£2bn green Man Utd stadium moves one step closer. Launch of Old Trafford Regeneration Mayoral Development Corporation is major milestone in journey towards world’s most sustainable stadium.
Private equity owner ‘forces out Darktrace CEO’. Jill Popelka, who described herself as a “long-term leader” recently, replaced by interim CEO at cybersecurity giant.
Who is Dragons’ Den guest judge Jenna Meek? REFY co-founder and Northern Leader enters Den alongside regular Dragons in ‘fiery’ debut – but how did she get there? And did she pass her audition?
Dragon Peter Jones ‘offers’ Mosaic Journal founder Jessops MD role. However he opts not to invest in “exceptional” Murad Huseynov’s business – and Steven Bartlett jumps in to agree deal.
Shares up at Computacenter after profit guidance lift. Hertfordshire-based IT services group’s share price is up by over 10% today after it said yearly profit before tax will be no less than £270m.
Synthesia raises $200m at whopping $4bn valuation. The round, which was led by Google Ventures, makes it one of UK’s most valuable AI firms & plans to use it to ‘transform how employees learn’.
AutoGrab to motor into UK with £40m funding. Octopus Ventures backs Australian automotive intelligence provider, now valued at £116 million, after co-founder relocated to London.
MBO completed at private equity firm YFM. Partners led by managing partner Jamie Roberts buy Dave Hall and David Bell out of Leeds-based YFM Equity Partners.
Maven-backed Summize raises another £40m to grow in US. Manchester LegalTech to accelerate global expansion following deal which sees Maven deliver profitable partial realisation for VCT investors.
New York’s WSC snaps up UK SportTech Partnerbrite. Sports content automation platform acquires London-headquartered digital sponsorship activation platform.
YFM exits Vuealta following sale to France-based Keyrus. Investor initially backed firm to push international expansion & growing client demand but exits upon sale to global data & consulting group.
$100m deal for Man Utd partner backed by Rio Ferdinand. Fast-growing Sokin, club’s official global business payment solutions partner, to expand around world with debt facility.
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