Category

News

Index Ventures joins Sir Terry Leahy as investor in MetaPack

Delivery management software business MetaPack has closed a £20 million round with help from Index Ventures.

News

News

Strategic management of SMEs called into question

SMEs have a lack of faith in people in charge, as businesses strive to achieve potential.

News

Smart audio business continues venture capital fundraising efforts

Warwick Audio Technologies has closed a second investment round of 2013, and added £1.25 million of development capital.

News

Autumn Statement 2013: A wish list from entrepreneurs and business owners

From a national insurance holiday to 'getting jiggy with entrepreneurs' – GrowthBusiness asks 15 business builders what they'd like to see come out of the Autumn Statement on 5 December.

News

Mobile games start-up founded by Playfish staff closes funding round

Index Ventures has made a play in the mobile gaming sector by backing London-based Supersolid.

News

Crowdcube: Taking the equity crowdfunding model and going global

To coincide with moves by Crowdcube and Seedrs into new worldwide markets, GrowthBusiness met with co-founders of the platforms through a two-part special to find out how equity crowdfunding in the UK has grown, and just what will be involved in selling it to the world.

News

MoPowered picks AIM as platform for growth in mobile commerce space

Mobile e-commerce start-up MoPowered has followed up on the fundraising it has secured in the past 18 months by seeking admission on the stock market.

News

Online furniture venture Occa-Home adds Terry Leahy as investor as part of Series A

Former Tesco CEO Terry Leahy has invested in Occa-Home alongside a syndicate of other investors as part of a £1.5 million deal.

News

MoPowered picks AIM as platform for growth in mobile commerce space

Mobile e-commerce start-up MoPowered has followed up on the fundraising it has secured in the past 18 months by seeking admission on the stock market.

News

Online furniture venture Occa-Home adds Terry Leahy as investor as part of Series A

Former Tesco CEO Terry Leahy has invested in Occa-Home alongside a syndicate of other investors as part of a £1.5 million deal.

News

Capitalise on public companies’ renewed appetite for mid-sized businesses

Thinking of selling your company? Peter Gray, partner at Cavendish Corporate Finance, outlines the positives and negatives of going down the public buyer route.

News

Start-up founded by 21 year-old British entrepreneur secures £1 million venture capital investment

Short-term retail space booking system Appear Here has attracted the interest of leading investment firms including HOWZAT Partners, MMC Ventures and Forward Investment Partners.

News

Financial benefits for companies using employee value propositions effectively

Businesses are not sufficiently preparing employee value propositions to outline what staff can expect from their jobs, new research suggests.

News

Cambridge business closes £1 million deal with help from Angel CoFund and London Business Angels

The Angel CoFund has upped its investment activity by backing bioinformatics company Eagle Genomics alongside London Business Angels.

[this is a test deploy]