Albion Ventures and MMC Ventures lead investment in UK’s largest fitness network.
Category: Get Funded
myBarrister seeks £150,000 crowdfunding business boost
myBarrister.co.uk, the leading supplier of online access to the Bar, is giving investors the chance to buy a stake in the business via crowdfunding.
Flypay raises £1M to make settling restaurant bill immediate & “Waiter-Free”
Regard of the service you receive or the food you’ve been served, but the experience of actually paying the bill at the end of a meal is often cited as the biggest pain-point for restaurant goes. Or so says Flypay, a new UK startup whose app wants to make settling the bill “waiter-free” and a lot speedier in the process.
Female Innovator Of The Year crowdfunds £46,000 in 24 hours
Award winning entrepreneur Vicky Brock scooped a top innovation accolade AND crowdfunded almost £50k in just 24 incredible hours.
The funding injection driving cutting edge innovation in the West Midlands
Securing the right funding can help turn an entrepreneur’s business dream into reality – whether that’s simply getting a company off the ground or expanding an existing operation.
Azimo Closes $10 Million Series A funding Round
Founded by Michael Kent, Ricky Knox, and Marek Wawro in 2012, Azimo is a UK-based FinTech start-up that allows customers to send money to 190 countries around the world from any mobile or Web-connected device.
Canary Wharf Group’s accelerator sees first success in less than a year
Canary Wharf Group have announced its first “home grown” tenant, endorsing its innovative strategy to diversify by nurturing growing technology companies to become fully-fledged occupiers at Canary Wharf.
Balderton Capital lead $8M Series B in Hotel recommendation start-up Top10.com
Hotel shortlist specialist Top10.com has secured $8m Series B finance in a deal led by equity investment firm Balderton Capital, bringing its total funding to date to $12.4m.
Quill signs up Smedvig Capital as new investor in £5M round
Content creation platform to use new funding to consolidate position as UK’s “content marketing leader” and to expand abroad
BeerBods funds in 36 hours to become Crowdcube’s fastest pitch
Online beer lovers’ club raises £150k, mostly from customers, in record time from over 100 investors
Startups struggle to find right talent, with nearly half citing staff as reason for failure
Nearly 80 per cent of startups struggle to find the right talent, with over forty per cent citing staff issues as the reason for failure, according to new research fromStartup Institute, the career accelerator.
John Lewis launches tech incubator with spaces for five start-ups at Canary Wharf
The retail giant has opened it’s new incubator for five businesses to win office space, investment and mentoring to develop their products
Buzzmove moves out of Wayra & secures $650,000 funding ahead of national launch
The removals comparison service gets funding support to launch the nationwide launch of it’s service from some key investors
Earn-outs – don’t always follow the crowd….
Earn-outs are a common feature of M&A transactions, particularly those involving sales of “people” businesses by individual entrepreneurs who will continue to be engaged by the target business post-completion.
Business information company DueDil raises $17M to go global
DueDil founder and CEO Damian Kimmelman has announced he has raised $17 million Series B financing round with the new capital set to be used to boost DueDil’s product and expand into new countries.
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