Gooseberry Planet and Dem Dx seek £750K via the platform.

Bank of Ireland to Facilitate Competitive Start Fund Programme

A total of €500k in funding for Fintech start-ups is available from Enterprise Ireland, the government organisation responsible for the development and growth of Irish enterprises in world markets, through its Fintech-dedicated Competitive Start Fund (CSF).

StoriiCare, a new care sector startup, backed by investors who exited to the likes of iZettle and Fanduel, has just opened a fundraising campaign on the crowdfunding site Seedrs.

Go Banana, the UK’s first marketplace for building supplies, has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign via the Seedrs platform. Having already raised 34% of its £250k target, it is looking for those with a passion for the building industry to invest in its innovative online PropTech platform, one of the first of its kind worldwide.

Plum, the first Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered Facebook chatbot that helps consumers manage their personal finances today announces an equity crowdfunding raise on Seedrs to fund aggressive growth and expansion plans. 

Mobeus Equity Partners has provided £8 million to back the management buyout of Ludlow Wealth Management Group, an independently owned financial planning business in the North West of England.

MIP Diagnostics Ltd, a Midlands-based life sciences start-up that develops “plastic antibodies” for a variety of applications has received £300,000 of follow-on funding from Mercia Fund Management for working capital growth.

Startup Funding Club (SFC) has recently invested over £300K into three British startups: Curamicus, Dan Dan Digital, and Onkho. The early-stage companies operate in the healthcare, digital marketing, and fintech industries respectively. 

InMotion Ventures, the venture capital business powered by Jaguar Land Rover, has completed seed investments in four exciting mobility and transportation startups.  Early stage businesses By Miles, Dovu, Wluper and Zeelo join the Seed Programme and will spend six months working from InMotion HQ in London.

WiseAlpha, the UK’s first online lending platform that gives investors access to high yield institutional bond and loan investments, has overfunded its £500k target on Crowdcube by 258%, raising £1.29 million.

Four in 10 alternative asset managers have said they are under pressure to review their investment structures and potentially strengthen them in order to ensure they are BEPS-compliant, according to new research¹ commissioned by Intertrust, a leading global provider of high-value trust, fund and corporate services.

Nearly half (45%) of small businesses don’t have a cyber security plan for their business according to research by Smith & Williamson, the accountancy, investment management and tax group.*  The recent cyber attack crippled businesses around the globe.  However,  despite the well-publicised effect of what was a relatively low tech attack, recent research has indicated that many small businesses do not have a plan for their business should they find themselves in a similar situation.