LOVEFiLM and Betfair investor leads big Series A investment into Urturn

Urturn, a business which labels itself as a 'social platform for self-expression', has closed a $13.4 million Series A funding round.

Yahoo! acquires Tumblr and promises to ‘not screw it up’

Internet giant Yahoo! has continued with its big spending acquisition activity by buying blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 billion.

Made in Chelsea broadcast hire company closes management buy-out

The former CEO of Carlton Television has been recruited as chairman of Procam TV as part of the company's management buy-out.

Switching operations to purely business-to-business

Focusing on the right customer base is important for businesses – and for Omnifone CEO Jeff Hughes, it was a case of B2B is best.

Production house behind The King’s Speech and MasterChef backed by Saphir Capital Partners

Saphir Capital Partners has joined Next Wave Partners as investment backers of production house Molinare.

Boris Johnson’s MMC London Fund makes investment into mobile firm Somo

MMC Ventures has made its fourth play from its MMC London Fund a day after it was officially launched at City Hall in London.

LateRooms co-founder backs Twitter and Facebook-based event ticketing platform Fatsoma

An undisclosed investment from The North West Fund for Digital & Creative into Fatsoma has included a commitment from LateRooms co-founder Chris Allen.

Young entrepreneur backed by Ashton Kutcher and Stephen Fry sells Summly business to Yahoo!

A smartphone app first created by a 15 year-old UK developer in 2011 has been sold to internet firm Yahoo! for a reported £20 million.

Creative vision behind artist Plan B secures backing for entrepreneurial incubator

MeWe360 has launched its activities with the help of a £2 million investment from a consortium of backers.

RollUp Media closes second venture round in seven months

Digital publishing business RollUp Media has added to the €1.2 million (£1 million) of funding it received in July 2012 by securing a further €1.5 million.

BuzzFeed aggregates investors to lock up $19.3 million of new funding to drive social expansion

Social news aggregator BuzzFeed has closed a Series D funding round and outlined intentions to open a London office in 2013.

UK growth targeted by lekiosk following Series B funding round

French 3D newstand business lekisok has closed its second institutional funding round and is now setting its sights on new European markets having launched in the UK earlier in the year.

Jamie Constable’s RCapital backs MBO of Second2 as Adventis Group exits

A secondary exit for Second2 has seen it fall under private equity control.

Beringea backs another UK tech firm by committing £2 million to InSkin Media

An advertising business based in London has been backed by investment firm Beringea to expand its UK operations.

Capablue uses angel network to close funding round

Business angel network Envestors has closed an equity fundraising for Capablue.

Birmingham video firm receives Midven cash

Rugby World Cup 2011 video producer Big Button Media has closed a £400,000 funding round as it looks to grow its share of the UK market.

Going from paper to digital

Making the move away from traditional paper printing to digital formats has allowed Altaimage to move with the times: managing partner Robert King explains why.

LDC leads Boomerang P2P with former BBC One controller

Boomerang has completed its public-to-private move after LDC and senior members of the company's management team closed a £7.1 million deal.

James Bond studios move to AIM

Pinewood Shepperton, the studios behind the new James Bond film Skyfall, has outlined plans to move to the AIM market.

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