Planned Departure Limited, an award-winning London startup that offers secure digital estate planning, has achieved its initial funding target in under a week and is now overfunding.
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Ex-Apprentice star raises £1.5m to take on Dyson with eco hand dryer
Ex-Apprentice star aims to take on James Dyson as Syed Ahmed’s technology company Savortex completes a £1.5m funding round to develop a range of smart, environmental hand dryers for customers including RBS, British Airways & Marriott
Chapel Down Group become first quoted company to crowdfund
The market leader in English wines is set for fresh growth following the launch of a major crowdfunding initiative.
Social impact service, Breezie, raises £600k
London-based tech start-up Breezie – a service company providing user-friendly, personalised tablets to the 5.7 million UK adults aged 55+ who’ve never used the internet– has raised over £600,000 in just six weeks through crowdfunding platform, CrowdBnk and social impact-focused angel network, Clearly Social Angels — 238% of its £252,000 target.
James Caan’s Recruitment Entrepreneur Company Set To Continue Investing Spree
One time dragon offering recruiters the chance to go from biller to boss
Fitness start-up 1Rebel raises £1.5 million on Crowdcube
New fitness venture 1Rebel has successfully raised £1,559,370 on equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube. Having reached its original £1.15 million target just 11 days after its pitch went live, 1Rebel went on to exceed it by 136 percent.
It’s a wrap for Chilango’s Burrito Bond
The crowd lends over £2 million via Crowdcube Mini-Bond platform
Amazon buys Twitch game streaming service for $970m
Amazon has bought Twitch, a live-streaming gaming network, for $970m, beating off rivals Google and Yahoo.
Mixcloud launch subscription accounts to grow direct to consumer revenue
Mixcloud, a fast-growing Internet radio start-up based in London, has announced a number of new features, focused on both growth and monetisation; subscription plans for both listeners and content uploaders to drive revenue growth, and a “Repost” feature aimed at driving an increase in sharing, listening and discovery.
British businesses losing out on £48bn worth of export business
The Association of Translation Companies (ATC) has launched a campaign to raise awareness amongst SMEs of the amount of money they lose each year from poor export performance due to a lack of language skills.
First three investments from £50 million Cambridge Cluster fund announced
Cambridge Innovation Capital (CIC), an investor in high-growth technology companies in the Cambridge cluster, has completed its first investments from a £50 million fund, backing three companies that address rapidly growing market opportunities in the areas of cloud-based video archiving, grid-scale energy management and generative music composition.
Powered Now smashes target and raises £585k from the crowd
Devon-based tech start-up, Powered Now announces the successful conclusion of its investment pitch on Crowdcube, the world’s largest equity crowdfunding platform. Initially aiming to raise £350,000 from the crowd, Powered Now smashed its original target, overfunding by 167% to secure £585,580 within five weeks of listing.
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Crowdcube sets World Record raising £1.2 million in 16 minutes
Crowdcube opened and closed its own bid to raise £1.2 million today after taking just 16 minutes to hit its target.
Powered Now smashes crowdfunding target in just 12 days
Tech start-up Powered Now, the mobile admin app for tradesmen, has successfully hit its crowdfunding target of £350,000 after just 12 days and is now overfunding.
