There is just time to enter Accelerator Academy, the early stage business development programme as the entry date to decide which companies will be accepted onto its fifth semester in late-May is 13th May.
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£300k Investment Pledged by UK Investors to help entrepreneurs with stress-free video pitch
More than £300,000 from three prominent UK businesspeople and serial investors is waiting for the right investment opportunities on a new video pitching website, dubbed ‘Dragons’ Den without the nerves’.
Future of Silicon Scotland debated among Scottish entrepreneurs
At an event held in Edinburgh a panel of experts from across Scotland debated the country’s commitment to funding and supporting Scottish entrepreneurs.
Looking For a Job? Try a Tech Startup
Nearly ninety percent of technology startups plan to hire new employees in 2013, according to an interactive report by Silicon Valley Bank, financial partner to technology, life science and cleantech companies and their investors worldwide.
Investors beat rising prices with buy-to-let property acquisitions
A specialist lender reports a 20% leap in first-time landlords as savers hunt more attractive returns and benefit from inflation-busting yields and record rents.
London’s Tech potential boosted by new advocacy group
‘We must storm the boardrooms and let them know we’re here’ was the message given this week by Tech London Advocates, a newly launched group of 150 tech and business leaders who want to build bridges between tiny startups and multinational corporations.
Disruptive online recruitment company Hiring Hub records triple-digit growth
The Manchester based disruptive online recruitment company Hiring-Hub.com is celebrating triple-digit growth during the first quarter of 2013 with month-on-month revenues leaping 260% from January to March.
Zalando – A fashion e-retailer with steady European expansion since 2008
Zalando was founded in 2008 as a shoe retailer for the German fashion market. One year later, they began to ship their goods to Austria, and they have continued to expand across Europe.
Fishawack bought by Growth Capital Partners for £13m
Growth Capital Partners (GCP) has acquired medical marketing agency Fishawack in a deal which values the communications company at £13M.
Prime Minister’s special advisor leaves No.10 to become an entrepreneur
Rohan Silva, the Downing Street advisor behind the soaraway success of east London’s Silicon Roundabout, is leaving politics to join a european venture-capital firm.
Technology incubator Wayra announces new Academy Director Charmaine Eggberry
Wayra, the technology incubator run by Telefonica, the company behind O2 in the UK, have confirmed the appointment of new Academy Director, Charmaine Eggberry.
Wayra UK selects new 17 start-ups to join tech accelerator programme
Seventeen of the sharpest start ups from education kickstarters to cloud based ticketing platforms, and dating apps to restaurant delivery services have been selected to join Telefonica’s global tech start-up accelerator programme Wayra.
Syndicate Funding 2.0 – the new investment model that brings crowdfunding & Business Angels together
A new model of finance has been unveiled at the Great British Private Investor Summit: Syndicate Funding 2.0. Based on the concept of allowing crowdfunders to co-invest alongside Business Angels, the model is supported by an online platform called Syndicate Room.
High-net-worth investor confidence surges to three-year high
High-net-worth investor confidence is at its highest level in three years, according to data from a leading independent financial advisory firm.
Yahoo spends £18million on Summly app created by UK seventeen year old
An app created by Seventeen-year-old Nick D’Aloisio who took time off school to develop the Summly smartphone app has been acquired by web giant Yahoo in a deal understood to be worth just under £18 million pounds.
