Technology

25 of the most exciting fast growing technology companies in the UK

GrowthBusiness profiles some of the most innovative and fastest-growing technology companies in Britain, ranging from communications and cybersecurity through to medicine and transport

Growth Planning

Government to focus on green tech and AI in new industrial strategy

New industrial strategy reflects priorities of prime minister’s chief adviser Dominic Cummings to create UK equivalent of US technology agency

Alternative Finance for Business

Crowdcube partners with £100m Episode 1 to hunt for tech start-ups

Start-ups in digital infrastructure and deep tech space have one month to pitch for equity and crowdfunding investment

Funding

BGF primes £15bn National Recovery Fund to take stakes in businesses

Pension funds and insurers in talks with BGF to launch £15bn equity fund by Christmas

News

Rainmaking Venture Studio raising £65m for corporate start-ups

UK fundraise is part of bigger plan to raise £150m for corporate venturing worldwide

Venturers Club Content

How I’ve grown my business: Sammy Rubin, founder YuLife

Life insurance is the number one benefit employees want. Yet small businesses perceive it as being complex and poor value. Sammy Rubin wants to change that

Banking

Three quarters of fintechs unhappy with level of government Covid support

Fintech founders urge government to loosen rules on state-backed investment schemes, which block fintechs from qualifying for EIS funding

Alternative Finance for Business

Supply@ME brings its inventory monetization solution to UK manufacturers

Stock exchange-listed inventory fintech aims to buy £200m worth of stock from UK manufacturers in pilot scheme

Technology

FoundersLane to create €1bn worth of start-ups by end-2022

Corporate venture builder creates health and climate start-ups for billion-euro corporates, with three launched so far

PR and Marketing Strategy

Genflow Ventures to invest in 10-15 influencer start-ups this year

Venture capital arm of social media agency turns traditional VC model on its head, creating businesses for influencers with millions of potential customers

Funding

Scale-ups face £15bn funding shortfall as coronavirus ravages investment

Scale-ups face funding crisis as backers double down on existing investments and AIM exchange dries up

Entrepreneurs

How I’ve grown my business: Cameron Shearer, co-founder Superscript

Disrupting one-sized-fits-all business insurance, Superscript offers bespoke cover to 1,000 business types. Cameron Shearer takes us on his five-year journey

Timothy Adler