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Hunter Ruthven graduated from the university of Sussex in geography and politics before joining Vitesse Media. He was the Editor for GrowthBusiness.co.uk from 2012 to 2014, before moving on to Caspian Media Ltd to become Editor of Real Business.

News

LoyaltyLion raises venture round to build out e-commerce offering

EC1 Capital has led a new seed funding round for LoyaltyLion, with the start-up banking $370,000 of growth capital.

News

Luke Johnson’s Patisserie Valerie unveils listing on London's AIM market

The holding company behind the Patisserie Valerie chain of cafe and casual dining locations is looking to build on revenues of £60.1 million by going public.

News

Business Growth Fund backs 50th company from £2.5 billion fund

Aberdeen-based Task Geoscience has been backed by the Business Growth Fund through a deal worth £3.8 million.

News

Navigation app Citymapper looks to new cities after securing Balderton Capital and Index Ventures as investors

A $10 million Series A funding round has been closed by Citymapper with contributions from a host of European venture capital firms.

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Food diagnostics test developed in wake of horse meat scandal secures growth funding

AltraTech, a food diagnostics business, has banked €900,000 to help with the development of its high sensitivity species-specific identification device.

News

Poundland founder Steve Smith turns to crowdfunding for his online estate agency

Having set up and sold his discount retailer Poundland for £50 million, Steve Smith has decided to fund his new business using equity crowdfunding.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Octopus-backed Hydrobolt exits through deal with LoneStar

Energy parts business Hydrobolt has been snapped up by LoneStar for an undisclosed amount with help from private equity firm AEA Investors.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Maiden exit for North West Fund for Digital & Creative as Adaptis sold for 2.4x return

The North West Fund for Digital & Creative has secured a first sale from its portfolio, three years after the £15 million fund was created.

Growth Planning

The emerging markets worth a MINT

Glenn Porter, general manager international identity verification at GBGroup, examines the opportunities and risks of trading with the MINT population of Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Restaurant reservation platform Bookatable acquires 2Book to gobble up Scandinavian market share

Bookatable has moved to build out its offering in Europe by snapping up Swedish business 2Book for an undisclosed amount.

News

London tech start-up The Currency Cloud bolstered by eight-figure fundraising

A host of well-known venture capital firms are uniting to back the future growth of payments engine The Currency Cloud as the British business looks to increase transaction numbers.

News

Israeli tailor used by Marks & Spencer debuts on London's AIM stock exchange

Bagir Group has joined the Alternative Investment Market and raised £20 million to fund future growth.