18 April 

New research among 1,000 UK investors by IW Capital reveals how the beginning of Brexit and the new tax year have affected the risk profile of the UK investor community.  See the full findings below.

13 April

Ascension Ventures is pleased to announce its investment from the ASCEND Fund III into software start-upLooop, a B2B Online Learning platform that lets businesses and corporates distribute digital content to their employees.

13 April

Global digital learning platform HowNow, which lets users learn anything from anywhere in the world over live interactive video, has secured £1.2 million in investment from a number of private investors and investment fund Fuel.Ventures.

13 April

Tool manufacturer Keencut has secured investment funding from a new firm of investors as it pushes forward with ambitious expansion plans.  The investment will allow the company to launch new products and pursue export growth plans.

13 April 

Mettrr Technologies has become the first company to provide financial returns for its crowd investors through a secondary share sale via a crowdfunding platform. It comes just six months after Crowdcube announced that it would pioneer secondary liquidity on its platform, delivering on its mission to help investors realise their investments.

12 April 

Nearly nine out of ten (88%) business leaders believe that the UK needs a comprehensive industrial strategy according to BGF’s Growth Climate Index – a survey of over 280 business leaders and entrepreneurs measuring confidence in the UK’s business growth environment has revealed. 

12 April

Crowdcube, has announced another return for investors, after innovative biotech firm Celixir offered its backers an opportunity to realise a proportion of their initial investment. 18% of shareholders choose to sell shares, with the remainder holding on to their full stake. Total returns provided to backers by Crowdcube-funded businesses exceeds £5m.

11 April

Tuition marketplace startup Tutora have successfully raised £700,000 from over 500 investors via crowdfunding platform Crowdcube to support their continued growth within the £6bn UK private tuition industry.

11 April

The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has today published the Venture Capital Trust (VCT) fundraising figures for the 2016/17 tax year, which reveal that the sector has raised £542m. This is the second highest amount raised and an 18% increase on last year’s figure (£458m).

10 April 

NVM Private Equity has exited from Coventry based telecommunications and security systems integration provider Optilan following a secondary management buy-out by Blue Water Energy, delivering a 3.1x return on funds invested.  

10 April 

Tenzo, the leading data-driven hospitality tech platform has successfully closed a seed investment of £600k led by Acequia Capital, Force Over Mass and angel investors Charlie Songhurst, Michael Orland and Getti Restaurants.