London and Atlanta-based diagnostic imaging platform Scan.com has raised a $12 million Series A round co-led by Aviva Ventures, YZR Capital, Oxford Capital, Triple Point Ventures and Simplyhealth Ventures, with participation from Forefront Venture Partners.

Formerly Lightspeed’s Senior Vice President of Hospitality, UK-born Crooks brings over 15 years of experience within the technology industry to the new position. He joined Lightspeed in early 2022, after spending 10 years at Yelp as Vice President of Sales.

UK agritech SOLASTA Bio specialising in the next generation of green insecticides has secured a further round of investment totalling £4 million to scale up the development of its unique nature-inspired pesticides, the first of their kind to be developed worldwide.

Kuberno, a global legal entity SaaS provider for corporate secretaries, legal teams, and governance professionals, today announced the completion of a £3.5m Series A financing from Nasdaq Ventures.

Lyfeguard has appointed ex-Director of Digital at British Airways, Jack Smith, to its advisory board to help drive commercial growth and digital customer experience strategy.

The team behind one of the world’s leading mobile football games has raised a further £1m from NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia and is part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund, and Mercia’s own funds. 

Boere joins Remote from Uber, where he held various roles and most recently was Global CFO for UberEats. He also serves on the supervisory board of the RAI Amsterdam and previously worked as CFO of Greetz, a Dutch ecommerce company.

Dwain McDonald, who formally sat in the position as CEO of DPD Group UK, will assist the company in its expansion strategy, through his vast experience in leadership, innovation and technology in the logistics and delivery sector.

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) issues its first-ever euro private placement for €65 million to four German pension funds with the Hamburger Pensionskasse (HPK) as key investor.

The New Non-Domestic Rates Bill was laid before Parliament last week in the House of Commons.

Over the past years, Kickstart has been able to attract some of the world's best startups, including well-known names such as Planted, Neustark, Unsupervised and AAAcell.

Fuelled by its global expansion, opening new offices in Ghana, Dubai, Cameroon and Ivory Coast, DKK has increased its client base by 250 per cent over the past 12 months, providing FX liquidity in emerging and frontier markets to enable fast and simple transactions for customers.

As many industry experts clamour to analyse the impact of the latest AI chatbot tool to join ChatGPT, the big question on everyone’s lips is how will AI impact and disrupt business, industry and everyday life?

Family investment office firm, Middleton Enterprises, with locations in London and Newcastle, announces its funding of SushiDog, a fast-growing quick service restaurant (QSR) chain in London that’s changing the way people eat sushi.

Personio Foundation announced the seven new organisations that have been onboarded as part of its 2023 Impact Portfolio, which provides financial and strategic support to forward-thinking nonprofits operating in the fields of climate action and education.

Scottish technology firm Bioliberty has secured £2.2 million in funding to develop a unique soft robotic glove which can restore upper limb mobility in patients following a stroke.

Small businesses are bracing themselves ahead of the new tax year as the penny drops on the real impact of the Spring Budget.

STRAT7, the global strategic insight and customer analytics group, announced the acquisition of Rainmakers CSI Ltd (“Rainmakers”), the strategy, insight and planning consultancy.

The short-video sharing app has been hit with a string of lawsuits, all alleging that their in-app browser illegally tracks user behavior and violates child data protection laws.

The ICO estimates that TikTok allowed up to 1.4 million UK children under 13 to use its platform in 2020, despite its own rules not allowing children that age to create an account.