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Online furniture venture Occa-Home adds Terry Leahy as investor as part of Series A

Former Tesco CEO Terry Leahy has invested in Occa-Home alongside a syndicate of other investors as part of a £1.5 million deal.

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Start-up founded by 21 year-old British entrepreneur secures £1 million venture capital investment

Short-term retail space booking system Appear Here has attracted the interest of leading investment firms including HOWZAT Partners, MMC Ventures and Forward Investment Partners.

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Financial benefits for companies using employee value propositions effectively

Businesses are not sufficiently preparing employee value propositions to outline what staff can expect from their jobs, new research suggests.

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Cambridge business closes £1 million deal with help from Angel CoFund and London Business Angels

The Angel CoFund has upped its investment activity by backing bioinformatics company Eagle Genomics alongside London Business Angels.

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Third quarter UK technology venture capital total falls away

The amount of capital invested by venture capital firms in the UK technology market has fallen from £192 million in the second quarter of the year to £178 million in the third, new figures show.

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Former Skype head gets seed funding for secure photo sharing venture Lifecake

A £700,000 seed funding round for photo application Lifecake has been led by LOVEFiLM and Wonga investor Balderton Capital.

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MoneySupermarket.com founder and Octopus Investments lead latest Kabbee funding round

Minicab price comparison business Kabbee has added to the venture capital funding it has already received by securing a further £3.8 million.

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Student accommodation venture TCAS Digital closes €650,000 venture capital round

Irish investor Kernel Capital has closed a new investment and added a digital student accommodation business its portfolio.

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MoneySupermarket.com founder and Octopus Investments lead latest Kabbee funding round

Minicab price comparison business Kabbee has added to the venture capital funding it has already received by securing a further £3.8 million.

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Student accommodation venture TCAS Digital closes €650,000 venture capital round

Irish investor Kernel Capital has closed a new investment and added a digital student accommodation business its portfolio.

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Fatsoma closes new funding round to take ticketing platform to WhatsApp

Online ticketing business Fatsoma has closed its second fundraising round in the last seven months to further ramp up growth.

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Website optimisation start-up Ezoic secures Balderton Capital as investor

A Series A funding round worth $5.6 million for online business Ezoic has been led by Balderton Capital, alongside other backers.

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Doug Richard on investing in creative start-ups    

Interviews with serial entrepreneur and investor Doug Richard.

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Why digitised data is key to improving business decision making 

Phil Keoghan, CEO at Ricoh UK, looks at the trend of digital data to explains why it must be addressed to gain a competitive edge.