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Investing in Female Founders: Why It Matters
Reading time: 5 minutes The business world is missing out…
£2 Million Unlocked to Fuel Female Entrepreneurship
Birmingham-based venture capital firm Midven, in partnership with The 51% Club, has announced…
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West Midlands BASED Tech Startup Receives £1.35 Million in UK’s…
Inicio AI, a FinTech startup based in the West Midlands has been awarded £1.35…
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Connecting Start-ups with Investors: The Importance of Effective Networking
Reading time: 5 minutes The Pivotal Role of Networking…
Birmingham-based ESG risk management company secure £815,000 investment
Birmingham-based supply chain risk management company Bendi Software Limited…
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Strategies for Mitigating Risks in a Startup Journey
Reading time: 7 minutes Identifying the Threats…
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Scale Your Midlands Business with West Midlands Co-Investment Fund: Find…
Reading time: 5 minutes The West Midlands Co-Investment Fund (WMCO) was set up…
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West Midlands Startup Funding: £1 Million Competition & Beyond
A groundbreaking £1 million pitch competition has launched in the West Midlands, solidifying…
Midlands Engine Investment Fund I (MEIF 1) Impact Report
Empowering Growth, Fostering Diversity, Driving Innovation Introduction: Midven, part of…
Sustainable travel platform secures £1.2 million funding in race to…
Midlands-based travel demand management platform ‘You. Smart. Thing.’…
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Determine Your Start-Up Fundraising Ask In 6 Steps
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Birmingham venture capital backs revolutionary mobility solutions company with £500,000…
Birmingham-based mobility solutions company Centaur Robotics has secured…
Company driving property investment forward secures £584,000 investment
Company driving property investment forward secures £584,000 investment from the MEIF I West…
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Scaling strategies for Midlands start-ups
Reading time: 6 minutes Scaling strategies…
AI-powered risk management assistant secures £900,000 investment
Birmingham-based Lexverify, an AI-powered risk management assistant, has…
Birmingham-based denture-care company secure £1,284,000 investment
Birmingham-based digital denture care company Denturly has secured a £1,284,000 investment to help…
Cyber security firm secures £1,000,000 from the MEIF to increase…
Birmingham based CyberQ Group has secured…
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6 Ways entrepreneurs can enhance both employee health and overall…
The link between employee health and overall business performance is becoming increasingly evident. As companies…
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You aren’t getting the most out of your investors –…
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Revolutionary ostomy-product company secures £457,000 MEIF investment
Medical design company Ostique has secured £457,000 from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund…
IdenteQ, utilities data solutions company, secures £575,000 investment
West Midlands-based utilities data solutions company IDenteq has…
Strolll’s AR Digital Therapeutics Software for Parkinson’s Disease Attracts £2.1…
Strolll is a groundbreaking medical technology company that develops digital therapeutics software for…
Camping and Outdoor Leisure Experts OLPRO Secure £1 Million Investment
Worcester-based OLPRO Ltd has secured a £1,075,000 investment…
Knowledge experience platform Talkout secures seven-figure investment
Birmingham-based Talkout has secured a £1,000,000 investment from…
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Why Co-investment is Important for Startups in the West Midlands
Reading time: 5 minutes Contents: The Broken Funding…
Award-Winning Birmingham Afro Hair Care Solutions Company Secures £530,000 Investment
Award-winning Afro hair care company Nylah’s Naturals has raised a £530k seed round…
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6 Top Tips for Tech Hiring in the West Midlands
Reading time: 9 minutes 6 Tops tips…
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4 Key Areas of a Startup’s Financial Strategy
One of the most important (yet overlooked) areas of a startup or…
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How Do I Maximise My Team’s Potential?
Reading time: 4 minutes How do I maximise my team’s…
Midven Strengthens Team with New Hires to Further Support Midlands…
Birmingham-based venture capital firm Midven, part of Future Planet Capital, announces the addition of…
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How to Create a Successful Business Growth Plan
Reading time: 4 minutes What is a business growth plan,…
Medmin secures £750,000 investment to transform self-pay surgery in the…
Birmingham-based healthcare technology company Medmin Group Ltd (Medmin)…
Digital Patient Referral System Attracts £320,000 Investment to Alleviate NHS…
Birmingham-based HealthTech company Capri Healthcare has secured £320,000 from the…
New Hire to Support the West Midlands Co-Investment Fund
Midlands-based venture capital firm, Midven, part of…
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Announcing Strong Results for First MEIF Exits
Venture capital firm, Midven, part of the…
3 Steps to Maximise Board Meeting Performance
Reading time: 4 minutes Board meetings –…
Sustainable wine producer raises a glass to cash boost
Sustainable bag-in-box wine brand, When in Rome, has secured £375,000 funding from Midlands…
Invested Business? Invest in Marketing
With so much research and development taking place in the early stages of your…
Road safety app steers towards success following £500,000 investment
The investment will support RoadHow in the roll out of its road safety app.
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Planning for reopening – how to accelerate out of lockdown
The government’s roadmap out of the lockdown is currently going to plan and we…
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How can your businesses ensure resilience?
There is no doubt that the past 12 months has seen the majority of…
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Top tips for pitching virtually
The current pandemic has thrown many curve balls through the year and adapting to…
Midven Acquired by Future Planet Capital
Future Planet Capital (FPC) has announced its acquisition of one of…
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A Day in the Life of a Midven Investment Analyst
Huw Sparkes has been part of the Midven team since joining as a graduate in…
Solihull-based recruitment firm to create ‘new model’ international recruitment business…
Solihull-based recruitment firm to create ‘new model’ international recruitment business following £730k MEIF investment…
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Equity vs. Debt: Covid-19 Stability and Recovery Finance Options
There is no doubt that Covid-19 has resulted in unprecedented…
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The New Normal – A Day with Midven’s Investment Director,…
The New Normal – A Day with Midven’s Investment Director, Gio. Earlier this…
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The Midven Experience: Oneskee
In September last year, Warwickshire based snow sports apparel brand Oneskee, received funding from the…
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A Day With Midven’s Investment Director, Gio.
Giovanni Finocchio is an Investment Director on the MEIF West Midlands Equity Fund at Midven.
£500k MEIF investment to support improvements to employment in education…
A supply teacher agency in Stoke-on-Trent has secured a £500,000 funding boost. The…
EIS vs VCTs – what’s the best option for retirement…
https://midven.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/EIS-vs-VCTs-whats-the-best-option-for-retirement-planning_.mp4 EIS vs VCTs – what’s the best option for retirement planning? Pensions…
3 common challenges start-ups and SMEs face (and how to…
According to the Federation of Small Businesses, there were 5.8 million…
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Warwickshire snow sports apparel firm secures six-figure investment
MEIF funding will enable snow sports apparel brand to invest in new sales channels and…
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What does Venture Capital investment actually mean for your business?
Venture Capital (VC) is considered to be one of the most important sources of funding…
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Birmingham – The UK’s under-exploited investment opportunity
For years Birmingham was labelled as the manufacturing and engineering centre of England. It was…
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Alternative Finance and its role in SME growth
The UK is creating unicorns at a rate of 1 per…
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Hereford-based Stok.ly secures £200,000 Midven investment
MEIF investment will be used to grow Stok.ly sales and customer service teams, and invest…
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UKI2S announces seed investment in Cagen, a pioneering synthetic biology…
UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund (UKI2S) and Imperial Innovations announce the launch of Cagen,…
HMRC Statistics reveal another record breaking year for EIS !
EIS garners record-breaking backing yet again! In our recent blogs, we have been running…
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What part have Midven played in the MEIF hitting the…
What is MEIF and where do Midven come in? It has been over a year…
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Why Enterprise Investment Schemes are a viable alternative to pension…
Pension changes make space for a rise in EIS EIS is often overlooked when it…
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How Do Venture Capital Firms Add Value To Portfolio Companies?
Investments are up! According to the Association for Investment Companies (AIC), VCTs raised…
Investing in the dynamism of Birmingham
Midlands-based businesses could offer attractive prospects for investors, and often qualify for the tax-efficient Enterprise…
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The case for EIS
The Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) offers an opportunity to invest in fast-growing companies to potentially…
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Birmingham-based Natural HR secures £250,000 investment
Midven’s investment will help HR software business create 10 jobs and develop additional product lines…
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What’s your opinion on business awards, are they of any…
On the back of another successful week for our…
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The collective route into EIS
The enterprise investment scheme (EIS) offers an attractive mix of tax efficiency and long-term growth…
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December Newsletter
Latest news from Midven Midven named Digital Investor of the Year at West…
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Black Country Manufacturer secures £1.8m investment
Dudley-based carbon fibre composite manufacturer, CFP Composites, receives £1.8m investment Finance to allow firm to…
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25 Years of Innovation in the West Midlands: 1993 –…
A narrated timeline of Midven and the region’s history over the last quarter century…
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Midven celebrates 25 years of growth and innovation in the…
Since 1993, the Birmingham-based venture capital firm has played a leading role in fuelling the…
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Warwickshire-based electronic firm Assembled Electronics Solutions (AES) Limited secures £250,000…
Equity investment from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) managed by Midven will accelerate AES…
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Herefordshire tech company eTravelSafety flying high after £500k investment
Equity investment from Midven through the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) will accelerate product development…
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UKI2S biotech company Quethera acquired for $109m
On 10 August 2018, Japanese Astellas Pharma bought privately-owned biotech Quethera for…
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Birmingham technology firm Geospatial Insight receives £3.5million investment
Equity investment from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund and Midven helps to unlock £3.5m…
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Midven Launches EIS Fund to Invest in High-Growth Opportunities in…
New EIS fund will be co-invested alongside the regional Midlands Engine Investment Fund BIRMINGHAM,…
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Astellas Announces Acquisition of Quethera
Acquisition furthers Astellas’ commitment to innovation in ophthalmology with addition of novel gene therapy…
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July Newsletter
Latest news from Midven Accelerating the Midlands Engine Investment Fund Next Investment Readiness…
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Fix the broken stuff now: Lessons learned from selling homes…
Midven’s CEO Tony Stott shares insights… from real estate to enterprises, there’s just no getting…
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Scientists scramble to stop bananas being killed off
Banana plantations in Australia, south-east Asia, Africa and the Middle East have been ravaged…
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Silicon Microgravity (SMG), secures $7 million investment and appoints Jeremy…
CAMBRIDGE, UK, 11 June 2018—Silicon Microgravity (SMG), a spin-out from both BP and the University…
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Funding your venture:
Midven hosts series of regional investment readiness workshops in 2018 for Midlands entrepreneurs We are…
Leading venture firm Midven launches targeted EIS fund to invest…
New fund will be co-invested alongside the regional Midlands Engine Investment Fund 26 April 2018…
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Eagle Genomics raises $1m in funding first close and announces…
Software leader in the field of genomic data and bioinformatics analysis poised for growth 30…
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Atelerix Raises Seed Round
Cell encapsulation start-up enables the shipment of human cells at room temperature, overcoming problems…
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MIRICO Secures £3.5 Million Venture Backing
STFC spin-out pioneering new generation of laser gas-sensing solutions 30 April 2018 – Oxford —…
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Midlands Engine Pre- Summit
Surjit Kooner, Midven Director and Fund Manager…
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Gio’s e4f Workshop
In partnership with Entrepreneurs for the Future (e4f), on March 14th…
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Rainbow Seed Fund Portfolio Company, Cobalt Light Systems, Acquired by…
Chemical detection innovator secures access to global markets Oxford, UK, 7 July 2017 – Early-stage…
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Rainbow Seed Fund Backs Pireta
A Smart Textiles Technology Developed at the National Physical Laboratory London – 17 October 2017…
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A new eSupercharger for city-car engine boosting
25th May 2017 The new Aeristech 48V eSupercharger suitable for downsized engines of less than…
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BVCA announces winners of Midlands Management Team Awards 2017
18 May 2017 The winners of the British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA)…
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Nemesis Bioscience Closes Funding Round And Begins Preclinical Programmes
8th May 2017 Nemesis Bioscience today announced the successful completion of its latest funding…
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Aeristech Announces Electric Supercharger
For fast growing tech company Aeristech, life has of late been lived in the…
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Rainbow Seed Fund Invests in AgPlus Diagnostics
28 September 2016 AgPlus’ handheld electrochemical reader to deliver the next generation of rapid…
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Ben and Joshua Join Midven’s Growing Team
7 September 2016 Two new faces have joined Birmingham-based venture capital specialists Midven’s growing…
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Engineering a winner: Rainbow Seed Fund & SynbiCITE create £200k…
Midven’s Rainbow Seed Fund, along with SynbiCITE, a pioneering Innovation and Knowledge Centre (IKC),…
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SynbiCITE And Rainbow Seed Fund Announce New £200k Competition For…
11 August 2016 Today marks the launch of Bio-start, an annual…
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FlashAcademy Foreign Language Learning App by FlashSticks Launches World’s First…
26 July 2016 The trend of language learning moving online shows few signs…
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Interpac Win Pitchfest Best Pitch Award
Congratulations to Interpac Ltd who were yesterday named as the winner of Pitchfest which was…
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Upcoming Investor Panels: Venturefest & Pitchfest 23 June 2016
On 23rd June Midven will be exhibiting at Venturefest a one…
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Students Helped To Get Ahead With Language Studies
26 May 2016 Students heading off on school trips over the summer have the opportunity…
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Harwell: ‘Brilliance every day’
This week we’re announcing our most recent investment – we are funding Mirico, an…
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Rainbow Seed Fund Backs New STFC Spin Out MIRICO
11 May 2016 Spin out from UK publicly-funded research develops novel laser spectroscopy for…
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Strategic Plans For Synthetic Biology In The UK
The Minister for Life Sciences George Freeman MP has launched the UK Synthetic Biology…
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Laying The Digital Foundation For Trade Professionals, Expert Trades Gains…
8 March 2016 Expert Trades has received £194,000 of private investment led by venture…
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Natural HR Receives Venture And Private Funding
Investment Poises HR Software Company For Significant Growth 22 February 2016 Natural HR Limited,…
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Audux Limited Is Ready To Roll Out The Very Latest…
8th February 2016 Audux Limited, a newly established company, has secured over £255,000 investment…
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Crescendo Biologics Appoints Dr Barbara Fleck as Head of Intellectual…
Cambridge, UK: 2 February 2016 – Crescendo Biologics Limited (Crescendo), the drug discovery and…
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Midven Portfolio Company Warwick Music Group Wins Best In Show
We’re raising a glass at Midven this week on news that one of…
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Formatzone Set For Rapid Expansion Of UK TV
21 January 2016 Entertainment format production, broadcast and distribution company Formatzone, has successfully closed…
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Birmingham Hospitality Specialists Taking The Strain Off PA’s
14 January 2016 A Birmingham-based corporate hospitality specialist is aiming to make the lives of…
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Games Company Serious About Training Is Primed For Growth Following…
13 January 2016 A developer of immersive online…
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Contego Announces Selection Into Accenture’s Fintech Innovation Lab London
11th January 2016 Contego CEO Adrian Black is…
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Transgenic Salmon Wins US Approval
The AquAdvantage salmon, a fast-growing salmon from AquaBounty Technologies, has become the…
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Crescendo Biologics Appoints Dr Kevin Johnson as Chairman
Antibody veteran joins new CEO as Crescendo redirects strategy to Oncology focus…
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Burgeoning Business Make Inaugural Awards Shortlist
5 November 2015 Online food app innovators Whisk.com and language learning product specialists…
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Getting to the US: The Challenges of Synthetic Biology
Many companies set their sights on the large and lucrative US market, and those…
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Crescendo Biologics Launches New Strategy In Oncology Drug Discovery &…
16 October 2015 Crescendo Biologics Limited, the drug…
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Cytox Announces Participation In Insight Alzheimer’s Study
13 October 2015 Participation will aid comparison of…
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Dow AgroSciences, Synthace Research Collaboration to Accelerate Product Development Using…
2 October 2015 Synthace and Dow AgroSciences LLC, a…
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Kenilworth Firm Doubles Workforce As It Plays Key Role in…
1st October 2015 An innovative Kenilworth company has developed groundbreaking…
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Rainbow Seed Fund Appoints Mike Romanos as Venture Partner
28 September 2015 Dr Mike Romanos as consultant…
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Genome Editing Techniques: The Science and the Ethics
A group of UK research organisations, including the Wellcome Trust, have confirmed their…
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Desktop Genetics Ltd Raises £1.37 Million GBP ($2.15M USD) Funding
24 September 2015 This latest round of investment will enable Desktop Genetics…
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Quethera Announces Seed Financing To Develop Gene Therapy Aimed At…
24 September 2015 Quethera, a gene therapy company developing a treatment for glaucoma that could…
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Synthetic Biology Brings Hope for Chlamydia Vaccine
The cross-disciplinary field of synthetic biology allows scientists to…
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Institution Launches Fund to Help Bridge ‘Valley of Death’ Between…
2 September 2015 The Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ £2m Stephenson Fund…
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Oxford Space Systems Secures £1.2m Investment
6 August 2015 Oxford Space Systems Secures £1.2 Million Second Round Fund Raise From…
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Tokamak Energy Named as a Technology Pioneer by World Economic…
5 August 2015 World Economic Forum today announced its selection of the world’s…
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Don’t Miss Out On Funding, Midven Urges Growing Companies
5 August 2015 Early stage and startup firms in the West Midlandsare being…
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Warwick Music Group Receives £700,000 Of Funding
10 July 2015 The award-winning Coventry-based company behind the world’s first plastic trombone has…
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Midven Portfolio Company Aeristech Scoops Major Award
Midven Portfolio Company Aeristech Scoops Major Award
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Midven Backs Entrepreneur With An Offering For The Corporate Hospitality…
17 June 2015 A Birmingham-based company whose offering aims at firms looking to find…
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Cytox Signs Research Agreement with AIBL and Partner Organisations
Collaboration Will Contribute To Further Refinement Of Diagnostic SNPs For Alzheimer’s Disease 1 June 2015:…
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BioSyntha and ZuvaChem Announce a Merger and Financing to Form…
Combining Excellence In Industrial Biotechnology May 18th, 2015 – Welwyn Garden City, UK and…
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£2 Million Boost for West Midlands Start-ups
Now that the excitement of the general…
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Midven Secures Additional £2M Investment from ERDF for Growing West…
12 May 2015 Leading venture capital firm Midven has succeeded in…
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Taking Experiments from Lab to Market: Thoughts From SynBioBeta London
One of the most satisfying things about working with early…
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Debbie Steps Into Portfolio Management Role At Midven
17 March 2015 Venture capital specialist Midven has appointed Debbie Sorby to the position of…
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Finding the Funding for Synbio: SynBioBeta London
Synthetic biology is arguably the enabling technology of the…
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Sci-Tech Daresbury
Daresbury Science and Innovation Campus Sci-Tech Daresbury (the Daresbury…
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Rainbow Forges Partnerships To Help Finance High Growth Companies
6 February 2015 One of the UK’s most innovative venture capital funds is to partner…
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Investment For Firm Helping Companies Gain The “Information Edge”
21 January 2015 A Birmingham company which provides information and intelligence to clients via aerial…
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Seeing the World in Colour: Spectral Edge
Spectral Edge, a start up funded by the…
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Civet Coffee Without the Civets
At up to £60 a cup, kopi luwak is…
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Norwich Research Park: Supporting Science Research in East Anglia
The Norwich Research Park, based in East Anglia, is one of the Rainbow…
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Order Books At Record Levels, Says Booming Technology Firm
12 November 2014 A Nuneaton company which delivers innovative, cost-saving software solutions has reported order…
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Leamington Company Set To Expand After Midven Investment
11 November 2014 A Leamington Spa-based company which provides software and development services to…
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An Introduction To Synthetic Biology
Synthetic biology is a new and exciting cross-disciplinary field that combines…
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Midven Investments Take Top Places In National Awards
30 October 2014 Two of Birmingham’s most innovative technology companies – that have both…
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The Rainbow Seed Fund: Kickstarting Technology
Creating a new technology company is an exciting time. It is an opportunity to…
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Funding In Pipeline For Innovative Halesowen Company
15 October 2014 A Halesowen company which performs “keyhole surgery” on water pipes under roads…
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Investment For Company Helping Migrate Tenants Online
1 October 2014 A company which provides property and personal digital data services has secured…
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Cobalt Light Systems Wins Macrobert Award With Raman Scanner
9 September 2014 The Cobalt Light Systems team receiving the MacRobert Award gold medal in…
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Region’s Innovative Companies In The Spotlight At Showcase Event
9 September 2014 Some of the region’s most innovative companies will gather at a showcase…
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Today’s Academic Projects Are Becoming Tomorrow’s Billion Pound Companies
When we talk about the tech…
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Rainbow Seed Fund Says Today’s Academic Projects Are Becoming Tomorrow’s…
Turning Point as Synthetic Biology Firms Break the Mould London – 27 August 2014…
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Rainbow Seed Fund Expands Team To Drive Synthetic Biology Investments
Fund Adds Life Science Commercialisation Expert Oliver Sexton to Investment Team and Renewables Entrepreneur Sean…
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LumeJet Selected As One Of The Most Promising Digital Companies…
PRESS RELEASE 28th July 2014 LumeJet selected as one of the most promising digital…
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Visual Clarity For All Spectral Edge Announces Investment by The…
18 July 2014 – Spectral Edge announces today the completion of a £300K financing…
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Cobalt Light Systems Wins Royal Academy of Engineering 2014 MacRobert…
Airport security scanner could help airports lift blanket ban Oxford – July 7, 2014 –…
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CPA Continues Expansion And Opens Regional Office In South Staffordshire
16 June 2014 – Cannock – CPA, an independent psychology service with…
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Midven Venture Capital Invests £50,000 In Student Services Start-Up UNI2
Investment to Expand Uni2’s Offering to UK Students Birmingham, UK – 3 June 2014…
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Midven Provides £250,000 Venture Capital Investment For Growth To Defence…
Birmingham, UK – 20 May 2014 — Amba Defence, a West Midlands-based company that…
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Health2works Receives £251,000 Midven & Angel Investment
Health Care Innovator Set to Deliver Across NHS Birmingham, UK – 7 May 2014…
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Entrepreneurship is Key Catalyst of Economic Recovery
Midven’s Chairman Brian Blakemore, a leading financial expert with a career spanning…
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The Biggest Social Media Blunder Ever – It Could Have…
17 April 2014 Twitter is alive today with the news that a pornographic image was…
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KEIT: Going Where No Human Or Machine Has Been Before
16 April 2014 Parts of our planet are so hostile they are unreachable. But if…
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Igloo Vision 360° Domes Showcased on The Gadget Show
TV Programme Highlights Ground-breaking Innovations in 360° Visualisation, Simulation and Surround-sound Experiences London and Craven…
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Entrepreneurship Shifting to Centre of England
The West Midlands is Well Used To Being Dubbed “The Centre” Of The Country…
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Thank You, Dragon’s Den
Dragons’ Den’s panel of would-be investors may have adopted…
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Former Science Minister Appointed Rainbow Seed Fund Advisory Chair
Next stage for ‘risk-taking’ public sector, early-stage technology investment fund 3 February 2014 British…
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Remote Data Logging Experts Caption Data Poised For Further Growth…
7 January 2014 A business that delivers cloud-based, real-time remote data monitoring services is poised…
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Corso Secures Midven Investment As Growth Plans Continue Apace
18 December 2013 A company which provides software and specialist consulting services has secured…
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Jennifer Edwards Joins Venture Capital Specialists Midven in Marketing Role
4 December 2013 Birmingham-based venture capital specialists Midven have appointed Jennifer Edwards as…
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Warwick Audio Secures £1.25m Investment Package
25 November 2013 High-tech loudspeaker company Warwick Audio Technologies has secured a £1.25 million investment…
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Midven To Manage Synthetic Biology Enterprise Fund
6 November 2013 Entrepreneurial scientists in the synthetic biology space can benefit from a…
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Synthetic Biology Enterprise Boost As New Fund Opens For Business
6 Nobember 2013 Entrepreneurial scientists in the synthetic biology space can benefit from a new…
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Contego Secures £900k Of Growth Funding
6 November 2013 Contego Fraud Solutions, the rapidly growing Oxfordshire-based risk management software company,…
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Prism Network Receives £2m Investment To Fund Growth Plans
23 September 2013 Prism Network, the national disaster recovery and building repairs specialist, today announces…
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Is the UK Open to Innovation?
It’s a question we’ve been pondering due to the fact that so many small…
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Eagle Genomics Secures £590,000 To Expand Its Current Bioinformatics Offerings
3 September 2013 Eagle Genomics (Eagle), an expert provider of bioinformatics software and services across…
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Funding Boost For Packaging Innovator
27 August 2013 An innovative Herefordshire company that has developed a new packaging production system…
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Foreign Language Learning Product Backed By Midven
23 Jul 2013 A Birmingham-based company which has developed a foreign language learning product incorporating…
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Midven Backs Burgeoning Companies Targeting Skills Market
23 July 2013 Two sister companies looking to expand further in the work-based learning sector…
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Investment For Company Producing ‘On The Go’ Thrillers
28 Jun 2013 A Birmingham company which – through digital platforms – delivers stories that…
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CellCentric Gains £4.3m To Take Prostate Cancer Programme Through To…
25 June 2013 New investment coupled with a major award from the UK’s innovation agency,…
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Investment Helps Take Electrocatalyst Company To Next Level
20 June 2013 Amalyst Limited, a spin-out from UCL, will use the money to…
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Mars To Volcanoes, Ash Clouds and Chimneystacks-UK Spin-Out Brings Space…
20 June 2013 Technology designed to measure water vapour on Mars is poised to be…
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£100,000 Investment For Microbiology Company
19 June 2013 A Company which offers bespoke microbiological testing has secured £100,000 investment. Perfectus…
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Parker Aerospace and Oxsensis To Develop Highly Accurate Stable Fiber…
Suitable for low temperatures and high vibrations, immune to EMI Reduces system weight…
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Shared Experience From Raising Venture Capital for a Technology Business
Tim Grasby recently joined Midven as an investment manager to develop its relationship with…
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Midven Appoints Tim To Investment Manager Role
17 April 2013 Venture capital specialists Midven has appointed Tim Grasby as an investment…
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Midven Portfolio Company Talecom Makes It a Hat-Trick of Awards
21 March 2013 Talecom Limited makes it a hatrick of awards and wins Motorola Solutions’…
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Specialist Software Firm Receives Latest Round Of Funding
13 March 2013 Venture capital experts Midven are among a number of investors providing a…
Talecom Wins the Most Innovative Mobility Solution Award at the…
27 February 2013 https://twitter.com/talecomltd/status/302012580111720448/photo/1…
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Cutting Edge Ad Company Secures Investment To Help Growth
22 February 2013 An innovative company which provides a cutting edge self-serve advertising platform has…
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The 60 Second Marketer
Midven Investment Manager Giovanni Finocchio has extensive sales and marketing experience within the SME…
Midven Invests in Kallik
Kallik Secures Substantial Funding Round to Expand National and International Customer Base …
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Cytox Secures £3.5M in Further Funding
Manchester & Oxford, UK, 25 January 2013 – Cytox Limited, developer of a unique blood…
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Funding For Growth – An Insight From The Coalface
The path of raising finance for the entrepreneur is always a precarious balancing act.
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Crescendo Biologics Announces breakthrough technology progress
Cambridge, UK. 16th January 2013 – Crescendo Biologics Limited (Crescendo) today announces the Crescendo Mouse,…
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Significant New Funding Sets Fertility Company on Path to Growth
10 January 2013 A Warwickshire-based company specialising in fertility diagnosis and treatment has received a…
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Midven Invests in TR Fleet
7 December 2012 Fleet management specialist TR Fleet celebrated its second anniversary with confirmation of…
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MoD Spin-Out Receives Funding For Technology That Promises Improved Earlier…
29 November 2012 ProKyma, a spin-out from the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory…
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Turbocharger Company Accelerates With Top Award
November 16, 2012 TURBOCHARGER COMPANY ACCELERATES WITH TOP AWARD West Midlands–based Aeristech, which has…
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Backing For Survey Firm With Roots In Solid Rock
11 October 2012 GEOSCIENCE BUSINESS RECEIVES FUNDING BOOST Nottingham-based BGS International, which…
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New Jobs As Vets Group Expands In West Midlands
23 October 2012 YourVets, which was originally founded in Coventry, has created 19 new…
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Early Advantage Fund Invests £75,000 In Abgentis
8 October 2012 A company creating new treatments for life-threatening and drug-resistant bacterial infections has…
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Entrepreneur with patented technology for LED market wins Midven backing
10 August 2012 A Worcester start-up company with technology that helps improve the reliability of…
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Simworx creates new jobs
A Kingswinford company which is one of the world’s leading suppliers of simulation and cutting edge technology for the entertainment industry has created six jobs as business continues to boom.
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Aitua Enters Into Option Agreement With Nicox To Acquire Altacor
16 March 2012 NicOx enters into option agreement to acquire Altacor as a first step…
Playmob investment will help drive in-game fundraising
7 March 2012 PlayMob, the company behind technology which enables charities to fundraise through in-game…
Netmania IT sets sights on USA after funding round
16th January 2012 A Lichfield company is to branch out in theUSAmarket after completing a…
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Cobalt Light Systems Receives European Approval For It’s Bottle Scanner
Tue, 17/01/2012 – 12:26 Cobalt Light Systems has received European approval for its revolutionary INSIGHT100…
Igloo Vision Featured On The Gadget Show
11 November 2011 The Most Incredible Video Game Simulator Ever Built Brings Battlefield 3…
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New antibiotic compound enters phase 1 clinical trial
8 November 2011 Novacta Biosystemmber 2011s has commenced dosing of the first healthy…
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P2i demonstrates magical protective liquid repellent nano-coating for smartphones at…
8 October 2011 Just one drop of liquid can destroy your phone or tablet! Acting…
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Confluence expands Birmingham operations as part of MBO
12 September 2011 Confluence expands Birmingham Operations as part of MBO One of the…
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Training Company gets Midven backing
8 September 2011 Phoenix Health and Safety, a leading provider of health and safety training…
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Microvisk introduces World’s First Diagnostic smart strip system in the…
8 August 2011 Microvisk introduces World’s First Diagnostic smart strip system in the US CoagMax®…
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New spinout will develop next generation of semiconductors
News 8 July 2011 A new company set up to revolutionise semiconductors is being…
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Midlands-based Fertility Focus wins investment award
8 July 2011 Fertility Focus, the Warwick Technology Park-based high growth company providing products for…
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Midven Invests in 360 degree projection business
8 June 2011 A business that is revolutionising product launches, corporate entertainment, music…
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Crescendo Biologics Appoints Matthew Roe as Chief Business Officer
8 June 2011 Crescendo Biologics Limited (Crescendo) today announces the appointment of Matthew Roe…
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Golden Opportunity for High Tech Entrepreneurs
8 May 2011 Entrepreneurs, particularly in high technology companies, have a golden opportunity to…
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Valuable Funding for Biomaterials Company
8 April 2011 A company whose synthetic bone-graft implants demonstrate world-beating performance will complete regulatory…
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Cipher Surgical investment provides scope for growth
8 April 2011 Pictured above: (l-r) Andrew Newell, Tim Powell, Ian Mackenzie, Piyush Patel…
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Business hotting up for Sparcana after investment from The Early…
8 March 2011 Things are set to heat up in the health and beauty…
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Early fund invests in Crowd Technologies
8 Marh 2011 A company which has attracted world-famous brands in its first year of…
Biotectix Announces Acquisition of Assets from Chameleon BioSurfaces Ltd.
8 March 2011 Ann Arbor, Michigan – Biotectix, LLC announced today the acquisition of all…
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Mike Romanos appointed CEO of Crescendo Biologics
8 February 2011 Crescendo Biologics Limited (Crescendo) today announces the appointment of Mike Romanos…
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Fertility company hatches success after Midven Funding
8 February 2011 A West Midlands company that has the ultimate goal of increasing…
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AGF portfolio companies raise £12M in one month
8 January 2011 Record funding for high growth companies A record £12m of venture capital…
