
Payments firm Paddle becomes UK’s latest unicorn with £162m raise
Payments provider Paddle has raised $200m (£162.2m) in a Series D funding round at a valuation of $1.4bn, making it the UK’s latest fintech unicorn.

Payments provider Paddle has raised $200m (£162.2m) in a Series D funding round at a valuation of $1.4bn, making it the UK’s latest fintech unicorn.

Grindr plans to float through a merger with a so-called Spac investment company in a deal that values the gay dating app at $2.1bn (£1.7bn).

Twitter is in the final stretch of negotiations about a $43 billion sale to Elon Musk that could rank as one of the biggest-ever leveraged buyouts…

Scotland’s leading impact investor, SIS Ventures, has secured £1 million for its pioneering investment fund – Impact First - from Chroma Ventures.

Asda’s private equity owner has claimed the value of its investment in the supermarket chain has soared by nearly 20 times as it gears up for…

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport has launched a new grant competition to boost the growth of innovative tech start-ups and scale-ups across the…

Wagmi United, a group of US crypto investors, have snapped up Crawley Town, a struggling league two football club.

The shirtmaker TM Lewin could return to the high street after being rescued from administration by its main lender, understood to be Petra Group.

A £100 million venture fund launched by the founders of Innocent smoothies has secured £48 million in public money to invest in next-generation UK consumer brand…

Rishi Sunak has asked the Royal Mint to launch a non-fungible token (NFT) as part of plans to turn Britain into a “global cryptoassets hub”.

Swytch, the eBike conversion kit has raised £3.8 million in an oversubscribed round.

The government is pushing ahead with plans to privatise Channel 4 in what will be the biggest sale of a state-owned asset since Royal Mail in…

Wayleadr, a last-mile automation SaaS startup, has announced it has raised $4 million in funding led by Third Prime ventures.

Allica Bank – the fintech challenger bank dedicated to empowering Britain’s established small and medium sized businesses – is pledging to make over £1 billion in…

British shipping technology company, Shipster has secured investment from Manchester-based Fearless Adventures.