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Alternative Finance for Business

Matt Cooper of Crowdcube – Growth Business Q&A

Matt Cooper, COO of Crowdcube, explains how to raise equity crowdfunding through his platform for your growth business

Venture Capital Funding

Salesforce launches second £99m VC fund focusing on UK startups

Europe Trailblazer Fund wants to back cloud-based businesses offering solutions to enterprise-size companies.

News

TransferWise becomes Europe’s most valuable fintech startup

Co-founders, staff and early investors sell shares, valuing money transfer service at £2.7bn

Venture Capital Funding

Q&A Luke Davis of IW Capital – ‘Opportunity comes out of crisis’

IW Capital was founded nine years ago as a boutique EIS investment house. Today it’s grown to offer debt as it transforms into a one-stop-shop for SMEs

Banking

Barclays business CEO worries SME lending bubble could burst

Barclays business banking CEO Ian Rand fears growing SME lending market could see a Wonga-style collapse if fintech lending criteria are not rigorous enough

Banking

Q&A Ian Rand, CEO of Barclays Business Banking

The head of Barclays Business Banking says that small business owners value the human element just as much as the latest banking app

Venture Capital Funding

Venture capitalist Accel closes £440m fund focusing on UK startups

Veteran VC says UK continues to be attractive because of the depth of its talent pool in software and artificial intelligence

Venture Capital Funding

European companies raise £4.4bn of venture capital in first three months

Strongest-ever first quarter sees €5.1bn in VC funding ploughed into 339 deals - a 76pc rise year on year

Banking

Nationwide wins £50m prize to help boost small business banking

Nationwide wins a £50m grant to help fund its expansion into SME banking, while Investec and Co-Operative Bank also win awards of £15m each

Venture Capital Funding

Investment in UK growth-stage tech companies stagnated in 2018

Just under €3.4bn went into growth founds for UK tech startups in 2108, down 3pc year on year, while investment in France and Germany remained strong

Venture Capital Funding

SoftBank to launch second Vision Fund for late-stage startups

Japanese investment bank poised to reap benefits of early investments in Uber, WeWork and Slack as they go public

Growth Planning

Three things I’ve learned managing my own business

Dez Derry, CEO of Manchester-based digital agency Mmadigital, boils down what he’s learned to three things – location, finding the right team and keeping staff motivated