About

Dom is a feature writer for Growth Business and Small Business, focused on matters concerning start-ups and scale-ups. He has also been published in the Independent, FourFourTwo magazine and various lifestyle publications.

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Hambro Perks to invest £200m on environmental impact scale-ups

London-based VC to invest £10m-£20m in 12 to 15 scale-ups tackling environmental problems

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Concept Ventures launches UK’s largest pre-seed fund

The £50m fund will back over 60 start-ups over four years, writing cheques of up to £600,000

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Deals of the Week July 18 to July 22 – a Growth Business round-up

Deals this week include tech that could cut car charging times to under five minutes, a Gen Z freelancing platform and drone tech for high-risk environments

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University of Oxford spinout investor raises £250m

The £250m funding will see Oxford Science Enterprises overtake Cambridge Innovation Capital as the biggest single investor in UK spinouts

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Deals of the Week July 11 to July 15 – a Growth Business round-up

Deals this week include an investment platform backed by Sir Richard Branson, a start-up which creates digital versions of real-world infrastructure and a browser plugin recommending greener shopping alternatives

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More invested in nuclear fusion in last 12 months than past decade

The clean energy solution has attracted £2.5bn in investment globally over the past year

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Connection Capital backs film set firm as it looks to invest £100m in 2022

The London-based private equity firm has up to £100m to invest in businesses in 2022, including £40m from its own-led direct private equity and private debt transactions

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Deals of the Week July 4 to July 8 – a Growth Business round-up

Deals this week include the biggest Series A investment into quantum computing, a family investment app and a fintech to help Gen Z better understand finance

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Deals of the Week June 27 to July 1 – a Growth Business round-up

Deals this week include inclusive speech recognition technology, a start-up replacing plastics with mushrooms and a start-up cleaning up the mining industry

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Capital Pilot confirms first five start-up investments from £5m fund

The VC aims to invest in 100 high-growth potential start-ups in less than six months

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Plural launches €250m fund to back next generation European tech founders

Plural to lead early stage rounds of up to €10m in around 20 companies over coming year

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10 Business Grants for UK Start Ups and Growth Businesses

Grants can save businesses money, introduce them to networks and help them scale. Here are ten sources of funding ideal for UK start ups and businesses looking to accelerate their growth.