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New COVID-19 saliva test ‘suitable for children and vulnerable people’

UK company Intelligent Fingerprinting has developed a saliva-based lateral flow test for the rapid...

Marketplace giant in £1.2bn swoop for Depop

American marketplace Etsy has completed its £1.2 billion acquisition of Depop.  London-headquar...

AdTech snapped up for reported £360m

A London AdTech has been acquired in a reported £360 million deal by American firm Mediaocean.  ...

Crypto market price plummets for second consecutive day

Another 4% was wiped from the cryptocurrency market in the last 24 hours as almost all the top 100 c...

Online mortgage broker Trussle acquired

American digital homeownership platform Better plans to acquire London-based online mortgage broke...

AgriTech Arborea aims to expand world’s food supply

A startup aiming to industrialise photosynthesis to expand the world’s food supply has raise...

Private equity deal to merge EdTechs

Two leading EdTechs are to merge following approval from the Competition and Markets Authority.  ...

Confused.com owner swoops for mortgage disrupter Mojo

RVU, owners of Uswitch, Confused.com and Money.co.uk, is taking on the UK mortgages sector by agree...

OnBuy targets unicorn status after raising £35m

Online marketplace OnBuy.com has closed £35 million in Series A+ funding through VC and strateg...

Crowdcube appoints high-profile CTO

Online investment marketplace Crowdcube has appointed the CIO at Moneysupermarket as its new Chief T...

Ether and Dogecoin hit worst in crypto crash

Ethereum and Dogecoin suffered the most as the world's major cryptocurrencies were hit by a price cr...

HealthTech raises £4.6m for painless COVID testing

Vatic, a UK HealthTech startup, has raised £4.6 million for painless COVID-19 testing.  Fo...