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Small and medium sized enterprises are using external funding and the majority of applications for finance are being met, according to new research.
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Small and medium sized enterprises are using external funding and the majority of applications for finance are being met, according to new research.
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Midven's Early Advantage Fund has backed premium manufacturing business Anvil Semiconductors, a University of Warwick spin-out, in a £150,000 fundraising.
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Telecoms business Telit Communications has bought out GlobalConect as part of its strategy to bolster its machine-to-machine (M2M) services, in a deal worth $2.9 million (£1.8 million).
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London-based Advent Venture Partners' tech portfolio has completed its third exit this year as it sells mobile payments provider Zong SA to eBay for $240 million (£150.5 million).
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Swisher Blue, a specialist hygiene franchise company, has secured £25,000 in equity investment from Finance Yorkshire to purchase new products and ramp up marketing.
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Oxyntix, a spinout from the Engineering Department of the University of Oxford, has closed an investment round of £1 million that will fund an 'ambitious' research programme.
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Swisher Blue, a specialist hygiene franchise company, has secured £25,000 in equity investment from Finance Yorkshire to purchase new products and ramp up marketing.
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Oxyntix, a spinout from the Engineering Department of the University of Oxford, has closed an investment round of £1 million that will fund an 'ambitious' research programme.
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Private equity-backed M&A has risen by 51 per cent over the same period last year, with transactions totalling $128.2 billion (£80.4 billion).
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Identity management business GB Group has acquired Data Discoveries for a total of £610,000.
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HM Treasury has begun consulting on the future of seed and early-stage investment in the UK after the government announced reforms to the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) in March's 2011 Budget.
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