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Menswear styling tech startup Thread raises $22m

16 October 201816 October 2018 Success stories Business Matters 0 Comments

Fast fashion startup Thread will today close its series B funding round at $22m (£16.7m).

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Darktrace raises $50M in new funding round

16 October 201816 October 2018 Success stories Business Matters 0 Comments

Darktrace, the world’s leading AI company for cyber defense, has today announced that it has raised $50 million in funding at a valuation of $1.65 billion.

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British Growth Fund invests £2m in high-growth HeleCloud

9 October 2018 Success stories Business Matters 0 Comments

HeleCloud, an IT consultancy and managed services provider specialising in highly sophisticated Cloud strategy, implementation, migration and operation services, has received a £2m minority investment from BGF

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Crowdcube acquires business reporting software Supdate in all cash deal

10 September 201810 September 2018 Get Funded, Success stories Business Matters 0 Comments

Equity crowdfunding platform, Crowdcube has announced the acquisition of business reporting software company Supdate.

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£1.5M digital pharmacy powered by robots & AI to create 30 jobs

17 August 201817 August 2018 Success stories Business Matters 0 Comments

Thirty jobs are to be created through a new £1.5m digital Pharmacy opened in Liverpool, aimed at helping people living with chronic care conditions to manage their medicinal needs through artificial intelligent mobile app ‘Now Patient’.

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The Greater Manchester Loan Fund invests £500,000 in a leading supplier of design-led furniture

16 August 201815 July 2025 Get Funded, Success stories Business Matters 0 Comments

One-stop furnishing solution for the residential property sector will create eight new jobs following investment

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Downing Crowd raises £1.2m bond for onshore wind project

4 August 2018 Success stories Business Matters 0 Comments

The Downing Crowd platform has successfully raised £1.2 million to support a small-scale wind turbine site in Scotland, owned and operated by C&G Renewables Limited. 

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Startup Funding Club invests £570K into Blue Skies Space alongside London Co-Investment Fund 

30 July 20187 November 2022 Success stories Business Matters 0 Comments

Startup Funding Club (SFC) has invested in Blue Skies Space Ltd, a pioneering UK company providing access to space science data from low-cost space missions.

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By Miles pay-as-you-drive car insurance provider raises £1m

25 July 201825 July 2018 Success stories Business Matters 0 Comments

By Miles, which offers pay-as-you-drive car insurance, has raised £1m in Seed round.

Care Sourcer

Care Sourcer lands £8.5m in largest Series A round for Scottish digital tech firm

25 July 201825 July 2018 Success stories Business Matters 0 Comments

Care Sourcer has closed a £8.5m funding round – the largest ever Series A funding round to be received by a digital tech company in Scotland.

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Guild raises $1.2m to provide a professional alternative to WhatsApp

25 July 2018 Success stories Business Matters 0 Comments

Messaging app Guild has raised $1.2m (£880,000) in Seed funding. Guild is a messaging app for private professional groups.

Nanopsis

LIG Nanowise completes £2.6m seed funding round

25 July 2018 Success stories Business Matters 0 Comments

Investment contributes to the commercialisation of the world’s most powerful light microscope and the development of further products utilising the company’s platform microsphere lens technology.

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Former TransferWise & MarketInvoice employees raise £300K to launch tax preparation startup

9 July 201828 October 2021 Success stories Business Matters 0 Comments

TaxScouts combines automation and accountants, bringing personalised online tax preparation to market at a fraction of the normal cost

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AndCo raises £800,000 funding to turn bars & restaurants into daytime co-working spaces

2 July 2018 Success stories Business Matters 0 Comments

AndCo, London’s new workspace subscription service, is delighted to announce it has raised £800,000 in private seed funding.

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Metaboards secures $5 million in funding led by Oxford Sciences Innovation

13 June 20181 March 2023 Success stories Business Matters 0 Comments

Oxford-based metamaterials start-up Metaboards has announced an investment of $5 million led by science equity investor Oxford Sciences Innovation (OSI).

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