Alternative lender Liberis gets £57.5m to counter lacklustre SME bank loans
Liberis aims to provide new funding alternatives for British small businesses where traditional lenders fail
Elderly care matchmaker SuperCarers receives £3.8m investment
SuperCarers has raised a £3.8m funding round with ambition to personalise care for Britain’s ageing population
Fintech startup ClearScore acquired by Experian in £275m deal
After launching in 2015, ClearScore has achieved a high-profile exit as Experian has bought the fintech startup for £275m
Fintech startup Atom Bank has raised a £149m round
With this fifth round, the investor BBVA will own about 39% of the challenger bank but denies that a takeover offer is in the cards
Most SMEs feel unimportant to their service providers
Service providers like banks, telecom businesses and utility providers leave 60% of SMEs feel neglected, according to new research from Adaptive Lab
Eight Roads commits $375m to help European tech entrepreneurs scale
The VC firm Eight Roads aims to create more businesses worth over $10bn with the new $375m fund for European and Israeli tech scaleups
Timo Boldt tells the £56.5m investment story of Gousto
Following a new £28.5m investment, Timo Boldt tells the investment story of Gousto, the meal-kit company he founded in 2012 as part of an Elite Business exclusive
Northern Powerhouse SMEs to receive £100m of business loans by 2020
To bridge the funding gap in the north of England, small firms have been earmarked to receive £100m worth of business loans in the next two years
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