Three fledgling Cambridgeshire businesses have been awarded CEDAR Enterprise Fellowships – and £36,500 in financial support – after impressing the judges of this year’s competition.
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David Cameron announces £50M regeneration plan of London’s Silicon Roundabout
Tech City Investment Organisation (TCIO), the body tasked with promoting British technology companies based in the East London tech cluster, is joining forces with digital news network ECNlive, in a partnership that will connect Tech City with investors in the City of London.
Octopus leads $5Million funding of e-commerce start-up Rangespan
Rangespan, the e-commerce start-up that is already working with Tesco, Argos and Asda, secures investment as it launches an innovative market data service for retailers
Mark Pearson invests £1m into fledgling publisher monetisation platform
Mark Pearson, CEO of the leading discount network Markco Media, has continued his 2012 investments by injecting £1m into the parent company of 3 month old global discount website MyDeals.com. The funding will be used to develop a publisher monetisation platform.
Social media ‘big data’ company Likely secures £1m funding
The Silicon Roundabout-based social data analytics provider Likely has announced the completion of a £1million equity investment led by growth capital specialists New World Private Equity together with seed and early stage specialists Charlotte Street Capital.
World’s first mobile-only event booking app YPlan announces impressive $1.7m Investment
YPlan, the world’s first mobile-only event booking app, has gained backing by two of Europe’s leading investors, Wellington Partners and Octopus Investments.
Unsold ticket discount website receives £1m investment to develop corporate loyalty scheme
Last Second Ticket has secured a second round of funding from discount network Markco Media, parent company to leading discount website MyVoucherCodes.
Octopus joins forces with angel investors to back Alex Hoye’s latest venture, Faction
Award winning independent ski equipment and apparel provider Faction pursues growth ambitions with successful fundraising ahead of new ski season
Octopus answers the IOVOX call for funding
Octopus Investments has confirmed that it has invested in IOVOX, the provider of telephony analytics. Octopus’ investment will support IOVOX’s plans for further expansion into Europe.
Exit sales stall as entrepreneurs play safe
Entrepreneurs are finding it harder to sell their businesses as continued economic uncertainty inhibits investors.
Envestors closes equity funding round for Capablue
Envestors has announced that it has closed an equity fundraising for Capablue, the provider of solutions for broadcasters and brands.
Gloople’s £150k SEIS structured round corner-stoned by a £130k investment from syndicate
Seed stage London based multi-channel ecommerce platform specialist, Gloople, has closed a £150k SEIS structured funding round which was corner-stoned by a £130k investment by a syndicate of London Business Angel investors.
Top three tips on getting the most from Crowdfunding
While banks are still reluctant to free up additional finances, small businesses are being forced to search for alternative sources of investment. One alternative route that is proving to be increasingly popular with SME’s is crowdfunding.
MOO.COM buys Flavors.me from Hii Def
online printers moo.com is to purchase Flavors.me, a design-led personal identity site known as the digital you with over half a million members in 200 countries, from HiiDef Inc.
Mobile payment start-up Square just swiped $200 million in its fourth round of funding
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.