About

Todd was Editor of GrowthBusiness.co.uk between 2010 and 2011 as well as being responsible for publishing our digital and printed magazines focusing on private equity and venture capital.

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Personal Development Bureau raises £25,000 from the crowd

Unemployment service start-up Personal Development Bureau has become the second business in the UK to close a financing round through the equity crowdfunding website Crowdcube after raising £25,000 in seed capital.

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Confluence to expand with Midven support

Commercial fund manager Midven has supported the management buy-out (MBO) of construction management and compliance consultancy Confluence Management with a £500,000 investment from their Exceed Fund.

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Branson joins as a backer of blogger Tumblr

British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson has joined Greylock Partners and Insight Venture Partners in an $85 million (£54 million) venture capital funding round for blogging platform Tumblr.

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Carlyle Group acquires ITRS

Alternative asset manager Carlyle Group has acquired London-based ITRS Group, a provider of trade monitoring technology and services to the financial services sector.

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Reed Elsevier to buy Accuity Holdings

Round-up of today's M&A Deals.

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Northstar investment allows LoveYourLarder to expand

Online food-and-drinks marketplace LoveYourLarder.com will expand their website after a £100,000 investment from Northstar Ventures, an investor in high growth businesses across the north east of England.

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Safend rides the acquisition wave

Round-up of today's M&A Deals.

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Imperial Innovations leads £5 million round for Plaxica

Clean technology company Plaxica has secured £5 million for further product development in a Series B fundraising round led by existing investor Imperial Innovations.

Entrepreneurs

Venture community celebrates Investor Allstars winners

The winners of the ninth annual Investor Allstars Awards, organised by technology investment bank GP Bullhound and Vitesse Media, were announced during a glittering ceremony in London last night.

Opinion

Beyond double-dip: the future of media

Internet entrepreneur and academic Alex Connock answers the question what will make British media businesses world class in the next decade. And his findings are three words: creative, online and global.

News

Capita snaps up Cedar

Capita will continue its aquisition spree following Monday's £40 million takeover of Vertex's private sector operations with the purchase of Cedar HR Softwarefor £15 million.
Round-up of today's M&A deals

Opinion

Investor Allstars: the winners

In a tough year for most of the venture capital industry, achieving a good exit, or multiple successful exits, was the measure of success at last night's Investor Allstars Awards.