Maven Capital Partners has been appointed to manage the £27 million North East Development Capital Fund, which will provide equity, debt and mezzanine funding of between £400,000 and £2 million to established businesses.

Tech entrepreneurs can expect to spend around £380,000 over the first year of a new venture according to new research from QuoteMyEnergy which looks at how much it costs to be a tech entrepreneur. 

Amberside Capital and CH1 Investment Partners have joined forces to launch an innovative crowd bond platform, offering early-bird ISA investors 6.75% a year over four years.

The Amberside Asset Lending Platform (ALP) will invest in high-yielding private debt in infrastructure projects, examples of which include solar parks, grid support facilities and hydroponics projects.

Erin Platts, Head of Relationship Banking, EMEA at Silicon Valley Bank UK discusses this important issue. 

Touch Biometrix, a UK company aiming to change the way we interact with technology for user authentication are pleased to announce they have received seed investment from Deepbridge Capital.

LNC Therapeutics, a French biotech company specializing in research and development for gut microbiome-based drugs, has announced the appointment of Dr. Georges Rawadi as its new CEO.  Jean-Luc Treillou, his predecessor, will become Chairman of the Board of Directors on July 1st.

National law firm Shoosmiths has advised long standing clients Octopus Investments on its multi-million pound funding into office catering company City Pantry.

Kuber Ventures has produced the third in a series of short animations providing an educational insight into investing in EIS. The third highlights the flexibility of EIS and SEIS as tax planning tools.

Zelluna Immunotherapy, the biotechnology company specializing in T-cell receptor (TCR) immunotherapies targeting a broad range of solid cancers with a high unmet medical need, has announced the appointment of Arjan Roozen as chief technology officer (CTO). 

Triodos Bank, a global leader in sustainable banking, has raised over £7 million for five organisations delivering positive social and environmental impact on its crowdfunding platform in the three months since it launched.  Triodos Crowdfunding, which opened to investors in January, enables people to invest directly in equity or bonds issued by established charities or businesses which have been extensively screened by Triodos for the viability of their business model and the credibility of the management team.

Pharmacy2U, the UK’s largest NHS online pharmacy, has secured a further £40 million investment to support the rapid growth of its online 

KPMG VC Venture Pulse for AQ1 2018 shows that venture capital investment in the UK slowed in the first quarter of 2018, following a huge Q4’17, which saw over $2.8 billion invested.