Funding

This week’s deals include non-alcoholic drinks brand Lyre’s closing a £20m funding round and vegan burger chain Clean Kitchen Club raising £1.5m to expand across the UK

Venture Capital Funding

Andrew Scott, co-founder of 7percent Ventures, started investing in early stage companies because of his frustration at the timidity of European VCs. Too often, he says, British founders downplay their vision to appease investors

Venture Capital Funding

Fund has found backing for its first £100m with another £300m in discussion, enabling it to back two dozen northern university spinouts a year

Funding

This week’s deals of note are Kleene.ai closing £11m Series A for its data platform and youth employment start-up Hundo raising £1.5m seed funding

Growth Planning

Scale-up bosses want the international trade department to offer tailored support to help them sell more overseas

Funding

This week’s deals include audience platform Permutive closing a £56m Series C round, a Scottish vertical farming tech firm closing a £42m Series B and team building platform Unlock raising £1.5m in seed funding