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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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Wellington Partners co-leads Sapiens financing round

Venture capital firm Wellington Partners and Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners have raised €13 million (£11.5 million) Series A financing round in medical device company Sapiens.

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Circle Opportunities increases stake in True Vibrations

PLUS-listed Circle Opportunities, an investment company focused on the leisure and wellbeing sector, has acquired the outstanding share capital that it did not already own of True Vibrations.
Round-up of today's M&A deals

Opinion

Leadership in question

It is a hard job to lead. No one denies that. But the problem with poor leadership, as opposed to good leadership, is it has so many negative consequences that it’s hard to ignore.

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Manufacturing ‘coming off the boil’

Growth in UK manufacturing weakened in May as production and new orders slowed, according to a survey.

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Eagle Lifestyle for the cycle commuter

It's popular in Switzerland, but how will the electric bike, or ebike, designed and built by UK-based EBCO, fare here.

Alternative Finance for Business

Economic Insight: More bank capital, less lending

Peter Snowdon, partner in the financial services team at Norton Rose, discusses the implications of the Independent Commission on Banking's interim report.

Entrepreneurs

Allowing investors to take a cut

You have made it on your own so far, why share now?

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BDO’s failings in takeover deal revealed

Punishers at the Financial Services Authority have censured consultancy firm BDO for failings during the reverse takeover of Puma Brandenburg by Short Capital in 2009.

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Focus on larger deals to set ‘venture ambition higher’

Go4Venture, the London-based venture capital firm, has called on the technology industry to focus on larger transactions as 'one way to set European venture ambition higher'.

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Greylock closes £97.6 million fund

Venture capital firm Greylock Partners has closed a $160 million fund (£97.6 million) that will invest in enterprise and consumer technology companies in Israel and Europe.

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Eagle Eye Solutions hires retail veteran Burke

Retail industry veteran Simon Burke has joined mobile vouchers company Eagle Eye Solutions as chairman.

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Nordic buy for Acal

Acal has secured the acquisition of computing technology manufacturers Hectronic AB for a consideration of £1.2 million.