Karshare Announces £3m Investment For Expansion

Karshare, the community car-sharing app, has announced a £3million pre-series A round. In addition to existing strategic investors Fullbrook Thorpe, Adjuvo Syndicate and other angel investors. Karshare is delighted to announce a significant investment by Saracens Football Rugby Club...

Silicon Gorge Investment Showcase Applications Are Now Open!

The Silicon Gorge Investment Pitching competition will allow 12 of the most exciting early-stage tech and creative startups in the South West and South Wales the opportunity to pitch to a room of investors from across the region and beyond at an Investor Showcase on 10th November 2021....

Bath based fintech Dancerace plc takes investment from Newable

Dancerace has announced that they are the first software investment from Newable Capital. This follows their existing interests in medicine, AI, space and robotics technology. Newable, supports UK growth companies with funding, advice and resources. This comes on the tail of over £176m...

South West Investment Update: Nobody puts July in a corner

Regular readers may remember that I celebrated £90 million+ raised in equity funding by businesses across the Southwest in June. Well, it seems that the celebration was perhaps a little premature because, in July, we nearly doubled that amount! Yes, you heard me right, companies raised...

TravelLocal merges with trip.me to create global online marketplace for tailor-made travel

TravelLocal, has announced that it has merged with Berlin-based trip.me, and raised additional funding from existing growth investors. The merger creates significant online marketplaces for tailor-made travel, with a strong presence in English-language and German-language markets....

Elvie raises £58m to scale Femtech innovation

Elvie, the revolutionary global health and lifestyle brand developing iconic products for women, has raised a £58m ($80m) investment.  The funding round was led by BGF, with further investment from BlackRock Private Equity Partners, Hiro Capital and Westerly Winds. Alsol existing...

Moneyhub raises it’s largest investment round to date with a total of $18m

Moneyhub, the market-leading Open Finance data, intelligence and payments platform, today announces its largest investment round to date, a total of $18m, to fuel its rapid expansion into new markets. You may like: Meet 8 women who have raised investment in the South West Sir Peter...