deciding how much equity to sell of a company that you’ve put your heart and soul into is not easy. While there is no single answer, at SeedLegals we've analysed data ov...

ghd and Cambridge Wireless establish Innovation Hive - - 2018-09-04

ghd and Cambridge Wireless have announced a partnership that brings a new form of...

Countingup raises £2.3m in seed funding - - 2018-09-04

Countingup, a revolutionary mobile app, allowing small businesses to do their banking, bookkeeping and stay on top of their taxes, has received...

Funding Circle set for September float - Peer2Peer Finance News - 2018-09-04

Funding Circle is rumoured to be planning an initial public offering (IPO) within the next two weeks, according to reports. Th...

Don’t get stung by unnecessary foreign-exchange costs - Brian Jamieson, CEO, Centtrip - 2018-09-04

Any business that has to pay trade partners or employees in other countries should give some consideration to currency volatility and unnecessary conversion fees. Ch...

Maven exits Student Housing Portfolio for £39.8M - - 2018-09-03

IP Investment Management (HK) Ltd and Maven Capital Partners have sold a portfolio of two newly dev...

Albion leads $4m Series A funding for Phrasee - - 2018-09-03

Phrasee, the London-headquartered marketing technology company that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to generate optimised marketing copy, has closed a $4m Series...

£30,000 micro loan for award winning pizza company Ffwrnes - - 2018-09-03

Cardiff Indoor Market is now home to Smokey Pete and Sam Van Tân as award winning Ffwrnes opened their latest venture earlier this month. Established ...

Development Bank of Wales backs Chevler with six-figure funding package - - 2018-09-03

Chevler, the UK’s leading manufacturer of baking cases, tulip muffin wraps, and a major printer of greaseproof paper has secured a six-figure funding package from the Deve...

Talkative completes series A funding round - - 2018-09-03

Newport based communications company Talkative, is pleased to announce it has completed a Series A funding round, raising in excess of £350,000. Talkative is headquartered...

Investly appoints new CEO - - 2018-08-31

Investly has appointed seasoned working capital executive Wayne Hughes as its new Chief Executive Officer to make Investly the leading receivables financ...

Polaris acquires Falck Safety Services from Falck - - 2018-08-31

The Danish/Swedish private equity firm Polaris and Falck have signed an agreement...

Removal of Entrepreneurs’ relief could affect start up numbers says Blick Rothenberg - - 2018-08-31

The scrapping of Entrepreneurs’ relief could discourage entrepreneurs’ from setting up businesses in the UK, say leading accounting, tax and adv...

Digital newsstand Readly raises €10m - - 2018-08-31

Readly, the global digital magazine newsstand, has raised €10m in additional funding to drive the next stage of its growth. The latest round of funding com...

ibis Styles hotel opens in Glasgow with Maven investment - - 2018-08-31

ibis Styles Glasgow Centre West has opened in Glasgow’s International Financial Services District following an £11.25 million ...

7 statistics on UK founder salaries and share vesting - Anthony Rose, CEO, SeedLegals - 2018-08-30

By Anthony Rose, CEO & Founder, SeedLegals Starting a company is a fine balance of risk and reward. You’ve most probably left a salaried job, and are using your s...

Kuber Ventures: everything you need to know about IHT planning - - 2018-08-30

Kuber Ventures has produced a fifth in its series of CPD qualifying educational animations, which provides an educational insight into inheritan...

Mobile tech entrepreneur Howard Simms receives honorary Doctorate in Technology - - 2018-08-30

Howard Simms, Co-Founder of mobile technology group Apadmi and CEO of their investment arm Apadmi Ve...

9 reasons the VCT & EIS Investor Forum is unmissable! Tickets 30£ off til 31 August - - 2018-08-30

Reasons why you should not miss the Forum on 30th November. Plus you can get £30 off tickets until 31 August. ...

Shoosmiths advises on deal to create leading managed IT provider - - 2018-08-29

Shoosmiths has advised on the sale of specialist IT-provider Taylor Made Computer Solutions (TMCS) to&...

Spotinst raises $35 million in a Series-B funding - - 2018-08-29

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Draper Esprit leads $10m funding in Apperio - - 2018-08-29

Apperio, the UK-based legal tech start-up transforming the way companies analyse their legal spend, today announces that it has raised $10 million (£7.5...

Dealing with entrepreneurial mindtricks - - 2018-08-29

The mindset of entrepeneurs is unique. Nobel prize winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman told me he considers them “less loss-averse and more optimistic than other people (…) a small an...

Should your investors get a seat on the board? - Anthony Rose, CEO, SeedLegals - 2018-08-29

By Anthony Rose, CEO & Founder at SeedLegals When negotiating funding deal terms, invest...

deVere launches new investment app - - 2018-08-28

A new pioneering investment app has been launched by one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations due to a “seismic shift in client expectations.” ...

From boxes to bytes: How is UK trade in the wake of a fourth industrial revolution? - Luke Davis, CEO, IW Capital - 2018-08-28

UK's trade legacy is fintech charged, Brexit must be a springboard for international finance and trade or it could spell disaster, says Luke Davies, CEO and founder of ...

Private equity investment in CEE reaches record €3.5 billion - - 2018-08-28

Private equity and venture capital investment into companies in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) reached a record €3.5 billion in 2017, new data from ...

Ascension partners with Unicorn VC for UK's first UK / India EIS Fund - - 2018-08-28

Ascension has partnered with India based Unicorn India Ventures to launch t...

Crucial factors for a viable EU crowdfunding framework - - 2018-08-28

The EU crowdfunding framework proposed by the European Commission will help to build a capital markets union, foster innovation and support entrepreneurs and SMEs across the EU, says the European E...

The UK’s New Payment System Operator’s World-Class CoP-out on Confirmation of Payee - - 2018-08-28

The self-proclaimed ‘leading payments authority’ New Payment System Operator (NPSO) is backing away from its responsibilities in delivering a &l...

Government’s plans to support SMEs looking to export globally is welcome - Brian Jamieson, Centtrip - 2018-08-24

While the future trading relationship with the EU remains unclear, the government’s ambitious new plans to support SMEs looking to export globally is welcome. SMEs ar...

Seven must-have features for an ultra-productive office - - 2018-08-24

Business owners are being warned to ensure their offices feature seven important elements if they want to maximise their employees’ productivity and efficiency in the workplace. ...

As Government issues its contingency plan for a no-deal Brexit, investors react - - 2018-08-24

The Enterprise Investment Scheme Association (EISA) has released a national and investor representative piece of research, gauging whether the British p...

Orchard Therapeutics Announces $150 Million Series C Financing - - 2018-08-24

UCLTF funded Orchard Therapeutics, a biotechnology company dedicated to transforming the lives...

La Perla appoints Pascal Perrier as CEO to lead new phase of growth - - 2018-08-24

Sapinda Holding B.V. has announced today that it has appointed Pascal Perrier as the group chief executive of ...

What should your marketing mix look like in 2018? - Adam Smith, instaprint - 2018-08-23

Online ads are seen as being more intrusive than TV and radio adverts, according to new research from instantprint, so how should this affect your marketing approach? ...

Daystar Power and Nigerian Bank of Agriculture to electrify rural Nigeria - - 2018-08-23

The Nigerian Agricultural Bank, Bank of Agriculture and the Afr...

Luxcara installs Spanish solar project with Grupotec - - 2018-08-23

Luxcara, one of Europe’s leading asset managers for renewable energy investments, will build the solar project El Salobral with ...

Calling all FinTech Startups: Mayor of London's TechInvest - - 2018-08-23

The next TechInvest event will present 10 of L...

Maven leads £500,000 funding for Serene Furnishings - - 2018-08-23

Maven Capital Partners, has provided Serene Furnishings...

Former apprentice star secures £344k from the NIPF for legal start up - - 2018-08-22

A Manchester solicitor who has developed an app to help law firms communicate more effectively with clients has closed a £344,000 investment round backed by ...

Mobeus invests £2m in Rotageek - - 2018-08-22

Rotageek provides cloud-based, data-driven scheduling technology to help multi-site businesses more accurately predict customer demand...

BGF exits MPK Garages following acquisition by Stratford Retail Group - - 2018-08-22

BGF has successfully exited its investment into Leicester-headquartered MPK Garages, an independent opera...

Keywords Studios plc. acquires Studio Gobo and Electric Square - - 2018-08-22

Keyword Studios, the international technical services provider to the global video games industry, has announced that...

UKBAA’s Jenny Tooth shares her experience with HSBC - - 2018-08-22

UKBAA's Jenny Tooth has been interviewed by the HSBC Know...

deVere Group increases its investment into the UK - - 2018-08-21

The deVere Group's UK subsidiary, UK Workplace Solutions Limited, has received the required Approval Notice from...

Over £500m has been committed to startups and growth companies via Crowdcube - - 2018-08-21

Investment has resulted in over 700 successful raises Growing investor demand reflects the diverse ...

£500,000 investment to fulfil expansion plans for Ocean Matters - - 2018-08-21

Following a significant loan from the Development Bank of Wales, a north Wales company will save salmon farmers millions...

Investing insights from angel and mentor Sukhendu Pal - - 2018-08-21

What do you look for as an angel investor before investing? ...

The AngelNews wine column - What is the score with the score? - Caspar Bowes, Bowes Wine Ltd - 2018-08-21

The enjoyment of wine is a purely subjective thing. But what are the things that affect one’s levels of pleasure when one has a glass of wine to hand? T...

Mercia backed SleepCogni appears in prestigious UK Longevity Report - - 2018-08-20

The developers of a technology that helps clinicians and healthcare professionals to treat people suffering from sleeping problems more effectively has received two high-p...

Roomex raises €8 million led by Draper Esprit - - 2018-08-20

Roomex, an ambitious global travel software business headquartered in Dublin, today announces it has raised €8 million series A funding, led by Draper Esprit. Co-founded by Jack Donagh...

Intelligent healthcare company Rinicare completes financing - - 2018-08-20

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AI delivery start-up On the dot lands £8m in funding - - 2018-08-20

On the dot, the machine learning-driven last mile delivery start-up, and part of CitySprint Group,...

Novo Nordisk acquires Bristol uni spin out Ziylo - - 2018-08-20

Novo Nordisk gains full rights to Ziylo’s early-stage glucose binding molecules in a staged acquisition with a potential deal value that could exceed 800 million ...

Software innovation spurs record-breaking M&A activity - Hampleton Partners - 2018-08-17

In its latest analysis of global Mergers & Acquisitions activity in Enterprise Software, Hampleton Partners reports that the sector delive...

Inverleith makes further investment in Good Hemp - - 2018-08-17

Edinburgh based private equity fund, Inverleith LLP, has invested further into Braham and Murray ...

CrowdProperty promises more projects for investors - Peer2Peer Fiance News - 2018-08-17

CrowdProperty has promised a pipeline of new loans to fund for the rest of the year as it approaches its fourth anniversary. ...

Benefex announces investment from Bain Capital - - 2018-08-17

Benefex Holdings Limited, owner of the market leading employee experience platform OneHub, has announced that ...

The Greater Manchester Loan Fund invests £500,000 in LOFT - - 2018-08-17

The Greater Manchester Loan Fund, managed by Ma...

Triple Point Impact EIS announces its first investment - - 2018-08-16

Triple Point, which provides innovative and compelling investment solutions for private and institutional investors, announces the first investment of i...

AI vehicle company Academy of Robotics closes funding in 6 hours - - 2018-08-16

Electric autonomous vehicle company, the Academy of Robotics, has closed its latest funding round in under six hours. Inv...

BGF to exit minority stake in Benefex - - 2018-08-16

BGF is to exit its investment in employee benefits firm Benefex, the first company to receive BGF funding when it la...

Private equity capital calls shrink to lowest level on record - eFront - 2018-08-16

Private equity fund distributions have outweighed capital calls by a significant and striking degree over the past five years. Data from ...

Demographic shifts create biotech opportunities - Benjamin Matthews, Heartwood IM - 2018-08-16

Benjamin Matthews, Investment Manager at Heartwood Investment Management, gives his views on the emerging biotech opportunities arising f...

President of Aetna International appointed as Chair of Braintrain2020 - - 2018-08-15

Richard di Benedetto, the current President of Aetna International; one of the world’s largest health benefits businesses has been appointed as a director and non-executive chairman of ...

Investly introduces platform for partners - - 2018-08-15

Following a new financing round earlier this year and Nesta’s Open Banking prize last year, London based invoice finance provider Investly has opened...

New tool to help companies assess potential in e-learning for growth & expansion. - - 2018-08-15

UK based e-learning specialist Candle Learning has announced the launch of their latest online to...

County Finance Group made accredited partner for EFG programme - - 2018-08-15

The British Business Bank has announced that it has accredited Lutterworth-based ...

AngelNews wine column - Burgundy has bargains - Caspar Bowes, Bowes Wine - 2018-08-15

Burgundy has long been regarded as not the sort of region one “visits” should bargain-hunting be on the agenda. In fact, many wine consumers have long since written it off as being out ...

The secret to successful staff reviews - Stefano Maifreni, Founder Eggeclerate - 2018-08-14

As a business owner, tracking and keeping on top of company growth is a number one priority, especially in the early years of the business. But it’s important to focus on how those results co...

MMC Ventures announces senior appointments - - 2018-08-14

Venture capital firm MMC Ventures has announced the appointment of senior advisers to help guide the firm’s next phase of growt...

Silicon Valley investors eye cheap British technology - - 2018-08-14

In partnership with global law firm Penningtons Manches, ...

Mercia Fund Managers finalist at 2018 Growth Investor Awards - - 2018-08-14

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Artios completes £65m Series B investment round - - 2018-08-14

Arix Bioscience plc, a global healthcare and life science company supporting medical innovation, has announced that its Group Busine...

Half of British savers are suffering from ‘investophobia’ - - 2018-08-13

Inflation is currently running at 2.4% yet the best easy-access cash savings rate currently available is 1.33% Almost two-thirds (66%) of savers...

UCL Spin-out Hazy adds $1.8 million in seed funding - - 2018-08-13

Hazy, the London-based AI company enabling ethical, effortless and GDPR-compliant data sharing for responsible businesses, has announced an additional $1.8 million s...

Octopus launches £20 million fundraise for AIM VCTs - - 2018-08-13

Octopus Investments, part of Octopus Group and the largest provider of venture capital trusts (VCTs) in the UK, has announced the launch...

Mediolanum Asset Management bolsters investment team - - 2018-08-13

Mediolanum Asset Management, the Irish asset management company of the Mediolanum Banking Group, has appointed Astrid S...

PBD Biotech closes seed funding - - 2018-08-13

Bovine TB is one of a group of diseases caused by mycobacteria that has devastated the agricultural industry worldwide. Now UK agri-tech start-up PBT Biotech...

Time to cheer UK's world-class tax-efficient schemes - Andrew Aldridge, Deepbridge Capital - 2018-08-10

While the rumblings and political discontent continues around Brexit and the purported 'turmoil' the UK is in, according to Donald Trump anyway, it is sometimes prudent to take stock of what we're ...

NVM confident of scaling new heights with investment in The Climbing Hangar - - 2018-08-10

NVM Private Equity (NVM) has invested £3m of growth capital into leading indoor climbing business The Climbin...

New Tech Nation Board members, five new directors join from across the UK - - 2018-08-10

Tech Nation has announced that five of the UK’s most successful entrepreneurs and founders will join the Tech Nation...

Zopa secures £44m in fundraising as IPO rumours continue - Peer2Peer Finance News - 2018-08-10

ZOPA has raised £44m in the first stage of a new fundraising round, in the latest sign that the peer-to-peer lender is preparing to go public. Earlier this year, reports suggested tha...

OurCrowd named most active venture investor in Israel by PitchBook - - 2018-08-10

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Farmstand raises $3 million led by Kindred Capital - - 2018-08-09

Profit with purpose food company Farmstand raises $3 million to continue its mission to make a healthier plant-powered diet accessible to all F...

HMRC receives record breaking 5.2bn from Inheritance tax - - 2018-08-09

HMRC have received a record breaking £5.2bn from inheritance tax for the 2017/2018 tax year, an eight percent increase, with London and the south east being the high...

Call for Startups - - 2018-08-09

Call for Startups - Apply to EBAN Winter Summit to Meet Hundreds of Business Angels, with Free Passes and Accommodation! The...

OurCrowd’s LABS/02 Partner with South Korea’s DTNI and Yozma - - 2018-08-09

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YFM Equity Partners invests £4.5m into growth of CPMS - - 2018-08-09

YFM Equity Partners (YFM), the specialist private equity fund manager, has invested £4.5m from its managed funds into Collaborative Project Man...

Invest with your head not your heart - Hannah Goldsmith, Goldsmith Financial Solutions - 2018-08-08

We all want a secure financial future and to be able to fund the lifestyle we want for ourselves and our family. One way of ga...

LittleBlackDress.co.uk exceeds £2.5m after latest investment - - 2018-08-08

Following hotly on the (kitten!) heels of Victoria Beckham, fashion icon Alesha Dixon, makes her own statement with fashion business littleblackdress.co.uk. The company has confirmed positive news ...

Crowd investors make 19x returns on Revolut investment - - 2018-08-08

Crowd investors who invested in Revolut, Britain’s first digital banking unicorn, via Crowdcube, the world’s first and largest...

Ocean Polymers Launches New Venture to Invest in Recycling Solutions of Ocean Plastic within the Arabian Peninsula - - 2018-08-08

Ocean Polymers, a British recycling technology company, has announced its commitment to develop partnerships with companies which invest in technology an...

Calculus Capital invests £2m in Oxford BioTherapeutics - - 2018-08-08

Calculus Capital, the award-winning Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Venture Capital Trust (VCT) specialist, has invested £2m in ...

Insurtech raises £1.9m seed funding - - 2018-08-07

FloodFlash, an insurtech startup that offers a new way for customers to insure previously u...

UK holiday park developer Coppergreen completes two major acquisitions - - 2018-08-07

UK holiday park operator Coppergreen has acquired Kenwick Park Golf Hotel and Spa and Lodge Park in Lincolnshire and Clumber Park in Nottinghamshire, doubling...

UK’s largest online car repair marketplace secures £4m investment - - 2018-08-07

The UK’s largest online car repair marketplace has secured £4 million from investors including Shell Ventures, Sir Trevor Chinn, Active Partners and Ven...

YFM backs £10m MBO of DSP Database Managed Services - - 2018-08-07

YFM Equity Partners has backed the MBO of DSP Database Managed Services, a leading provider of database and da...

BGF invests £6.4m in web hosting company Miss Group - - 2018-08-07

High-growth Miss Group, a web hosting company, has received a £6.4m investment from ...

The Naked Deli’s world-first airport outlet at Newcastle - - 2018-08-06

Foresight portfolio company, The Naked Deli, has opened its world-first airport ...

Foresight extends debt funding line into Reward Finance Group - - 2018-08-06

Funds managed by Foresight Group LLP have provided an additional £10 ...

Nine realistic work perks every employee would love - - 2018-08-06

Free snacks, flexible working hours and paid-for fitness memberships have been named as three of the most realistic job perks business owners can introduce to keep staff hap...

Bowmark Capital sells Nexus Vehicle Rental to Phoenix Equity Partners - - 2018-08-06

Bowmark Capital, the mid-market private equity firm, has sold Nexus Vehicle Rental (N...

AngelNews wine column: Modern Times – The Fog and the Heat - - 2018-08-06

Wine’s at a curious crossroads and the future is as foggy as an especially opaque Tyne morning. ...

Braintrain2020 appoints Richard di Benedetto as Chairman - - 2018-08-03

Richard di Benedetto has been appointed as a director and non-executive chairman of ...

Innovative finance ISAs take off after first ISA season - - 2018-08-03

Innovative Finance ISAs (IF ISAs) have seen significant take-up in the first year of being widely available to customers, according to data published by the Peer-to-Peer Finance Association (...

BGF invests £6.3m into construction firm Molson - - 2018-08-03

Molson Construction Equipment, the UK’s largest distributor of capital equipment, has received a £6.3m inves...

TransferMate announces a €21m investment by ING - - 2018-08-03

TransferMate, a leading cross-border B2B payments technology solution, is delighted to announce today a €21 million i...

Grover raises €37 million in Series A funding - - 2018-08-03

The Berlin-based startup Grover, which offers pay-as-you-go subscriptions as an alternative to technology product ownership, has raised €37 milli...

Oddbox kickstarts wonky veg revolution with £520k fund raise - - 2018-08-03

Oddbox, London’s biggest independent wonky fruit and veg box scheme, reached its crowdfunding target in record time to enable it to expand its unique s...

Crowdcube records strongest ever quarter in Q2 2018 - - 2018-08-03

Crowdcube, the world’s first and largest equity crowdfunding platform, has had its stronges...

Beauhurst: Craft beer investment – funding Britain’s hop-heads - - 2018-08-02

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How can we make our industry bigger and better asks EISA's Mark Brownridge - Mark Brownridge, EISA - 2018-08-02

Below then I have outlined some thoughts (musings in some cases) as to how we could make our industry bigger and better. Some of them are sensible, some wishful thinking, some I s...

Symvan Capital is a finalist at 2018 Growth Investor Awards - - 2018-08-02

Symvan Capital has been shortlisted for the Best EIS Investment Manager and Best SEIS Investment Manager awards at the 2018 Growth Investor Awards. These prestigious awards celebrate the UK’s...

Maven VCTs lead £2.5 million investment in Bright Network - - 2018-08-02

Maven Capital Partners has led the £2.5 million investment in Bright Netw...

HBAN angels get a 10 times return on Phorest investment - - 2018-08-02

HBAN (Halo Business Angel Network), the all-island organisation responsible for the promotion of busine...

Esme Loans partners with Pollen Street Capital to expand SME offering - - 2018-08-01

Esme Loans, the digital lending platform for SMEs and scale up businesses, today announced that it has entered into a partnership with Pollen Street Capital...

Venture funding in the Silicon Fen - - 2018-08-01

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Calculus Capital invests £2m in CloudTrade - - 2018-08-01

Calculus Capital has invested £2m in software company CloudTrade. Clou...

P2PFA response to FCA proposals for P2P lending sector - - 2018-08-01

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published the next stage of the post-implementation review of peer-to-peer lending regulat...

snap40 Raises $8 Million in Funding Led by ADV - - 2018-07-31

snap40, an AI-enabled healthcare company with the mission to protect the health of e...

AngelNews wine column - Bordeaux - - 2018-07-31

The curtain has long since been drawn on the 2017 Bordeaux primeurs campaign and merchants the world over are doing their damnedest to expunge all memory of it from their mi...

Bickering in the Workplace – Ten Most Common Reasons for Office Arguments - - 2018-07-31

Office workers have been warned to get along with their colleagues by avoiding the ten top reasons for workplace arguments. New research by experts from ...

Sangamo Therapeutics to acquire TxCell - - 2018-07-31

Sangamo Thereapeutics, Inc. and TxCell S.A. have announced that they hav...

Keywords Studios acquires Yokozuna Data - - 2018-07-31

Keywords Studios, the international creative and technical servic...

PIMFA warns on the consequences of a no deal Brexit - - 2018-07-30

Following the fast-moving Brexit developments, ...

BGF backs pioneering medical technology company Evo - - 2018-07-30

A surgical and high-precision engineering company that provides bespoke full jaw dental implant solutions in a day to patients has received a £4m inves...

Startup Funding Club closes its 100th fund investment - - 2018-07-30

Startup Funding Club has invested £570K into Blue Skies Space Ltd alongside the London Co-Inves...

Beauhurst equity investment market update: H1 2018 - - 2018-07-30

Beauhurst presents its latest market update and analysis of all equity investment, ,which looks at every fundraising secured by the UK's high-growth businesses in the first half of 2018. ...

CrowdProperty funds £925k in under 10 minutes - - 2018-07-30

CrowdProperty, the property specialist peer-to-peer lender today funded a £925,000 residential property development project in 9 minutes and 51 se...

London’s Fastest Growing Sectors in 2018 - - 2018-07-27

London’s economy has experienced strong growth over the past decade, according to Instant Offices. Their research found the three biggest bu...

Resonance fund boosted by West Midlands Police investment - - 2018-07-27

The Resonance West Midlands Social Investment Tax Relief Fund (WMSITR Fund), launched earlier this year, has just received a boost from the ...

By Miles closes £1m funding round led by JamJar Investments - - 2018-07-27

By Miles, the company offering drivers real time pay-as-you-go car insurance by the mile, has closed a £1m funding round led by ...

DYSIS Medical Raises £18 Million to Accelerate Growth - - 2018-07-27

DYSIS Medical Ltd, the developer of the innovative DYSIS Ultra colposcope used in cervical cancer screen...

UKBAA research reveals investor attitudes to SME investment post-Brexit - - 2018-07-27

The UK Business Angels Association (UKBAA) has released exclusive new research into the role that UK investors want SMEs to pl...

Arcinova secures £5m BGF investment - - 2018-07-27

BGF has invested £5m growth capital in Alnwick-based pharmaceutical company Arcinova fo...

Carbon Fibre Preforms raises over £1m on Growthdeck - - 2018-07-26

Dudley-based Carbon Fibre Preforms as raised £1.078m via the private investor network ...

Nexus Investments launches EIS Scale-Up Fund - - 2018-07-26

Nexus Investments, a division of Harry Hyman’s Nexus Group,...

HiP Property insight on investing in the Real Estate Market - - 2018-07-26

Property finance platform HiP has released key insights and their expert opinion into what to consider when thinking about real estate invest...

£10m BGF investment for Mission Mars - - 2018-07-26

Mission Mars, the North West operator behind hospitality concepts including Albert's Schloss and ...

MEIF investment supports OnLogistics' aerospace expansion - - 2018-07-26

Tamworth-headquartered logistics firm, OnLogistics Ltd, is set to expand a number of its divisions, after receiving £350k from the Midla...

One third of new advisers in 2018 are re-hires - - 2018-07-25

Re-hires make up nearly a third of all financial advisers who have this year joined deVere Group, one of the world’s largest independent finan...

MeiraGTx raises $75 million in IPO - - 2018-07-25

A UCL Technology Fund investment, MeiraGTx Holdings plc (Nasdaq:MGTX), a vertically integrated, ...

Blackfin Capital Partners closes €180 million fintech fund - - 2018-07-25

BlackFin Capital Partners has closed its BlackFin Tech 1 Fund at €180m at its final closing. Top-tier institutional investors have joined the existing ...

Mercia backs £1.25m fund raising for W2 Global Data - - 2018-07-25

A fast-growing South Wales fintech company has closed a £1.25million funding round backed by Mercia Fund ...

Green Angel Syndicate invests in subsea tech company Rovco - - 2018-07-25

Subsea services company, Rovco, is on track to rapidly grow its share of the global subsea market after securing angel investment. This will enable the...

P2P industry must look outside of London - Peer-2-Peer Finance News - 2018-07-24

PEER-TO-PEER lenders must extend their reach to businesses beyond London as the UK’s regions continue to be underserved by finance, according to the UK’s first small business commission...

IW Capital CEO encourages AI implementation - Luke Davies, CEO IW Capital - 2018-07-24

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City of London Group teams up with CODE Investing to support UK SMEs - - 2018-07-24

City of London Group, the parent company of a group focused on providing finance to the SME sector and home reversion plans in the UK residential pro...

Jobs: Draper Esprit seeks Financial Client Services Assistant - - 2018-07-24

The manager of the highly rated Draper Esprit EIS funds is expanding its team. This is a great opportunity to join a fast-expanding business. The successful applicant will enjoy a clien...

Draper Esprit AGM - - 2018-07-24

Draper Esprit, a leading venture capital firm investing in and developing high growth digital technology businesses, hosted its Annual Gene...

Introducing the AngelNews wine column - Caspar Bowes - Bowes Wine - 2018-07-24

From Dusty to Science – A Wine Journey Way back in a distant history shrouded in the mists of times past a solitary rip...

Top 20 Reasons Why Startups Fail - - 2018-07-23

It's hard to say goodbye. A compilation of startup failure post-mortems by founders and investors. Of his many failed experiments, Tho...

Mobeus-backed Advantedge Commercial Finance buys Henry Howard - - 2018-07-23

Advantedge Commercial Finance, a provider of invoice finance to UK based SMEs, has acquired Newport-based Henry Howard Cashflow Finance. Since ...

Seatfrog secures £4.5m led by Octopus Ventures - - 2018-07-23

Seatfrog, the technology company revolutionising rail and airline upgrades through liv...

MIA Exceeds Crowdfunding Target on Seedrs - - 2018-07-23

Bean-to-bar chocolate company MIA is celebrating after exceeding its crowdfunding target of £100,000 on the Seedrs ...

Kernel Capital leads investment in Datactics - - 2018-07-20

Kernel Capital has led an investment into D...

CB Insights / PWC Venture Capital Funding Report Q2 2018 - - 2018-07-20

PwC and CB Insights' Q2 2018 MoneyTree report highlights the latest tre...

BGF backs Sunderland-based SaleCycle - - 2018-07-20

SaleCycle, a high-growth behavioural marketing business whose clients include Tommy Hilfiger and Nike, has received an £11.5m investment from ...

Legaltech business Clarilis secures £3.1m of development capital - - 2018-07-20

NVM Private Equity has invested £3.1 million of growth capital into Midlands-based Clarilis, a high-growth tec...

Movebuubble closes successful crowd funding campaign - - 2018-07-20

Movebubble, London’s number one property rental platform, has raised just under £825,000 in funding, thanks to its successful e...

Raising investment this summer? How to close before the holiday season - Matthew Rowell, SeedLegals - 2018-07-20

Matthew Rowell, Head of Partnerships at SeedLegals offers some timely advice to companies looking to raise finance before the summer holidays....

Is it time you diversified your investments? - Christian Elmes, Enterprise IP - 2018-07-20

Christian Elmes, Enterprise Investment Partners When I think about investment portfolios, certain phrases spring to mind: hedge your bets; don&r...

Revised UK Corporate Governance Code published - - 2018-07-19

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Multi-asset portfolio favoured as global markets hang in the balance - - 2018-07-19

Investors must move towards diversifying their portfolio in light of tenuous U.S.-China relations, a Brexit deal that stands on the edge of a knife, and a looming shift in global markets, says...

Wistia raises $17 million to buyout investors - - 2018-07-19

Wistia, a video software provider for small and medium-sized businesses, today announces it has raised $17.3m in debt ...

HBAN scoops major European Business Angel Network Award - - 2018-07-19

HBAN, the all-island organisation responsible for the promotion of business angel investment, and a joint initiative of Enterprise Ireland and InterTradeIreland, has been crowned Globa...

NN Investment Partners publishes investor sentiment report on Alternative Credit - - 2018-07-19

NN Investment Partners has released its full investor sentiment report looking at Alternative Credit. You can access the rep...

Adviser industry at risk of neglecting future clients, warns Sanlam UK - - 2018-07-18

New research reveals advisers are missing chance to win inherited pots because they are neglecting under-45 segment of the market &...

How to Spot a Star in the Workplace - - 2018-07-18

Business owners are being advised of the top qualities to look out for amongst their workforce in order to recognise and reward their very best employees. The office exper...

NPIF - Maven Equity Finance invests £750,000 in Extreme Low Energy - - 2018-07-18

NPIF Maven Equity Finance, part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF), and ...

Seedrs launches AutoInvest - - 2018-07-18

Leading equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs have announced a pioneering move for the sector with the launch of its new product ...

BGF backs high-growth Click Travel with multi million investment - - 2018-07-18

BGF has backed tech-focused Click Travel, Britain’s fastest growing business travel...

Four ways entrepreneurs cope with the fear of failure - - 2018-07-18

A new study has uncovered four strategies entrepreneurs use to cope with the fear of failure. Fail fast and often is the constant refrain of the lean start-up movement and many others...

Crypto is ‘undeniably’ mainstream as watchdog backs Bitcoin - - 2018-07-18

Cryptocurrencies are now “undeniably part of mainstream finance”, affirms the boss of one of the world’s largest independent financial services organisations. The bold sta...

Beyond the pitch: Moving towards the deal - Adrian Lloyd, Episode 1 - 2018-07-17

So, you’ve thrown everything at your pitch. Your pitch deck was concise and compelling. You managed to get in front of a VC. Y...

Univercells raises €16m led by Global Health Investment Fund - - 2018-07-17

Investment proceeds will support commercialization of the company’s breakthrough biologics manufacturing technology Univ...

Shieldpay expands its international footprint into the US - - 2018-07-17

UK fintech scale-up Shieldpay has launched in the United States (US) with car classified site, AutoClassics.com ...

SilverStreet awarded ‘Ethical Investor of the Year’ - - 2018-07-17

SilverStreet Capital, a leading investor across the agricultural value chain, has been awarded ...

Camtronics complete management buy-out with £400,000 succession funding - - 2018-07-17

Camtronics Vale Limited have completed a management buy-out with the support of a £400,000 loan from the Development ...

Economic Intelligence Wales to address gap in Welsh SME finance data - - 2018-07-17

Economy Secretary Ken Skates has launched a new research unit tasked with addressing the gap in Welsh SME finance data. ...

Beringea completes sale of Watchfinder to Richemont - - 2018-07-17

Beringea, the international growth capital investor, has completed the sale of its s...

Sight Diagnostics Launches OLO - - 2018-07-16

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Maven makes new appointment to North East investment team - - 2018-07-16

Senior investment professional brings over 15 years’ investment and banking experience strengthening the expanding North East team...

Maven leads £2.8 million investment in Lending Works - - 2018-07-16

Maven Capital Partners has completed a £2 million investment in Lending Works, a leading UK peer-to-peer lender. The total transacti...

Beauhurst launches 'Foreign investment in high-growth companies' report - - 2018-07-16

Beauhurst publishes its 'Foreign investment in high-growth companies' report 2017 was a record year for foreign investment into t...

British Business Bank launches £40m fund for Cornwall and Isles of Scilly SMEs - - 2018-07-16

The British Business Bank has launched the £40m Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Investment Fund ...

Equity Finance for UK smaller companies bounces back - - 2018-07-16

Total equity investment increased by 89% to a record £5.9bn invested in UK smaller businesses in 2017 Investment va...

British Business Bank new £300m ENABLE guarantee for Barclays - - 2018-07-16

The British Business Bank has announced a new £300m ENABLE guarantee to help Barclays Bank increase their provision of flexible asset finance to smaller businesses looking to invest in vehicl...

HBAN scoops major European Business Angel Network Award - - 2018-07-13

HBAN (Halo Business Angel Network), the all-island organisation responsible for the promotion of business angel investment, and a joint initiat...

Lending Works secures new capital boost - - 2018-07-13

Lending Works, the leading UK peer-to-peer lender, has received a £2.8 million capital injection, a...

Tech entrepreneurs: Does your firm pass the Grandma test? - Norman Molyneux, Acceleris Capital - 2018-07-13

Tech entrepreneurs looking for investment in their early stage businesses need to pass the "grandma test" if they want to be successful. That's the view of Norman Molyneux, founder and CEO ...

Oura Health moves to 12.5M€ in total private funding - - 2018-07-13

Oura Health, the Finnish health technology company behind the Oura ring, has moved its total private funding to 12.5M€ after the closure of a round led by U...

EISA signs Women in Finance Charter - - 2018-07-13

The Enterprise Investment Scheme Association (EISA), representing the many companies and investors that have benefited fro...

Cybertonica Wins EUR 100,000 Venture Capital Award - - 2018-07-13

Cybertonica, a fast-growth AI technology offering cross-channel real-time risk and fraud solutions, and fellow UK-based start-up Railsbank, h...

Social-commerce fashion app 21Buttons closes $17M funding - - 2018-07-12

Social-commerce fashion app 21Buttons has raised $17M Series B funding led by Idinvest P...

SME Growth Tracker: growth forecast in some sectors despite declining confidence - - 2018-07-12

Small British manufacturers expected to accelerate revenue growth to +2.2% in coming year, with financial services SMEs expected to grow +1.9% Q2 2018 SME Growth Track...

Trump’s trade war to trigger a “chain reaction of negative events” says deVere - - 2018-07-12

Trump’s escalation of the trade war is going to triggr a “chain reaction of negative events around the world,” warns the boss of one of the world’s largest independent finan...

Survey highlights SMEs concerns over Brexit - Stefano Maifreni, Eggcelerate - 2018-07-12

From the statistics, it’s clear that businesses are putting on hold significant projects with fears of uncertainty due to Brexit. In this case, research and ...

Tax rules for business visitors don't go far enough - - 2018-07-12

Proposals put forward by the government on employment tax compliance and reporting obligations for those coming to the UK for short business trips do not go far enough and may adversely affect smal...

NorthEdge Capital SME fund hits £120m - - 2018-07-12

NorthEdge Capital has closed its NorthEdge Capital SME Fund I, LP at its £120 million hard cap. The Fund was raised from existing investors and enab...

Mediolanum Asset Management Appoints Christophe Jaubert - - 2018-07-11

Mediolanum Asset Management, the Irish asset management company of the Mediolanum Banking Group, has announced the appointment of Christophe Jaubert as its new Hea...

Alternative finance secures future of Mumbles Pier - - 2018-07-11

A 19th-century icon of the Welsh coast is being developed for the 21st century, thanks to funding from alternative finance provider ...

Keywords Studios announces Senior Management Team changes - - 2018-07-11

Keywords Studios, the international technical services provider to the global video games industry, today announces that it has made some key appointme...

Bregal Milestone closes €400m pan-European fund - - 2018-07-11

Bregal Investments has announced that it has secured a €400 million capital commitment for Bregal Miles...

Guernsey launches world-first regulated green fund product - - 2018-07-11

Guernsey has launched a world-first regulated green fund product. The move is part of Guernsey’s plans to become the ‘go-to’ international finance centre for green fina...

Mind Gym AIM IPO - - 2018-07-11

The London office of international law firm Winston & Strawn represented&nb...

Cutting Edge Solutions acquires Majenta PLM with backing from BGF - - 2018-07-11

Cutting Edge Solutions has acquired Majenta PLM to create the largest value-added reseller of Siemens c...

Paragon Group acquires Imprimus - - 2018-07-10

Paragon Group, the leading provider of customer communications, identification and graphics services, is pleased to announce the acquisition of ...

Atomico expands team with ex Uber and Google managers - - 2018-07-10

Atomico has been saying for some time that the European technology ecosystem is at an inflection point, but 2018 is the year Europe turned that corner. When Atomico started, very few ...

Blick Rothenberg on draft Finance Bill - - 2018-07-10

The publication of the draft Finance Bill 2019 marks a new approach to introducing tax legislation, following the revised timetable for the annual Budget, adopted by Philip Hammond last year, says ...

ClearlySo client capital raising activity doubles as impact investing enters mainstream - - 2018-07-10

ClearlySo, Europe’s leading impact investment bank, announced today that client capital raising activity has doubled since 2...

EBAN 2017 Compendium of Fiscal Incentives - - 2018-07-10

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S&P Private Equity Market Snapshot - - 2018-07-10

EMEA Attracting Mega Deals: Aggregate capital deployed into EMEA totalled €40bn during our study period of April 1, 2018 through May 31, 2018,...

Henley Business Angels backs Mimica Lab - - 2018-07-09

Mimica Lab, a business that produces award-winning technology designed to reduce waste in perishable products such as food and pharmaceuticals, have receive...

Story Terrace crowdfunds £500K on Seedrs - - 2018-07-09

After launching an equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs, ...

Keywords Studios launches Keywords Ventures - - 2018-07-09

Keywords Studios has announced that it has established Keywords Ventures which will make modest investments in innovative techn...

Booksy raises $13.2 million - - 2018-07-09

Booksy, the world’s largest and fastest growing booking app for appointment-based beauty businesses, has announced that it has secured $13.2 million (£...

Capitama investment capacity exceeds £10bn - - 2018-07-09

Capitama, the global direct private investment platform for sophisticated and professional investors, has today announced that its members have exceeded £1...

NPIF - Maven Equity Finance invests £1m in tech platform MirrorWeb - - 2018-07-09

NPIF - Maven Equity Finance, part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund, managed by Maven Capital Partners, has com...

Timing the Perfect Exit - Martin Sherwood, Enterprise IP - 2018-07-06

By Martin Sherwood, Partner, Enterprise Investment Partners Other than the contracted exit schemes which were abolished many y...

5 questions to ask before you put your savings with a P2P lender - Michael Lynn, Relendex - 2018-07-06

Before you invest your hard-earned savings into a peer to peer lender, here are five key questions that you should be asking to give you the best chance of seeing returns on your money, says Michae...

EBAN Elects New Board of Directors - - 2018-07-06

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Calling Angels: please take part in the UKBAA poll - - 2018-07-06

UKBAA is working with Big Society Capital ...

Envestors' portfolio company CHARGEMASTER acquired by BP for £128.9m. - - 2018-07-06

Having introduced £15.3m of equity between 2010-2018, this represents a return of £42,686,301 for 50 members of the ENVESTORS private network and two introduced Funds....

CamBioScience Receives Investment from Henley Business Angels - - 2018-07-06

CamBioScience, an e-learning company that provides intensive training courses in breakthrough life science technologies, has received investment from th...

PBD Biotech gains funding to fuel overseas expansion - - 2018-07-06

To meet the growing international demand for its rapid, sensitive test for mycobacterial disease, PBD Biotech is to establish a Canadian subsidiary in Saskatoon to support its first overseas c...

MMC Ventures backs Signal Media's $16 million series B - - 2018-07-06

A.I.-powered reputation management and decision support platform, Signal Media, has announced a $16 million series B funding round. The funding round...

Nasstar’s FD listed in CEO Today Business Women of the Year Awards 2018 - - 2018-07-05

Nasstar has announced that its Financial Director, Niki Redwood has today been recognised as part of the CEO T...

UK leads the race in Europe's record year of tech investment - - 2018-07-05

The UK’s tech industry is leading the way in the creation of billion-dollar businesses despite Brexit fears, according to research released today by technology investment bank ...

Nine BGF investments listed in LSE 1000 Companies to Inspire Britain - - 2018-07-05

Nine companies backed by BGF are listed in the London Stock Exchange Group's 1000 Companies to Inspire Britain 2018, including Medigold&n...

Crowd Reactive acquires Excelerated Apps - - 2018-07-05

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NVM leads investment in Newcells Biotech - - 2018-07-05

NVM Private Equity has invested £1.5 million of growth capital into Newcastle based hiPSC company Newcells Bio...

Draper Esprit and Earlybird Digital West announce strategic partnership - - 2018-07-05

Draper Esprit and the Earlybird Digital West partner group have entered into a Strategic Partnership Agreement to share d...

easyCoffee receives £10m investment from Stellar - - 2018-07-05

easyCoffee’s plan to roll out 800 vending machines nationally in the next year have been given a boost following a £10 million investment by ...

Why do EIS managers do what we do? - Andrew Aldridge, Deepbridge Capital - 2018-07-05

By Andrew Aldridge, Deepbridge Capital Regardless of our profession or objectives, there are always problems to overcome and solutions to be ...

Parkwalk backs $7m funding for Silicon Microgravity - - 2018-07-04

Silicon Microgravity (SMG), a spin-out from both BP and the University of Cambridge, has raised $7 million from IP ...

Livingbridge exits Portman Dental Care - - 2018-07-04

Livingbridge has sold its stake in Portman Dental Care, the fastest growing, privately led dental g...

Global venture capital funds continue strong performance - eFront - 2018-07-04

Venture capital funds globally continued their strong run of performance over recent years in the first quarter of 2018, with a near-record return of 1.45x, according to data from ...

UK is world’s least-loved major market – but it’s not all Brexit’s fault - - 2018-07-04

The UK is the world’s least-loved major market – but it’s not all Brexit’s fault, affirms a leading analyst at one of the world’s largest independent financial organis...

Rcapital supports Havelock to secure over 300 jobs - - 2018-07-04

Rcapital, the private investment firm, has backed Scottish shopfitter Havelock, based in Kirkcaldy, Fife.&nb...

Ardenton Capital backs PP Control & Automation - - 2018-07-04

Manchester-based Ardenton Capital has backed PP Control and Automation in the...

iBAN digital wallet will create decentralised banking system - - 2018-07-03

iBAN, a UK-based company which raised funds on Seedrs in 2017, plans to launch iBAN Wallet - a digital alterna...

Other Mind Closes Seed Funding Round - - 2018-07-03

Other Mind, Inc. the first intelligent assistant that simplifies your digital life, has closed its seed funding...

UK plc debt soars to record high - - 2018-07-03

UK plc debts hit all-time high of £390.7bn This is up 69% since the debt low point in 2010/11, an increase of £159.6b...

Beringea backs Aistemos - - 2018-07-03

Aistemos, the leading provider of patent analytics software, has today announced it has secured an investment of £3m. Beringea, the international growth capital investor, led t...

Livingbridge invests in online investment platform Munnypot - - 2018-07-03

Many people in the UK are currently unable to access investment advice because the minimum investment values are prohibitively high and the fees too steep. Munny...

Seneca exits Gear4Music with 5.2x return to investors - - 2018-07-03

Seneca provided a cornerstone growth capital investment to support the Gear4music IPO in June 2015. Since inves...

Cash is king: Funding, runways & not going bust - Simon Murdoch, Episode 1 - 2018-07-03

Companies only go bust when they run out of cash. That might seem like the most obvious statem...

Mercia backed VirtTrade secures Formula 1 deal - - 2018-07-02

Mercia Technologies investment, VirtTrade, has secured a partnership with Formula 1 to join its growi...

NPIF-Mercia Debt Finance funding for Aztec Oils - - 2018-07-02

A Derbyshire industrial lubricants specialist has secured a £250,000 loan to support its growth from ...

Warburg Pincus leads $60m funding for BitSight - - 2018-07-02

BitSight, the Global Standard in Security Ratings, has closed $60 million in Series D funding, bringing the company’s total funding to $155 million...

The benefits of building not just for potential homeowners - Lisa Best, Oxford Capital - 2018-07-02

By Lisa Best, Oxford Capital Building more homes in the UK is an urgent prio...

MDF Recovery secures angel funding - - 2018-07-02

A North Wales company that is developing a world-first technology to recycle MDF waste has received new funding of £165,000 from a group of business angels. ...

Tech spinout Gigglebyte will be part of Shepherds Bush Comedy Festival - - 2018-07-02

Gigglebyte, a series of tech talks, workshops, panel discussions and events, will be part of the Shepherds Bush Comedy Festival from 24 - 27 July. The re-imagined festival will return this ...

Beringea sells Chargemaster to BP - - 2018-07-02

Chargemaster is the operator of the UK’s largest EV charging network and the leading supplier of EV charging infrastructure. ...

Interview with Green Angel Syndicate's Simon Acland - - 2018-07-02

Interview with Simon Acland, Founder, Green Angel Syndicate What is your background, before the world of G...

Oxford Capital launches Residential Development Bond - - 2018-06-29

Specialist investment manager Oxford Capital has announced the launch of its Residential Development Bond. It is a co-investment alongside Oxford Capital managed funds, allowi...

Healthtech start-up secures £200k NPIF investment - - 2018-06-29

A Hull healthtech start-up which has developed an award-winning device to enhance mental wellbeing has secured a £200,000 investment from ...

NPIF - Maven Equity Finance invests £12m since launch - - 2018-06-29

Growing investment portfolio supported by hire of senior investment professionals adds to Maven’s strong presence across the North of England with two recent...

Chelverton invests £1 million in iDefigo - - 2018-06-29

Chelverton Asset Management, a specialist investor in sub-FTSE 100 quoted equities and unquoted SMEs, has completed its third transaction of 2018 on beha...

Revealed: the best places to launch a tech startup - - 2018-06-29

SmallBusinessPrices.co.uk has compiled a list of the top 5 rising tec...

Bosch venture capital marks 10 years of investing in innovation - - 2018-06-29

Ten years of investment, ten years of innovation: over the past decade, Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH (RBVC) has made a string of succes...

Investors look to human-less tech in 2018 says UKBAA - - 2018-06-29

The UK Business Angels Association (UKBAA) has commissioned a new nationwide study to analyse the sentiment of investors towar...

BGF invests £6.25m into Apex Housing Group - - 2018-06-29

Apex Housing Group, an innovative airspace property developer, has received a £6.25m investment from ...

Investment Opportunity in Jupiter Diagnostics - - 2018-06-29

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First innovation loans offered to businesses improving smart cities and transport - - 2018-06-28

Innovate UK has offered £8 million to 13 businesses developing innovative solutions for the UK’s urban infrast...

YOOBIC to expand into US as it raises $25m - - 2018-06-28

YOOBIC, whose platform provides real-time monitoring of retail operations, has raised $25m (£18.8m) of new funding. The round was led by Insight Venture Partners, a...

£150k Mercia funding helps Universal Coatings on path to growth - - 2018-06-28

A Doncaster engineering firm which made the steel walkways for the sports complex in the 2012 Olympics has secured a £150,000 loan from ...

Businesses urged to consider China expansion - - 2018-06-28

Sam Quawasmi, co-founder of global equity crowdfunding platform Eureeca, is urging UK and European businesses to take advantage of Chin...

New draft template to help distributors meet MiFID II responsibilities - - 2018-06-28

PIMFA, the UK wealth management and financial advice association and TISA, the investmen...

UK tops Savills Investment Management’s 2018 Dynamic Cities index - - 2018-06-28

London and Cambridge occupy first and second places, with Oxford ranking eighth UK cities represent 5 of Europe’s top 20 dynamic...

Investor Confidence declined in June says State Street Index - - 2018-06-28

State Street Global Exchange has released the results of the State Street Investor Confidence Index® (ICI) for Jun...

Peter Cowley appointed EBAN President - - 2018-06-28

The European Business Angel Network (EBAN), which is the pan-European community for the early stage investors covering over 150 member organizations...

IQ Capital launches £125m Fund to scale early stage deeptech companies - - 2018-06-28

Leading deeptech VC, IQ Capital, has held the first close of its £125m third fund, IQ Capital Fund III, at £92 million. The fund will invest at Seed ...

Polaris divests Louis Poulsen to Investindustrial - - 2018-06-28

Louis Poulsen has developed strongly under Polaris’ ownership since 2014, generating considerable rev...

Top 10 tips on how to grow a tech start-up - Dr Graham Davies, Mercia - 2018-06-27

By Dr Graham Davies, Investment Director at Mercia With around 63,000 digital technology jobs, Manchester is now the single bigg...

EIS and VCTs will aid UK's 'fourth industrial revolution' - Tom Hopkins, Kin Capital - 2018-06-27

By Tom Hopkins, Kin Capital Theresa May stood outside Jodrell B...

Kuber Ventures: CGT Deferral demystified - - 2018-06-27

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Inflexion names three new investment partners - - 2018-06-27

Inflexion Private Equity has announced the appointment of Irina Hemmers as a Partner. Irina will lead the TMT team, building on Inflexion’s long h...

Triptease raises additional $4m from BGF - - 2018-06-27

Triptease, a travel SaaS startup which helps hotels to get more direct bookings and bring hospitality online, has raised $4m of additi...

Medopad, Perfect Ward & Inhealthcare join Pfizer Healthcare Hub - - 2018-06-27

Pfizer Ltd has announced that Medopad, Perfect Ward and Inhealthcare have been selected to be part of the Pfizer Healthcare Hub: London. ...

TourRadar annouces $50 series C funding - - 2018-06-27

TourRadar, the largest OTA in the multi-day touring market, announced today a US$50m Series C, led by TCVwith partic...

Celonis riases $50m series B funding - - 2018-06-27

Celonis, the global market leader in process mining software, has raised $50 million in Series B funding from existing investors ...

Albion Capital leads £2.4m round for uMotif - - 2018-06-27

uMotif, the data capture company putting patients at the centre of clinical research, has raised £2.4 million in its latest funding round led by ...

LitBAN makes first investment in Oxipit - - 2018-06-26

Lithuanian Business Angels Network (LitBAN), together with Co-Investment Fund “Koinvesticinis...

Maven backs BioAscent with £1.6 million investment - - 2018-06-26

Maven Capital Partners has completed a £1.6 million investment in ...

Seedrs Secondary Market 1 year on - - 2018-06-26

Seedrs announces record levels of trading in its first year operating a secondary market and what’s next for the product. In the twelve months since laun...

MyTutor Top Of The Class With New Mobeus-Led Investment - - 2018-06-26

Mobeus Equity Partners has led the £5 million Series B, investing £3.6 million, with participation from all MyTutor’s existing high-p...

MYCS secures €10m led by Beringea - - 2018-06-26

MYCS, the European leader in personalised furniture ec...

Three rules for business success - - 2018-06-26

By Angelika Burawska The journey from business concept to successful exit is long and full of obstacles. Even the best entrepreneurs...

Resonance backed Launchpad Loan Helps Educate and Support Domestic Abuse Victims in Devon - - 2018-06-26

The Community Interest Company ‘Led By Dreams’ (LBD) is the recipient of the third launchpad loan from the Health & Wellbeing Challenge Fund (...

Businesses should embrace exporting - - 2018-06-26

By Chris Manson is Chief Executive of Newable ...

CW seeks innovative start-ups connecting the digital world - - 2018-06-25

CW (Cambridge Wireless) announces the launch of its annual ...

BNP selects Link Asset Services for its SME Alt Fi platform - - 2018-06-25

BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) has appointed Link Asset Services ...

Tech entrepreneur named finalist at English Women’s Awards 2018 - - 2018-06-25

The CEO of Midland-based ...

Sophie Birch joins BGF’s Talent Network - - 2018-06-25

BGF has appointed Sophie Birch to its Talent Network team, which helps BGF-backed companies gain unparalleled access to a group of more than 5,000 board-level no...

Seedcamp backed Labstep raises £1m - - 2018-06-25

Labstep, the platform for researchers that captures real-time scientific data and connects lab groups enabling information sharing...

UKBAA 2018 Angel Investment Award Winners - - 2018-06-25

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Digital mapping company Gaist receives £2.7m investment from BGF - - 2018-06-25

A highways technology company which has amassed a huge library of data about the UK’s road network has secured a £2.7m investment from BGF to ...

Downing Ventures leads £5.4m investment in Live Better With - - 2018-06-22

Live Better With, a healthcare e-commerce platform founded by entrepreneur Tamara Rajah with the aim of helping people with long-term medical condit...

AdoRx Therapeutics announces $10m funding - - 2018-06-22

AdoRx Therapeutics, a UK based drug discovery company focused on the identification of new cancer therapeutics, today announced tha...

30% of young Brits feel UCAS options are not relevant - - 2018-06-22

The Enterprise Investment Scheme Association (EISA) has commissioned a new nationwide sentiment study to analyse those that constitute the future...

Seven Things to Consider Before Relocating Your Business - - 2018-06-22

Business owners are being supplied with useful advice in order to help them keep the stress of relocating their business to a minimum. The team of commercial property expe...

DevOpsGroup raises £3m from BGF - - 2018-06-22

BGF has invested £3m of growth capital into Cardiff-headquartered DevOpsGroup...

Archangels named UKBAA lead syndicate of the year - - 2018-06-22

Archangels, the Edinburgh-based business angel syndicate, has been recognised as the UK’s Lead Angel Investment Syndicate of the Year by the UK Busi...

Rcapital backs MBO of UK aviation specialist CHS - - 2018-06-22

Rcapital has supported the MBO of CHS Engineering Services Limited from its former private equity i...

Oxford Capital backs £3.4m funding for on-demand coach travel firm Sn-ap - - 2018-06-21

TravelTech company Sn-ap has raised £3.4m in a round led by ADV and Oxford Capital. Sn-ap is an intercity coach travel company, which allows passe...

Calverton Finance accredited by British Business Bank's EFG programme - - 2018-06-21

Calverton Finance Ltd (Calverton), the Invoice Finance specialist, has become an accredited lender under the British Business Bank’s Enterprise Fin...

Polaris invests in IT consultancy ProData Consult - - 2018-06-21

Polaris has entered into an agreement to acquire a majority shareholding in ProData Cons...

European venture capital investment hits ten-year high of €6.4 billion - - 2018-06-21

European venture capital investment rached its highest amount in a decade with €6.4 billion in 2017, according to Invest Europe. ...

DN Capital’s Nenad Marovac appointed as Invest Europe Chair - - 2018-06-21

Invest Europe announces that Nenad Marovac will be its Chair for 2018 to 2019. Founder and Managing Partner of global early-stage venture firm DN Capital, ...

UK businesses set for export boost says Smith & Williamson - - 2018-06-21

Smith & Williamson study finds 47% of UK SMEs predict their turnover from exports will rise in the next 12 months, while just one in ten (12%) believe overseas revenue ...

Smart Tech Tools That Can Transform Your Business - - 2018-06-21

QuoteMyEnergy Study illustrates how the latest smart technology can assist busin...

Edison comment: Earnings revisions: No sign of a trade war (yet) - - 2018-06-21

US estimates rising again while Europe and UK remain stable In our view developed market equities remain in a benign de-rating phase, moving only sidew...

Matr raises £4.75 million for AI teaching platform - - 2018-06-21

Matr, the online teaching platform, has announced it has closed a £4.75 million Series A investment round led by the UCL Technology ...

Top 5 Social Media Trends of 2018 - Kristina Skindelyte, Blue Oceans PR - 2018-06-20

By Kristina Skindelyte, Blue Oceans PR Social media waits for no brand. And just like everything internet-related, it changes fast. The Cambridge Analytica scandal, Mark Zu...

Maven Capital Partners expands Midlands Engine Investment Fund team - - 2018-06-20

Maven Capital Partners has further strengthened its Midlands team with the appointment of senior investment specialists ...

British Business Bank publishes UK Business Angel Market report - - 2018-06-20

UK Business Angel Market report published by the...

Enterprise backed Transcend to produce paper straws for McDonald’s - - 2018-06-20

Transcend Packaging has been selected to produce eco-friendly paper straws for McDonald’s UK and Ireland. Transcend was founded as a ...

Accelerating Automation - Robert Whitby-Smith, Albion Capital - 2018-06-20

By Robert Whitby-Smith, Albion Capital The relentless pace of automation will increase in 2018. Whilst automation and technological inn...

Transport and building innovations are the green investment priority, reveals Chris Stark - Green Angel Syndicate - 2018-06-20

To mark its first anniversary, Green Angel Syndicate asked Chris Stark, Chief Executive of the UK’s Committee on Climate Change, to present his organisation’s ...

Eight Advisory hires two senior partners in continued UK office expansion - - 2018-06-20

Eight Advisory, a leading financial and operational consultancy firm specialising in transactio...

CoInvestor launches Integration with Intelliflo’s ‘Intelligent Office’ Software - - 2018-06-19

CoInvestor, the platform digitising alternative asset transactions for advisers, fund managers, and private investors, has integrated its technolo...

Rimilia joins select Microsoft ScaleUp programme to drive global expansion - - 2018-06-19

Rimilia, a leading global intelligent financial automation software provider, has announced a collaboration with Microsoft after being accepted onto the current cohort of the select ...

A hawk in doves clothing - Heartwood Investment Management - 2018-06-19

By Graham Bishop is Investment Director at Heartwood Investment Management ...

Gospel raises £1.4m from LocalGlobe - - 2018-06-19

Gospel Technology, a blockchain software startup that has been working with one of the UK’s biggest aerospace and defence manufacturers to develop a proof of concept to improve record keeping...

Imperial College Business School’s MSc Finance enters the global top 10 - - 2018-06-19

Imperial College Business School has entered the world’s top ten for the first time in today’s ...

Panaseer raises $10m Series A funding - - 2018-06-19

Panaseer, a cyber security software company, today announced it has secured $10 million in Series A funding. The financing round was led by&nbs...

Investors favour of human advisors - IW Capital - 2018-06-19

IW Capital - the debt and equity investment specialist - has launched their new nationally representative report revealing th...

Micrima raises £4.4 million for screening technology - - 2018-06-19

Micrima, the Bristol-based breast imaging company, has raised £4.4 million in additional equity funding led by ...

Digital therapy company Healios raises £2.2m in latest funding - - 2018-06-18

Healios, the digital therapy company for mental health, has raised £2.2m ($3m) in its latest funding round, led by investors ...

Telemos Capital completes first UK investment with Lovehoney - - 2018-06-18

Telemos Capital, an evergreen investment company, has completed its acquisition of a majo...

InvestCloud Inc. acquires rplan Limited for $20 million - - 2018-06-18

InvestCloud Inc, a global FinTech ...

Farmdrop close £10m funding round - - 2018-06-18

Farmdrop has closed a £10 million Series B investment, at roughly five times the share price of the 2014 CrowdCube, in which the company ...

Rcapital completes hat-trick of deals in a week - - 2018-06-18

Rcapital, the private equity firm, has completed a hat-trick of deals across its invest...

Biomedical industry in Catalonia raises €102 million in investment in 2017 - - 2018-06-18

Catalan biomedical companies attracted €102 million in investment in 2017, with €3.4 million per operation, on average. This will allow them to push...

UK & India business and Gov't delegates meet for UK-India Week - - 2018-06-18

Senior UK figures will join their counterparts from India for high-level engagements and celebrations of the bond between the two countries throughout the inaugural UK-India We...

Maven leads £2.7 million investment in Orchidsoft - - 2018-06-15

Maven Capital Partners has led the £2.7 million investment in intranet software specialists Orchi...

Mubadala to launch $400 million European tech fund - - 2018-06-15

Mubadala Investment Company of Abu Dhabi, is to create a $400 million fund to i...

InMotion launches unlimited motoring subscription car service - - 2018-06-15

Carpe is a new, all-inclusive car subscription service offering customers hassle-free access to brand new Jaguar a...

British spacetech pioneer Oxford Space Systems secures £6.7m in funding - - 2018-06-15

Check out this video of how the technology works: https://vimeo.com/183350499 ...

BGF backed MuscleFood wins top award - - 2018-06-15

Healthy food retailer MuscleFood.com has been crowned specialist online food retailer of the year at The Grocer Gold Awards....

Smaller financial firms likely to struggle with ‘game changing’ GDPR - Nigel Green, deVere Group - 2018-06-15

General Data Protection Regulation is a ‘game changer’ for the financial services industry and many small firms are unlikely to be fully compliant with the new...

Maven managed Greater Manchester Loan Fund invests £750K Shield Safety - - 2018-06-14

The Greater Manchester Loan Fund, managed by Maven Capital Partn...

NIPF invests £2 million in Pimberly - - 2018-06-14

Manchester-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) company, ...

Agorai unveils £20m investment in UK AI market - - 2018-06-14

Agorai, an integrated marketplace for Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools and the data assets that fuel them, is announcing it has committed to invest £20 ...

Reasons to consider tax-efficient solutions early - Andrew Aldridge, Deepbridge - 2018-06-14

When considering tax-efficient investments, advisers and clients should be fully aware that investments are in unquoted stocks which are therefore likely to be high risk and illiquid. Therefore, th...

Ascension Ventures and Unicorn India Ventures to launch UK’s first cross border UK-India EIS fund - - 2018-06-14

Ascension Ventures and Unicorn India Ventures partner to launch the UK’s first cross border UK-India E...

CW’s new Special Interest Group is open for business - - 2018-06-14

CW (Cambridge Wireless) has announced the launch of a new Special Interest Group (...

Eight Advisory hires former EY Senior Partner - - 2018-06-14

Eight Advisory, a leading financial and operational consultancy firm specialising in transactions, restructuring and transformation, has hired former EY s...

Global growth momentum gathers pace says EY report - EY - 2018-06-14

Middle market companies across the globe are significantly more optimistic about business conditions and opportunities than last year, according to the findings of the annual ...

London: among the top 5 most expensive cities for relocation - - 2018-06-14

Furnished apartment search engine, Nestpick, has released a study revealing the first month l...

UKBAA backs International Business Festival - - 2018-06-13

The International Business Festival is underway in Liverpool, with UKBAA as Investment Partner.&n...

Downing Ventures adds two companies to its portfolio - - 2018-06-13

Downing Ventures has recently welcomed Cambridge Touch Technologies and Masters of Pieto its portfolio. Downing has made its first investment in the virtual...

Private equity in emerging markets: worth the risk? - eFront - 2018-06-13

Emerging market private equity funds offer institutional investors diversification, differentiated return drivers and an exposure to sector and geographical areas not accessible through stock excha...

Ruroc receives £3m BGF investment - - 2018-06-13

Trailblazing action sports protection brand Ruroc has received a £3m investment from ...

Foresight invests £2 million in Epistem MBO - - 2018-06-13

Foresight Group has announced an investment of £2 million supporting the management buy-out of the contract researc...

Ten Signs You Need a New Job - Chris Meredith, CEO LondonOffices.com - 2018-06-13

Workers that regularly endure the ‘Sunday Afternoon Blues’ and suffer nightmares about their jobs are being warned that it could be time to jump ship and find a new role. ...

PEI Media has been acquired by Bridgepoint Development Capital - - 2018-06-13

Livingstone’s Media & Technology sector team has advised the shareholders of PEI Media, incl...

British Business Bank launches online information hub - - 2018-06-13

British Business Bank has launched a new interactive ...

Development Bank of Wales launches £20m fund to support Welsh tech companies - - 2018-06-12

The Development Bank of Wales has launched a new £20 million Wales Technology Seed Fund...

Idinvest appoints Nicolas Debock as Investment Director - - 2018-06-12

Idinvest Partners, a leading investor in SMEs across Europe, today announces the appointment of N...

UK equities: still cautious but seeing opportunities in our home market - Michael Stanes, Heartwood Investment Management - 2018-06-12

Michael Stanes, Investment Director, Heartwood Investment Management ...

Are Investors and Entrepreneurs species ahead of their time? - The Invested Investor - 2018-06-12

The Invested Investor, a social enterprise aiming to increase the success rate of early-stage start-ups, recently in...

deVere expands Italy division with new offices in Rome - - 2018-06-12

Soaring demand for specialist cross-border financial advice has prompted one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations to la...

Mindfulnesstech and my quest for entrepreneurial zen - Arthur Krebbers - 2018-06-12

By Arthur Krebbers How can you make your mind your biggest entrepreneurial ally? Mindfulness-pre...

Jenson invests in EBar Initiatives - - 2018-06-12

Jenson has made an investment from the Jenson SEIS and EIS Fund 2017/18 in EBar Initiatives Limited. Jenson led an investment syndicate alongside Scottish investors including angel investor groups ...

Bowmark Capital backs buy-out of The Instant Group - - 2018-06-12

Bowmark Capital, the mid-market private equity firm, has backed the buy-out of The Instant Gro...

Newable launches consultancy to develop export sales - - 2018-06-11

Newable, the one-stop shop for growing businesses, has launched a specialist international trade consultancy to help small and medium-size...

Time to re-educate clients on growth EIS investing - Tom Hopkins, Kin Capital - 2018-06-11

The EIS sector has new rules, a new risk profile and still stands at the start of a new tax year so, believes, Tom Hopkins, now is the time to re-educate clients on growth E...

Browne Jacobson advises Laka on £1.1m seed round - - 2018-06-11

Browne Jacobson’s corporate team has advised on another InsurTech venture capital deal – assisting crowd insurance pioneer ...

Top 16 Small Business Management Apps 2018 - Kristina Skindelyte, Co-founder, Blue Oceans PR - 2018-06-11

The right business apps can benefit small business tremendously by making work more efficient, teams more aligned and information more organized. Cutting down on tedious and time-consuming tasks ca...

NACO Canadian Investment Activity report - - 2018-06-11

NACO has published the 2017 ...

Stakeholderz successfully closes first venture deal - Stakholderz - 2018-06-11

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ABN AMRO delivers £16m receivables funding line to Affinity Workforce - - 2018-06-11

ABN AMRO Commercial Finance has delivered a £16m receivables funding line to national education, healthcare and soci...

Foresight invests £2.5 million into The Naked Deli - - 2018-06-11

Foresight Group has invested £2.5 million of growth capital into The Naked Deli Limited. Launched in 20...

Zebra Medical Vision Raises $30M - - 2018-06-08

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Downing Ventures supports £4m funding for Cambridge Touch Technologies - - 2018-06-08

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SEC’s cryptocurrencies clarity championed by deVere CEO - - 2018-06-08

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s “steadfast yet proactive approach” on Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies shows the sector is incr...

SIS Ventures first fund seeks £5m to back high impact enterprises - - 2018-06-08

SIS Ventures is launching its first £5 million fund to back Scotland’s high impact enterprises. ...

EISA comment: Brexit Brain Drain - Mark Brownridge, EISA - 2018-06-08

In June 2016 the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union (EU). Nine months later, in March 2017, the new Prime Minister Theresa May formally triggered the process by sending an Article 50 ...

Ground-breaking medical blood treatment MediSieve passes £1.75 million in funding - - 2018-06-08

MediSieve Ltd, the team behind an innovative blood filtration device, are happy to announce the company has received over £1.75 million in funding....

UKBAA announces shortlist for 2018 UKBAA Angel Investment Awards - - 2018-06-08

The UKBAA has announced the shortlist for its 2018 Awards. ...

First major game with native blockchain rewards - - 2018-06-08

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Cera closes $17m Series A funding - - 2018-06-07

Technology-enabled homecare start-up Cera has raised $17m in Series A funding, just a year and half after launching. The funding – which was significantl...

GTM III – What doing it right feels like - Siobhan Clarke, Episode 1 - 2018-06-07

By Siobhan Clarke, Episode 1 Over the past 3 blogs, we’ve explained: ...

TriSpan acquires majority stake in Rosa's Thai Cafe - - 2018-06-07

TriSpan, a global Private Equity firm, is pleased to announce that Rising Stars, its dedicated restaurant platform, has acquired a majority investment in ...

Crowdcube funded Bidstack to list on AIM - Crowdcube - 2018-06-07

Bidstack, the in-game advertising software company which raised £137,000 via Crowdcube in December 2015,...

Target Global launches dedicated mobility fund - - 2018-06-07

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MiAlgae on track to shake up food industry after £500,000 investment - - 2018-06-07

MiAlgae, a student-launched startup that aims to revolutionise the animal and fish feed industries with microalgae made from the co-products of whisky, has rec...

Ten Reasons to invest in smart cities - EcoMachines Ventures - 2018-06-07

By Ilian Iliev, Managing Director, EcoMachines Ventures As locations of economic activity, big cities are of huge importance to the...

S100 Club Announces New Chairman and National Investment Platform - - 2018-06-06

The University of Surrey’s S100 Club – the evolution of the Surrey 100 Club angel inves...

Power Roll raises £2.9m to commercialise disruptive energy technologies - - 2018-06-06

Acceleris has advised upon the completion of a £2.9m funding round into Power Roll’s novel energy creatio...

NVM completes MBO of Flexioffices - NVM - 2018-06-06

Flexioffices, one of the UK’s leading serviced office brokers, has secured £8.2 million of investment from N...

Kreston Reeves appoints new partner and merger - - 2018-06-06

Kreston Reeves has strengthened its Corporate Finance practice and announces its merger with Surrey-based corporate finance boutique SamCorp and the app...

50% of PE firms not happy with cybersecurity - Augentius - 2018-06-06

51 per cent of Private Equity and Real Estate managers are less than satisfied with their current level of cybersecurity Over half view investing in their own firm’s technolo...

Downing backs Masters of Pie with £1.6m - Downing Ventures - 2018-06-06

Masters of Pie, a London-based early stage technology firm specialising in virtual and augmented reality software for manufacturing and...

Motorway raises £2.75m funding from LocalGlobe and Marchmont Ventures - - 2018-06-06

Motorway, the UK’s first price comparison website for selling your car, today announces it has secured £2.75 million in seed funding. Lau...

TNS appoints new Chief Product Officer - - 2018-06-06

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OurCrowd backs $12.5m funding for Hailo - OurCrowd - 2018-06-06

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DSB Announces Technology Advisory Committee Membership - - 2018-06-05

The Derivatives Service Bureau today announced the members of its newly formed Technology Advisory Committee (TAC). The mission of the TAC is to provide guid...

Amazon's Paul Misener to speak at UKBAA Summit - - 2018-06-05

Paul Misener, VP of Global Innovation and Policy at Amazon.com is joining UKBAA's Global A...

Blackwood Seven raises €17 million to support expansion of AI powered software platform - - 2018-06-05

Blackwood Seven, the Copenhagen based provider of real-time AI powered media planning software, today announces a fundraising round of &eu...

Development Bank of Wales invests in the 'HexHog' wheelchair - - 2018-06-05

A revolutionary new wheelchair which is set to improve the lives of disabled people who need to go off-road, has secured a £25,000 loan from the Development Bank of Wales as working capital t...

Barclays launches major Northern Powerhouse Boost - - 2018-06-05

Barclays has launched a new £500m growth fund* for small and medium-sized businesses in the North of England as part of the bank’s commitment to...

Catalyst Inc Report Highlights Potential £50m Funding Gap - - 2018-06-05

Companies in Northern Ireland (NI) raised £32.8m of equity capital in 2017 but are failing to attract larger rounds of investment, accordi...

HBAN’s new London Syndicate to invest €3M in Irish start-ups - - 2018-06-04

HBAN (Halo Business Angel Network), the all-island organisation responsible for the promotion of business angel investment, and a joint ...

Hammersmith & Fulham - London's newest tech hotspot - - 2018-06-04

Hammersmith and Fulham is taking on the likes of Old Street, King’s Cross and Croydon as it establishes itself as London’s leading hub for tech, science and crea...

MPC Capital Completes the Financing of Paradise Park PV Farm - - 2018-06-04

Proparco and FMO will provide the senior debt for the 51 MWp solar PV park. The project, majority-...

IW Capital expands SME lending proposition with secured debt fund - - 2018-06-04

IW Capital - the debt, equity and EIS investment specialist based in the heart of Mayfair - has announced its latest milestone of growth with the launch of its fir...

WeSwap - one-man start-up now trading over £130m in holiday money worldwide - - 2018-06-04

The previously unknown start-up has navigated over £18million in early-stage finance, firmly earning a proud position as one of the UK's leading fintech ex...

TxCell names Lonza as its CAR-Treg cellular product manufacturer - - 2018-06-04

TxCell SA, a developer of cellular immunotherapies based on regulatory T cells (Tregs) for inflammation, autoimmunity and transplantation, and Lonza Pharma & Bi...

Bitcoin Cash and EOS added to deVere Crypto - - 2018-06-01

One of the world’s largest independent financial services organisations has added Bitcoin Cash and EOS to its cryptocurrency exchange app, as a new global survey reveals ...

Maven Equity Finance leads £1m investment in Airtime Rewards - - 2018-06-01

Maven Equity Finance, part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund, managed by Maven Capita...

NVM Private Equity leads investment in Ablatus Therapeutics - - 2018-06-01

NVM Private Equity has invested £1.0 million of growth capital into Cambridge-based medical device company Ablatus Therapeutics Limited...

Investor Confidence Declines in May by 11.8 points to 103.5 - - 2018-06-01

State Street Global Exchange has releas...

Haulage Tech platform OnTruck raises €25 million to scale across Europe - - 2018-06-01

OnTruck, the haulage tech platform, has raised 25M€ from a group of investor...

Bowmark Capital backs buy-out of leading alternative legal services provider - - 2018-06-01

Bowmark Capital, the mid-market private equity firm, is backing the buy-out of ...

Interview: Invested Investor meets AngelNews founder Modwenna Rees-Mogg - Peter Cowley - 2018-06-01

Modwenna Rees-Mogg has been interviewed in a podcast by Invested Investor Peter Cowley. This article was originally published on the Invested Investor website and the podcast and article ...

Ava – maker of fertility tracking bracelet - closes $30m Series B funding round - - 2018-05-31

Ava, a medical technology company focused on innovations in women’s reproductive health and maker of the...

RegTech Incubator announces new wave of participants - - 2018-05-31

SEI has announced the newest group of start-ups joining Codify, its London-based RegTech incubator, to address technology s...

Cawston Press raises £1M - - 2018-05-31

Leading British soft drinks company Cawston Press has announced that they have successfully raised &po...

Luxcara brings Norway one step closer to its climate goals - - 2018-05-31

Luxcara, one of the leading asset managers for renewable-energy investments, has officially opened a wind farm co...

Nuggets appoints Steve Lau Chairman - - 2018-05-31

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NorthEdge backs MBO of engineering specialist - - 2018-05-31

North Edge Capital has supported the MBO of engineering tooling supplier ...

Latest round builds on year of explosive growth for Earth observation company - - 2018-05-30

ICEYE, an Earth observation company providing synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) data, today announced €29 million Series B funding led by return investo...

UK Finance: business update for April 2018 - - 2018-05-30

UK business borrowing contracted slightly by 1.7 per cent in the last 12 months. However within industry sectors there was ...

TxCell to present its latest manufacturing process achievements - - 2018-05-30

TxCell SA, a developer of cellular immunotherapies based on r...

Halma Partners with OurCrowd to Catalyze Life Protection Technologies - - 2018-05-30

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Patron Capital acquires prime Paris office building - - 2018-05-30

Patron Capital, the pan-European institutional investor focused on property backed investments, has acquired ‘Le Magnum’, an office building ...

Apex Housing Group heads for new heights with BGF backing - - 2018-05-30

Apex Housing Group, an innovative airspace property developer, has rece...

Fixed Income: A sea of red this year - Matthew Toms, Investment Associate at Heartwood - 2018-05-30

Matthew Toms, Investment Associate at Heartwood It has been a tough start to 2018 for bond investors, with government and corporate bonds across the globe ...

Global Equities: Cautious View Remains - Alistair George, Chief Strategist at Edison Investment - 2018-05-30

We have had a cautious view on global equities for longer than has been comfortable. With Fed policy clearly remaining on a tightening track, we stick with our cautious vie...

InMotion Ventures puts adventure on the map - - 2018-05-29

InMotion Ventures, Jaguar Land Rover’s venture capital arm, today announces its investment in ...

Idinvest Partners announces the appointment of Guillaume Santamaria as Investment Director - - 2018-05-29

Idinvest Partners, a leading investor in SMEs across Europe, today announces the appointment of Guillaume Santamaria as Investment Direct...

Triple Point launches Impact EIS - - 2018-05-29

Triple Point, which provides innovative and compelling investment solutions for private and institutional investors, has announced the launch of its Imp...

Origami Energy crowned overall winner of the Future Planet Awards 2018 - - 2018-05-29

Origami Energy, a technology company building a real-time marketplace for the evolving distributed energy world, was crowned the overall winner of the secon...

Channel Mum, founded by Netmums’ Siobhan Freegard, receives £3.5M funding - - 2018-05-29

One of the UK’s fastest-growing parenting hubs, Channel Mum, has successfully secured £3.5 million funding led by venture capital firm&nbs...

Western Europe leads the world in private equity returns - - 2018-05-29

Data from eFront, covering 4,000 funds globally, shows that Western European private equity funds showed the...

Demand for transactional risk insurance at a record high - - 2018-05-29

Strategic investors and private equity firms around the world turned to transactional risk insurance in record numbers in 2017 to reduce deal risk in a highly competitive merger ...

YFM Equity Partners supports £3m investment into Arcus - - 2018-05-25

Funds advised and managed by YFM Equity Partners (YFM), the specialist private equity fund manager have backed a £3m investment into Arcus Global Limited (...

SETsquared Surrey programme helps UK tech start-ups raise £8m - - 2018-05-25

New figures show that SETsquared Surrey’s ...

Power Roll secures successful fundraise to commercialise energy technologies - - 2018-05-25

Acceleris have announced that they have advised upon the completion of a £2.9m funding round into Power Roll’s novel energy creation and storag...

AIC research highlights dangers of key information documents - - 2018-05-25

Following research into the Key Information Documents (KIDs) being published by its members, the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) is calling on the ...

Development Bank of Wales launches £8m angel co-investment fund - - 2018-05-25

Ken Skates, Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Transport has formally launched a new £8 million fund that will encourage business angel inve...

Amberside ALP sponsor Great British Private Investor Summit 2018 - - 2018-05-25

The Amberside ALP team were delighted to sponsor the Great British Private Investor Summit run by Angel News. The level interest in their ISA qualifying bonds was overwhelming. ...

Funnel Filtering - Panning for Gold - Peter Cowley, Invested Investor - 2018-05-25

So you've made contact with a busy invested investor. How on earth do you get from that initial contact to an investment? In the last 36 hours, I have been sent 9 pitch decks. I i...

Fraud epidemic costs the UK £110 billion a year, says Crowe Clark Whitehill - - 2018-05-24

‘The Financial Cost of Fraud 2018’...

Almost half of scale-up businesses founded by under-34s - - 2018-05-24

The number of scale-up businesses in the UK is rising fast and almost half (42%) have been founded by people aged 34 and under, according to a new report: ...

Ultromics secures £10 million investment to bring AI heart diagnostics to hospitals - - 2018-05-24

Ultromics, the UK start-up behind breakthrough artificial intelligence (AI) technolog...

British Business Bank, Diversity VC and BVCA announce new diversity initiative - - 2018-05-24

Three organisations are joining forces to run an industry-wide initiative which will build the first clear picture of the representation of women, and diversity more broadly, in the pipelines of UK...

Foresight Williams Technology EIS Fund invests £2.1m in Oxford Space Systems - - 2018-05-24

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PayAsUGym completes £6.5m Series A investment round led by Albion Capital - - 2018-05-24

Albion Capital, the leading independent investment manager, has led a £6.5 million Series A investment round i...

Development Bank of Wales & HSBC support Coastline Coaches with £100k loan - - 2018-05-23

JWS Cars Limited, trading as Coastline Coaches, has taken delivery of two new service buses as it prepares to begin two new service bus con...

Foresight invests £3 million into DA Languages Limited - - 2018-05-23

Foresight Group has invested £3 million into Altrincham-based, DA Languages Limited....

CoInvestor appoints Rob Ferguson as Chief Operating Officer - - 2018-05-23

CoInvestor, the platform digitising alternative asset transactions for fund managers, investors and advisers, has appointed Rob Ferguson as its Chief Operating Officer amid increasin...

MedicSpot receives investment from Henley Business Angels - - 2018-05-23

Digital healthcare provider MedicSpot has received investment from a member of Henley Busine...

Draper Esprit backs Aircall in £10m deal - - 2018-05-23

Draper Esprit has invested £10m investment in Aircall, a French cloud-based call centre software business. The London-headquartered ventu...

Finstock Capital launch new product to fix the R&D Tax Claim funding gap - - 2018-05-23

Finstock Capital has recently launched a bridging product to help fix the funding gap for businesses waiting for their research and development (R&...

Female entrepreneurs half as likely to win investment says report - - 2018-05-22

Since 2016, female entrepreneurs received 44 pence in funding for every £1 awarded to men Data from a small business and startup finance provider has revealed that since 2016, f...

Edge Investments leads £4m investment in kids’ activities marketplace Hoop - - 2018-05-22

Leading creative industries specialist, Edge Investments, is pleased to announce it has invested in a significant shareholding in Ho...

Strabens Hall appoints Adam Benskin as CEO - - 2018-05-22

Strabens Hall, the award winning independent wealth advisory boutique, has appointed Adam Benskin as CEO, John H...

High-growth action sports protection brand receives £3m BGF investment - - 2018-05-22

Trailblazing action sports protection brand Ruroc has received a £3m investment from BGF, adding further firepower...

UK Finance and Parker Fitzgerald publish report on the safeguarding of data - - 2018-05-22

Joint report from UK Finance and Parker Fitzgerald views the safeguarding of data as core to sustai...

Morgan Lewis Adds Finance Partner in London to Advise Lenders - - 2018-05-22

Morgan Lewis has appointed finance partner Paul Denham, who advises clients on a wide range of leveraged finance and banking matters. Mr. Denham, who arri...

How to make an impression with investors and raise finance - Julie Glenny, Maven Capital Partners - 2018-05-21

1. What kinds of businesses do you invest in? Is there a “typical” business or something they all have in common? At Maven we see businesses at various stages o...

100 entrepreneurs back campaign - - 2018-05-21

A new campaign shines a light on how fast-growing businesses across the UK need to deploy all forms of capital to achieve their growth ambitions. 100 Stories of Growth ...

AI, IoT and blockchain dominate influencer mentions in Q1 2018 - - 2018-05-21

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as the most frequently mentioned theme in discussions among the key disruptive technologies during the first quarter (Q1) of 2018 on Twitter, accordin...

www.coininvest.com launch celebratory Silver Coin for Royal Wedding - - 2018-05-21

Leading gold and silver coin online retailer, http://www.coininvest.com/ announced the launch of a special fine silver coin accompanied by SwarovskiÔ ...

Mayfair backed GCI appoints ex Microsoft veteran Patrick De Smedt as Chairman - - 2018-05-21

Following its recent funding round and investment by Mayfair Private Equity, converged ICT Services Provider GCI has announced the appointment of Pat...

Bank of Ireland Kernel Fund leads investment in DisplayNote - - 2018-05-21

The Bank of Ireland Kernel Capital Growth Fund (NI) ...

SMEs name money management as top reason for poor mental health - - 2018-05-21

In light of Mental Health Awareness Week 2018, which is focusing on stress, online printer instantprint has coll...

Angels and Assets: Should Wealth Managers Take The Leap into Angel Investment? - WBAF - 2018-05-21

The world’s economies are soaring at an incredible rate, with Asia on course to lead. Nowadays, start-ups can be on their feet and r...

Perfecting your pitch: Part 2 - Adrian Lloyd, Episode 1 - 2018-05-18

The pitching process is often perceived as a one-way audition in which VCs pluck the lucky few from a procession of hopeful, eager entrepreneurs. At Episode 1 we very much see it as a two-way proce...

Spherium Biomed publishes results of clinical trial of Mucomel®, - - 2018-05-18

Spherium Biomed has disclosed the top line results of its Phase II clinical trial of Mucomel®, an oral gel for the prevention and treatment ...

Winner of the AIC shareholder communication awards 2018 - - 2018-05-18

The winners of the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) Shareholder Communication Awards&nb...

Green Angel Syndicate backs Spintech Energy - - 2018-05-18

Green Angel Syndicate has announced the completion of its latest investment: Spinetic Energy Ltd...

SETSquared launches programme to power UK companies - - 2018-05-18

A new programme from the SETSquared Partnership to enable some of the UK’s best tech scale-up companies to become the sector giants of tom...

Maze raises £350.000 from Partech and Seedcamp - - 2018-05-18

London-based startup Maze has raised £350.000 in a round led by leading early-stage European funds ...

New appointment for Mercia’s Northern office - - 2018-05-18

Mercia Fund Managers is expanding its equity team with the appointment of a new investment director, following the announcement of the ...

Idinvest closes its fourth direct lending fund at €715m - - 2018-05-17

Idinvest Partners, a leading investor in SMEs across Europe, has today announced the final closing of its fourth direct lending Fund (Idin...

Stellar and Monero added to deVere Crypto exchange - - 2018-05-17

One of the world’s largest independent financial services organisations has added a further two digital currencies to its cryptocurrency exchange app due to public demand being “fuelled...

Ian Macleod joins Archangels board - - 2018-05-17

Ian Macleod has joined the board of Archangels, the prominent business angel investment syndicate, succeeding Geoff Ball, who has retire...

The New Approach To Successful Business Growth For SME's - - 2018-05-17

East Midlands based ...

Call for look at relaxing rules for Entrepreneurs’ Relief - - 2018-05-17

It may be time for the Government to reconsider the requirement for shareholders to have a minimum stak in a company before they are entitled to favourable rates of tax, says the ...

Perkbox partners with PensionBee to help find lost pensions - - 2018-05-17

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Downing Ventures commits £2m to cashless payment startup Glownet - - 2018-05-16

Glownet, a global market leader in cashless payment technology for the live events industry, has secured £2 million funding from venture capital firm ...

Greenbackers Investment Capital Launches New Cleantech Fund - - 2018-05-16

Specialist Fund Brokers, Greenbackers Investment Capital, today announced The Greenbackers Cleantech Fund, their first venture fund targeting t...

Development Bank of Wales investments up £11.5m in 2017/18 - - 2018-05-16

The Development Bank of Wales has published its results for 2017/18. Previously...

London Among The Top 10 Best Cities for Startup Entrepreneurs - - 2018-05-16

Furnished apartment search engine, Nestpick, has released a study revealing th...

BrainQ Technologies Raises $8.8 Million to Treat Neurodisorders with AI - - 2018-05-16

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Mercia partners with Augmentor to support the next generation of VR and AR companies - - 2018-05-16

National investment group ...

British Business Investments launches £500m programme to increase access to patient capital - - 2018-05-15

British Business Investments, the commercial arm of the British Business Bank, launches a new £500m Managed Funds Programme designed to increase access to l...

Brexit-Proof: why the UK’s creative industries will continue to thrive beyond Brexit - Patrick Bradley - 2018-05-15

A vigorous debate is taking place about the impact of Brexit on the UK’s creative industries. The former Prime Minister Sir John Major recently made a speech to the Creative Industries Federa...

High net worth investors favour fintech, Capitama finds - - 2018-05-15

Fintech is the most popular sector among high net worth and professional investors, according to Capitama, the direct private investment platform. ...

How should EIS investors play Brexit countdown? - Andrew Aldridge, Deepbridge Capital - 2018-05-15

As we head towards the UK leaving the EU there continues to be much discussion about what the UK economy will resemble in the second quarter of 2019 and beyon...

Calculus completes a further investment in Mologic - - 2018-05-15

Calculus Capital has completed a further investment into a growth capital investment round for Mologic alongside ...

Downing exits satellite earth station business following £5m investment - - 2018-05-15

Investment manager Downing LLP today announces the successful exit by its funds from a Cornwall-based satellite station site, managed by Goonhilly Earth Station Limited. Downing has worked ...

NPIF Maven Equity Finance backs digital football platform - - 2018-05-15

The digital platform which has been specifically designed to help coaches and players deliver professional football coaching content set for growth following investment. ...

MedCircuit raises £153,000 from NPIF - Mercia Equity Finance - - 2018-05-15

A doctor who has created an innovative software program to reduce waiting times in A&E has secured a £153,000 investment from ...

Evident Proof and Swytch Partner To Capture Energy Production Data on the Blockchain - - 2018-05-14

Evident Proo...

New £10m plan to develop Yorkshire medical technology - - 2018-05-14

NorthInvest’s Board Director John Fisher has been instrumental to the set up of the Grow MedTech Partnership. S...

App commerce company Poq closes £9.5m series B - - 2018-05-14

App commerce company Poq has announced the completion of a £9.5 million Series B funding round, led by Smedvig ...

Astia Angels achieves fourth exit in twelve months - - 2018-05-14

Astia Angels, an investment group that exclusively invests in women-led startups has announced its fourth exit, continuin...

Eagle raises $1m funding - - 2018-05-14

To support Eagle Genomics’ growth plans, the company has raised $1m within 3 weeks of the launch of its latest investment rou...

Ashfords ranks 2nd in Europe for Venture Capital in PitchBook rankings - - 2018-05-14

Ashfords has been ranked as one of the most active law firms globally in venture capital deals for first quarter of 2018 according to Pitc...

BondMason issues Direct Lending in the UK 2018 report - - 2018-05-14

BondMason’s Direct Lending in the UK 2018 provides an in-depth overview of the Direct Lending market and readers can ...

Perfecting your pitch - Adrian Lloyd, Episode 1 - 2018-05-14

Until artificial intelligence is capable of identifying unicorns among startups by crunching data on entrepreneurs, markets and business plans, we will have to rely on the tried and tested route to...

OurCrowd backed BriefCam To Be Acquired by Canon Inc - - 2018-05-11

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Fifth deal for Quilam as it invests in 1Plus1 Loans - - 2018-05-11

Quilam Capital, which provides both debt and equity solutions to companies in the speciality finance sector, has announced its fifth d...

BondMason equity funding round oversubscribed by 50% - - 2018-05-11

BondMason has raised £1.85 million to drive the growth of the business and fulfil the company’s vision to enable more investors to access returns ...

NPIF celebrates strong start to the year with £50m milestone - - 2018-05-11

The Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF) has invested more than £50 million across the Northern Powerhouse region, supporting over 260 small and me...

Angel Academe backsdoppel - - 2018-05-11

Angel Academe has invested in doppel, a wristband shown to reduce stress. It works by creating a silent vibration on the inside of your wri...

Atelerix Raises Seed Funding Round - - 2018-05-11

Atelerix, a Cambridge and Newcastle, UK-based spin-out from the University of Newcastle and creators of an innovative cell encapsulation techn...

Synthetic antibody firm secures £1.5m investment from Mercia - - 2018-05-10

An East Midlands life sciences company which develops synthetic alternatives to antibodies has closed a £1.5m Series A funding round supported by ...

Midlands’ scale up GCI acquired by Mayfair - - 2018-05-10

GCI, the converged ICT services company, has been acquired by ...

Mentoring mantra, why it’s so important for start-ups… - - 2018-05-10

https://www.investedinvestor.com/articles/2018/4/16/fiona-nielson ...

Par Equity backed turnaround delivers 75x investment return in five years - - 2018-05-10

An Enterprise Investment Scheme that led to a world-first innovation in online learning has given investors a 75x return on their money in a little over five years....

OurCrowd and Bangkok Bank Announce Strategic Alliance - - 2018-05-10

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BondMason: SIPP administrators are right to tread carefully when reviewing non-standard assets - - 2018-05-10

Recent fines by the FSCS to a few SIPP providers for exposing clients to certain high risk, non-standard investments are underst...

Foresight strengthens senior investment team in Nottingham - - 2018-05-09

Foresight Group has appointed Ray Harris to its Private Equity Investment team, following Ben Dawson’s appointment earlier this y...

Addleshaw Goddard advises on e-learning MBO - - 2018-05-09

International law firm, Addleshaw Goddard has successfully advised on the sale of ICS Learn...

Imperial College Business School MBA is 1st globally for women - - 2018-05-09

Imperial College Business School’s Full-Time MBA has been recognised by the Financial Times as the world’s top programme for female gradua...

Warren Buffett needs to be educated on cryptocurrencies - - 2018-05-09

Warren Buffett’s comments on cryptocurrencies highlight how he needs to be educated on the future of money, affirms the boss of one of the world’s largest independent financial services...

Alliance Ventures and Definvest acquire stakes in Kalray - - 2018-05-09

Kalray, a pioneer in processors for new intelligent systems, announced two new investors: ...

How to motivate investors in your equity crowdfunding campaign - John Auckland, TribeFirst - 2018-05-09

Have you ever wondered what investors are looking for when deciding whether to invest in an equity crowdfunding campaign? What makes the difference in their decision to invest or no...

NameDrop joins InvestCloud Innovation Center to launch data-sharing app - - 2018-05-08

InvestCloud Inc., a global FinTech firm, has announced Silicon Beach-based ...

NatWest outlines Esme Loans’ plans following pilot - - 2018-05-08

Esme Loans, the digital lending platform for SMEs and scale up businesses launched by NatWest last year, has announced plans to grow its lending business fo...

Masters students launch investment fund at Imperial College Business School - - 2018-05-08

A team of students from Imperial College Business School have collaborated to create and launch the School’s first student-led investment fund. The “...

C5 Capital invests $35 million in IronNet Cybersecurity - - 2018-05-08

C5 Capital, the investment specialist firm focused on cyber security, cloud computing and artificial intelligence, has announced that its led an $78 million...

Creative Nature superfood brand named as the FSB UK Small Business of the Year 2018 - - 2018-05-08

Scale-up superfood brand, Creative Nature, based in Surrey and born out of the founder’s frustration at the lack of healthy and tasty...

CapitalRise closes £2 million seed funding - - 2018-05-08

CapitalRise has closed a £2 million seed funding round from the family of renowned bankin...

The thing about startups—new kid on the block - Leah Martin, Episode 1 - 2018-05-08

When you’re working amongst all the suits in the city you sit there and think about the world of startups. A world where everyone wears jeans...

£250,000 loan for Cumbrian artisan cheese maker - - 2018-05-08

Cumbrian-based Appleby Creamery, an artisan cheese maker has secured a £250,000 loan from th...

Private equity investment into European companies hits ten-year high - - 2018-05-04

Private equity investment in European companies hit a ten-year high in 2017 at €71.7 billion, a 29% year-on-year increase, according to new data released by ...

Mercia’s first University of Edinburgh investment offers dialysis hope - - 2018-05-04

A spinout company whose technology could save the lives of thousands of dialysis patients has secured £500,000 from ...

StorageOS completes $8 million series A funding - - 2018-05-04

StorageOS, Inc. has announced the general availability of its software-defined persistent st...

Development Bank of Wales makes £300k investment in Carapace Slate - - 2018-05-04

A unique roofing tile system using recycled Welsh slate is set to revolutionise the global construction market. Penarth-based ...

UCL Technology Fund and UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund invest in Glialign - - 2018-05-04

The UCL Technology Fund (UCLTF), UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund (UKI2S), alongside support from...

EcoMachines Ventures backs Nanotech Industrial Solutions $12m investment round - - 2018-05-04

Nanotech Industrial Solutions, Inc (NIS) has completed a $12m growth capital round to accelerate sales and continue developing new applicatio...

Marine Biotech firm Jellagen on course for growth thanks to £3.8m funding - - 2018-05-03

Jellagen, a pioneer in marine biotechnologies based in Wales, has closed a £3.8m funding round led by ...

Crowdcube kicks off 2018 with record first quarter - - 2018-05-03

Crowdcube, the world’s first and largest crowdfunding platform, has had its most successful Q1 since its launch seven years ago. ...

Foresight provides £25 million debt funding facility to Roma Finance - - 2018-05-03

Funds managed by Foresight Group have provided a debt facility of up to £25 million to indepe...

Digital high street app secures £200,000 investment - - 2018-05-03

NearMeNow has secured an equity co-investment led by The Development Bank of Wales, who invested £150,000, with a further £60,000 obtai...

Intelligence specialist ready for growth - - 2018-05-03

Technology business Intelligence Fusion (IF) is set to scale after successfully raising £487,000...

App commerce company Poq closes £9.5 million Series B - - 2018-05-03

App commerce company Poq has announced the completion of a £9.5 million Se...

This is what the startup of the year 2050 looks like - Dr Arthur Krebbers - 2018-05-03

Do you know the megatrends that will change the world in the next 50 years? Shane Wall, CTO of HP, recently shared them at an event at the London School of Economic...

One Peak Partners leads £41m investment in Concentra Analytics - - 2018-05-02

The investment will enable Concentra to accelerate its international expansion and support product development initiatives for its market-leading strategic human capital software solution...

Family business owners are the most innovative, study finds - - 2018-05-02

Family business owners are more innovative than owners of non-family businesses but are restricted by limited financial resources, says Dr Roberto Flören, Professor of Family Bu...

UWS spinout novosound raises £1.5 million led by Par Equity - - 2018-05-02

The first spinout company set to emerge from the University of the West of Scotland has closed its seed investment round, raising £1.5 million. ...

CrowdProperty appoints new CEO - - 2018-05-02

Mike Bristow, business strategy consultant, formerly of strategy consultancies OC&C, Roland Berger and Hambalt, has been appointed CEO of leading specialist pro...

Kuber Ventures adds three new growth funds to EIS platform - - 2018-05-02

Kuber Ventures adds new high growth funds to its platform to mark start of the new tax year. New additions reflect the Chancellor’s calls for EIS ...

Hazy wins M12’s Innovate.AI award in Europe and $1m investment - - 2018-05-02

Hazy, the data anonymisation software developer formerly known as Anon AI, has won M12’s Innovate...

Cavendish Corporate Finance appoints Derek Zissman - - 2018-05-01

Cavendish Corporate Finance LLP, the specialist sell-side M&A firm, has appointed Derek Zissman, a senior corporate finance professional, as a partner an...

Cryptocurrency volatility should be treated like any market turbulence, says deVere - - 2018-05-01

Cryptocurrency volatility should be treated like any financial market turbulence, and many investors will successfully take advantage of it, affirms the CEO...

Mirico receives £1.58 million injection from Foresight - - 2018-05-01

Foresight Group has invested £1.58 million into MIRICO Limited from the Foresight Williams Tec...

Hutchinson Networks in global growth drive following YFM backing - - 2018-05-01

Hutchinson Networks, an Edinburgh-based global technology business, has received a £2.2m growth capital investment from funds advised by ...

Nestlé Purina PetCare acquires majority share in Tails.com - - 2018-05-01

Nestlé Purina PetCare has acquired a majority stake in Tails.com, a direct...

Paragraf closes £2.9m seed round - - 2018-05-01

Paragraf, the graphene technology development company, a recent spin out from the University of Cambridge, has closed a £2.9 million seed round to support t...

myBaker secures funding from Jenson - - 2018-04-30

Jenson SEIS and EIS Fund 2017/18 has made an investment into myBaker (Homebaked Ltd), an online cake concierge ...

Jenson backs Whitehall Finance Ltd - - 2018-04-30

Jenson SEIS and EIS Fund 2017/18 has made an investment in Whitehall Finance, a new and innovativ...

Foresight makes £3m investment into Luminet - - 2018-04-30

Foresight Group announces a £3 million development capital investment from Foresight Funds into managed services provider ...

An interview with OurCrowd's Andy Kaye on the future of Equity Crowdfunding in the UK - - 2018-04-30

Andy Kaye, President of OurCrowd Where is crowdfundin...

Nominations are now OPEN for the UK Angel Investment Awards 2018 - - 2018-04-30

The call is out from UKBAA to find this year's most innovative growth businesses and the investors that have backed them as nominations open...

Scottish Power Renewables and Green Angel Syndicate to collaborate in offshore wind innovation drive - - 2018-04-30

A new competition from the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult will, for the first time, enable innovative SMEs working in the offshore renewables sector to prove their technology and connect ...

GTM II - Playful Customer Dynamics: Connecting with People - Siobhan Clarke, Episode1 - 2018-04-30

Customers are Slayers and Kingmakers – they’ll kill off your start-up before it’s even begun or help to accelerate you into a stratosphere never before envisaged. Customer...

Shoosmiths wraps up LDC’s investment into giftware company - - 2018-04-30

Shoosmiths has advised private equity investor LDC on its £13 million minority investment into Paladone, one of...

Beauhurst Equity investment market update: Q1 2018 - - 2018-04-30

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Partech leads $3 Million Series A funding for TradeDepot - - 2018-04-27

TradeDepot, the innovative SaaS platform for FMCG distribution in Africa, announced today $3 million in funding. ...

Foresight invests £1.68m into Geospatial Insight - - 2018-04-27

Foresight Group has announced the £1.68 million investment from the Foresight Williams&n...

BGF exits Brownhills Glass - - 2018-04-27

BGF has announced the exit of its minority investment in Brownhills Glass, one of the UK’s leading...

Crowdcube's second unicorn: Revolut - - 2018-04-27

Revolut, which raised on Crowdcube in 2016 just one year after they launched, confirmed ...

Pamplona Capital Management sells Partner in Pet Food to Cinven - - 2018-04-27

International private equity firm Pamplona Capital Management announced that it has signed an agre...

Financial advisers must be prepared for GDPR says CoInvestor - Charles Owe, CoInvestor - 2018-04-27

As many will know, GDPR will strengthen data protection for individuals and give them clear rights to their personal data. No business should collect any personal data unless their is rationa...

Resonance latest investment to help 125 people sleeping rough in Bristol - - 2018-04-26

Resonance has made another investment from its Bristol Social Investment Tax Relief Fund of £112,500 to Social Impact Bristol Ltd, a consortium set up by three charities – St Mungo&rsqu...

IQ Capital portfolio company Grapeshot acquired by Oracle - - 2018-04-26

Oracle has signed an agreement to acquire Grapeshot, a provider of brand safety and pre-bid contextual solut...

Cryptocurrencies set for another surge in prices. Here’s why - - 2018-04-26

Current market activity indicates that cryptocurrencies are set for “another considerable surge in prices gains” in the near future and Ethereum’s price could reach...

NorthEdge backs Prohire MBO - - 2018-04-26

NorthEdge backs £40m turnover fleet management specialist NorthEdge Capital has supported the MBO of Prohire...

Clearway raises £23m from BGF and Santander - - 2018-04-26

The Clearway Group, a vacant property services business, has received a £23m funding package from BGF an...

Deepbridge EIS invests in 46 companies in 2017/18 - - 2018-04-26

Deepbridge Capital, the tax-efficient investment manager, confirms that it has fully deployed all Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) funds raised dur...

Downing and BioScience Managers invest £1.14 million in ADC Biotechnology - - 2018-04-26

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Foresight Williams Technology EIS Fund invests £1.6 million in Salvalco - - 2018-04-25

Foresight Williams Technology EIS Fund invests £1.6 million in Salvalco Innovative aerosol valve ...

AI start-up Cognism gets funding boost from Newable - - 2018-04-25

Cognism, a London-based start-up which uses artificial intelligence to generate sales leads has closed a £2m funding round with the help of ...

Chelverton Investor Club achieves first exit - - 2018-04-25

Tufwell sale delivers strong return for Chelverton investors Chelverton A...

Student Entrepreneurs are faster to commercialise their inventions - - 2018-04-25

Student entrepreneurs and faculty entrepreneurs engage in different strategic behaviour in commercialising their inventions according to a new research from the ...

Augentius appoints new Chairman to capitalise on compliance services growth - - 2018-04-25

Augentius Compliance has appointed Andrew Shrimpton, a proven leader within the Compliance Consulting industry, as its Chairman. Andrew will spearhead further expansion of the business, following y...

UK businesses contributed £186 billion in taxes in 2017/18 - - 2018-04-25

New CBI analysis of data published by the Office for National Statistics has found that businesses paid £186 billion in taxes in 2017/18. The total business tax contribution amounts to 27% of...

Equity versus Rewards Crowdfunding - John Auckland, TribeFirst - 2018-04-24

Crowdfunding has gone beyond the early adopter stage, meaning most people have now heard of it. A recent survey by TribeFirst suggests that we are getting close to the stage where more people in th...

Mercia awarded £27m North East Venture Fund - - 2018-04-24

Mercia Fund Managers has announced that it has been awarded the £27 million Venture Fund to support businesses across the North East region as p...

Inflexion completes double buyout to create Comparison Technologies - - 2018-04-24

Inflexion Private Equity has created Comparison Technologies, a multi-channel price comparison enabler in home services (energy, broadband, TV and telep...

BGF receives Queens Award for Enterprise in the innovation category - - 2018-04-24

BGF, the most active investor for growing companies and entrepreneurs in the UK & Ireland, has received the prestigious honour of a Queen’s Award for ...

96% of UK millennials rule out building investment portfolio - - 2018-04-24

New research by mobile investing app Dabbl has revealed a surprising lack of investment activity amongst millennials in the UK &...

AIC expands investment company universe - - 2018-04-24

The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has expanded its universe of investment companies. From 31 March 2018, non-AIC member UK Real Estate Investment...

Ashfords advises Mobius Motors on Equity and Debt Fundraising - - 2018-04-23

Mobius Motors, a Kenya-based automaker who design and manufactures durable, affordable vehicles for Africa, has successfully closed an equity and debt fundin...

More Thoughts About Data and Things? - Paul McNabb, Episode1 - 2018-04-23

Basic economics tells us that markets are efficient when supply and demand are in balance. Too many goods brought to market, and prices fall. Too much demand for scarce supply and prices rise. Alth...

Beauhurst comment on ICAEW’s Small Business Taskforce manifesto - - 2018-04-23

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EIS helps to make the UK 'champions of small business and entrepreneurs' - Mark Brownridge, EISA - 2018-04-23

As we close the doors on yet another eventful tax year, it was fitting that at the Spring Statement 2018, Philip Hammond, Chancellor of the Exchequer should comment that the UK “a...

New Barclays UK Ventures unit to drive growth and innovation - - 2018-04-23

Barclays UK has launched a new unit that will focus on developing new business lines, promoting innovation and driving returns within Barclays UK. ...

Albion backed Orchard Therapeutics signs strategic deal with GSK - - 2018-04-23

GSK and Orchard Therapeutics, which is bakced by Albion Capital. have announced a strategic agreement, u...

Calculus completes two investments - - 2018-04-23

Calculus has completed two follow-on investments into portfolio companies Weedingtech and Quai. These investments represent further fun...

Foresight EIS fund invests £1.05 million in Codeplay Software - - 2018-04-23

Leading Edinburgh-ba...

Management teams - unchained - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2018-04-23

Founders fight. It’s how they fight that matters. Do they fight like a married couple (staying together), a married couple (wanting a divorce), siblings, in the primary ...

Jane Silber appointed as Chair of Oxford AI spin-out Diffblue - - 2018-04-20

Diffblue, the Oxford-based world leader in AI for code, today announces that Jane Silber has been appointed Chair of the Board of Directors. Silber was most r...

Reality Zero One secures £285k funding - - 2018-04-20

Reality Zero One has secured £285,000 investment from startup funders and private investors including the ...

New investment venture to support Scotland's social entrepreneurs - - 2018-04-20

A new mission-led investment venture aimed at stimulating social entrepreneurship in Scotland has been launched by leading responsible finance provider ...

Platform-facilitated lending approaches £9 billion, says P2PFA - - 2018-04-20

Quarterly data covering the period up to the end of March 2018, published today by the Peer-to-Peer Finance Association (P2PFA), reveals that cumulativ...

SMEs across the North East set to benefit from new funding - - 2018-04-20

Maven Capital Partners has been appointed to manage the £27 million North East Development Capital Fund (NEDCF), which will provide equity, debt an...

The cost of being a tech entrepreneur - - 2018-04-20

Tech entrepreneurs can expect to spend around £380,000 over the first year of a new venture according to new research from ...

Amberside Capital & CH1 Investments launch new crowd bond platform - - 2018-04-20

Amberside Capital and CH1 Investment Partners have joined forces to launch an innovative cr...

Achieving more Women in the C-Suite - Erin Platts, Silicon Valley Bank - 2018-04-19

Our Women in Technology Leadership 2018 rep...

Touch Biometrix secures investment from Deepbridge Capital - - 2018-04-19

Touch Biometrix, a UK company aiming to change the way we interact with technology for user authentication are pleased to announce they have receiv...

LNC Therapeutics appoints new CEO - - 2018-04-19

LNC Therapeutics, a French biotech company specializing in research and development for gut microbiome-based drugs, has announced the appointment of Dr. G...

Shoosmiths advises Octopus on City Pantry deal - - 2018-04-19

National law firm Shoosmiths has advised long standing clients Octopus Investments on i...

Kuber Ventures highlights the flexibility of EIS / SEIS as tax planning tools - - 2018-04-19

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Zelluna Immunotherapy appoints Arjan Roozen as CTO - - 2018-04-19

Zelluna Immunotherapy, the biotechnology company specializing in T-cell receptor (TCR) immunotherapies targeting a broad range of solid cancers with a hig...

Triodos Bank raises over £7 million in first three months - - 2018-04-19

Triodos Bank, a global leader in sustainable banking, has raised over £7 million for five organisations delivering positive social...

Pharmacy2U secures further investment - - 2018-04-19

Pharmacy2U, the UK’s largest NHS online pharmacy, has secured a further £40 million investment to support th...

UK VC investment takes a breather after a bumper 2017 - - 2018-04-18

One $100 million round helps push UK tally to exceed $1 billion in first quarter of the year Fintech on the top spot once again but other UK top transactio...

Susie Farnon joins AIC Board - - 2018-04-18

The Board of the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has appointed Susie Farnon as a non-executive director with effe...

Oxford Capital joins $8m funding for eporta - - 2018-04-18

eporta, a London-based B2B interior marketplace startup, has raised $8 million in a series A funding round led by US investor Canvas Ventures as it looks trans...

Seraphim publishes latest Space Index - - 2018-04-18

Seraphim Capital has published its analysis of the last quarters SpaceTech Venture Capital transactions. Every quarter it carefully monitors the investme...

iContract successfully raises over £800,000 - - 2018-04-18

iContract, the online platform connecting contractors with recruiters, closed its latest round of investment last week - after successfully raisin...

PingGo secures investment and a place in Seed Haus - - 2018-04-18

PingGo, a media engagement platform for high growth companies, has secured investment of £30K from the ...

Why I sometimes feel like a relationship therapist! - Simon Blakey - 2018-04-17

The Invested Investor is a publishing project that aims to increase the success rate for entrepreneurs and early investors by sharing the journeys of founders and investors and learning from their ...

PwC / CB Insights MoneyTree Report for Q1 2018 - - 2018-04-17

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Edison 2018 earnings forecasts - - 2018-04-17

2018 earnings forecasts, Edison view: “Geopolitics will in our view continue to present headline risk for the rest of the year. The US/China trade détente has broken...

GetRentr raises over £500k in seed funding round - - 2018-04-17

Geo-spatial powered property compliance platform GetRentr has raised over £500,000 from a group of strategic investors including ...

Development Bank of Wales invests £3.8m in mobility specialists Middletons - - 2018-04-17

Middletons, accessible furniture and mobility specialists, plan to open new stores in Cardiff, Swansea and Wrexham following a £3.8 million equity co-i...

Henley Business Angels calls entrepreneurs seeking seed finance - - 2018-04-17

Henley Business Angels are inviting applications from entrepreneurs seeking seed finance. If you are an entrepreneur or know of an entrepreneur who is a graduate of or is connected with Henley Busi...

Seraphim Capital launches Space Camp Accelerator - - 2018-04-17

Seraphim Capital has launched Space Camp Accelerator, the UK’s first dedicated accelerator programme for startups in the spacetech industry. Backed by both the UK and European space agencies,...

GTM blog series: The Boring GTM Detail That Really Matters - Siobhan Clarke, Episode1 - 2018-04-16

GTM I- The Detail: What are the individual areas we should think about? ...

OurCrowd reaches 20th exit - - 2018-04-16

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Startup Funding Club invests in 36 UK startups - - 2018-04-16

Startup Funding Club (SFC), the award-winning network of Business Angels and early-stage Investment Fund, has closed the first tranc...

Office Space in Town-led investment group acquires iconic hotel - - 2018-04-16

Office Space in Town, one of the UK’s leading award-winning serviced office providers, has led an investment group to acquire Burgh Island Hot...

Chelverton Investor Club funding for VeloVixen - - 2018-04-16

Chelverton Asset Management, a specialist investor in sub-FTSE 100 quoted equities and unquoted SMEs, has completed its first transaction of 2018 with a furth...

Kids Planet secures £6.5m follow-on funding from BGF - - 2018-04-16

Family-owned Kids Planet has received a further £6.5m investment from BGF as it plans to double th...

EISA publishes 'Brexit vs Deal Flow' report - - 2018-04-16

Since Britain voted to leave the European Union in June 2016, it has been reported that the UK economy has received ever-greater levels of private investment into the capital. A record £2.99b...

The importance of Knowledge Intensive Companies - Dermot Campbell, Kuber Ventures - 2018-04-16

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deVere comments on FCA cryptocurrency review - - 2018-04-13

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) cryptocurrency review will be one of the most impactful regulatory reviews in modern times and will shape the burgeoning crypto market for...

Liberis secures £57.5m to support 100,000 jobs by 2020 - - 2018-04-13

Leading small business finance provider Liberis has secured £57.5m in combined fun...

TrakCel to supply UK’s Northern Alliance cell therapy partnership - - 2018-04-13

TrakCel, the industry-leading software developer for cell and gene therapy supply chain tracking and orchestration, announces today it will be the organization re...

Deepbridge leads on £5.4m investment in vTime - - 2018-04-13

Deepbridge Capital, the tax-efficient investment manager, has closed a £5.4m Series ...

Microsoft and Intramezzo launch new crowdfunding platform Stakeholderz - - 2018-04-13

Microsoft for Startups supports the launch of Stakeholderz, a unique investment platform for technology ventures Executive recruitment firm...

Finance Durham Fund invests £250k in Muss Styling - - 2018-04-13

The Finance Durham fund, established by Durham County Council and managed by Maven Capital Partners, has invested £250,000 in pionee...

Jenson SEIS and EIS Fund invests in Enploy - - 2018-04-12

The Jenson SEIS and EIS Fund 2017/18 has invested into Enploy Ltd. Enploy teach entrepreneuri...

VentureEU: €2.1 billion to boost venture capital investment - - 2018-04-12

The European Commission and the European Investment Fund (EIF) have launched a Pan-European Venture Capital Funds-of-Funds programme (VentureEU) to boost investment in innovativ...

Investments into Finnish startups hit a new record high - - 2018-04-12

Statistics collected by Finnish Business Angels Network ry (FiBAN) and Finish Venture Capital As...

CoInvestor supports Oxford Capital’s drive to digitise - - 2018-04-12

CoInvestor, the leading supplier of integrated technology to the alternative asset sector, has been selected by Ox...

Spectral Edge secures $5.3m from Parkwalk and IQ Capital - - 2018-04-12

Spectral Edge, the image fusion technology specialists, has secured $5.3 million in further funding from existing investors ...

British Robotics Seed Fund invests in Redbeard - - 2018-04-12

Birmingham-based Redbeard, a firm that develops code for Apple (iOS) apps has secured investment from the ...

Advancing the Roadmap for Impact Investing - Chris Jurgens and Robynn Steffen - 2018-04-11

By Chris Jurgens and Robynn Steffen As the impact investing movement rounds the corner into its second deca...

SEP's Calum Paterson appointed Chair of BVCA - - 2018-04-11

The British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA) has welcomed Calum Paterson...

Maven invests £1.1m in WaterBear Education - - 2018-04-11

Maven Capital Partners, one of the UK’s most active private equity houses, has completed a £1.1 million VCT investment in WaterBear Education...

YFM Equity Partners backs EIKON - - 2018-04-11

Funds advised and managed by YFM Equity Partners, the specialist private equity fund manager have backed an investment into ...

VCT fundraising for 2017/18 close to all-time high - - 2018-04-11

The Association of Investment Companies (The AIC) has published the fundraising figure for Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) fo...

Chargifi announces additional £5m investment - - 2018-04-11

Chargifi, the foundational technology for scaling wireless power, announces that it has raised a £5 million funding round. The investm...

Mecia Technologies sells Science Warehouse - - 2018-04-10

Mercia will receive proceeds of £10.5million (net of transaction expenses) and will recognise an immediate realised gain of £0.6million, compared with the holding valu...

Angel investors through the ages - William Armstrong & Armorer Donkin - - 2018-04-10

William Armstrong was an inventor, scientist, industrialist and philanthropist. He is most famous for revolutionising artillery during the Crimean war. However, his initial entry to ...

FCA statement on cryptocurrency derivatives - - 2018-04-10

We are aware of a growing number of UK firms offering so-called cryptocurrencies and cryptocurrency-related assets. As indicated in our Feedback Statement on DLT, cryptocurrencies are not currently...

Tech company start-ups in Scotland up 77 per cent - - 2018-04-10

The number of new tech companies being set up in Scotland rose by 77 per cent in 2017 according to new analysis by RSM. In total, th...

Idinvest Partners hits first close of its third digital fund - - 2018-04-10

Idinvest Partners, a leading investor in SMEs across Europe, has announced today the first close ...

European venture capital matches US performance says eFront - - 2018-04-10

European venture capital funds are often compared unfavourably to their US peers, but the latest analysis from eFront shows that this consensus has been ...

Investment opportunity - - 2018-04-10

Click here for more information https://www.fundingforentrepreneurs.co.uk/fundingpage2017...

The Week That Was - Harriet Green, OFF3R - 2018-04-09

The Week That Was is released by OFF3R. At OFF3R you can compare investments from leading ...

Brexit bad for business & will be bad for Britain - Simon Murdoch, Episode 1 - 2018-04-09

I don’t normally write about politics, being just a VC with interests and/or experience of over 50 UK businesses over a long career. But an old ...

10 New Tax Year Resolutions for Angels - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2018-04-09

With the new tax year upon us, why not make some resolutions to be a better investor next year? 1. Get all your S/EIS paperwork into order so completing your next tax return will be a cinch...

Ukrainian Startup Investment Grew Threefold in 2017 - - 2018-04-09

Over the last few years Ukraine has seen its digital markets and innovation scene grow very fast. Ukrainian startups (or startups founded by Ukrainian entrepreneurs), raised $265 milli...

NorthInvest reports rise in tech investments across North of England - - 2018-04-09

The region’s newest investment arm, NorthInvest, reports significant growth of across the North following a 25% increase in membership. ...

Great British Private Investor Summit announces Keynote Speaker - - 2018-04-09

AngelNews is delighted to announce that Iain Martin, editor of Reaction, will be a keynote speaker at the Great...

mbp.com captures £5 million from Mobeus and Beringea - - 2018-04-09

Mobeus Equity Partners and Beringea have co-invested in a £5 million funding round for&nb...

Blackfinch welcomes new investment managers - - 2018-04-09

Blackfinch has welcomed two new investment managers to its growing team: Jolyon Ridgwell and Stuart Tyler Lloyd. Both new hires bring extensive experience and ...

MMC Ventures exits Small World - - 2018-04-09

One of Europe’s leading mid-market private equity investors, Equistone, has agreed to acquire a majority stake in MMC’s portfolio company ...

Kaiku Health raises €4.4 million - - 2018-04-06

Finnish digital health company Kaiku Health Oy, which provides intelligent patient monitoring software for healthcare providers across Europe, has c...

Invoice finance and asset-based lending rises to £23.4bn - - 2018-04-06

Invoice finance and asset-based lending in the UK stood at £22.2 billion at the end of 2017, up five per cent on the funds advanced at the end of 2016, figures published by ...

Liverpool ChiroChem raises £1.5m - - 2018-04-06

Liverpool ChiroChem (LCC), the specialist Liverpool based chemical intermediates company...

Zilingo raises $54 million Series C - - 2018-04-06

Zilingo has raised $54 million in a Series C funding, to grow further and expand internationally. This takes total funding raised by ...

Newsvoice.com raises 2 million SEK - - 2018-04-06

Newsvoice, a news app that aims to change the way we read the news, raises 2 million SEK from private business angels and ...

Filiassur welcomes Tikehau Capital as anchor shareholder - - 2018-04-06

Tikehau Capital, the alternative asset management and investment group, has acquired a stake in Filiassur to support the company&rsq...

Barclays Eagle Lab will help Isle of Man businesses - - 2018-04-05

Barclays Eagle Labs are a community resource that offer a range of resources including co-working space, expert mentoring, training workshops, a fully-eq...

EIS & VCT changes - what do they mean for my clients and me? Part 3 - James Ramsay, TEPS - 2018-04-05

The changes to the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) announced in the Budget have almost all now been settled in. Royal Assent was given o...

Why we're all in sales - Siobhan Clarke - 2018-04-05

You’ve built an amazing product. It’s faster, better, cheaper – and returns massive amount of Karmic goodness to the universe to boot. All you need to do is put it on your website...

Green angel investment and the opportunity for female investors - Caroline Halliday - 2018-04-05

Research carried out by the University of Glasgow a few years ago found there had been encouraging growth in the proportion of women business angels, rising from 3% in 2008 to 12% in 2014. ...

Ascension Ventures ASCEND Fund IV fully invested - - 2018-04-05

Ascension Ventures' fourth SEIS Fund, the ASCEND Fund IV, is now fully invested...

Funding up 27.5% on Q1 2017 says Funderbeam Global Funding Report - - 2018-04-05

Download the report here https://www.funderbeam.com/reports....

deVere expands in Germany with new Munich offices - - 2018-04-05

Brexit has prompted one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations to launch in Munich.. deVere Group has expanded its deVere Germ...

Stem + Glory smashes crowdfunding target - - 2018-04-04

Award-winning restaurant Stem + Glory has smashed its crowdfunding target so quickly, that it is closing its campaign two weeks early – a move that ...

BGF exits Decision Tech - - 2018-04-04

Moneysupermarket.com has agreed to acquire BGF-backed Decision Tech following a period of ...

Oregon Timber Frame Limited completes buyout - - 2018-04-04

Selkirk-based Oregon Timber Frame Limited has completed a buy-out of its non-management shareholders, including the 15% stake in the business held by its larg...

The Invested Investor: Breaking down barriers between patients and pharmacies - - 2018-04-04

The Invested Investor helps increase the success rate for entrepreneurs by sharing stories from those who have done it. The enterprise has announced its latest podcast interview, focusing on the ch...

FIBAN Exit of the year awarded to a 7-Angel Syndicate - - 2018-04-04

The Finnish Business Angel Exit of the Year 2017 has been given to a business angel syndicate including seven business...

Entrepreneurs invited to join Social Entrepreneurs Programme - - 2018-04-04

The award-winning Lloyds Bank and Bank of Scotland Social Entrepreneurs Programme, in partnership with the School for Social Entrepreneurs and...

UK Finance responds to green finance task force report - - 2018-04-03

Responding to the publication of the Green Finance Taskforce report, Paul Chisnall, Director of Financial Policy and Operations at UK Finance, commented: ...

Midaxo Raises €12.9 Million in Series B Funding - - 2018-04-03

Midaxo, the Finnish developer of the award-winning cloud M&A platform, has announced a €12.9m funding round comprising of &eur...

Andy Murray makes first investments of 2018 - - 2018-04-03

British tennis champion Andy Murray has backed two early-stage businesses as part of his strategic relationship with Seedrs, today investing undisclosed amounts into innovative UK f...

Susie Farnon appointed to AIC Board - - 2018-04-03

The AIC Board has announced that, following Sarah Evans’ retirement from the Board in January this year, Susie Farnon has been co-opted as a non-...

Crowdcube launches regional equity campaign - - 2018-04-03

Crowdcube, the world&rsqu...

Aster hires serial entrepreneur Jérome Joaug - - 2018-04-03

Aster has announced the hiring of Jérome Joaug. Jérome Joaug, a serial entrepreneur, co-founder of Nymbly and Cambridge Nanosyst...

Britbots' second robotics & AI fund on target - - 2018-04-03

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What to make of the KI EIS fund consultation - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2018-04-03

Over the years I’ve known the teams at HM Treasury responsible for the EIS and VCT schemes and have been continuously impressed with the standards they have set in terms of engagement with th...

The Week That Was - Harriet Green, OFF3R - 2018-04-03

The Week That Was is released by OFF3R. At OFF3R you can compare investments from leading ...

Kuber comments on EIS market - Dermot Campbell - 2018-03-29

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Higher value bands gain momentum in vc funding activity - - 2018-03-29

There are signs of improved investor confidence in making large investments as higher value venture capital funding (VC) bands gain momentum, according to ...

Aim market capitalisations at record high - - 2018-03-29

Moore Stephens the top ten accounting and advisory firm, has carried out an in-depth survey amongst directors of ...

Testplant acquires NCC Group's web performance division - - 2018-03-29

Eggplant (formerly Testplant), the provider of Digital Automation Intelligence so...

Three Hills Capital invests in Sigma - - 2018-03-29

Three Hill Capital Partners has announced its investment in Sigma Retail Solutions. Sigma is a...

LetsGetChecked Raises $12 million - - 2018-03-29

LetsGetChecked, the medical health testing platform that allows customers to access regulated laboratory testing ...

LendingCrowd secures £2m in funding - - 2018-03-29

LendingCrowd has secured an external funding round of £2 million following a strong 2017 for the peer-to-peer (P2P) lender, ...

Growth Street to inject £20m into Welsh economy - - 2018-03-29

Growth Street, an alternative finance provider for UK SMEs, plans to inject £20m into growing Wels...

Breed Reply invests in Metron and TAG Sensors - - 2018-03-28

Breed Reply, a leading active operational investor in early-stage Internet of Things (IoT) businesses, has today announced investments in France-b...

UKBAA opens Angel Investment Hub in Cambridge - - 2018-03-28

The UK Business Angels Association has opened a new Angel Investment Hub in the heart of Cambridge. The Bra...

Development Bank of Wales confirms commitment to North Wales - - 2018-03-28

Business is booming across north Wales, with the latest figures from the Development Bank of Wales showing an increase in investment appetite across our...

Octopus publishes High Growth Small Business Report 2018 - - 2018-03-28

Economic value of 22,074 high growth small businesses revealed in new report More than 3,000 new jobs created every week by these bu...

Innovation Point and Development Bank of Wales back University social network - - 2018-03-28

The Development Bank of Wales has invested i...

Cambridge firm Glyconics signs agreement with Ghent University - - 2018-03-28

Glyconics has signed an exclusive licensing deal with Ghent University in Belgium for its proprietary method for the measurement of Diabetes and Renal insuff...

Investor Confidence Rises in March says State Street - - 2018-03-28

State Street Global Exchange today released the results of the State Street Investor Confidence Index® (ICI) for March 2018. ...

ELITE Company eToro successfully completes $100m capital raising - - 2018-03-27

ELITE Club Deal, London Stock Exchange Group’s private placement platform for ELITE companies and professional investors, today announces the completion of...

Q1 European angel investment exceeds previous years - - 2018-03-27

2018 has so far proven to be fairly promising in terms of the aggregate value of announced angel investment deals targeting Western European companies, according to Zephyr, the M&A database pub...

Renephra secures £231k from Deepbridge & Catapult - - 2018-03-27

Renephra, a medical device company, today announced that it has raised £231,000 fr...

Allbright backs Tech Will Save Us - - 2018-03-27

All Bright has participated in a £3m Series A funding round into Tech Will Save Us, led by Ini...

Resonance event marks launch of Resonance West Midlands SITR Fund - - 2018-03-27

Following the long-awaited launch of the Resonance's latest impact investment fund, dedicated to tackling poverty and disadvantage in the We...

deVere CEO says Twitter boss is wrong to be so bullish Bitcoin - - 2018-03-26

Bitcoin will not become the world’s sole currency in 10 years - there will be many successful cryptocurrencies - and Ethereum is likely to take over B...

The Week That Was - Harriet Green, OFF3R - 2018-03-26

THE ROUNDUP The Facebook fiasco. “Shame if you missed it” tweeted billionaire investor Jim Mellon on Monday, talking abo...

Beechbrook backs executive search specialist Leathwaite - - 2018-03-26

Beechbrook Capital is supporting further expansion at Leathwaite, the global human capital specialist. The ...

Ruffena Capital backs £3.25m MBO of SGS Gases - - 2018-03-26

Ruffena Capital has completed the management buyout of SGS Gases, a west country based business that has grown...

Sapphire Ventures leads $20m funding for cloud data firm Matillion - - 2018-03-26

YFM Equity Partners joins Sap...

BGF exits Duncan and Todd - - 2018-03-26

The Duncan & Todd Group, the leading optical provider in Scotland, has secured a £15m investment from the Scottish office of ...

Advice to entrepreneurs: how to approach investors - Peter Cowley, The Invested Investor - 2018-03-26

Investors have a reputation for secrecy, and often put up a road block to founders. However, this does not need to be the norm. There are probably hundreds of fundraising fo...

Mobeus leads £3.8m investment in SuperCarers - - 2018-03-26

Mobeus Equity Partners has led a £3.8 million funding round for ...

IW Capital drives growth for Elevation Financial Group - - 2018-03-23

Mayfair based private equity firm IW Capital has completed its latest deal with ...

Can you become an investment company ISA millionaire? - - 2018-03-23

New research from the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) using Morningstar data looks at which investment companies have performed be...

Independent Forgings & Alloys receives £8.5m from BGF - - 2018-03-23

Sheffield-headquartered Independent Forgings & Alloys, one of Britain’s leading independent aeros...

EdTech pioneer Simply Do Ideas raises £550,000 - - 2018-03-23

Cardiff-based Simply Do Ideas, the education technology firm that helps people build and test their ideas, has raised £550,00...

BGF Ventures backs Streetbees - - 2018-03-23

Streetbees, a global research platform that is being used by the world’s biggest consumer companies, has raised $5.1 million in Seed funding to date....

Newable backs £3 million fund raise for Hummingbird Technologies - - 2018-03-23

Hummingbird Technologies, the UK’s leading drone and satellite enabled data and imagery analytics business for precision agriculture, has announced ...

G20 must adopt common cryptocurrency regulations, says deVere - - 2018-03-22

The G20 must work towards an agreement to adopt common regulations for cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, says the boss of one of the world’s leading independent financial services organi...

Gorilla in the room raises seed funding from Mercia - - 2018-03-22

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Colnvestor Connect expands scope with private equity funds - - 2018-03-22

CoInvestor Connect, CoInvestor’s alternative asset investment platform for sophisticated private investors, has expanded its offering with t...

The Primal Pantry secures investment from NVM - - 2018-03-22

NVM Private Equity has invested £3 million of growth capital into Maidenhead-based branded food business The P...

Honeypot publishes 2018 Women in Tech Index - - 2018-03-22

Honeypot study analyses the gender pay gap in the OECD and EU technology industry, revealing the best opportunities for women....

Livingbridge identifies 'entrepreneurs to watch' in hospitality sector - - 2018-03-22

Livingbridge, the mid-market private equity firm, has today announced the publication of its Ones to W...

UK must embrace refugees’ entrepreneurial potential, says CFE report - - 2018-03-21

The Centre for Entrepreneurs (CFE), the entrepreneurship think tank, has released a report calling on the UK to empower resettled...

Digital Reasoning raises $30 million - - 2018-03-21

Digital Reasoning, a leader in Artificial Intelligence (AI) that understands human intentions and behaviors, has raised $30 million in new funding. BN...

Archangels and SIB invest £2m in drug delivery company BDD - - 2018-03-21

Archangels, the Edinburgh-based business angel syndicate, the Scottish Investment Bank, ...

Inflexion backs buyout of Chambers and Partners - - 2018-03-21

Inflexion has completed the buyout of Chambers and Partners, the leading global provider of legal ran...

Investment risk appetite on the rise, says SyndicateRoom - - 2018-03-21

A survey of 1,102 UK-based private retail investors by the online investment platform SyndicateRoom and FTI Consulting has shown that...

Kernel Capital leads £1.5m investment in Causeway Sensors - - 2018-03-21

The Bank of Ireland Kernel Capital Growth Fund (NI) has led a £1.2 million investment in Queens University Belfast (QUB) spin-out ...

Aberdeen Standard Investments and 21 Partners announce new venture - - 2018-03-20

Aberdeen Standard Investments and 21 Partners have announced the establishment of a new UK based 50:50 joint venture (JV) – 21 Aberdeen Standard Investments Limited (21ASI) – with the i...

Stellar introduces Estate and Succession service - - 2018-03-20

Stellar has launched its Estate and Succession Planning (ESP) Portfolio Services as part of its ongoing commitment to provide greater choice, simplicity and transparency for investors to plan for t...

LBO performance reaches 10-year high, says eFront report - - 2018-03-20

eFront’s latest quarterly private equity data shows that LBO performance reached a 10-year high in 2017, while overall risk levels redu...

Tora launches Crypto Asset Management Solution - - 2018-03-20

Tora, the world&r...

YFM backs MBO of Checkmate Fire - - 2018-03-20

YFM Equity Partners, the specialist private equity fund manager has backed the MBO of Checkmate Fire Solutions Limited, ...

Social Network for Women GirlCrew.com launches in the UK - - 2018-03-20

There are countless apps available to find a date, but what about new friends? GirlCrew...

We are entrepreneurs too. We feel your pain. - Adrian Lloyd, Episode 1 - 2018-03-20

I occasionally half joke with entrepreneurs that we are entrepreneurs too who are building a startup venture capital business and we have particularly f...

Valuation unchained - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2018-03-19

In the febrile three weeks before the end of the tax year, when many investors will be looking for ways to use up some S/EIS allowance, the hunt for a deal, any dea...

What would a Corbyn-led Labour Government mean for tax-advantaged investing? - Kealan Doyle, Symvan Capital - 2018-03-19

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Technology investments are the future for VCTs, says Albion - - 2018-03-19

Patrick Reeve, Managing Partner, Albion Capital, comments on VCT changes heralded by Royal Assent of the Finance Bill: “The Finance ...

UK Finance responds to SME Finance Monitor Q4'17 - - 2018-03-19

Responding to the publication of the SME Finance Monitor for Q4 2017, Stephen Pegge, Director of Commercial Finance, UK Finance, said: ...

The Week That Was - - 2018-03-19

Chancellor Philip Hammond told us on Tuesday that, come his November Budget, we should expect to see the taxation of digital companies, tax increases on single-use plastics (with the mone...

Lithuanian Business Angel Network launches - - 2018-03-19

The Lithuanian Business Angel Network (LitBAN) launched on March 14th in Vilnius, Lithuania, and was an overwhel...

Why good startups pay higher salaries - Arthur Krebbers - 2018-03-19

I remember the graduate dilemma well: “Work for a large firm, learn on someone else’s wallet!” was one option touted to me. Versus “Join a young organisation and get some re...

Angel Deal of the Month - Incereb - - 2018-03-19

Hats off to HBAN who funded an angel deal just 48 hours after the pitch. How did this investment which is possibly the ...

Angels through history - Brodie McGhie Willcox - - 2018-03-19

Brodie McGhie Willcox was a shipbroker who, in the early 19th Century, teamed up with the sailor, Arthur Anderson, to found a shipping line called the Peninsular and Oriental Steam N...

EIS and the benefit of experience - Andrew Aldridge, Deepbridge Capital - 2018-03-16

We have all witnessed the evolution of the financial services sector over recent years. As the sector has become increasingly complicated, and it’s become impractical for advisers to be exper...

Tikehau Capital and SPRIM Ventures launch VC investment platform - - 2018-03-16

Tikehau Capital, the pan-European alternative asset management and investment company, and SPRIM Ventures, a worl...

Deepbridge comment on EIS consultation - Andrew Aldridge, Deepbridge Capital - 2018-03-16

Andrew Aldridge, Partner, Head of Marketing at Deepbridge Capital, said: "As an investment manager that utilises EIS to almost solely support ‘Knowledge Intensive&rs...

Honcho raises £850,000 from Finance Durham - - 2018-03-16

The Finance Durham fund, established by Durham County Council and managed by Maven Capital Partners has helped raise £850,000,...

YFM backs augmented reality specialist Ncam - - 2018-03-16

YFM Equity Partners, the specialist private equity fund manager have backed an investment into Ncam Technologies Limited, a provider of innovative and leading Augmented Reality solutions for the en...

Edison Strategic Insight 2018 earnings forecasts - - 2018-03-16

Edison Strategic Insight, 2018 earnings forecasts: "Despite the increase in equity market volatility, there has been little follow-through to economic fundamentals due to Brexit u...

Wealth Management CEOs concerned over tech expertise - - 2018-03-16

63 per cent of CEOs are worried about the lack of digital skills among senior leadership, according to a report by PwC. A further 67 per cent are troubled about a lack of digit...

Airsorted raises £5m to fuel global expansion - - 2018-03-15

Airsorted, the world’s largest hosting management service, today announces the successful completion of a Series A funding round worth £5 million ...

Cynthia Nadal talks about the thrill of helping young companies to succeed - Cynthia Nadal - 2018-03-15

“I studied in the States and began my career over there, working in banking. A few years in, I was lucky enough to be hired by a financial data start-up called Markit. In the 11 years I spent...

Augentius appoints new Business Development Director to drive American expansion - - 2018-03-15

Augentius, the specialist global service provider to private equity and real estate funds, has appointed ...

Entrepreneurs’ relief proposal should be introduced with immediate effect - - 2018-03-15

A welcome proposal from the Government in relation to entrepreneurs’ relief which should be introduced with immediate effect, says Nimesh Shah, partner ...

NVM leads £5 million investment in CURRENTBODY - - 2018-03-15

NVM Private Equity has led a £5 million growth capital minority investment into Manchester-based ...

Digital Festival announces line-up - - 2018-03-15

The founding editor-in-chief of Wired, established fintech leaders and a Silicon Valley investor are just some of the names businesses can...

Larger SMEs more optimistic says SME Finance Monitor - - 2018-03-15

BDRC has published its quarterly SME Finance Monitor. The largest and most frequent study of its kind in ...

Avanite secures £500k from DSW Angels - - 2018-03-14

Dow Schofield Watts Angels – the new Northern angel network – has completed its inaugural deal, with a £500,000 investment in Warri...

Gousto raises extra £28.5 million - - 2018-03-14

UK-leading meal-kit company, Gousto, has raised a further £28.5m additional equity funding from new and existing investors: Hargreave Hale, Angel CoFun...

Ascension Ventures Centaur EIS Fund I fully invested - - 2018-03-14

Ascension Ventures has now fully invested its CENTAUR EIS Fund I . Across the 17/18 tax year, the fund invested in 8 EIS qualif...

WBAF joins G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion - - 2018-03-14

The World Business Angels Investment Forum became an affiliated partner of the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (...

MMC Ventures launches AI podcast - - 2018-03-14

The research-led venture capital firm, MMC Ventures, has launched a new podcast series, ‘Beyond the Hype: Artificial Intelligence&rs...

6 in 10 investors would consider cryptocurrency, says deVere - - 2018-03-14

Six out of 10 people with currently no exposure to cryptocurrencies would consider including cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin into their investment portfolios, reveals a new global poll. Meanw...

Bruntwood set to acquire Innovation Birmingham - - 2018-03-14

Leading property company, Bruntwood is set to acquire Innovation Birmingham, heralding a new era of major expans...

How Newable helped Jellagen move forward - Andrew Mearns Spragg, Jellagen - 2018-03-14

“Ever since I was a boy, I’ve been fascinated by anything to do with the ocean. I ended up in academia, in marine chemistry, that’s where I made the connection between jellyfish a...

WiseAlpha wins Best Investment Provider - - 2018-03-13

WiseAlpha, the UK’s first investment platform to give everyday investors and savers access to high yield institutional corporate bonds, has been...

GTR Ventures makes debut investments in 5 FinTechs - - 2018-03-13

GTR Ventures, the world’s first investment and venture-building platform spe...

Oaksmore's innovative ISA will support heritage projects - - 2018-03-13

A new Innovative Finance ISA which allows consumers to invest in British history The team behind Oaksmore ISA have launched more than 200 propert...

Lendingblock appoints Andrew Mullinger as an advisor - - 2018-03-13

Lendingblock, the open exchange for cryptocurrency loans, today announces the appointment of Funding Circle co-founder Andrew Mullinger as an...

Top 10 VCs investing more money on fewer deals in 2017, says GlobalData - - 2018-03-13

An analysis by ...

Crypto-currency investors will buy more as valuations rise - - 2018-03-13

New research1 from Citigate Dewe Rogerson, the international communications agency, among investors with investments in crypto-currencies, reveals 56% intend to buy more over the ne...

Addressing the barriers faced by woman angels - - 2018-03-12

International Women’s Day, a day to celebrate women’s social, political, economical and cultural achievements worldwide, and also recognise the need to continually push for...

Sustainable finance plan must be practical & flexible, says Invest Europe - - 2018-03-12

Private equity is well-placed to support the European Commission’s sustainable finance plan, but any further measures need to take into account the diversity of the industry, says Invest Euro...

Intelligence Fusion beats funding target - - 2018-03-12

Technology business Intelligence Fusion has broken through its £400,000 target and has gone on to raise over £486,0...

Midven secures £35 million of Midlands Engine Investment Fund - - 2018-03-12

Leading venture capital firm Midven has been appointed to manage the £35 million equity finance portion of t...

The Week That Was - Harriet Green, OFF3R - 2018-03-12

The Week That Was is released every week by OFF3R. At OFF3R you can compare investments from leading ...

The Struggle - Damien Lane, Episode 1 - 2018-03-12

As early stage investors, in predominantly B2B startups, the team here at Episode 1 sees our portfolio companies wrestling with the many attempts to achieve Product Market Fit. We love backing very...

Watch SyndicateRoom's Future of Fintech - - 2018-03-12

Thank you to everyone that joined us in person and online for Nick Ogden’s talk; truly it was a night to remember. For those of you wishing to listen to the talks again...

OurCrowd opens Office in London - - 2018-03-12

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Augentius appoints MD in Asia - - 2018-03-09

Jimmy Leong has been appointed Managing Director of specialist global private equity and real estate fund administrator, Augentius, to drive business growth ...

Calculus comment on EIS & VCT rule changes - John Glencross - 2018-03-09

John Glencross, Chief Executive of award-winning EIS and VCT specialist Calculus Capital, said: "The Treasury has made it very clear that this is the end of the road for tax-motivated, low-risk inv...

Brickowner defies gloomy property market - - 2018-03-09

Property Investment site Brickowner experiences rapid growth hitting £1M invested by the public through the crowdfunding platform. In under ...

NPIF invests £31 million in first year - - 2018-03-09

The Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF) has invested £31 million in 207 Northern-based SMEs during the first 12 months of operation, as the Fund c...

Incereb secures EUR50k from HBAN - - 2018-03-09

HBAN (Halo Business Angel Network), the all-island organisation r...

Albion Capital strengthens tech team - - 2018-03-09

Albion Capital, the independent investment manager, has added three new recruits to its technology team as part of its strategic expansion in the sector. Catriona McDonald...

Energy tech innovator Labrador raises £500k - - 2018-03-09

Labrador Ltd has announced its latest high-profile investor as Daily Mail and General Trust...

Deepbridge comment on the Finance Bill - - 2018-03-08

Deepbridge Capital comments on the likelihood of the Finance Bill receiving Royal Asset this month and its inclusion...

UiPath raises $153 million led by Accel - - 2018-03-08

Industry leader in Robotic Process Automation (RPA) eclipses $1.1 billion valuation; validates RPA as a strategic imperative for digit...

Qured raises £1.1m through SeedLegals and Seedrs - - 2018-03-08

Qured, the innovative, on-demand healthcare provider, which delivers a doctor to your door, reveals new brand, expanded team and increased services thanks to unprecedented support and demand. ...

Crowdcube is 7 years old - - 2018-03-08

Crowdcube is 7 years old! It was launched from a small office in the middle of Exeter. Today, it has grown the team across the UK and Spain, been named the No. 1 equity crowdfunding pla...

Pitch@Palace 9.0 selects tech entrepreneurs to compete at Boot Camp - - 2018-03-08

Pitch@Palace, the programme established by The Duke of York to guide and support Entrepreneurs in the development of their business ideas, today announces the 42 Entrepreneurs that have been select...

Commercial property investment spikes in Europe - - 2018-03-08

Research released by Knight Frank in the European Quarterly, Commercial Property Outlook (Q3 2017) proves a strong third quarter last year has put 2017 European investment volumes on course to beat...

Station 12 to raise £60 million - - 2018-03-08

Station 12 Asset Management, the specialist venture capital investor in media, entertainment...

Cellesce closes fundraising to grow cancer organoid business - - 2018-03-07

Cellesce the cancer organoid bioprocessing and scale-up company has announced a successful six-figure funding round that will open up opportunities to introduce i...

Maven leads £1m NPIF investment in GradTouch - - 2018-03-07

NPIF – Maven Equity Finance, managed by ...

What new SEIS/EIS rules mean for firms planning to crowdfund - John Auckland, TribeFirst - 2018-03-07

We recently published an article from John Auckland from Tribe First about HMRC’s new SEIS/EIS guidelines. Since we released this, ...

WestBridge appoints new Investment Executive - - 2018-03-07

Westbridge Capital has appointed a new Investment Executive as growth continues. ...

GM Co Investment Fund targeting £15m into the Greater Manchester technology and innovation sectors - - 2018-03-07

The GM Co Investment Fund is a new approach to increasing the supply of capital to the pipeline of early-stage technology and innovation businesses coming out of GM. Developed by The Growth...

Inflexion backs Calco MBO - - 2018-03-07

Inflexion Private Equity has backed the management buyout of Calco Group B.V., a leading Dutch provider of outsourced IT recruitment and training services to large blue-chip corporates, specificall...

Albion VCT offers fully subscribed at £32m - - 2018-03-07

Albion Capital, the leading independent investment manager, has closed its 2017/2018 VCT top up offers after successfully raising the &pou...

Origin Capital and Qi3 Ventures exit Lintbells - - 2018-03-07

Origin Capital and Qi3 Ventures have realised their joint investment in pet health company Lintbells.Origin and Qi3 backed Lintbells at an early stage of it’s growth, in April 2012, at ...

UKBAA names speaker line up for Midlands Investment Summit - - 2018-03-06

UKBAA has revealed the first 13 speakers confirmed to join the line-up at the UKBAA Midlands Investment Summit, Tuesday 20th March at Millennium Point. The line up inclu...

P2P default forecasts rising: should investors worry? - Marc Shoffman - 2018-03-06

Default forecasts across some of the main consumer peer-to-peer lending platforms have begun ticking up. At the same time lenders have faced pressure to keep borr...

Launch of Transparency Capital brings PE returns to private investors - - 2018-03-06

Transparency Capital is the first and only world platform open to well-informed investors allowing them to access major European private e...

Bank of England push for cryptocurrency regulation will boost market, says deVere - - 2018-03-06

The Bank of England governor’s comments on the regulation of cryptocurrencies can be expected to help fuel a sustainable recovery of the likes of Bitcoin, Etehreum, Ripple, Litecoin and Dash....

World’s first crypto-complete wallet, metâme, launches ICO token sale - - 2018-03-06

Creating the world’s first crypto-complete wallet and universal personal data marketplace ...

Recycling Technologies secures backing from InterChem - - 2018-03-06

Recycling Technologies, a specialist in the chemical recycling of mixed plastic waste, announces a major strategic £1m equity investment fro...

EIS & VCT changes – but what do they mean for my clients and me? Part 2 - James Ramsay, TEPS - 2018-03-05

The changes to the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) announced in the Budget have been digested. Royal Assent is expected around 8thMarch 2018 and some...

The Week That Was - Harriet Green, OFF3R - 2018-03-05

THE ROUNDUP The moon might have better Wi-Fi than the Tube With so much snow and Brexit, you may have missed the fact that ...

Nuggets launches 60 million NUG bounty - - 2018-03-05

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Michelle Mone comments on Mark Carney's - - 2018-03-05

Baroness Michelle Mone OBE, co-founder of ...

Why angels don't invest - EBAN Report - 2018-03-05

EBAN has published its latest research report focused on understanding the reasons why angel investors choose not to invest in early stage SMEs. The report, titled “Why Busine...

Trind Ventures reaches first closing at €21 million - - 2018-03-05

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5 things to do in the next 4 weeks - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2018-03-05

The end of the tax year is just one month away. Here are five things to do before then. 1. I guess you banked some profits at the top of the market, so with cap...

Angels through history - Peter Thiel - - 2018-03-05

Peter Thiel made his money originally by working for Credit Suisse, before setting up his own Venture Capital Firm, Thiel Capital Management. Subsequently he has invested in many of the most famous...

Idinvest appoints Guillaume Cavalin as Legal Director - - 2018-03-05

Idinvest Partners has appointed Guillaume Cavalin as Legal Director. He will report to Sylviane Guyonnet, Partner and COO at Idinvest Partners....

Co-investment tackles the housing crisis - - 2018-03-02

A development partnership has adopted a new funding model to unlock the potential of a residential development site in County Durham. Durham-based Homes by Carlton has secured &pou...

Unigestion Secondary Opportunity IV reaches final close - - 2018-03-02

Unigestion, the boutique asset manager that focuses on guiding its clients with risk managed investment solutions, has completed the final close of Unigest...

17Capital publishes survey on liquidity in private equity funds - - 2018-03-02

17Capital’s survey on Liquidity in Private Equity Funds explores the views of more than 50 Limited Partners (LPs) and General Partners (GPs) in Europe ...

UKBAA launches Angel Hubs - - 2018-03-02

Working with key partners in locations across the UK, Angel Hubs offers a new, physical focal point from which to build and connect the angel community. As well as free co-working, ho...

Peakon raises $22m for global expansion - - 2018-03-02

Peakon has raised $22 million led by Balderton and joined by EQT Ventures, IDInvest and Sunstone. The company will be using the ...

Invoke Capital backed companies named 2018 'Most Innovative' - - 2018-03-02

Invoke Capital, the technology investment fund dedicated to unlocking the potential of European technology, has announced that two of its portfolio compa...

Anyfin raises €4.8 million - - 2018-03-02

Anyfin, a Stockholm-based startup that enables consumers to refinance their existing loans with a picture, has raised €4.8 million Series A investment led b...

Albion comments on FCA/CFTC collaboration - Ed Lascelles - 2018-03-01

Ed Lascelles, head of technology investment at Albion Capital, comments on the FCA/CFTC collaboration to support innovative Fintech entrepreneurs: ...

Exploring Private Equity: AIC launches educational videos - - 2018-03-01

It’s the second largest investment company sector, with total assets of £14.5 billion (to 31 January) and strong long-term per...

Augentius appoints new COO - - 2018-03-01

Augentius, the specialist global service provider to private equity and real estate funds, has appointed James Watts to the role of Chief ...

Investor confidence on the up says State Street - - 2018-03-01

State Street Global Exchange today released the results of the State Street Investor Confidence Index® (ICI) for February 2018....

ISA recommendations for all ages - - 2018-03-01

With the end of the tax year drawing near, time is running out for investors to make the most of this year’s £20,000 ISA allowance. With their str...

Student entrepreneurs to be challenged in Silicon Valley - - 2018-02-28

Software for surgeons performing implants, an innovative fish tank cleaner, and laser power to boost the lifespan of aeroplanes are among the business ideas devised by students from ...

P2P lender CrowdProperty launches Finance ISA - - 2018-02-28

Specialist property peer-to-peer lender, CrowdProperty is launching its Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA). The tax-free product will be open...

Mayor’s Tech Fund and tech gurus support London Tech - - 2018-02-28

The London Co-Investment Fund – the Mayor of London’s early stage tech fund – has announced it is being supported by several successful tech gurus. Entrepreneurs and investo...

HBAN Syndicate backs Hamstring Solo - - 2018-02-28

HBAN (Halo Business Angel Network), the all-island organisation responsible for the promotion of business angel investment, and a joint initiative of Enterprise Ireland and InterTradeIreland, has m...

HBAN partners with New York-based Digital Irish Angels - - 2018-02-28

HBAN has announced its first overseas partnership with the New York-based Digital Irish Angels (DIA) Syndicate. The collaboration with HBAN, was officially launched at an event in the Residen...

Kindred Capital closes £80m seed fund - - 2018-02-28

Launched in 2015, equitable venture firm Kindred Capital offers exceptional seed-stage entrepreneurs the opportunity to co-own the fund that invested in ...

BGF invests £6.3m in high-growth Dianomi - - 2018-02-28

Dianomi, a native content marketing platform used by financial advertisers and tier one publishers, has received £6.3m patient capital investment to ...

Foresight appointed manager for Midlands Engine Investment Fund - - 2018-02-27

Secretary of State Sajid Javid announced the launch of three funds providing up to £100 million of equity finance to redress a regional imbalance in SME funding options Launc...

Capitama launches direct investment platform - - 2018-02-27

Capitama, the direct private investment platform for sophisticated and professional investors, is publicly launching ...

deVere adds two new cryptocurrencies to app as market remains highly volatile - - 2018-02-27

Despite almost all major cryptocurrencies ending last week in the red after another highly volatile few days, one of the world’s largest independent f...

OurCrowd joins Fast Company’s List of World’s Most Innovative Companies - - 2018-02-27

OurCrowd, a leading global equity crowdfunding platform, has made ...

UCL Technology & ParkWalk invest in MediaGamma - - 2018-02-27

The UCL Technology Fund has invested in MediaGamma, the predictive analytics software company, as part of a £...

Mobeus reaches £80 million VCT fundraising target early - - 2018-02-27

Mobeus' VCT fundraising offers have reached their aggregate £80 million target, bringing the firm’s total funds under management to more than £430 million. Mobeus now advi...

British Business Bank pledges £100m to help small businesses - - 2018-02-26

British Business Bank to support up to £100 million of lending to small businesses through its delivery partners UK Finance confirms an additional multi-million-pound package...

Foresight sells ICA Digital with 2.4x return - - 2018-02-26

Foresight Group has sold its investment in ICA Digital, realising a 2.4x return, through a trade sale to ASL Group. Fore...

Edison global perspectives - Alastair George, Edison - 2018-02-26

Alastair George, Chief Strategist at Edison Investment Research, said: ...

Dragonglass launches gamified cryptocurrency - - 2018-02-26

Dragonglass, the first gamified cryptocurrency experience in the wor...

Mercia awarded Midlands Engine Investment Fund - - 2018-02-26

Mercia Fund Managers has been awarded a £23 million Proof-of-Concept and Early Stage Equity Fund, part of the Midlands Engine Investme...

SETsquared is world’s top business incubator - - 2018-02-26

The SETsquared partnership, a long-standing partnership between the universities of Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey which specialises i...

Anglia Angels invests £300k in EdTech firm Developing Experts - - 2018-02-26

Anglia Capital Group business angel investors and partners invested £335,000 into Developing Experts, an innovative ed-tech company that has dev...

The Week That Was - Harriet Green, OFF3R - 2018-02-26

THE ROUNDUP 1. London house prices are falling. Why? This week, Rightmove’s latest house prices index show...

Two new additions to Bluebox’s London Team - - 2018-02-23

Bluebox Corporate Finance has appointed Paul Casey and Prashan Vicneswaran to join the London office. Paul, a C...

Imbiba Growth Fund raises £50 million - - 2018-02-23

Imbiba, the specialist leisure and hospitality investment group, has closed the Imbiba Growth Fund at its hard cap target of £50m. With an investment of £30m provided by the British Bus...

Resonance launches Impact Investment Fund in The West Midlands - - 2018-02-23

Social impact investment company Resonance has launched its latest ground breaking Fund – The Resonance West Midlands Social Investment Tax Relief (SITR) Fund. The Reso...

eFront and PitchBook form strategic partnership - - 2018-02-23

eFront, the leading technology provider to alternative investment professionals, and PitchBook, the premier data provider for the private and public equity markets, announce today a strategic partn...

Cryptocurrency regulation must be welcomed - Nigel Green, CEO, DeVere - 2018-02-23

Cryptocurrency regulation is necessary, on its way, and the vital work being done by many international financial watchdogs and lawmakers must be championed, says the boss of one of the world&rsquo...

Facebook supports next generation of UK entrepreneurs - - 2018-02-23

Facebook has announced the opening of LDN_LAB, its first in-house start-up incubator. Following the opening of their new London office in Rathbone Place, which will be home to 2,3...

Imperial launches Online Masters in Business Analytics - - 2018-02-23

Imperial College Business School is set to run its first Online Masters in Business Analytics programme from October 2018. Modelled on Imperial’s existing offline MSc in busines...

FCA to explore how technology can help financial businesses - - 2018-02-22

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced that it is seeking views on how technology can make it easier for firms to meet their regulatory reporting requirements and improve the quality o...

Welsh venture-backed firms show strong growth - - 2018-02-22

Investment levels have doubled in the past year as high growth technology sector in Wales attracts venture capitalists and corporate investors. Latest figures from the British Venture Capit...

Angelgroups launches in York - - 2018-02-22

Angelgroups, a connected network of angel investors across the North of England, has launched in York. Martin Avison, founder of Angelgroups, said: “I am delighted to bring such oppor...

Pireta secures £500,000 through OION - - 2018-02-22

Pireta has closed its investment round after raising £500k from OION members. The £500k investment exceeded Pireta’s original £400k tar...

Maven & IP invest in Stirling student accommodation - - 2018-02-22

Maven Capital Partners and IP Investment Management have continued their penetration into the UK student housing sector with their latest development, the construction of Stirling’s first pur...

Long-term capital needed to help startups scale-up - - 2018-02-22

Equity and alternative finance demonstrate strong growth while bank lending volumes remain relatively flat UK is a world ...

How the changing EIS affects investors - Ilian Iliev, EcoMachines Ventures - 2018-02-22

Changes in HMRC rules for EIS eligibility, the broader government re-focus on activist industrial policy, and the maturing of the UK startup investment scene are all contributing to a significant s...

Finding the right investor - Daniela Tsoneva, Calculus - 2018-02-21

Calculus Capital has been supporting smaller business for nearly 20 years. At the moment, we see over 500 investment opportunities and review over 100 business plans each year covering a variety of...

UK startup Investors see 7th year of growth - - 2018-02-21

Exclusive research from online investment platform SyndicateRoom has revealed that investors in early-stage equities have enjoyed a seventh consecutive ...

Hambro Perks launches EIS Fund - - 2018-02-21

Venture Capital firm Hambro Perks has launched a new Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) fund...

NVM invests £3m in SHE Software - - 2018-02-21

East Kilbride based SHE Software has secured a £3 million growth capital investment from NVM Private Equity as i...

AJ Bell launches active management product - - 2018-02-21

AJ Bell has launched an active management versi...

Octopus Ventures leads £2m funding for We Got POP - - 2018-02-21

We Got POP, the London-based FilmTech startup, has completed a fundraising round of £2m. This latest raise was led by Octopus Ventures with par...

Candace Johnson - Hero(ine) of the Month - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2018-02-20

One of the most charming angels on the planet is Candace Johnson. She has also built seven space technology companies. Immense charm meets incredible skill at being an angel investor in...

Why data on things is worth more than things - Paul McNabb - 2018-02-20

We will soon consume everything as a service ...

Draper Esprit invests in Evonetix - - 2018-02-20

Evonetix, a Cambridge-based company pioneering an innovative approach to enable scalable and high-fidelity gene synthesis, ann...

Saïd Business School Finance Lab appoints John Gilligan - - 2018-02-20

John Gilligan, a private equity and venture capital industry expert, has been appointed as Director of Saïd Business School, University of Oxford’s ...

BlackCurve raises £500k from Mercia - - 2018-02-20

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Impact of Brexit on Private Equity minimal, says Augentius - - 2018-02-20

Around half in the industry have seen no real effect of Brexit, and investors indicate no change in their views on the UK as a destination for investment...

Fenestra raises $1.5m angel investment - - 2018-02-20

Experienced ad execs raise $1.5mn for independent blockchain ad platform set to transform global advertising and media buying market Fenestra will provide the $640bn* ...

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Angel investment thriving in Ireland - - 2018-02-19

HBAN (Halo Business Angel Network), the all-island organisation responsible for the promotion of business angel investment, and joint initiative of Enterpris...

Green Angel identifies cleantech trends - - 2018-02-19

Green Angel Syndicate believes that moving from a world still largely powered by fossil fuels to one tha...

NorthEdge backing helps Platinum go global - - 2018-02-19

NorthEdge Capital has invested in leading stairlift designer and manufacturer ...

Kuber adds five new funds - - 2018-02-19

Kuber Ventures has announced that five new Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS)/Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) funds have signed up to its platform, bringing the total number of funds avail...

The Week That Was - Harriet Green, OFF3R - 2018-02-19

THE ROUNDUP 1. Cryptojacking: The terrifying cyber threat none of us have heard of This week, it was revealed that ...

Deepbridge puts £3m into Zilico - - 2018-02-19

Zilico, part of the Deepbridge ...

How Governments can support entrepreneurs in CEE - - 2018-02-19

The European Commission (under H2020 PSF), recently published a ...

Greetings from Istanbul - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2018-02-19

Today heralds the start of the World Business Angel Forum in Istanbul, a 1,000+ strong gathering of the global business angel industry. It is fascinating bein...

Global recognition for Ashfords in PitchBook rankings - - 2018-02-16

National law firm Ashfords has received strong rankings in PitchBook's, 2017 annual global league table - a comprehensive ranking of private equity and venture capital (VC) activity worldwide. ...

Funding London invests in ‘Change Please’ to support London’s homeless - - 2018-02-16

Funding London – the Mayor of London’s SME investment organisation – has announced its investment into ‘Change Please’, a soci...

Finance Durham invests £650k in biomass energy plant SDS - - 2018-02-16

The Finance Durham fund, managed by Maven Capital Partners (“Maven”), has completed a £650,000 investment in Consett-based biomass energy plant, SDS Inc Limited (“SDS”...

Comtek Network Systems raises £500,000 - - 2018-02-16

Established in a garden shed in 1989 by the current Chief Executive Askar Sheibani, Comtek Network Systems UK Limited has grown from a one-man-band computer...

SEI’s Codify Welcomes Second Wave of Incubator Participants - - 2018-02-16

Five new participants have joined Cdify, the London-based RegTech incubator of SEI. This newest group of companies has been selected based on their ambition to tackle technology solutions that addr...

SME optimism falling, says Albion - - 2018-02-16

SMEs are less optimistic than a year ago and cite finding skilled staff, red tape and political uncertainty as their biggest barriers to growth, accordin...

Reputation of fintech staggeringly low - - 2018-02-15

An overwhelming majority of people in the UK have no idea about whether the reputation of fintech is positive or negative, strongly suggesting a general lack of understanding o...

Paperclip secures £500k led by Development Bank of Wales - - 2018-02-15

Cardiff-based software firm Paperclip has secured over £500,000 in their latest funding round. The round was led by existing investor the Development Bank of Wales, with additional funding fr...

Stakholderz and Intramezzo to host free networking event - - 2018-02-15

Stakeholderz and Intramezzo will be hosting an exclusive networking event at Grant Thornton's London Lounge on the 27th February at Moorgate in London startin...

Blueliv secures €4 million Series A funding - - 2018-02-15

Blueliv, Europe’s leading provider of enterprise-class cyberthreat intelligence solutions, has announced it has raised €4 million in Series A fundi...

BGF opens permanent base in Wales - - 2018-02-15

Patient capital investor BGF is set to open a permanent office in Wales as it continues to scale its operations across the UK & Ireland. BGF’s team coverin...

Rezatec raises £2 million - - 2018-02-15

Rezatec, the leading provider of geospatial data analytics to the Infrastructure, Forestry and Agribusiness sectors, has announced completion of the second phase of a £2m financing round. Cap...

60 top early stage tech companies to pitch at EIE18 - - 2018-02-14

Informatics Ventures, Scotland’s technology entrepreneur sup-port programme, has picked 60 early stage companies for EIE18 at McEwan Hall, Edinburgh on Thursday 19th April. ...

Sapphire named best SEIS Fund at EISA Awards 2017 - - 2018-02-14

The EIS Association Awards denote excellence in a number of EIS and SEIS fields. The Awards were presented to firms, advisers, companies, individuals and journalists that achieved outstanding perfo...

Foresight invests in PowerLinks - - 2018-02-14

Foresight Group has invested several million pounds of growth capital from Foresight VCT plc into PowerLinks Media Limited. The investment completes a larger Se...

Seedrs announces record trading activity - - 2018-02-14

Leading equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs has closed the first trading cycle that has been open to all investors on it’s pioneering Secondary Market. The London-based early stage equi...

Business formations fall after tax clampdown - - 2018-02-14

The latest Companies House data, as analysed by the Centre for Entrepreneurs (CFE), shows that 589,008 new businesses launched in 2017 – a drop from 657,790 in 2016. T...

Zervant raises €6 million - - 2018-02-14

Finnish fintech company Zervant, which provides online invoicing software for small business and entrepreneurs across Europe, has announced €6 million in funding. The investment was le...

Bowmark Capital backs MBO of ASK4 - - 2018-02-13

Bowmark Capital, the mid-market private equity firm, is backing the buy-out of ...

Luther & Calvin’s secret entrepreneurial sauce - Arthur Krebbers - 2018-02-13

The lazy man’s analysis of European culture goes something like this. “You have the Northern countries: all hard working, serious types – discipline ingrained by their Lutheranism...

Investment world still failing to attract women investors - - 2018-02-13

In 1993, women made up just 20% of the wealthiest 10% of the population. Whilst there have been a series of initiatives in both private and public sectors supporting the role women hold in th...

BGF opens in Belfast - - 2018-02-13

BGF has opened a permanent office in Belfast to help it build even closer connections to businesses and advisors in Northern Ireland and drive further investment. Located in the iconic Scot...

London Co-Investment Fund makes 100th investment - - 2018-02-13

The London Co-Investment Fund (LCIF) – the Mayor of London’s early stage tech fund – made its 100th investment into early-stage tech businesses in early January 2018.The LCIF star...

Amadeus tops list of Europe's AI investors - - 2018-02-13

The rise of artificial intelligence and machine learning among the startup community is hard to ignore. With applications ranging from cybersecurity to autonomou...

Oxford spinout Bodle secures £6m - - 2018-02-13

Bodle Technologies, an Oxford University spinout company, is aiming to transform how and where we interact with displays after att...

The Week That Was - Harriet Green, OFF3R - 2018-02-12

THE ROUNDUP 1. A bumpy week for investors, but stock market falls like that are no reason to panic Global markets saw a significant sell-off this week...

Spotting great founder CEOs — part 1 - Simon Murdoch, Episode 1 - 2018-02-12

It’s a truism of investing that you should invest in great people. In fact, we believe it’s most importantly about investing in great founder CEOs. So like...

NorthInvest launches Angel Investor Hub - - 2018-02-12

Award-winning not-for-profit investment platform, NorthInvest, has announced the launch of a n...

New Investment Record for LINC Members - - 2018-02-12

The calendar year 2017 saw the value of investment deals done by members of LINC Scotland, reach a new record. The members, who mostly participate through twenty or so structured angel grou...

LIfT BioSciences hits target with Shadow Foundr - - 2018-02-12

Alex Blyth, who lost his mother to pancreatic cancer, has successfully raised more than £250,000 to develop a pioneering cancer treatment that shares people’s innate immunity to cancer ...

Should the angel market be better regulated? - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2018-02-12

With the EIS and SEIS schemes probably settled for a few years, angels can take comfort that this element of their investing activity can be planned. Once HMR...

Angels Through History - GWR Investors - - 2018-02-12

The Great Western Railway was built to allay the fears of Bristol Merchants who believed that their position as the second most important port in England would be taken over by Liverpool. In order ...

70% of firms not cyber secure, say Hiscox - - 2018-02-12

A study of more than 4,000 organisations across five countries, commissioned by specialist insurer Hiscox, reveals major shortcomings in cyber security readiness at nearly thre...

Uncertainty hits UK optimism says Idinvest - - 2018-02-12

Idinvest Partners, a leading investor in SMEs across Europe, has published the results of its second annual study into the UK’s atti...

Quilam backs SME lender Cafoss Finance - - 2018-02-12

Quilam Capital, which provides both debt and equity solutions to companies in the speciality finance sector, has announced its third deal...

P2PFA appoints Paul Smee as Chair - - 2018-02-09

The Peer-to-Peer Finance Association has appointed Paul Smee as new independent Chair, succeeding Christine Farnish who is stepping down after a five-year ter...

Brexit will cost UK top VC & PE spot - - 2018-02-09

Launched in 2009, the Venture Capital and Private Equity Country Attractiveness Index has shown practically no changes in the top three positions of the table in the past nine years: the US has tak...

Kernel Capital puts €1m into Pilot Photonics - - 2018-02-09

Kernel Capital through The Bank of Ireland Kernel Capital Funds has invested in Dublin City University (DCU) spin-out ...

VCT managers discuss future opportunities and challenges - - 2018-02-09

Demand for Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) in the 2017-2018 tax year has been extremely strong. From 6 April 2017 to 31 January 2018 VCTs have raised £483 million, more than double the £2...

New Anglia Capital backs Spark EV - - 2018-02-09

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Social impact is as important as returns, says IW Capital - - 2018-02-09

IW Capital's latest body of nationally representative data (2004 national respondents) analysing how investor intentions have transformed as a result of the sharp rise in emerging t...

Why it's time to get to know your EIS manager - Andrew Aldridge, Deepbridge - 2018-02-09

There have been a few comments in the media recently about the nature of key information documents (KID), in particular how they relate to Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) products, with some pre...

Mercia leads £500k funding for NuVision - - 2018-02-09

A Nottingham regenerative medicine company which has developed a groundbreaking therapy that can help prevent sight loss has completed a £500,000 funding round backed by ...

EIS: a new dawn? - Mark Brownridge, EISA - 2018-02-08

So there we have it. Finally we all know our fate (or do we? More on that later). The Budget on 22nd November laid clear the future direction of EI...

Maven expands Midlands investment team - - 2018-02-08

Investment managers will support growth SMEs across the West Midlands, as part of the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF), supported by the European R...

BYTON partners with Self-Driving Tech Company Aurora - - 2018-02-08

BYTON, an innovator of smart, premium electric vehicles, announced a partnership with Aurora, a leading self-driving technology company. The partnership will help BYTON incorporate Level 4 (L4) aut...

Isher Capital has £20 million for acquisitions - - 2018-02-08

Isher Capital, the private equity firm for the contact centre industry based in Manchester and Hong Kong, is on the acquisition tra...

Edison comment on market volatility spike - - 2018-02-08

Alastair George, Chief Strategist at Edison Investment Research: “Perhaps controversially, we view the intellectual horsepower being consumed by the ...

Stock market falls a much needed market correction says Coutts - - 2018-02-08

This week’s stock market falls show a much needed market correction after a long period of strong performance, and little more. Global economic growth remains strong and there are no signs of...

Calculus invests £3 million in Open Energy Market - - 2018-02-08

Calculus Capital has invested £3m in Open Energy Market, an online platform that helps companies secure the best deal with en...

Mercia backs inventor to develop off-grid heating systems - - 2018-02-08

A Yorkshire inventor, who is developing a range of water heating products for off-grid energy markets, has secured a £400,000 investment from NPIF – Mer...

Growth firms attract record investment - Beauhurst - 2018-02-08

Beauhurst's The Deal shows 2017 as the best year on record for investmen...

SME FDs lack AltFi knowledge - Tindall Perry - 2018-02-07

Research by Tindall Perry shows that Finance Directors lack confidence when it comes to accessing certain forms of funding. ...

Exeter – Lessons in Disruption - Kealan Doyle, Symvan Capital - 2018-02-07

Symvan was one of eight fund managers presenting in Sandy Park,Exeter on 5th December on the joys of tax-efficient fund investing. ...

Michelle Mone launches cryptocurrency investment platform - - 2018-02-07

Doug Barrowman & Baroness Michelle Mone OBE have joined forces to launch their most ambitious business venture yet, EQUI. A new cryptocurrency-powered investment platform, EQUI opens up venture...

Nanoflex secures £250k NPIF funding - - 2018-02-07

NanoFlex Limited, an early stage sensor design company, has secured £250,000 of funding from NPIF – Maven Equity Finance, part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF). T...

Triodos to launch Crowdfunding Platform - - 2018-02-07

Triodos Bank, a global pioneer of sustainable banking, has become the first bank in the UK to launch its own crowdfunding platform. The platform offers a range of crowdfunding opportunities en...

Challenger bank Penta raises €2.2 million from Inception Capital - - 2018-02-07

Penta, a bank account for startups and businesses, has raised a €2.2 million seed round one month after launching in Germany as its customer growth has gained pace. The thriving FinTech is als...

AI Festival CogX returns for second year - - 2018-02-07

CognitionX has announced that SoftBank Investment Advisers, which manages the SoftBank Vision Fund, will be the headline sponsor for CogX 2018, the Festival for...

NVM invests £9 million in Dale Power Solutions - - 2018-02-07

NVM Private Equity has backed a management buyout of Dale Power Solutions, one of the UK’s leading providers of re...

Serving Others - Adrian Lloyd, Episode 1 - 2018-02-06

I came back to work (in the dark) after a spoiling sunny holiday in the southern hemisphere with an acute case of post-holiday blues. They feel stronger than ever now I have 4 kids because holidays...

State Street Private Equity Index Q3 2017 - - 2018-02-06

The State Street Global Exchange Private Equity Index (GXPEI) closed the third quarter of 2017 with a solid performance of 3.85 percent with Buyout Funds continuing to ...

Why finger length drives entrepreneurial success - Arthur Krebbers - 2018-02-06

How do you try and identify a natural entrepreneur? You can make a good first guess by taking a quick glance at their fingers. A palmistry gimmick? No, the conclusion of an academic study b...

Maven opens Nottingham office - - 2018-02-06

Investment team will support growth SMEs across the East and South-East Midlands, as part of the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF), supported by the...

Crêpeaffaire gets BGF funding - - 2018-02-06

The UK’s leading multi-site crêperie brand has secured investment from BGF to accelerate its new site rollout. Crêpeaffaire, which operates 10 company owned sites and has a growin...

Shields Energy attracts Green Angel interest - - 2018-02-06

Shields Energy, a ground-breaking company in the burgeoning electricity management market has netted investment from the UK’s only specialist green angel syndicate. ...

Future Planet Capital Fund launches with $200m - - 2018-02-06

Future Planet Capital has raised up to $200m for its inaugural fund, The Future Planet Capital Fund, from TW & Partn...

Bitcoin heads mainstream with launch of deVere cryptocurrency app - - 2018-02-06

Despite cryptocurrencies tanking over the last month, demand for them will “sky rocket” in the next 12 months, Bitcoin could gain by 50 to 60 pe...

EIS & VCT changes - but what do they mean for my clients and me? Part 1 - James Ramsay, TEPS - 2018-02-05

The details on the changes to the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) from the Budget were announced at the end of November and the details on the Risk to Capital c...

BGF reports 200th investment - - 2018-02-05

BGF has announced its investment figures and key milestones for 2017, detailing another year of growth for the company. BGF completed 48 new investm...

Dow Schofield Watts Angels invests £500k in Avanite - - 2018-02-05

Dow Schofield Watts Angels - the network set up last year to bring together individual investors with promising Northern technology firms - has...

Talent shortages endangering UK growth says Smith & Williamson Enterprise Index - - 2018-02-05

Smaller and growing businesses are struggling to hire the right talent, according to the most recent survey from Smith & Williamson, the accountancy, tax and investmen...

The Week that Was - Harriet Green, OFF3R - 2018-02-05

The Week That Was is released every week by OFF3R https://www.off3r.com/ ...

Investing in the British robotics sector - Dominic Keen, Britbots - 2018-02-05

The developing robotics sector presents an exciting opportunity for investors. Back in 2015, companies spent £55 billion globally on robotics; this figure is expected to double to nearly &pou...

Buy coins not paper - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2018-02-05

Angels love to invest in high risk “next big thing” opportunities. So, should you be investing in ICOs? For those not yet initiated an ...

Envestors identifies 5 top trends for 2018 - Juliet Brine - 2018-02-05

1) Environment and transport:...

PwC and CB Insights' 2017 MoneyTree report - - 2018-02-05

PricewaterhouseCoopers and CB Insights' 2017 MoneyTree report highlights the latest trends in venture capital funding globally. ...

Crowdcube leads the industry investing £95m in 2017 - - 2018-02-05

£95m invested in startup, early and growth-stage businesses through Crowdcube in 2017 More than £10m more than its nearest ...

A new team for the UK Science Park Association - - 2018-02-05

Jim Duvall has been appointed as Executive Director of The UK Science Park Association (UKSPA, networking science and technology parks, research and innovation sites, incubators and accelerators) a...

Platform-facilitated lending exceeds £8 billion, says P2PFA - - 2018-02-05

The P2PFA has published data showing that in the period ending in the fourth quarter of 2017, cumulative lending transacted through P2PFA member platforms exceeded £8 billion. Comment...

Calculus Capital invests £30m in record year - - 2018-02-01

Calculus Capital, the award-winning Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Venture Capital Trust (VCT) specialist, has announced a record year, with £30m in...

iNovia leads $11 investment in Busbud - - 2018-02-01

Busbud, the online marketplace that enables global travellers to shop for and book intercity bus tickets on over 1.4 milli...

blueprint.tv launches digital marketing tool to help businesses find investors - - 2018-02-01

Content marketing and digital strategy agency blueprint.tv has launched a new digital marketing tool that will cut the time it takes listed businesses to connect with potential investors by directl...

Northern Escalator Installations secures £6.4m from BGF - - 2018-01-30

Specialist engineering business, Northern Escalator Installations, has secured a £6.4m investment from BGF to support its expansion in the UK and E...

The Week that Was - Harriet Green, OFF3R - 2018-01-26

THE ROUNDUP 1. Going skiing? Revolut launches geolocation travel insurance… And John Lewis starts offering loans ...

Deepbridge announce three new recruits - - 2018-01-22

Deepbridge has announced three new recruits joining the business in both Investment and Business Development Manager (BDM) roles. ...

AlzProtect raises €14 million with the entry of Xerys as lead investor - - 2018-01-22

AlzProtect, a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development of drugs for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's disease, announced 14 million euros in series B fun...

Maven investment honcho launches innovative new app - - 2018-01-22

An innovative new app designed to reduce insurance costs for motorists will be launched following a successful crowdfunding campaign. The ...

Mobeus backs Proactive Investors for US launch - - 2018-01-22

Mobeus Equity Partners has invested £3.3m of development capital in Proactive Investors, the leading provider of investor media services to mid- and small-cap listed companies in the UK. ...

Foresight appoints Stephan Gueorguiev - - 2018-01-19

Foresight Group, a leading independent infrastructure and private equity investment manager, has appointmented Stephan Gueorguiev to the Private Equity team. ...

FRP Advisory appoints Phil Reynolds as partner - - 2018-01-19

FRP Advisory LLP, the business advisory firm, has strengthened its restructuring team with the appointment of Phil Reynolds as partner based in the firm’s London office, bri...

Edison global perspectives: January 2018 - - 2018-01-19

2018 is likely to be a year of two halves for global equity markets. Initially, strong economic momentum and investor sentiment is likely to prevail over the nega...

Digital Profile secures £275k led by Development Bank of Wales - - 2018-01-19

A new online careers portal aimed at helping people access jobs and training has received £275,000 backing from the Development Bank of Wales, private investor Giles...

BGF invests £10m in CHS Healthcare - - 2018-01-18

BGF has provided an investment of £10m to CHS Healthcare, a leading national provider of specialist services for the NHS. The funding will be used ...

Draper Esprit leads $75m investment in Ledger - - 2018-01-18

Draper Esprit leads an oversubscribed Series B round, with Draper Venture Network funds, FirstMark Capital, C...

Retouch3D launched after a successful crowdfunding - - 2018-01-18

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Elisabeth Scott elected to the AIC board - - 2018-01-18

The Association of Investment Companies’ (AIC) membership has elected Elisabeth Scott to the AIC board. Her appoi...

Refract secures investment from Mercia to enhance AI - - 2018-01-17

A Newcastle-based company which uses artificial intelligence to help organisations improve the performance of their sales team has secured a significant investment from ...

BGF backs health and wellness company, Revital - - 2018-01-17

BGF has made a significant minority investment in London Middlesex-based Revital, a multi-channel retailer of supplements, beauty ...

Resonance's Innovative financing approach helps small scale social enterprise expand - - 2018-01-17

Resonance has made its first “permanent capital” investment into Hollywell Housing Trust, a social landlord housing vulnerable people in the ...

Yoti successfully raises £8m equity investment - - 2018-01-17

Yoti, a UK based digital identity platform, has raised £8m of equity investment from existing angel investors and two of the compan...

Newable Private Investing backs Sofant - - 2018-01-17

Sofant, an Edinburgh based developer of smart antenna technology company, has closed an undisclosed investment round The investment round was backed by Newa...

British Robotics Seed Fund invests in Magpie Education - - 2018-01-16

AI driven lesson planning and assessment tool secures £300,000 to encourage uptake of STEM subjects in the UK M...

Capital D takes stake in Invincible Brands - - 2018-01-16

• capital D, a London-based private equity manager, acquires social media influencer-led marketing and product development company • Invin...

Lars Klawitter joins InMotion Ventures - - 2018-01-16

InMotion Ventures, Jaguar Land Rover’s venture capital arm, today announces the appointment of Lars Klawitter as Executive Director Strategic ...

FRP Advisory appoints Becky James as Director - - 2018-01-16

FRP Advisory, the business advisory firm, has further expanded its Forensic Services team with the appointment of Becky James as Director. Becky heads up t...

SEP Announces Investment in Redwood Technologies Group - - 2018-01-16

Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) has completed a £25 million investment in Redwood Technologies Group (Redwood), acquiring a minority stake in the UK-headquartered international provider of com...

OurCrowd Launches $100m Cognitiv Fund - - 2018-01-12

OurCrowd Launches $100M Cognitiv Fund Fund to Focus on Tomorrow’s Cognitive Tech Category Mak...

InMotion Ventures backs self-driving taxi start-up - - 2018-01-12

Jaguar Land Rover’s venture capital arm invests $3 million in self-driving taxi service Voyage Voyage has raised a total of $20m to date...

NPIF completes first £2m investment into Azzure IT - - 2018-01-12

One of the North’s fastest growing small tech firms has received £2.0million funding from ...

4th UK Alternative Finance UK Report - - 2018-01-12

Since 2013 researchers at the University of Cambridge have been tracking and analysing the development of the online alternative finance market in the United Kingdom. This is the fourth annual indu...

Britbots launches second robotics and AI fund - - 2018-01-12

Britbots, the organisation dedicated to promoting U.K.-based ro...

HBAN to raise €7M in angel funding at national conference - - 2018-01-11

HBAN (Halo Business Angel Network), the all-island organisation and joint initiative of Enterprise Ireland and InterTradeIrel...

Crowdstacker joins the P2PFA - - 2018-01-11

The Peer-to-Peer Finance Association (P2PFA) has welcomed Crowdstacker to the Association. ...

UCL Technology Fund invests in Anon AI - - 2018-01-11

The UCL Technology Fund has invested in Anon AI, the data anonymisation software developer, as part of a £340,000 pre-seed round in partnership wit...

WBAF World Congress 2018: Angel investors converge on Istanbul - - 2018-01-11

Drawing together hundreds of the world’s top business leaders, WBAF 2018 shapes the global agenda of the world early and post-early stage equity markets ...

NPIF backs Powerhouse Photography with £250k investment - - 2018-01-11

A Yorkshire photography and video business whose clients include major supermarkets and food producers has secured £250,000 funding from NPIF – Mercia Debt Finance, which is part of the...

Maven Property raises £4.6m to fund residential property schemes - - 2018-01-10

Capital raised via Maven’s Investor Partner network will finance the building of 129 starter family homes in key commuter areas with a total es...

BGF invests £4m in Walker Precision Engineering - - 2018-01-10

Walker Precision Engineering, a high-precision component manufacturer, has secured a £4m investment from BGF to expand its operations in the UK and mai...

Talis Capital & Credo Ventures lead more funding for Price f(x) - - 2018-01-10

Talis Capital has co-led an additional funding round along with Credo Ventures into leading price management, optimization and CPQ SaaS provider, Price f(x). Price f(x) has...

Rcapital backs Edinburgh based Capital Cooling - - 2018-01-10

Growth investor Rcapital has backed an MBO and made significant working capital funding available to Edinburgh based Capital Cooling to allow the business to grow its core business throu...

Goji secures funding from Anthemis and AXA Strategic Ventures - - 2018-01-10

Financial backing indicates further confidence in Goji’s Direct Lending offering and strength of underlying asset class ...

BGF strengthens presence in East Midlands - - 2018-01-09

BGF, the UK & Ireland’s most active investor in growing businesses, has announced the launch of its East Midlands office in Nottingham as it co...

Symvan launches third SEIS fund - - 2018-01-09

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Increased angel investment in Medtech, AI, VR & AR in 2018 - - 2018-01-09

HBAN (Halo Business Angel Network), the all-island organisation responsible for the promotion of business angel investment, today announces its predictions for 2018. HBAN is forecasting a 17% incre...

ENVESTORS network surpass £100m - - 2018-01-09

ENVESTORS, the regulated corporate finance adviser with a network of over 3,250 sophisticated investors, announces that equity investments made th...

Maven leads £1.95 million investment in eSafe - - 2018-01-09

Funding will enable eSafe to further develop its sales and marketing resource ...

The rise of the 'personality' angel website - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2018-01-08

It’s a growing trend. Angels are emerging from behind their clubs and networks and possibly a phone number and email address, and going public on the web. The fi...

Angels through the ages: Justinian I - - 2018-01-07

Justinian is remembered as an able administrator and conqueror, but perhaps his most significant act while in power was his acquisition of the knowledge of how to produce Silk. The Emperor in...

Paul Barry Walsh, Fredericks Foundation - - 2018-01-07

Paul is currently Chairman of Fredericks Foundation a charity he founded in 2001 and is currently a lender of last resort for people needing microfinance to establish their business. &n...

Shout our for Charity: Fredericks Foundation - - 2018-01-07

In support of our Hero of the Month's charitable endeavours, this month we encourage people wanting to donate to a good cause to consider The Fredericks Foundation. The Fredericks Foundation ...

The Secret Investor - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2018-01-07

The peak season for investment is now upon us, as we run up to the end of the tax year. Time will be of the essence in 2018 as Easter Sunday falls on 1st April so it is likely that you may be...

Where to find the best angel deals in 2018 - - 2018-01-07

Whilst word of mouth is a common source of deal flow you never know what you might find from these high-quality angel groups. ...

UK tech leads Europe with $8bn of VC investment in 2018 - - 2018-01-07

UK achieves more tech exits than any other European country, with IPOs and acquisitions worth $40bn Another bumper year for VC ...

Six in 3 weeks as YFM completes £100m of deals - - 2018-01-07

If the adage about waiting for a bus holds true then the last three weeks has been a purple patch for YFM as the firm has realised four investments for up ...

Now the future for EIS really is 'the future' - - 2017-12-17

The recent Autumn Budget has confirmed that, once pensions and ISAs have been fully used, EIS and Seed EIS are now very much the third pillar of tax planning, writes Andrew ...

Investors back auto-lending as top P2P platform feature - - 2017-12-15

AUTO-LENDING has been ranked as the most attractive feature of a peer-to-peer platform, research shows. P2P analysts Robo.cash surveyed investors across 15 countries in Europe and found 79 ...

NVM backed Medovate to boost NHS medtech innovation - - 2017-12-15

NHS Innovation Hub Health Enterprise East (HEE) has launched a separate medtech innovation development company called Medovate Ltd to boost the financial and techn...

Development Bank of Wales appoints new Finance Director - - 2017-12-15

The Development Bank of Wales is pleased to announce the appointment of a new Executive Director and Board member. David Staziker has been promoted to the post of Finance Director and will take up ...

European Braking Systems secures investment from BGF - - 2017-12-15

European...

5 reasons startup investors should be cautious about Brexit - Brian Moretta - 2017-12-15

While the UK venture capital industry is digesting the ...

Pavilion Alternatives Group 2018 outlook for private equity - - 2017-12-14

While there are some common themes in private equity across geographies as well as the various sub-sectors, there are also some major divergences within and across markets.&...

Daniel Lauren Joins Invesdor - - 2017-12-14

Invesdor has appointed Daniel Laurén to lead its Swedish operations. Stockholm-based Laurén has been involved in founding more than ten companies and in investing in startups both as ...

Glovebox targets 2018 launch with £180k crowdfunding - - 2017-12-14

Online marketplace for car and bike parts raises £180k in 3 days from 119 investors on Crowdcube ...

Mercia invests £3.5m into Intechnica - - 2017-12-14

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BGF and First Derivatives support AuditComply - - 2017-12-14

A high-growth software company headquartered in Belfast has become the first business to benefit from technology and investment as part of the strategic partnership between First Derivatives and BG...

EIS Life Beyond the Budget - - 2017-12-14

Well the waiting is over and whi...

Mercia reaches first close of EV Growth II - - 2017-12-12

As part of its Half Year Results, ...

Games firm UFL nets £600k from Mercia - - 2017-12-12

A UK games studio which has developed a unique real-time football game has closed a £600,000 funding round from Mercia Fund Mana...

VC success : Mandarins vs Merits - - 2017-12-12

“Show me the way to a New Silicon Valley” – is the cry of governments across the world. Countless schemes have been forged to bring some American pizzazz into a ...

SyndicateRoom reveals Britain's Fastest-Growing Businesses - - 2017-12-12

Online investment platform ...

MMC Ventures leads £3.5m funding for Senseye - - 2017-12-11

Senseye Limited, the leader in predictive maintenance software, today announced it has raised £...

Maven Capital Partners exits SPS with a 3x return - - 2017-12-11

Transaction is the 13th profitable exit for Maven investors since January 2014 Maven...

Discngine raises €1.1million - - 2017-12-11

The company will push forward with its unique SaaS software offering for facilitating the discovery of innovative molecules &n...

Foresight invests £3m in coffee roaster 200 Degrees - - 2017-12-11

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P2PFA strengthens standards for Peer-to-Peer Lending - - 2017-12-07

The P2PFA today announced revisions to the industry standards it sets for peer-to-peer lending platforms. The new Operating Pri...

Mercia appoints new Head of Software & the Internet - - 2017-12-05

National investment group ...

Rough sleeping scandal shames Britain - - 2017-12-05

Rough sleeping scandal shames Britain and dooms the Tories ...

CBI comments on PWC Tax Contribution Report - - 2017-12-05

The CBI commented on the publication of a PwC report, which estimates the total tax contribution of the 100 Group (FTSE 100) in 2017 at £82.9 billion. This ...

Smith & Willamson: European competition no impact on SME confidence - - 2017-12-05

Business is booming, despite Brexit uncertainty, according to entrepreneurs and scale-up leaders. Nearly 80% of respondents are planning for growth over the next twelve mont...

Smith & Williamson: Brexit and its business impact - - 2017-12-05

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Parkwalk publishes H2 2017 update - - 2017-12-05

It has been a busy second half of the year at Parkwalk: our proprietary access to deal-flow has enabled us to commit £78m to portfolio companies in 2017, with those companies raising a ...

TravelNest raises £3m - - 2017-12-05

TravelNest (www.travelnest.com), an advertising optimisation platform for holiday rental owners, has secured a £3m seed round f...

Foresight launches new Infrastructure Income Fund - - 2017-12-04

Foresight launches new Infrastructure Income Fund ...

Deepbridge Launches New Innovation SEIS - - 2017-12-04

Deepbridge, the tax-efficient investment manager, has today (29th November 2017) launched the new Deepbridge Innov...

A Budget long on politics but short on economics says Smith & Williamson - - 2017-11-23

A lot of talk but does this budget really ‘move towards change’ or ‘away from it’ ...

Budget Comment - Deepbridgde Capital - - 2017-11-22

As anticipated the consultation response to ‘Financing growth in innovative firms’ is seeking to return EIS/SEIS investments back to how they were originally envisaged, and the ne...

Budget comment - Cavendish Corporate Finance - - 2017-11-22

“I welcome the fact that the Government intends to double Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) investment limits for knowledge intensive busin...

Budget Comment - Oxford Capital - - 2017-11-22

David Mott, Managing Partner at Oxford Capital, and Chair of the BVCA Venture Capital Committee On doubling of EIS limits for Kn...

Budget Comment - Albion Capital - - 2017-11-22

Patrick Reeve, Managing Partner, Albion Capital, says: “The measures announced in today’s Budget recognise the valuab...

EIS Association Budget reaction - - 2017-11-22

Mark Brownridge, Director General of the EIS Association, comments on today's positive budget announcements for the Enterprise Investment Scheme:...

£2.5bn Govt. funding essential Post-Brexit sasys Techspace - - 2017-11-22

Comment from David Galsworthy, CEO and Co-Founder of Techspace. “Today’s move by the government is critical for the gro...

Budget comment from Robotics start up investment expert Dominic Keen - - 2017-11-22

The government is allocating a further £2.3bn in investment in research development and will increase the tax credit on R&D to 12%. Dominic Keen from Britbots, an organ...

Budget Comment - Future Planet Capital - - 2017-11-22

"Action Plan to unlock over £20bn in new investment to UK and Knowledge intensive scale up businesses. Including a new fund in the British Business Bank seeded by £2.5...

Budget Comment - IW Capital - - 2017-11-22

"In summary, that was a Budget for Industrial Strategy. The doubling of the EIS limit for knowledge intensive companies is of course a welcomed revelation, as are the numerous initiatives set in pl...

A Budget encouraging technology and growth for Great Britain says Blick Rothenberg - - 2017-11-22

“A long term vision and strategy to put the UK at the forefront of global digital innovation is absolutely critical for the long term welfare of the country. It is even more critical however ...

Archangels Budget Comment - - 2017-11-22

“We welcome the spirit of the measures that Mr Hammond announced today, specifically an additional £2.5 billion fund to unlock investment in emerging businesses and doubling the i...

Govt. R&D announcement contradicts Budget says Smith & Williamson - - 2017-11-22

The Chancellor, Philip Hammond, announced a further £2.3bn in investment in R&D as well as an increase in the main R&D Tax Credit to 12% (from 11%). “What abou...

Ilian Iliev from EcoMachines Ventures comments on the Budget - - 2017-11-22

Overall this appears to be a budget focused on helping entrepreneurial knowledge-intensive comp...

Oxford Capital backs smartphone insurance innovator Wrisk - - 2017-11-14

Oxford Capital has led a £3 million funding round for Wrisk, an insurance innovator which lets customers buy and claim on their insurance using a sim...

Suggestv Closes $1m Seed Round - - 2017-11-14

Suggestv, the intelligent video discovery platform for publishers, has today closed its seed investment round, raising a total of $1m. The investment rou...

Budget must not ignore scale-ups says Smith & Williamson - - 2017-11-14

“Creating the conditions for success to enable businesses to scale should continue to be a cornerstone of economic policy,” said ...

EcoMachines Ventures launches EMV EIS FUND I - - 2017-11-14

Fund focused on industrial high-tech, energy, smart cities and resource efficiency investment opportunities in the UK...

VentureFounders launches Scale Up Report - - 2017-11-14

The majority of Britain's tech founders expect to sell for £50m or less – but there is no ambition gap in the UK ...

Mercia passes £5m milestone with NPIF investment - - 2017-11-09

Mercia Fund Managers, which manages part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF), is celebrating a milestone, having invested over £5m from the fund to sup...

Rowan Devereux appointed Chair of HBAN's Bloom Equity angel syndicate - - 2017-11-09

HBAN (Halo Business Angel Network), the all-island group responsible for the promotion of business angel investment in Ireland and a joint initiative of Enterprise Ireland and Inte...

Calculus Capital invests in Every1Mobile - - 2017-11-09

Private equity firm Calculus Capital has invested £2.2m in Brighton-bas...

AI-based home energy assistant Verve raises £1.23m on Crowdcube - - 2017-11-09

Verv, a brand, which sits under machine learning experts Green Running Ltd, has successfully raised £1,234,500 on ...

UK startup Mojiworks raises £2.1m - - 2017-11-09

Series A funding round led by Balderton Capital, with participation by Lifeline Ventures and Sunstone Capital Mojiworks finishes first year of operation as the leadi...

Revealed - the investing habits of EIS investors - - 2017-11-06

Now that equity crowdfunding is firmly established in the funding ecosystem the EIS statistics are getting more interesting to analyse – especially the table on the amounts ...

Angels through the ages - Henry Morgan - William Rees-Mogg - 2017-11-05

Between 1660 and 1675 he was the most famous Pirate sailing in the Caribbean. Some of his more famous exploits included leading 1700 Privateers upriver to Panama, there to burn th...

Shout out for Charity: Children in Need - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2017-11-05

The star studded night is a regular in the BBC calendar and raises £10ms to help a variety of good causes and there is every reason for you to donate too. Charities across the UK are gi...

Deal Envy: Blue Prism delivers 55x return on investment for Mercia's managed funds - Modwenna-Rees-Mogg - 2017-11-05

Mercia Technologies manages the RisingStars Growth Fund which invested £900,000 in Blue Prism in 2004. Blue Prism is a global leader in Robotic Process Automation, listed on AIM in March...

Angel Deal of the Month: Pixey.io seals £250k funding - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2017-11-05

Pixey.io was founded by Sarah Stenhouse to enable broadcasters and publishers to obtain the digital rights to Instagram...

Hero of the Month: Nigel Walker Innovate UK - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2017-11-05

Nigel is responsible for Access to Finance at Innovate UK where he heads the organisation’s support for innovative SMEs in gaining access to business support and private sector funding to acc...

The Secret Investor - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2017-11-05

FinTech is in fashion as we all know. News that Karadoo Finance and CrowdRating have joined Milamber Ventures and VestDeck at www.fundingforentrepreneurs.co.uk in reaching out to the AngelNew...

10 things entrepreneurs should know about attractive scale-ups - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2017-11-05

Scale-ups are not the same as high growth firms. The difference is not just about scale of ambition, though scale-ups should be more ambitious than the "normal" high-growth company.&nb...

A boost for savers? Interest rates hiked for first time in a decade - - 2017-11-05

A boost for savers? Interest rates hiked for first time in a decade ...

EIS, SEIS and SITR Statistics: October 2017 - - 2017-11-03

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The Deal Q3 2017: More deals than any quarter on record - - 2017-11-03

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Why entrepreneurship is so rational in the US (but not in Japan) - - 2017-11-02

Why is it almost all successful startups are American? Many would point to the country’s enterprising DNA, inherited from the trailblazing pilgrim fathers? ...

NVM Private Equity provides development capital investment to Hello Soda - - 2017-11-01

NVM Private Equity (NVM) has invested £4 million in Manchester based Hello Soda, a global text and big data analytics business. H...

Intertrust study plot rise of Environmental, Social & Governance among private euqity GPs - - 2017-11-01

78% of investors expect GPs to increase their focus on ESG Biggest obstacles are cost, resource constraints and evaluation ...

SEP invests in Dotmatics - - 2017-10-31

Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) has completed a significant investment in Dotmatics. The company, founded in 2005, is a leading glo...

Crowdfunder to work with The Design Council to bring new UK designs to life and to market - - 2017-10-31

The UK’s #1 rewards-based crowdfunding platform is collaborating with The Design Council’s Spark 2018 initiative, a support and funding programme designed to help turn...

Seedrs launches financial intermediaries programme - - 2017-10-31

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Startup Funding Club invests over £300K in British startups - - 2017-10-31

Startup Funding Club (SFC) has recently invested £300K in four British startups: Curamicus, Designed in Colour, icarusparts.com an...

Maven adds to North East investment team - - 2017-10-31

Ex-PwC Corporate Finance Manager brings significant investment experience to strengthen the established North East team...

OurCrowd builds Innovation Bridge Connecting Australia/New Zealand and Israel - - 2017-10-31

OurCrowd has over 2,000 accredited Australian Investors/ Raised over $100 million in the Region Helped raise $50 million “Our Innovation Fund” focused on Australian tec...

Deepbridge Sets Out Budget EIS & SEIS Wish List - - 2017-10-30

Deepbridge, the tax-efficient investment manager, has today (26th October 2017) set out a wish list of EIS/SEIS measures it would like to see the Chancellor, Philip Ham...

Rise in VCT amounts will benefit small businesses, says Smith & Williamson - - 2017-10-30

The amount raised by Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) has risen by over £100 million in a year. VCTs issued shares to a value of £570 million in 2016-17, a 28% rise...

AIC announces Chairman and Deputy Chairman Elect - - 2017-10-19

The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) is pleased to announce that Rachel Beagles has been voted Chairman-elect ...

Maven exits Crawford Scientific with 4.7x return following sale to Limerston Capital - - 2017-10-19

Maven Capital Partners (“Maven”), one of the UK’s most active private equity houses, has exited its...

BGF backs ventilation business Monodraught with £2.65m investment - - 2017-10-19

Ventilation systems specialist Monodraught has received a £2.65m investment from BGF to support its long-term growth plans. The High Wycombe headqu...

Draper Esprit sets aside £75m to back seed funds and early stage VCs - - 2017-10-19

Draper Esprit (AIM: GROW, ESM: GRW), a leading venture capital firm investing in high growth digital technology businesses, announces a strategy to target up to £75m ($100m) of investment in ...

Solaris and Envestors Combine their Energy to Raise £600,000 - - 2017-10-19

ENVESTORS are delighted to announce that we have successfully facilitated SOLARIS PHOTONICS to close its funding round of c. £600,000. The funds raised will be used: To test th...

Snaptrip and Envestors snap up £1m in funding - - 2017-10-19

ENVESTORS announces that since first meeting with SNAPTRIP in June 2017, it has steadily assisted a funding round raising £1M. Although SNAPTRIP have reached their minimu...

Charity Checkout secures over $1m investment - - 2017-10-18

The social enterprise Charity Checkout has announced that it has successfully raised over $1m to accelerate its growth. The charit...

Bolt raises over €3m in equity crowdfunding on Seedrs - - 2017-10-18

Dubbed the ‘Tesla on two wheels’, Bolt’s electric scooters aims to fully replace petrol scooters which are thousands of times more polluting than a small van ...

More than one in three SMEs are changing their strategy post-Brexit says Albion - - 2017-10-18

More than a third of UK companies (35%) with fewer than 250 employees are changing their business strategy as a result of Brexit, according to new resear...

The Law Society partners with Seedrs to support UK LegalTech Ecosystem - - 2017-10-18

The partnership will allow The Law Society’s members to access early stage investment opportunities through the Seedrs platfo...

Tifosy raises £1 million from its army of fanfunders - - 2017-10-18

The world’s first sports crowdfunding platform has hit its equity raise target more than three weeks ahead of schedule The offer will stay open until November 10...

SaaS chatbot firm BotSkill secures £250,000 investment - - 2017-10-17

BotSkill has secured a £250,000 investment led by the British Robotics Seed Fund (BRSF). The investment is the...

Octopus Group founders named EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2017 - - 2017-10-13

Chris Hulatt and Simon Rogerson, Co-Founders of London-based Octopus Group, were named ‘EY Entrepreneur Of The Year UK 2017 overall winner’ a...

BVCA announces winners of Responsible Investment Awards 2017 and launches new online guide - - 2017-10-13

The winners of the BVCA Responsible Investment Awards 2017 were announced today at the BVCA Summit in London as we celebrated the outstanding Environmental, Social and Co...

Warwick Audio gets ready to make some noise with GBP2.2 million raise - - 2017-10-12

SyndicateRoom has supported Warwick Audio in a £2.2m funding round, as part of a larger financing a...

IW Capital leads £8m series B investment in WeSwap - - 2017-10-11

IW Capital leads milestone investment for the world’s first peer-to-peer currency exchange platform ...

Albion Capital sells stake in Hilson Moran to Tyrens - - 2017-10-11

Albion Capital Group LLP (Albion) announces the sale of its stake in Hilson Moran Holdings Limited (Hilson Moran), a leading engineering services group in the UK and Middle East, to...

Intertrust appointed fund administrator to UK's first female founded private equity firm Vaultier7 - - 2017-10-10

Intertrust; a leading global provider of high-value fund, trust and corporate services, is pleased to announce its appointment as fund administrator to t...

YFM Equity Partners appoints Steve Harrison - - 2017-10-10

YFM Equity Partners (Y...

AIC unveils research into the cost of holding investment companies on platforms - - 2017-10-10

- Research conducted by the ...

Mobeus grows portfolio management team - - 2017-10-06

As it grows funds under management and pursues a broader investment strategy managing growth and buyout capital on behalf of retail and institutional investors, Mobeus continues t...

Maven and Enso invest £2 million tin Cognitive Geology - - 2017-10-06

Funding will enable Cognitive to develop its pipeline of third generation petroleum geoscience software modules...

SMEs turning to big data to seek competitive gains says Smith & Williamson - - 2017-10-06

Nearly two thirds (63%) of small businesses are looking to big data to benefit their business, according to research by Smith & Williamson,...

Law firm Gunnercooke expands to provide an operating partner offering - - 2017-10-05

Award-winning challenger law firm gunnercooke has today launched Operating Partners, a ...

BGF appoints Andy Watts to Talent Network team - - 2017-10-05

BGF has announced the appointment of Andy Watts to its Talent Network team. Andy will provide support to BGF-backed companies by further expanding BGF&rs...

Blue Prism delivers 55x return on investment for Mercia's managed funds - - 2017-10-05

Mercia Technologies PLC, the national investment group focused on the funding and scaling of innovative technology businesses with high growth potential from the...

Nationwide Window Cleaning secures new BGF funding for acquisition - - 2017-10-05

Yorkshire-based Nationwide Window Cleaning has received new investment of £1.5m from BGF to support its orga...

Roc Technologies acquires CCM and secures £10m BGF investment - - 2017-10-04

Roc Technologies, one of the UK’s fastest growing companies for IT services, has secured a £10...

Crowdcube celebrates a strong third quarter - - 2017-10-04

Crowdcube celebrates a strong third quarter 70 pitches launc...

Pixey.io seals £250k funding to introduce AI and boost growth - - 2017-10-04

An Edinburgh-based startup enabling broadcasters and publishers to obtain the digital rights to Instagram photographs has secured almost £250,000 in seed funding. &n...

Maven and YFM-backed Indigo Telecom Group acquires Belcom247 - - 2017-10-04

Acquisition adds a range of additional services and geographical reach to strengthen Indigo’s capabilities customer offering and market positi...

Biologically inspired robots company secures GBP85K - - 2017-10-04

ZOA Robotics has secured seed investment from the British Robotics Seed Fund (BRSF). The £85,000 investment is the first of a series that have ...

YFM Equity Partners invests £1.5m into e2E - - 2017-10-04

YFM Equity Partners has backed a £1.5 million investment into e2E Engineering Limited (e2E), a leading technical consultancy opera...

Mercia Technologies PLC's fund management subsidiaries rebranding as Mercia Fund Managers - - 2017-10-04

Mercia Technologies PLC, the national investment group focused on the funding and scaling of innovative technology businesses with high growth potential from the UK&n...

Frugal entrepreneurs too risky for 87% of angel investors - - 2017-10-02

Startup founders should be prepared to put their money where their mouths are if they want to secure investment from business angels, according to research from University of Edinburgh Business Sch...

Patience is a virtue.. or is it? - - 2017-10-02

Patience is a virtue.. or is it? Everyone has been talking about the Patient Capital Review, possibly the most ...

Your best ticket to VC funding? Tom, Dick and Harry - - 2017-10-02

For the more sophisticated entrepreneur, crowdfunding can be a chore. Why strut your stuff in front of an uncaring public – who may throw $100 a piece at your idea - when yo...

10 trends to look out for in the angel market - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2017-10-02

Here are 10 trends to watch out for in the angel market this autumn. 1. Angels go public - see the Sunday Times for a profile of an angel each week...

Angels through the ages - Frederick William I & Frederick the Great - William Rees-Mogg - 2017-10-01

Frederick William was King of Prussia between 1713 and 1740. He gained fame, or perhaps infamy, in Europe both for an austere lifestyle, and for his short temper (beheading his son’s ma...

Shout out to Charity: Macmillan Coffee Morning - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2017-10-01

How about this for an idea? Do you like me have endless coffee meetings? From today onwards I will donate £1 to Macmillan for every meeting I have where I am served or buy a...

Deal Envy: BGF exits investment in Acro - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2017-10-01

Another exit to an overseas buyer provides yet more evidence of the Chinese desire for UK tech companies. BGF has agreed to successfully exit its minority stake in air...

Angel Deal of the Month: Green Angel Syndicate attracts investment from key members - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2017-10-01

Lucky for some! 13 investors in the Green Angel Syndicate have bought shares in the syndicate itself. This investment will support the marketing of the syndic...

Hero of the Month: Baybars Altuntas - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2017-10-01

To know Baybars Altuntas is not only to like him, but also to respect and admire him. I cannot remember exactly when I first met Baybars but by gosh I am glad I did. He is someone...

The Secret Investor - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2017-10-01

The deals that the Secret Investor sees tell us a lot about where entrepreneurship is heading. In particular it's noticeable that FinTech keeps on staying centre of interest...

CMS / Mergermarket European M&A Outlook 2017 - - 2017-09-29

Dealmakers seem to be adapting to a “new normal” in European M&A activity. Stefan Brunnschweiler, Head of the Corporate/M&A Practice Group a...

Go4Venture European Tech Scaleup Market Bulletin August 2017 - - 2017-09-29

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What happens when your start up founder falls under the bus? - - 2017-09-29

What happens when your start up founder falls under the bus? Angels invest in people. Studi...

Want to invest in property? Then take a look at these peer-to-peer platforms - - 2017-09-29

PEER-TO-PEER allows investors to put their money into all sorts of different loans, from those to individuals looking to buy a new car or kitchen to businesses looking to fund their expansion plans...

Shoosmiths' venture capital team advises Cornerstone on its latest investment round - - 2017-09-28

Rapidly-growing men’s online grooming business Cornerstone has received a further £3.5m investment, led by Calculus Capital. &...

AIC responds to Govrnment's Patient Capital Review - - 2017-09-28

AIC PATIENT CAPITAL RESPONSE: DELIVERING EVEN BETTER VALU...

Life sciences crowdfunding platform Capital Cell launches first UK campaign - - 2017-09-28

Capital Cell, the first pan-European equity crowdfunding platform dedicated to life sciences, has announced the launch of its first active UK campaign on ...

Startup Funding Club launches SFC Angel Fund and celebrates 5th birthday - - 2017-09-28

Startup Funding Club (SFC) has announced the launch of the Sta...

Green Angel Syndicate attracts investment from key members - - 2017-09-28

In an unusual departure for Green Angel Syndicate, a funding round for the syndicate has seen thirteen of its most enthusiastic members investing in equity in the syndicate itself. ...

BGF exits investment in Acro - - 2017-09-27

BGF has agreed to successfully exit its minority stake in aircraft seat manufacturer, Acro Aircraft Seating. The company will, subject to the satisfactio...

Maven Capital Partners invests £1 million in app developer hedgehog lab - - 2017-09-27

Newcastle tech firm with global footprint growing rapidly after 10 years in business ...

Hoop raises £2.4m from BGF Ventures - - 2017-09-27

Hoop, the family app that helps parents discover and book what’s on for their kids, has secured £2.4 million in funding which will help to grow the business ac...

Britbots launches new equity crowdfunding platform Britbots CROWD - - 2017-09-27

Britbots, the mentoring organisation devoted to supporting British-based robotics start-ups, has launched Britbots CROWD, the world's first ...

Maven VCTs lead investment in ADC Biotechnology - - 2017-09-25

Funding will enable the construction of a dedicated pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in North Wales, creating 50 new scientific jo...

Maven launches VCT offers to raise £30 million for established VCTs - - 2017-09-25

For the first time VCT investors will be able to submit their applications and payments online via a new dedicated application portal ...

Northern VCTs launch joint share offers to raise up to £60 million - - 2017-09-25

The three Northern VCTs (Northern Venture Trust PLC, Northern 2 VCT PLC and Northern 3 VCT PLC) have launched a new joint share offer, to raise an aggregate of up ...

4net Technologies takes investment from YFM in £9m fundraising - - 2017-09-25

YFM Equity Partners (YFM), the specialist private equity fund manager, has invested in the £9million transaction into 4net Technologies Ltd (4net) to support the continued grow...

£20m Finance Durham fund first deal investing into craft distillery Durham Gin - - 2017-09-22

Durham-based distillery set for rapid growth aiming to become the North East’s ‘distiller of choice’...

Seneca launches property investment business - - 2017-09-22

Northwest-based investment group Seneca, has expanded its investment capability with the launch of its property investment business, Seneca Property. Joining as Managing Director of Seneca Property...

Acceleris company Redag Crop Protection Ltd raises £1.3m - - 2017-09-22

Redag Crop Protection , an agrochemical discovery company, has secured £1.3 million in funding from existing shareholders which include institutional ...

Volo Commerce raises £6.2m led by NVM Private Equity to drive US expansion - - 2017-09-21

Volo Commerce, a leading provider of multichannel e-commerce technology, today announced it has raised £6.2 million in ne...

Usain Bolt's insole Enertor completes fundraising on Crowdcube - - 2017-09-21

Crowdcube, the world’s first and largest crowdfunding platform, is pleased to announce that Enertor, the innovative insole compa...

Q-Bot secures £1.5m of investment to accelerate growth - - 2017-09-21

Q-Bot, the UK’s leading developer of robots for use in the construction industry, has closed an investment round of £450,000...

AIC Review highlights case for VCTs as providers of patient capital - - 2017-09-21

The Association of Investment Companies’ (AIC) review of Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs), ‘Transforming small business’,...

Dividends and support for UK firms valued by VCT investors, finds YFM - - 2017-09-21

Research commissioned by YFM Equity Partners (“YFM”), the specialist private equity fund manager, has established that shareholders consider the ability to support gro...

Crowdcube partners with America's top equity crowdfunder - - 2017-09-21

Crowdcube partners with America’s top equity crowdfunder ?...

Downing invests £5 million to relaunch Chestser's Old Bishop's Palace - - 2017-09-18

VCT and EIS funds managed by Downing LLP have invested £5 million to support Exclusive Events Venues (EEV) to acquire and redevelop Chester’s...

Angel investors back £450k seed funding for University Cribs - - 2017-09-18

- £450,000 will support further development of technology platform - Plans ahead for further national expansion in UK with student rentals live in 27 towns and cities Universi...

New Foresight Smart Bonds Fund - - 2017-09-18

Less than one month to go for Tranche “A” – closing 13.10.2017 One, two and three year ...

MMC backs data analytics business Peak with £2.5m investment - - 2017-09-15

Peak has announced their £2.5m series A funding round led by MMC Ventures, bringing the total amount raised by the company so far to £3.5m. ...

Mobeus launches highly-rated £50 million generalist VCT fundraising - - 2017-09-14

The Mobeus VCTs are opening new share offers to raise, in aggregate, up to £50 million, with over-allotment facilities to raise, in aggregate, up to a further £30 mill...

OfferMoments receives £1.5m investment - - 2017-09-14

OfferMoments, the world’s most innovative advertising platform, has received a £1.5 million injec...

WBAF appoints 10 High Commissioners - - 2017-09-13

WBAF appoints 10 High Commissioners The entrepreneurial ecosystems of 10 more countries are now more connected with each other and the rest of the world, ...

Jenson Funding Partners hires Piers Denne - - 2017-09-13

Jenson Funding Partners, the highly innovative and successful financing and commercial support group for disruptive growth companies is delighted to announce that Piers Denne, industry veteran, has...

Tech accelerator Seed Haus unveils high-profile investors and first cohort of startups - - 2017-09-13

Scotland’s first dedicated pre-seed tech accelerator, Seed Haus, has launched in Edinburgh backed by a stellar line-up of&...

On-demand travel startup Sn-ap raises £2m - - 2017-09-13

Intercity coach travel service, co-founded by ex-Chiltern Railways commercial director secures funding from Kindred Capital...

Leapfrog companies reach 100 million people and grow 43% - - 2017-09-13

Ten years on since founding, LeapFrog’s portfolio of companies reach 111 million people across Africa and Asia ...

Foresight invests £3m into ONFAB Limited - - 2017-09-12

Foresight Group (“Foresight”) has invested £3 million from the Foresight Regional Investment Fund into the specialist engineering compa...

Transforming small business - How VCTs create jobs, generate exports and enable growth - - 2017-09-12

27,000 jobs created by current VCT investments Each VCT-backed business employs an average of 109 people...

Bob & Berts receives £2m investment for expansion - - 2017-09-12

Independent coffee shop chain Bob & Berts has become the third company in Northern Ireland to secure a major equity investment from BGF, the UK’s most active investor in small and m...

Four companies supported by Albion Capital rank among Britain's fastest-growing tech firms - - 2017-09-12

Albion Capital is proud to have supported four British companies included in the annual Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100 league table ...

Hobs Group secures further investment from BGF - - 2017-09-12

11th September 2017: Hobs Group has received a further £4m investment from BGF to continue the expansion of its 3D printing, reprographi...

Millennials lead the way as small businesses ride the upswing says Hiscox report - - 2017-09-12

Study of 4,000 small businesses in the UK, Europe and the US shows strong growth across the board – with younger entrepreneurs outperforming th...

European Investment Fund invests €20 million in Irish SMEs - - 2017-09-07

The European Investment Fund (EIF), with the support of InnovFin Equity and COSME, is investing €20 million in ACT Venture Capital’s latest fund, ...

Gecko Labs secures £1million investment to push its new technology - - 2017-09-07

The CEO of education software specialist Gecko Labs has hailed an investment package of £1million that puts the company on a new level, as it rolls out an innovative new live c...

FiveAI attracts £26.8M to lead UK answer to US driverless tech giants - - 2017-09-07

FiveAI, a start-up leading the UK’s charge to build technology for urban driverless vehicles, has closed a major £14M Series A equity financi...

Foresight provides £40m debt funding line into asset-backed SME lender Reward Finance Group Limited - - 2017-09-06

Funds managed by Foresight Group LLP ("Foresight”) have provided a £40 million secured loan note facility for Reward Finance Group ...

Albion Capital launches £38m VCT fundraising - - 2017-09-06

Albion Capital, the leading independent investment manager, is seeking to raise up to £38 million through top up offers for its six venture capital...

Deal Envy: Altitude Partners makes 2.7x return on Gradwell Communications - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2017-09-05

With August having been a quiet month here at AngelNews we looked back to July to find a nice story about a successful exit. Altitude's sale of Gradwell Communications fits ...

Angel deal of the Month: Provenance raises £650k from Angel Academe angels and other impressive investors - - 2017-09-05

With the recent Beauhurst report stating that companies that gain equity investment and grant funding have higher valuations it is interesting to note this recent investment by th...

10 jobs for angels RIGHT NOW - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2017-09-05

After the long summer break, it’s now time to get back to work and turn your angel investing activity into a superlative experience. Here are 10 things that will help ...

Shout out for Charity: Pregnancy Sickness Support - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2017-09-05

The news that the Duchess of Cambridge is having another baby is just the fillip the country needs after a spring and summer of disasters (the election result, Manchester and Lond...

Hero of the Month: Sir John Major and Ken Clarke MP - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2017-09-05

We’ve been going back a bit in time to dig out this year’s heroes of the month, but time only enhances their contribution rather than diminishes it. ...

Angels through the Ages - Demosthenes (The elder) - William Rees-Mogg - 2017-09-05

Demosthenes is typically remembered as Democratic Athens’ last great orator, the man who started and lost a disastrous war with Phillip of Macedon (the father of Alexander the...

How do you invest yours? The P2P platforms offering auto-bid or manual lending - - 2017-09-05

FUNDING Circle’s upcoming shift away from manual lending will soon mean the three biggest peer-to-peer lenders in the UK only offer auto-bid options, but there is still plenty of choice for i...

PwC Moneytree report Q2 2017 - - 2017-09-05

Executive summary US Q2’17 funding rises 27% from previous quarter Funding pushes up as deals slip: US VC-backed companies saw $18.4B ...

Go4Venture's June Bulletin - - 2017-09-05

The world is shrinking More tech investors are looking beyond their borders ...

Open Consultation: Financing growth in innovative firms - - 2017-09-05

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Foresight invests £1.9m in Regency Design & Print Limited - - 2017-09-05

Funds advised by Foresight Group LLP ("Foresight”) have invested £1.9m into Regency Design & Print Li...

Woodford Investment Management invests £4m in Seedrs - - 2017-09-05

Woodford invests £4 million into Seedrs, the UK’s most active equity crowdfunding platform. The investment follows on their &po...

Greater Manchester Loan Fund invests a total of £885k to support three local businesses - - 2017-09-05

The Greater Manchester Loan Fund (‘GMLF’) has completed three investments, committing a total of £885,000 to support local businesses. ...

Mobeus scales Ski Solutions with £6m investment - - 2017-09-05

Ski Solutions (www.skisolutions.com), the London-based luxury winter sports travel experts, has attracted over...

CIC leads £10 million Series A funding into artificial intelligence company PROWLER.io - - 2017-09-05

Cambridge Innovation Capital (CIC), a Cambridge-based investor in technology and healthcare companies, has led a £10 million Series A funding round for PROWLER.io, a co...

Exploiting Brexit uncertainty to make money - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2017-09-05

Brexit is the big undying risk story in the UK at the moment, but there are other bigger risks angels need to consider. But of course where there is risk there is also oppor...

Archangels leads £1m funding boost for WaveLIFT's innovative technology - - 2017-09-04

WaveLIFT Limited today announces that it has secured funding of over £1 million t...

Beringea leads €5 million Series A funding for SMARTASSISTANT - - 2017-09-04

SMARTASSISTANT, the global technology provider for intelligent Digital Advice, has secured €5 million in Series A funding led by growth capital inve...

Foresight Williams Technology EIS Fund makes first investment - - 2017-09-04

Foresight Group LLP (“Foresight”) announces the investment of £500,000 on behalf of the Foresight Williams Technology EIS Fund (“...

Make that cheque out to The Optimist - - 2017-09-04

Want to increase a startup’s chances of getting bank financing? That Obama-inspired credo may help: “Y...

Stellar Asset Management halves annual management fees to just 0.75% on wrap platforms - - 2017-08-02

Stellar Asset Management halves annual management fees to just 0.75% on wrap platforms • Stellar AiM IHT Portfolio is available on four of the UK’s leading wrap platform ...

Mobeus manufacturers buyout of Arc Specialist Engeineering - - 2017-08-02

Mobeus Equity Partners ("Mobeus") has backed the management team of West Midlands based Arc Specialist Engineering (“Arc”) in a buyout of the...

BGF invests £7.3m in AIM listed AdEPT Telecom Plc - - 2017-08-02

BGF, the UK’s most active provider of long-term capital to growing UK businesses, has invested a further £7.3m in AdEPT Telecom Plc. (“AdEPT”). Hea...

EISA comment on the Patient Capital Review - - 2017-07-31

Back in the cold days of February, HM Treasury (HMT) announced that it would be launching a Patient Capital Review with the objective of “strengthening the UK further as a pla...

Smith & Williamson Enterprise Index - - 2017-07-27

Nearly four out five (78%) entrepreneurs are predicting growth over the next 12 months according to the latest Enterprise Index research by Smith & Williamson, the accountancy...

Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund fuels Libertine FPE Ltd - - 2017-07-27

A Yorkshire company developing high performance linear motor-generator systems is set to target growth in commercial markets following a funding boost from ...

Resonance Health and Wellbeing Challenge Fund backs Prosperity Hub Community Interest Company - - 2017-07-27

Prosperity Hub Community Interest Company (CIC) has today received an investment of £70,000 from the Resonance Health and Wellbeing Challenge Fund...

Provenance raises £650k from Angel Academe - - 2017-07-27

Following a successful international pilot tracking tuna through Southeast Asian supply chains, and a pilot project with the world’s largest ...

The Deal H1 2017 - a record half for UK investment - - 2017-07-27

The first half of 2017 saw a record amount invested into UK high-growth businesses, despite deal numbers failing to recover from last year’s slump. Key findings from the last ...

Mobeus backs Wetsuit Outlet with £5 million investment - - 2017-07-26

Mobeus Equity Partners has provided £5 million of growth capital to Wetsuit Outlet, www.wetsuitoutlet.co.uk, one of Europe’s leading online retailers of technical clothing and equipment...

Puma Investments Named as Finalists at Growth Investor Awards 2017 - - 2017-07-26

Puma Investments, the specialist provider of tax efficient investment solutions is delighted to be named as a finalist in three separate categories at the 2017 Growth Investor Awards. The awards ar...

Maven opens Durham office to manage £20m Finance Durham Fund - - 2017-07-26

Maven Capital Partners, one of the UK’s most active private equity houses and manager of the £20m Finance Durham Fund, is open for business i...

New partners announced for Mayor's Tech Fund - - 2017-07-26

The London Co-investment Fund (LCIF) – the Mayor of London’s early stage business fund...

Mayfair Equity Partners serves up international expansion plan for Promise Gluten Free - - 2017-07-25

Promise Gluten Free (‘Promise’ or the ‘Company’), a highly innovative bakery which entered the gluten free market in 2012, is delighted to announce that it has sold a majori...

Mayfair Equity Partners invests in SuperAwesome to fuel its rapid growth - - 2017-07-25

(London, 24 July 2017): SuperAwesome, the technology company which powers the kids’ digital media ecosystem, has received new growth capital from Mayfair Equity Partners (&l...

Ideal Flatmate closes seed funding round - - 2017-07-25

UK’s first flatmate matching site helps flatsharers find better matches based on compatibility and living habits. Seed round ...

New angel network attracts over 50 investors in first month - - 2017-07-24

A new business angel network which aims to boost investment in the North’s technology sector has attracted over 50 potential investors and almost 40 companies within its fir...

Shoosmiths advises on sale of Spence Johnson - - 2017-07-21

National law firm Shoosmiths has advised Spence Johnson on its sale to world leading fintech company, Broadridge, in a deal that sees the creation of a unique single industry data...

Atomico leads $30m funding round into Amadeus Capital backed Graphcore - - 2017-07-21

Amadeus Capital Partners is delighted that its portfolio company Graphcore has received funding from Atomico and a group of AI pioneers. Graphcore's processor has the power to realise the...

Oliver Hemsley and Josyane Gold join Palamon Board of Advisors - - 2017-07-21

Palamon Capital Partners (“Palamon”), one of Europe’s leading growth private equity firms, has announced the appointments of Oliver Hemsley and Josyane Gold to i...

Amicus Commercial Finance backs The Taunton Cider Company - - 2017-07-20

Amicus Commercial Finance, the specialist lender of flexible working capital to small and medium sized businesses, today announces that it has provided a...

Kickstart Accelerator names 30 promising startups for its 2017 programme - - 2017-07-20

Kickstart Accelerator announces the startup shortlist for its second cohort comprising of FinTech, Food, Smart Cities and Robotics & Intelligent System...

British SMEs face uncertain funding future says Hiscox survey - - 2017-07-20

British SMEs face uncertain funding future Thirty-five percent of small b...

Startup Funding Club invests in Northern Irish startup Intupod - - 2017-07-20

Startup Funding Club’s network of business angels invests in Northern Irish startup Intupod Northern Irish startup ...

Maven Capital Partners announces £30 million VCT fundraise - - 2017-07-20

Maven Capital Partners announces £30 million VCT fundraise, reflecting a strong pipeline of opportunities to invest in high-growth UK private com...

Institutional and Family Office Investors See Opportunity in Venture Capital and High Growth Tech Firms - - 2017-07-20

Ariadne Capital Survey Uncovers Pain Points and Opportunities for Entrepreneurs in Europe and the Mediterranean ...

Altitude Partners launches BPR and Investor Relief qualifying fund - - 2017-07-19

Altitude Two, a capital growth focused private equity fund, has been created to benefit investors with investments qualifying for two significant HMRC reliefs: Business Propert...

The Clubhouse secures £3.5m growth capital from BOOST&Co - - 2017-07-19

“The way in which London’s professionals meet, work and grow their networks is changing, increasing demand for flexible work space. The Clubhouse occ...

Neurovalens secures £1.1 million funding - - 2017-07-19

Northern Irish Start-Up of the Year set for accelerated growth ...

Catering firm Entier targets expansion with £6.45m BGF investment - - 2017-07-19

Entier, Scotland’s largest independent privately-owned catering company, is preparing to grab a bigger slice of international markets after BGF (Busines...

Perkbox raise a further $8.6 million from Draper Esprit - - 2017-07-18

Draper Esprit (AIM: GROW, ESM: GRW), the leading public European venture capital firm, today announces that it has significantly increased its equity stake in Perkbox, i...

Maven leads £3.5 million investment in Contego Fraud Solutions - - 2017-07-18

Funding package will enable Contego to drive growth by expanding product development, adding commercial resources and entering new markets...

Privitar closes $16m in Series A funding - - 2017-07-18

Partech Ventures leads the round with participation from CME Ventures and Salesforce Ventures P...

Barclays and Angel Co-Fund back Form3 in $5m Series A funding - - 2017-07-18

Form3, the cloud-based, end-to-end, secure platform for global payments processing, today announced it has secured a strategic investment from Barclays, ...

Award-winning video advertiser receives funding boost from Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund - - 2017-07-18

An award-winning Hull-based video advertising start-up has secured funding from ...

Altitude Partners makes 2.7x return on Gradwell Communications - - 2017-07-17

Altitude Partners has sold its stake in VoIP provider Gradwell Communications to a management buy-in team with private equity backing. The exit has realised a strong 2.7x investme...

UK investors rally behind post-Brexit business, but have NO faith in Theresa May and the DUP - - 2017-07-17

UK investors rally behind post-Brexit business, but have NO faith in Theresa May and the DUP ...

10 jobs you NEED to do this summer - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2017-07-17

Summer is the time for having fun and relaxing, but getting these tasks in hand now will set your angel life for a successful autumn if you do them before you head off for sand an...

YFM Equity Partners invests £3m to support growth of Friska - - 2017-07-17

YFM Equity Partners (“YFM”), the specialist private equity fund manager has invested £3m into Friska Limited (Friska), a Bristol based chain of food-to-go restau...

Crowdcube's £250 million funding pipeline for growth companies - - 2017-07-14

£1m investment from GuanQun Investment, leading Chinese finance firm £20m successfully raised in Q2, t...

NorthInvest scores UK Business Angels Association Award - - 2017-07-14

NorthInvest, the angel investor platform that supports and mentors businesses in the North of England, has been recognised as ‘one to watch’ at the UK Business Angel Investment Awards 2...

Beringea leads £3.5 million funding round for Poq - - 2017-07-14

App commerce company Poq (https://poqcommerce.com/) has secured £3.5 million in its latest funding round, led by growth capital investor...

Lein Applied Diagnostics receives investment from Henley Business Angels - - 2017-07-14

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NVM Private Equity provides £3 million development capital to Knowledgemotion - - 2017-07-13

NVM Private Equity (NVM) has invested £3m in London based Knowledgemotion the creators ...

Hudman acquisition: First exit from the Wales Technology Seed Fund for Finance Wales - - 2017-07-13

Cwmbran-based technology company Hudman has been acquired by Advanced, the UKs third largest software and services company. The deal sees investor Finance Wales sell its s...

AIC Investment Company Activity H1 2017 - - 2017-07-13

INVESTMENT COMPANY ACTIVITY H1 2017: SECONDARY ISSUANCE REACHES RECORD LEVEL, IPOs INCREASE TEN-FOLD, ASSETS HIT ALL-TIME H...

Beringea achieves 3x return in APM Healthcare exit - - 2017-07-13

Day Lewis Pharmacy will acquire APM Healthcare’s 18 pharmacies, extending its network to 300 pharmacies across the country ...

Quill hits £10 million after latest round of funding - - 2017-07-13

Quill, the global leader in Primary Co...

Foresight launches Smart Bonds Fund - - 2017-07-12

Tranches of one, two and three year fixed rate term loans used to fund smart meters Bonds backed by long term rental agre...

Tech North is on the hunt for the North's most promising startups for 2017 - - 2017-07-12

DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO BECOME A NORTHERN STAR? Tech North is on the hunt for the North’s most promising startups f...

Caroobi secures millions in funding led by BMW, DN Capital and Cherry Ventures - - 2017-07-12

Berlin-based startup Caroobi, a platform that allows users to book car repair services online, has concluded its Series A financing round led by BMW i Ventures (BMW’s ve...

Curve closes $10m Series A ahead of launch - - 2017-07-12

Global banks, leading VCs and industry veterans bring total funding to $13m Investors suggest Curve will kic...

Foresight invests £3.45m into Indian street food brand Mowgli - - 2017-07-11

Foresight Group (“Foresight”) is pleased to announce the completion of a £3.45m investment into Mowgli Street Food Limited (“the Company...

Octopus Ventures expands New York team with new hire - - 2017-07-11

Priscila Bala, ex-Director of the Mentor Network at the Yale Entrepreneurial Institute, joins Octopus Ventures ...

Finance Wales supports Pro Steel with Twickenham contract - - 2017-07-11

Pro Steel Engineering Ltd (Pro Steel) has won the contract to redevelop the iconic East Stand at Twickenham Rugby Stadium, to support the project they have received a six-figure working cap...

European venture capital fundraising reaches highest level since 2007 - - 2017-07-11

Global institutional investors looking to Europe’s experienced fund managers A-Z of start-up hubs across the continent leading innovation...

Hero of the Month: Stephen Pegge, Special Projects Director at Lloyds Bank - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2017-07-10

For longer than I have been in the angel industry, Stephen Pegge, currently Special Projects Director at Lloyds Bank has been loyally supporting the market. Arguably the angels' favouri...

Shout out for Charity: Unicef Building Young Futures - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2017-07-10

Unicef: Building Young Futures Emma Sinclair, Unicef UK's first business mentor gave a rous...

Deal Envy: Beringea exits Third Bridge to private equity - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2017-07-10

Beringea has achieved its latest exit selling Third Bridge to private equity house IK Investments. Third Bridge provides primary research and market intelligence to over 300 financ...

Angel Deal of the Month: Push Doctor raises $26.1m from investors - - 2017-07-10

Angels via Oxford Capital Partners, have been joined by serious venture capital in the latest funding round for Push Doctor (https://www.pus...

Tweet like an entrepreneur - - 2017-07-10

“Smile, make eye contact and always have a business card at the ready!” Helpful tips for the traditional networker, but of no use to the #networker. The most successfu...

Foresight invests £2.25m in Cinelabs International - - 2017-07-10

Foresight Group announces the £2.25 million growth capital investment into Cinelabs International on behalf of Foresight VCT. ...

Life sciences opportunities grow - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2017-07-10

The importance of angel investment in the life sciences sector is becoming very apparent. The opportunity is large which explains why everyone from respected names lik...

Partech Ventures continues strong growth with nealy €1 billion raised - - 2017-07-10

Partech Ventures announces the final closing of its seventh venture fund at the €400M hard cap, thus completing a unique investment program spanning from pre-...

Angels through the ages - Harry Gordon Selfridge - William Rees-Mogg - 2017-07-09

Selfridge started work at the age of 10, delivering newspapers. He had a genuine entrepreneurial spirit, starting his first business at the age of 12. Selfridge worked his way up th...

Locum's Nest completes £1.1m investment round by Albion Capital and IDO Investments - - 2017-07-07

Locum’s Nest, a mobile first platform founded by doctors which is revolutionising the way staffing shortages are addressed in the NHS, has complete...

SEP makes two new investments through ECF - - 2017-07-07

Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) has completed two new energy infrastructure investments from its ...

VC Investment in Robotics - Is There an Emerging Recipe Book? - - 2017-07-07

VCs have woken up and smelt the robo-coffee. A bottom up estimate* shows close to $2bn in VC investments for 2016, up from approximately $1.3bn in 2015. Yet clearly this is still ...

The Evolving interaction between Government Funding & Institutional Investment - - 2017-07-07

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2016 European Private Equity Activity - - 2017-07-07

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Silverfleet Capital: European Buy && Build activity reaches highest level on record in 2016 - - 2017-07-07

European Buy & Build activity in 2016 reached its highest level on record2 with the largest number of deals in the UK & Ireland, according to Silverfleet Capital’s latest a...

Compendium of Co-Investment Funds with Business Angels 2016 - - 2017-07-07

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2016 Compendium of Fiscal Incentives: Tax Outlook in Europe Business Angels Perspective - - 2017-07-07

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How 'Mammalian Investing' is taking the world of early tech investing by storm - - 2017-07-07

How ‘Mammalian Investing’ is taking the world of early tech investing by storm. It’s easy to see how e...

P2P Lending EcoSystem celebrates growth of UK P2P market - - 2017-07-07

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Don't fear the rise of the robots, says UK tech sector - - 2017-07-06

92% of tech professionals take a positive view on ...

InnoEnergy makes funding for innovation available year-round - - 2017-07-05

Investment Round now open all year to shorten energy innovation journey from lab to launch ...

Ex-Betfair and Zoopla Executive Stephen Morana joins Octopus Ventures - - 2017-07-05

Octopus Ventures, one of the Europe’s leading venture capital investors, has announced that Stephe...

Beringea realises Third Bridge investment in Private Equity deal - - 2017-07-05

Beringea has announced it had sold its shares in Third Bridge - a firm that provides primary research and market intelligence to over 300 financial services clients globally. The exit is ...

Mayor's post-referendum start-up investment tops £5 million - - 2017-07-05

The London Co-Investment Fund (LCIF) – the Mayor of London’s early stage business fund –has allocated more than £5.3 million into...

BGF successfully exits Chemoxy - - 2017-07-05

BGF has successfully exited its minority stake in North-East chemicals manufacturer Chemoxy International Ltd. The company has been acquired by a F...

Ready, Steady, Grow! EISA embarks on regional programme to help entrepreneurs overcome barriers to growth - - 2017-07-04

The Enterprise Investment Scheme Association (EISA) is stepping up efforts to support entrepreneurs and small businesses around the UK with a programme of regional funding information and advice wo...

CrowdRating demonstrates it can help investors improve their success rate - - 2017-07-04

96% of companies with a Gold Investment rating are still in business and showing demonstrable progress ...

P2PFA launches Associate Membership - - 2017-07-04

The Peer-to-Peer Finance Association today launched a new category of membership, welcoming eight inaugural associate members who provide important profe...

Greater Manchester Loan Fund invests GBP0.44 million in School Lettings Solutions - - 2017-07-04

Since inception the GMLF has provided funding for 28 local businesses enabling su...

Peer-to-peer lender Kuflink launches Property-Backed Innovative Finance ISA - - 2017-07-04

UK-based Kuflink joins a select few P2P platforms offering a Property-Backed ISA ...

Intertrust bolsters its service offering with six senior appointments - - 2017-07-03

Intertrust has announced six senior appointments across funds, capital markets and corporate services, spanning some of its key jurisdictions. ...

EdTech companies turn to SyndicateRoom for growth capital - - 2017-07-03

Online investment platform SyndicateRoom today announces that two EdTech companies, Gooseberry Planet...

€500k in funding for Fintech start-ups available from Enterprise Ireland - - 2017-07-03

A total of €500k in funding for Fintech start-ups is available from Enterprise Ireland, the government organisation responsible for the development ...

StoriiCare launches £300k crowdfunding campaign - - 2017-07-03

A new care sector startup, backed by investors who exited to the likes of iZettle and Fanduel, has just opened a fundraising campaign on the crowdfunding site Seedrs. St...

Go Banana Launches Equity Crowdfunding Campaign Having Raised 34% of £250k Target - - 2017-07-03

UK's first online marketplace aims to be the “Amazon for building supplies” 34% of fundraising raised so far via Seedrs...

Plum, the first AI powered personal savings chatbot announces crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs - - 2017-07-03

Driven by Artificial Intelligence (AI), Plum is on a mission to make millennials financially better off by helping them to microsav...

Mobeus backs Ludlow Wealth £8 million MBO - - 2017-06-29

Mobeus Equity Partners has provided £8 million to back the management buyout of Ludlow Wealth Management Group (http://www.ludco.co.uk/), an independently owned financial planning business in...

Plastic antibody developer strengthens board following further investment from Mercia Fund Management - - 2017-06-29

MIP Diagnostics Ltd, a Midlands-based life sciences start-up that develops “plastic antibodies” for a variety of applications has received £300,000 of fo...

Startup Funding Club invests over £300K in British startups - - 2017-06-29

Startup Funding Club (SFC) has recently invested over £300K into three British startups: Curamicus, Dan Dan Digital, and Onkho. The early-stage companies op...

InMotion Ventures reveals latest seed investments - - 2017-06-29

Zeelo, Wluper, Dovu and By Miles join InMotion’s Seed Programme Application process saw ov...

WiseAlpha raises £1.29m for European expansion - - 2017-06-29

1068 investors backed the online corporate lending platform’s raise on Crowdcube in return for 16.7% equity ...

Asset managers are under increasing regulator pressure to revamp their current structures, sasys Intertrust report - - 2017-06-28

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Businesses still do not have a cyber security plan says Smith & Williamson - - 2017-06-28

Nearly half (45%) of small businesses don’t have a cyber security plan for their business according to research by Smith & Williamson, the accountancy, investment management and tax group...

Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund helps audio-visual firm to turn up the volume - - 2017-06-28

A Hull company which specialises in high-end audio-visual systems and whose clients have included royals and celebrities has secured a £100,000 loan from NPIF - Enterprise V...

European Buy & Build activity reaches highest level on record says Silverfleet - - 2017-06-28

Silverfleet’s 2016 Buy & Build Monitor reported 5371 add-ons, making 2016 a record year for European add-on activity2...

Hometree raises £1.9m investment from LocalGLobe, DN Capital, Oxford Capital & FJ Labs - - 2017-06-27

· Seed funding round led by UK tech investors LocalGlobe & DN Capital ...

Diffblue, a University of Oxford AI spin-out, raises $22 million in Series A funding - - 2017-06-27

$22 million represents one of the largest Series A rounds for an AI company in Europe to date....

LetsVenture and OurCrowd Join Forces in Strategic India-Israel Partnership - - 2017-06-27

OurCrowd, a global leader in equity crowdfunding, today announced that it has signed a strategic collaboration agreement with LetsVenture, India’s largest marketplac...

Mobeus hires Marketing Director to focus on brand and communications - - 2017-06-27

Mobeus Equity Partners has appointed Amy Reyniers as Marketing Director. Amy will lead brand, marketing and communications for the business, as ...

Calculus Capital joins tech giant ARM Holdings with investment in Blu Wireless - - 2017-06-26

Calculus Capital, a leading EIS and VCT investor, will invest £2.4 million as a cornerstone investor in a £6.6 million institutional and private investment round into ...

Dolphin Homes receives BGF backing to expand care home footprint - - 2017-06-26

Funding to provide two additional care homes and further investment into the existing estate BGF has invested £3.85m ...

Maven Managed Greater Manchester Loan Fund invests £0.3m in Tactus - - 2017-06-26

Since launch the GMLF has supported over 25 businesses to help them fulfil their growth aspirations ...

Mobeus leads £3 million funding round for MyTutor - - 2017-06-23

Mobeus Equity Partners has led a £3 million funding round for MyTutor (http://mytutor.co.uk?), the leading digi...

IW CAPITAL leads £626,000 debt investment into Discovery Yachts - - 2017-06-23

London-based private investment house IW Capital has provided a £626,000 loan to UK scale-up Discovery Yachts. This loan will be used to support the compa...

Tech sector shrugs off Election and Brexit worries says Smith & Williamson research - - 2017-06-23

Tech businesses remain optimistic about their prospects over the next 12 months according to recent research from Smith & Williamson, the accountancy, investment management an...

Foresight Group buys British battery storage project - - 2017-06-23

Foresight Group (“Foresight”), the independent infrastructure and private equity investment manager, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Port of Tyne 35MW battery storage project ...

AllBright launches FoundHER Festival to celebrate outstanding female founders - - 2017-06-23

· AllBright to host FoundHER, a six day long festival dedicated to f...

Jenson Funding Partners invests £500k in Voneus - - 2017-06-22

Voneus, a UK broadband provider, has secured a £4.8M Growth Capital loan from BOOST&Co alongside a £500k equity funding round raised by Jenson Funding Partners. Voneus makes super-f...

EnteroBiotix Secures £500,000 Seed Finance - - 2017-06-22

EnteroBiotix, a privately held Scottish biotechnology company focused on using the body’s own microorganisms to prevent and treat disease, has raised &pou...

HNW Lending reports strong growth in alternative lending - - 2017-06-22

HNW Lending, an alternative lender that provides individual loans of between £50,000 and £2 million to clients against their valuable assets,...

Octopus launches £30 million joint fundraise for its AIM VCTs - - 2017-06-22

Octopus Investments (Octopus), a fast-growing UK fund management company and the largest provider of venture capital trusts (VCTs) in the UK¹, annou...

OurCrowd Launches OurNetwork - - 2017-06-22

OurCrowd, a global leader in equity crowdfunding, today announced the launch of ...

Deepbridge launches Life Sciences investment platform - - 2017-06-21

Experienced life sciences investment manager Deepbridge Capital has announced the launch of Deepbridge Syndicate, an online investment platform created to facilitate investment by...

Obby raises £250K to continue rapid expansion - - 2017-06-21

Obby, the community marketplace for people to list, discover and book learning experiences in London, recently closed a £250k angel funding round to help grow its class offe...

Investment company purchases hit record level over past 12 months - - 2017-06-21

- Q1 purchases of investment companies second highest on record - Most popular sectors in Q1 were Sect...

Resonance publishes annual social impact report for the Resonance Bristol SITR Fund - - 2017-06-20

Investing in Dismantling Poverty in Bristol – the First Year of Impact Social impact investment company Resonance has pub...

BGF invests £2 million in Milk Visual Effects - - 2017-06-20

BGF (Business Growth Fund) has invested an initial £2m in Milk Visual Effects, an Oscar winning independent visual effects (VFX) company which creates innovative and c...

Graphite Capital expands and strengthens team - - 2017-06-20

Graphite Capital, the leading UK mid-market private equity specialist, is pleased to announce a number of promotions and ap...

BABB Appoints Ripple Advisor Dr. Anish Mohammed - - 2017-06-16

Blockchain-based banking startup ...

Shoosmiths advises LDC on £11m investment in Lucid Group Communications - - 2017-06-16

National law firm Shoosmiths has advised LDC, the UK’s leading mid-market private equity investor, on its latest investment into Lucid Group Communications, a global special...

€1.15 million Invested in Winning Startups at EBAN Malaga - - 2017-06-16

The 2017 ...

£2.8m crowdfunding raise launches for new data centre in central Birmingham - - 2017-06-16

The owner of a brand new data centre in Birmingham, GTP3 LLP, is raising £2.8m through crowdfunding platform, Downing Crowd, as the site enters its next phase of development. The proj...

Maven invests £2.25 million in ITS Technology Group - - 2017-06-15

Maven Capital Partners (“Maven”), one of the UK’s leading private equity houses, has today announced a £2.25 million investment v...

Peptinnovate, Alert and Pekama, raise a total of £4.3 million via SyndicateRoom - - 2017-06-15

Online investment platform SyndicateRoom today announces the closure of two lift rounds, for Peptinnovate an...

Jenson announces 10 new investments - - 2017-06-15

The investments have been made in companies including Fasteat UK Limited, Hothouse Partworks, Rezurvit, Brainbroker, HiveWire, QRoutes, The Link App and BEUTiFi. See the website for more in...

What can SMEs learn from the election results? - - 2017-06-15

The political arena is in turmoil (again!), the economy is facing a period of uncertainty and volatility and Brexit negotiations are set to begin ...

Archangels leads £1.8 million funding for Optoscribe - - 2017-06-14

Optoscribe, a world leader and global supplier of glass-based integrated photonics components, today announced that the company has closed a series B inv...

AIC Publishes Stats for May 2017 - - 2017-06-14

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Albion Capital invests £4.675m in G.Network - - 2017-06-14

G.Network, the next-generation communications service provider exclusively focused on Central London...

Activate Capital launches its second startup podcast series - - 2017-06-14

Activate Capital, the Startup Studio, is sharing its business expertise with entrepreneurs as part of its second podcast season. With insightful and entertaining information, the eight ten-minute e...

Shout out for charity: Foundation for Peace - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2017-06-13

Threats to the harmony in the United Kingdom have writ large in recent weeks. Political strife has been more intense than normal, but that will calm down in time and although the discord over...

Angels who changed the world - Ian McGlinn - William Rees-Mogg - 2017-06-13

Ian McGlinn wasn’t your typical angel, he didn’t have large sums of money to invest or any experience of investing more generally. Instead he made his money by buying ...

First trades on Seedrs secondary market deliver up to 19x returns - - 2017-06-13

Investors using equity investment platform Seedrs have realised impressive returns as first secondary ...

WiseAlpha launches Aston Martin secured corporate bond with 5.5% yield - - 2017-06-13

James Bond enthusiasts can now invest in the “James Bond” bond The “James Bond” bond is available for ...

The Secret Investor: film investing: is it time to reconsider? - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2017-06-13

It is a shame that film investing has become tainted in the minds of many investors, although recent scandals explain and justify this attitude. However, now that film and similar...

NowWeComply steps out to become Autologyx - - 2017-06-13

Autologyx targets share of the $8.8bn RPA (Robotic Process Automation) market NowWeComply announces it has re-branded to autologyx. The re-brand follows the evolution of the company’s...

Cambridge Capital Group 2017 deals to date - - 2017-06-13

Cambridge Capital Group and its sister overseas chapter, CCG International, have invested more than £1.5m this year to date, in six new investments, with a seventh in legals. Sectors ...

Hero of the month: Lord Howard Flight - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2017-06-13

There are so many ways Howard Flight has helped the angel and early stage investment industry that listing them would fill up several pages. One of the original financial se...

Deal Envy: Octopus backed Eve achieves an IPO - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2017-06-13

Eve Beds was only founded in 2014 and has rapidly grown its sales over the last two and a half years increasing them from £2.6m in 2015 to over £11m in 2016. Valued at £140m...

Angel Deal of the Month: Kymira - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2017-06-13

KYMIRA is an award winning sportswear brand founded by Tim Brownstone in 2013. Operating from the Henley Start-Up Business Incubator at the Science and Technology Centre, KYMIRA established a sport...

Lessons from the Ballot Box - - 2017-06-13

Not that I feel sorry for Mrs May for her desperate political miscalculation, I can empathise with what it feels like when something you hope for drastically does not happen. ...

YEAY announces $4.9 million seed funding investment - - 2017-06-12

YEAY, an m-commerce platform using video to redefine shopping, has closed i...

Jaguar Land Rover and InMotion Ventures invest $25m in ride sharing platform Lyft - - 2017-06-12

InMotion invests in Lyft...

Crowdfunding: Picking the Perfect Platform - - 2017-06-12

Who needs sophisticated investors anyway? Raising money over the internet – once the domain of sketchy wire transfers to exotic princes – has been revolutionised by cr...

Albion Ventures rebrands as Albion Capital - - 2017-06-12

Albion Ventures, the leading independent investment manager with a long-term record of partnering ambitious business, has rebrande...

Octopus Ventures celebrates 10th anniversary - - 2017-06-12

Octopus Ventures celebrates 10th anniversary Leading European VC now in...

Intertrust appoints new Global Head of Private Wealth - - 2017-06-12

Intertrust has announced the appointment of Ian Rumens as Global Head of Private Wealth Services. Ian is based in the Jersey office. Ian has been part of Intertrust's private wealth team as...

P2P trusts reap rewards from changing focus - - 2017-06-12

TWO of the biggest peer-to-peer investment trusts are finding better returns since shifting from traditional P2P lending or altering their strategy. VPC Specialty Lending Investments posted...

OurCrowd, Motorola Solutions and Reliance Industries Launch Jerusalem Incubator - - 2017-06-09

OurCrowd, a global leader in equity crowdfunding, today announced a partnership with Motorola Solutions, Reliance Industries and Yissum, to operate an innovation technolog...

BGF expands into Republic of Ireland - - 2017-06-09

BGF, the UK’s most active investor in growing companies, has expanded its investment team into the Republic of Ireland with the appointment of Leo ...

InnoEnergy and EBAN unveil EBAN Energy to drive more sustainable energy innovations to market - - 2017-06-09

InnoEnergy, Europe’s largest sustainable energy accelerator, and EBAN, the European tra...

Applications open for unique Venturespring Ignite programme - - 2017-06-09

Startups can apply to be specifically matched with corporates in first phase of new model for business creation and acceleration backed up som...

UltraSoC rasises £5m - - 2017-06-09

UltraSoC today announces the completion of a £5m ($6.4m) funding round to drive continued deployment of its technology and realiz...

Vert Rotors named Venture-backed Management Team of the Year at BVCA Awards - - 2017-06-09

Pioneering manufacturing company honoured at BVCA Awards Edinburgh-based manufacturers of p...

InMotion Ventures to collaborate on Techstars Mobility programme - - 2017-06-08

InMotion Ventures, the venture capital business powered by Jaguar Land Rover, has partnered with global sta...

Shoosmiths advises on the sale of NVM portfolio company, Kirton Healthcare - - 2017-06-08

National law firm Shoosmiths has advised NVM private equity backed Kirton group on the disposal of its specialist seating division by way of sale of the en...

New angel network, Dow Schofield Watts Angels, launches - - 2017-06-08

A new business angel network aims to boost the North’s technology sector by bringing together early-stage companies with experienced e...

Angel Academe supports BeamLine Diagnostics' £650k investment round - - 2017-06-07

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Draper Esprit raises £160 million - - 2017-06-07

Draper Esprit announces that it has raised a further £160 million to invest in Europe’s best startups. ...

University of Reading tech startup KYMIRA closes £121k pre-seed round - - 2017-06-06

Reading University-based KYMIRA, a startup company developing energy-harvesting technology for perfo...

Women in UK Venture Capital 2017 - - 2017-06-06

As the lead of the data team for Diversity VC, it gives me great pleasure to share our inaugural research report, Women in U.K. Venture Capital: 2017. When Diversity VC began this study in ...

The Go Beyond Investor Report 2017 - - 2017-06-06

The Go Beyond Investor report provides an update to the 2015 and 2016 reports ...

Angel to IPO: why angel funding weathers the turmoil - - 2017-06-06

With all that has been going in the world of late, had you slipped away to a desert island for the last 18 months you might be tempted to think that invest...

Seedrs joins forces with NatWest to fund great British businesses - - 2017-06-05

NatWest Capital Connections offers business customers access to the best sources of alternative finance Seedrs joins 5 leading alternative finance companies as the only equity base...

Maven Capital Partners invests £1.5m in ebb3 - - 2017-06-05

Maven Capital Partners (“Maven”), one of the UK’s most active private equity houses, has invested £1 million in ebb3, with the po...

Life Sciences crowdfunding platform Capital Cell launches in the UK - - 2017-06-05

Capital Cell has launched in the UK, with value adding angel network partnerships, strong life science start-up links, and a ...

Maven VCTs invest £2.5m in Horizon Cremation - - 2017-06-05

Maven Capital Partners (“Maven”), one of the UK’s most active private equity houses, is pleased to announce a £2.5 million VCT qu...

National Australia Bank and OurCrowd Join Forces - - 2017-06-05

The National Australia Bank (NAB) today announced an innovative collaboration with Israeli company OurCrowd, a leading global equity crowdfunding platform that will provid...

Rooks Nest Ventures launches - - 2017-06-05

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Intechnica secures £900k with backing from Mercia Technologies - - 2017-06-05

A Manchester digital company which helps businesses manage high and variable website traffic demands for customers such as ao.com and Ted Baker, has secured a £900k ...

Smith & Williamson: Businesses still do not have a cyber security plan - - 2017-06-05

Nearly half (45%) of small businesses don’t have a cyber security plan for their business according to research by Smith & Williamson, t...

BGF exits its investment in Statesman Travel Group - - 2017-05-24

BGF has exited its investment in Statesman Travel Group...

OUI named Technology Transfer Office of the Year - - 2017-05-24

Oxford’s research commercialisation office named best in the world while OSI’s David Norwood also celebrated in annual Global University ...

Beringea launches ProVen Legacy plc to help investors benefit from IHT relief - - 2017-05-24

ProVen Legacy plc has completed deals with healthcare marketing agency Cogora and fintech company Celoxica ...

Healthcare booking platform DocPlanner raises another €15m - - 2017-05-24

The new funds will support the company’s expansion into Latin America, the development of advanced software for doctors and m...

IW Capital completes £2.2m funding round for SaveMoneyCutCarbon - - 2017-05-24

Offering an unrivalled energy and water savings consulting service, SaveMoneyCutCarbon works with businesses, organisations and homes to reduce energy and water consump...

Female-focused film initiative raises funds via SyndicateRoom - - 2017-05-24

Online investment platform SyndicateRoom today announces that independent UK film, Kat and the Band, ...

OurCrowd Invests $2.5m in Scopio Labs - - 2017-05-24

OurCrowd now the world’s leading crowdfunding investor in the healthtech sector Scopio is OurCr...

Crowd Investors snap up over £626k shares in WiseAlpha - - 2017-05-23

WiseAlpha, the UK’s first online lending platform that gives everyday investors access to ...

Kuflink research suggests UK investors turn to property amidst BREXIT fears - - 2017-05-23

UK investors turn to property amidst BREXIT fears Traditional assets provide much-needed inves...

Tutora named amongst 100 Hottest UK Startups - - 2017-05-23

Just two months after raising their ...

EISA comments on Tory proposal for new EIS incentives - - 2017-05-23

Mark Brownridge, Director General of the EIS Association, comments on a Conservative election manifesto proposal for new Enterprise Investment Scheme incentives for digital busine...

Oxford Capital commment on Tory backing of EIS - - 2017-05-19

The Conservative Manifesto commits to “help innovators and startups, by encouraging early stage investment and considering further incentives under our world leading ...

Mobeus Announces Fund IV Closing - - 2017-05-19

Mobeus is pleased to announce the latest closing of Mobeus Equity Partners IV LP (“Fund IV or the Fund”) taking total commitments to over £140 million and expects to complete fund...

Robocath raises €4.7m to market medical robotic platform - - 2017-05-19

Robocath, a medical robotics start-up that designs and develops innovative solutions for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, today announces ...

Growth Capital Investors to Power the Northern Powerhouse - - 2017-05-17

Fintech firm Growth Capital Ventures is set to help ambitious businesses in the North access capital to grow from a £57.5m investment fund. ...

talent.io poised for growth with €8m investment - - 2017-05-17

IT recruitment platform talent.io is on the verge of further expansion after securing a major wave of investment into the business two years a...

Sugru celebrates £2m raise on Crowdcube - - 2017-05-16

Sugru, the world’s first mouldable glue, closed its second successful crowdfunding campaign at the weekend after ra...

European private equity fundraising hits eight-year high at €74.5 billion - - 2017-05-16

Private equity fundraising for investment into companies across Europe hit its highest level since 2008 last year at €74.5 billion, a 37% year-on-year increase, accor...

Mercia backs patient engagement software firm - - 2017-05-16

The developers of a communication platform that offers secure digital access to healthcare services have received £200,000 of seed funding in a deal led by ...

Maven appoints four to North West team - - 2017-05-15

Maven Capital Partners (“Maven”), one of the UK’s most active private equity houses, is pleased to announce the appointment of three ne...

Andy Murray serves three aces to British Entrepreneurs on Seedrs - - 2017-05-15

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Mercia partners with Innovate UK on Investment Accelerator programme - - 2017-05-15

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Footfalls & Heartbeats secures £1.25m - - 2017-05-15

Footfalls & Heartbeats has achieved a strategic investment round of £1.25m with ...

Octopus backed Eve Sleep announces IPO - - 2017-05-15

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Shortlist for White Bull Summits: 2017 Bully Awards announced - - 2017-05-12

White Bull Summits, producers of Europe’s exclusive technology entrepreneur and investment summits, ...

Final Close for YFM fund at £45m - - 2017-05-12

YFM Equity Partners (“YFM”), the specialist private equity fund manager, has closed its first buy-out fund, YFMEP 2016, at £45m, 50% above its initial target....

Takumi raises $4 million in Series A funding - - 2017-05-12

Investors include family offices and high net worth angel investors in both the UK and US ...

Cult Wines strengthens management team - - 2017-05-12

Patrick Thornton-Smith joins as a Non-Executive Director and member of Global Management Team Cult Wines ...

Innovation Birmingham Campus duo top global Digital Leaders award list - - 2017-05-11

Innovation Birmingham Campus start-ups, Kaido and Quickcode Labs, have been announced as two of just three West Midlands businesses to top this year&rsqu...

Mercia backs GENBA Digital with £400k investment - - 2017-05-11

A Midlands-based digital logistics platform that bridges the gap between publishers and resellers of video game content, plans to scale up after receiving a growth investment boost of £400,00...

Organised Health Secures Investment Worth GBP150K to bring their Unique Prescription Delivery Platform to Market - - 2017-05-10

Organised Health Technologies Ltd, a recognised company in the fast growing Digital Health startup market, has secured investment worth £150,000 and a multimillion pound valuation from ...

Downing invests in Scottish wind farm - - 2017-05-10

Downing-managed funds have invested £1.82 million in Populo Energy Ltd to acquire the entire share capital of C&G Renewables Ltd, which owns and operates...

Deal Envy - Astia Angels sell Ceil Medical - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2017-05-09

In April Astia angels announced that it had sold Ceil Medical less than two years after it had made its investment. Ceil Medical had previously been incubated through the Astia Expert Sift Pr...

Angel Deal of the Month - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2017-05-09

Monzo raised £2.5m on Crowdcube in April from more than 6.500 mini angels (crowd investors). The number of investors was double the previous record held by Crowd...

Hero of the Month - David Grahame from Linc Scotland - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2017-05-09

i have known David Grahame for a long time. This softly spoken Scot is arguably one of the most important people in the angel market globally, not just in the UK. He runs Linc Scotland ...

The Secret Investor - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2017-05-09

Exroid Technology is currently doing the rounds in the angel market to raise development capital. The 8 million people (including new mothers) who have suffered from haemorrhoids&n...

CHP innovation project secures €2.9m funding - - 2017-05-09

CHP innovation project secures €2.9m funding and proves performance in first year Biomass innovation consortium that can turn s...

EISA publishes funding guide - - 2017-05-09

The EIS Association (EISA) has produced a guide to the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS). ...

InvestingZone adds Seneca EIS Portfolio service to offering - - 2017-05-09

ONLINE investment platform, InvestingZone, has added access to the Seneca EIS Portfolio service to enhance its offering for private investors. The additi...

James Savage joins YFM Equity Partners - - 2017-05-09

YFM Equity Partners (YFM) has today announced the appointment of James Savage as Portfolio Director. Based in the London office, James will focus on actively managing YFM’s growth and buy-out...

ThoughtRiver AI gains $1 million investment - - 2017-05-09

ThoughtRiver, a developer of contract intelligence AI software, has raised more than $1m from a group of investors, including former Vodafone UK CEO Guy Laurence and Michael Findlay, chairman of Mo...

Beauhust The Deal - 2017 so far - - 2017-05-09

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I want the right to sell: the rise and rise of secondary markets - - 2017-05-09

The news yesterday that Seedrs will be commencing Trading Tuesdays with a limited secondary market opportunity for Seedrs funded businesses, following hot on the heels of Crowdcube’s buyers l...

Pharmacy2u secures £7m funding - - 2017-05-08

Pharmacy2u.co.uk, the UK’s leading NHS approved online only pharmacy, has secured a further £7m of investment from B...

Seedrs to launch a secondary market - - 2017-05-08

? In response to huge investor demand, the Neil Woodford-backed equity crowdfunding platform ann...

Buyer beware: Easy-access P2P accounts may have hidden risks - Suzie Neuwirth, Editor of P2P Financial News - 2017-05-08

EASY-ACCESS accounts are less lucrative and riskier for peer-to-peer investors, new research claims. A number of P2P platforms offer easy- or free-access accounts, which ...

Angels Who Changed the World - Darius the Great - William Rees-Mogg - 2017-05-08

Darius built the largest Empire the world had yet seen, stretching from India to Eastern Europe, and containing c. 45% of the world’s population. He built a bridge of boats ac...

Shout out for Charity - Heropreneurs - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2017-05-08

Peter Mountford, Chairman of Heropreneurs will be speaking at The Great British Private Investor Summit on 25th May in London, so ...

Okappy joins AngelsDen equity crowdfunding platform - - 2017-05-05

London, UK based tech start-up, Okappy, has announced the launch of its investment pitch o...

HALO Annual Report on Angel Investment - - 2017-05-05

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MPP Global Raises £12m from Albion Ventures - - 2017-05-04

MPP Global, a high growth technology business delivering digital monetization services to the media, sport and ret...

Enterprise Ventures announces 4 new hires - - 2017-05-04

Enterprise Ventures, part of Mercia Technologies PLC, has expanded both its debt and equity teams with four new appointments in its Yorkshire offices as a result of the £108...

Astia Angels exits Vyaire Medical - - 2017-05-04

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Crowdcube posts 2nd consecutive record quarter - - 2017-05-03

Platform eyes European expansion to offer EU businesses access to Europe’s largest crowdfunding community ...

Oxford Capital backs online market research platform Attest - - 2017-05-03

Oxford Capital has backed online market research platform Attest in a US$3.1m funding round. Oxford Capital and Episode 1 led the round, alongside ne...

Vendep Capital launches a €40m venture fund - - 2017-05-03

The fund with the target size of €40 million will invest mainly in Finnish startups offering software to B2B customers. The investors are Finnish institutional investors, foundations, family o...

Tagtronics Limited accelerates growth after funding boost - - 2017-05-03

A business that specialises in the delivery and maintenance of software solutions for the domiciliary care industry has secured six figure funding from t...

Olympic Fixings Group nails £6m investment - - 2017-05-03

Olympic Fixings Group – the Lancashire-based business which supplies hardware products to the merchant trade throughout the UK and Ireland - is all set for growth after a &p...

Looking for high-growth? Speak to employees #4 and more - - 2017-05-01

It can be tempting to assess a startup like a rock and roll band. Focus all your energy on the attributes of the lead singer, and remain oblivious to the musicians, backing v...

Smith & Williamson Enterprise Index Q1 2017 - - 2017-05-01

Results from the Smith & Williamson Enterprise Index Q1 2017 show the highest growth in small business confidence in four years.While Theresa May ca...

Beauhurst publishes report on Funding Innovation - - 2017-05-01

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Mobeus expands growth team - - 2017-05-01

Mobeus Equity Partners has appointed Josh Levy as Investment Executive to join the growth investment team. Josh joins from Mercia Technologies PLC where ...

EISA comment on latest HMRC Statistics - - 2017-05-01

Mark Brownridge, Director General of the EIS Association, comments on the 2015-16 Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) statistic...

Q1 P2P Lending Volumes affirm continued strong trajectory of growth - - 2017-04-28

Figures published by the Peer-to-Peer Finance Association (P2PFA) today, covering lending volumes for its nine member platforms for the first three months of 2017, underscore the continued developm...

Exonar raises £750k from Winton and Amadeus - - 2017-04-28

Winton Group (Winton), a global investment management and data science company, has invested £750,000 as part of a £1.25m investment round into Exonar Limited (Exonar)...

HMRC EIS & SEIS Statistics for April 2017 - - 2017-04-28

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/611200/April_2017_Commentary_EIS_SEIS_Official_Statistics_v5.pdf https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploa...

Smith & Williamson comments on EIS & SEIS stats - - 2017-04-28

Statistics released today [27/04/2017] by HMRC* demonstrate a near 20% decline in the amount rai...

Entrepreneurial Scotland and Cazenove elevate entrepreneurial opportunities - - 2017-04-26

Scotland’s entrepreneurs are set to benefit from a major new partnership between Cazenove Capital, the premier provider of personalised wealth...

The GrowthEnabler Market Pulse Report on IoT - - 2017-04-26

GrowthEnabler has launched a Scoring System for the Internet of Things (IoT) market in the UK. The rating is revealed in the company’s new Market P...

Humaniq Opens an Innovation Centre in Cambridge - - 2017-04-26

Blockchain Startup Humaniq is launching an innovation office in Cambridge and co-organized the Workshop “AI and Blockchain for Social Good” at Judge Business Schoo...

Wealthclub Infographic: VCT fundraising in 2016-17 - - 2017-04-26

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OFF3R Index: Record Breaking Month for Equity Crowdfunding - - 2017-04-26

The latest OFF3R Index Report revealed that just over £40 million was invested in early stage businesses in March 2017 via some of the leading Equity Crowdfunding platforms in the UK....

Funderbeam: Global Funding Report Q1 2017 - - 2017-04-26

The Global Funding Report, Q1 2017 Every quarter we deep-dive into data t...

Chessable makes the right move with £10k fund raise - - 2017-04-25

· Innovative platform can boost chess strength · &nb...

Mobeus supports British deisgn with £2.9m investment in Buster & Punch - - 2017-04-25

Mobeus Equity Partners has provided £2.9 million of growth capital to Buster + Punch (https://ww...

LoveCrafts raises £26 million - - 2017-04-25

LoveCrafts, the creator of online crafts communities, with millions of users across 140 countries worldwide, today announces completi...

Archangels celebrate quarter of a century of angel investing - - 2017-04-25

Over 180 investors and entrepreneurs will gather tonight (Tuesday, 25th April, 2017) to celebrate a quarter of a century of early stage investing by business angel synd...

British SMEs optimistic says Smith & William's Enterprise Index - - 2017-04-25

While Theresa May can’t guarantee the support of the small business community, she can be reassured that its confidence in its own growth is the highest in four years, accor...

Beauhurst Funding Innovation Report: How do grants and equity affect innovative businesses? - - 2017-04-25

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Asset Match survey on Article 50 says UK companies will BENEFIT from Brexit - - 2017-04-24

Brexit: consumers rally behind Britain’s businesses following Article 50, with overwhelming confidence that UK companies will BENEFIT from Brexi...

Global survey reveals declining trust in the Internet on e-commerce - - 2017-04-24

A new global survey reveals that Internet users are increasingly concerned about their online privacy, and that 49 percent of users polled say lack of trust is their main reason for not sho...

FiveAI win multi-million pound grant to develop autonomous vehicles - - 2017-04-24

Success of “all-star” bid from FiveAI, Direct Line Group, Transport Research Laboratory, University of Oxford and Transport for London me...

Maven leads £6m MBO of ProspectSoft - - 2017-04-24

Maven Capital Partners (“Maven”), one of the UK’s most active private equity houses, has completed the £6 million management buy-...

BGF invests in Whiskey brand Renegade Spirits - - 2017-04-24

BGF invests in Waterford based Renegade Spirits Ireland Limited (‘Renegade...

August Equity closes Fund IV with £224m - - 2017-04-21

Vehicle to pursue longstanding August strategy; LP base diversified August Equity, the UK lower mid-market investor, has raised £224m for its latest vehicle, August Equity Fund IV. Th...

Tantalum inks Handysoft investment - - 2017-04-20

Korean automotive technology firm invests in Connected Car leader Tantalum Corporation (“Tantalum”) today announces a significant investment by Korean automotive technology company Hand...

Liquidity Exchange partners with Atradius Collections - - 2017-04-20

Innovation Birmingham Campus-based start-up, Liquidity Exchange, has announced a partnership with international debt collection firm, Atradius Collections. F...

Calculus Capital invests GBP3.5m in rising Scottish biotech star Synpromics - - 2017-04-19

Private equity fund manager Calculus Capital has invested a total of £3.5m in Scottish biotechnology company Synpromics via its Enterprise Investment S...

Keensight Capital promotes Magdalena Svensson as Partner - - 2017-04-19

Keensight Capital, one of the leading players in European Growth Private Equity, to...

GBP175m invested, 71 companies funded, four successful exits and three IPOs: five years of the Angel CoFund - - 2017-04-19

The Angel CoFund, launched at the end of 2011 with an initial Government-backed funding of £50m to support the UK’s angel market, today celeb...

NorthEdge exits Utiligroup Ltd to Energy Services Group LLC - - 2017-04-19

NorthEdge exits Utiligroup Ltd to Energy Services Group LLC NorthEdge Capital has sold energy technology provider Utiligroup to Energy Services Group (ESG), a leading provider of technology solutio...

IW Capital: Brexit marks shift in risk appetite of UK investors - - 2017-04-18

New research among 1,000 UK investors by IW Capital reveals how the beginning of Brexit and the new tax year have affected the risk profile of the UK inv...

Startup Funding Club invests in 25 companies on its first close of the 2017 SFC SEIS/EIS Funds - - 2017-04-13

Startup Funding Club has successfully closed the first tranche of its two 2017 SEIS/EIS Funds – the Startup Funding Club SEIS/EIS Fund and the E...

Ascension closes the Looop for its latest investment - - 2017-04-13

Ascension Ventures is pleased to announce its investment from the ASCEND Fund III into software start-up...

Global digital learning platform secures GBP1.2 million - - 2017-04-13

Global digital learning platform HowNow, which lets users learn anything from anywhere in the world over live interacti...

Corby manufacturer secures major investment from Constant Equity - - 2017-04-13

Tool manufacturer Keencut has secured investment funding from a new firm of investors as it pushes forward with ambitious expansion plans. The investment will allow the company to launch new ...

Crowdcube completes first on-platform secondary share trade - - 2017-04-13

Crowdcube completes first on-platform secondary share trade as angel investors snap up crowd shares in Mettrr Technologies ...

Business leaders back Industrial Strategy, but seek boost for emerging rather than established players - - 2017-04-12

Appetite for intervention – 88% believe that the UK needs a comprehensive industrial strategy Brexit clarity vs industrial strategy &ndash...

Crowdcube investment Celixir delivers 2.7x return to investors - - 2017-04-12

One of the UK’s leading equity crowdfunding platforms, Crowdcube, has announced anoth...

Tutora crowdfunds GBP700k - William - 2017-04-11

A report last year by leading educational technology conference EdTechXGlobal, highlighted key trends that will impact on the education sector over the coming decades. Globally, the educa...

VCT Fundraising for 2016/17 the second highest on record - - 2017-04-11

The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has today published the Ventu...

NVM Private Equity sells Optilan to Blue Water Energy, delivering a 3.1x return - - 2017-04-10

NVM Private Equity has exited from Coventry based telecommunications and security systems integration provide...

Hospitality Tech Platform Tenzo raises GBP600K - - 2017-04-10

Tenzo, the leading data-driven hospitality tech platform, announced today that it has successfully closed a seed investment of £600k led by Acequia Capital, Force Over Mass and angel investor...

Foresight invests GBP2.15 million into Fresh Relevance Limited - - 2017-04-07

Foresight has invested £2.15m from Foresight VCT PLC into Fresh Relevance Limited (“FR...

Pharmaceutical startup takes GBP830,000 in equity funding - - 2017-04-07

Equity round brings Small Pharma’s funds to £970k to develop its first product: a rapid-acting antidepressant ...

Intertrust announces director appointments - - 2017-04-07

Intertrust has four new client-facing directors following a recent set of promotions within the firm. ...

Catapult Ventures leads GBP4m investment in Proveca - - 2017-04-07

The GM&C Life Sciences Fund, managed by Catapult Ventures, has led a £4m investment in Proveca, a European paediatric speciality pharmaceutical company. The inve...

BDRC SME Finance Monitor Update to March 2017 - - 2017-04-07

Business as usual for many SMEs as those trading internationally report fewer concerns than in 2016 ...

UK investors will not allow Brexit to derail their investment plans says Market Financial Solutions research - - 2017-04-07

UK investors will not allow Brexit to derail their investment plans, with two fifths ready to seize short-term opportunities...

BGF Ventures backs USD9M series B funding for Triptease - - 2017-04-06

· BGF Ventures lead series B funding round ...

Archangels invests GBP920k in Glasgow-based MGB Biopharma - - 2017-04-06

A novel antibiotic, which has been developed in Scotland for the treatment of Clostridium difficile, will take a step closer to being brought to ...

Business Angels to invest EUR85m in Irish Start-ups by 2022 - - 2017-04-06

Record year for Irish angel investment in 2016: €13.6M invested in 50 start-ups Business angel research reveals: 80% of business angels...

EUR280k on offer for Ireland's most innovative entrepreneurs - - 2017-04-06

The InterTradeIreland Seedcorn competition launches for 2017, to find upcoming business talent Early and new start companies across Ireland are encouraged to enter the 15th...

Foresight invests GBP3 million into glasses retailer Ollie Quinn - - 2017-04-05

Foresight Group, a leading infrastructure and private equity investment manager, is pleased to announce the completion of a £3 million investment i...

Calculus Capital closes EIS fundraising after hitting GBP20m target - - 2017-04-05

Private equity fund manager Calculus Capital has closed its EIS fundraising after reaching its £20m target three months earli...

Repositive Closes Series A Fundraising of GBP2.5 Million - - 2017-04-04

Repositive, the company that created the world’s largest portal for acc...

NVM Private Equity welcomes Victoria Howarth and Jason Warren to the investment team - - 2017-04-04

NVM is delighted to announce that it has strengthened its investment team wit...

Startup Funding Club backs Future Mobile Money - - 2017-04-04

Startup Funding Club has invested £200K into Future Mobile Money. The fintech startup has developed a virtual payment solution that enables customers to make payments from t...

The Angel To Do list (now we are leaving the EU) - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2017-04-03

With only 725 days to go until we leave the EU, there are things angels need to pop onto the to do list! As the UK is now leaving the EU here are some things think a...

Innovation Birmingham Campus duo shortlisted for BYPY 2017 - - 2017-04-03

Two of the finalists for the 2017 Birmingham Young Professional of the Year (BYPY) awards are entrepreneurs based at Innovation Birmingham Campus. Dan Ri...

Go4Venture European Venture & Growth Equity Monthly Bulletin - - 2017-04-03

The European technology venture and growth equity market continues to do well. As of the end of February, two months into the year, figures are up by amount invested (+23%), and th...

Angels through the ages - Mike Markulla - William Rees-Mogg - 2017-04-02

Mike made millions at Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel and retired at the age of 32. In 1977 he was approached by Steve Jobs and tempted back into work. Jobs came to him on the adv...

Shout out for Charity - Ride the Night for Breast Cancer - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2017-04-02

Lots of angels I know are keen cyclists and I am sure everyone recognises the need to support cancer charities. Therefore this month's Charity Shout Out is for The Sturgeon Ventures Chicks ride the...

Angel Deal of the Month - Brickvest - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2017-04-02

It is good news to see a round of funding that includes not only angels and management but also seed, European technology and real estate investors. It is even better ...

Deal Envy - Beringea sells a majority stake in long term investment SPC international - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2017-04-02

Patient capital is the name of the game in our world. For some the patient capital is reserved for the most sick investments in a portfolio, but for the lucky few it bears another purpose. ...

Hero of the Month - David Cummings - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2017-04-02

In an industry where it is all too common for venture capitalists not just to think, but to say "what is in it for me" and for angels to stay under the radar, David Cummings is a breath of fr...

The Secret Investor - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2017-04-02

Air quality is one of the biggest issues of the 1st world. Mostly we hear about the issue in the context of particulants in the air in major cities - often exacerbated by particulates from di...

The 10 habits of the Millionaire Makers - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2017-04-02

Millionaire Makers - whether angels or venture capitalists have many more characteristics in common than they might like to think. Here are the 10 mos...

Crowd-sourcing Due Diligence - - 2017-03-31

It’s a puzzle. Venture capitalists get very excited by innovation and disruption when it comes to companies we invest in, but there isn’t much innovation of our own business model...

ADHD and the Bold Entrepreneur - - 2017-03-31

“Impulsive, impatient and hyperactive. I’m sorry to tell you Mrs Jones, but your son may prove to be a highly successful entrepreneur!” Businessmen with a (hypot...

Untapped Unicorns - - 2017-03-31

Foreword from Juliet Rogan Head of High-Growth and Entrepreneurs Barclays In recent years, I have noticed two important trends eme...

SEP makes new appointments - - 2017-03-31

Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) is pleased to announce two new appointments to its investment team. ...

UK Bond Network launches tax-efficient Innovative Finance ISA for investors in secured corporate bonds - - 2017-03-30

UK Bond Network, the alternative finance provider that specialises in structuring secured corporate bonds and...

Monzo breaks records to attract 6,500 investors on Crowdcube as part of GBP22m funding - - 2017-03-30

Monzo has broken records once again on Crowdcube, one of the UK’s lead...

NVM Private Equity invests GBP3 million in 'clever' communications company Intelling - - 2017-03-30

NVM has delivered a £3 million investment in ...

Philanthropic accelerator breaks the mould for pre-seed founders - - 2017-03-29

Scotland’s first dedicated pre-seed tech accelerator is to open in Edinburgh with a mission to trigger Scotland’s next billion dollar startup....

Hotel WiFi specialist secures GBP1.7m to fund growth overseas - - 2017-03-29

Airangel, the Warrington-based company which is the leading provider of ...

Innovative crowdfunding business launches added incentive for investors - - 2017-03-29

The IF-ISA (Innovative Finance Individual Savings Account) is a new category of ISA, which launched in 2016. UK crowdfunding experts Crowd for Angels has announced that a 2% ...

Cleantech innovators welcome launch of GBP70 million Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund - - 2017-03-29

Low-carbon, clean-technology innovators due to exhibit at ...

Accsys Technologies PLC secures GBP12m from BGF Quoted - - 2017-03-29

BGF Quoted has provided Accsys Technologies plc with a £12m investment to support its ambitious growth strategy including the development of the world’s first Tricoya&...

Archangels leads GBP700k investment in Reactec - - 2017-03-28

Fundraising round supports ...

Vantage Power secures GBP2.5m investment - - 2017-03-28

London-based hybrid systems manufacturer has taken funding from the Angel CoFund, former CEO of Barclay’s Corporate Banking, and a former board member, President and CEO...

London partner to boost Shoosmiths' national venture capital practice - - 2017-03-28

National law firm Shoosmiths has expanded its Venture Capital (VC) offering with the appointment of corporate partner Steve Barnett to its London office, from international law fi...

New investment for Bethnal Green Ventures - - 2017-03-27

Bethnal Green Ventures celebrates 5 years of accelerating tech for good with £1.3m investment ...

Anvil Partners LLP invests in AccuRx - - 2017-03-27

AccuRx has completed an SEIS/EIS round raising a total of £355,000 from a number of business angels including Anvil Partners LLP. AccuRx is developing software to help doctors reduce in...

SyndicateRoom supports GBP100m IPO of Downing Strategic Micro-Cap Trust PLC - - 2017-03-27

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Quantexa raises USD3.3m in Series A led by Albion Ventures and HSBC - - 2017-03-24

Entity Resolution and Network Analytics start-up plans further product development and international expansion ...

Top SaaS VCs back Glofox with EUR2M to meet US demand - - 2017-03-24

HIGHLIGHTS Notion Capital, Partech Ventures, Tribal VC, Enterprise Ireland ...

Catapult secures 3.5x cash return from sale of Monica Healthcare to GE Healthcare - - 2017-03-23

Catapult Ventures is delighted to announce the acquisition of Monica Healthcare, a leader in wearable digital foetal monitorin...

Beaubridge leads GBP2.5m fundraise into Florismart via CoInvestor - - 2017-03-23

The world’s first online marketplace for professional florists throughout Europe Florismart connects florists an...

Oxford University Innovation names Adam Stoten as new COO - - 2017-03-22

Oxford University Innovation (OUI), the research commercialisation company of Oxford University, has named its ne...

Capital Cell's Bionure breaks the record as Spain's largest crowdfunding campaign - - 2017-03-22

Highlights • Capital Cell’s crowdfunding campaign - Bionure - overfunds with more than €1M and becomes Spain’s largest ever life science equity crowdfunding campaign....

Octopus Ventures leads GBP5m Series A funding for Elvie - - 2017-03-22

- Largest funding round in fe...

Goji launches UK's first diversified P2P lending bond - - 2017-03-22

New Goji proposition opens access to peer-to-peer and direct lending for financia...

Archangels appoints Investment Executive - - 2017-03-21

Scottish-based business angel syndicate, Archangels, has appointed Shaolei McKie as its Investment Executive. ...

RavenPack secures USD5 million backing from Draper Esprit - - 2017-03-21

RavenPack, the big data analytics provider for financial services, is today excited to announce it...

Akeneo Raises GBP10.5m from Partech and Alven Capital - - 2017-03-21

French-American start-up Akeneo has raised £10,5 million from Partech and Alven Capital. Akeneo is the leading provider of open-source product information ma...

BrainWaveBank secures over GBP1m in funding to tackle dementia and sports-related concussion - - 2017-03-21

Belfast hea...

New innovative Finance ISA launches offering returns of up to 15% per annum - - 2017-03-21

Alternative Lender HNW Lending receives FCA approval to offer the new Innovative Finance ISA The...

BGF backs Sentric Music with initial GBP3m investment and strategic partnership - - 2017-03-20

BGF has £2.5bn in capital and is backed by UK’s five main banking groups BGF has backed Sentric Musi...

Maven Capital Partners appointed by Business Durham as Fund Manager for its GBP20m Investment Fund - - 2017-03-20

Finance Durham LP to commence investments from May 2017 and intends to support up to 70 companies based in County Durham ...

Giles Andrews OBE appointed Chairman of MarketInvoice - - 2017-03-20

Appointment to support growth ambitions, double lending to £2bn ...

Startup Funding Club and Spark10 join forces to raise awareness about early-stage investments in UK and India - - 2017-03-20

Startup Funding Club (SFC), the seed investment fund and most active network of business angels in the UK, and Spark10, the technology-focused Startup ...

Oxford Capital launches Media EIS - - 2017-03-17

Investment manager Oxford Capital has launched a new EIS, investing in the UK creative sector. The Oxford Capital Media EIS aims to achieve a tax-free return of up to 120% after four years, plus in...

Andy Murray supports three British entrepreneurs via Seedrs - - 2017-03-17

● Tennis champion Andy Murray OBE backs his first...

New Landmark Investments by Wild Blue - - 2017-03-16

Members of Wild Blue Cohort, the London-based network of angel investors, have ...

Albion Ventures research: Tech entrepreneurs back themselves to grow - - 2017-03-15

65% of tech and telco SMEs forecast growth in the next two years Tech entrepreneurs are most likely to raise venture capital Finding skilled staff is their biggest obstac...

Goodlord raises GBP7.2m to transfrom the rental market - - 2017-03-15

Marketplace for rental property completes second fundraising round in seven months ...

Rokk3r Labs launches investment fund - - 2017-03-15

Rokk3r Fuel is a global $150M fund that will invest capital into early stage ideas that go through the Rokk3r Labs platform. Rokk3r Fuel will also ...

Jellynote secures USD800K to fuel growth and video production - - 2017-03-15

Jellynote, an AI powered Music Edtech Platform, announced today that it has secured $800K to drive user acquisition and production of exclu...

LivingLens secures GBP1.3m funding and looks to expand to the US - - 2017-03-15

Startup takes funding from investors including Angel CoFund and the ...

MMC Ventures looks internally for talent as it promotes two new Partners - - 2017-03-15

MMC Ventures, the London-based venture capital fund, has announced significant senior appointme...

Medtech surgical innovator overfunds via SyndicateRoom - - 2017-03-15

Online investment platform SyndicateRoom has announced the successful ...

VentureFounders surpasses GBP40m funding mark in 2 years - - 2017-03-14

Over £40m invested in to campaigns presented on the platform since launch in late 2014 85% of...

Freetrade raises GBP1.1 million in just 12 days in new crowdfund campaign - - 2017-03-14

Freetrade takes away stock market entry barriers, by charging no commission on basic accounts, nor demands an account minimum - Members will only pay for premium services...

Streetbees raises USD5.1m seed funding led by BGF - - 2017-03-13

STREETBEES RAISES $5.1m SEED FUNDING TO ACCELERATE GROWTH OF WORLD’S INTELLIGENCE PLATFORM Streetbees provi...

UKBAA Budget Comment - - 2017-03-13

“The Chancellor Philip Hammond presided over the his last Spring budget with a set of seemingly incremental and modest measures. The relatively neutral package of measures combining small tax...

Payfont makes 'people-centric' security and online data privacy a reality - - 2017-03-13

Payfont, the UK’s next-generation cybersecurity innovator, is in early trials of its breakthrough solutions for online identity protection and data privacy. The company, headquartered in Edin...

Artificial Intelligence Platform Cloud.IQ Secures GBP4m Funding - - 2017-03-10

Cloud.IQ, the conversion rate optimisation platform for e-commerce, announces a GBP£4M Series A funding round, led by London based pan European fund Nauta Capital and advise...

Government support for UK Tech finally gets through to start-ups - - 2017-03-09

Technology breakthroughs announced for startups incubated by VN Capital Partners and supported by the UK government's SEIS and EIS tax reliefs for alternative investments...

Breakthrough Technology offers new life to gas-fired power stations - - 2017-03-09

Gas-fired power stations could again be profitable, with significantly lower CO2 emissionsVN-H Power Generation Ltd (VN-HPG), a UK energy start-up, today announ...

Resonance makes first investment from the Health & Wellbeing Challenge Fund - - 2017-03-08

More Homes for Vulnerable People from Hollywell Housing Trust as Resonance makes its first investment from the Health & Wellbeing Challenge Fund...

Innovation Birmingham to deliver 2017 Blockconf UK event - - 2017-03-08

Innovation Birmingham will host this year’s annual Blockconf UK event a...

BrickVest launches its first commercial real estate debt opportunity in partnership with Venn Partners - - 2017-03-07

The first commercial real estate debt product available on the BrickVest platform Confirm BrickVest’s capacity to be the single point of access for ...

Beringea sells majority stake in SPC international - - 2017-03-07

Growth capital investor Be...

LBA backed Blu Wireless Technology secures backing from ARM - - 2017-03-07

Strategic corporate partnership will target 5G Mobile Edge Computing and other high performance networking infrastructure applications Bristol, UK, – Bl...

Seedrs launches new product giving investors real-time access to their individual portfolio IRR - - 2017-03-06

From today, investors on Seedrs will be able to access their individual portfolio IRR for the first time in another pioneering firs...

David Mansfield Appointed Chairman of Shadow Foundr - - 2017-03-06

Former Chairman and CEO of Capital Radio Group, David Mansfield, has been appointed as Chairman of the Advisory Board for Shadow Foundr....

Booksy raises USD4.2m in Series A funding led by OpenOcean - - 2017-03-06

Funding to be used to strengthen functionality, such as in-app payments...

High Growth Robotics Limited British Robotics Seed Fund closes for investment on 31 March 2017 - - 2017-03-06

First British Robotics Seed Fund High Growth Robotics Limited British Robotics Seed Fund closes for investment on 31 March 2017. Th...

Beauhurst: The Deal 2016 - - 2017-03-06

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Sky's the Limit - the Spaceflight Scheme and Bill - - 2017-03-06

On 26 April 1962, the United Kingdom made history by becoming only the third country in the world to successfully launch and ...

Angels through the ages - John D Rockerfeller - William Rees-Mogg - 2017-03-05

Rockerfeller is estimated to have been worth $336bn (adjusting for inflation) on his death at the age of 97 in 1937. He achi...

Shout out for Charity - - 2017-03-05

Crosslight Advice is an independent, client-focussed charity working to alleviate poverty caused by problem debt and lack of financial capability, primarily triggered by low...

Angel Deal of the Month - Qualification Check - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2017-03-05

Chelverton is a specialist investor in sub-FTSE 100 quoted equities and unquoted SMEs, and also runs an Investor Club for angels looking for a managed service backing deals which ...

Deal Envy - Mattioli Woods buys a 49% stake in Amati - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2017-03-05

The Mattioli Woods investment in Amati Global Investors Limited is strategically significant. The VCT and EIS fund manager market was traditionally populated by specialist fund management firms foc...

Hero of the Month - Mark Payton from Mercia Technologies - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2017-03-05

I am not the only one who has immense repsect for Mark Payton, one of this other fans is veteran investor Neil Woodford. So I am in good company! Mark was already a successful serial tech i...

The Secret Investor - - 2017-03-05

One finds interesting deals in all sorts of places, but it is nice to find one that tickled my interest close to home recently. Veteran financial media entrepreneur Gavid Oldham is raising funding ...

Give me a thrill Spreadsheet Phil - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2017-03-05

The asks are enormous of course. Our erstwhile Chancellor of the Exchequer has done a good act to date playing the role of sensible accountant at No 11 and the economic figures from GPD growt...

Edison Research reveals the risk of investing in listed private equity is lower than perceived by investors - - 2017-03-03

Sector still trading at a discount to NAV despite strong five-year performance; most LPEs are running a net cash pos...

Startup Funding Club raises funds for food & drink startups Nom Noms and Arctic Power Berries - - 2017-03-03

Startup Funding Club supports the food & drink industry by syndicating £220K into early-stage companies Nom Noms and Arctic Power Berries. Startup Funding C...

A Global Britain: From Local Startups to International Markets - - 2017-03-03

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The Asset Match Shareholder Sentiment Index - - 2017-03-03

Since 2011, private equity investment has fortified its position as a catalysing force for private business growth. From seed and pre-seed businesses to leap companies pursuing an...

Cyber risks tops the list of concerns for UK wealth management firms - - 2017-03-03

Titled ‘Insurance and Wealth Management Industry Trends’, the research highlighted that there needs to be greater understanding between wealth management firms and the insurance sector ...

The Business Model of Things - - 2017-03-03

The Business Model of Things The onset of the Internet of Things has unleashed a frenzy of new startup apps. In this cacophony of noise,...

Just how valuable is your company? - - 2017-03-03

It is often said that up to 80% of the value of a modern company resides in its intangible assets. Admittedly, this may well be an overestimation for companies owning a large number of physical ass...

Academics to the rescue: University innovation and venturing surges ahead in 2016 - - 2017-03-03

In the shadow of Brexit, overall investment activity into startups has dropped in 2016, yet high-tech companies based on university research have bucked the trend. Oxford Univ...

KPMG Venture Pulse Q4 2016 - - 2017-03-03

Deal activity for 2016 drops almost a quarter compared to 2015 as investor caution skyrockets, but total annual funding remain...

AIC: VCT Managers comment on investment opportunities and investor demand as fundraising rises 43% - - 2017-03-02

VCTs are certainly in the limelight at the moment. With the changes to pension rules, including the reduction in l...

Dukosi lands GBP2m funding led by IP Group for next generation battery management technology - - 2017-03-02

Company readies for production of wireless, cell-based management system for electric vehicle, industrial and grid ene...

Squirrel exceeds fundraise target with SyndicateRoom - - 2017-03-01

Financial well-being app Squirrel will use capital to expand functionality and reach out to new demographics ...

Smith & Williamson: 75% of tech firms planning for growth in 2017 - - 2017-03-01

Three quarters (74%) of tech entrepreneurs and business leaders are forecasting growth in 2017 according to recent research by ...

Archangels leads GBP3.6 million Series A funding round for ZoneFox - - 2017-03-01

Investment, led by Archangels, will allow business to triple headcount, open new HQ and set up a team in London ...

HBAN played Cupid to 202 Irish start-ups in 2016 - - 2017-03-01

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BrickVest announces GBP2m first closing of its second financing round - - 2017-03-01

Secured funding from management, seed investors and European technology, real estate investors and business angels. ...

A league of their own: VCT income & growth over a decade - - 2017-03-01

New research from the AIC shows the top 20 VCTs up an average of 141% and paid an average tax free dividend of 87p per share. ...

Hitachi Capital UK reinvigorates non-executive line-up - - 2017-02-28

Hitachi Capital UK, the innovative financial solutions provider to businesses and consumers, has reinvigorated ...

Dealflo secures GBP10 million in Series B funding - - 2017-02-28

Dealflo, the leading provider of end-to-end financial agreement automation services, today announced a £10 million investment round, led by ...

James Skade joins BGF's investment team in the South West - - 2017-02-27

BGF (Business Growth Fund) is continuing to expand its team covering the South West of Engl...

Maven Capital Partners completes GBP6.5 million MBO of Healthpoint Limited - - 2017-02-27

Maven Capital Partners (“Maven”), one of the UK’s most active private equity houses, has completed a £6.5 million management buy-out of Healthpoint Limited (“Healthpoi...

Oxford Capital Co-Investor Circle backs online GP marketplace Push Doctor - - 2017-02-27

Members of the Co-Investor Circle (CIC), a private investor network, have completed a follow-on funding round into Push Doctor, Europe’s largest online GP marketplace. CIC members have ...

New research reveals poor time management is the biggest obstacle to SME growth - - 2017-02-27

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StartUp Funding Club raises funding for Banvard & James - - 2017-02-24

London-based startup Banvard & James has received a £200K investment through Startup Funding Club’s award-winning network of international investors. The funds will be used to aid...

Magister Analysis: The Hottest Sector for Late Stage Tech Investing in Europe is Non-Tech - - 2017-02-24

Investments masquerading as tech disguise the fundamental weakness of Europe’s late stage funding rounds. Only 20 real tech companies in Europe get crucial late stage f...

UK PropTech pioneer REalyse launches after securing GBP500,000 in funding - - 2017-02-24

REalyse, the property analytics company, launches nationwide today having raised £500,000 in seed capital...

Moneyfarm names ex-Facebook hire as Chief Commercial Officer and turns 1 in the UK - - 2017-02-24

Moneyfarm, the digital wealth manager, today announces a 16% month-on-month average growth and another new senior hire as it celebrates its one-year anniversary of ...

Maven Capital Partners appointed to manage GBP57.5m equity fund for the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund - - 2017-02-23

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Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund wins for EV - - 2017-02-23

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Oxford Capital calls for stability and simplicity in EIS tax rules - - 2017-02-23

More money will be invested in small businesses, creating jobs and growth if The Chancellor makes it easier for people to invest through the Enterprise Inv...

Jamie Andrew appointed TRI Cap's new Chairman - - 2017-02-22

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Meltwater acquires Oxford University data extraction spinout Wrapidity - - 2017-02-22

Meltwater, a global leader in media intelligence, is excited to announce the acquisition of ...

Idinvest: Despite Brexit, UK best country to start a business says 44% of population - - 2017-02-22

Greater optimism from UK population toward UK Economic outlook than European Economic outlook...

British Business Bank launches GBP400m Fund for Northern SMEs - - 2017-02-22

The British Business Bank has today launched its £400m Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF), aimed at boosting the North of En...

British tech company POD Point secures investment to power surge in electric vehicle ownership - - 2017-02-22

POD Point, the UK electric vehicle charge point supplier, has launched a new ￡1.5m crowdfunding round, part of a ...

Chelverton Investor Club Invests in Qualification Check - - 2017-02-21

Chelverton Asset Management Limited (‘Chelverton’), a specialist investor in sub-FTSE 100 quote...

Law firm launches legal support service for early-stage startups - - 2017-02-21

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Campus Capital appoints UK's first student VCs - - 2017-02-21

The UK’s first team of student venture capitalists are all set for their new role - scouting for businesses that could become the technology stars of the future. ...

Bank of Ireland Kernel Capital Venture Funds EUR2.1m Investment in UCD Spin-out Oncomark - - 2017-02-20

Kernel Capital through the Bank of Ireland Kernel Capital Venture Funds has participated in a €2.1m investment in OncoMark, a medical diagnostics company. The investme...

Lending Works re-opens window for ISA contributions - - 2017-02-20

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AI health deterioration detection startup wins GBP1m contract from NHS England - - 2017-02-20

SBRI contract awarded to snap40 for “game-changing technologies with the highest...

Folk2Folk Joins the P2PFA - - 2017-02-17

The Peer-to-Peer Finance Association (P2...

Asset Match research reveals widespread discontent amongst private company shareholders - - 2017-02-16

Nearly two million UK shareholders clueless on the value of their shares, ignored by the companies they back and trapped by lack of equity releaseNo tra...

Ascension investment is Music to Rotor's ears - - 2017-02-16

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Millennials most likely to embrace tax-efficient products for early-stage investing - - 2017-02-15

Online investment platform SyndicateRoom announces that millennials are twice as likely to embrace early-stage investing as a means of reaching their financial goals than those aged 51 and up. Over...

Fraud costing UK Plc GBP125 billion a year says Crowe Clark Whitehill - - 2017-02-15

Fraud costing UK Plc £125 billion a year Latest research ...

Perfect Channel takes GBP2 million from Beringea and UIL - - 2017-02-14

London start-up targets accelerated product innovation t...

Foresight successfully completes growth capital investment into Online Poundshop Limited - - 2017-02-14

Foresight Group ("Foresight”) is pleased to announce on behalf of the Board of Foresight VCT, the completion of a £1.7m investment into Midlands-based Online Poundshop Limited ("Pound...

Bloom & Wild blooms with GBP3.75m investment - - 2017-02-13

Bloom & Wild, the UK’s top rated online flower company, has taken £3.75m in a new round of funding with ...

action.ai receives backing from AITC/LBA syndicate - - 2017-02-13

London based action.ai, the developer of an advanced AI platform for the launch of high quality chatbots...

LBA backs Advizzo, a SaaS solution to customer engagement - - 2017-02-13

Advizzo, a B2B customer engagement software & Smart Home specialist, has closed a pre-series A investment round from LBA and other investors which included participation from the LBA EIS Roundt...

Interactive Children's Brand Bean&Gone secures ?330k funding - - 2017-02-13

Beans Entertainment (Beans), the developer of Bean&Gone , a new interactive brand that delivers shared engagement experiences for children across digital and physical media formats, today annou...

Crowdcube investment figures defy Brexit gloom - - 2017-02-09

Crowdfunding investment up 20% since EU vote ...

Angel Investment Network announces four new deals - - 2017-02-09

Angel Investment Network (AIN) are delighted to announce that they have recently completed four deals through their network. AIN helped Novastone to close off its last angel round which was oversub...

Startup Funding Club launches the SFC Academy - - 2017-02-09

Startup Funding Club (SFC), the award-winning business angels syndicate and seed investment fund, has launched a new initiative for early-stage startups in partnership with experienced entrepr...

Edition Capital Launches multi-media entertainment EIS targeting live entertainment, TV and venues - - 2017-02-08

Edition Capital, one of the UK’s leading live entertainment and media investment specialists, today announces the launch of an exciting new EIS fun...

The Electrospinning Company Announces GBP650 Funding Round - - 2017-02-08

The Electrospinning Company, announces that it has secured a £650,0...

Oxford University Innovation's Isis Enterprise to form as limited company Oxentia - - 2017-02-08

Oxford University Innovation’s management consultancy division to restructure as separate entity to scale up interactions and business on the world stage. Isis Ente...

Internet entrepreneur and tech investor Mel Morris invests GBP3.8m in Audiense - - 2017-02-08

Seed investor and former long-term chairman of King Digital (creators of Candy Crush) Mel Morris, has invested £3.8m in Audiense, a software-as-a-service developer which del...

Space Net Ventures launches the Space Net Ventures (S)EIS fund - - 2017-02-08

“SPNV Ltd, trading as Space Net Ventures, is delighted to announce the launch of an (S)EIS fund, Space Net Ventures (S)EIS fund. The fund...

Lending Works becomes first major P2P platform to launch new ISA - - 2017-02-08

UK’s third-largest consumer peer-to-peer lending platform launches new IF...

Cognism receives investment from Swiss, Chinese, UK and SE European investors - - 2017-02-08

Swiss based Netcetera leads investment in Cognism, UK based start-up with international team from UK, Switzerland, Macedonia and Croatia. Other notable investors include S...

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Augentius' annual industry survey - - 2017-02-07

Amid political uncertainty, confidence remains 40%...

Beer & Young Raises GBP2.2m for Satellite Navigation App - - 2017-02-07

£2,200,000 raised for top Satellite Navigation App With over 26million downloads,...

Exonate receives Wellcome Trust funding - - 2017-02-07

Exonate receives Wellcome Trust funding to develop eye drop treat...

Mercia Fund Management and the North East Technology Fund back Refract - - 2017-02-07

Refract, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) start-up based in Newcastle, has received funding of £0.5m from Mercia Fund Management and the Finance For Business North East Techno...

Campus Capital confirms second key university partner - - 2017-02-07

Campus Capital – the new and innovative UK venture capital firm – has signed up its second key university partner. The latest deal with the University of Manches...

First Derivatives and BGF form strategic investment partnership - - 2017-02-07

First Derivatives plc (FD) has agreed a partnership with BGF, the UK’s leading investor in small and mid-sized companies. The partnership, ai...

Mattioli Woods acquires 49% stake in Amati Global Investors - - 2017-02-07

Amati Global Investors Limited (“Amati”, the “Company”) is delighted to announce that Mattioli Woods plc has acquired a 49% stake in the Company. This is a strong endorsemen...

Smith & Williamson Enterprise Index Q4 2016 - - 2017-02-06

http://smithandwilliamson.com/business/insights/q4-enterprise-index-2016...

BGF appoints Fiona Gibson to South West team - - 2017-02-06

BGF (Business Growth Fund) has appointed Fiona Gibson to support its growing portfolio in the South West of England. ...

European tech faces a massive late stage funding wall that is stalling development, says Magister Advisers - - 2017-02-06

In the US in 2016 there were 462 Series C and later rounds. The equivalent number in all of Europe in 2016 was just 36. While European Series A is 25% of the US total, Series C and lat...

Archangels backs PhysioWizard - - 2017-02-06

A Scottish early stage company, whose expert system has the potential to revolutionise the way healthcare is delivered,...

CoInvestor platform evolves to include funds as business grows - - 2017-02-06

CoInvestor platform evolves to include funds as business grows ...

OFF3R Index Q4 20216 - - 2017-02-06

https://www.off3r.com/news/id/38131-A-Record-Breaking-2016-for-Alternative-Finance...

Angels through the ages - John Aislabie, James Craggs the Elder, James Craggs the Younger, Lord Stanhope, Lord Sunderland. - William Rees-Mogg - 2017-02-05

Aislabie was the Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1718-1720 and piloted several schemes through Parliament which vastly increased the value of shares in the South Sea Company (risin...

Angel Deal of the Month - Jupiter Diagnostics - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2017-02-05

Another deal from the London Business Angels stable deserves attention this month. Jupiter Diagnostics has raised £1.6m from a syndicate including Angels In Med City. Jupiter's reader e...

Deal Envy - Oxford Capital realises investment in Allinea - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2017-02-05

The sale of Allinea, a specialist in high performance computing to ARM at a three times multiple to the latest funding round has returned significant volumes of cash to its investors. This wa...

The Secret Investor - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2017-02-05

Toby Lewis is a proven entrepreneur having gained enormous experience at Global Corporate Venturing. He is now leading the charge at Novum Insights which is the corporate innovatio...

Hero of the Month - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2017-02-05

Mark Boggett Mark is a talented and highly personable individual and a mainstay of the London early stage venture capital scene. With an 18 ...

Why Angels must act global - - 2017-02-05

The instinct of the average person when we are seeing so much global change is to hunker down, but angels are not average people. The rise of nationalistic fervour across the West means tha...

* NEW * Shout out for Charity - Modwenna Rees-Mogg - 2017-02-05

SOS Children's Villages looks after children orphaned and abandoned due to civil war, extreme poverty, natural disaster and pandemics are the world’s most vulnerable citizens....

Oxford Capital leads USD1.8m Funding Round for Online Clothing Disruptor, Spoke - - 2017-02-02

UK-based startup Spoke, an online clothing brand making better fitting menswear, has closed a $1.8m funding round. The round was led by VC firm Oxford Capital, with Forward Pa...

Cream of EIS industry honoured in EIS Association Awards - - 2017-02-02

The winners of the Enterprise Investment Scheme Association’s (EISA) annual awards, which recognise outstanding investment performance, excellent service and valued ...

Oxford Capital launches easy-to-read introduction to EIS investing and tax reliefs - - 2017-02-02

Investors looking for tax-friendly Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) investments at the end of this tax year could be disappointed, as demand is likely to...

Calculus Capital wins Best EIS Manager at EIS Association Awards for third year running - - 2017-02-02

Calculus Capital, the private equity fund manager and Enterprise Investment Scheme and VCT specialist, has been named Best EIS Manager in the Enterprise Investment Scheme...

University of Edinburgh Business School hosts UK's only student startup festival - - 2017-02-02

University of Edinburgh Business School has announced this year’s programme of events for Startup Festiva...

The Dynamics of AI Entrepreneurship in the UK - - 2017-02-01

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The Virtual Technology Cluster Group: Raising capital to support evolving business model and to build on success - - 2017-02-01

The Virtual Technology Cluster Group (“The VTC Group”), which connects small innovative companies with blue chip organisations seeking innovation, is raising capi...

Start Up Communities: How Pooled Effort is the Way Forward - - 2017-02-01

When you’re just starting out, being an entrepreneur can be lonely. The very fact that your job is the business that you have crafted and are passionate about means th...

Wooing the Gatekeepers to the Crowd - - 2017-02-01

It can be tempting to adopt a Luddite view of crowdfunding websites. “They can simply upload a flurry of presentations and see what sticks.” Yet these platforms have e...

How the UK Government can protect and develop homegrown tech - - 2017-02-01

On the 17th January, Prime Minister Theresa May outlined 12 objectives sought from a proposed “hard” Brexit. The point that really caught my attention, and that of Bri...

Smart home tech company overfunds on SyndicateRoom - - 2017-01-31

Smart technology company Camfridge have overfunded to £640,254.78...

UKBAA and Royal Society of Chemistry to showcase chemistry-led innovation for the angel investment community - - 2017-01-31

The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has partnered with the UK Business Angels Association (UKBAA) to connect chemistry-using startups and scale-ups with potential investors. We are holding...

Scaling up, not starting up, is the real challenge for tech firms, says Mercia CEO - - 2017-01-30

Scaling up and not starting up is now the biggest challenge for technology businesses, according to the CEO of Mercia Technologies PLC (“Mercia” or “the Group&rd...

New Research shows a third of UK Mid-Sized Corporates are targeting the US for Growth - - 2017-01-30

New research* by CIL Management Consultants conducted amongst 100 high performing mid-sized businesses with sec...

BGF makes GBP10m investment in Frontrow - - 2017-01-30

BGF (Business Growth Fund), the UK’s leading growth capital investor, has invested £10m in Frontrow Energy Technology Group to support the company...

P2P strikes a chord with younger generation - 4x as many millennials than over 55s invest in the asset class - - 2017-01-27

People aged 18-34 are four times more likely than over-55s to have money invested in a peer to peer platform One in four ...

UK Bond Network approved to offer tax-efficient Innovative Finance ISAs - - 2017-01-27

UK Bond Network, the alternative finance provider that specialises in structuring and distributing investment opportuni...

All Work and No Play: Lending Works survey - - 2017-01-27

Working for a living is something we all expect to do, but, technically, we also have to work for when we don’t earn a living anymore; also known as saving a pension for our...

VCT Fundraising in 2016/17 Tax Year to date up 53% on last year - - 2017-01-25

Data published today by the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) demonstrates continued confidence in the VCT sector. Fundraising for the 201...

Global Alternatives relaunches Property Crowd - - 2017-01-25

Technology-enabled, transparent access to institutional grade real estate opportunities, without the high transaction costs or management commitme...

Angels in MedCity support Jupiter Diagnostics with GBP1.6m raise - - 2017-01-25

Angels in MedCity has supported London scale-up Jupiter Diagnostics to raise £1.6m to develop its reader, allowing anyone to perform quick, affordable blood tests. The company raised the inve...

Startup Funding Club leads funding round in Petalite Ltd and Kashing Ltd alongside angel investors - - 2017-01-25

Startup Funding Club is excited to announce that it has led an SEIS funding round of over £250k into Petalite Ltd and another of &poun...

Astia Angels backs EUR1.2m seed funding of SoapBox - - 2017-01-25

Soapbox Labs has created a cloud-based speech-recognition technology platform specifically for young kids aged 4-10 with applications in education, gaming and beyond. Enterprise Ireland was among t...

MyVAN helps Rentivo raise over GBP360k on Crowdcube - - 2017-01-25

Working with the management of Rentivo, MyVAN has helped fund Rentivo’s recent fundraise on Crowdcube, which overfunded by 30%. Rentivo is a vacation rental marketing platform that pr...

Beringea leads GBP5m Funding in My 1st Years - - 2017-01-25

My 1st Years, the children’s gifts personalisation site, has secured £5m in growth funding led by venture and growth investor Beringea, and supported with funds managed by Hargreave Hal...

The Fourth Albion Growth Report shows young entrepreneurs growth ambitions undeterred by Brexit hostility - - 2017-01-25

Two thirds of Millennial entrepreneurs predict their business will grow over 2018 Majority fear Brexit to hinder access n...

Oxford most prolific university innovator in Europe - - 2017-01-25

Oxford University Innovation launches 24 companies in 2016 with a combined £52.6m in early stage funding, setting a new record in spinout generation for the UK and Europe....

Mobeus welcomes Justin Maltz as business expands - - 2017-01-24

Mobeus is delighted to announce that Justin Maltz has joined the team as Portfolio Director, acting as a non-executive director on a number of Mobeus investee companies, and providing support with ...

Beringea boosts Series C round for Whistle Sports with USD4.6m investment - - 2017-01-24

Beringea joins TEGNA Inc., NBC Sports Ventures, Sky, and Emil Capital, taking total value of round to $27.5 million ...

Acceleris announce GBP0.5m Seed Funding for targeted Cancer Drug Research - - 2017-01-24

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Scottish Equity Partners supports Strathclyde Entrepreneurs Fund - - 2017-01-24

Leading venture capital firm Scottish Equity Partners has made a significant donation to a fund which invests in business ventures by members of the Univers...

BGF Response to Industrial Strategy Green Paper - - 2017-01-24

Welcoming today’s publication of [Industrial Strategy], Stephen Welton, CEO of BGF, the UK’s leading provider of invest...

VentureFounders' James Codling comment on Industrial Strategy Plan - - 2017-01-24

Following the publication of the Government’s 10 pillar plan for its UK Industrial Strategy, James Codling, Co-Founder and MD of scale-up financing platform, ...

World Business Angels Investment Forum 12-14 Feb 2017 - - 2017-01-23

The world’s prominent angel investors gather in Istanbul for the World Business Angels Investment Forum 2017 from 12-14 February 2017, bringing together key players of the equity market to de...

Thrive Raises Over GBP500,000 in Seed Capital - - 2017-01-20

Thrive, a software company that develops mobile apps to empower people to manage their mental health independently, announced today that it has ...

Mercia leads GBP1m round into University of Birmingham spinout - - 2017-01-20

Mercia Technologies PLC, the national investment group focused on the creation, funding and scaling of innovative technology businesses with high growth potential from the UK regi...

OFF3R Q4 2016 Index Report - - 2017-01-20

A strong Q4 for equity crowdfunding and P2P lending kept both sectors growing in 2016 according to the latest data from the OFF3R I...

EMV portfolio company Nanotech Industrial Solutions (NIS) attracts investment from global specialty chemicals company Evonik - - 2017-01-19

• Venture Capital investment includes commercial agreement ...

TyresOnTheDrive.com Secures Up to GBP8m Investment from Halfords - - 2017-01-19

The disruptive mobile tyre fitting company TyresOnTheDrive.com today announces that i...

OpenOcean's Richard Muirhead reacts to the PMs Brexit speech - - 2017-01-19

Richard says: "Yesterday, the PM outlined 12 objectives sought from a proposed "hard Brexit". Of particular interest to Britain's sc...

Oxford Capital appoints Director to Growth Investments team - - 2017-01-18

Investment manager, Oxford Capital, has appointed Miles Kirby as a Director to lead investments in technology companies and further strengthen its growth i...

Octopus Ventures leads GBP7.5m Series A Funding for Bought By Many - - 2017-01-17

• Funding from Octopus Ventures, Munich Re / HSB Ventures, and other follow-on investors...

BGF provides fuel for Chesney's growth - - 2017-01-17

Chesney’s, a designer, manufacturer and retailer of luxury fireplaces and wood burning stoves, has secured a growth capital investment from BGF (Bu...

CoInvestor founders launch EISWallet.com - - 2017-01-17

New online service digitalises paperwork for tax relief around Enterprise...

New research shows 'hyperactives' are more likely to become entrepreneurs - - 2017-01-17

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Amicus Commercial Finance - New SME research highlights traditional banking inefficiencies - - 2017-01-16

New SME research highlights traditional banking inefficiencies ...

Crowdsurfer overfunds investment round - - 2017-01-15

Crowd finance data intelligence specialist, Crowdsurfer, is celebrating overfunding its latest funding round, which saw the company secure over £1m from leading angel investors....

Shoosmiths corporate tops national deal rankings - - 2017-01-15

National law firm Shoosmiths has topped Experian MarketIQ (Corpfin) 2016 UK & Ireland M&A league tables to become the UK’s leading legal advis...

AllBright's platform goes live to fund and support outstanding female-led companies in the UK - - 2017-01-13

● AllBright’s platform goes live with outstanding female-led businesses; Fluidly, Piccolo and Juggle Jobs, on the ...

The Resonance Bristol SITR Fund has made its fifth investment of GBP112K into social enterprise Bearpit Bristol, - - 2017-01-13

Impact in the Bearpit The Resonance Bristol SITR Fund has made its fifth investment of £112,000 into social enterprise Bearpit Bristol, a community interest company focused on regener...