15 March

LivingLens, a software provider of video mining and analytics technologies, has announced a further £1.3m in funding. Participating in the round is the Angel CoFund, angel investors from LivingLens’ 2014 involvement in the Collider Accelerator programme, plus further angels including successful marketeers and ex-city financiers.

15 March 

MMC Ventures has announced significant senior appointments, most notably promoting two new partners - Simon Menashy and Ameerul Miah, who also becomes Chief Operating Officer. MMC has also added to its executive team with Victoria Ferguson becoming General Counsel and Anna Slemmings stepping up to the role of Director of Marketing and Investor Relations.

14 March 

• Over £40m invested in to campaigns presented on the platform since launch in late 2014
• 85% of the portfolio has institutional backing from leading venture capital firms
• 87% of all businesses put forward on the platform have had successful campaigns
• Strong portfolio performance with first monetisation event expected in 2018

13 March 

Streetbees, a global research platform that is being used by the world’s biggest consumer companies, has raised $5.1 million in Seed funding to date. BGF Ventures led the round and early investors including Octopus Ventures and LocalGlobe also participated.

13 March 

Payfont, the UK’s next-generation cybersecurity innovator, is in early trials of its breakthrough solutions for online identity protection and data privacy. The company, headquartered in Edinburgh, is tipped as one of the UK’s next high-growth stars...

10 March 

Cloud.IQ, has raised £4M Series A funding round, led by London based pan European fund Nauta Capital and advised by Armada Ventures. Finance Wales also participated in the round, alongside existing investors Juno Capital.

9 March 

Technology breakthroughs announced for startups incubated by VN Capital Partners and supported by the UK government's SEIS and EIS tax reliefs for alternative investments.

9 March

VN-H Power Generation Ltd (VN-HPG), a UK energy start-up, today announced a technology breakthrough with the potential to turn loss-making gas-fired power stations back to profit and greatly reduce their environmental impact, making them once more commercially viable for operators and a realistic contributor to national power generation strategies.

8 March  

Innovation Birmingham will host this year’s annual Blockconf UK event at the landmark iCentrum building, an event in collaboration with regional blockchain technology investment club, Decrypto.

7 March

BrickVest, the London based online real estate investment platform, has announced the launch of its first commercial real estate debt investment opportunity in partnership with Venn Partners, a leading investment manager of real estate and other asset-backed loans.

8 March

Blu Wireless Technology Ltd, the leading supplier of semiconductor and system IP for millimetre wave (mmWave) and high bandwidth wireless communications markets, has received a significant investment from ARM and other strategic and private investors. 

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).