The Securities and Exchange Commission’s “steadfast yet proactive approach” on Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies shows the sector is increasingly mainstream, affirms the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial services organizations.

SIS Ventures is launching its first £5 million fund to back Scotland’s high impact enterprises.

Benefiting from both Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) relief and Social Investment Tax Relief (SITR), Impact First will offer investors a portfolio of between six and twelve high-growth potential, high-impact enterprises which aim to tackle a clearly identifiable social problem with a scalable and disruptive business solution.

In June 2016 the Uni.ed Kingdom voted to leave the European Union (EU). Nine months later, in March 2017, the new Prime Minister Theresa May formally triggered the process by sending an Article 50 notification to Brussels.

MediSieve Ltd, the team behind an innovative blood filtration device, are happy to announce the company has received over £1.75 million in funding.

The cash influx has come from a mix of both old and new investors – reflecting the growing confidence in the potential of the device. The medical device company is best known for their magnetic blood filtration technology, a revolutionary new approach to targeting blood-borne diseases by magnetically filtering specific disease-causing components from the bloodstream. The device is being tested for the treatment of Malaria, Sepsis and Leukaemia.

Loot™, the blockchain protocol and crypto-asset generated by player skill in video games, is being adopted by Trendy Entertainment, the video game developer behind the Dungeon Defenders franchise, to integrate its unique blockchain solution into the rewards system of Dungeon Defenders II. The Loot protocol is in development with a goal of release in Q1 2019. Trendy plans to be the first to integrate the solution once the protocol is released.

Technology-enabled homecare start-up Cera has raised $17m in Series A funding, just a year and half after launching. 

1. Mindset for start-up sales 
2. Set out the key areas to consider in putting together your first GTM
3. Outlined how to connect with customers as people

Now we’ll hear from the CEO of one of our Portfolio companies – Aimbrain – on how we worked together on GTM and sales strategy that has transformed the way they engage with their customers. The process has helped the company rethink its approach to the core market for its Biometric Identity Platform.

Here, CEO and co-founder Andrius Sutas explains the impact this has had on the business:

TriSpan, a global Private Equity firm, is pleased to announce that Rising Stars, its dedicated restaurant platform, has acquired a majority investment in Rosa’s Thai Cafe, the fast-growing UK-based Thai restaurant group. 

Bidstack, the in-game advertising software company which raised £137,000 via Crowdcube in December 2015, is seeking to list its shares on AIM via a Reverse Takeover (RTO) of Kin Group Plc.

Target Global, a Berlin-based international venture capital fund with $600m assets under management, is launching a dedicated fund to invest in next-generation mobility and transportation.

MiAlgae, a student-launched startup that aims to revolutionise the animal and fish feed industries with microalgae made from the co-products of whisky, has received £500,000 from investors.

The company, founded by Douglas Martin while a masters student at the University of Edinburgh in 2015-16, grows algae rich in omega-3 and other nutrients using co-products from the whisky distillation process.