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
Bloom & Wild secures £75m in funding and reports 160% growth as it expands its flower delivery and gifting business across Europe The pioneers of letterbox flower delivery saw 160% YoY growth in revenue in 2020, making it the company’s first profitable year Bloom & Wild fulfilled over 4 million deliveries in 2020 across Europe […]Read More
Weezy Raises $20M Series A funding to extend 15-minute grocery delivery service across London and the UK Founded by Kristof Van Beveren and Alec Dent in 2020, Weezy offers convenient, safe, hyper-local grocery deliveries in 15 minutes 40 new fulfilment centres to open across the UK in 2021 in addition to the existing 4 live […]Read More
Event booking marketplace Feast It raises £1.7m to take advantage of predicted events boom The round has been led by MAHR Projects, Richard Pennycook CBE, former CEO of the Co-Op and Tim Score, former CFO of ARM Holdings and Chairman of British Land Funds will be put towards Feast It’s expansion from an event catering […]Read More
London recommerce tech start-up reboxed secures £350k and influential new board member in pre-seed funding round Angels include former Dyson CEO Martin McCourt, Mazuma Mobile co-founder Charlo Carabott and ustwo Co-Founder Matt ‘Mills’ Miller Launched in September reboxed kicked off it’s mission to rehome 100 million mobile devices by 2030 in an effort to tackle […]Read More
PIPER INVESTS £7M INTO THE THINKING TRAVELLER, THE WORLD’S MOST THOUGHTFUL LUXURY VILLA BRAND Piper, the leading specialist investor in consumer brands has invested £7m into The Thinking Traveller, the world’s most thoughtful luxury villa brand. Founded in 2002 by Huw and Rossella Beaugié, The Thinking Traveller began with seven villas in Sicily. Today it has […]Read More
DOCTOR CARE ANYWHERE RAISES £55.7 MILLION TO FUND GROWTH PLANS AND LAUNCH OF NEW DIGITAL HEALTH SERVICES Doctor Care Anywhere (‘DCA’), one of the UK’s leading providers of digital health services, today announces that it has successfully raised approximately £55.7 million to fuel its growth plans in the UK, as well as to expand into new […]Read More
The growing climate crisis has made consumers more conscious of what they buy. For Bazar – The Ethical Life Marketplace, timing has never been better, as the UK’s first dedicated ethical marketplace and lifestyle app bringing curated ethical & eco brands, artisans and preloved items to one marketplace. Bazar is delighted to announce that they […]Read More
Ireland’s Fallon brothers close out Artfinder’s investment round at £1mBrian and Eamonn Fallon, successful entrepreneurs and founders of Ireland’s leading property website daft.ie, have invested £200,000 in Artfinder. This completes the business’ successful funding round at a total of £1m. The investment was made through DML Capital Ltd, the parent company of Distilled Media Group, co-owners […]Read More