Poundland founder, Steve Smith, has successfully raised half a million pounds on equity crowdfunding platform, Crowdcube, for his latest venture, online estate agency EstatesDirect.com.
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Wayra & Wayra UnLtd UK select new start-ups to enter academy for 2014
13 start-ups ranging from leveraged sports betting to educational bedtime stories have been selected to join O2 parent company Telefonica’s global tech start-up accelerator programme, Wayra.
Start-ups offered chance to appear on billboard in London’s Tech City
Accounting software provider Sage has launched a competition offering to help boost a UK start-up with the opportunity to win two weeks advertising on a billboard in Tech City, as well as one million online ad impressions.
Website-building platform Squarespace raises further $40M
Squarespace, which offers tools for individuals and small businesses to build websites and online stores has just announced that it has raised $40 million in Series B funding.
IncuBusLDN: A new Startup incubator for Young Entrepreneurs…on a London Bus!
With more and more 18-25 year olds turning to starting a business IncuBusLDN has launched it’s startup incubator for these these young inexperienced entrepreneurs whilst being based on a renovated London bus
How to find funding & grow your business in 2014
As the Bank’s purse strings look set to remain tightly closed for business loans, many small businesses are left struggling to find the funding they so desperately need to expand and grow their business. So what is the answer? Many businesses have turned to angel finance and found it ready, willing and able to help them.
True Capital closes $5M Retail Startups Fund & launches Accelerator
True Capital Partners have launched TrueStart, an “innovation hub” based in central London targeting retail and consumer startups across Europe.
SAS R&D Centre for combatting fraud & financial crime opens in Scotland
SAS, the leader in business analytics software and services, has taken another step forward in the global development of big data analytics with the opening of research and development (R&D) centre in Scotland focused on combatting fraud and financial crimes.
Polish startup Funmedia wins international accelerator programme
From The Startup of the Year to the winner of an international accelerator programme Ready To Go! in Silicon Valley. That is the pathway that led the Funmedia company from Wrocław to another success, a three-month office suite in the prestigious campus Rocket Space in San Francisco.
Guides: EIS & SEIS tax break incentives
The Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) are government initiatives offering some of the most attractive tax breaks available in the UK to help startups and SMEs
JUST EAT stock listing could be first of many for Europe’s high growth firms
A new listing on the London Stock Exchange today has been welcomed as a trailblazer for other high growth firms in the UK and Europe.
Angel CoFund increases Koji Drinks investment with £150,000 backing
Koji Drinks, the premium, healthy adult soft drink brand, has completed a successful follow-on funding round of £150,000 from the Angel CoFund to help it with a launch in the UK
MMC Ventures leads a $5.5m investment in London’s mobile tech business Somo
Somo, the largest independent global mobile solutions company, has received $5.5m follow-on funding from MMC Ventures, including the MMC London Fund – and other private investors.
Bridges Ventures announce high growth investment to create jobs in North West
Bridges Ventures has announced today that it is investing in leading UK based premium designer menswear e-commerce business Clothingsites.co.uk.
From outsider to key player – next generation crowdfunding platform wins FCA authorisation
Just over six months since it launched, the equity crowdfunding platform SyndicateRoom has become only the third of its kind to be directly authorised by the FCA.
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