Goldman Sachs invests £50m in Starling Bank London, 19 April 2021: Starling, the leading UK digital bank, today announces a £50 million investment by Goldman Sachs Growth Equity (“Goldman Sachs”). The investment is an extension of the bank’s oversubscribed £272 million Series D funding round announced in March 2021, which valued it in excess of […]Read More
Nottingham-based Lazy Flora secures £500,000 to expand online plant delivery service Receiving its first funding round, Lazy Flora is looking to build a new e-commerce platform and increase its marketing – bringing handpicked plants straight to its customers’ doors. Nottingham-based, Lazy Flora, has secured £500,000 from venture capital firm, Midven, through the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) in a deal […]Read More
YHANGRY raises $1.5 million to build the future of socialising by making it possible to book a private chef in a few clicks Renowned angel investors including Carmen Rico (Blossom Capital), Eileen Burbidge (Passion Capital), and Martin Mignot (Index Ventures) participated in the round YHANGRY was founded by former Barclays sales and credit trading colleagues Heinin […]Read More
London-based GlamorousAI Secures Grant From Innovate UK to Fund a $500k Project toward Development of New Treatments For Glioblastoma Multiforme. GlamorousAI, a leading artificial intelligence biotech company pioneering innovation in small data drug discovery, and King’s College London enter into a collaboration to unlock new drug development opportunities for Glioblastoma Multiforme. The company announced today […]Read More
Fem-Tech Start-Up Yoppie Raises £3.4m from high profile investors- ‘It’s time to get real’, says founder Daniella Peri The consumer swing towards transacting online is no new occurrence and online grocery sales are reportedly 76% higher than a year ago, with one in five households now ordering their weekly shop via the internet. Even period care […]Read More
London-based Legl raises $7M to revolutionise the way law firms work 12 March 2021: Legl today announces a $7M Series A round led by Octopus Ventures, with participation from existing investors Backed, Samaipata and First Round Capital, and high profile angels including Carlos Gonzalez-Cadenas (ex CPO and COO GoCardless), Al Giles (ex CRO of legal business Axiom) and […]Read More
NorthEdge invests in specialist cyber security distributor Mid-market private equity firm NorthEdge has completed its investment into Distology, a leading specialist cyber security distributor. Founded in 2014, Distology is a value-added-distributor representing vendors of IT security technology products across EMEA, helping to protect businesses’ digital estates from the growing threat of cyber-attacks. The business is […]Read More
VGC Partners makes first investment from Technology Seed Fund IV Growth capital investor VGC Partners has provided £150,000 funding to VozLab, the creator of a self-serve development platform for the next generation of flexible voice apps. This is the first investment that VGC Partners has made from its Technology Seed Fund IV. VozLab is also the first start-up […]Read More
‘Vinehealth secures £1m Innovate UK Grant to improve cancer patient self-management and data collection across the UK healthcare system.’ London UK. February 18th 2021: Vinehealth, an award-winning platform to improve the quality of life and survival of cancer patients through highly personalised patient support, has secured a £1m Biomedical Catalyst grant to deliver their innovative […]Read More
Cambridge GaN Devices raises $9.5m Series A to accelerate the deployment of energy efficient devices reshaping the future of power electronics Cambridge University spinout’s latest funding round will be used to double staff and expand its GaN product portfolio following decades of research in power devices Cambridge, 18th February 2021 – Cambridge GaN Devices (CGD) has raised […]Read More