by David Yates | Nov 29, 2019 | Blog Post, business, fintech, Investment, Startup, Technlogy
The UK has pulled well ahead of its closest rivals Germany and France as a tech investment magnet, despite ongoing Brexit uncertainty. Investment in UK technology companies rose by nearly 50pc in 2019 to reach $11.12bn (£9.4bn) compared with $7.52bn last...
by David Yates | Nov 27, 2019 | Blog Post, business, Investment, Loan, Startup
Cashplus, one of Britain’s longest-established digital challenger banks, plans to lend £400m to small businesses over five years. Cashplus applied to become a full-blown bank last year and expects to be fully authorised in Q1 2020 with the aim of becoming the...
by David Yates | Nov 25, 2019 | Blog Post, business, fintech, Investment, PE/VC, Technlogy
MiddleGame Ventures, a fintech focused investment firm, announced a $165m fund targeting post-seed, series A and series B investments in Europe and North America. MGV’s Venture Fund I has achieved a first close of undisclosed amount from the Luxembourg Future Fund...
by David Yates | Oct 29, 2019 | Blog Post, business, EIS, fintech, Funding Project, Investment, PE/VC, SEIS, Startup, Technlogy
Hiring good talent is still the biggest obstacle for UK’s booming tech sector, with 80% still trying to hire the right staff, up 7% from last quarter, whilst access to capital is a close second with just over two thirds of tech entrepreneurs seeking to raise...
by David Yates | May 20, 2019 | Blog Post, business, Loan
4 Oceans Capital has teamed up with Capital on Tap to offer our growing network of small businesses fast access to additional working capital as and when they need it most. Not unlike 4 Oceans itself, Capital on Tap was founded in 2012, and is on a mission to help...
by David Yates | Apr 26, 2017 | Blog Post, business, fintech, Investment
Barclays has opened its flagship FinTech open innovation site, Rise London, in Shoreditch. Rise is Barclays’ programme which aims to combine a curated community of FinTech startups , corporate clients and other experts from across the world, to work on Barclays’...
