After launching a crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube in May, mobile tech company Chirp has beaten its £400,000 investment target with a 188 per cent overfund to enhance its “internet of sound”.
James Jameson, VP product strategy at Rivo, explores why environmental, health and safety is now considered essential by investors – who actively examine the performance of businesses in this space, before making their investment decisions.
American rock band Linkin Park has brought on board a “creative business executive” to help its move towards global brand partnerships and venture capital, with music taking a back seat.
We meet Pitch to Rich 2015 semi-finalist Lisa Sohanpal, who is set to take her healthy ready meals for children to the shelves of Ocado and Selfridges – and hopes to foster a new generation of healthy eaters.
By Richard Mann
It seems everybody is doing the crowdfunding thing at the moment. New crowd platforms are popping up everywhere. To avoid being left behind, some business angel networks are partnering up with crowd platforms or even launching into the market themselves.
The second outing of London Technology Week began a quarter of the way up The Shard this morning, but is an ongoing focus solely on the capital the best way to drive the sector forward
Wimbledon and Olympic champion Andy Murray has entered into a “long-term partnership” with equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs, whereby he will be advising on businesses in the health, sport and wearable technology spaces.
Having already allocated capital to businesses including Graze, Kano and Gojimo, JamJar has made mifold its latest portfolio company through a deal worth £1.15m.
High street retailer Marks & Spencer has reported its first rise in profit for four years, with underlying profit before tax rising 6.1 per cent to £661.2m – described by CEO Marc Bolland as “good progress”.
The best-selling car brands in the UK in the first quarter of 2015 were Ford, Vauxhall and Volkswagen. But how did each become successful and how have the different brands managed to maintain that position
