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        <![CDATA[Mobile security business AirWatch has added to the &#36;200 million Series A round it closed earlier in the year by securing an extra &#36;25 million.]]>
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     <title><![CDATA[London cash shells now hold &#163;572.3 million for burgeoning businesses]]></title>
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        <![CDATA[The number of cash shells listed on London exchanges has grown from 64 to 91, the latest Cash Shells Directory finds.]]>
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     <title><![CDATA[Private equity deal value takes hit in first quarter of 2013]]></title>
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        <![CDATA[Raising bank debt considered&#160;an obstacle to completing transactions.]]>
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     <title><![CDATA[Doubts over effectiveness of government pledge to cut red tape for business]]></title>
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        <![CDATA[Eyebrows are raised over an increase&#160;in the number of new laws introduced by the government.]]>
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     <title><![CDATA[&#39;PayPal Mafia Don&#39; Peter Thiel leads funding round into Tech City start-up TransferWise]]></title>
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        <![CDATA[Skype&#39;s first employee has netted a &#36;6 million (&#163;3.9 million)&#160;investment from Valar Ventures, a venture capital firm set up by PayPal co-founder and early Facebook investor Peter Thiel, for his peer-to-peer money transfer business.]]>
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     <title><![CDATA[Oil and gas exploration company Magnolia Petroleum raises &#163;1.5 million on AIM]]></title>
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        <![CDATA[US onshore-focussed concern&#160;issues 60 million new shares.&#160;]]>
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     <title><![CDATA[Surveillance company Seven snaps up covert intelligence operator]]></title>
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        <![CDATA[Datong deal is worth &#163;7 million, with YFM involved in the financing.]]>
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     <title><![CDATA[Kia Petroleum gets firm commitments on AIM fundraising]]></title>
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        <![CDATA[A &#163;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.]]>
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     <title><![CDATA[Crowdcube values itself at &#163;7.1 million after &#8216;world record&#8217; three-day fundraising]]></title>
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        <![CDATA[Crowdfunding platform Crowdcube has returned to its own service to secure additional capital for growth.]]>
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