With the end of the tax year drawing near, time is running out for investors to make the most of this year’s £20,000 ISA allowance. With their strong long-term performance and income advantages, investors may like to consider investment companies for their stocks and shares ISA.

Business ideas devised by students from Université Paris-Saclay to be tested in Silicon Valley.

Specialist property peer-to-peer lender, CrowdProperty is launching its Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA). The tax-free product will be open initially to existing registered lenders who will be able to take advantage of this year’s ISA allowance of up to £20k and transfer existing ISA funds into the CrowdProperty ISA without affecting their allowance. 

The London Co-Investment Fund has partnered with several successful tech gurus who will offer support and guidance at business clinics to fast growing tech businesses within the London Co-Investment Fund.

HBAN (Halo Business Angel Network) has invested €300,000 in Kilkenny-based ND Sports Performance and its cloud-based hamstring assessment system products for hamstring injury prevention and improving athlete performance. The funding, which will lead to the creation of up to 10 new jobs, was led by HBAN’s South East Business Angel Network (SEBAN), with support from Enterprise Ireland.

HBAN has announced its first overseas partnership with the New York-based Digital Irish Angels (DIA) Syndicate. The collaboration with HBAN, was officially launched at an event in the Residence of the Consul General, Mr. Ciarán Madden, in New York City, this partnership will enable the syndicate to invest and support early stage Irish companies who have a US market focus.

Equitable venture firm Kindred Capital offers exceptional seed-stage entrepreneurs the opportunity to co-own the fund that invested in their business. The VC firm that it has closed its first seed fund of £80m.

Kindred Capital is based on equitable venture, a model that is completely unique in Europe - every backed entrepreneur becomes a co-owner of the fund that invested in them. After money has been returned to investors, 20% of the fund’s profits is shared out among founders.

This means all Kindred-backed founders are aligned with each other, economically incentivised to nurture and grow each other’s companies and the Kindred Capital ecosystem.

Dianomi, a native content marketing platform used by financial advertisers and tier one publishers, has received £6.3m patient capital investment to drive international expansion and support the growth of its team.

Foresight Group has been appointed equity fund manager for the Midlands Engine Investment Fund, as the British Business Bank launches up to £100 million of equity funding for the region, as part of the wider £250 million Midlands Engine programme.

Capitama, the direct private investment platform for sophisticated and professional investors, is publicly launching this week to give businesses and financial sponsors the opportunity to raise capital directly from private investors in a more efficient way than traditional channels.  

Users of deVere Crypto, the deVere Group’s trailblazing app launched only three weeks ago, can now also store, transfer and exchange Ripple (XRP) and Dash (DASH), alongside the existing cryptocurrencies on the app: Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and Litecoin (LTC).

OurCrowd, a leading global equity crowdfunding platform, has made Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies list for 2018. The top ten companies in Israel include OurCrowd, Insightec, which treats tremors with guided ultrasound; Zebra Medical Vision, which provides lifesaving AI scans at $1 apiece; and Airobotics, a global leader in fully automated industrial drones.