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The British Business Bank has announced the first wave of its £250million Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF), with the launch of £120million of SME debt finance, which is now available to businesses across the 10 Local Enterprise Partnership areas in the Midlands.

Since launching just a few months ago, the Smart World™ big data platform has already made its way into major Smart City and Smart Campus projects from Australia to Panama to Florida. This autumn watch out for ...

Cityzenith - a company already supported by Shadow Foundr investors - are celebrating more success this week after a commitment investment of $500k from Dreamit Urban Tech, a start-up accelerator ...

Big Data is described as being “a broad term for data sets so large or complex that traditional data processing applications are inadequate. Challenges include analysis, capture, data curation, search, sharing, storage, transfer, visualization, and information privacy.”

LIfT Biosciences’ aim is clear: to develop a cure for pancreatic cancer by 2021. As a socially-minded Biotech start-up, they have been developing the world’s first cell bank of cancer killing granulocytes (a type of white blood cell).

In a world where the environment is constantly being compromised, waste-to-energy development company DRENL are trying to make a positive impact. DRENL take waste that would otherwise end up in landfill, and using state of the art ...

Described as “SimCity for real cities” as well as “Minecraft for architects”, Cityzenith has developed a platform which allows users to incorporate all aspects of digital architecture in one place.

An undeniable game changer in the car rental industry, BookAclassic emerges as the leading vintage car rental company as it reaches 30 countries with access to over 20,000 premium cars to date.

Just over a year after Britain voted to leave the EU, investors remain confident about strong growth in the Fintech sector, according to Altfi. The second quarter of 2017 saw a huge investment of £1bn into Fintech ...

An Angel Investor is someone who invests in start-up/small sized businesses. Often, they are family or friends of the business owner. Angel investors can give money on a one-time basis to the company, or inject it into the business over a period of time.

Based out of Loughborough University, Dynamic Flow Technologies Ltd (DFTL) is a waste management company which has spent the past 7 years developing their unique and patented non-intrusive Microwave WasteWater Meter.

The True Meaning of Crowdfunding Success