Venture Capital Funding

Legal AI software firm Luminance raises £8m in Series B funding

Software enables lawyers to sift through legal documents using AI technology

Funding

Personalised marketing AI raises $5.2m in Series A funding

DataSine uses AI to personalise marketing communications from businesses

Funding

On-demand staff platform Catapult raises £4.3m in fresh funding

Three-year-old company fills part-time hospitality and catering roles.

News

Barclays leads £10m funding round for loyalty scheme startup Bink

Bink brings together all your loyalty cards onto one manageable platform.

Funding

Food waste app Too Good To Go gets another £5m from existing investors

Company aims to have 50m users by the end of 2020.

Banking

SME bank account Anna Money raises £9m from tech investor Kinetik

SME banking app will use investment to add tools and features

Funding

Funding for British start-ups falls by 19% last year

Overall number of deals drops by 10% year-on-year

Venture Capital Funding

Property tycoon to invest another $100m in tech companies

Vincent Tchenguiz has already invested $200m in VC funding, mainly in biotech.

Technology

Growth businesses face skills shortage when it comes to new technology

One fifth of staff say they don’t feel equipped to employ the latest technology

News

Taxman raises extra £4bn through VAT investigations into underpaying SMEs

VAT probes account for 50% of all money raised through SME investigations

Funding

Property tech VC Pi Labs puts money into air-quality monitor 720 Degrees

Finnish start-up helps commercial landlords save money monitoring air quality

Technology

Growth in 91% of companies held back by technology issues

Data security worries, lack of budget and skills shortages alarm company bosses