UK digital lender Atom Bank is eyeing up a listing in New York in what will be a major blow to London’s efforts to promote itself as a premier destination for tech IPOs.
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‘Mona Lisa’ racing car sells for a record breaking £115m
A rare Mercedes-Benz racing car known as the Mona Lisa of cars has been sold by the company for a record £115 million.
MarketFinance raises £100m from Deutsche Bank to support funding for SMEs
Fintech platform MarketFinance announced a debt raise from Deutsche Bank which the company will use to part fund up to £100m of lending to support strong, well-managed SME businesses with their investment and working capital needs.
Bike Club gears up for national and European expansion with £16.75M investment round
Racing to disrupt both access and sustainability within the cycling industry, kid’s bike subscription service, Bike Club, gears up for national and European expansion after closing £16.75M in new investment.
Startups attitude to work costing them investment in the UK
Jeb Buckler, CEO of Startup Giants chats to Business Matters about the errors that cost startups investment.
MyMynd secures £650,000 for workplace mental health intervention platform
MyMynd, the mental health platform for employees, has received £650,000 in pre-seed funding.
HSBC launches $1BN lending fund for female entrepreneurs
HSBC today announces the launch of a Female Entrepreneur Fund, which will provide US$1bn in lending to female-owned businesses over the next 12 months.
US oil giant Chevron backs London cleantech firm in $150m funding round
US oil giant Chevron has thrown its weight behind London cleantech firm Carbon Clean today in a $150m funding injection – the largest ever equity round for a ‘point of emission’ carbon capture company.
Former Monzo COO raises £5m for Lollipop, a grocery shopping assistant
Lollipop, an online food shopping assistant, has raised £5m in a seed round led by Octopus Ventures.
Payments firm Paddle becomes UK’s latest unicorn with £162m raise
Payments provider Paddle has raised $200m (£162.2m) in a Series D funding round at a valuation of $1.4bn, making it the UK’s latest fintech unicorn.
Gay dating app Grindr to float in $2.1bn deal
Grindr plans to float through a merger with a so-called Spac investment company in a deal that values the gay dating app at $2.1bn (£1.7bn).
Twitter nears sale deal with Musk
Twitter is in the final stretch of negotiations about a $43 billion sale to Elon Musk that could rank as one of the biggest-ever leveraged buyouts of a listed company.
SIS Ventures fund secures £1M from leading Scottish investors
Scotland’s leading impact investor, SIS Ventures, has secured £1 million for its pioneering investment fund – Impact First – from Chroma Ventures.
Asda co-owner claims value of stake has risen 20-fold as it prepares Boots bid
Asda’s private equity owner has claimed the value of its investment in the supermarket chain has soared by nearly 20 times as it gears up for a potential bid for the pharmacy chain Boots.
DCMS launches new grant to boost innovation in tech-start ups
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport has launched a new grant competition to boost the growth of innovative tech start-ups and scale-ups across the UK.
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