The San Francisco-based company led by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey announced the Series D round was led by Square’s new partner Starbucks, as well as Citi Ventures, Rizvi Traverse Management, and CrunchFund. Square says it will focus this round of funding on international expansion.
London Business Angel (LBA) and venture capital backed High Sensitivity Fluorescence Business, Sirigen Group Limited, has been acquired by BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a leading global medical technology US based company for an undisclosed sum.
London-based crowd analytics software specialist Crowd Vision has closed a substantial funding round which will enable the business to expand international sales activities and execute product development plans.
Stephen Fear, self-made multi-millionaire and entrepreneur in residence at the British Library, discusses the top five factors other than return on investment (ROI), that global investors, look for before investing into a new business.
The international entrepreneur, businessman and technologist used his platform at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum to put forward his formula for success and predictions for the next decade.
Nick Holzherr, finalist on BBC1’s The Apprentice this year, has launched a £14,500 funding bid for Whisk, the online shopping business, on peoplefund.it
Doug Richard, the Government adviser and former Dragons’ Den star, is preparing an angel investment network that will back “neglected” creative sector start-ups that he says have been largely ignored by investors.
Julie Meyer has announced that she has raised £5.3m through her Ariadne Capital vehicle and is set to invest in the media, technology, financial, health and clean technology sectors.
Octopus Investments have announced that is has exited from AVM Limited, the leading visual communications systems integrator in the UK, delivering a return of 2.5x to investors across its range of Eclipse Venture Capital Trust funds.
We asked Matthew Owen, Director at one of the UK’s most active private equity houses, Sovereign Capital, who every year sees between 50 and 100 business pitches what makes a successful pitch.
Elizabeth Emanuel, best known for designing Diana, Princess of Wales’s wedding dress, is attempting to raise £1.5m from Angels to fund her new design business.
This week we take a look at Midland’s based Mirrors for Training Ltd, run by single mum Andrea Miles. She came up with her business concept by herself shortly after having a baby, when she had the unusual idea of using mirrors to help athletes use mirrors to aid their training.
Tesco buys London based digital music service We7 for £10.8M
UK start-up company Ensygnia confirmed today that, following an 18-month process, it had been granted its first technology patent by the UK Patent Office which could consign (forgotten) IDs and passwords to the past.
The traditional corporate finance model has been turned on its head with the announcement today that entrepreneur James Caan and corporate financier Paul Herman have launched bluebox, an advisory service that will redefine how businesses prepare for sale.
