GoStudent, the Vienna-based Ed-Tech scale-up which provides video-based online tutoring in 1-on-1 format, has hit unicorn status in less than 2.5 years since finding its current business model, following a successful Series C funding round of €205M. This comes just two months after the completion of GoStudent’s €70M Series B round. The Series C investment is led by DST Global with participation from additional new investors including SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Tencent, Dragoneer and existing investors Coatue, Left Lane Capital and DN Capital.

Navenio, the UK company that has pioneered indoor location-based artificial intelligence to revolutionise workflows and can double the throughput of hospital teams, has been successful in securing funding in the latest round of the Artificial Intelligence in Health and Care Award.

Foresight Group has made a £300,000 growth capital investment from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) into ReadyGo Diagnostics Limited, a start-up diagnostics business. 

UK-based healthtech firm Kiteline, formerly known as Liminal Health, has secured £370,000 in funding to meet the demand for support for those living with chronic conditions, including cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and, most recently, long COVID.

Palatine Private Equity has acquired a majority stake in Routes Healthcare, one of the North’s leading providers of specialist person-centred health and homecare services. Headquartered in the North-West, the business operates from 14 service centres, employing 120 operational and management staff, along with 1,000 carers.

F C Laser Limited has received a £1.5 million loan from Maven Capital Partners through the Midlands Engine Investment Fund and backed by the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS).

The business, which specialises in engineering and metal fabrication, is set to use the finance to purchase new technology and enable the automation and expansion of its two sites near Ilkeston in Derbyshire.

Puma VCT 13 – the thirteenth Venture Capital Trust (VCT) launched by fund manager Puma Investments – has completed an attractive buyout of its stake in a fast-growing direct cremations business.  

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Gannons Employment Law expert Alex Kennedy delves into the world of the gig economy and highlights some of the big issues that employers often face. 

Jenson Funding Partners has appointed Martin Punt as Portfolio Development Manager.