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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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