1 March 

Online equity investment platform SyndicateRoom today announces the successful capital raise of £459,871 for Squirrel, which overfunded to 115% of its original £400,019 target. The fintech company has developed a personal financial management and savings app designed to help people regain control of their money.

1 March

Three quarters (74%) of tech entrepreneurs and business leaders are forecasting growth in 2017 according to recent research by Smith & Williamson, the accountancy, investment management and tax group.

1 March

Leading cyber-security software specialist ZoneFox, has today closed a £3.6 million Series A funding round. The round is led by Scottish business angel investment syndicate, Archangels, with co-investment from The Scottish Investment Bank, and TriCap and follows the £2.5 million in seed funding the company has taken since 2010.

1 March

HBAN (Halo Business Angel Network) set up 202 start-ups with angel investors in 2016. The all-island group is responsible for the promotion of business angel investment in Ireland and last year’s match-making efforts resulted in 50 relationships blossoming.

1 March 

BrickVest, the London-based online real estate investment platform, has raised £2 million. The company is backed by 44 angel investors. These investors include prominent real estate, finance and tech industry figures.

1 March 

New research from the AIC shows the top 20 VCTs up an average of 141% and paid an average tax free dividend of 87p per share.

28 February 

• Former Chief Executive of Zurich UK General Insurance, Guy Munnoch, joins as Chairman;
• Former HSBC Senior Executive Alan Hughes, joins as deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Director, and
• Anne Whitaker completes a trio of high-quality hires bringing 30 years' experience at EY together with other financial services and public sector roles as Chair of the Audit Committee and Independent Non-Executive Director;

28 February 

Dealflo, the leading provider of end-to-end financial agreement automation services, today announced a £10 million investment round, led by Holtzbrinck Ventures, with follow on investment from Notion Capital and participation from Frog Capital.

27 February 

Before joining BGF James spent five years at EY, most recently in the corporate finance team where he advised on a number of transactions including the sale of IPL to Civica and the acquisition of Transtank Pty by Western Global.

27 February 

Maven Capital Partners has completed a £6.5 million management buy-out of Healthpoint Limited, which sources and supplies healthcare and beauty products into the retail sector. The equity investment was funded through Maven’s co-investment network for professional clients ‘Investor Partners’, with debt and working capital funding provided by Barclays plc. 

27 February 

Members of the Co-Investor Circle (CIC) has completed a follow-on funding round into Push Doctor, Europe’s largest online GP marketplace.  CIC members have invested alongside Oxford Capital, Draper Esprit and Partech as part of a £3.5m round to support Push Doctor’s continued growth in the digital healthcare market.

https://www.pushdoctor.co.uk/ 

27 Februuary 

A recent study commissioned by online printing company, instantprint, which polled the time-keeping habits of 500 SME business owners, has revealed sub-optimal time management as a major barrier to business growth.