6 March

Former Chairman and CEO of Capital Radio Group, David Mansfield, has been appointed as Chairman of the Advisory Board for Shadow Foundr. David brings 30 years’ business experience to the Shadow Foundr team, encompassing a wide range of companies and sectors.

6 March

Booksy, the fastest growing scheduling software company for appointment-based businesses, today announces the successful completion of a Series A funding round worth $4.2 million (£3.4 million).

6 March 

The first investment fund specialising in UK-based robotics start-ups focuses on delivering returns to Investors by making targeted investments in promising UK-based seed-stage robotics companies wrapped within a fund format that is highly tax efficient (under the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme, “SEIS”).

• Yearly deal numbers fell for the first time, by 18%.
• The total amount invested also fell by 12% from 2015.
• Crowdfunding deals at growth-stage increased 10%, with 80% of these deals being completed by companies crowdfunding for the first time.
• There was no significant drop in deal numbers after the EU referendum, suggesting Brexit has so far had little to no short-term impact on equity investment.
• Investment into early-stage life sciences companies is booming. Seed-stage life sciences businesses saw a 19% increase in deals, and a record £202m invested.
• Wales and Northern Ireland bucked the general trend, seeing a 30% and 8% increase in deal numbers respectively.

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On 26 April 1962, the United Kingdom made history by becoming only the third country in the world to successfully launch and operate a satellite, Ariel 1, in conjunction with NASA. In doing this, the United Kingdom placed itself at the front of the “space race” with the ability to stand alongside and compete with the two superpowers of the day.

As the technological revolutions of the last thirty years have shown, outer space can be as valuable as solid ground for the Earth’s nations but until last week the United Kingdom has been falling behind, compared to countries such as China, India and Japan which have developed well-funded and successful space programs over this period.

No longer.

March 2017

Rockerfeller is estimated to have been worth $336bn (adjusting for inflation) on his death at the age of 97 in 1937.

March 2017

A Third of Clients in Debt Contemplate or Attempt Suicide - that's why Crosslight Advice is so important.

March 2017

I was spoilt for choice in terms of angel fundraisings this month. Deals from Startup Funding Club, Angel Investor Network, Oxford  Capital, London Business Angels, Archangels and many more can be found in the NEWS section of the website.  I have elected to profile a deal from the Chelverton Investor Club which is based in Bath, close to AngelNews HQ down here in Somerset. Qualification Check offers a global qualification verification platform to help employers validate qualifications of potential employees. 

March 2017

Normally Deal Envy profiles an exit achieved by investors, but this month a strategic investment in Amati Global Investors by Mattioli Woods caught my attention.

March 2017

Hero of the Month - Mark Payton from Mercia Technologies

March 2017

One finds interesting deals in all sorts of places, but it is nice to find one that tickled my interest close to home recently. Veteran financial media entrepreneur Gavid Oldham is raising funding for Share Radio.

March 2017

It's Budget week - the last to be held in the Spring.  Can Spreadsheet Phil give us all a thrill?