About

Hunter was the Editor for GrowthBusiness.co.uk from 2012 to 2014, before moving on to Caspian Media Ltd to be Editor of Real Business.

News

Bit9 funding round attracts Sequoia and Atlas

Sequoia Capital, the Silicon Valley venture capital firm behind investments in LinkedIn and Symantec, has led a $34.5 million (£22 million) investment round in Bit9.

News

Fewer companies attracting more venture capital cash

European companies are attracting more investment from venture capital firms despite less of them being backed, new statistics show.

Venture Capital Funding

Video: Stephen Welton of the Business Growth Fund

Ahead of GrowthBusiness' profile of Stephen Welton, CEO of the Business Growth Fund, appearing next week, we speak to him about how the private equity and venture capital world has changed during his career.

News

E-Synergy sells Blackstar investment to Foresight

Early stage investor E-Synergy has netted an 8x multiple on its five year investment in Blackstar Amplification.

News

ISIS serves up expansion capital to Pho restaurant chain

A Vietnamese street food restaurant chain has gobbled up £5.2 million of growth capital to expand the business.

News

CitySprint delivers with Scarlet Couriers buy

Private equity-backed CitySprint has closed its sixth acquisition since Dunedin backed a management buy-out of the business in December 2010.

News

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.

News

Angle raises new funds to launch cancer diagnostic

Medtech company Angle has closed a £700,000 fundraising round to help with the launch of its new cancer diagnostic product.

Human Resources

Is flexible working better for the bottom line?

Peter Boucher, enterprise commercial marketing director for Vodafone UK, looks at how flexible working has helped Vodafone do away with its previous rigid structure and stay ahead of the competition.

News

PlaceFirst deal sees North West Fund hit century

The North West Fund has closed its hundredth deal by backing energy and regeneration business PlaceFirst.

News

Six Degrees Group hits M&A trail again

Venture capital-backed Six Degrees Group, a business launched by British entrepreneur Alastair Mills, has secured a further tranche of funding and closed another acquisition.

Opinion

Amazon and Facebook join the London party

As Facebook and Amazon join the London movement, are we about to lose our talented tech developers before they've even had a chance to work their magic.

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