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Open banking API platform Railsbank raises £28m

London-based open banking platform Railsbank has raised £28 million funding.  Billed as ‘Ba...

CMA to investigate Crowdcube-Seedrs merger

The Competition and Markets Authority is to investigate the proposed merger between Crowdcube and...

Tech to strengthen company culture in era of remote working

A digital coaching platform has secured backing from Innovate UK to help firms recruit people based ...

eCommerce start-up raises £49m to exit stealth mode

An eCommerce start-up has exited stealth mode and announced £49 million of funding.  Heroes, ...

Visualsoft secures ‘major’ investment

Specialist eCommerce platform provider and digital marketing consultancy Visualsoft has secured a ...

Huge funding round values virtual events platform at $2bn

A £94 million funding round has valued London-based Hopin at more than $2 billion.  In just e...

$1bn investment into Farfetch to drive move into China

Farfetch has secured more than $1 billion investment in a global deal which will see it move into t...

Tencent backs cancer-fighting Congenica

HealthTech Congenica has closed a £38m Series C funding round.  Based in Cambridge, the firm ...

AI innovator Mind Foundry raises £10.4m

AI innovator Mind Foundry has raised £10.4 million.   The Oxford University spinout aims to ...

Kylie Minogue joins music streaming innovator ROXi

Aussie pop queen Kylie Minogue is to join Robbie Williams as a major shareholder in ROXi. Kylie i...

HealthTech scale-up secures grant for location tech helping COVID fight

HealthTech scale-up Navenio has secured a £400,000 grant from the UK government and Innovate UK, th...

Tencent backs UK’s Lockwood Publishing in £19m round

The studio behind social simulation game Avakin Life has secured £19 million funding.  Chines...