As any start-up founder knows, launching a new business can be an exhausting and all-consuming experience. Â When not dealing with day-to-day operations or handling accounts, there are investors to deal with and venture funding to be raised, often from multiple backers with competing agendas.Â
Serial entrepreneur and Dragons’ Den winner, Lex Deak, has secured GBP2 million for his new app, BASKET. Notable investors include Lightbank, the VC firm founded by Groupon co-founder, Eric Lefkosky, as well as co-founder and CEO of WorldFirst, Jonathan Quin, and Mumsnet founder and CEO, Justine Roberts. Basket will
Exciva, a clinical biotech company developing a novel therapeutic compound for treating agitation/aggression in Alzheimer’s disease, has closed a Series A financing of EUR9 million (USD10 million) led by Andera Partners. LBBW Venture Capital and Cure8 also participated in the round. This first funding will help Exciva GmbH develop the
London and the UK are at the forefront of a global boom in climate tech investment since the Paris Agreement, according to a new report by London & Partners and Dealroom.co.
Airbus Ventures has invested in ispace, inc, a company pioneering the future of commercial lunar exploration. ispace’s state-of-the-art lunar lander is on schedule to launch on its first mission, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 in the second half of 2022.
Promus Ventures’ Orbital Ventures Fund has closed at EUR120 million. Anchored in Luxembourg, the Fund is focusing on early-stage, space-related companies. The European Investment Fund committed EUR40 million, adding to the Fund’s international exposure. Other investors include international corporate, institutional, and private investors, as well as public actors. Among them
ACF Investors, a UK venture capital fund that works alongside sector expert business angels to invest in high potential businesses, has passed its 100th company investment. The angel-partnership investment model has been highly successful, funding businesses through multiple investment rounds and is validated by the fact that the funds investments
Growing tech startup Willo has set its sights on becoming the global leader in video interviewing after receiving a GBP630,000 investment to fund growth in key markets – including the USA. The cash injection – from high net-worth investors including ex Freeserve PLC COO Mark Danby, ex BT talent chief
Online investment platform, Seedrs, has launched Seedrs Private Deal Room, a new feature to improve professional investor access to angel, private equity, and venture capital opportunities. The launch of Private Deal Room is another step towards Seedrs’ mission to become the world’s largest private equity marketplace. The addition of Seedrs
Pembroke VCT has invested GBP2 million into JustWears, a men’s basic wear brand focused on comfortable, sustainable and high-performance fabrics. JustWears was launched in 2018 by co-founders Yang Liu and Alex Walsh to address a gap in the male underwear market and meet the needs of consumers by focusing on
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