30 January 

Scaling up and not starting up is now the biggest challenge for technology businesses, according to the CEO of Mercia Technologies PLC, one of the most active investors in UK technology.

30 January

New research* by CIL Management Consultants conducted amongst 100 high performing mid-sized businesses with sector-leading levels of growth and profitability, shows that one third (33.5%) are actively focusing on US expansion as part of their post-Brexit growth strategy.

30 January

BGF, the UK’s leading growth capital investor, has invested £10m in Frontrow Energy Technology Group to support the company’s growth plans, alongside a £3m investment from the Group’s founders.

27 January 

• People aged 18-34 are four times more likely than over-55s to have money invested in a peer to peer platform
• One in four millennials have had P2P recommended to them by a friend
• Recent P2PFA figures show close to a £1billion (£844m) of new loans in the final quarter of 2016

27 January 

UK Bond Network, the alternative finance provider that specialises in structuring and distributing investment opportunities in secured corporate bonds, has moved a step closer to offering a tax-efficient individual savings account (ISA), having been authorised as an ISA manager by HMRC.

27 January 

Lending Works survey reveals that over 1 in 5 Brits think they will never be financially secure enough to retire …

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25 January

Data published today by the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) demonstrates continued confidence in the VCT sector.  Fundraising for the 2016/17 tax year to 31 December 2016 was 53% up on fundraising to 31 December in the 2015/16 tax year.

25 January 

Global Alternatives, an independent owner-operator of cross-border marketplaces for alternative investments, has announced the first deal open for crowdfunding on its re-launched Property Crowd platform.  The platform is offering professional investors and HNWIs an 11.2% IRR via investment in a Bond issue with pass-through exposure to a short-term senior loan. 

26 January

Angels in MedCity has supported London scale-up Jupiter Diagnostics to raise £1.6m to develop its reader, allowing anyone to perform quick, affordable blood tests. Invesors included the LBA EIS Roundtable Syndicate Fund 2016 and the London Co-Investment Fund (LCIF).

26 January 

Startup Funding Club is excited to announce that it has led an SEIS funding round of over £250k into Petalite Ltd and another of £150k into Kashing Ltd. The investments have been syndicated between members of the Startup Funding Club award-winning angel syndicate and the SFC SEIS Fund.

26 January

Astia Angels has closed its first Irish investment taking part in a €1.2 million seed fundidng of Dublin-based startup Soapbox Labs. 

26 January

Working with the management of Rentivo, MyVAN has helped fund Rentivo’s recent fundraise on Crowdcube, which overfunded by 30%.