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Grant Thornton makes £22m tech investment in Geniac
Geniac, the UK start up taking the headache out of fast growth for small businesses, has announced investment of up to £22m from business advisors, Grant Thornton UK LLP.
Job search site Adzuna raises £1.5m via Crowdcube to ‘Get Britain Working’
Adzuna, the fastest-growing job search engine in Europe, which is backed by venture capital firms Index Ventures, The Accelerator Group and Passion Capital, has raised more than £1.5m through the UK’s leading equity crowdfunding platform, Crowdcube.
Big data product company, Digital Contact, secures $3.8million in funding
Big data specialist, Digital Contact, has announced that it has secured $3.8million (£2.4m) in funding, allowing the company to invest in cutting-edge technology to launch its new product.
Additional £2m funding package announced for My Parcel Delivery
My Parcel Delivery, the Manchester-based parcel delivery comparison website, has announced that a £2.0m investment package has been raised in addition to the £1.5m already secured for the company in 2014.
Thorntons bought by Ferrero for £112m
Chocolatiers Ferrero Rocher have agreed to buy UK chocolate company Thornton’s, in a deal worth £112m, after the confectioner suffered falling supermarket orders and announced the resignation of its chief executive.
The Food Assembly raises £6 million to fuel growth and innovation
The Food Assembly / La Ruche qui dit Oui! announced today it raised £6 million to continue to explore new areas for disrupting the food distribution industry and expand further internationally.
Health advice startup Nudjed secures £100,000 funding for App development
Welsh tech start-up brings total funding to £275,000 for solution which helps companies measure the wellbeing of their staff teams
ClickMechanic secures £320,000 to fix car repairs industry
London-based ClickMechanic, the online marketplace for car repairs, has today announced the closure of a financing round of £320,000 from angel investors led by former Just Eat CEO Klaus Nyengaard. The investment will be used to fuel ClickMechanic’s growth, make new hires and accelerate product innovation.
Bitcoin Capital attracts over $900k from investors in first few weeks on BnkToTheFuture
The price of Bitcoin is down, yet professional investors are flocking to Bitcoin businesses.
£1m raised by Sugru in 4 days on Crowdcube
Sugru, the world’s first mouldable ‘glue’, has proved a hit with the crowd; 1314 investors put in amounts ranging from £10 to £40,000, enabling the company to reach its £1 million funding target in just four days last week.
upmysport receives £1m in Angel CoFund backed funding
Government-backed fund invests in the tech startup that matches users to recommended sport and fitness instructors as Dame Kelly Holmes Trust joins company as a UK charity partner.
Trustpilot closes $73.5m funding round to continue global growth strategy
Online technology business generates one of the highest amounts of investment funds in Danish history.
Facebook buys British start-up Surreal Vision
Surreal Vision aims to make a computerised version of the world so real that users are unable to distinguish between the two
notonthehighstreet.com receives £6M Silicon Valley Bank loan to boost growth
notonthehighstreet.com, the UK’s largest curated online marketplace, has announced that it has secured a £6M term loan from Silicon Valley Bank. The funding will be used to provide additional liquidity as the business continues to grow.
