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UKs leading entrepreneurs and business owners tell us the secrets of their business success

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James Caan makes £5.1m investment in recruitment app

21 May 201828 March 2022 News, Success stories Business Matters 0 Comments

Debut, the London-based early careers mobile app that connects candidates with employers, has announced that its ‘smart data’ technology has attracted a further £5.1m investment from former dragon and recruitment entrepreneur James Caan CBE

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PayPal agrees to buy payments startup iZettle in $2.2B deal

17 May 201818 May 2018 News, Success stories Business Matters 0 Comments

PayPal has confirmed that it is buying Stockholm-based payments provider iZettle for $2.2 billion in an all-cash deal.

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AnyDesk raises €6.5M to reinvent the remote desktop experience

15 May 2018 Success stories Business Matters 0 Comments

Anydesk, the fastest and most seamless remote desktop offering for today’s workforce, has raised a €6.5 million Series A round.

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Downing Ventures commits £2M funding for cashless payment startup Glownet

26 April 201826 April 2018 Success stories Business Matters 0 Comments

Glownet, a global market leader in cashless payment technology for the live events industry, has secured £2 million funding from venture capital firm Downing Ventures, as it eyes US expansion and further development to its payment technology.

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Revolut raises $250 million & increases valuation to $1.7 billion

26 April 2018 Success stories Business Matters 0 Comments

Revolut, the digital banking alternative, has today raised an additional $250m in funding that will see the London-based fintech increase its valuation 5x in less than a year to $1.7 billion – becoming one of the fastest tech companies in Europe to reach unicorn status.

Lightfoot CEO Mark Roberts

Lightfoot first to secure £1 million loan from Innovate UK

24 April 2018 Get Funded, Success stories Business Matters 0 Comments

Innovative new funding will support research and development as company looks to reach and inspire a new generation of better drivers

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Australian startup Control Bionics wins Pitch@Palace Commonwealth

19 April 20186 April 2022 News, Success stories Business Matters 0 Comments

Last night, The Duke of York announced Control Bionics, an Entrepreneur from Australia, as the winner of the inaugural Pitch@Palace Commonwealth.

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Oxford student-founded Aula raises $4.2M to transform digital infrastructure in education

18 April 201818 April 2018 Success stories Business Matters 0 Comments

Aula, a startup that has worked with students and educators at universities to develop a communication platform for education, today announces the close of its $4.2M Seed funding round.

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Feast It Secures £680,000 Investment

4 April 20183 April 2018 Success stories Business Matters 0 Comments

Feast It, the first end-to-end booking platform connecting the UK to the ‘hottest’ food & drink scene has secured £680,000 investment.

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Andy Murray invests undisclosed amounts into UK fintech companies Investly & Landbay

4 April 20184 April 2018 Success stories Business Matters 0 Comments

The two-time Wimbledon champion has backed the two businesses as part of his strategic relationship with Seedrs, which has seen him invest in over 30 British businesses.

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RBS acquires SME could accounting company FreeAgent in £50M deal

29 March 2018 Success stories Business Matters 0 Comments

Cloud accounting platform FreeAgent has agreed to a takeover bid from Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).

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SuperCarers Closes £3.8m Investment on journey to changing care sector for good

27 March 201827 March 2018 Success stories Business Matters 0 Comments

SuperCarers, the online care platform, has announced the close of a £3.8m investment round, led by Mobeus Equity Partners with participation from existing investors and Seneca Partners.

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Scottish wood-fired oven producer Uuni secures nationwide John Lewis listing

21 March 2018 Success stories Business Matters 0 Comments

The Scottish-based creator of the world’s first portable wood-fired pizza oven, Uuni, has expanded their offering at John Lewis with their Uuni 3 outdoor pizza oven and accessories now stocked at all John Lewis department stores and At Home shops across the UK.

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Ex-Dragon James Caan partners with Faisal Butt to back new real estate venture

12 March 201812 March 2018 News, Success stories Business Matters 0 Comments

Entrepreneurs Faisal Butt and James Caan are backing a new UK real estate investment company.

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Spotify plans New York public share listing

28 February 201823 October 2021 News, Success stories Business Matters 0 Comments

Spotify, the world’s biggest music streaming service, has filed paperwork to start trading its shares publicly on the New York Stock Exchange.

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