Fresho, a company that aims to make food supply chains more sustainable between restaurants and their suppliers, has whet the appetite of investors with a recent capital raising of £8 million ($10 million USD).
Fresho, a company that aims to make food supply chains more sustainable between restaurants and their suppliers, has whet the appetite of investors with a recent capital raising of £8 million ($10 million USD).
Global proptech venture capital firm Pi Labs has concluded its tenth growth programme for early stage proptech startups, with the participating companies set to secure $18.6m in seed and pre-seed funding.
One in three UK-based small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) who sought access to finance were denied in the last year.
Gemma Cairney unleashed her inner entrepreneur, as she entered the helms of a business for the day through the Open University’s high-stakes interactive social experiment: ‘Unlock your Inner Boss Live! The CEO Challenge’.
Florence, the UK-based tech innovator for social care, announced it has raised $35 million (£28.5m) through a Series B funding round. Florence will use the investment for product expansion to support care in the UK and multiple international markets, and to expand its services beyond elderly care.
Debite, the dynamic financing platform for early-stage companies, has today announced its UK launch with a mission to help businesses more effectively manage their cash flow and maximise their growth potential.
A new potential £25M social investment fund is announced today, offering flexible and patient capital for early-stage social businesses to grow their impact, ring-fencing a minimum of 50% of funding for leaders from underrepresented backgrounds.
The RLS offers businesses loans of up to £2m of which 70% is underwritten government guarantee. It is available to businesses that have been affected by Covid and whose turnover is less than £45m.
Sunderland-based Troo will use the investment to create around 50 new jobs over the next six months.
A survey of over 1000 small to medium-sized businesses in the UK revealed 59% of organisations asked feel sustainability is ‘very important’ to their business, while 27% said it was ‘quite important’ or ‘important’.
Intelligent automation (IA) specialist, Tquila Automation, has received multi-million dollar funding from Delta-v Capital, a leading growth equity firm that invests in high-growth, tech-enabled services and software companies.
ZappedSkin, an online dermatology service, has raised £220k from Jenson Funding Partners.
Decision Intelligence company Peak, released its State of AI, 2022 report today, highlighting that many businesses are making investments in both data and AI without connecting the two.
how.fm, the SaaS training platform enabling warehouse operators to onboard, upskill, and support their operators every day, today announces it has raised a $5.4m seed round.
Businesses working through digital transformation projects have to plan for GDPR compliance from the very beginning, rather than struggling to rework it so as to meet requirements. Under the data protection legislation, data concerning health and care must be protected against unauthorised and unlawful processing, on top of accidental loss, destruction, or damage.
Critizr have introduced a new policy to provide menstrual and miscarriage leave for all 100 plus employees working across the company’s offices in the UK, France, Spain, Japan and the Netherlands.
The Rug Seller Limited has been renamed the Luxury Home Design Group Ltd, which includes four distinct home and interior e-commerce brands under the umbrella company – TheRugSeller.co.uk, Shabby.co.uk, LuxeTapi.com and UltimateGrass.co.uk
A new start up called Ad Astra has launched, becoming the UK’s first non-fungible token (NFT) agency that specialises in connecting artists, art collectors and galleries with end-to-end NFT services.
The Arkbound Foundation, a charity focused on widening access to literature and improving diversity within publishing, have received £45,000 in funding from Big Issue Invest, the investment arm of The Big Issue.
New research by WhatsApp Business shows that young people in the UK are more entrepreneurial than ever, as over two thirds (68%) of Gen Zs have had a new business idea - compared with 38% of the general population.
