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 20, 2017 | Blog Post
Congratulations to Sebastian Lewis and the team at Mettrr Technologies which has become the first company to provide financial returns for its crowd investors through a secondary share sale on Crowdcube. Investors, who backed the tech startup in 2012, received a 9x...
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 4, 2017 | Blog Post
Specialist direct lender Beechbrook Capital has held a final close of its UK SME Credit fund with commitments in excess of £150m and has completed two new investments. Led by Jon Herbert, Beechbrook managing director, Beechbrook Capital UK SME Credit I backs small and...
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...
