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Lifted Ventures spearheads North of England as gender-smart investment capital of the UK. Lifted Ventures is proudly celebrating its first year of activity, working to proclaim the North of England as the go-to destination for female-founded businesses seeking funding. Established in September 2023 and officially launching in January 2024 ...
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23rd February 2024. Entrepreneurs raise £350k for coffee cup re-use system. A café operator who set out to find an alternative to single-use coffee cups has helped to develop a new re-use system that claims to be the most simple and cost-effective to date.
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Apr 4, 2023 · FRANCE: Fungiball, the revolutionary fantasy tennis platform, has announced a €2.2 million PreSeed funding round, by a combination of private business angels including Adrien Dassault and Stephan Altmuller, with additional support from Cliff Capital and BPI France. The funds will be used to grow the tech team to scale the platform and enhance ...
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Green Angel Ventures backs carbon fibre recycling company Lineat. Green Angel Ventures has made a new investment in Lineat, an innovative sustainable technology in the carbon fibre composite market, as part of a £1.4 million equity raise, with additional investment from the Development Bank of Wales. Lineat is pioneering an award-winning ...
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Investment into tech firms in Northern Ireland has reached its highest level ever in 2023 at £143.2 million, according to the latest data from Catalyst. Research for Catalyst’s annual NI Deal Tracker report has revealed that £143m was invested across 72 deals, with an average investment of £1.99m. This compared to a total of £139m in 2022 ...
Prosper smashes Crowdfunding target raising over £1m - Angel …
Dec 15, 2023 · Wealthtech platform Prosper has closed its first crowdfunding campaign, raising over £1 million and topping up the £3.2m already raised from investors including Monzo’s co-founder Tom Blomfield, Capital One’s co-founder Matt Cooper, and many other high-profile fintech angels. Prosper was founded by fintech entrepreneurs Ricky Knox, Nick Perrett, and Phil Bungey, who previously built ...
Archangels...here's to the next 30 years! - Angel News
Mar 24, 2023 · Founded in 1992 by Mike Rutterford and Barry Sealey, Archangels is considered to be the oldest, continuously operating business angel syndicate in the world, and is still going strong. Since then it has invested in 89 early-stage Scottish companies contributing to the growth of the syndicate to become one of the leading angel investment organisations not …
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13th September 2024 - 0 comments. A syndicate of 20 business angels led by lead investor Simon Bell has invested £250,000 in Menna.ai, the first small business finance assistant powered by Gen AI. The equity investment has been match-funded with a further £250,000 from the Development Bank of Wales' Wales Angel Co-investment Fund.
New research reveals rise in angels backing tech for good startups
Sep 29, 2023 · Bethnal Green Ventures (BGV), in partnership with HSBC Innovation Banking UK and Floww has released the “Tech for Good Angels” report, revealing that despite a venture funding downturn, angels are doubling down to invest in tech for good businesses. Recent research from the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) revealed that the impact investing market topped $1 trillion in assets under ...
Meet the founders on Virgin StartUp's new angel accelerator
Mar 24, 2023 · Not-for-profit, Virgin StartUp, has announced the 14 ambitious British business founders that will join its new ‘get investment ready’ accelerator programme, which launches this week to help start-ups supercharge their first angel investment round. Selected from more than 320 applicants, the final cohort includes businesses specialising in AI technology, social media, healthcare, fashion ...