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Dom is a feature writer for Growth Business and Small Business, focused on matters concerning start-ups and scale-ups. He has also been published in the Independent, FourFourTwo magazine and various lifestyle publications.

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Deals of the Week 9 May to 13 May – a Growth Business round-up

Deals this week include a platform to make decisions at work easier, a spinout opening new possibilities in pharmaceutical manufacturing, and a platform which identifies those at risk from poor mental health

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Deals of the Week 2 May to 6 May – a Growth Business round-up

Deals this week include a university spinout fighting rare diseases, a start-up tackling transport poverty and a fintech trying to bring crypto to the masses

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Redrice Ventures deploying up to £10m a year into early-stage consumer brands

The Holborn-based VC is investing £60m over 10 years into early-stage consumer brands and tech solutions

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First quarter investment in UK scale-ups hits £6.9bn

There were 745 deals completed in the first three months of 2022 but number of exits stall

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Deals of the Week 25 April to 29 April – a Growth Business round-up

Deals this week include a fish-selling platform, an employee benefits app and a cancer care device

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Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme must be overhauled, say experts

Tax-based funding scheme for start-ups is ‘out of date’ says lobby group Coadec as investor SFC Capital calls for investment cap to be doubled to £300,000

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Deals of the Week 18 April to 22 April – a Growth Business round-up

A crypto asset platform, a clinical service start-up and school facility hire service are all part of this week’s Deals of the Week

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Creator Fund launches £15m fund to back student founders

Fund will invest in next generation of student founders in the British university deep-tech space

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Blackfinch Ventures to invest in up to 10 tech start-ups a year

Blackfinch Ventures has made a dozen investments totalling £17m over the last tax year. This year it wants to invest in 10 more companies

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Deals of the Week 11 April to 15 April – a Growth Business round-up

An app that provides instant car finance, a platform to combat loneliness and an all-electric 4x4 manufacturer make up this week’s Deals of the Week

Funding

What metrics do start-up investors look for?

What metrics really matter when trying to secure funding? Here are the metrics start-up investors look for and which ones are key to seed investors and successful founders

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Investors have £20bn to invest in much-needed lab spaces

Demand for life sciences real estate is outperforming supply, as industry investment reached £4.5bn in 2021