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  Applications now open for Boost Fund 1, Capital Pilot Advisory's automated high-volume investment fund for high-growth UK startups. Capital Pilot Advisory announces the launch of Boost Fund 1, which will invest in high-growth UK startups using a unique automated selection and completion process. Boost Fund 1 is the first automated high-volume investment fund targeting UK startups, bringin...
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  Maison Sport secures further investment to support growth and expansion of its service and reach across Europe. Good news to start the week for Maison Sport, the market leading independent ski and snowboard instructor provider, with the announcement that it has raised a further £442,000 in funding as it targets 300% growth in 2022. This is in addition to the £1.3M that wa...
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Clarendon Fund Managers becomes the first NI organisation to sign up to the Investing in Women Code and is now urging other Northern Ireland-based investors to join them in committing to support female founders. Northern Ireland investors must commit to doing more to support female led businesses and encourage entrepreneurship among women if they want to ensure there is a strong pipeline of inn...
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Time to celebrate the outstanding achievements of angels, early stage VC’s and the innovators they back as nominations are opened for the UKBAA Angel Investment Awards. Good news folks! The annual UKBAA Angel Investment awards are returning for an in-person event to be held at the Science Museum, London on 7th July 2022. Now in its 16th year, the UK Angel Investment Awards are o...
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  Sona, the ‘People Operating System’ for deskless workers, secures major investment to support further growth and expansion. We've been huge fans of innovative London-based startup Sona, for a while now and were delighted when Ben Dixon, Sona's Co-founder and CTO joined us at our Work: In Progress event late last year and shared all sorts of insights on workplace inno...
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  Edinburgh-headquartered Rhizocore Technologies secures investment to support expansion of its sustainable solution for woodland regeneration. A company behind innovation to create healthy forest ecosystems which support successful tree-planting has secured £370,000 in equity investment. Edinburgh-headquartered Rhizocore Technologies produces locally adapted mycorrhizal fungi to enh...
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Female founders take the lead as Tech Nation announces the most diverse winners of its national ‘Rising Stars’ competition to date Tech Nation has announced the 10 winners of its fourth Rising Stars competition, which recognises the brightest and best early-stage tech scaleups from every area of the UK. Previous years’ Rising Stars Winners have included Selazar (from Northern ...
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Effectiv, the next-generation, no-code risk management platform secures investment to support further tech development and expansion in the US. Fintech startup Effectiv has today announced a $4 million seed funding round, led by Accel with participation from REV (funded by RELX) and other industry leaders.  Effectiv offers a next-generation, no-code risk management platform for ...
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Innovative athletic footwear startup Hylo Athletics secures investment to support further development of its performance and sustainability-focused products and brand. Fab news from athletic footwear startup Hylo Athletics with the announcement that it has raised a Series A round of £2.5m. The round was led by Eka Ventures, with participation from Redrice Ventures and a range of angel inv...
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TECH CHAMPIONS, the tech careers related comic, is now available for free download! TECH CHAMPIONS comic aims to provide an innovative and visual approach to showcasing careers and opportunities in tech for young people in NI. Celebrated at a school-focused event on Thursday 10th March as part of Derry & Strabane Enterprise Week the innovative comic, aimed at young people, showcases six loc...
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  Rows announces desktop apps beta launch and triple user growth following bold billboards outside Microsoft and Google HQs Rows – the next-generation spreadsheet for businesses, backed by Lakestar, Accel, and Cherry Ventures – today announces the beta launch of Rows’ app for Windows and MacOS, with an iPad version coming next. The cloud based platform has more than tripl...
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Luxury chat-based shopping platform, Threads Styling secures major investment to expand its product offering and support business growth. Threads Styling is the leading global luxury chat-based shopping platform, providing a personalised service over social media and chat-based commerce, with the vision to pioneer a new luxury shopping experience for the next generation of shoppers. Today, Thre...
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