Industry news
22.01.2019
Open Blend, an Innovative Performance Management Software Platform, Receives Investment from Two Henley Business Angels
Open Blend, a company that has created software to facilitate coaching led one to ones in the workplace, have raised a total of £250k of funding, with two members...
22.01.2019
Startup Funding Club leads £800K funding round into Swytch
Startup Funding Club has lead an £800K investment round into state-of-the-art eBike technology startup Swytch Startup Funding Club (SFC) has recently closed an investment into state-of-the-art eBike company Swytch Technology in...
18.01.2019
Competition now launched for Northern Entrepreneurs to pitch to London investors
Following the success of last year’s Entrepreneurs of the North, the Innovation SuperNetwork is once again on the lookout for the North’s most innovative high-growth businesses to win a...
17.01.2019
School Space secures £800,000 to help schools generate revenue from underused space
London, United Kingdom – School Space, a leading platform for schools to generate extra funds by hiring out their spaces, announced today that it has secured £800,000 in equity funding with...
17.01.2019
The venture capital market – a year in review and trends to anticipate
Alex Sleigh, Investment Director at Newable shares his thoughts on trends from last year, what to expect for 2019 and how the upcoming year will impact businesses at the...
17.01.2019
Beringea make two landmark announcements this week
Our investment in AccessPay, backed also by US investors True Ventures and Route 66, is one of the largest ever investments in a financial technology company in the North....
17.01.2019
North East Fund has invested £10m in SMES across the region
The start of 2019 has already brought a good news boost to the region’s SMEs with the North East Fund announcing that it has reached its first £10m milestone...
17.01.2019
Farmers fuel £1.2m Crowdcube for small robot company
Sustainable farming robotics company has raised £2.5m in total, including funding from Innovate UK, Indiegogo and the Institute of Engineering and Technology. Small Robot Company, a British agritech start-up...
17.01.2019
Lloyds Banking Group confirms £1.4bn funding to support Yorkshire businesses
Lloyds Banking Group is expecting to invest up to £1.4bn in Yorkshire firms this year. The forecast is part of a national pledge, announced today (January 16), to provide...
17.01.2019
Bike sharing marketplace raises over £200k funding with Seedrs
Cycle.land, the bike sharing marketplace unlocking the assets of unused bikes, has raised over £200k due to its second equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. Cycle.land set its funding target...