Miss Group acquires Pickaweb to accelerate growth in UK and Spain Fast-growth web hosting business, Miss Group, has acquired UK-headquartered Pickaweb as part of its ongoing buy and build strategy. The acquisition of Pickaweb is the twelfth acquisition for Miss Group over the last two years, and adds a further 7,000 SME customers across the UK and Spain. Pickaweb […]Read More
SWEEP ANNOUNCES £900,000 INVESTMENT TOTAL IN 2020 The UK expense and travel management platform has secured an additional £250,000 through a well-supported Seedr fundraising campaign and the British Business Bank’s Future Fund London, UK – January 2021: Sweep, the expense and travel management platform for SMEs, has today announced it has hit its 2020 funding target […]Read More
Peptone’s protein engineering operating system which speeds up medicine development secures $2.5m investment 8 January 2021, London, UK: In a year that has seen scientists heralded as heroes and the future of protein-based medicine has sat at the coalface of a pandemic, one startup is looking to increase the pharmaceutical industry’s chances of developing future […]Read More
IRIS Software Group acquires cloud payroll application, Staffology Group adds best of breed payroll to its portfolio as integration and productivity become core in 2021 London, UK, 8th January 2021: IRIS Software Group (IRIS), one of the UK’s largest software companies, is today announcing it has acquired Staffology, a UK cloud payroll application. Founded in […]Read More
Hopin Acquires StreamYard, a Leading Live Video Streaming Studio, for $250 Million Combined companies will supercharge virtual event experiences, enabling event organizers to bring professional-quality video streaming capabilities to their events on Hopin LONDON, January 7, 2021 — Hopin, a leading virtual events platform, announced today that it has acquired StreamYard, a live video streaming […]Read More
Brickowner raises half a million in latest funding round Property investment platform Brickowner has raised £500,000 in its latest funding round. The London-based start-up closed the raise on the Seedrs platform just before the New Year and will use the funds to hire talent, build new technology and launch its secondary market in the first […]Read More
ThingCo Secures £3m Investment from BHL(UK) Holdings Ltd Top 100 Insurtech undergoes rapid expansion in response to market demand London, 6th January 2021 – In a deal that demonstrates the insurance market’s growing confidence in next generation telematics to meet the demand for flexible motor premiums, and to cut claims costs, ThingCo, the insurtech business […]Read More
BurdaPrincipal Investments (BPI), the growth capital arm of Hubert Burda Media, has expanded its investments into the fintech space and participated in the current funding round of the saving and investing app Moneybox. Earlier this year, BPI also invested in Singapore-based Stash Away, a digital wealth manager for both retail and accredited investors. “While BPI has a clear focus […]Read More
Grosvenor Group backs NearSt in £2m round to capitalise on burgeoning demand for footfall boosting technology Google uses NearSt’s technology to show physical shop stock directly in search results and on Google Maps. NearSt also recently started working with Facebook to help drive the social network’s local shopping capabilities forward. The startup’s technology enables physical […]Read More
Coinrule – a hyper-growth, automated trading platform based out of London, UK – is poised for explosive growth in the months ahead, after announcing that its recent investment round on Seedrs secured over 200% of its target, raising $700k, at a valuation of $6m. This funding will allow Coinrule to grow the team, expand into […]Read More