Caroline Sai, head of  Angels Santé (Angels4health) & EBAN Board Member, talks about the importance for investors of communicating with entrepreneurs seeking funding - even if it is to say 'no'.

VentureWave, an Irish-based venture private equity group committed to impact investing and supporting high-impact entrepreneurs, and Funderbeam, the angel investing and trading platform, have announced that they have agreed to enter into a transaction to create a leading global entity which will serve institutional and angel investors in venture deal execution and secondaries.

CANADA: St. John’s-based trophi.ai has raised a $3.3 million seed round led by Halifax venture capital fund Build Ventures and plans to use the money to hire 10 to 15 people, with a test version of its product boasting a 10,000-person waitlist.

Investing Women Angels (IWA), Scotland’s first all-female angel investment syndicate, has led a circa £200K equity investment round into merchandise technology platform developers Terrible*.

Terrible is a UK-based, full-service supply chain company which supports musical artists as well as video gaming, comedy and other creative industries in the UK, Europe and the US. The company creates, sources and delivers uniquely-designed, sustainably-produced merchandise relevant to their clients’ audiences which is sold both online and in-person at concerts and events internationally.

Who doesn't love a movie?  But have you ever thought about investing in film?

M and M Film Productions is currently fundraising to support its next growth phase so now could be your chance to get into film in a different way - as an investor. Check out their full investment advert on our Funding Pages website or click HERE.

Vertical Farming is a fast growing market and GrowPura is at the forefront of it...changing the future of vertical farming with its patented, industry-changing, scalable, automation system for vertical farmers.

The system reduces both capital and operational costs for farmers, as well as helping ensure consistently high quality crop production. Plus it uses far less energy that other systems, recycles the water it uses and eliminates pesticides.

The company is currently raising £2m to further develop its GrowPura VFS. Find out more and view the investment ad here

MADRID: Bullnet Capital, an independent Spanish venture capital investment firm, has led the first round of investment in Leapwave, a Technology Based Company from Carlos III University of Madrid, dedicated to the development of technology for high-frequency interconnections, as well as probes for characterization and inspection of high frequency electronic devices.

An online branded series presented by Innovate Finance has launched on BBC.com, highlighting the groundbreaking work fintechs are doing to help make finances more manageable and accessible for people across the world.

New research from the UK’s leading insurance premium finance company, Premium Credit, shows nearly five times more SMEs expect to see growth in revenues compared to those who expect revenues to shrink (please see the attached press release). 

There is still money out there, but less appetite for risk and greater demand for faster returns, says Sarra Mander, CMO of Small Robot Company (SRC), talking about the climate for agri-tech funding.

Homemove, an exciting young Norwich-based tech business, has secured funding through Anglia Capital Group as part of a £350,000 raise.

Founders Forum Group (FF Group), a global community and group of businesses supporting entrepreneurs at every stage of their journeys, has formally acquired Tech Nation.