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LED manufacturer MHA Lighting becomes third March deal for Energy & Environmental fund

A business which has previously provided lighting products for Manchester Airport has secured growth capital from The North West Fund for Energy & Environmental.

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Innovation, progress and leadership in new energy and cleantech

Alex Blackburne, editor of sustainable investment magazine Blue & Green Tomorrow, looks back at the New Energy & Cleantech Awards and forward to the future of sustainability.

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Mercia Fund Management continues with EIS transactions by backing two technology businesses

Venture capital fund manager Mercia Fund Management has chosen Warwick Audio Technologies and nanoTherics as its first Mercia Growth Fund 1 investments.

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Young entrepreneur backed by Ashton Kutcher and Stephen Fry sells Summly business to Yahoo!

A smartphone app first created by a 15 year-old UK developer in 2011 has been sold to internet firm Yahoo! for a reported £20 million.

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Seven-figure seed round for Taragenyx four months after launch

Scottish medical technologies company Taragenyx has secured itself £1.3 million of seed capital to speed up the development of its orthopaedic and dental implant coatings.

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Invesco Asset Management makes healthcare play with medicine investment

A £25 million fundraising for infirst HEALTHCARE will be used to launch the company's medicines into the US market.

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Fusion IP looks to AIM to raise fresh funds for university innovation investments

University commercialisation business Fusion IP is going back to the stock market to raise a new £20 million investment pot.

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LDC doubles up with two investment deals in new and existing companies

Lloyds Banking investment arm LDC has closed two deals by backing software company Validus-IVC and business services firm EDM Group.

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Fusion IP looks to AIM to raise fresh funds for university innovation investments

University commercialisation business Fusion IP is going back to the stock market to raise a new £20 million investment pot.

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LDC doubles up with two investment deals in new and existing companies

Lloyds Banking investment arm LDC has closed two deals by backing software company Validus-IVC and business services firm EDM Group.

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UK Green Investment Bank makes equity play in the wind market

A first direct equity investment in offshore wind has seen the UK Green Investment Bank back Rhyl Flats Wind Farm.

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Vince Cable’s business bank to begin operations in April as part of staged development

The government has provided more details on its business bank and revealed that it will begin investing in April.

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James McKenzie scoops Entrepreneur of the Year at the New Energy & Cleantech Awards

The sixth annual New Energy & Cleantech Awards saw PhotonStar LED CEO James McKenzie pick up Entrepreneur of the Year.

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Customer business model important for mainstreaming cleantech technology, panel says

The task of commercialising and mainstreaming cleantech technology was top of the bill at the inaugural GrowthBusiness New Energy & Cleantech Conference.