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
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Doug Richard to launch angel investment network to help Creative Startups
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’s Ariadne Capital raises £5.3M investment for seed capital fund
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 generates 2.5x return for investors through AVM Ltd exit
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.
How to successfully pitch your business to a VC
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.
Diana wedding dress designer Elizabeth Emanuel seeks £1.5m angel funding
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.
Secret of my Success: Andrea Miles, Mirrors for Training
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
Tesco buys London based digital music service We7 for £10.8M
UK firms patent could mean remembering website passwords will be thing of the past
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.
James Caan and Paul Herman set to shake up way businesses are sold
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.
Sixteen of the UK’s best & brightest digital entrepreneurs selected by Wayra
From real time dating services and educational teaching tools, to a foodie social network and new software that turns pictures into passwords have been selected by Telefonica, the parent company of O2, to join the London hub of its global tech start-up accelerator programme, Wayra.
BBAA Launches Be an Angel Portal to Double the number of Angels to back Britain’s Entrepreneurs
In the wake of the latest Report launched this week “Make Business Your Business” and the new Start-up loans initiative, led by Lord Young, the Government’s Enterprise Tsar, the British Business Angels Association is launching its new Be An Angel portal and campaign aimed at encouraging more individuals to put their spare finance and business experience to work behind Britain’s entrepreneurs.
Yorkshire Business Angels instrumental in CamStent funding round success
Medical materials company CamStent has successfully completed a second funding round with Yorkshire Association of Business Angels (YABA) members playing a crucial role in its success.
Huddle raises £15.3m in series C funding round
Cloud-based content collaboration firm Huddle announced today that it has raised $24 million (£15.3m) in its Series C round of funding.
Venture capital has a bad reputation & lacks understanding of entrepreneurs
The majority of UK entrepreneurs believe that there is a lack of understanding amongst venture capital circles of entrepreneurship, according to new research from Coutts.
