by David Yates | May 5, 2017 | Blog Post, EIS, fintech, Investment, SEIS
Yieldify, a London, UK-based marketing experience company, raised $6m in its second funding round. The round was led by Binomial Ventures with participation from John Giuliani, CEO of digital marketing leader Conversant, who has also joined the Yieldify board as...
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’...
by David Yates | Apr 4, 2017 | Blog Post, EIS, Investment, PE/VC
The Angel CoFund, a London, UK-based venture capital fund launched with an initial Government-backed funding of £50m has announced its main results culminating with the celebration of its fifth birthday. With its mandate remaining to back the best UK-based high...
by David Yates | Mar 5, 2017 | Blog Post, Investment, PE/VC, SEIS
Stormburst Studios, a Birmingham, UK-based startup which develops game-inspired software for business use, raised £150k in seed funding from Mercia Fund Management. Co-founded by Derry Holt and James Heath, Stormburst Studios provides OneUp, which allows sales teams...
by David Yates | Mar 1, 2017 | Blog Post, EIS, Investment, SEIS
Raising capital from business angels and private investors isn’t as easy as some people think There’s no question about it: Raising funding for a start-up from angel investors or venture capitalists is hard. Some entrepreneurs seem to think that investors should be...
by David Yates | Jan 11, 2017 | Blog Post, business, EIS, Investment, PE/VC, SEIS
Companies currently raising rounds of venture investment are inevitably learning some hard truths. Primarily, VC money isn’t as readily available as in previous years, and for the companies that are receiving funding, they’re finding that the terms are becoming...
