The owner of online greeting card website Moongpig.com, Photobox, has received a buyout offer from Exponent Private Equity and Electra Partners which is reportedly around £400m.
Category: Get Funded
Vulpine, stylish cycling clothing to raise £500k on Crowdcube
Vulpine, the stylish cycling apparel brand has launched a crowd-funding campaign on Crowdcube with a mission to raise £500,000 of investment.
HonestBrew crowdfunding campaign raises over £400k
Online craft beer subscription brand HonestBrew has today announced an additional £406,390 of investment raised through the Crowdcube crowdfunding platform.
Funding Circle launches across Europe
Leading global marketplace for business loans expands into Germany, Spain and the Netherlands
Streethub announces £1.7M funding round & launches Trouva
StreetHub, the leading network of independent retailers has announced a £1.7m funding round led by Octopus Ventures, alongside the launch of Trouva.
‘Non-existent’ laser razor hits Indiegogo after Kickstarter boot
A bladeless laser-based razor has been booted from Kickstarter for the seemingly minor reason that the product does not, currently, exist.
Duane Jackson uses Kashflow exit learning to found new investors platform
Duane Jackson, founder of KashFlow Accounting Software has launched his next venture: Supdate.com, a tool to help new businesses keep their investors informed of business progress.
eMoov achieves biggest PropTech Crowdcube raise
eMoov, the online estate agency, is celebrating a successful crowdfunding campaign after raising £2,615,530, more than two and half times its target.
From Cheers to Cheese as Lord Bilimoria launches new photo-sharing app
Entrepreneur and cross-bench peer Lord Bilimoria has launched new photo-sharing app – PictoSo – with his cousin and business partner, Rashid Bilimoria, a tech entrepreneur based in Boston, Massachusetts, and app developer Philipp Reisinger
Octopus launches $140m fund
Venture capital investor Octopus Ventures, part of the Octopus Group, today announced the launch of the $140m Octopus Zenith Opportunities II LP (“Octopus Opportunities fund”), aimed at providing growth capital to successful fast-growing later-stage companies across Europe.
Sup app lands $1.1M in seed funding
Sup – a new app that helps millennials see their friends more – launches with $1.1 million in seed funding from JamJar.
ShopFully receives €10M in funding from Highland Europe
ShopFully Group’s platform, founded in 2010, is used by over 13 million people worldwide to help them prepare and plan their purchases in physical stores, in the smartest way possible.
eMoov smashes funding target to reach over £2M
Episode 1 Ventures and Maxfield Capital Partners have both increased their investment in eMoov, with the online estate agency receiving fresh capital from Swiss venture capital firm Startive Ventures.
Record number of startups apply for government SEIS investment scheme
The Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) has attracted a record number of applications from fledgling businesses, as almost 3,000 startups embraced SEIS in 2014/15.
Keenan Recycling expands in Central Belt with BGF investment
A Scottish organic waste management company has secured a £2.2m investment from BGF (Business Growth Fund) to fuel its expansion in the Central Belt.
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