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ParkBee closes €5 million funding round to ease the stress of parking in UK cities

26 February 201825 February 2018 Success stories Business Matters 0 Comments

ParkBee, a tech startup with smart technology to open up private car parks to the public, has announced it closed €5 million in funding to scale its business in the UK.

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London energy tech platform receives £3M investment to help streamline corporate energy contract & procurement market

8 February 20188 February 2018 Success stories Business Matters 0 Comments

Energy tech firm – Open Energy Market – has closed a £3million investment round from Calculus Capital to help further develop its online trading platform for the management of energy contracts.

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Comfortably done: Lightful gets £4m from backers including Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason

6 February 2018 Success stories Business Matters 0 Comments

Lightful, a social media and campaign management tool for charities and social enterprises, has secured £4m in Series A funding.

ecommerce

E Fundamentals secures £2.5 million Series A finance round

5 February 20185 February 2018 Success stories Business Matters 0 Comments

E Fundamentals, the London and Edinburgh-based eCommerce analytics and insight business announced it has completed a £2.5m Series A round of financing.

Divorce

Divorce app amicable raises nearly £500,000 to help reduce the cost & stress of parting ways

15 December 201715 December 2017 News, Success stories Business Matters 0 Comments

Amicable, an app which has developed a unique approach to help couples get divorced without having to pay lawyers, has raised almost £500,000 in funding.

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Apple set to buy Shazam in $400M deal

9 December 2017 News, Success stories Business Matters 0 Comments

Apple is close to acquiring Shazam, the popular app that lets people identify any song, TV show, film or advert in seconds

Hiring Hub co-founder Simon Swan

Recruitment disrupter Hiring Hub raises £1.4M

16 November 201710 April 2021 Success stories Business Matters 0 Comments

The online marketplace helps companies find and work with trusted recruitment agencies has raised new investment in a round led by Maven Capital Partners, on behalf of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.

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Europe’s top travel tech start-ups to watch

19 September 201710 April 2021 Success stories Business Matters 0 Comments

With 200 travel tech businesses attracting £2.5 billion of funding in 2016 and more than three quarters of UK holidaymakers booking a holiday online during 2016, the travel tech industry is booming.

UniCribs

University Cribs announces £450,000 seed funding with angel investors‎

19 September 201719 September 2017 Success stories Business Matters 0 Comments

University Cribs, the online platform for student property rental, announces today the completion of their seed funding round.

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TransferWise founders to rake in millions from first share sales

19 September 201719 September 2017 News, Success stories Business Matters 0 Comments

TransferWise’s founders will sell some of their shares when it raises funds valuing it at $1.6bn (£1.2bn).

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OfferMoments receives £1.5m investment for new disruptive advertising product

18 September 20174 March 2024 Success stories Business Matters 0 Comments

OfferMoments, the world’s most innovative advertising platform, has received a £1.5 million injection to fund a brand new project that will revolutionise Out-Of-Home (OOH) advertising.

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Heist Studios, the reinventor of tights, raises £2m to disrupt underwear sector

18 September 201718 September 2017 Success stories Business Matters 0 Comments

One of the few modern luxury brands to be found outside New York, London-based Heist Studios, the reinventor of tights, has raised £2m from the leading venture investors in the online fashion space.

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Unacademy Raises $11.5M in funding led by Sequoia India & SAIF Partners

18 September 201718 September 2017 Success stories Business Matters 0 Comments

India’s largest learning platform Unacademy today announced the close of a $11.5M Series B round of funding led by Sequoia India and SAIF Partners.

renewable energy

Labrador announces exciting energy breakthrough to chase energy switching deals with smart technology

18 September 201718 September 2017 Success stories Business Matters 0 Comments

Labrador, the revolutionary new smart energy company, has announced it has raised over £1 million, from over 30 investors – both domestic and international, including two ex-bosses from the ‘Big 6’ energy suppliers, to roll out its innovative money saving offer to UK consumers.

FiveAI attracts £26.8M to lead UK’s answer to US driverless tech giants

6 September 2017 News, Success stories Business Matters 0 Comments

FiveAI, a start-up leading the UK’s charge to build technology for urban driverless vehicles, has closed a major £14M Series A equity financing round, adding to £12.8M in government funding for FiveAI’s consortium-led StreetWise project.

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