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Marc was editor of GrowthBusiness from 2006 to 2010. He specialised in writing about entrepreneurs, private equity and venture capital, mid-market M&A, small caps and high-growth businesses.

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SPARK supports $12 million series B funding for Vivacta

SPARK Ventures has provided follow-on funding of £1 million to Vivacta, a vitro diagnostic company, as part of the company’s £5.7 million Series B financing round. This financing will be used to commercialise Vivacta’s first Point of Care (PoC) immunoassay system.

Banking

Banking on expansion

With India's tiger economy hungry for global opportunities, it should come as no surprise that footprints are appearing on the UK corporate landscape. M&A's Morag Dickson talks to executive director Sonjoy Chatterjee about internationalising ICICI Bank's offering

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Plasticell secures £690,000

Biotech company Plasticell has secured £250,000 from The Capital Fund. This follows an investment of £440,000 by existing shareholders and a £1.1 million grant from the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.

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PolyTherics receives £350,000

PolyTherics, a biopharmaceutical spin-out company from Imperial College London and the London School of Pharmacy, has been awarded £350,000 from the Technology Strategy Board.

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Pure Telecom acquires NewTel Communications

Ireland’s fastest growing business telecoms provider, Pure Telecom, has acquired NewTel Communications from Orion Telecommunications for an undisclosed seven-digit sum, adding €8.5 million (£6 million) to its annual turnover.

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PREM buys European hotel portfolio

Ireland’s largest hotel operator PREM Group has, together with Goodbody Stockbroker, acquired a portfolio of hotels in Belgium and France, making it the second largest hotel operator in Belgium.

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Polo Resources floats on AIM

Investment company Polo Resources has been admitted to AIM. The company issued some 131.4 million ordinary shares at 5p each to institutional and other investors raising £6.6 million.

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DCC flys into the UK with euro 3.5 million deal

Business support services conglomerate DCC plc has increased its presence in Britain through the acquisition of Squadron Medical for an initial €3.5 million (£2.5 million).

Entrepreneurs

The Cyrus LinkMini Two

If you’ve got a treasure trove of digital music on your iPod but you’re sick of only being able to listen to it on a pair of earphones, the Cyrus LinkMini Two could make an excellent Christmas present to yourself.

Growth Planning

Acquisitions thwarted by cultural differences

Research released by management consultancy Hay Group suggests that half of European mergers fail to achieve their stated objectives because of poor integration of cultures.

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Hotbed invests £2.1 million in Mobiletrails

Private investor syndicate Hotbed has invested £2.1 million of growth capital in Mobiletrails, a provider of travel information to mobile devices.

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Eurotel in £44 million buy-out

Inflexion Private Equity, a specialist in the small mid-market, has led the secondary buy-out of business telecoms provider Eurotel for £44 million.