Imperial College Business School’s Full-Time MBA has been recognised by the Financial Times as the world’s top programme for female graduates working in finance. This position was determined by the Financial Times in their 2018 Top MBA’s for Finance rankings.

Warren Buffett’s comments on cryptocurrencies highlight how he needs to be educated on the future of money, affirms the boss of one of the world’s largest independent financial services organizations.

Kalray, a pioneer in processors for new intelligent systems, announced two new investors: Alliance Ventures, the venture capital fund of Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi, and Bpifrance as part of Definvest, the investment fund managed on behalf of the French Ministry of the Armed Forces. This transaction amounts to 10M€, including existing and new shareholders; this is the second tranche of the 23.6M€ funding through Safran Corporate Ventures, the Asian investment fund Pengpai, and the long-standing shareholders ACE Management, CEA Investissement, EurekaP! and Inocap Gestion.

Have you ever wondered what investors are looking for when deciding whether to invest in an equity crowdfunding campaign? What makes the difference in their decision to invest or not? The answers to these questions depend a lot on their motivations behind investing via crowdfunding.

InvestCloud Inc., a global FinTech firm, has announced Silicon Beach-based NameDrop Solutions, Inc., as the latest tech firm to enter its Los Angeles Innovation Center. The startup is using the space to bring its data sharing platform to market.

Esme Loans, the digital lending platform for SMEs and scale up businesses launched by NatWest last year, has announced plans to grow its lending business following the success of its pilot. 

A team of students from Imperial College Business School have collaborated to create and launch the School’s first student-led investment fund.

C5 Capital, the investment specialist firm focused on cyber security, cloud computing and artificial intelligence, has announced that its led an $78 million investment round with a $35 million investment in IronNet Cybersecurity, a leading provider of state-of-the art cybersecurity solutions. The new funds will be used to support IronNet’s strategic growth and to continue accelerating the development and adoption of its industry-leading cybersecurity solutions.

Scale-up superfood brand, Creative Nature, based in Surrey and born out of the founder’s frustration 

CapitalRise has closed a £2 million seed funding round from the family of renowned banking entrepreneur Rana Kapoor, founder of India’s fourth largest private bank.  Launched 19 months ago, CapitalRise enables individual and corporate investors to provide finance for Prime Central London property developers with a minimum investment of just £1,000, earning returns of 8-12% per annum through its Innovative Finance ISA.

When you’re working amongst all the suits in the city you sit there and think about the world of startups. A world where everyone wears jeans and has creative chats on brightly coloured soft furnishings and sips on artisan coffee in meetings… The cliché. Joking aside there is obviously so much more; the good, the fascinating and the challenging.

Cumbrian-based Appleby Creamery, an artisan cheese maker has secured a £250,000 loan from the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF), in a deal financed by NPIF – FW Capital Debt Finance.