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

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ShopKeep raises $60m to enter UK market

Cloud-based point-of-sale provider based in New York targets UK market in international expansion drive.

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Tech Innovators 2015: Baby2Body

Baby2Body are one our out top 20 tech innovators for 2015.

Alternative Finance for Business

Alternative lender Capify looking to fill ‘void’ in SME finance market

New alternative lender is the result of five financing businesses from across the globe coming together: MD Tony Pegg tells us about the newly-branded business and why he feels the fintech revolution fills an important need in SME funding.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Performance Doorset Solutions acquired by Masonite International in $16m cross-border deal

Greater Manchester-based door and window retailer sold to Canadian company.

Social Media

What we’ve learnt: WeSwap’s foray into the world of social media marketing 

WeSwap's social currency platform matches travellers heading in opposite directions. Here, UK marketing manager Stephanie Meyer-Scott shares the business' experiences of entering the world of social media marketing.

Company Flotations

Cash Shells: How investing in dormant public companies can help you reach your AIM

Cash shells are public businesses that no longer trade, or in some cases never really did: but can they be useful in finding your way onto public platforms?

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UK dominates European VC activity

Venture capital-backed firms in the UK raise $1.1bn in 2015 Q2 – accounting for more than one-third of total European activity.

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Bloom & Wild raises £2.5m in Series A funding round

Online florist raises funds in round led by MMC Ventures.

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Secret Escapes raises $60m in Series C funding round

Luxury travel brand closes lucrative round led by Google Ventures and supported by Octopus Ventures along with several others

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Soaring rents driving start-ups out of London after one year

After one year of trading in London, entrepreneurs’ attitudes towards doing business in the city changes dramatically for the worse.

Entrepreneurs

Upstarts fronting start-ups: Five British entrepreneurs under 20

At an age when some of us were still dreaming of being footballers or rock-stars, this lot have taken the bull by the horns and started to make hay: meet the young upstarts running their own start-ups.

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Acquisitions: Are you doing your #duediligence

When acquiring a business the due diligence process is ingrained into every responsible company's process: but as social media becomes more powerful in business is it time to bring it onto the mix?