James Murdoch gives his expert view on the Republic purchase of Seedrs.

Back a fast growing UK tech company. NewPath is seeking £500k from angel investors following a £1m equity fund raise.

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Software company, Modern Democracy has secured a £700,000 investment round to facilitate further growth in the UK and international markets.

Bristol-based Anaphite, which is developing new technology to improve batteries for electric vehicles, has raised just under £1 million from Wealth Club clients under the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS). The funding was part of Anaphite’s latest £4.1 million funding institutional round, with Wealth Club taking 20% of the raise. Blue Wire Capital, OION, Zero Carbon Capital, Silicon Roundabout Ventures and Deeptech Labs, who are highly regarded as an accelerator for deep tech companies, have also invested.

Economic Intelligence Wales has published its annual report for the 2021/22 financial year, with a challenging immediate future predicted for businesses operating in Wales.

Mavenoid, the leading hardware support platform, has secured $30 million in a Series B financing round led by Smedvig Capital. Previous investors, Creandum, Mosaic, and Point Nine Capital, as well as new investors NordicNinja, ABB Technology Ventures, and financing partner SVB UK, also participated in the round.

Thalamos, a platform digitising the Mental Health Act has raised a $1million (£900k) Seed Round, backed by Ascension's Conduit Impact EIS Fund, Angels including Syndicate Room, and a private Seedrs crowdfund. 

Ryft, the revolutionary PSD2 compliant payments system, has raised a large seed round, led by SFC Capital, the UK’s most active seed-stage investor. Additional investors include the ex-founder of Shutterstock and the founder of LoveFilm. Ryft enables automated next day payouts for marketplace businesses and their merchants, for a single flat fee per transaction.

Emotions have a strong influence on purchasing decisions. Because of the growing popularity of assets with a strong focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals, scholars decided to look at what role emotions can play in determining people’s preference for sustainable investments.

Republic, the U.S. based private investment firm which operates the Republic investment platform, has announced the successful completion of the acquisition of Seedrs, Europe’s leading online private investment platform.

Ahead of the Accelerating Investment & Innovation Summit, taking place on Tuesday 13th September, Jordan Dargue, Head of Access to Finance at Innovation SuperNetwork, argues that, although the North East is brimming with investment opportunities, innovative businesses continue to find it hard to raise finance, and considers what can be done to attract more investors to the region.

The North East is brimming with investment opportunities. So why do we still see less investment in our innovative businesses? asks Jordan Dargue, Head of Access to Finance at Innovation SuperNetwork.

MiAlgae, an Edinburgh-based biotechnology start-up, has secured further investment of £2.3m to help drive the next stage of its growth journey.