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Articles, news and expert analysis on venture capital funding in the UK and Europe.

Mark Cuban and Mark Pincus join forces with Factmata to wage war on fake news

London start-up Factmata uses artificial intelligence to tackle fake news, and has now raised seed funding from Mark Cuban. 

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StoryStream raises further £1.2m funding to introduce artificial intelligence

StoryStream raises further funding to add artificial intelligence into the mix.

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Prodigy Finance secures $240m series C fundraising round

London fintech start-up, Prodigy Finance, has raised $240 million (£186 million) in debt and equity funding to grow the team and break further into the American market.

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PayPal backed e-commerce platform Cloud IQ raises additional £4m

PayPal joins returning investors Nauta Capital, Juno and Finance Wales to back e-commerce optimisation specialist, Cloud IQ.

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Ethical mattress business Leesa Sleep raises £17m

Leesa Sleep, the socially conscious luxury mattress company has recently raised £17.6 million series B funding in a round led by One Better Ventures.

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Heartbeat authentication business B-Secur raises £3.5m

Belfast-based ECG biometric authentication company B-Secur raises £3.5 million to grow further.

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Receipt Bank raises $50m series B funding from Insight Venture Partners

The funding boost will allow the company to further develop its patent-pending bookkeeping automation technologies, including an investment into artificial intelligence.

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Privitar closes $16m in Series A funding as businesses turn to data privacy technology

At a time when data privacy dominates the business headlines, Privacy engineering software company, Privitar, eyes further growth after securing $16m in a round led by Partech Ventures.

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Receipt Bank raises $50m series B funding from Insight Venture Partners

The funding boost will allow the company to further develop its patent-pending bookkeeping automation technologies, including an investment into artificial intelligence.

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Privitar closes $16m in Series A funding as businesses turn to data privacy technology

At a time when data privacy dominates the business headlines, Privacy engineering software company, Privitar, eyes further growth after securing $16m in a round led by Partech Ventures.

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Samsung NEXT’s global fund targets European start-ups

Samsung NEXT’s $150 million global fund launched in January this year, and now is poised to back early-stage European start-ups.

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Why it’s all about the cloud for the UK’s most active corporate VC

Salesforce Ventures is the most active corporate VC in the UK, but its focus is only on cloud start-ups. Here's why.

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Can accelerators challenge brogrammer culture and boost diversity?

Forget VCs, can accelerators challenge toxic brogrammer culture while boosting funding and mentoring options for female entrepreneurs?

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Is Silicon Valley right for your start-up? Investors weigh in

What makes Silicon Valley a reigning global hotspot for innovation, entrepreneurship and venture capital? More importantly, should all European start-ups consider moving to the Valley?