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Crowdcube inks FSA authorisation as it looks to build on UK crowdfunding surge

Equity-based crowdfunding platform Crowdcube has secured authorisation from the Financial Services Authority following a process which lasted more than a year.

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Roman Abramovich flexes his investment muscles with £70 million Truphone deal

Chelsea Football Club owner and Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich has ploughed £70 million into UK-based mobile telecoms business Truphone.

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American software firm targets February AIM admission

Online customer acquisition business Digital Globe Services has outlined plans to join the Alternative Investment Market in the first quarter of 2013.

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Business Growth Fund backs youngest company to date through telecoms deal

The bank-backed Business Growth Fund has made its second telecoms investment through a backing of Bullitt Group.

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HgCapital unloads wind farm developer RidgeWind to Blue Energy

A £250 million cleantech acquisition has seen private equity firm HgCapital dispose of its wind portfolio.

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Entrepreneurial brothers secure venture backing for freight security product

The Venture Capital arm of The North West Fund has dipped into its pockets and injected £500,000 into Loksys Solutions.

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Enterprise Ireland teams up with Kernel Capital to back Amartus

Kernel Capital has closed a new deal through the Bank of Ireland Seed and Early Stage Equity Fund.

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Facebook ad firm Glow Digital Media closes seed funding round

London-based start-up Glow Digital Media has attracted the interest of a number of seed backers and secured $1.3 million (£823,000) for its development efforts.

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Enterprise Ireland teams up with Kernel Capital to back Amartus

Kernel Capital has closed a new deal through the Bank of Ireland Seed and Early Stage Equity Fund.

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Facebook ad firm Glow Digital Media closes seed funding round

London-based start-up Glow Digital Media has attracted the interest of a number of seed backers and secured $1.3 million (£823,000) for its development efforts.

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Seedcamp for European entrepreneurial start-ups: Past, present and future

Since Seedcamp was founded in 2007 it has gone on to mentor 800 companies. Co-founder Reshma Sohoni sits down with GrowthBusiness to talk about its evolution and what plans the accelerator has in store for 2013.

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Entrepreneur of the Year goes to Bernard van Bilderbeek at Quoted Company Awards

Bernard van Bilderbeek of Plexus Holdings has walked away with Entrepreneur of the Year at the ninth Grant Thornton Quoted Company Awards.

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FSA report finds banks mis-sold 90 per cent of rate swaps and orders review

A study from the Financial Services Authority has ordered high street banks including Barclays, Lloyds, HSBC and RBS to review interest rate hedging products.

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Former Dragons' Den pitcher founds website linking entrepreneurs with investors

An entrepreneur who was successful in securing a £100,000 from Duncan Bannatyne on Dragons' Den has launched a business site offering people the opportunity to pitch to investors.

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