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Impulse Programme produces the UK’s ‘next generation’ entrepreneurs and world-class innovators attracting over GBP50million of investment

A Cambridge University programme has produced a raft of the UK’s ‘next generation’ entrepreneurs and world-class innovators – attracting over GBP50million (GBP53,561,000) of funding and investments over the last four years for the alumni’s life-changing projects. Notable alumni completing the programme have included: Dr Steve Brierley, Founder/CEO of technology sensation, Riverlane

Blueberry Therapeutics secures additional GBP3.6m Series B investment

Drug discovery and development company, Blueberry Therapeutics, has secured a GBP3.6 million extension to its previously successful GBP10.8 million Series B fundraising. Japanese investor, Medical Incubator Japan (MIJ), and a private syndicate of US Board Certified Dermatologists – led by Dr Omar Ibrahimi of the Connecticut Skin Institute – have

StepStone signs alliance with The ID Register

Private markets solutions specialist the StepStone Group has become an Alliance Partner of The ID Register, which offers investors streamlined subscription, KYC and FATCA-CRS services that meet high global standards.  Approved investors can subscribe into new private markets funds without having to repeatedly provide their subscription materials and KYC information.

Nordea’s ESG-focused Emerging STARS Bond strategy secures USD550m Velliv allocation

Nordea Asset Management (NAM) – a specialist in sustainable and responsible investing – has received an allocation in excess of USD550 million into its Emerging STARS Bond strategy.  The investment came from Danish pension provider Velliv.    Nordea’s Emerging STARS Bond strategy is an actively managed emerging market debt portfolio,

LDC-backed Onecom acquires Olive Communications

Onecom has acquired its closest rival, Olive Communications, in a move which creates one of the largest business-to-business mobile, fixed-line and cloud specialists in the UK. Together, Onecom and Olive will provide services to more than 500,000 corporate and business end users this year, generating combined annual turnover of more

Kraken backs new venture capital fund

Kraken Digital Asset Exchange has backed the newly launched Kraken Ventures, an independent investment fund targeting early stage companies and protocols across the crypto and fintech ecosystem.  The fund will invest in the technologies powering the next wave of crypto and fintech innovation and provide entrepreneurs with the financial resources

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