Wholesale marketplace Creoate raises $5m to rebuild the economy for independent businesses Creoate is the UK’s largest B2B marketplace with embedded finance led by a team that has worked at or invested in Farfetch, Ocado, Lyst, Swiggy and Deloitte It helps independent retailers buy sustainable and unique products from brands and wholesalers on a centralised […]Read More
Second acquisition extends European leadership ● Acquisition of Bergamotte secures top 5 online position in France ● Deal provides scale, a strong local brand and revenue synergies ● Bloom & Wild operates across 8 countries and is profitable ● Separately Bloom & Wild raises £30 million in further equity and enters a £20 million debt facility Bloom & Wild, Europe’s leading online flower […]Read More
FORMER FARFETCH TEAM LAUNCHES SPROUTL, THE DESTINATION FOR NEW GENERATION OF GARDENERS, AND RAISES $9M LED BY INDEX VENTURES LONDON – 26 July 2021 – Sproutl, a UK gardening tech start-up that aims to open up gardening to a whole new generation of gardeners and get everyone to plant something, has today launched a curated […]Read More
OnBuy raises £35M in impressive Series A+ funding roundUK-based platform OnBuy.com sets its sights on unicorn status following successful raise Today, UK-based online marketplace OnBuy.com has announced the closing of £35 million in series A+ funding through VC and strategic technology investors. Since its inception in 2016, OnBuy has existed to disrupt the status quo […]Read More
Hubble takes total fundraising to £10 million as it launches the world’s first hybrid workplace platform The latest funding injection was led by Pi Labs and existing backers JLL Spark and Starwood Capital Flexible office enquiries already back to 80% of pre-Covid levels in June 2021, despite government restrictions still in place New market-leading platform […]Read More
MOTORWAY RAISES £48M AS SALES TRIPLE, REINVENTING HOW CONSUMERS SELL USED CARS Four-year old online marketplace connects consumers selling their car with professional car dealers acquiring stock 65,000 used cars have been sold on Motorway, with currently a new sale agreed every 10 minutes More than 3,000 dealers across the UK compete to offer the […]Read More
KITT RAISES $5M TO HELP BUSINESSES NAVIGATE THE CHANGING OFFICE LANDSCAPE Workspace platform Kitt has raised $5 million (£3.6 million) in seed fundraising, taking the total amount raised by the business to $7.5 million. The round, which will be used to scale the business nationwide and internationally, was led by Barclay Ventures. Founded in 2018, Kitt provides […]Read More
Tally Market Secures Seed Funding from Prominent Business Angel Investors Tally’s mission is to support new ways of working with a truly flexible solution – maximising team productivity and satisfaction. London, April 27th, 2021 – Tally Market, the on-demand workspace platform for teams, announced that it has just closed a six-digit seed financing round. The […]Read More
BGF INVESTS £14 MILLION IN TECH-LED PROCUREMENT BUSINESS BLOOM April 2021: Growth capital investor BGF has invested £14 million in Bloom (Bloom Procurement Services), based in the North East and headquartered in Gateshead. Bloom is the UK’s only public sector procurement marketplace offering an end-to-end managed service procurement solution. Founded in 2011 by Adam Jacobs, the executive chairman, Bloom […]Read More
UK-based B2B manufacturing platform Geomiq raises £2.9 million as part of Seed Round Funding round led by Samaipata, and joined by Sova VC, Fuel Ventures, Tekton Ventures and Eka Ventures Funding raised will be used to bolster Geomiq’s core team of industry experts, accelerate product development, and expand its UK partner base and current service […]Read More