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Huge investment sector news with the announcement that Crowdcube and Seedrs have agreed to join forces to take on the UK’s £12bn equity funding market   Major news in the investment world today with the announcement that Crowdcube and Seedrs have agreed terms for a merger, in a move that will accelerate their plans to create the world’s largest private equity market...
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Crowdcube and Episode 1 forge partnership to back deep tech startups and invest in the next generation of digital infrastructure A new partnership has just been launched between Crowdcube, the leading equity crowdfunding platform and Episode 1, backers of Zoopla, Shazam and carwow, to invest in the next generation of infrastructure and deep tech startups in the digital sector. This partners...
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Good news for fashion and the environment with the innovative sustainable fashion app Nuw expanding its services across the UK and Ireland... Previously only available in London, Dublin and Cambridge, the sustainable fashion app, Nuw has just announced the expansion of its services across the UK and Ireland to empower people to reduce their environmental impact of fashion, and give love to t...
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The Seedrs portfolio goes from strength to strength, with five primary exits for businesses in its portfolio so far this year Great news from leading online investment platform, Seedrs, with the announcement that it has seen five primary exits for its portfolio since the start of the year. Each exit has generated positive investor returns and takes Seedrs’ total number of primary exits...
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Innovative startup Tech Will Save Us smashes crowdfunding target within first day... Within 24 hours of launching on Seedrs, the Edtech startup Tech Will Save Us, which provides hybrid online and offline learning experiences for kids, has reached its £200k crowdfunding target and is now continuing into overfunding. The venture-backed business, which has already helped 1.2m kids build and ...
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Giving and receiving gifts just became a whole lot easier, thanks to WhatWeWant the crowdfunding gift app... What do you want for your birthday? Dunno. Don’t mind. Whatever. Something good. Those with teenagers in particular will know those harrowing words. We want to get them something they’ll like, that they’ll enjoy, that they’ll cherish for the rest of thei...
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AdLaunch - the startup that's created a data-driven video creation service looking to help change how digital videos are made... We have said plenty of times before that video content is the future. We already see that videos and images are more popular in social media stats. They are easier to consume on our small screens and on the move, and we feel like we can get more out of a shorter amoun...
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The lowdown on the innovative partnership in the fintech sector between Oval Money and Seedrs... Collaboration in the fintech sector today with the announcement that Oval Money and Seedrs have launched a partnership that opens up startup investing to fintech users across Europe. The partnership begins with Oval’s £1 million crowdfunding round on Seedrs, whic...
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Liverpool based startup factory, Nova launches crowdfunding campaign to help further expansion Nova, the cofoundery that’s enabled over 70 tech businesses, including a Dungeons & Dragons inventory app, a hand hygiene improvement system for hospitals and a foetal monitoring wearable for expectant mums, is launching a fresh round of funding to grow its UK and international expansion. It...
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If you’ve just started a new business, the concept of funding will be both necessary and daunting. News stories talk about companies raising money in different funding rounds – but what do those headlines actually mean?   Harper James Solicitors work with start-ups throughout their evolution, seeing first-hand how the different stages of funding lead to growth. Here the firm...
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