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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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The on-demand wellness app Urban raises £5.9 million on investment platform Seedrs to help it further develop its services and expand to more cities Great news to start the week from on-demand wellness app Urban which has just raised £5.9 million on investment platform Seedrs, tripling its initial target of £2 million. This is Seedrs’ third largest raise this year, and wit...
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Female founder or woman in business, looking to start, grow or scale a business in Northern Ireland? Here are a few of the resources, organisations and networks that should help... Starting and growing a business can be challenging but the key thing is that you needn’t do it alone. Aside from the traditional governmental bodies and enterprise agencies, support is out there - it’s simp...
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UK-based independent beauty brands - this one's for you! Good potential news for the beauty industry in the UK with the launch of The Beauty Accelerator™, a joint initiative between The Red Tree, the UK’s leading international beauty brand consultancy, and SFC Capital, a leader in the UK’s early stage investment world.The initiative will see one emerging independent beauty bra...
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TechIreland has released its H1 2020 Startup Funding Review - a report that includes Venture Capital, Grants and other funding raised by tech startups across Ireland and Northern Ireland, with the review highlighting some worrrying trends in Irish funding. Between January and June of this year, startups raised €545 Million in funding - the highest recorded in the last 4 years.  “W...
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Major investment news for the innovative digital education platform Bibliu... Great news for Edtech startup BibliU with the announcement that it has raised £500,000 as part of a Series A extension funding round, supported by Angel Investment Network (AIN), the world’s largest online angel investment platform. The London-based startup is a digital education platform that pro...
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Major funding secured by London-based "employment-as-a-service" tech startup Omnipresent... The Covid-19 pandemic has necessitated the remote working trend but by embracing remote employment, many companies are risking non-compliance with international labour laws and regulations. Omnipresent addresses this challenge by its tech-enabled platform that handles all of the complexity of internationa...
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BYP Network, a platform for black professionals to connect with each other for networking purposes and with corporations for career opportunities, has set about raising £500k via an Equity Crowdfunding campaign, on Seedrs, as part of a wider £2m round. Tackling the whole journey from grassroots to senior managers by providing a growth pipeline that focuses on mentorship, peer collabor...
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Sustainable reward scheme Bagboard, a first-of-its-kind advertising platform for planet-friendly brands launches £600k funding round... Bagboard, the creation of former credit trader Ben Ayres, and advertising executive Ashleigh Bishop, launched a £600k crowdfunding campaign via Seedrs this week to raise funds for the first sustainable rewards scheme that marries major brand campaigns...
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The lowdown on the "habit changing" startup and its plans to raise further funding... This week sees the launch of a £1.4M funding round on Seedrs for One Year No Beer , the online toolkit for surviving modern alcohol-free society.  Having already raised £1.1M  investment in the private stages of the round, One Year No Beer now opens its campaign to the wider public. The f...
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