A developer of software that helps online publishers adapt their content to individual users has secured $2.5 million (£1.6 million) of equity finance.
The flow of extra money into the economy has been put on hold after the Bank of England failed to announce an extension to its quantitative easing programme.
Pearson, the owner of the Financial Times (FT), has acquired Medley Global Advisors, a US provider of intelligence to investment banks, for an undisclosed sum.