Saporo has announced a $2.7m pre-seed round co-led by Session VC and Lightbird Ventures to make it easier for businesses of any size to increase their cyber resistance. Saporo’s technology enables any organisation to model and measure its resistance to anticipate attacks and make better-informed decisions about managing its risk without the need to think […]
University of Cambridge technology spin-out Zetta Genomics announces that is has raised £2.5m in new seed funding. The successful round secures leading global Venture Capital (VC) investment in the company’s XetaBase platform – a transformational genomic data management technology that powers the discovery and delivery of precision medicine at scale. Data for the precision medicine […]
Commercial finance specialist, Christie Finance is pleased to announce its client, Cyclone Powder Coating Limited has successfully secured funding to purchase the property they currently lease – Unit 24, Deeming Industrial estate, enabling the business to continue growing and have a permanent base to trade from. The company based in Stockport, specialises in both individual […]
Sova Assessment Limited, the HR Tech enterprise talent assessment software platform, today announced it has raised $9m in a growth funding round from existing investor, Octopus Ventures. Based in London, with international offices in Dubai and Melbourne and a global network of strategic partners, Sova is an end-to-end talent assessment SaaS platform. Its enterprise platform […]
Growth Capital Ventures has led a £1.3m super seed investment round into Business Finance Market (BFM), a fintech platform set to boost access to finance for the country’s 5.9 million SMEs. The funds will be used to drive the development of BFM’s technology forward and further enhance the team. This round, which saw pledges exceed […]
Insurance data intelligence provider Percayso Inform (Percayso) has announced a major £3.4m investment led by Manchester-based venture capital investor Praetura Ventures. Launched in the UK insurance market in 2019, Percayso’s data and intelligence hub provides next generation insurance intelligence services and adds further value to powerful datasets, helping insurers to prevent fraud, compete on price […]
A speciality finance company based in Greater Manchester and founded by an ex-airline pilot expects to double its loan book within 12 months after securing three institutional funding lines including an increased facility from Shawbrook Bank – the first institutional lender to back the company in 2019 bridging loan specialist SDKA is aiming to increase […]
Industry leading specialist lender, West One Loans, has successfully completed a large, complex, regulated bridging loan for a HNW property professional. The case, packaged by Y3S, carried multiple complexities, and required expert underwriting and teamwork between the packager and lender to secure finance for the borrower. The client, a successful property investor, needed to secure […]
Entrepreneurs often dream of opening a business for months, or even years, before they take the leap and set the process in motion. In every business owner’s life, there comes a moment when they say “Yes” and make the decision to work toward becoming a successful business owner. The timing of that crucial decision point, […]
Manchester-based technology start-up, SamsonVT, today announced that it has received $5.1m in seed funding with investment led by Par Equity, with participation from US-based Blumberg Capital. SamsonVT has developed Industry 4.0 solutions that are transforming product maintenance and after sales, a $400bn market. SamsonCORE, for example, is changing the way maintenance engineers work by replacing […]
