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Funding Circle platform to be trialled by Lancashire County Council to aid with business finance
Lancashire County Council will become the first local authority in the UK to back business growth through crowdfunding when it trials Funding Circle.
The City Bin Co. gets funds to double its team from Middle East firm
Irish waste collection business The City Bin Co. has secured investment from Middle East-based averda.
Rangers supporters urged to invest in ‘Buy Rangers’ scheme ahead of AIM listing
Fans of Rangers Football Club are being offered the chance to invest in their team through commitments starting at £125.
Mark Pearson’s Markco Media invests in unsold event retailer Last Second Tickets
A business which deals in unsold tickets has secured a fresh £1 million investment from Markco Media.
Corporate venture round for Neul takes its total fundraising total to £11.1 million
Wireless communications business Neul has raised £3.1 million at a 25 per cent increase to its price per share in November 2011.
David Cameron’s Biomedical Catalyst provides £39 million outlay to SMEs and universities
The government's Biomedical Catalyst is set to plough £39 million into the healthcare sector as part of its latest allocation.
Amadeus and Archimedia support Qinec’s goal to ‘empower’ clinicians
An equity investment of £1.6 million is set to allow Qinec to expand its management team and develop its product portfolio.
Kent biotech firm Ziarco secures Pfizer as backer and collects £3.75 million
UK-based biotech start-up Ziarco has closed the first tranche of what it reveals will be a £16.8 million Series A funding round.
Scottish cleantech firm Trident Energy gets capital to bolster renewables activity
The Low Carbon Innovation Fund (LCIF) and members of the London Business Angels Network are coming together to support the growth plans of Trident Energy.
‘Tesco law’ investment sees LDC back claims-related legal firm Keoghs
Mid-market private equity firm LDC has made its first move into the legal sector by investing in Keoghs.
Raft of private investors back cloud-based business intelligence company cube19
Analytics start-up cube19 has secured a seven-figure funding round to go with additional seed capital provided by the company’s founder.
Top-up funding for Zilico from SPARK as it targets 2013 cancer product launch
Zilico has added to the £1 million investment it netted in June 2012 by securing a further £750,000.
iJento receives backing from multiple VC sources
Customer intelligence service iJento has received an $8 million equity investment led by MMC Ventures and existing investors Nauta Capital and Oxford Capital Partners.
Scottish hydro developer secures venture capital investment to boost activities
New Scottish hydro generation sites are set to be built following developer Green Highland Renewables's £3.3 million investment led by Scottish Equity Partners.
DFJ Esprit builds on solid exit activity by closing investment in Datahug
Venture capital firm DFJ Esprit has led a funding round into Irish technology business Datahug to help with its US expansion.
Jamie Oliver fish supplier reels in equity investment from Finance Wales
A fish merchant which supplies the likes of Jamie Oliver and Harrods has been backed by Finance Wales through its Wales SME Investment Fund.
Octopus Investments hits the slopes with backing of The Faction Collective
The entrepreneur and investor behind businesses such as Seedcamp and Skimlinks had been backed by Octopus Investments in his latest venture.
PROfounders Capital leads round into busuu.com as Brent Hoberman joins the company board
Lastminute.com co-founder Brent Hoberman has joined the board of language learning social network busuu.com as part of a €3.5 million investment round.
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.
Albion Ventures seeks further £15 million for its VCTs to invest in growth companies
Venture capital firm Albion Ventures has launched the Albion VCTs Top Up Offers as it looks to raise £15 million.
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