Celonis, the global market leader in process mining software, has raised $50 million in Series B funding from existing investors Accel and 83North, which values the company at $1 billion. Celonis has outpaced its growth targets since its June 2016 $27.5 million Series A funding and has been a profitable company every year since its inception.

uMotif, the data capture company putting patients at the centre of clinical research, has raised £2.4 million in its latest funding round led by Albion Capital, the leading independent investment manager, along with several angel investors.

Lithuanian Business Angels Network (LitBAN), together with Co-Investment Fund “Koinvesticinis Fondas”, announced the first official investment in a Lithuanian startup. A unique investment of 100K EUR will go to Oxipit, a startup developing innovative diagnostic tools that allow to recognize cancer and other pathologies in radiograms using AI.

Maven Capital Partners has completed a £1.6 million investment in BioAscent Discovery Limited, an integrated drug discovery services business. The funding will enable BioAscent to significantly expand its service offering, adding complementary chemistry and biology services and capitalise on the growing trend towards the outsourcing of drug discovery activities. The funding will support the creation of 10 new jobs, including in highly skilled scientific positions, and fund additional laboratory space.

Seedrs announces record levels of trading in its first year operating a secondary market and what’s next for the product. In the twelve months since launch, the platform has seen impressive demand for shares in its portfolio companies. In the process, Seedrs has achieved 2,990 investor exits in what was previously an illiquid asset class.

Until Seedrs launched its secondary market, the long-term nature of early stage private equity meant that shares tend to be illiquid and investors would have to wait for an exit event such as an IPO or a sale of the business before seeing any returns on their investment.

Mobeus Equity Partners has led the £5 million Series B, investing £3.6 million, with participation from all MyTutor’s existing high-profile angel investors

MYCS, the European leader in personalised furniture ecommerce, has raised €10m to expand its international footprint and to provide an immersive customisation experience for its users.

Beringea, the international growth capital investor, has led the Series B funding round, alongside Zimmerman Investments and existing shareholders.

Start-up Funding Club COO, Angelika Burawska, highlights 3 rules that successful entrepreneurs should follow at any stage of a business's development.

The Community Interest Company ‘Led By Dreams’ (LBD) is the recipient of the third launchpad loan from the Health & Wellbeing Challenge Fund (South West) (H&WCF) managed by social impact investment company Resonance.  The £10K loan will enable the enterprise to expand its programme of educational workshops to NHS medical teams and others in the frontline, so they can recognise the signs of domestic abuse and signpost victims to supporting organizations.

As the CBI’s annual MSB Summit returns for 2018, Chris Manson urges businesses to embrace exporting opportunities to help them succeed in the current political and economic climate.

CW (Cambridge Wireless) has launched its annual Discovering Start-Ups competition. Now in its 9^th year, this event connects promising technology entrepreneurs to the investor community in an event that nurtures the next generation of technology business talent and identifies solutions that will define the connected world of the future.

BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) has appointed Link Asset Services as the debt servicer for its new SME Alternative Financing platform.