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£10m backing for firm behind McDonald’s paper straws

A firm developing sustainable straws, cartons and cups for leading restaurant chains has secured �...

Cambridge MedTech spin-out raises £1.8m

Cambridge-based drug discovery company PharmEnable has closed a £1.8 million seed financing round t...

Employee engagement firm OurPeople raises £1.6m

Team communication and engagement platform OurPeople has received £1.6m in Series A funding.  ...

UK’s latest billion-dollar unicorns revealed

The UK continues to lead the European league table of unicorns – but one nation is catching.  ...

New fund to invest £100m+ in UK software companies

Kennet Partners is to invest more than £100m in UK software companies as part of a new £2...

BioTech firm Freeline raises £96m, eyes US IPO

Freeline Therapeutics has raised £96m in a Series C financing round.  Based in Stevenage, it f...

New €125m fund from investor GP Bullhound

GP Bullhound has announced a new €125m fund.  Headquartered in the UK with nine global...

New €125m fund from investor GP Bullhound

GP Bullhound has announced a new €125m fund. Headquartered in the UK with nine global offices, th...

Recruitment platform secures £5m in Series A funding

Recruitment platform Tempo has secured £5 million in a Series A funding round led by the Adecco Gro...

Newly relaunched wellbeing firm Heka raises £1m

A relaunched wellbeing start-up has raised £1m in funding.  Heka, previously GoSweat, has re...

‘Allergic to the world’ entrepreneur raises £32m

The entrepreneur behind a virtual events start-up which has just raised £32m has revealed t...

Welsh BioTech to raise £69m with US listing

Renalytix AI is looking to raise £69m with a proposed listing in the United States.  The Welsh...