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Deals of the Week June 6 to June 10 – a Growth Business round-up

Deals this week include Europe’s latest ed-tech unicorn, a cannabis distributor, and a platform to help manage remote workers

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Female founders giving up more equity to VCs than men

A report has found women are giving away 10 per cent more of their share to VCs than their male counterparts

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Government to unveil strategy to boost UK tech industry

The department for culture, digital and sport is aiming to increase investment into AI, quantum computing and digital health

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Deals of the week 30 May to 3 June – a Growth Business round-up

Deals this week include a platform to help tackle online abuse, the UK’s first carbon-neutral fulfilment facility, and a platform to allow businesses to donate to local charities

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How the High Potential Individual visa works for top tech graduates

Government opens doors to tech graduates from top universities worldwide in order to stem European brain drain due to Brexit

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Deals of the Week 21 May to 27 May – a GrowthBusiness round-up

This week’s deals include agricultural commodities hedging platform Stable closing £48m in Series B, a new £20m fund for life sciences start-ups in the Greater Manchester area, and Resurgence Novels, a streaming service for books, raising £195,000 in seed funding

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Earliest-stage tech start-ups being starved of investment, warns Google

UK runs the risk of choking off future tech giants, warns internet giant, as proportion of VC funding for earliest-stage tech companies falls to 5% in 2021 compared with 15% a decade ago

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Deals of the Week 16 May to 20 May – a Growth Business round-up

Deals this week include a platform for booking creatives, a biotech spinout and a wearable that warns of hazards in the workplace

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Earliest-stage tech start-ups being starved of investment, warns Google

UK runs the risk of choking off future tech giants, warns internet giant, as proportion of VC funding for earliest-stage tech companies falls to 5% in 2021 compared with 15% a decade ago

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Deals of the Week 16 May to 20 May – a Growth Business round-up

Deals this week include a platform for booking creatives, a biotech spinout and a wearable that warns of hazards in the workplace

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Deals of the Week 9 May to 13 May – a Growth Business round-up

Deals this week include a platform to make decisions at work easier, a spinout opening new possibilities in pharmaceutical manufacturing, and a platform which identifies those at risk from poor mental health

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Deals of the Week 2 May to 6 May – a Growth Business round-up

Deals this week include a university spinout fighting rare diseases, a start-up tackling transport poverty and a fintech trying to bring crypto to the masses

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Redrice Ventures deploying up to £10m a year into early-stage consumer brands

The Holborn-based VC is investing £60m over 10 years into early-stage consumer brands and tech solutions

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First quarter investment in UK scale-ups hits £6.9bn

There were 745 deals completed in the first three months of 2022 but number of exits stall