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Venture Capital Funding

Unilever breaks into AR with new investment in gaming start-up

Augmented reality start-up, Snatch, gamifies customer brand engagement through a city-wide treasure hunt. The app secured a six-figure sum in investment from Unilever Ventures today.

Alternative Finance for Business

£100,000 funding to ensure people with dementia have legal access to rights

A Scottish charity has been awarded £100,000 in funding to provide legal support and advice to people with dementia and their carers.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Tech sector M&A: 3 trends to watch

Last year was a stand-out year for technology sector M&A activity. Experts from Kingston Smith highlight the three main trends from 2016.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Fitbit acquires Romanian luxury smartwatch brand Vector

After acquiring first-mover smartwatch company Pebble, Fitbit has started 2017 off with a shopping spree, snapping up European smartwatch start-up, Vector.

Alternative Finance for Business

Children’s product personalisation site My 1st Years secures £5m

My 1st Years secured a £5 million to enhance its e-commerce platform, expand within the UK and break into the US.

Mergers & Acquisitions

UPS acquires Dover-based Freightex

Package delivery giant UPS aims to grow its UK presence with the acquisition of Dover-based freight forwarding company, Freightex.

Venture Capital Funding

French peer-to-peer boat rental start-up Click & Boat raises €1m

Just two weeks after the acquisition of its first competitor, Click & Boat has secured €1 million in investment to roll out new products for European customers.

Venture Capital Funding

Edtech start-up Show My Homework raises £2.4m

Show My Homework, a tool for teachers to set, grade and monitor homework, as well as keeping parents informed, has raised £2.4 million in seed extension funding. The edtech company plans to break into new learning products.

Venture Capital Funding

Digital preservation firm, Preservica secures £3m from Mobeus Equity Partners

Oxfordshire-based digital information preservation business, Preservica has secured £3 million from Mobeus Equity Partners to further growth.

Venture Capital Funding

Fintech firm secures £1.1m investment to launch P2P off-shoot

Fintech firm, Growth Capital Ventures (GCV) secured £1.1 million from private equity house, Maven Capital Partners' managed venture capital trusts.

Venture Capital Funding

Financial literacy app Finimize secures £450K

Millennials have the lowest rates of financial literacy across the world. Finimize seeks to address this with its free-to-use platform, now under development.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Scottish unicorn Skyscanner to be acquired by Ctrip

Skyscanner, valued at £1.4 billion, is set to be acquired by NASDAQ listed travel company, Ctrip.

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Accounting and Finance Software

Desktop vs cloud accounting: What to consider 

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Accounting and Finance Software

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Opinion

Boosting confidence in outsourcing your customer service function to call centres in Africa

CCI Kenya discusses why outsourcing key of your business processes to call centres in Africa may be beneficial