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Kia Petroleum gets firm commitments on AIM fundraising

IPO & City News

A £5 million placing for Kea Petroleum is set to be used to fund facilities relating to flow testing and to drill further wells for its New Zealand-focused operations.

Crowdcube values itself at £7.1 million after ‘world record’ three-day fundraising

Fundraising Deals

Crowdfunding platform Crowdcube has returned to its own service to secure additional capital for growth.

Shell Springboard winner Ventive closes first investment round with help from Angel Co-fund

Fundraising Deals

Ventive has followed up on being named as a regional winner in the Shell Springboard competition by securing £900,000 of funding from Mercia Fund Management and the Angel Co-fund.

Government dishes out £21 million to stimulate low carbon entrepreneurial innovation

Business News

The Department of Energy and Climate Change has allotted £21 million to a group of entrepreneurs bringing low carbon products to market.

TrialReach adds Octopus Investments to list of investors through £2 million venture capital deal

Fundraising Deals

Octopus Investments has led a £2 million investment into clinical trials platform TrialReach alongside Amadeus Capital Partners.

Couple behind Tesco Clubcard take to angel investing and back Purple Seven

Fundraising Deals

The creators of the Tesco Clubcard are backing theatre analytics and targeting company Purple Seven through a seven-figure angel investment.

Made in Chelsea broadcast hire company closes management buy-out

Mergers & Acquisitions

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

ISIS Equity Partners picks Red Box Recorders as first ISIS V fund investment

Mergers & Acquisitions

Private equity firm ISIS Equity Partners has backed the £14 million management buy-out of software firm Red Box Recorders.

Naming and shaming of banks leads to ‘significant improvement’ in Enterprise Finance Guarantee scheme lending

Business News

Lending to small and medium-sized businesses through the government's Enterprise Finance Guarantee has risen by £20.1 million over the last quarter of 2012/13.

Boris Johnson-endorsed start-up competition launched by Salesforce.com and three prominent venture capital firms

Business News

Salesforce.com is teaming up with three UK venture capital firms to create a competition for European start-ups creating enterprise cloud apps on the company's platform.

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