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  Anonymous VC review site Landscape has launched the first in a new series of lists that highlight the best funds in Europe based entirely on founder reviews. Anonymous VC review site Landscape - a service born from a community need - has today launched Landscape Lists, a new service to highlight the best VCs based on anonymous founder feedback. The first list highlights the top 20 Europea...
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  New research from Innovate UK reveals majority of startups are passionate about their climate impact and have clear desire to achieve net zero. Net zero is a priority for four fifths (80%) of start-ups, with 72% working to achieve carbon neutrality and 8% already carbon neutral or negative according to new research from Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency. Innovate UK found th...
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Innovative fintech Gretel secures pre-seed investment to support its mission of reconnecting the financial services industry with its lost customers. Gretel, an award-winning fintech which enables financial organisations to quickly and easily reconnect their customers with lost insurance products, bank accounts, pensions, savings and other investments, announced today it has raised $1 million i...
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Schoolgirls in Lochaber and Stenhousemuir win Growing Future Assets competition and are named as the most promising next generation of business investors. The youngsters, aged between 13 and 18, came out top in the Growing Future Assets Competition, a contest to nurture future women in investment and encourage them to consider a career in the industry. But the winners faced tough competition t...
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The lowdown on London-based fintech startup Nosso and its platform where you, your family and friends can invest to fund your child’s big moments. Among the many terrors of raising a child - will they be swallowed by a python if you turn your back; is your toddler displaying sociopathic tendencies; was that a sneeze or the Black Death - there are significant financial considerations for t...
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Industry Veterans Launch Specialist Fund in Europe to Invest in Early-Stage Founders Building the Metaverse. FOV Ventures, a new specialist VC fund to invest in early-stage founders at the forefront of the Metaverse, has today announced the first close of €16.5m of its target €25m fund. The fund will invest in pre-seed and seed-stage companies across Europe, leveraging the industry ex...
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mmob, the UK’s first embedded finance network, announces the successful completion of a £5m seed round. Good news for mmob, having secured major investment from a group of angel investors including high net worth individuals and senior banking executives. The investment will be used to advance the development of its technology platform, enter new markets including Malaysia...
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  Cooby secures US $2.9 Million funding to re-imagine sales engagement and inbox productivity for leading messaging apps. Conversation management tool Cooby today announced that they have raised US $2.9 million to date via investment led by Sequoia India’s Surge and Pear VC. In a messaging-first world, the Cooby tool helps businesses streamline engagement and individuals to organise t...
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Tom Britton, Co-founder of Syndicate Room shares insights on the continued popularity of the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS). Since the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) was launched in 1994, it has raised more than £24bn, and benefited 32,965 individual companies. But is the scheme still popular among investors today, and if so, what are the main attractions? EIS and VCT are going s...
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  Further investment success for OCR Labs; a technology leader in the digital identity verification space to help bolster international growth. Great news for OCR Labs with the announcement that the company has raised a $30 million in a Series B round, led by Equable Capital. Viewed as a technology leader in the digital identity verification space, OCR solves major challenge...
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