The “James Bond” bond is available  for investors on WiseAlpha, the UK’s leading online investment platform for secured institutional debt (www.wisealpha.com).  The Aston Martin (UK) secured bond offers a current yield of 5.5%, with the next interest payment due on 15th October 2017, and interest will be paid to investors every six months, until 15th April 2022.

NowWeComply has re-branded to autologyx. The re-brand follows the evolution of the company’s proprietary SaaS platform to enable businesses to realise the benefits of intelligent Robotic Process Automation (iRPA) across complex operations, without the need for seven figure budgets and extensive teams of consultants, which has been the case to date.

Cambridge Capital Group and its sister overseas chapter, CCG International, have invested more than £1.5m this year to date, in six new investments, with a seventh in legals.

YEAY, an m-commerce platform using video to redefine shopping, has closed its convertible round of funding, raising a total of $4.9 million in seed funding to date. Funding from a number of angel investors and venture capitalists is being used to develop a breadth of new product features, to reach a wider global audience and gain more traction with ‘Generation Z’.

InMotion, Jaguar Land Rover’s mobility services business, today announced a $25m (£19m) investment in Lyft, the fastest-growing rideshare company in the U.S.

Octopus Ventures is celebrating its tenth anniversary this month. Founded in 2007 with an initial fund of just £30 million, investing £10 million a year, Octopus Ventures now manages in excess of £660 million and invests £100 million per year.

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Startups can apply to be specifically matched with corporates in first phase of new model for business creation and acceleration backed up some of the world's biggest brands and business leaders.

UltraSoC today announces the completion of a £5m ($6.4m) funding round to drive continued deployment of its technology and realize its vision of embedding intelligent analytics capabilities into every chip. Atlante Tech leads a strong line up of new investors including Enso Ventures, Oxford Capital, and successful CEO and serial entrepreneur Guillaume d'Eyssautier, who join existing investors Octopus Ventures and South East Seed Fund (FSE Group).

Edinburgh-based manufacturers of powerful micro compressors, Vert Rotors, won the ‘Venture-Backed Management Team of the Year Award’ at the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA) Awards at the Balmoral Hotel last night.

InMotion Ventures, the venture capital business powered by Jaguar Land Rover, has partnered with global startup ecosystem Techstars.  InMotion will be working closely with the Techstars Mobility programme, based in Detroit. Launched in 2015, Techstars Mobility has to date invested in 22 mobility and transportation startups from all over the globe, collectively valued in excess of $100 million.

Draper Esprit announced this week that it has rasied a further £160 million to invest in Europe's best start-ups. The capital will be deployed over one year, rather than five, enabling Draper Esprit to realise its vision of providing long term, patient capital to help the best entrepreneurs build businesses that compete globally.

Reading University-based KYMIRA, a startup company developing energy-harvesting technology for performance enhancing sportswear and wearable devices in the medical and domestic healthcare markets, has closed its pre-seed funding round of £121k. The round was led by several members of Henley Business Angels (HBA), with participation of existing investors.