Alternative Finance for Business

EISA teams up with start-up ratings agency Capital Pilot to launch platform where EIS investors can see the pick of fast-growth companies

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This week’s deals include car-sharing app Karshare raising £3m in Series A through Saracens rugby club owner Nigel Wray, as well as Virgin Money investing £1.5m in golf improvement wearables Shot Scope

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This week’s deals include True leading a £2m seed round for Canadian homeware site Fable Home, Vira Health raising £1.5m for its Stella menopause app and Ember Snacks crowdfunding £1m for its British biltong brand

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This week’s deals include London-based fintech Soldo raising £131m in Series C, B2B food logistics start-up Collectiv Food closing £12m Series A and Scottish outdoor kindergarten chain Willow Den raising over £700,000

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Government faces blowing its own science superpower goals unless more is done to support early-stage tech start-ups, warns financier

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This week’s deals include Heart Aerospace raising £25m in Series A for its electric plane fleet, food allergy testing firm Reacta closing £3m and healthy snack brand BEPPS munching on £400,000 seed funding