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Funding values crypto leader Blockchain.com at £3.8bn

A mammoth £219 million funding round has valued Blockchain.com at £3.8 billion.  The London fi...

Seedrs-Crowdcube merger terminated over competition concerns

Seedrs and Crowdcube have agreed to terminate their planned merger after it was provisionally blo...

Seed round for FemTech start-up Yoppie extended

High-profile investors have joined a seed round for FemTech start-up Yoppie.  In late 2018, ...

Tech start-up behind $1tn of construction projects backed by GV

A start-up using data and AI analytics to mitigate risk on construction projects has raised £13.5 m...

Shift to WFH sees comms surveillance firm VoxSmart raise £18.2m

Communications surveillance firm VoxSmart has closed an £18.2 million round of financing.  Am...

Rescued former tech unicorn Blippar closes pre-Series A round

Augmented reality firm Blippar seems to be on the road to recovery two years after it entered ad...

BioTech PhoreMost raises £33m to target ‘undruggable’ diseases

PhoreMost, a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to ‘drugging the undruggable’ disease targets...

App aiming to get millions investing secures £50m

Investment start-up Freetrade has raised £50 million in a Series B round.  The firm’s ...

Seed funding to prototype next-generation memory devices

Intrinsic Semiconductor Technologies has raised £1.35 million seed funding to prototype next-g...

Tech platform supporting 4,000 charities backed with £3.5m

A donations, fundraising and events platform has secured £3.5 million investment in Series A f...

Investor backing for FinTech veteran Zopa after nine months as bank

A P2P lender which obtained its banking licence last year has raised £20 million from its existi...

Hydrogen buses and electric HGVs closer to hitting road

Hydrogen-fuelled buses and HGVs which run on electric propulsion technology are closer to hitting...