UK’s largest fixed cost online estate agency eMoov.co.uk has received a significant by closing a £1.5m funding round led by London venture capital firm Episode 1.
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Money Dashboard raises further £2.5m in funding led by Calculus Capital
Money Dashboard, the personal finance platform, has announced that it raised a further £2.5 million between August and November last year, bringing the total funding raised by the company to £5.2million ($8.3m) in 12 months.
Automotive component supplier VTL Group secures new funding from BGF
VTL Group, a manufacturer of precision engineered components for the automotive industry, has received a further £1.5m investment from growth capital provider BGF, alongside loan funding from HSBC.
Drinks are on us as UBREW secures £112,000 crowd funding round
The London-based brewery pop-up UBREW has raised £112,000 on crowdfunding platform Crowdcube.
Octopus Investments, Jon Moulton & Ed Wray combine to back property venture
A new and innovative way for people to invest in the UK residential property market has emerged, with the launch of crowdfunding platform, Property Partner.
Legal tech startup Lexoo raises £260,000 to boost impressive post launch growth
Lawyer-matching service Lexoo has secured £260k from startup catalyst Forward Partners and Jonathan McKay, chairman of JustGiving.
Restaurant app Zomato acquires Urbanspoon to enter the US & Australia
Zomato, the restaurant search app, announced today that it has acquired Urbanspoon for an undisclosed amount in an all-cash deal. The acquisition marks Zomato’s entry into the United States and Australia.
Health tech startup Nudjed attracts a century of experience with advisors
Nudjed starts 2015 with fast-growth New Year’s resolutions in wake of Welsh Government investment and Superdrug partnership
Appear Here, UK’s largest retail space online marketplace raises $7.5M
Appear Here, the UK’s largest online marketplace for retail space, announced today that it had raised $7.5 million of new funding, in a round led by Balderton Capital, Europe’s leading venture capital firm.
Recruitment portal Hiring Hub raises further £425k to boost global expansion
Manchester based Hiring Hub has just completed a growth capital fundraise of £425,000 in under six weeks with VentureFounders, the new UK-based equity crowdfunding platform.
Spotify curation startup Playlists.net is bought by major label
British website will now sit within Warner Music Group’s WEA division, as record labels get serious about playlists
Yourparkingspace celebrates £250,000 funding round with NCP partnership
YourParkingSpace.co.uk, the online parking and garage marketplace, has announced it has signed a 15-month partnership with leading UK car parking business, National Car Parks (NCP).
Ex-Apprentice star raises £1.5m to take on Dyson with eco hand dryer
Ex-Apprentice star aims to take on James Dyson as Syed Ahmed’s technology company Savortex completes a £1.5m funding round to develop a range of smart, environmental hand dryers for customers including RBS, British Airways & Marriott
First three investments from £50 million Cambridge Cluster fund announced
Cambridge Innovation Capital (CIC), an investor in high-growth technology companies in the Cambridge cluster, has completed its first investments from a £50 million fund, backing three companies that address rapidly growing market opportunities in the areas of cloud-based video archiving, grid-scale energy management and generative music composition.
Secrets of success: Richard Fossett
Richard Fossett is CEO of TradeRiver Finance Ltd, an online funding solution that brings together the key components of trade finance into a single, digital process.
