The Technology Strategy Board, the government’s national agency for innovation, is partnering with the Business Growth Hub to launch a new £1m fund designed to support the creative and digital industry in Greater Manchester.
Category: Get Funded
Kevin McCloud’s Hab Housing breaks Crowdfunding Investment record
The sustainable housing developer Hab Housing, founded by Kevin McCloud, has successfully raised nearly £2million on the equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube.
Daatch the dating app for gay women closes £100K to boost UK launch
Dattch, currently one of 17 startups in the Wayra London incubator cohort, has just closed a £100,000 angel small seed round, with three angel investors — including Yannick Pons and Andy Phillips.
Welsh tech entrepreneurs to receive boost with new TechHub site for Swansea
Tech start-up network TechHub has announced that it is opening of a new site in Swansea, which it claims will boost technology innovation and entrepreneurship in the South Wales region.
Flooved, the ‘Spotify for textbooks’ hits funding target with high profile angels
British education technology startup Flooved has completed its first significant round of funding from angel investors.
Nicola Horlick’s IW Capital swallows Angel network Beer & Partners
Beer & Partners, which claimed to be the UKs leading Angel Network, boasting Luke Johnson as its Chairman, has been sold to the private equity company IW Capital.
The “Crowd” get behind Front Up Rugby & invest £93k to push them towards the Tryline!
Front Up Rugby, a forward thinking and innovative menswear brand, have once again bypassed the banks and turned to the crowd to raise the money it requires to fund second stage growth.
New HPC Wales studentships bring inward investment total to £2m
High Performance Computing (HPC) Wales has announced six new funded PhD studentships in computational science at Welsh universities, taking the total inward investment attracted into Wales by the venture to £2 million.
You’re Golf Travel’ Duo Looking for Creative Business Ideas to invest £30,000
In case you are an entrepreneur with an exceptional business idea, you will definitely need some funding to support your start up business and Andrew Harding and Ross Marshall are looking for budding entrepreneurs who need an investment.
Kevin McCloud plans own Grand Design with crowd funded property business
Kevin McCloud, of Channel 4’s Grand Designs, has become the latest high-profile entrepreneur to turn to “crowdfunding” to raise money from private investors for his property business.
Crowds flock to fund ‘superwoman’ Nicola Horlick’s new film venture
Glentham Capital – the newly formed film investment business of fund manager Nicola Horlick has reached it’s target of gaining £150,000 of seed capital, for a 10 per cent equity stake.
Audere Capital extends media reach by taking a slice of Cake Communications
The private venture capital company, Audere Capital, has taken a significant minority stake in the PR and media engagement company Cake Communications.
New Crowd-funding platform SyndicateRoom lets first time investors join Angels in deals
New crowd-funding platform SyndicateRoom has launched to gives smaller investors the peace of mind that the company they are investing in has already undergone extensive due diligence
Apprentice runner-up Luisa Zissman has 16 angel investors sweet on her business
The Apprentice runner up Luisa Zissman has already put the loss behind her, by securing an alternative investment for her baking business with sixteen angels all wanting a slice of her new company.
LIQUITY completes £150k SEIS-approved Founders’ Round
London-based LIQUITY today announced that it has successfully closed its £150,000 SEIS-approved Founders’ Round in under two months.
