About

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.

Venture Capital Funding

Speed date networking with venture capitalists

To find out how start-ups are taking the opportunity to make 15-minute introductions with investors, GrowthBusiness visited the offices of Passion Capital for an open office afternoon.

Opinion

The government’s new business bank for SMEs

Neale Andrews, partner at law firm Mundays, looks at the government's new business bank and gives his wish list for things he'd like it to contain.

News

Energy & Environmental Fund adds Ultromex to its growing portfolio

A business which facilitates the recovery of high-value metals from electronic and industrial waste products has received the backing of The North West Fund for Energy & Environmental.

News

Jon Moulton's Better Capital launches joint venture turnaround fund with NPRF

The National Pensions Reserve Fund of Ireland and turnaround private equity fund Better Capital are joining forces to back failing businesses in Ireland.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Technology M&A in the UK set for exciting year backed by private equity and corporates

Cash rich corporates are set to bolster the performance of technology mergers & acquisitions in 2013, accountancy firm BDO predicts.

News

Julie Meyer’s ACE Fund closes first deal by investing in app-building business

Cloud-based mobile applications software business ClickSlide has closed its maiden seed funding round ahead of the launch of its ClickSlide Abacus product.

News

Business Growth Fund kicks off 2013 with oil and gas investment

A second investment in the oil and gas sector has seen the Business Growth Fund provide equity funding to Magma Global.

News

AIM delistings at lowest in seven years despite continued fall in market population

The number of businesses leaving the Alternative Investment Market has fallen to its lowest level since 2005, new research shows.

News

Digital Barriers begins to spend new acquisition war chest

AIM-listed Digital Barriers has kicked off its 2013 acquisition activity by buying Visimetrics.

News

Lamellar Biomedical gets £3.3 million capital injection to develop treatments

A Scottish biomedical company has received the support of a number of equity backers as it looks to continue with the commercialisation of its products.

News

ECI Partners backing for Citation as it brings in new chairman

Private equity firm ECI Partners has purchased a majority stake in Citation to allow the employment law and health and safety advisory firm to target future growth.

News

Recite Me nets return backing from Northstar Ventures as it banks on legislation demands

Northstar Ventures' Finance for Business North East Accelerator Fund has backed a Gateshead-based company which helps those who are dyslexic and visually impaired use the internet.