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Imperial Innovations teams up with Pentech Ventures in Semetric funding round

Technology commercialisation investment fund Imperial Innovations has taken part in a funding round for software company Semetric.

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BuzzFeed aggregates investors to lock up $19.3 million of new funding to drive social expansion

Social news aggregator BuzzFeed has closed a Series D funding round and outlined intentions to open a London office in 2013.

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Sale of City Screen Group nets Albion Ventures 2.6x return on total investment

Albion Ventures has exited its investment in six cinema sites including locations in Liverpool, London and Exeter.

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Tesco looks to take on Amazon with digital book buy

Supermarket giant Tesco has ramped up its digital book offering by acquiring Mobcast.

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LDC leads Boomerang P2P with former BBC One controller

Boomerang has completed its public-to-private move after LDC and senior members of the company's management team closed a £7.1 million deal.

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Rollup Media becomes latest Arts Alliance portfolio company

Arts Alliance has closed its second deal of the week by backing digital publishing services business Rollup Media.

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Beast Quest creator sold to Coolabi duo

Working Partners Holdings and Beast Quest, sister companies which have published more than 1,000 children's fiction titles, have been sold to the founders of Bagpuss rights holder Coolabi.

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Endless reels in film production company

Kodak-owned Cinesite has been bought by turnaround investor Endless to allow the company to expand its geographical footprint.

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DFJ Esprit backs Moviepilot in $7 million round

Venture capital firm DFJ Esprit has closed its second deal of the week by adding Moviepilot to its portfolio as part of a $7 million deal.

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Dods acquires to boost digital services

Political intelligence and training business Dods has agreed to buy the business and certain assets of the DeHavilland Political Intelligence division of Emap Limited.

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BSkyB invests in UK start-up

Media and telecommunications company BSkyB has acquired a stake in technology start-up Zeebox.

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Digital deal for red-top publisher

Trinity Mirror, which publishes British newspaper titles including the Daily Mirror and People, has purchased Communicator Corp as it looks to build its digital marketing business.