About

Praseeda was Editor for GrowthBusiness.co.uk from 2016 to 2018.

Financial Management

Make your business finance ready

The type of lending most suitable for a firm heavily depends upon its catalogue of assets and risk profile - one size does not fit all.

Company Flotations

Couchbase secures $30m in its last round before IPO

The database company for the digital economy closed its series F funding round led by Sorenson Capital.

Mergers & Acquisitions

App Annie acquires marketing data startup, clarifies IPO rumours

Following a successful Series E funding round, the company has aggressively grown to expand its tech portfolio

Social Media

Four reasons why your property business needs social media

Social media is the best cost-effective way to market your business and reach new audiences. But do you know which networks to use to grow your property business?

Opinion

The evolution of the COO

Are we seeing a reshuffle of c-suite roles to accommodate more innovative positions such as chief digital officer? And if so, what does this mean for the traditional tasks of a COO?

News

Budget 2016: Are we any closer to a 'Brittelstand'?

Looking past the long shadows cast on this year's Spring Budget by the EU referendum and pensions speculation, we examine the policies that could affect the mid-market, come March 16th.

News

The world's first realistically proportioned male doll up for crowdfunding

Now he's raising money to give 'Normal Barbie' a 'Normal Ken'

News

UK records biggest boost in business-led innovation since 2010

Government research reveals that over half of UK businesses are actively developing innovative new products and services

News

Mobile game to tackle infant mortality in Africa turns to crowdfunding

A team of doctors based in Oxford and Kenya launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise £100,000 to develop a game to train healthcare workers on saving lives

News

More UK businesses secure asset based finance

The number of larger businesses using invoice finance jumped by 25 per cent in just a year, from 713 in 2014 to 893 last year

News

EZBob secures £20m in series C round

The equity investment came from Leumi Partners and existing investor, Oaktree

Opinion

Five key technology trends businesses must embrace

John Cooke, managing director at Black Pepper Software investigates the technology trends which will take the business world by storm and why companies must embrace emerging technology to avoid becoming industry laggards.